Christian Endeavor Meetings and Prison Societies
Local Christian Endeavor meetings set for Aug 5 1894 feature leaders from Baptist Evangelical Presbyterian and others. The piece notes two prison societies including Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun organized in 1890 with rising membership and reforming influence, plus a Connecticut State Prison society founded Sept 1 1893. Topics for Aug 5 discuss plain living and high thinking from Mark 10 23 31 with commentary on wealth and salvation and the apostles’ sacrifice.
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Wisconsin
Waupan
E. F. Atwood
Connecticut State
H. Doyle
Jesus Christ
Mark x
Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
God
Peter
Jesus
James ii
Christ Like Formation as Life’s Supreme Quest
Drummond argues that becoming like Christ is the sole purpose worth pursuing. He insists earthly ambitions fade beside this aim and that the image of Christ formed within us should guide all others. The question remains how and when such transformation occurs through time or death.
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Christ
Tim
Drummond
New York Police Society of Christian Endeavor Anniversary
The New York Police Society of Christian Endeavor held a notable anniversary. The gathering welcomed the first US navy Christian Endeavor society, the first junior society in the navy, the only French society in New York, the only Friends Christian Endeavor group in the city, and the only colored Christian Endavor society there, with Presbyterians and Baptists also in attendance. The meeting was enthusiastic.
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New York Police Society of Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Society
United States Navy
Navy
New York
Friends
New York City
Population figures for New York Episcopal dioceses
Three of New York state's Protestant Episcopal dioceses each exceed 1 million inhabitants. The diocese of New York tops 2 million, while Long Island is the most densely populated with about 1 million people in roughly 1,400 square miles. New York diocese spans about 5,000 square miles with population over 2 million.
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New York State
New York
Long Island
Shine and Shadow Reflections on Happiness and Work
A quiet meditation on finding happiness without relying on sunlit moments. The author speaks of learning to enjoy life fully by blending shine and shadow, and by becoming a fellow worker with God to attain the blessed human condition.
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George MacDonald
Presbyterian Endeavorers Aid Home and Foreign Missions
The Presbyterian Endeavorers contributed to home missions for the year ending March 31 totaling 31637, to foreign missions 17790, grand total 31397. The west division of the Chicago union now requires two union meetings due to its growth. Denominational rallies marked the London Christian Endeavor convention. A Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor supper room door bore C E letters misread as Come and eat. A Christian should turn good profession into good practice.
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Cleveland
President Roads of
Pennsylvania
Chicago Union
Great London Christian Endeavor
C. E
News of the Week condensed for busy readers
A sweeping digest from July 25 to July 31 covers Senate clashes over tariff and sugar, Debs and union trials, Arctic expeditions, international tensions in China Japan and Europe, fires and disasters in the United States, political moves in New York and California, and ongoing heat waves and weather events nationwide. Strong names include Gorman Hillman Debs Platt Whitney and Nansen with global concerns from Hong Kong to Bluefields.
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New York
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Ezeta
Robert Clarence
Enid
O. T
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House of Representatives
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Saratoga
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Belden-Hendricks
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Nicholas KE. Worthington
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Ills
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W. O. Allison
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C. A. Stone
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Knox
Washington
Loo Choo Islands
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Nansen
Tarsney
Colorado Springs
Colo
England
Wallace Burt
Doylestown
Exeter
Pittston
Doherty
Bridgeport
Conn
Corea
Nova Scotia Coal Syndicate
W. C. Whitney
Lamont
Cleveland
Gilroy
Terre Haute
Platt
Peck
Wisconsin
Phillips
Charles W. de Bevoise
Congers
N. Y
Baltimore
Uncle Sam
Troy
Scranton
Los Angeles
Cal
Hudson River
New England
Curry
National Guard
Capitol
Government Receipts and Expenses for July
Treasury reports total receipts this month at 36.405 million dollars with 29.92 million disbursed. Interest and pension outlays will raise disbursements by about 7.5 million, narrowing the gap. Internal revenue brings in 25.033 million and customs 8.25 million. Pension payments total 13.2 million.
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Treasury
Internal Revenue
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Debs Visit Prompts Chicago Labor Rally And Parade
Chicago reports a meeting planned for a reception to President Debs on his return from Terre Haute. All labor organizations in the city will be invited to join a grand demonstration and street parade. Debs is expected Thursday to oversee the American Railway union convention.
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Chicago
American Railway Union
Debs
Terre Haute
Grover’s Farm Trouble and Tariff Reform Obsession
A satirical verse targets Grover and his farm work as burdensome while blaming tariff reform as a favored pet. The piece mocks his moods and decisions, mentions a surgeon general’s discussion, and ends by listing John Bachelder of Milwaukee as the author.
