Chautauqua Programme Planned for Gladstone Park
Oregon City May 22 Arrangements completed for Gladstone Park exercises July 3 to 13 with Thomas J. Morgan as Fourth of July orator and speaker on the Negro Problem Other lectures by Dr Charles Bayard Mitchell J M Bashford Dr Alexander Blackburn and Dr A J Frost Parke Sisters Polk Miller Southern Life Chemawa Indian band daily musical programs and class instruction led by May Neal J Ivey with last year instructors returning
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Oregon City
Gladstone Park
Thomas J. Morgan
New York City
Charles Bayard Mitchell
Hennepin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
J. M. Bashford
Ohio Weslyan University
Alexander Blackburn
Portland
A. J. Frost
Los Angeles
Parke Sisters
Polk Miller
Boyer
Chemawa
Prof
J. Ivey
Rich Hay District of Northern Idaho Report
A special statistician in Washington reports Northern Idaho’s rich hay district along the St Joseph and St Mary rivers. Wild hay dominates the Indian reservation while timothy yields two to three tons per acre elsewhere. Hay is shipped via rivers and most land is used for stock feeding. The area is timbered with white pine red fir cedar yellow pine and tamarac and strawberries offer lucrative value due to market timing.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Great Hay
Idaho
St. Joseph
St. Mary’s
Eclipse of the Sun Observation From Padang Expedition
A cable from Padang Sumatra reports partial cloud cover during the eclipse. Prof C D Perrine and the Crocker expedition from Lick Observatory note corona form similar to 1898 and 1900. Results may come in after plates are developed. Health of expedition members is good.
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San Francisco
Padang
Sumatra
C.D. Perrine
Crocker
Lick Observatory
General Chaffee Ends the Relief Expedition in China
Pekin May 22 General Chaffee issued a farewell order at midnight terminating the American relief expedition in China. American troops will board transports at Taku Wednesday and depart for Manila Thursday. French minister M Pichon left for home. Foreign ministers meet tomorrow but progress appears unlikely due to pending instructions.
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Pekin
Chaffee
China
Taku
Manila
M. Pichon
Remey to Head to Auckland on Invitation
A cablegram from Admiral Remey to the Navy Department says he will leave Melbourne next Sunday for Auckland New Zealand where the Brooklyn will visit at the invitation of the colonial government.
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Washington
Admiral Remey
Navy Department
Melbourne
Auckland
N. Z
Brooklyn
Japan announces new six million yen war loan
Yokohama May 21. The government issues exchequer bills totaling 6,000,000 yen at 74 percent, redeemable in six months, to cover costs of the China campaign.
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Yokohama
China
Concord Ordered to Alaska for Liquor Law Enforcement
The gunboat Concord on the Asiatic station is ordered to the United States for duty in Alaska. She will assist in strict enforcement of the liquor laws of the gold country.
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Washington
Navy Department
Concord
Alaska
Newfoundland Seal Fishery Sees Strong Prospects
The Newfoundland seal fishery is expected to be one of the most successful years with strong prospects for catches and industry revenue as boats prepare for the season. Local operators and merchants anticipate robust demand and steady markets.
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Newfoundland
Strike spreads as machinists walk out for nine hour day
About 50 000 machinists nationwide struck for a nine hour day and wage parity with the 10 hour day. Allied trades mostly silent with few exceptions. government work spared due to existing eight hour schedules. By 5 pm, 904 firms employing roughly 30 000 men had signed or arranged terms with local unions.
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Washington
O’connell
National Association of Machinists
Machinists
Scranton
San Francisco Strike Shrinks Iron Works Workforce
In San Francisco on May 21 about 6 500 union machinists and allied iron trades quit work. Anticipated orders may bring 1 000 more workers to join the walkout. Across Union Iron Works Risden Iron Works and Fulton Iron Works most employees walked out, with 4 900 of 4 000 plus 600 names at three plants. Eight smaller shops agreed to demands. the rest refused to sign the union agreement.
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San Francisco
Irom Works
Risden Iron Works
Fulton Iron Works
A Struggle at Cincinnati
The meeting of employing machinists decided to close down plants indefinitely after a strike. Large firms report enough finished product to endure a strike. Union leader Schilling said Cincinnati’s tie up is the most complete in the country with only about 100 machinists at work, while 600 have been granted terms.
