Moody and Sankey First Joined Forces in Indianapolis
A Congregationalist account recounts the 1870 meeting in Indianapolis where Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey first connected. Sankey, then an internal revenue officer from Newcastle, Pa, joined Moody in Chicago after a series of open air events and house to house work, launching a lifelong campaign of preaching and song that defined their collaboration in the United States and Britain.
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Indianapolis
Mr. Moody
Chicago
Mr. Sankey
Newcastle
Internal Revenue
Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Young Sankey
Young Men’s Christian Association
Sankey
First Baptist Church
Moody
Moody and Sankey
Academy
Illinois Street
Farwell Hall
Tobacco culture in Connecticut valley tobacco farming
Hantrorp reports Connecticut valley tobacco farming requires large capital and careful seasonal work. Planting Cuban seed, topping in August, hedge against the tobacco worm and August hail, and meticulous curing to fix leaf color. Prime wrappers fetch higher prices while lower grades sell for a few dimes per pound, with midwinter market timing cited.
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Specia
Hantrorp
Connecticut
Ron
United States
Hartford
Connecticut Valley
New York City
Cuba
Tromas
Sermon Disrupted by Chaplain’s Shuttlecock Trick
Lapenius, chaplain to the Danish court, observed a large portion of the congregation asleep during a sermon. He suddenly stopped, withdrew a shuttlecock from his pocket, and began to play with it, claiming the device achieved the desired effect.
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Lapenius
Temple Bar
California's Rose O Halior Emerges as Future Astronomer
California yields a rising astronomer, Miss Rose O Halior, described as a potential equal to Maria Mitchell and Caroline Herschel. The piece notes her early promise and growing reputation in the field of astronomy.
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California
Maria Mitchell
Caroline Herschel
Calif
Rose O'Halior
The Philosophy of Noise and Neurotic Degeneration
The New York Evening Sun discusses how aversion to noise signals neurotic degeneration. It notes past privileges for invalids, contrasts natural boyish behavior with conflict, and argues noise sensitivity reflects mental and physical illness. Willpower and suggestion can cure many cases, with improvement general and lasting.
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Wittitterlys
Nicholas Nickleby
Tom
Bedlam
New York Evening Sun
Watermelons Herald Refreshing Summer Fruit
In a Hartford Times excerpt, the author extols melons as the healthiest morning food and a cooling, delicious treat during hot southern summers. The piece notes watermelons quenching thirst for both darky and white readers, praising their wholesome cleansing and refreshing quality at dawn and beyond.
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Hartford Times
Easy Tests For Provings Diamond
A brief note from the St Louis Globe Democrat outlines simple methods to distinguish genuine diamonds from imitations. It describes using filtered water to reveal paste stones and a pencil dot test on white paper, plus a warning that filing does not prove authenticity as even the best diamond can splinter when rasped.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The First Electric Telegraph by Ronalds Eight Miles Long
A historical notice traces Sir Francis Ronalds work before Morse noting his eight mile overhead telegraph in 1816 and an underground line proving long distance communication possible. It covers publication details at the Chiswick Press and a tablet at Hammersmith honoring Ronalds as the father of electric communication.
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Morse
John Simehad
Chiswick Press
Francis Ronalds
Wheatstone
Cooke
Ronalds
Hammersmith
William Morris
Lond Telegrabh
Calculating the Distance of a Storm
The article explains how to estimate storm distance by counting lightning and thunder intervals. Sound travels 1100 feet per second, light is instant, so 30 seconds equals about 38000 feet or roughly 6 miles. A watch with a minute dial aids accuracy.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Use Pure Water Freely for Skin Health in Advice Column
A vintage health note endorses daily use of pure water and air baths to improve skin color and odor. It recommends rain water, brisk full-body friction with coarse flannel, sun and air baths, and prompt attention to nature to prevent wrinkling and decay, stressing hygiene and circulation.
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Wrinlea
Auroras Made To Order By Scientists In Finland
Artificial miniature auroras have been produced by De la Rive and Lenstrom. In Lienstrom’s Finnish experiments a high mountain peak was encircled with a tin-nibbed wire coil and electrified, yielding a brilliant aurora with greenish yellow rays like the natural borealis.
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de la Rive
Savant
Lenstrom
Lienstrom
Finland
St. Louis Republic
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