Modern Big Churches Rise From Brooklyn Tabernacle History
The piece reviews the evolution of large church buildings led by Dr. Talmage in Brooklyn from a small meeting house to a tabernacle seating nearly six thousand, noting Plymouth and Grace Baptist as other large venues and pondering whether further growth is feasible given preaching limits. It contrasts with Beechers era and Mormon scale while highlighting urban demand for expansive sanctuaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Plymouth
Beecher
Brooklyn
United States
Henry Ward Beechers
Talmage
Central Presbyterian Church
Spurgeon
London
Grace Baptist Church
Chicago
Talmage Tabernacle
Plymouth Church
Lafayette Avenue
Philadelphia Times
Vestments for the Archbishop at Hunt's Point
The Domini can nuns at Hunt's Point have crafted thirteen sets of white satin vestments with pure gold embroidery and light pink tinting for Archbishop Corrigan. Worth about $15,000, they are to be used at the Cathedral during Christmas Easter and feast days when he officiates in white.
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Hunt’s Point
Corrigan
New York Herald
Spring Cleaning For Men Aims At Lowering Death Rate
An 19th or early 20th century health note urges men to spring clean with a focus on the cellar and sewage. It stresses removing decaying vegetables and rubbish, ventilating and cementing floors, checking pipes for leaks, cleaning the cess pool and keeping it distant from wells, and replacing ground slops with clean soil or turf. It advocates removing anything that corrupts air or sight and improving surroundings.
Death of Adelheid Mahn Soldiers Mother of German Regiment
Fraulein Adelheid Mahn known as the soldiers mother dies after years with the Ninetieth Fusileer Regiment in Rostock. She was a familiar figure at parade and honored by colonel and officers at her funeral. Military band, chapel choristers, and a requiem accompanied the hearse.
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Fraulein
Adelheid Mahn
Ninetieth Fusileer
Rostock
London
Curious Dying Requests for Burial and Oaks
Sir Charles Hastings wished his body buried without a coffin in a named location, with the grave planted with acorns to nourish English oaks. Sieur Benoit, who died in 1877, instructed to be buried in a large leather trunk attached to him, the trunk having traveled the world three times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hastings
Sieur Benoit
Connoisseur Coffee and Cracker Ads Highlight Warren Merchants
In late May 1590 and 1890 notices from Warren Ledger advertise Connoisseurs We have placed the above with brands of coffees and crackers sold by Goodrich & Fehlman in Warren and New York City. The messages promote Crown Acme Vil oil and White Cloud Flour as exclusive Warren offerings via local firms Holmes & Coutts and Feldman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodrich & Fehlman Winslow
Rand & Watsox
Warren Ledger
Warren
Moss Rose
Goodrich & Feldiman
Holmes & Coutts
Goodrich & Feldman
Acme Oil CO
Goodrich & Fehman
F. Schumacher Milling CO
Rivalry and wit travel through home front banter
A string of humorous exchanges follows families and neighbors. Jim Webster taunts about a son named Rastus and a blue ribbon, while Sam Jobusing counters with pride and a pig joke. Other snippets feature flirtations, authority quips, and schoolroom humor from various newspapers.
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Jim Webster
Rastus
Sam Jobusing
Jess
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Rand & Watson
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Harry
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Loweston
Yale Record
Maud
Mary
Munsey’s Weekly
Bobbie
Uncle George
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Boston Courier
Johnson
Straus
Johnson de CG
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Castoria
L. G. Noyes
Haentze’s
Nervalin
Philadelphia
Morris & Mullen
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
Siegel’s
Rae Wotene
Arery
True &O
Augusts
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G. C. Oscoon
Lowell, Mass
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Oxford St
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Unirep
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Murray Street
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