History of the Week Recaps Turbulent Election Days
On November 6 to 12, a sweeping set of national events included quiet election days with scattered disturbances, murder and lynching fears, notable deaths like Eugene Field, and major political gains for Republicans in multiple states. Amid fires, riots, and eruptions abroad, the week also covers weddings, sports feats, industrial deals, and cultural milestones across cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington.
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Great Northern Railroad
Ida Gaskill
George Morgan
Omaha
Brooklyn
James Haffa
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Gloucester
Mass
Eugene Field
Chicago
Bueno Park
Ill
Turkey
China
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Cuba
Century Road Club
T. T. Mack
Buffalo
United States
Kucheng
Foo Chow
Newfoundland
Norristown
New York
J. J. van Alen
Europe
Colt
Griggs
New Jersey
Campbell
Ohio
Bushnell
Maryland
Tammany Hall
New York City
Virginia
Benjamin J. Haywood
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Illinois
Vienna
Charles Judd
Port Henry
N. Y
Florence Maybrick
Woking
Aylesbury
England
Carnegie Music Hall
Pittsburg
Corbett
Crosby and Bleecker Streets
Detroit Journal
John B. McGoldrick
Tammany
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Griffo
Jack McAuliffe
Jack
William L. Elliott
Jack Dempsey
Portland
Morse
Ont
Garfield
Evening Journal of
Detroit
Havana
George Cole
Brewer
Harvard
Constantinople
George R. Sherman
Bank of North America
New Orleans
Jake Gaudaur
Austin
Tex
County of Orange
Hyams Brothers
Toronto
St. Louis
Pauncefote
America
Linford Overpeck
Brodheadsville
Dubois
Peoria
Ills
Hamilton
John L. Nicholson
Joseph Mongaria
France
John H. Messner
Middle Run
Ezekiah Jolley
Quaker City Inquiry Opens as Municipal Costs Rise
Philadelphia senate investigation into city government began at the Hotel Metropolitan. Angelo Freedley outlined procedure and cited department cost growth from 8.0 million to 29.0 million dollars between 1887 and 1894 while promising to expose franchise abuses. Six die in Brooklyn tenement fire at 311 Van Brunt Street due to a gas jet.
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Philadelphia
Senate
New York
van Brunt Street
Brooklyn
War against Ashanti Likely Declared at Cabinet Council
London reports that a war against the Ashanti is expected to be declared at the upcoming cabinet council. Woolwich arsenal has been ordered to send all required stores to Accra.
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London
Woolwich Arsenal
Accra
Pronunciation Drift in Nineteenth Century English Names
A survey of oral pronunciations shows Byron as Byra, Cowpen as Cooper, and Chol mondeley as Chumley. Geographical names vary widely with Cirencester as Sketer and Marylebone as Marrowbone, among many others, illustrating dramatic shifts in spoken form.
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Byron
Byra
Burn
Cowpen
Cooper
Cholmondeley
Chumley
Marjoribanks
Marchbanks
Weemys
Weems
Saint John
Senton
Singin
Archedeckne
Archdeacon
Colquhoun
Koohoon
Duchesnes
Dukarn
Bethune
Beeton
Menzies
Mynges
Knollys
Ransom
Crostwight
Corsit
Holdsworth
Holder
Kireadbright
Kircoobry
Ilkley
Ethla
Coxwold
Cookwood
Marylebone
Marrowbone
Marriage customs in the Fiji Islands discussed
A historical note explains that in the Fiji Islands marriage is highly common, while an unmarried person is rare. It states that deaths in unmarried states are believed to doom the soul to wander between heaven and hades, with limited heavenly sighting at each moon but no entry.
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Fiji Islands
Heaven
Hood
Antitoxin Saves Diphtheria Patients in Pittsburg
Antitoxin treatment in Pittsburg shows strong results with 4 of 40 deaths among treated cases. In contrast 17 of 19 untreated cases in the city died, underscoring the therapy’s life-saving impact.
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Pittsburg
Envelopes With Printed Cards Offered By Mail Office
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De Witt’s Little Early Risers Curb Headache and Indigestion
An advertisement promotes De Witt’s Little Early Risers as small pills that cure headache indigestion and constipation. It asserts they are tiny yet effective and signed F H Jixson.
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de Witt
F -H. Jixson
Rejecting Christ and Its Eternal Consequences
A Christian Endeavor lesson argues that rejecting Christ is folly with eternal penalties. It compares rejection to Sodom and Gomorrah, notes future judgment, and warns that denying Christ forfeits heaven's joys and God’s salvation. Bible readings span Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the Gospels.