Manhattan club millionaires oppose income tax in tariff debate
The Manhattan club of New York, a wealthy group with about twelve hundred members, rejected an income tax while urging tariffs to protect imports they favor. A May meeting led to a resolution condemning income tax as unnecessary and un democratic, despite acknowledging wage earners’ suffering.
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Manhattan Club
New York City
United States
New York Democratic
A. P. Stewart
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Queen Victoria
Walter Stanton
Manhattan
Cheapness and Employment Versus Tariff Policy
A Missouri farmer argues that cheap prices help only those with money, while employment earns income. He contends free traders misjudge poor people’s needs, noting bread and wheat prices have fallen but work has not improved access to essentials. He cites imports from foreign countries as evidence of cheaper production abroad.
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Justice Bateman & Co
London Jews will fund a Jerusalem hospital
London Jews plan to erect a fifty thousand dollar hospital in Jerusalem. Other notes include the oldest English epitaph dated 1370 found in Oxfordshire, a hanged man’s skin tanned in 1828, seeds sent to station masters to beautify lines, and the British Museum listing books on varied materials from bricks to papyrus.
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London
British Museum
Notable facts from ancient and modern times
The excerpt bundles varied trivia. It cites Caesar reforming the calendar in 45 B C and New Year on January 1, mentions eel blood toxicity, Italian rifle performance, postal English usage, June’s Roman name and associations, Davenport microbial counts in Mississippi water, a lecture on earthquake speed, and 1819 notable births including Queen Victoria and Whitman.
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Masso
Davenport
Mississippi
Lancaster
Queen Victoria
John Ruskin
Walt Whitman
Charles Kingsley
Julia Ward Howe
J. G. Holland
Cyrus W. Field
Early milestones in book production history from 1476 to 1850
The record lists key publishing innovations and dates: Aldus cast Greek alphabet types in 1476, Faust finished the first dated Bible in 1462, ciary binding replacing boards by 1831, Typesetting suggested in 1842, a 1274 Bible sold for 50 marks, Didot Paris stereotype printing in 1798, vellum use around 1510, raised characters for the blind in 1827, rolling machine replacing beating hammer about 1830, first American book an almanac in Boston 1639, ancient books on wood ivory or metal, Russell back accounting volumes in 1841, copper faced types in 1850, and early wood engravings in 1519.
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Faust
Paris
Didot
America
Boston
Russell
Germany
Notable European Figures in Brief Biographical Notes
The oldest German actor Herr Kunn marked the sixtieth anniversary of his stage debut two weeks ago. Miss Batfour, sister to the English Conservative leader, travels in Africa and recent reports place her with Cecil Rhodes in Cape Town. Lady Marie Forrest er, who died in England, selected Florence Nightingale for Crimea hospital work, launching modern nursing. Ex-Empress Charlotte, widow of Maximilian of Mexico and Belgian king's sister, is said to be in worse health in Brussels papers. Isaac Pitman of Bath, inventor of the Pitman Phonography system, has been knighted by Queen Victoria at eighty two and remains active in spelling reform.
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Herr Kunn
Germany
Miss Batfour
Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Marie Forrster
England
Florence Nightengale
Crimea
Charlotte
Maximilian
Mexico
Brussels
Isaac Pitman
Bath
Eng
Pitman
Five Per Cent Dividend From African Railways
Tax revenues from the Cape Colony and Orange Free State railways yielded about five percent last year. English railway workers receive first aid training under St. John Ambulance. A Spanish train covered twenty five miles in just over an hour, sparking widespread jubilation in newspapers. The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava allegedly owns the world’s smallest book, a Sikh sacred text half the size of a postage stamp. A push to consolidate St Louis streetcar lines is underway. Missouri’s legal capitalization limit prompts a proposal for twenty million dollars with similar bonded debt.
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Cape Colony
Orange Free State
England
St. John’s Ambulance Association
Spain
St. Louis
Missouri
Baltimore Sun
Sayings on value and character from Ram's Horn
A collection of aphorisms on honesty, generosity, and communal impact. The text contrasts hiding, selfishness, and gratitude, noting the richest person is thankful for little and a minding citizen enriches society. A stray line mocks scandal and lashing out at those who cause trouble.
Madeline Orvis in Judge
Fragmentary lines recall a line from Madeline Orvis noted in Judge. The text observes a long head that knows no turn and remarks on babies bringing trunks and lunches. It also references lawful theft to aid relatives and warns against older men marrying young women.
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Peter
Paul
Madeline Orvis
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