Sun Sets on John Jasper's Earth Moving Sermons
Richmond funeral honors Rev. John J. Jasper a famed Black Baptist pastor born 1812 who preached 62 years and argued the sun moves. His life spans slavery self education and global lectures including Beecher and European churches. His death crowns a century of faith and controversy.
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Richmond
John J. Jasper
John Jacob Jasper
Josher
Jasper
Fluvanna County
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth
Europe
Platt Odell dispute highlights New York police power
Special correspondence notes the Platt-Odell clash revealing police department influence on state and city policy. It describes ongoing police investigations, legislation, and department changes as central to New York politics, with Harvard visitors involved in a street melee over a cafe incident resulting in loss of a watch and a diamond pin.
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Tenderloin
Harvard
Cambridge
Price of Peace’ Company
Broadway
Admiral Dewey
New York
Manila
Andrew Carnegie
England
Carnegie
Political Bee
Standard
Police Department
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Harvard College
Mass
Wage Increase For Lake Shore Firemen Announced
Chicago April 6 Firemen across the Lake Shore system will see higher pay for mileages and overtime with new rates to start in May. Freight firemen move from 2.10 to 2.20 per 100 miles and heavy passenger train firemen from 1.85 to 1.95. smaller passenger trains rise to 1.90. Overtime pay rises to 20 cents per hour. This affects several hundred workers with engineers backing the demand.
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Chicago
Lake Shore Road
Two Toledo Mayors and Ohio Politicians Stir 1930s Campaign
The piece profiles Toledo Mayor Jones as a devout Christian socialist promoting the Golden Rule in city governance and politics. It notes Cleveland Mayor Tom Johnson as a versatile figure shaping urban ownership ideas and hints at a three-way political clash involving Hanna, Nash, and Foraker in Ohio’s next campaign.
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Jones
Toledo
Hanna
Ohio
Tom” Johnson
Cleveland
Congress
Henry George
Pingree
Detroit
Michigan
Johnson
McLaen
Cincinnati
Nash
Foraker
Connell Store Bargain Carpet and Curtain Sale
Readable listing shows Connell store offering deep discounts on carpets including Brussels Axminster and Wilton velvet with new designs. Also promotional prices on lace curtains palms napkins towels and bed spreads plus wash fabrics and silks with tomorrow prices to attract buyers.
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Connell
Grrand
Kafuria
Butte
Wilton
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John Jasper
Lake Shore
Dalles
Ore
Black Rock
Crook County
Jack Bruner
Thomas Riley
Bruner
Riley
San Francisco
Washington
Navy Department
Asiatic
Wisconsin
Philippines
Oregon
Senator Hanna
DHNSO
To-morrow
Axminster
Wild
Nousehold
Marseilles
M. J. Connell Company
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