Domestic economy school opens in Battle Creek Michigan
The Ledger reports a new school of domestic economy opened at Battle Creek Michigan with emphasis on hygienic cookery. It notes national progress including a powerful new dynamite cruiser from Philadelphia and U S railroad freight totals. It lists New York governors and lieutenant governors with Hamilton Fish and David B Hill among those who held both offices.
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Battle Creek, Mich
New York
Hamilton Fish
David B. Hill
Newfoundland cod waste would swell future stock by endless numbers
The text estimates that if 60 million codfish taken from the Newfoundland coast were left at sea, the yearly addition of young codfish would reach approximately 150,000,900,000,009, a figure presented to highlight potential disputes in future treaty wrangling.
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Newfoundland
Thomas Murphy Emerges as Temperance Orator of Note
Francis Murphy's son Thomas rises as a temperance speaker, speaking clearly and confidently on stage. He endears audiences with kindness to reforming drinkers and often gives an old taper five or ten collars after signing the pledge to aid a fresh start in life.
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Francis Murphy
Thomas
Aid
Hfe
Birds traded for hats drive vast London sales
A London dealer reveals the scale of the trade in birds for women’s hats, stating he sold two million small birds of various kinds last year. An auction in a single week moved 6000 Ae birds, 5000 Impeyan pheasants, 409,000 humming birds, plus other American species and 360,000 Indian feathered skins.
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London
North
South
America
India
Wim Cathedral: Danube Lutheran Center As Spire Tops 634 Feet
The Wim Cathedral on the Danube is described as the world's finest and largest Lutheran church capable of seating 28,600 worshippers. Although the spire was never finished, ongoing work aims to place the capping stone at 634 feet height, with the cornerstone of the minster laid in 1377.
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Wim
Danube
Minster
Honest Path Said for Letter Carriers
The Detroit Free Press notes that every sensible letter carrier knows robbing the mails is almost surely detected yet fifty four attempted in two years. Amounts ranged from $2 to $200, with many sacrificing wives, children, and character. The piece asserts the honest way is the only way.
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Detroit Free Press
Tragic Suicide on German Train Platform
At Nordhausen Germany a young girl saturated her clothing with benzine and set herself on fire as a train arrived. Passengers saw a pillar of fire and tried to help but were overwhelmed by horror before hearing a distressed voice asking why they could not let her learn quietly.
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Nordhausen
Germany
Largest pension ever awarded to private John Vice
John Vice of near Owingsville Kentucky received a pension of 72 dollars per month dating from the war's first year. Despite total blindness and a long period as a street beggar with two dependent family members, the pension totals around 14000 dollars and is described as extraordinary.
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John Vice
Owingsville
Ixy
Deaf Ox Fools Farmer With Ear Trumpet Pact
A Illinois farmer near Chebanse trained an ox that refused orders by fitting a hearing horn. The device, strapped to the horns with wires, revived the animal’s appetite and prompted it to eat heartily. The tale, noted by the Atlanta Constitution, claims origin in a western paper.
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Chebanse
Ill
Atlanta
Physicians’ Cigarette Health Question Sparks Uniform Replies
A survey asked many physicians across the United States which cigarette they used. Most replies were similar, stating that smoking directly caused death in some cases and that the habit harms boys’ mental and physical development. The consensus emphasized health risks and developmental impact.
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Arious
United States
Pupesina
Infidels and Atheists Rising Sun of Our Time
A fiery sermon argues that if infidelity and atheism triumph, humanity faces universal winter and social collapse. It portrays Christianity as the sole moral uplift lifting women, condemns heathen lands, and denounces critics while depicting a pantheon of divine justice. ends with a call that God as sun will endure and spread across nations.
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Jerusalem
Josephus
Jooxe
Arctic
Antarctic
Vesuvius
Etna
Brooklyn
England
United States
Christendom
China
Barbary
Borneo
Tattary
Begpt
Hindostan
Wogman
Missionar of the Cross
The Relation of Poverty and Drink Reading
John Massey argues that drink fuels poverty and waste in the United States and Britain. He cites memorial statistics showing high alcohol spend, housing gaps, and pauperization, urging reform and better data collection to combat the plague of drinking in society.
Religious Reading and Conversations with Faithful Reflection
Selected excerpts on Christian devotion exhorting pilgrims to seek the Saviour and Bible study. Questions about bearing witness, repentance, consecration, and living by faith. Quotes urge reading the Bible, talking of Jesus, and embracing God’s word with assurance and prayer.
