Ledger reports massive mortgage record in 1888
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway and Reading Coal and Iron Companies mortgaged to the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company in a 506 page pamphlet. The record, first filed in Harrisburg, will be recorded in every county where the companies hold property, with transcription taking months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Reading Radway
Reading Coal and Iron Companies
Philadelphia Life Insurance Company
Harrisburg
Penn
Prayer for snow ordered in Chinese district
A Shik Pao report says farmers facing drought appeal to snow, with all city officials ordered to pray at Kuan-ti Temple in Tientsin for three days from today. They must fast strictly and refrain from cattle slaughter during the period, hoping heaven will heed the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shik Pao
Kuan-ti
Tient‘Sin
Smithsonian report notes buffalo skeletons and new expeditions
The Smithsonian reports successful exploration for bison skeletons and skins in Montana and sixteen complete skeletons plus fifty-one dry skulls found before settlers wiped out the herd. An expedition to the Swan Islands seeks land birds and reptiles, while museum space and staffing expand as collections pass 1.4 million and grow by over a million.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Spart
Montana
Institution
Swan Islands
Caribbean Sea
National Museum
Food and Digestion lecture warned of hunger and crime
Professor F T Miles of the University of Maryland told a large audience that starvation harms the body beyond the stomach, fueling insanity and cannibalism. He linked malnutrition to crime, urged school breakfasts, and noted tea and coffee aid brain activity while promising future aid to the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Miles
University of Maryland
Miles
Greely
Armored Armories and the Call to Christian Drill
A preacher compares biblical armory with modern faith, urging soldiers of peace to wield spiritual weapons wisely. He recalls ancient shields and swords, extols discipline, obedience, and law, and envisions a final divine review where all faithful rise to glory.
Night Watch Over a Riverfront Squalor
In a Water Street tale a childlike mother shields three youngsters as a dangerous den near the river draws a minister’s concern. A reforming father clashes with temptation while a saloon keeper tempts with drink, leaving a scene of fear, neglect, and moral duty. The narrator reflects on guardianship and the peril facing helpless families.
Temperance Notes On Ohio Saloons And Prohibition Moves
A temperance roundup notes Ohio fines for running a saloon on election day and ten days in jail. Missouri Freemasons bar both drinkers and sellers. Mrs Jennie McClurkin in West Virginia has organized fifty W A T Unions since last June. Nebraskan court allows a wife to sue for funds squandered by husband. Pennsylvania rules saloonkeepers liable for injuries or damages to patrons. Demographic shifts hit Transas penitentiary and poor houses. A Germantown woman sparks local WCTU growth. A quassia vinegar remedy is touted as a cure for thirst in Britain. Women seek to move to prohibition states for freedom from drink.
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Temperance News
Ohio
Free Masons
Missouri
Jennie McClurkin
West Virginia
India
Soldiers
Supreme Court of
Nebraska
Transas Penitentiary
Germantown
Columbia County
W. C
T. U
Great Britain
United States
Cardinal Manning on the drink trade and social degradation
Cardinal Manning denounces the drink trade as a public, ubiquitous agent of degradation. He links overcrowded housing to drinking and moral ruin, citing Shaftsbury and Horsley and noting government profits from alcohol. He warns the nation must act or face downfall.
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Cardinal Manning
Lord Shaftsbury
Horsley
Housing Commission
Dublin
Tonitan
London
Glasgow
A. Nawlesith
Beginning of a New Life pledge of abstinence
A persuasive call from Francis Murphy urging total abstinence as the start of a new, useful life. The text likens spring renewal to personal renewal, arguing freedom from drink leads to peace, happiness, and respectability as individuals break bonds of addiction.
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Francis Murphy
Idlers in God's Busy World Do Nothing for Christ
A sermon laments Christians who avoid active service while passionate in music politics and social causes. The speaker urges readers to judge themselves, welcome new converts, and start work in God’s vineyard, even with one hand, to earn the joy of faithful service.
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Christ
Herm
Thas
Fellowship and church unity through welcoming the newly received
The article advocates a structured fellowship rite after communion to unite members with new converts. It suggests a meeting, ideally every two months, with singing, prayer, and short speakers to share friendships and Christian fraternity, plus reading letters from absent members and a prayer or hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gladden
Bid Management Overshadows Occasional Bad Luck in World
The remark notes that while misfortune exists, most outcomes stem from how bids are managed rather than sheer luck. It emphasizes decision quality, timing, and strategy in handling bids across projects and industries.
Farmer's View of the Church Reading
A rustic exchange paints a clash of faith and scepticism as a farmer rebuts a critic who cites flawed church members. He argues judgment based on others harms the soul and defends reliance on the Lord.
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Wayne
Jini
Smirch
Release Through Intercession and Prayer
About a year ago I visited a former customer in another city who owed me a balance. He was poor, despairs, and had lost all means to pay five thousand dollars. I offered to intercede and obtained a legal release for him. He is now in business, hopeful, and I see how forgiveness and intercession can free people from bondage. Messages to Christ arrive via prayer and gratitude.
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Tower of David
Jerusalem
Jess
Enere
Grand Army of the
Repubic
Slit
Free America
England
France
Ireland
Germany
Russia
Pulaski
Fort Sumter
Fort Lafayette
Port Hamilton
New York
Alabama
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Michigan
Georgia
Aji
National Guard
Thirteenth Regiment
Salamis
Chalons
Marathon
Waterloo
Gettysburg
Paris
Marshal Ney
London
Wellington
Tose
Thad
Ald
Christ
Prayer as Natural Contract and Child Prayer Teaching
A reflective piece argues prayer stems from human instinct and need during danger, recounting John Newton as example. It discusses how children can learn to pray, the sanctity of prayer time, and the mother child bond in guiding a child to seek God, with emphasis on reverence, simple instruction, and daily bedtime prayer.
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John Newton
Earth
Heaver
Flask Found Hidden in McKeesport Chimney Prophesy
Workmen in McKeesport Menn place uncover a 1825 whisky pint and a tin box with a prophecy predicting slavery’s end at great cost. The document foresees a future of open breach communications, demonic temptations, and Prohibition battles as Mekkersport rises to prominence and a wall of light dispels darkness.
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McKeesport
Menn
Fourth
Walnut
Orlando Grier
Moses
Mekkersport
Oatmeal Water Declared Finest Drink for Workers
Oatmeal boiled in water is praised as one of the world’s best drinks for workers, especially in warm weather. It is nutritious, filling, gentle on the stomach, and inexpensive, with the small cost repaid in increased endurance for physical and mental labor.
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Josina
David
Hannibal
Yamilcar
Victor Emmanuel
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Tamerlane
Ghengis Khan
Asia
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Ptolemy Philopater
Xerxes
Alexsencer
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Saravous
Heavenly Galeries
Eylau
Boredino
Thermopyle
Bunker II
Yorktown
Solferino
Balaclava
Fedan
Joshua
Gibeon
Ajalon
Garnet Wolseley
Tel-el- Ixebir
Israel
Water Street
Hersef
Hiss
Pye
John
Jon
J. E. Evol
D.D
Independent
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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