Temperance order vows renewals after national sorrow
A speaker reflects on national triumphs and tragedies, praises the Order’s steadiness, and urges support for temperance work, temple renewals, and publication of the Templar's Companion and The Templar. He notes new temples Sidney No. 8 and Mt. Vernon No. 4 and calls for charter approvals and reform of dues and initiations.
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Apranay Liscoiy
Temperance
Luther B. Dickinson
Randolph
Portage Cquuty
Presa
Templar's Companion
Covington
Kentucky
Boston
Massachusetts
Temple of Honor
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Order
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Sidney Temple No
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Mt. Vernon Temple No
Mt. Vernon
Degraa
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Thomas Evans, Jr
Grand Temple
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Conspiracy Testimony on Lincoln Assassination Plot Revealed
Tama native testifies from Washington about Confederate agents in Canada led by Jacob Thompson and Clement C. Clay. He describes dispatches from Jefferson Davis, plans to kill Lincoln Johnson and others, and commissions granted to Booth and others. He details meetings in Montreal and Toronto, discussions of blowing Croton Dam, yellow fever plots, and a vast network of rebel supporters.
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The Dangers of Cold Drafts and Health Risks
In Hall's Journal of Health, Edward Everrett and Professor Mitchel describe deaths tied to cold drafts and perspiration. The piece warns sudden exposure to cool air after exertion can seal pores, cause illness like consumption, and stresses keeping warm indoors after walks or rides.
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Faneuil Hall
Professor Mitchel
Delaware
Irritability and the moral weight of irritable states
The essay argues irritability is a bodily condition, not mere malice, and contrasts irritable nerves with tranquil animal nature. It cites Rever, praises healthy physiology as foundation of virtue, and urges self-control and understanding of bodily states to maintain home peace.
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H. B. Stowe
Tobacco and heart disease linked in French study
The Medical Times reports Mecaine’s note that eighty three smokers yielded twenty one cases of intermittent pulse in men aged 81 to 47, not due to heart lesions. In nine cases stopping tobacco restored normal function, suggesting possible narcotism of the heart and benefit from reduced smoking. General Scoot’s visitor praised health and war’s end. a remark on Jeff Davis wished for his hanging.
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Academie Des Sciences
M. Decaine
Scoot
Jeff. Davis
The Photographic Grin and Its Uncanny Truth
In All the Year Round Dickens notes that a photo may capture a sitter’s pose but not the true self. Anxiety at being photographed and the control of the operator distort expression, often yielding a “horribly ghastly smile” rather than a likeness.
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Marshal Ney
Europe
Studious Apprentice Wins $2000 State House Prize
Two carpenter shop apprentices diverged in habits one studied and read applying himself to craft and plans the other chased leisure. The studious youth submitted a winning state house design earning $2000 and became a leading early American architect while the rival struggled.
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Washington Wilbeforce
A Lesson in Mercy and Daily Burdens
A gentleman recalls learning human sympathy from an early act of kindness to a sick sailor boy at the ferry wharf and how such mercy shaped his life. The piece ties in with moral tales from Child's Paper and a reflection on managing daily burdens like Newton's bundle of sticks.
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