Abstinence versus drinking gains in Friendly Societies
A Glasgow summary notes total abstinence shows health advantages over moderation in two main Friendly Societies. Data compare Recha-Lites abstainers aged 20 to 31 with Foresters members aged 40 to 52, citing fewer illness weeks among abstainers. The report cites a medical superintendent and quotes religious exhortations linked to abstinence.
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Scotland
Letter from a guarded Christian hero on conversion and calling
A prisoner awaiting trial for preaching the gospel writes to friends six hundred miles away. He expresses confidence that God began a good work in him at Damascus and will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. He recalls his sightless vision and inquiry, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do, as the starting point of faith and penitence.
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Linnet
Brooklyn
New Yor
Boston
Charleston
Chicago
St. Peters
St. Pauls
Temples
Tabernacles
Institutions of
Mercy
Bethlehem
Greenwood’s Gate
Laurel Hill
Thachisel
Jesus
Pelion
Ossa
Heaven
Christ
India
Dut
Intia
David Abeel
China
Dr. King
Greece
Judson
Burman
David Brainard
Go Howe
Onde Missonary Society
Godbome
American Board of Foreign Missons
Earth
London
Atheim
Traredy
Basa
National
Hastal
Roman
Ainst Society
Jerusalem
Gou
Great Britain
Europe
United States
America
Asia
Africa
Zerubbabel
Damascus
I Have Them in My Heart Prayer Insight
W P Greed reflects on Pauls assurance that believers are kept in heart and prayer. He urges workers to embed Sabbath scholars and friends in their devotions, hoping the Spirit writes their names in life, fueling fervent, tireless labor until the blessing arrives at resurrection.
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Paul
Sind
Christ
Jesus
W. P. Greed
Waterfall heights noted as Krimbs Falls record
Popular Science items report Krimbs Falls totaling 1148 feet as the highest known waterfall. Other notes cover fish transport, mineralogy shifts, opium poisoning, electric light air impact, taste tests of poisons, ice cooling, naval hygiene, sea oil polish, fossil footprints in Nicaragua, dental health, and a Leipzig table on body parts reducing work capacity.
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Paris
Chili
I. W. Clarke
Great Britain
Wynter Blythe
Renk
Munich
National Theatre of
Mugieh
Admiral Cloue
Pying
Benjamin Franklin
Nicaragua
D. G. Brinton
Brinton
Julius Pohlman
Leipsic
Germany
Chargeable to the Saloons in Early City Finance
The passage discusses the burden of annual municipal costs for courts police and charity related to saloon keepers. It notes a large share, about seventy to seventy five percent, of these costs is charged to saloons. It estimates historic liquor consumption and revenue figures, including a figure of 1518 if cash were moved in wagons, exaggerating the scale of alcohol’s economic impact.
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New York
Nadia
Epidemic Axiling Fears Rise in Madrid Heat
In Madrid Spain a deadly ax epidemic prevails. Officials fear a choleraike nature as the disease spreads, blamed on extreme heat and the drinking of impure air.
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Madrid
Spain
Footwear sizes and regional differences in boot lengths
The New York Telegram notes men’s boots run from 6 8 s to E in length and A to E in width while women’s sizes range from 2 to 7 in length and A to E in width. It cites average men’s shoe sizes in New York, regional variations, and reports smaller feet in the South with Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida singled out for smallest feet.
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New York
Chicago
Prooklyn
Philadelphia
Virginia
Carolina
Florida
Union
New York Telegram
Man of Misfortune Theodore Gehringer Dies in Philadelphia
A man named Theodore Gehringer, famed for surviving a long string of accidents, died of apoplexy in Philadelphia. The record lists numerous serious incidents from years past including wagon collisions, animal tramplings, and multiple fractures, culminating in a fatal stroke after a bout of illness.
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Theodore Gehringer
Philadelphia
Romeo
Cresheim Bridge
Mount Airy
Aohoree
Fence device deters chinch bugs with kerosene wick
A reader in Southern Kansas describes a home made fence using a flooring strip grooved side up a candle wick saturated with kerosene. Chinch bugs crawling the board odor cautions them to retreat, offering a simple DIY pest control note from the Lima Republican.
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Kansas
Lima
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