History of the week amid revolts floods and Holmes crimes
A July 24 to 29 roll of world and crime notes reports Campo wounded and Bayamo battle outcomes in Cuba, Holmes crimes in Chicago and Toronto, deaths of ex governors and scholars, riots in Maple Shade and Columbus, price shifts, floods in Silver City and Jackson Hole, and a Beecher death in Brooklyn.
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Cuba
Campos
Bayamo
Havana
Louis Schmidt, Jr
Milwaukee
Theodore Durant
San Francisco
Blanche Lamont
Minnie Williams
H. H. Holmes
Chicago
Holmes
Walden
Dime Savings Bank of
Willimantic
Philadelphia
Cleveland
J. J. Taylor
Washington
Paul Wolf
Nellie Burdick
Watertown
N. Y
Patrick Callahan
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Hoke Smith
Gainesville
Silver City
N. M
Merchants’ and Manufacturers
Detroit
Jamestown
Humane Society
United States
Bernard Rosenow
Kenosha
Wis
Jeddah
Ontario
Ohio
Sydney Frazer
Morocco
Germany
Rockstroh
Boston
John Collins
Ohl
Princeton
Pocatello
Ida
Lake Shore
Archbold
William F. Barrett
Emanuel
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Toronto
Pitzer
Geyer
Indianapolis
Howard Pitzel
Carrie A. Lane
Suez
Great Britain
Trinidad
Bridgeport
Conn
Warsaw
Reece
Carl Petersen
Brooklyn
United States Cavalry
Norwich
Joseph Denny
Pottsdam
Colon
Colombia
Thomas Hayes
Josie Collins
Uraay
Pittsburg
Benjamin Pitzel
General Electric Company
Hawaiian Senate
Kaiulani
Post Office
Toledo
Syracuse
Haverhill
Mass
Lackawanna
Scranton
America
Eral
Kansas City Jockey Club
Whiliam Henry
William ‘Taylor
Columbus
Yoakaw
Taylor
Benjamin Charlton
Kilpatrick
Middletown
Bochum
Prussia
George W. Harris
B. A. Zegel
Morton
Free Seed Department
The
Agricultural Department
Bannock
Browning
Desperado
Fort Smith
Ark
Waller
France
Alberta Stewart
Schofield
International Geographical Congress
London
Bismarck Archapelago
Volhynia
Russia
Ashtabula
Erie
Cairo
Santa Barbara
Peter Verret
Horace Williams
Griswold
Glen Hazel
Bradford
Rockville
Lane County
Veron
Ottawa
Ill
Silesia
Royal Thornton
Ogdensburg
Paris Green
Wyoming
Edward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Carnegie Company
Beaver Falls
Kel
William Pierce
Ceredo
W. W
Illinois
Memphis
Hamburg
Notable 19th Century Officials Die in Brief Dings
Jamaica L I July 29 Colonel Alfred M Wood former mayor of Brooklyn and Fourteenth Regiment commander who led troops before Bull Run dies at his Queens village home Philadelphia July 20 Joseph Nelson Starin longtime New York banker Auburn N Y and agent for Congressman John H Starin dies in Germantown
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Jamaica
L. I
Alfred M. Wood
Brooklyn
Bull Run
Queens
Philadelphia
Joseph Nelson Starin
New York City
Auburn
N. Y
Cou
John H. Starin
New York
Germantown
Assistant Attorney General Whitney Returns From Western Trip
Assistant Attorney General Whitney returns to Washington after a six weeks’ trip to California Arizona and New Mexico on business connected with the department of justice.
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Washington
Whitney
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Department of Justice
Is It True O Christ That The Highest Suffer Most
A Philadelphia Press thought piece ponders whether the noble and strong endure greater pain and wander farther, asking if suffering defines rank in nature and if the finite bounds all knowledge. It muses on darkness, the veil of the infinite, and the peril of knowing too much, ending with existential dread.
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Christ
Heaven
Philadelphia Press
Precious stones found across the United States
The article notes asteria stars and sapphires in North Carolina, emerald green sapphire in Franklin County NC, and widespread U.S. stones. California diamonds are small, worth $10-$50, with 1884 mining value over $30,000. Spinel appears in New England, Virginia, NC, Rusins in NC/VA and possibly CO/NM. Topaz crystals mainly from Colorado, including a 125 carat example. California diamonds occur in many colors.
