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  A look at the October 4, 1900, edition of The New York Tribune might provide some insight into Ernest's motivation for returning to America:  

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William James, Harvard’s first professor of Psychology, was probably the most famous Theosophist from Cambridge, Massachusetts. (It was here where James William James, Harvard’s first professor of Psychology, was probably the most famous Theosophist from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  Mabel Collins (1851-1927) was born Minna Mabel Collins in 1851 at St Peters Port, Guernsey, and though never formally educated, she proved a It was borne in her mind that this alleged “doctor friend” was nothing more than a figment in D’Onston’s imagination, invented to conceal his own identity with Jack the Ripper. She was now convinced, beyond all doubt, that the man standing before her was in fact the Whitechapel murderer.

    Marie Sinclair. (wiki)   Marie Sinclair (1830-1895) was the only surviving daughter of Don José de Mariategui, of Santa Catalina, the

THE REINCARNATION OF E.D. WALKER   On April 28, 1890, a telegram was sent to the family of Edward Dwight Walker in Brooklyn. It said that Walker went %

ANNA MILLER STABLER & THE HARLEM BRANCH (H.P.B. BRANCH.)   (Left) Anna Miller Stabler. (Right) 125th Street, west from Seventh Avenue.  

Frederika House Sisley (1852–1934) — Former General Conference Treasurer Written by:  April 13, 2021 Editor’s Note: This profile of Frederika House Sisley, the youngest person ever elected as a General Conference officer and one of only three women to serve as a GC treasurer, was written by Benjamin Baker for the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists (ESDA). It is reprinted here with permission from the ESDA. Sisley, Frederika House (1852–1934) Frederika House was the youngest and on...

Walking on a Dirt Road: Elliott Corner to Cold Spring Loop Posted by: Candace Gregory January 10, 2021 5,378 Views Let your imagination go wild. You have been riding on a dusty, bumpy, hot stagecoach all day from Mariposa. Or perhaps the day is freezing cold and you are bundled up the best you can in that stagecoach with your coat and some quilts. You are approaching Cold Spring Stage Stop and sure are looking forward to the break. You will most certainly stretch your legs while the sta...

By Bridget Garnai Retzloff and Heidi Gauder What was life like in the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Dayton campus before students began living in the houses? This question is what we wanted students to imagine and answer when we created an AVIATE opportunity this semester. Beginning with houses at Wyoming and Brown streets and working south, students are researching house addresses from 1920, looking up the residents, and then pinning that information to a Google MyMap. By the end...