The Marvels of Zion City and Its Leader Voliva
Zion City founded by John Alexander Dowie decades ago prospers under Voliva. He rebuilt the tract, bought plants, operates a large faith based enterprise with 83 cents holdings, 3 dozen businesses earning 3.5 million yearly, and devout civic life. No salary, no pork or tobacco, strong printing press, few infant losses, and strict press policy.
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Christian Catholic Apostolich In
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Zion City
Voliva
Zion's Economy and Culture Under Voliva’s Rule
A profile of Zion community life led by Pioneer pastor William H. Voliva describing business strength, daily prayer at 9 am and 9 pm, Bible–based schooling, a modern gym, four thousand-seat meetings, strict social norms, lack of labor unions, and a harmonious industrial society financed by high wages with no jazz or dancing.
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Fidence
Zion
Voliva
Dearborn
If All My Ships Return Home in Calm Seas
Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox expressing a lover of all ships at sea bringing treasure yet valuing one ship above others. The speaker wishes safe passage for all vessels but declares a single return would fulfill happiness, while loss would sting even if wealth remains.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Fakers in 1646 exploited science says Athanasius Kircher
The piece notes that in 1646 Athanasius Kircher observed how fraudsters abused new scientific ideas to mislead the public, illustrating enduring patterns of deception.
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Athanasius Kircher
First Magic Lantern Sparked From Kircher’s Invention
The text notes Kircher announcing an instrument that projected drawings onto a screen, calling it Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae. The idea failed to impress scientists, but traveling magicians acquired copies and toured widely, frightening peasants with devil pictures and depictions of souls in purgatory while earning substantial sums.
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Kircher
Promise to Keep Spirits from Homes of Victims
A historical notice quotes a pledge to shield victims by banishing evil spirits from their dwellings, outlining a community vow or ritual aimed at protecting households and asserting cultural or spiritual safeguarding practices.
Culinary Note On Age From The Humorist
A witty remark about distinguishing an old hen from a chick en by careful dressing cites The Humorist from London, noting the phrase originates in a culinary book.
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Humorist
London
SAFE Ella something is preying on dicks mind
Ella speaks of a troubling worry that shadows Dick while Jack reassures him that the threat will disappear without harm. The dialogue hints at tension and irony as humor softens fear in a domestic moment.
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Little Rock
Reeves Land
Whitewright
Orville Hall
Ella
Jack
Aint It Whiz Immigration Comment Debate
A humorous panel exchange contrasts foreigners entering the country with immigration as flattery. Bang remarks the idea while Ain’t It Whiz notes the ongoing discussion about newcomers and national reception.
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P. A. Short
P. McKenna
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Elbert Hansard
West Whitewright
W. T. Pritchett
W. F. Brown
Dyer & Jones’ Drug Store
Love Monument Company of
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Mark Montgomery
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Trenton
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E.W. Grove
Home Ice & Mig. Co
Ain't
Bowling Battery & Electric CO
Mr. Merchant
The
Whitewright Sun
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