A Country Doctor’s Gift and a Mission Shared
Dr. Best, a renowned New York physician, offers mentorship to a gifted young graduate, John Ashurst, promising a rise in New York but the youth chooses duty in Alton. Years later Ashurst, now aged and tireless, helps a fellow traveler in a railcar, reaffirming the old bond and his own famed patient care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alton
Best
John Ashurst
Duncan
Grafton
Smith
Dr. Best
Dr. Ashurst
Thanksgiving Brings Surprise Mission Of Dr Ashurst's Legacy
In a bleak Alton winter, a traveler recalls Dr John Ashurst guiding him to a cure and a new path. After the Doctor’s death his daughters face hardship until a Cuba connection yields fifty thousand dollars, renewing hope and arrangements for their family home and patients.
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Dr. Ashurst
Seaboard
Alton
Nelly Ashurst
Nelly
Mrs. Ashurst
Dent
Father
Cuba
Lizzie
Sarah
Pension Bureau report shows growth and proposed reforms
Commissioner Murphy submits the annual pension bureau report for the year ended June 30 1896 noting 44 247 new or restored pensioners and total rolls at 970 678 with a balance of 1 790 000. Disbursements reached 138 214 000 while 1 328 000 was budgeted for other expenses and reforms include priority for original applicants and enhanced medical review guidelines.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Dominic Ignatius Murphy
Secretary of the Interior
Pension Bureau
Congress
Germany
State Department
United States
Board of Surgeons
New Apostolic Delegate Martinelli Plans America Visit
Archbishop Martinelli of Ephesus, appointed as apostolic delegate to the United States succeeding Cardinal Satolli, visits Dublin. He says he will stay in America as long as the pope wishes and will base his operations in Washington. He expects Satolli to remain about a week after his arrival before returning to Rome, with the consistory for Satolli's cardinal’s hat likely in November or December.
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Satolli
America
Martinelli
Ephesus
United States
Cardinal Satolli
Dublin
Order of St. Augustine
Holy Father
Washington
Cardinal Satelli
Rome
English Adapter Demands Help After French Query
Fred Horner, famed English adapter of French plays, sat in a provincial hotel dining room and asked in French, Peut-on fumer ici. The waiter, weary, answered I don't understand a word of French, sir. Horner then exclaimed for someone who does.
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Fred Horner
Bells Ring Still to Ward Storms in Wallis Canton
In the Swiss canton Wallis a medieval custom endures of ringing church bells to avert an approaching thunderstorm or sudden snowfall, a practice kept alive by local communities.
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Swiss Canton
Wallis
A Stout Warrior Charles Martel Carried Heavy Mace
Charles Martel known as the Hammer carried a 30 pound mace as part of his martial reputation as a stout warrior.
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Charles Martel
Charles the Hammer
French translations boost Guiney Crane fame in France
The passage notes Louise Imogene Guiney and Stephen Crane gaining recognition in France via recent translations. It mentions Charles Dickens the younger dying in London on July 21 from paralysis and his new Macmillan edition. It observes Edinburgh’s printing prowess and London book production extending to Aberdeen. Harris travels to Chicago to visit his son, and has written several short stories since April.
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Louise Imogene Guiney
Stephen Crane
France
Charles Dickens
London
Macmillan Company
Edinburgh
England
Aberdeen
Joel Chandiey Harris
Georgia
Chicago
The
Times-Herald
Harris
Assam Proverbs and the Early Railways
A collection of Assamese proverbs on home life and habit is followed by notes on the origin of railways tracing to coal transport contrivances. It describes wooden tram lines with flanged wheels, horse power, and usage dates around 1602 to 1649.
Sound money stance vs free silver in early election discourse
The piece attacks silverites and their claim of harming business, arguing that financial stringency stems from debased currency and political agitation for cheap money. It quotes John C. Calhoun on stable currency as essential to industry and warns that free silver would hinder investment and growth.
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Govd
John C. Calhoun
Garret A. Hobart
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
United States
Canada
National
Green Glass Vial and Bottle Manufacturers’ Association
Philadelphia Bulletin
Bryan
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Sara Orne Jewett
States
Dante
Sydenham
Dr. Ashursts
Alexander Hamilton
the Pension Report
the Book World
Mary Taylor
Mary
Somerville
Mass
Beatrice Butler
Lord Waterford
Jane Harrison
Archaeoloical Society of
Berlin
Kruger
Pieter du Plessis
Toronto
Ont
Great Britain
Charles Langmuir
New York Life Assurance Company
Paris
G. H. Bolton
Wrir
Langmuir
Assam
Mr. Hobart
Ayer
Siegfried & CO
Rowland & Sons
Decora
W. ¢. Rowland J. E. Rowland
Rowland, An
the Mail Office
Vitalis
Calumet Medicine CO
Ill
Warren
SIE
Ried & CO
C. Smith
J. K. Ronne
Wanamaker & Brown
Hickory St
American Tobacco Co
Cornell
Lafayette
Yale
Marlbury
Richmond
Imperial
Princess Royal
Piccadilly
Monte Christo
Fehlman Bros
JH. S. Thomas
East St
D. A.V. & P. Railroad
W. H. Druen
U. S
Ee Ae
A. Weiss
Clothier
Water St. Warren
John Vedder
Washington Burn & CO
D. C
Fort Frayne
Capt
Chas. King
Mars and
Cupid
Madison
William McKinley
Albany
Calvin J. Huson
Democratic State Committee
Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
MAI
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadephia
Baltimore
Pullman
Erie
Williams Ort
Rce
Kane
East
Williamsport
Renovo
Ridgway
S. M. Prevost
J. R. Wood
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central
Hudson River
KK. R. Co. Lessee
Sun
Boston
Ceecerverre Uhhca O
Cesses
Sypacuse Oo
Rochester
Niagara Falls
P Wa
Bumtaio
Cere
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Lily Dale
Jase
Cassadapga
Sinclairville
Malconer
Falconer Junet
Irvington
Youngsvill
Pittsfield
Seos
Garland
Torpedo
Frewsburg
Cece - Ackle
Grand Valley
Titusville
Oil City
Lvv
Pittsburg
Falconer
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Pittsburg Express
Irvineton
Tid Foute
Tionesta
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
Leffard
R. Bell
Supt
JA. Fellows
Mooney-Brisbane
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Howland
Jerry Crary
Supi
Cincinnati
St. Louis
West
Nesta Hekeneek
Jamestown, N. Y
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