Gongo Allah and the Gift of Allah Water Story in Nigeria
A correspondent recalls a march across northern Nigeria to Lake Chad where a river bank tale explains the meaning of Adjulal and the Great Gift of Allah. An old sub‑chief recounts Adjulai’s mission, a famine, and the miracle of a rising water source that saved a village, transforming beliefs and uniting the people under Islam.
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Nigeria
Lokojy
Lake Chad
Great Lake
Adjulal
Allah
Ingrimmar
Ory
Chad
Dor
Rajural
Admilai
Thrat
Allek
Ulem
Adjulai
Adriiai
Walt
Mey
Thor
Tsoueke
Apples For Health Advice From a Curious Correspondent
A Punch writer notes a reader asks what to do when a doctor prescribes more than needed. It recalls the old saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away, emphasizing prudent care and targeted treatment.
Temperance gains in the South push toward nationwide prohibition
A South driven temperance message argues that prohibition is rising across the region, driven by ethical, religious, and economic concerns, especially the impact on labor and African American workers. The piece cites leaders and speeches in New York and Leeds, praising strict enforcement and local option as steps toward ending liquor sales.
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T. de Quincey Tully
Law Enforcement Society of
New York City
Louisville
New York
New York State
Mr. Tully
New Jersey
Oklahoma City
Oklahomao
Georgia
William McKinsey
Onich
British Admiral Praises American Navy As Equal To World
In a lengthy interview Sir William Henry White, former Director of Naval Construction for Britain, hails the US Navy as equal to any in the world and argues the Connecticut class armor rises higher above water than the Dreadnought. He defends the broken hoist as his invention and attributes American ship accidents to inexperience and targets practice pressures.
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Southland
North
South
Temperance Cause
John P. Coffin
Morida
Home Herald
William White
Boston
Mase
William Henry White
Admiralty
Pary
Sir William Table
William
Connecticut
Settlement Criticism Sparks Wide Denunciations
Chicago based official criticizes settlement workers as inefficient and misdirected while protests mount from New York charities. Rebecca Holmes is rebuked for endorsing women's suffrage as dangerous. speaker urges government handling of social service and cites misused funds from roof playground project.
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Chicago
William H. Allen
Blane
New York
Allen
Bureau of Municipal Research of
Social Economists’ Club
Rebecca Holmes
Bureau of Charidea
Mr. Allen
Sacrilege Involuntary In Rome Woman Says Family Spat Bread
Fellbogens claim to be Rome to Ese Rome after a sacrilege in the Sistine Chapel. Professor Fellbogen and his family allegedly spat the sacred breads on the floor during a sacrament and fled Rome. His wife urged a closer view of the Pope leading to their surprise presence among communicants. The Pope reportedly placed communion threads in their mouths before they realized the act, and they spat them out immediately.
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Fellbogens
Rome
Italy
Profesaor Fellbogen
Sistine Chapel
Feilbogen
Government espionage system exposed in testimony
Washington officials testified before the Appropriations Committee about a government espionage network run by the Secret Service. Moran claimed detectives were used across departments, including against an Annapolis midshipman, with some findings later used in a divorce case. The committee moved to place Secret Service under Treasury and restrict cross department use.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
St. Petersburg
Appropriations Committee
Secret Service
Moran
Annapolis
Wiresa
Ing
Tawney
Eigct
The
Treasury
Department of Justice
Secret Service Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
World of Sport Briefs From Cincinnati and Paris Racing
Cincinnati has purchased building lots for a central public playground. Jack Atkin, winner of the Carter Handicap, is spoken of as a rival to Rosebea in sprinting distances. Eugene Pischhofa Dandola won the President of the Republic's cup steeplechase in Paris amid a snowstorm. Racing associations plan reforms with the Jockey Club forbidding trainers from frequenting betting enclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Jack Atkin
Carter
Rosebea
Eugene Pischhofa
Dandola
Paris
Jockey Club
Women News Nuggets Include Bequest and Appointments
Miss Clemente Stephens of New York City bequeathed 34000 dollars to charitable institutions. The Women Democratic Club of New York advocates appointing women policemen. Misa Ray Lonzworth joined the Central Federated Union as walking delegate of the Hebrew Factory Actors' Union in New York. Eleanora Crawford, daughter of novelist F Marion Crawford, linked to Cavalier Pietra Rocca in a marriage at Sorrento Italy.
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Clemente
Stephens
New York City
Women’s Democratic Club
Misa Ray Lonzworth
Central Federated Union
Hebrew Ieactory Actors’ Union
New York
Eleanora Crawford
F. Marion Crawford
Cavalier Pietra Rocca
Sorrento
Italy
Record of unusual weekly egg shipment and other brief items
News by wire reports a record of 10 500 dozen eggs shipped in a week from Low Point by John Haverstahl after a Boston order. The item notes various other brief reports: Admiral Batch death in Raleigh of pneumonia, a New York to Paris race car arrival in Victoria, a prairie fire near Cogswell ND killing seven, a twins birth day apart in Springfield, a national spelling bee planned in Cleveland, Alaska mine work for 10 000 men, a fatal ingestion of a coin in Indiana, a Wall Street plot claim in Washington, and multiple local notices including a cemetery designation and a Maine factory resume.
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Peoria
John Haverstahl
Boston
Maze
Woodford County
Paris scholars seek reason why fat men strut
Paris experts debated why overweight men walk with a proud gait and a fierce look. Professor Robinson explained stomach repletion presses the diaphragm shortening the thorax and lengthening the waist, while adipose tissue around the eye socket gives a keen look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
French Academy of Sciences
Robinson
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God
M, Adams
Apples
OUR Temperance Column
New South
Florida
Leeds
England
Berryman
Ast
W. H. Allen
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Victoria
B. C
Alaska
Bertha
St. Paul
Minn
Springfield
Mass
Frank Sherman Rooney
Cleveland
National Educational Association
Fairbanks
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Mine Owners and Operators’ Association
House Committee
Croaler
Wilmington
Del
Wall Street
Marton, Iod
Marton Fruit Jar
Muncie
William Thoring
Ben Smith
Liberty Street
Thoring
Smith
Senate
House
St. Catherine’s
St. Catharine's
Ontario
Whitman-Barnes
Cyrus W. Cline
Congress
Kendallville
Ind
Dan Rice
San Antonio
Tex
Marcella Rice
Dan" Rice
Santa Fe Hospital
Paterson
N. J
Andrew Johnson
Taft
Greenville, Tenn
Lexington
Ross Ron Iron Mines
Bath County
Alabama
Mississippi Capitalist
All Tormeys
Henry H. Rogers
John Oakes Shaw, Jr
Medfield
Ralph Wilder
Medfield Insane Asylum
Sayville
Long Island
Fire Island
Philippines
Manila
William Brown
Third Cavalry
Australia
Tropics
Islands
London
Edward
Biarritz
Buckingham Palace
Germany
Berlin
Paria
Russia
St. Petersbure
Russ
Denmark
Copenhagen
Folkething
Landsthing
Snch
Balkt Amur
Duma
Amur
Peora
Havana
Cuba
Magoon
Faris
Hartwig — Derenbourg
County Council
Miss Elkins
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Katharine Elkins
Mer. Beccaria
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Krupp
Falster
Bremen
Lloyds
Halifax
China
Madrid
Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Masiof
Lenkoran
Transcaucasia
Belezuvar
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