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North Carolina
Franklin County
N.C
California
United States
New England
Virginia
Colorado
New Mexico
Platte Mountains
Various Historical Snippets From Global Observations
The text recounts items such as pox absence in Patagonia, large milk shipments from Holland and Sweden to England, a Tartar inviting a man to drink by the ear, rapid rise of Japan’s newspapers, a Berlin man breeding rats for hospitals, and vivisection implications. It notes Japanese respect for the Mikado, Canon Tristram’s 29 000 bird specimens for Liverpool, Jews in Italian parliament led by Sonnino, France banning solid infant food without physician prescription, and Johannes Sebastian Bach’s bones found at Leipzig with graves obliteration in a later century street construction.
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Patagonia
Holland
Sweden
England
Japan
Berlin
Canon Tristam
Liverpool
Sonnino
France
Joan Sebastian Bacu
Leipzig
Thomas Kirchof
Long-lived clergymen and officials noted in brief
Rev. ALLEN Thompson of Borden town New Jersey at ninety nine remains the state’s oldest active preacher. Rev. George H. Emerson of Salem Massachusetts seventy is editor of the Christian Leader for thirty years. At Delaware Episcopal convention S Minot Curtis seventy six was elected secretary for the thirty fifth time. Sir Henry BeEssEMER eighty three continues keen on science and withholds autograph. Joan DATESMAN died West Milton Pennsylvania eighty five was postmaster fifty eight years, appointed by Andrew Jackson in 1835 and retired 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Thompson
Bordentown
N. J
George H. Emerson
Salem
Mass
Christian Leader
Delaware
S. Minot Curtis
Sir Henry Beessemer
Joan Datesman
West Milton
Andrew Jackson
Quotations and wry city anecdotes from 19th century papers
Collected snippets include a New York wife complaint leading to Blackwell's Island, a jab about "new woman" rule, a joking Irish remark, and Chauncey Depew's pass with a return coupon. The items reflect humor and social friction in urban press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Herald
New York
Blackwell's Island
Richmond Times
N. Y
Chauncey Depew
Albany
Depew
Indianapolis Journal
Promised Land and Heaven in Revelation Reflection
Rev S H Doyle discusses whether Revelation 21 depicts gospel triumph or future heaven. He argues both views point to heaven as God's presence with Christ, the city new Jerusalem as the holy realm, and entry only through Christ whose blood cleanses sin. Bible readings accompany the meditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Doyle
Toric
Promised Land
Heaven
New Jerusalem
Jerusalem
God
Christ
Mark
John xiv
I Cor
Eph
IL Tim
Heb
I Pet
Rev
Xxii
Peace of God Guards Minds Like a City and Home
Reverend F. B. Meyer compares the mind to a bustling hostelry, an exchange, and a palace invaded by a mob, urging a divine peace to marshal thoughts. He cites the apostle’s claim that the peace of God guards hearts and thoughts, turning chaos into cosmos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostle
Rev
F. B. Meyer
Cross as Standard of Christian Service
The text argues that Christ’s cross embodies service through sacrifice and submission to God. It contrasts worldly selfish living with Calvary’s call to care for others and follow God’s will, claiming true service requires bearing the cross and rejecting selfishness.
Christianity as Life and Trust in God
Rev. Dr. Parkhurst argues that Christianity reframes God as a loving Father rather than an enemy, noting Christians should entrust all to God and still strive to do their best, countering heathen views formed over 18 centuries.
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God
Dr. Parkhurst
The Fig Tree Lesson and Jesus Cleansing the Temple
A Passover era account depicts Jesus entering Jerusalem with his apostles. He rebukes religious hypocrisy and the barren fruit of false piety, using the withering fig tree as a symbol of Judas’s doom and the temple's coming destruction.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Bethany
Christ
Judas
God
Christian Endeavor across seas and shores illustrated
A compilation notes Christian Endeavor efforts in Scotland with blind members and in Victoria Australia where a helper walked three miles in rain to attend an Endeavor service. It also recalls New Orleans youths giving up tobacco and Linlithgow shire sailors hearing a cabin service in San Diego. The excerpt ends with Browning’s poem The Cry of the Children.
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Scotland
Victoria
Australia
Central Congregational Society of
New Orleans
Linlithgowshire
San Diego
Christ
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Local Directory
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125Th Street
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Joseph Nelson Stalin
Pitcher’s Castoria
Bright Boy
Reggie
Puck
Hood
Christian Endeavor
Cross
Leavening Powe
U.S
Epworth League
W. J. Yates
A. M
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Asbury
John Wesley
Georgia
Maine
Christian Endeavor Jottings
Mrs. Browning
Church
League
My Friend
Amy Parkinson
May Walker
Miss
Castoris
Hazeltine Woolen Mills
Wood
Pelf
Violets
Shade
George E. Bowen
Inter
Rome
Carthage
E E. Armstrong
Irene N. McKay
Philadelphia Times
Florence K. Cooper
Independent
Mercury
Chicago Mail
Farmer Jones
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