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Cincinnati
Schilling
Turkish apology sought to restore mail status quo in Constantinople
Ahmed Tewfik Pasha informed ambassadors of Turkey's wish to restore the pre incident postal order and to send a high official to apologize for violations of foreign mail bags. Ambassadors met at the German residence to decide stance as powers differ on settlement. The German envoy sees the matter closed while Britain France and Austria withhold explanations.
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Constantinople
Ahmed Tewfik Pasha
Turkey
Tewfik Pasha
Two Die After Molten Lead Flood At Steel Plant
In Youngstown Ohio on May 21 two men died and three expected to die after a cover on a converter at the National Steel Company plant detached. Molten metal poured over the mill, killing two unknown Hungarian workers whose bodies were severely burned.
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Youngstown, O
Bessemer Department
National Steel Company
Goldsboro Torpedo Boat Destroyer Fails During Trial
The torpedo boat destroyer Goldsboro broke her starboard engine eccentric rod during a trial run and returned to dock. The rod was said to be made of defective steel and the vessel had only ten minutes on her course. No further runs are planned until late in the week.
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Seattle
Goldsboro
Washington Gossip: Alaska, Immigrant Tax and Public Figures
Letters from Fort Davis report near exhaustion of forage and rising supply costs in Alaska. Commissioner Powderly urges raising immigrant head tax to 2 from 1 to fund immigration administration. Admiral Dewey backs a neutral Isthmian canal. Jessie Benton Fremont seeks restitution for lands in California taken in 1863. Other notes include legal, military and civic items with terse biographical mentions.
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Powderly
Congress
Jessie Benton Fremont
Pathfinder
United States
California
Miles
One Thousand Filipinos Freed After Surrender
General Mac Arthur freed 1,000 Filipino prisoners after the surrender of insurgents Laxscardo and Lacuna. Paracole in North Camarines remains in insurgent hands, with troops at Indan about 30 miles distant.
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Manila
MacArthur
Paracole
Camarines
Indan
Founder of Texas Siftings Dies in New York City
Alexander Edwin Sweet, founder of Texas Siftings and famed humorist known as Colonel Bill Short and Rev. Whangdoodle, died at his New York home of heart disease after years of illness. He was 60, a Nova Scotia native.
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New New York
Alexander Edwin Sweet
Texas Siftings
Bill Short
Whangdoodle
Nova Scotia
Mary Meets Jenny in the Woods at the Poorhouse
Mary, living in the Boston-bound Hulme poorhouse, befriends Jenny Lincoln while gathering for dinner. Jenny boasts of urban visits and a dream about George Moreland and Billy Bender, while Mary shares her past in England and loss of family. Jenny promises secrecy as Mary fears discovery by George.
Child Mary Weeps Beside Orchard Apple Tree
In mid October Mary sobs under an orchard apple tree while Alice, able to stand, tries to comfort her. Despite efforts the girl remains wroth and inattentive as footsteps approach across the grass.
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Mary
Alice
Mary and Billy Find Hope at the Willoughby Poorhouse
Mary bonds with Billy Bender who moves in to live and attend winter school with her. Sally Furbush lends education and care while Alice dies and Jenny returns with news from Boston. Henry Lincoln teases Mary as she recovers, and Billy plans to save for an academy while Ella remains distant.
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Mary
Billy Bender
Sally
Billy
Jenny
Boston
Ella
Henry Lincoln
Gilbert
Sal
Worcester
Peter
Miss Grundy
Sal Furbush
Alice
Little Alice
Chapter VIII Reveals Alice’s Slowing Health And Parker Family Kindness
As spring advances, Alice grows weaker while Sally notes signs of decline. Mary’s life seems happier by comparison. Mr and Mrs Parker extend kindness to Alice as Uncle...
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Alice
Sally
Mary
Mrs. Parker
New Ideas. Kaffirs and Lessons from Modern Surgery
The Leisure Hour recalls how African traditions meet modern medicine as Kaffirs learn European methods for setting broken limbs. A father prefers earth-bone healing, causing six months to heal, while hereditary doctors pass the craft to the cleverest son. The piece also notes language shifts toward gratitude and polite farewells.
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Africa
Bride Weeps After Ceremony Over Satin Train
Eyewitness notes emotional moment as the bride, in a grand gown, forgets herself and lifts the long satin train while walking down the aisle. The image captures grief at departure from home.
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