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H. Doyle
Cirst
Christ
Sodom
Gomorrah
Heaven
God
Xxiii
John iii
Acts iv
Tim. ii
Titusi
Heb. x
Xii
The Gospel In Many Tongues
A Quarterly Review piece notes The Gospel In Many Tongues edition prints John iii 16 in 820 languages. It reflects worldwide devotion, with verses occupying pages or lines across diverse linguistic forms from Iroquois to Chinese vernacular.
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The
Bible Society
Quarterly Review
Turning to Sunshine Overcomes Sourness Says Lutheran
The message urges resisting bitterness from misfortune and unkindness. It counsels embracing hope and charity, letting love and kindness shape thoughts, words, and actions for a sweeter soul and better character.
Unity in Christian Endeavor Movements Emphasizes Personal Contact
The movement illustrates that spiritual unity is possible without centralized authority and uniformity. True union comes from heart to heart and face to face contact rather than formal resolutions.
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Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Notes Across Nations and Reform
The Mothers' society has enrolled 88 local societies across several states. A Scottish national convention badge features a red lion rampant within a Christian Endeavor monogram. San Diego Endeavorers transformed a notorious drink saloon into a seaman's reading and rest room.
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Christian Endeavor
Mothers’ Society
San Diego
Quiet Yearn for Solitary Forest Life
A short lyric from Scribner's Magazine voices a desire to be a modest zephyr rather than a public star. The speaker requests a private, natural refuge to learn and grow under Nature's care, preferring forest apprenticeship to city life.
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Teave
Scribner’s Magazine
The Spread of Christianity to Antioch and Saul’s Return
Saul, once a persecutor, is sought by Barnabas to aid the growing church in Antioch. Disciples preach to Gentiles, igniting a pivotal shift. The Jerusalem church sends Barnabas, who then recruits Saul from Tarsus to strengthen the new converts.
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Jerusalem
Saul
Antioch
Syria
Stephen
Philip
Peter
Jesus
Barnabas
Tarsus
Land of the Veda and From Boston to Bareilly
The article honors William Butler D D as founder of Methodist missions in India and Mexico and highlights The Land of the Veda and From Boston to Bareilly, detailing beginnings, expansion over 25 years, and his revered status among current and future generations.
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India
Mexico
League
William Butler
Boston
Bareilly
Butler
Be a Lady or Gentleman at All Times
No one has the right to be mean or unjust under any circumstances. Even if treated unfairly you must not repay with unkindness or deceit. Always tell the truth and act with pure motives toward all, striving to be noble and true.
The Reading Course in the League
The piece urges all League members to read the entire reading course and share summaries. It suggests acquiring the books through chapters, libraries, or individuals and having papers read aloud to the group. It closes with a Short Longfellow quotation about doing the will.
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League
Longfellow
Announcement of cash trade and price leadership
Public notice proclaims a shift from credit to cash, branding rivals as clinging to old long-time prices. It argues high prices harm both rich and poor, promises frequent price changes with market movements, and lists goods to be offered under a new cash-based, merit-driven system.
J. W. Agrelius Geneva Store Ad Offers Wide Stock
The advertisement lists a full line of dress goods including serges cashmeres broadcloths ginghams and prints. It also promotes undergarments boots shoes rubber goods and gentleman’s furnishings and a complete grocery stock with flour feed wallpaper glass and a well stocked drug department. The copy touts attractive useful stock and first class Geneva store service.
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Geneva
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J. O. Parmlee
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C. B. Sampson
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J. W. Dunkle
H. M. Putnam
S. C. Graham
R. E. Geer
W. S. Peirce
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John A. Spetz
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H. B. Waite
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Epwin F. Parpex
125Th Street
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Ord
Peal Medicine CO
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Good Government Club
Joseph H. Choate
Potter
Goshen
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Jackson
Price Evans
Osage
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Morton
Frederick Weevoe
Middletown
Allan G. Thurman
Columbus
Brice
William Wells
Journal
James C. Matthews
Recorder’s Court
Albany
Civil Service
Edward Mitchell
Oswego
M. G. Clay
Ironton
F. H. Hooker
Chenango
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Hillsbig
Montreal
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Princeton
Cornell
South Carolina
Bat Shea
Dannemora
Troy
Robert Ross
Hichborn
Bureau of Naval Construction
Frances
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Warwick
Carlisle
Quay
Gorman
Harriet
Pekin
English
Spain
Jamaica
Thurman
Illustrated American
Perry Watkins
Birmingham
Ala
A. M. Williams
Savannah
Dr. Parkhurst
Richard Pope
Walters Bros
Sioux City
George Montague
Cherokee County
Quaker City Municipal
Tanialen
Malas
Christian Endeavor Notes
Nature
Eeeciete Etsek
LEGA
Epworth League
W. J. Yates
A. M
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Charles Mackay
Down
Frances Oviatt Lewis
Pope
Contentment
Earth
Poles
Equator
Sarah
Sahara
Rochester
Syracuse
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J. W. Agrelius
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