May 20 Instead of a clear headline a long list of events
Thursday May 20 reports cover a wide range of incidents from a lumber camp in Zealand in the White mountains destroyed by fire with many escaping, to an explosion at the Specville Pennsylvania mill killing a man, firemen burned in Chicago, navy aid to famine relief, and other national and local items including strikes, arrests, and political moves across multiple states and Canada.
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Havana
Zealand
White Mountains
Specville
Chicago
Navy Department
India
Black
New York
Czar
Russia
Kentucky Senate
Holloway
Bronson
Salisbury
Dunkirk Fish Company
Dunkirk N. Y
Philadelphia
Frank M. Cozzens
Cozzens & Waterbury
Saratoga
N. Y
Daily Herald
Pearl Rice
London
Ont
Oswego
Kyngston
Scranton
Patrick Hartnett
Ponkhocle
Grand Army
Buffalo
Edward Sheridan
Matteawan Asylum
Nelson Run
Susquehanna
John Krebb
Oliver Reed
Watertown
Auburn
Edward H. Levelock
Troy
Cortland
Cortland Baseball Club
Roberts
E. W. Cook
Syracuse
Sing Sing Prison
Utah
Clarence Barton
Leon Graves
Duke of Tetuan
Senor Comas
Madrid
Morgan
United States
Senate
Turkey
Thessaly
Pennsylvania
Brazil
Bradstreet
Hazelton
Tacoma
Wash
Dominion
Great Britain
Ann Murphy
Newburg
Minnie Ne mier Drowns After Gazing at Bright Light
Clayton N Y May 26 Minnie Ne mier 16 of Thousand Islands park drowned at Fine View park after becoming dazed by a search light on a passing steamer and falling from the dock where she stood
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Minnie Nemier
Thousand Islands Park
Fine View Park
The Markets New York Money Market May 25
New York Money Market summary from May 25 shows money on call at 1 3/4 to 1 3/4 PERCENT. Prime mercantile paper ranges 3 1/4 to 4 1/4 PERCENT. Sterling exchange quotes actual business in bankers bills at 4.87 to 4.87 14 national bank rates 4.85 4.86 for 60 days. Commercial bills about 4.85. Bar silver at 59 7 8 cents. Mexican dollars at 47 3 4 cents. Silver certificates at 60 4 to 60 4 1/4 cents.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New York Produce Market Flour Prices and Commodities
Market listings show flour bids from FLOUR-City mills and Minnesota bakers, with prices for winter patents at 4.65 to 4.90 and lower grades down to 2.60. Also listed are buckwheat, cornmeal, rye flour, barley, wheat, oats, hay, pork, butter, cheese, and eggs with regional price ranges and delivery terms in New York and Buffalo areas.
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C.i.f
Buffalo
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Wee
White State
Western Creamery
Do Factory
Elgins
Memorial Day Tribute to Fallen Heroes in Springtime
The piece honors soldiers who died for their country and reflects on Memorial Day. It recalls the silent city, blossoms, and peace enjoyed since their sacrifice. It questions whether the departed know the flowers given for them endure as emblems of enduring love and memory.
Louis Rader Hero of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry
Louis Rader, a private in the Fifth Michigan cavalry, sacrificed his freedom to save a sick prisoner, Allen Truaxe, during the Civil War. He gave up a chance to go home, endured seven months in prison, and later cared for Truaxe after the war, returning to hardship but preserving a brotherly bond that endured for decades.
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Fifth Michigan Cavalry
Sumter
Battle of
Trevilian
Millen
Andersonville
Louis
Allen Truaxe
Allen
Truaxe
The Loyal North Skeptical of Conscripts Satirical Verse
The text notes the north doubting conscripted troops and the south men enduring hardship as they faced a doggerel taunt about conscription, highlighting why the provost marshal’s position was seen as tight.
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North
Bearing Much Fruit From The Vine By Rev Doyle
Christian Endeavor topic outlines fruit bearing as essential for believers. It emphasizes abiding in Christ, power from Christ, and fruit as the test and glory of God. Practical points cover necessity, condition, and outcomes, with related Bible readings listed for study.
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H. Doyle
Christ
Mount of Olives
Gethsemane
John iv
Personal Revival Through Renewed Consecration
You can renew your consecration now to gain a clear joyful sense of your relationship with God. The message promises abundant spiritual life, freedom and energy, plus peace and hopeful service. It urges trusting God, improving through repentance and embracing divine grace to be faithful and joyful on the shining path. Northern Christian Advocate.
Kingdom of God Rules Through Willing Hearts
Quote attributed to Ian Maclaren on the kingdom of God needing individual conversion and consecration. It argues that laws or force cannot advance the cause. the kingdom arrives when it is in people's hearts.
