Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hale then gave definitions of different terms relating to religion. The parish, he said, has been defined as that territory which is committed to the charge of a curate who is entrusted with the care of souls. In early times in America the town and parish were often one and the same. The parish in the South and elsewhere is often a corporation which regulates church elections...
...which he finally branched off as an author. In 1889 he published his best known work, "A Window in Thrums," and in 1892, "A Little Minister," and this last named book is the last work that Barrie has written. All the shorter stories which have been published recently in America were written before when he was still a journalist...
...PRESCOTT, Sec.HARVARD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.-There will be a meeting of the society this evening, March 1, at 7.45. The program will be: Mr. W. H. Phelps, Alligators; Mr. T. W. Vaughan, Fresh Water Mussels; Mr. W. S. Nickerson, Development of Teeth; Mr. M. Chamberlain, The Deer of North America...
...societes francaises de sports athletiques. The object of the congress will be, "The consideration and extension of the principles which underlie the idea of amateur sports." The committee in charge of the arrangements consists of three members covering France and Continental Europe, England and the English Colonies, and America. The member of the committee in charge of the interests of the Congress in America is Professor William M. Sloane of Princeton...
...intention of the congress to have delegates present from various countries, each one to be prepared on the amateur sports of all countries, and especially of his own. The delegates will be chosen from the prominent amateur athletes, and doubtless in America from her different University representatives...