Hall House Saint Jane Addams The Patron Saint Of Hull House
Hall Caine hails Jane Addams as the guiding spirit of Hull House Chicago the great social settlement. Addams known nationwide for her generosity listens to all opinions and aids the poor through kindness and housing. She founded Hull House after studies abroad and aims to uplift the lowly through social and spiritual welfare.
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Jane Addams
Miss Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Hall Caine
Hall House
Edarville
Ill
Philadelphia
America
Halstead Street
Miss Culver
Jane Club
Attains to Fame Charles Hughes Rise Prominent Lawyer
A Brooklyn lawyer, Charles E. Hughes, rises from obscurity to national prominence through his role as lead counsel in major gas and insurance probes. Observers note potential for mayoral leadership, Mutual Life presidency, or a continued legal career with greater practice and influence.
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New York
Europe
Brooklyn
Charles E. Hughes
Mutual Life Insurance Company
The Enigmatic Napoleon as Portrayed by Conan Doyle
Conan Doyle calls Napoleon perhaps the most wonderful man who ever lived citing his striking lack of finality. He notes a private charm and intimate loyalty from friends, yet describes him as the most amazing liar who spoke truth only to himself and excelled at grand, seemingly impossible schemes.
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New York
Greater
Sir Conan Doyle
Napoleon
King Oscar Converts Convict with Courageous Visit
In Sweden King Oscar visits a condemned soldier kept under sentence of death. He enters the cell alone, speaks with the man, and persuades him to accept mercy rejected, leaving the prisoner ready to face his fate like a soldier the next morning.
American Reporter Foils Briton With Clever Ticket Thief
A comic railway incident ends with a Briton ejected after an American in the English carriage reveals a third class ticket in his pocket. The amused traveler explains he recognized the ticket color from his own, proving the man was attempting to ride third class.
May Become a Senator Roosevelt Retirement Forecast
The article discusses Roosevelt potentially entering retirement after the presidency at fifty one. It compares past leaders Washington Adams Jackson Van Buren Polk Grant Cleveland and predicts Roosevelt may remain a party leader or pursue political preferment depending on popularity and chance. It notes his youth among presidents and hints at a 1909 retirement.
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Roosevelt
United States
George Washington
France
John Quincy Adams
Congress
General Tackson
van Buren
Polk
Cass
General Grant
Grover Cleveland
r&Ro
Brooklyn Woman Foils Burglary With Revolver During Home Invasion
Mrs. Charles Nommenson of 987 Fulton Street Brooklyn confronted a burglar who entered her second floor sitting room. She ordered him out, warned of shooting, and kept him covered with a revolver until he fled.
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Charles Nommenson
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Wilson
House Committee Defies Senate On Lighthouse Bills
The Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee plans to push back against the Senate over lighthouse and related measures. The House favors framing bills to ensure passage, challenging Senate insistence on approval.
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House Committee
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
School garden movement grows in Hartford five year program
The School of Horticulture in Hartford Connecticut offers a five year course in school gardening for boys girls and adults. Established as Hartford's first public Handicraft School it uses gardens observation plots and classroom work to teach horticulture botany soil management and crop production while keeping youths off city streets and producing paid garden work for tuition.
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School of Horticulture
Hartford, Conn
Hartford
Conn
Watkinson Farm
School of
Young politician may rival Lincoln at inaugural
The speaker notes a figure nearly two years younger than Lincoln at his first inauguration, predicts substantial historical impact, and suggests possible future office including an attractive berth in the United States Senate, though re election remains uncertain.
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Lincoln
United States Senate
Testing for artificial coloring in foods
The passage notes widespread artificial coloring in foods and references a new Department of Agriculture bulletin that classifies colors used in food products and outlines detection methods. The bulletin aims to help consumers judge whether items contain synthetic colorants.
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Department of Agriculture
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Hartford School Y Horticulture
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