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Kingdom of God
Ian Maclaren
First Steps in New Year Faithful Guidance From God
The Episcopal Recorder urges beginning the year with full faith and trust in divine guidance. It promises that initial steps taken in such trust lead to upward progress and clearer understanding of God’s will and purposes each day of the year.
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Episcopal Recorder
Do Not Cease Aiding the Poor
A short exhortation urges continuing help for the needy. It argues that impostors among beneficiaries should not sway compassion for the truly deserving and stresses upholding charitable duty. The note is attributed to the Jewish Voice.
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Jewish Voice
Life's Solution Faith Triumphs In God’s Will
A devotional poem from Christian Herald exhorts readers to hear the Master’s voice above worldly pleas. It urges submission to the Father's will, resisting temptation, strengthened by God's love, and following the Saviour, Prince of Peace, to eternal joy among the ransomed.
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Earth
Stit
Christian Herald
To Visit the Exposition
More than 50 members of the house, many with wives and families, departed Washington on a Southern Railway special for Nashville to attend the centennial exposition. General Sherman and General Thomas, longtime friends, shared a light moment amid battle as Sherman urged Tom to stay back while joking he was turning edgeways to the bullets. Youth's Companion.
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House of Representatives
Southern Railway
Nashville
Tenn
General Sherman
General Thomas
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Tom
Resaca
Sherman
Thomas
A Hint to the Social Department in Epworth League
Rev W J Yates urges balance in recreation within Epworth League. He warns sport gambling and whist parties erode character, health, and church spirit, stressing the law of work and the danger of pleasures pursued as ends. He cautions against idleness and craving worldly amusements.
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W. J. Yates
London Visit Explores Iconic Sights and History
A literary evening in London features a guide outlining the Southampton to London voyage, an architect detailing St Paul’s Cathedral Westminster Abbey and Parliament, an artist touring the National Gallery and tombs, a ministerial guide on churches and mission work, a soldier recounting the Tower and conquests, and an antiquary guiding a tour of the British Museum with relics from Babylon to Egypt.
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London
Southampton
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Thames
National Gallery
Abbey
Tower of London
British Museum
Old Britain
Babylonia
Assyria
Egypt
Third International Convention Programme Promises Great Things
The League's third international convention in Toronto will feature top talent from our church, Church South, and Canadian Methodism. Three meeting places with simultaneous services will be available for hospitality. Toronto, on Lake Ontario, aims to be the most Christian municipality in America and expects about 20 000 Leaguers to attend. The event is billed as a life turning, uplifting vacation experience.
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League
Toronto
America
Lake Ontario
Chattanooga
Stereopticon used for mission work and home study
The Bengalee League in Calcutta invited the Hindustanee League and others to an evening with a stereopticon lecture by Mr. Jefferson. The story of Jesus appeared in pictures from Bethlehem to Ascension with songs on screen. The display was praised as an effective gospel method enjoyed by all and urged for wider use by local chapters.
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Bengalee League
Calcutta
Hindustanee League
Jefferson
Jesus
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Invitations For 1998 Convention Plan Emerges
Plans are forming for the next convention after Toronto with invitations extended by Brooklyn to Greater New York. It is probable that Indianapolis and Detroit will also extend welcomes but no time or place has been decided.
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Urban G. Mease
Citizens National Bank
Warren
Toronto
Brooklyn
New York
Indianapolis
Detroit
Harmony and the Master’s Score of Life
Poetic meditation on the organist who, amid cathedral vastness, channels harmony through skillful touch. The speaker notes the conductor of life must align with eternal laws of truth and duty, even when the surrounding roar drowns the music.
Regiments Credit for First Stars and Stripes at Atlanta
The Sixtieth New York and One Hundred Eleventh Pennsylvania regiments are credited with first raising the stars and stripes over the courthouse in Atlanta when General Sherman captured the city on September 1, 1864.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Atlanta
Sherman
Greatest raid of the war Saltville raid noted
The December 1864 General Stoneman expedition into Virginia and the destruction of Saltville salt works are described by the Exchange as the war’s greatest raid and perhaps the world’s greatest.
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Stoneman
Virginia
Saltville
East Buffalo Livestock Market Report
Cattle prices show export steers at 5.10 to 5.95, heavy butchers 4.50 to 5.95, light to handy 3.10 to 3.50, cows and heifers 35.65 to 23.90, calves 2.50 to 3.25, veals 4.75 to 5.25. Sheep and lambs range from 2.25 to 4.94, with spring lambs 5.05 to 5.15. Hogs: heavy 8.85, mixed 8.9 to 9.0, Yorkers 8.00 to 8.0, pigs 8.90 to 4.00.
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