Chautauqua Plans Big 1893 Educational Assembly
The article outlines vast preparations for Chautauqua's 1893 season with enlarged audiences, new sewer works, and chemical lake treatment. Noted English writers will attend, including Hermann von Holst of Chicago University, with lectures by W G McClintock Mrs McClintock and W E Waters. Programs run June 28 opening, July 5 classes begin, August 1 assembly, August 15 classes end.
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Europe
Chautauqua
Niagara Falls
Hermann E. von Holst
Chicago University
College of Liberal Arts
Twentieth Assembly
William RB. Harper
W. G. McClintock
McClintock
University of Chicago
W. E. Waters
University of Cincinnati
Richard T. Ely
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
H. R. Palmer
Conference on university extension to hear many notable speakers
The second annual conference on university extension will occupy a week at the arcade and music hall. Noted figures from Toynbee Hall Hull House and major universities will address topics on work among the poor in cities. A long roster of speakers includes J. Temple Graves Harper Harris Ely Roosevelt and others.
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London
Henry Drummond
Glasgow
Howard Eggleston
New York
Christian Advocate
Alpheus Wilson
Southern Methodist Episcopal Church
John Temple Graves
Atlanta
Grady
William R. Harper
University of Chicago
William T. Harris
United States Commissioner of Education
Washington
Richard T. Ely
New School of Social Science
Herrck Johnson
McCormick Theologic Seminary
Chicago
George H. Palmer
Harvard University
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellesley College
J. Jo Edwards
J. L Harlbat
H. H. Ragen
Roberts Harper
Percy M. Reese
Baltimore
Rome
Josephine R. Nichols
Indianapolis
Paris
Nelia Brown-Pond
Boston
Charles F. Underhill
Jesse Eld
Ti Southwick
Theodore Roosevelt
Leon Mrap
Hotel Beat Mail Nuisance Highlighted by Clerk
In uptown hotels a polished man demands a name for mail while the clerk frets over mail sent to non guests. He explains that swindlers use hotel lobbies to receive letters then move to lodging houses, and hotels send misdirected mail back to the post office to deter the racket.
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Alfred Brown
Washington Star
Baptism Faux Pas Turns Into Lament by Old Man
An Arkansas Traveler quote recalls a father chiding his son for missing a baptism after unrest about Uncle Ben s hanging at the jailyard. The tale blends shame, superstition, and rural memory as the old man frets over respect and recollection. In Philadelphia, ministers adopt typewriters, replacing pen and ink for sermon notes, with a reporter noting the machine’s clerical use in a church anteroom. The divine craftsman sits at the keys, moving swiftly as he prepares his sermon.
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Philadelphia
Plucky Girl Swimmer Delivers Dispatch Under Fire
Miss Fox daughter of a telegraph operator recovers a message from Wilson Barrett to Admiral Gherardi after her boat capsized near the war feet. She swam to the Philadelphia, delivering the damp yet legible dispatch. Barrett will reward her for bravery and skill.
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The First Butterfly and a Ballot Tale
A fragment poem about spring and frost contrasts with a humorous tale from Harper's Young People. The piece quips on May’s warmth and a Japanese villager Abi Tanihei who faced collective suspicion after a village ballot and confession.
His Solemn Oath In A London Restaurant Tale
A popular comedian recalls a waiter in a London restaurant who fell to drink. A reform group reads him a fake newspaper paragraph about a drunk who dies by lighting a candle with his own breath. The waiter vows on a Bible to abstain from blowing out a candle and vows sobriety.
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Water Supply Under Every Barn Idea Adds Fire Safety
A barn cistern with an automatic wooden valve and buoy keeps water ready for storage and fire protection. The system shuts off when the vessel reaches a set height, ensuring prompt supply and reducing risk of losses. The Albany Argus notes many barns already use these under barn cisterns to save fires.
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Albany Argus
A Wise Answer and Anaxagoras of Ionia
A wise courtier tells the shah that his father’s greater son proves his own greatness. Also notes Anaxagoras of Ionia born around 500 B C and his early astronomy claim that the sun is not a god, earning punishment.
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St. Louis Republic
Lost Lesson and Quips From Various Papers
A collage of brief items notes a man dying after a drink in a saloon, a snide quip on procrastination, a quack remark about circulation, and a jab at advertising patronage. It mentions a conch shell found by a herder on a high Oregon butte, opinions on bookish women, Welsh population counts in American cities, and the tiny West India humming bird.
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John Day Mountains
Oregon
Lake Route to the World's Fair via Mackinac
A Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Co plan promotes new steel passenger steamers for an Upper Lake route to the world’s fair. The ships cost 300000 each, travel 20 mph, and offer under 50 hour trips between Cleveland Toledo and Chicago. Four weekly runs link Toledo Detroit Alpena Mackinac Petoskey and Chicago with July August daily Detroit Cleveland service. First class staterooms and low round trip rates, plus daylight voyages across Lake Erie, are highlighted. Send for pamphlet to A A Schantz Detroit Mich. Also an ad for a blemish cure claims big savings and saes by N W Ritchfield Warren Pa.
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Chicago
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