The Angel in a Trance Among Bollinger Mountain Mountaineers
A Mountaineer girl Ida Deckard, called the angel, enters trances and communicates with heaven and hell. A new church forms around her, led by Rev. Joseph Schrader and Rev. Henry Fowler, drawing 75 to 80 worshipers who believe she channels messages from the blessed dead and lost souls. Neighbors, rough and devout, support the faith, plan proselytizing, and maintain a devout, simple life in Bollinger County Missouri.
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Heaven
Hades
Bollinger County
Ida Deckard
Hell
Rey
Joseph
Tradet
Sulf
New Church of the Mountains
Joseph Schrader
Congregational Methodist Church
Henry Fowler
Regular Baptist Church
Angel
Amedium
FeLrader
Giza
Seth
Angi
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mr. Schrader
John of
Patmos
New Jerusalem
Missionary's perilous retreat from Yachau to Shanghai
An American missionary wife describes mobs looting Yachau, a tense escape by raft down the river aided by soldiers, and a perilous journey with other missionaries and civilians. They endure attacks by robbers and hostile locals, join with Max and Mrs Ricres of the China Inland Mission, and reach Shanghai after weeks of travel with guards and improvised boats.
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China
Bill
George W. Hil
Yachau
Afr
Uperall
Miss Bliss
Bundia Sali
G. W. Hile
Menced
Huneve
Huousre
Yachon
Mr. Uperall
Mr. Openshaw
Mr. Upcraft
Tiblow
Cras
Max
Mrs. Ricres
China Inland
Ri Cion
Siura
Chungkiang
Shanghai
Cow Drinks Oil On Ohio Farm At Oil Well
An Ohio farmer reports a cow with an abnormal taste for oil. The animal visits a nearby oil well and drinks crude oil as it flows from pipes into the storage tank. The dairy's dark milk and greasy taste led to the discovery, confirmed days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Boy with abnormal appetite swallows cartridges and beads
Otto Neal, aged two, of Brownsburg Indiana, under physician care, swallowed several .22 caliber cartridges, beads, and passementerie. The incident highlights urgent medical attention for a toddler with unusual cravings.
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Otto Neal
Brownsburg
Ind
Is She Jay Goulds Widow A Surprising Claim
A reported claim from Mrs. Joan Angell of Rouse Point New York that she is the lawful widow of the late Jay Gould is described as potentially revolutionary. The tale includes an early marriage to Mary Brown and a missing certificate, with implications to Goulds fortune and titles if upheld.
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Ronse's Point
Lake Champlain
Pku
Gow
Jolin Angell
Gould
Rouse’s Point
Ogdensburg
Mary Brown
Champlain
Clayton
Joan Angell
Jason Gould
Jay
Jay Gould
John Angell
West
Mrs. Angell
Mrs. Angeli
England
Queentown
Astwerp
Playburne
Bremen
Taverne
Paris
Gothenburg
Chrssius Amd
Coprihagen
New York
Ferocious Mandarin Tortures Pirates in China
The Peking Gazette reports that in Hunan province last year six men were beheaded for robbery, with over ten executions tied to suppressing a Hui revolt. In Winehow a mandarin personally intensified torture, moving inquisitorial methods from magistrates to his yamen, subjecting pirates to daily brutal devices until confession or death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking Gazette
Hunan
Bolus Hui
Yamen
Tr Tg
The Fire Cure and Indian Healers Practices
A medical authority reports the fire cure used by native Indian doctors leaves visible scars in Bombay and large cities. Martin Sullivan, a white sailor from the cruiser Minneapolis at Norfolk, escaped custody, swam across the river to Berkley, and eluded searchlights aided by locals who cut his handcuffs.
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India
Bombay
Martin Mullivan
Minneapolis
Norfolk Navy Yard
Berkley
He Was Forehanded Church Bell Ringing At 5 A.M.
A church startling early morning residents when a man ringed the church bell at five o clock claiming the aim to finish his work early. The incident shows the risks of novel methods to stay ahead and the parishioners reaction.
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Carty
Heavenly Courts
Yangtse River
Qmenen
LuLou
Lui ‘el
Gelluloid Company
Broadway
U.S
Washington
C.a.show &Co
Vitalis
Calumet Remedy Company
Chicago
Siegined & Co
Deccanaiad
Cossumer
Tholeball
Elkhart, Lad
W.R
Circularetree
We P. Elar Reson & CO
Columbus
Apt
Agusinesses
Pe Srank
W. Whitcome
Lird Street
Ustulhce
Binars
Spissmoon & Paterson
New Savings
Beng
Didshmoor
Cha. A. Paterson
Hofman Black
Lauvels Bro Dry Goods Store
Liberty
Secon Streets
Perry
PRACK
Asp
Warren
Colleelious
Water Street
Geo. Bul
Borachlen
Ite
Warren Haliona Bank
Waitep, Pa
Parmlee
H. x. Jamieson
F. E. Hertzel
Casiner
Andrew Kertael
N. P. Wheeler, &. Schimmelfeng
G. N. Parmiec
H. T. Russell, Jamieson
First National Bank
Warren, Pa
F. H. Rockwell
FF. K. Russell
Warren Courty Penna
J. K. Ronne
Tader
Wanamaker & Brown
Hickory St
Penn’a
JK. Ronne
Poultry Food
George Kolfrat
Allegheny Mills
Cor
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