July 15 1897 Threats and strikes across a widening labor crisis
Prosecution rests in the Benham case amid sensational testimony as housekeeper details talks between Miss Wiard and Benham. Miners join the strike while employers push machinery to defeat it. A Buffalo tannery water tank collapse injures four but not seriously. International moves include Romania Turkey alliance and Bashi Bazouks clashes at Candia. National Republican convention opens in Detroit as Governor Black visits Peekskill. various homicide, accident, and political notes fill the day.
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United States and Mexico Agree on Weather Data Exchange
The United States and Mexico finalize a weather bureau reports swap to monitor storms entering the U S from Mexico and provide advance low temperature data to Mexico. Mexico will supply daily storm reports from nine stations, with costs under 500 dollars yearly, improving alerts for southern ports.
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Social Show Triggers Royal Backlash at Chamberlains Banquet
Secretary Joseph Chamberlain hosts a grand 2 000 guest banquet at Sir Julian Goldschmidt’s Piccadilly home. Traffic chaos from 800 to 900 carriages disrupts St James Street as the prince and princess of Wales fail to proceed, prompting a royal rebuke and social controversy.
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Nordica Declares Reszke Not Cause Of Absence
Cable from London dated June 30 1897 reports Mme Nordica stating she was misled about M de Reszke being to blame for her absence from the opera. She declares she is convinced and happy to say the fault does not lie with him and vows to uphold justice for the fellow artist.
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Reoccupancy Steps For Fort Mackinac By Army
Col. Snyder of the nineteenth United States infantry stationed in Detroit has visited Mackinac Island to inspect Fort Mackinac and estimate renovation costs. The move aims to reoccupy the fort with troops under a legislative offer to return it. Congress must appropriate funds after the report is received.
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United States Infantry
Detroit
Mackinac Island
Mich
War Department
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Mackinac
Tease And Tart
A terse remarking on human foibles. The quips touch on guilt, aging, and social manners with wry humor. The excerpt cites old sayings and a Globe quote about romance and reputation.
Paul the Prisoner of Jesus Christ devotional study
Rev W J Yates reflects on Paul the apostle as a prisoner for Christ in Epistles to the Ephesians and Acts. He notes Paul’s dramatic conversion, bonds endured as a symbol of fidelity, and cheerful endurance amid suffering as a model for ministry and gospel mission.
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Old Tolland Meeting House Chronicle
The old Tolland Meeting House in Connecticut marks early Methodist roots. Bishop Asbury preached there and Jesse Lee and itinerants held services in a rough boarded upper room before the church’s revival era, making Tolland a mother of churches.
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Conn
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Jesse Lee
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Glorious Fourth Recalls Birth of Nation and Civic Virtue
The article argues for special Sunday school and worship services to honor the national independence birthday. It urges patriotism rooted in biblical loyalty and civic virtue, with songs prayers and addresses to deepen the link between Christian integrity and national stability.
Founding Christian Character Through League Work
The passage emphasizes that the League aims to form Christian character, stressing salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, pardon by the Holy Spirit, and living for God. It asserts prayer as a unifier with God and the use of one’s powers in service, building strong character in both helper and helped within the kingdom of God.
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League
Jesus Christ
We are fighting in the battle and marching at orders
Dwight W. Williams speaks to workers in uniform cadence about duty and unity. The poem stresses collective effort, sacrifice, and prayer for guidance from the Commander as the war effort intensifies. It frames labor as heroism, urging perseverance through heat and risk toward victory.
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Scottdale Steel Plans Nonunion Restart
Scottdale Iron and Steel aims to resume production with nonunion workers. An ad seeking replacements for Amalgamated workers ran in Pittsburg papers, and the mill will start once a suitable force is secured. Amalgamated argues competent men will be hard to recruit and expects no trouble from nonunion arrivals.
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Scottdale Iron and Steel Company
Pittsburg
Amalgamated
False worship and true worship in Christian Endeavor
Rev 5S H Doyle comments from Mathews sermon on worship warning against formalism and hypocrisy. He argues worship must uplift the soul, stem from sincere motive, and avoid lip service, citing Pharisaic dangers and urging genuine devotion through holiness and truth. Bible readings listed for further study.
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H. Doyle
Toric
Christ
God
Snowstorm Hits Colorado Mountain Districts
A severe snowstorm covers the higher mountain areas with three inches at Cripple Creek and Aspen and one inch at Leadville. Denver reports uncomfortably cool weather despite the storm’s reach.
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Cripple Creek
Aspen
Leadville
Call to Revival as Church Attendance Drops Says Presbyterian
A Presbyterian appeal urges pastors and congregations to act to reverse declining church attendance. It calls for all members to invite neighbors, welcome attendees, and embody gospel values in everyday life, stressing shared responsibility across social ranks.
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By His Miracles Christ Proclaimed Himself the Son of God
William T. Ellis emphasizes that Christ's miracles and words reveal him as the divine Son of God. He warns that modern challenges tempt believers to doubt the divinity and urges young Christians to internalize the true Christ of God.
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William T. Ellis
A House Holder Owns All The Way Up Ground
A Sunday School Times remark notes a holder's pride in a building lot where the land extends upward. The small ground notion is framed as a metaphor for progress and ownership extending beyond the surface.
True pruning guides growth toward holiness and fruitfulness
A compact meditation on pruning as discipline that disciplines the lower nature to promote growth in holiness distinct from mutilation, aiming for Godlikeness and eternal life.
Christian Endeavor grows worldwide across nations
Enthusiasm runs high as Ireland plans to send Endeavorers to central China and Wales sees weekly new societies formed. A Turkish missionary notes a daughter born in 1881 with initials C E, reflecting global Endeavor links and the call for self supporting churches in Mexico through Christian Endeavor.
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