York Convention Promises Largest State Gathering
Local meetings announce the York Convention set for Oct 17 19 led by Leaders Presbyterian Julia Nelson Baptist Addie D Thompson Evangelical G F Henry. All societies urged to attend with banners and prayerful spirit and plan travel by rail at 12.12 dollars per trip or 606 miles at 2 cents per mile.
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Presbyterian
Julia Nelson
Addie D. Thompson
Evangelical
G. F. Henry
York
Oet
Topic for the Week by Rev Doyle Human longings and divine satisfaction
The sermon argues that human beings feel deep longings for knowledge wealth happiness God and immortality but worldly gains cannot satisfy them. Only God offers true rest and peace through Christ, with final fulfillment after death in God's prepared place. Bible readings accompany the reflection.
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H. Doyle
God
David
Christ
Amos
Gal
Ezek
Briers and Berries Teach a Quiet Lesson on Honesty
A traveler hears a boy named Sammy describe gathering berries in briers and keeping quiet about his feet. The anecdote, from Domestic Journal, contrasts honesty with relief at being understood by a mother. Higashi Honwanji temple construction in Kioto requires vast funds and women’s hair cables.
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Kioto
Japan
United Presbyterian
Surrender of Motions to God and Divine Guidance
A devotional exhortation urging complete surrender of heart to God. It emphasizes keeping the heart aligned with divine influences, seeking the Holy Spirit, and directing life in one channel toward God’s will and the love of Christ.
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Christ
McKinley's Expectation and Christian Endeavor References
The text notes McKinley's astonishment at Saengerfest hall not filled by Endeavorers and observes many reporters at the table belong to the Christian Endeavor movement. It mentions a New York Police Christian Endeavorer speaker, Texas expecting the largest 1895 banner rise, and cites Dr Hamlin's theme likening Endeavor to the church's West Point and Annapolis.
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Society of Christian Endeavor
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New York Police
Christian Endeavorers
Texas
West Point
Annapolis
Eastern Churches Adopt Individual Communion Cups
The piece notes fashionable eastern churches adopting individual communion cups. It also profiles Rev. Dr. Thomas Hanlon leading Ocean Grove Bible class for 17 years and Rev. E. E. Wiley of Nevada, Missouri defending umpiring a Sunday game. Rev. Charles A. Oakes, former assistant to Dr. Talmage, installed as pastor of Fair Street Reformed Church in Kingston, New York.
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E. E. Wiley
Nevada
Charles A. Oakes
Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Fair Street Reformed Church
Kingston
N. Y
News of the Week Highlights Global Turmoil and Labor Strikes
A digest of events across Sept. 5 to 11 notes forest fires and heavy losses in Michigan and neighboring states, 8,000 garment workers striking in New York, political shifts in New York and Arkansas, the Peary expedition, and assorted crimes, trials, and court actions.
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Pokegama
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Wisconsin
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Pittsburg
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Sherman
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New Hampshire
Old World brick and arch milestones and a bridge in Pennsylvania
The record notes hollow cast iron bricks used in German houses and semicircular arches appearing in churches in 568. It cites chimneys on multi story Italian houses from 1347 and mentions a bridge in McKean county Pennsylvania spanning 801 feet above its stream.
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Germany
Italy
McKean County
Fruitless Robbery Ends with Missing Money Recovered
Henry T. Cranmer recalls a Wells Fargo theft on the Northern Pacific where a money package vanished between Helena and St Louis. An innocent express messenger served two years in prison before the money was found years later by surveyors, revealing the real culprit who confessed but faced limited prosecution.
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la Touraine
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St. Louis
New York Recorder
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Tom Cruse
Helena
Mont
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Express
Northern Pacific Company
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Express Company
Unpleasant Sensations From Large Naval Guns
A retired naval officer recalls the thunderous noise and shock of firing 100 ton guns aboard the Thunderer during the Alexandria siege. He notes sailors stand on tiptoe to endure the blast and others lie prone to protect ear drums, while warning that such immense weapons threaten both crew and enemy in distant engagements.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Alexandria
Germanys Pigeon Service and European Use
The article notes Germany maintains a large pigeon post network with hundreds of birds in Strasburg Metz Thorn Mainz Cologne Kiel Danzig and other centers. It links frontier and interior towns to military HQ with an annual nine thousand dollar appropriation. Russia also fields thousands of birds with ten thousand dollars yearly.
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History Instructing Youth design for silver certificate
Mr Low's design for a new one-dollar silver certificate centers on history instructing youth. Germany reports Mori the Japanese professor who studied in Germany has translated Goethe Werthers Leiden into his native language. Annie Thompson Nettleton resigns from Vassar English to lead Guilford cottage at the Woman's College of Western Reserve. The Thousand Islands pick sold by the Dominion government with strong American buyers and high prices.
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Woman's College of the Western Reserve University
Thousand Islands
Vast Earth and Sky Facts Span Wide Ranges of Nature
A survey covers the Sierra Nevada range in California, human salt content and yearly needs, vast celestial dimensions, Nebraska storm origins, six sources of heat in the atmosphere, and a Paris Observatory moon photograph yielding a five foot diameter image.
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California
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Dakota
Kansas
Texas
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Academy of Sciences
Quips From Aged Papers On Love And Science
A collage of humorous quotes from old papers. Witty lines touch on work, theft, luck, and love. Notable snippets mention Priscila and Prunella characters and a playful misremembering of Isaac Newton.
Travel makes a wise man better and a fool worse
A collection of maxims on virtue, trust, simplicity, responsibility, and secrecy. The quotes caution negotiation by self, not others, and the inward strength of character through thoughtful reflection. Notable lines touch on selfishness, love, friendship, and enduring pain.
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Sir P. Sidney
H. W. Beecher
Notable Facts From The Era On Farming And Fisheries
Fifty seven thousand women work in US farming. Cincinnati shipped one thousand carloads of pocket flasks for liquor last year. The first coal use records date to England in 850, then called fossil fuel. A Norseman in Passaic NJ died by suicide in a canal. Puget Sound fish are cheaper. large halibut sell at twenty five cents each. A 170 pound halibut was recently landed.
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Cincinnati
England
Passaic
N. J
Puget Sound
Labor and union activity across American cities
Reports show diverse labor actions with unions forming or planning papers in Detroit Indianapolis Muske gon and Chicago while barbers in New Zealand and Cuscaco organize Sunday closing. A wild animal trust and a free labor bureau are noted alongside saloonkeeper efforts and Sunday closing movements.
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Iowa
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London
Cuscaco
Indianapolis
Fragmented quotes mingle witticisms from late 19th century papers
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips about looks, cooking, painting, and romance from multiple era sources. The snippet references Syracuse Post London Answers Truth Belle and Tit-Bits with lines about handsome cooks, mashing potatoes, and love at first sight.
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Papa
Mamma
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Lucelle
A Little Song From Love And Trust
A short verse notes love and trust awakening and comforting a heart that had been broken by Mary F. Butts.
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