Proposal for a salaried commission to study colored Americans
Washington may 3 representative warnock ohio reports favorably a bill to create a five member presidentially appointed commission to examine the condition of the colored population. the plan plans for 3500 dollars per year for each member plus travel expenses and up to 12000 dollars annually for clerks stenographers rent and printing.
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Washington
Warnock
Ohio
House ‘Committee On Labor
United States
London Spare Moments Child’s witty dinner reply
A precocious child at a friend's house trifles with his spoon as soup passes. The hostess asks if he is hungry. Charlie says he is but cannot cut his meat, claiming he has cut tougher at home while handling his weapons during the meal.
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London
Charlie
Two of and Kind. Townyard brawl unfolds between vendor rivals
In Chicago Tribune prose a dramatic street confrontation erupts as a neighborhood crowd watches two men, one an encyclopedia canvasser and the other a map peddler, trade heated words and threaten to fight. The exclamations reveal shock and crowd patience wearing thin.
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Chicago Tribune
Be Needed Patience Performance in Family Tale
Ohio State Journal recalls a mother and child joke about patience and boils. The mother urges patience for Joe who had many boils, while the boy quips that Joe needed lots of pasience. The exchange reflects rural humor and wordplay.
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Ohio State Journal
Joe
Georgia Clergy Elects Book Agent at Conference
Dallas May 23 Special The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South elected its senior and junior book agents and officers. R J Bigham of Georgia won the senior book agent post after a heated ballot, with D M Smith reelected as junior book agent. Dr J D Hammond was reelected educational secretary, and Dr Lambuth named missionary secretary. Georgia delegates head to Atlanta Tuesday in high spirits.
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R. J. Bigham
Georgia
Methodist
D. M. Smith
Bigham
Atlanta
Dickey
Gracechurch
W. F. Glenn
M. J. Cofer
LaGrange
I. Kenney
California
Seth Ward
D. D
Texas
Board of Missions
Ighem
General Conference
Episcopal Church
South
J. G. Barbee
Nashaville
Tenn
Barbee & Smith
H. M. Dubose
Epworth League
Lambuth
Bishop Candler
Mpnorth League
Edward Thompson
Sunday League
Candler Repliea Priety
Thompson
M. Shu- Boge
Dubuse
Kealing
Philadelphia
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Candler
Dr. Bigham
B. F. Lipscomb
J. D. Barbee
McMurray
C. H. Briggs
Committee On
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Missouri
St. Louis
A. B. Tarpley
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Mr. Smith
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Tarpley
Quillian
Burkett
To'cack
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H. Wisner
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Church Extension
Plea of Sister to Roosevelt Moves at Senate
Miss Clemencia Lopez, sister of Sixto Lopez, asks President Roosevelt to free three Batangas brothers held by General Bell on Talim. Secretary Cortelyou notes the President sees no justice to intervene. Bishop Thoburn testifies on US rule in the Philippines, saying consent of Filipinos is not yet safe to seek.
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Sixto Lopez
Batangas
Bell
Talim
Lorenzo
Cipriano
Manuel Lopez
Island
Mariano
Balayan
Cortelyou
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Boston
War Department
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Taft
Cuba
Thoburn
Philippine Committee of the Senate
United States
Philippine Islands
England
India
Hong Kong
Chicago
Culberson
Senator Carmack
Carmack
Asia
China
Japan
Presbyterians Protest Jefferson Text and Divorce Resolutions
New York May 3 Presbyterian general assembly moves to protest federal funding for Jefferson's Life of Christ. A committee is tasked to seek church unity on divorce and remarriage, urging ministers to emphasize the sacredness of marriage and diligence before ceremonies.
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New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Committee On Church Polity
Protestant Episcopal Church
Churches of America
General Assembly
Open mortgage tally marks on wood in Woodbine farming settlements
A Philadelphia North American piece describes a quaint medieval Russian custom kept by settlers in Woodbine New Jersey. Diagonal wooden strips on farmhouses indicate mortgage payments toward a $600 loan, removed as payments are made, reflecting open bookkeeping and communal pride.
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Philadelphia
Russia
New Jersey
Woodbine
Stubin
Tchernishefsky
Baron de Hirsch
No Prison for Rathbone Bill Passes in House
Havana May 3 The bill before the house to grant amnesty to Americans for acts during the American Intervention passed without opposition after amendment to general amnesty. A senate version is pending final action Monday. The measure is inspired by Cuban sentiment toward Estes G Rathbone and would free Rathbone and others awaiting trial. The senate adopted a resolution thanking the president Congress and the American people.
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Havana
House
Senate
Estes G. Rathbone
Liberty Rathbone
Youre the light of my life whispered good night
The passage recalls a night scene with a whispered compliment and a kiss, followed by Camne’s exclamation from the stairs. Dialogue contrasts intimate mood with a sharp interruption about lights. The text then shifts to a playful exchange about money and a quick mortgage, echoing cheeky urban banter.
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Camne
Tragedy in trolley wreck near Easton kills ten
Easton Pennsylvania May 23 a trolley wreck beyond Easton left ten dead and many injured. An Easton Nazareth car with eighty nine passengers sped down Palmer township incline brakes failed and the train leaped the track. Commodore and Derham mer were among the dead as frightened passengers and rescuers freed others from the twisted seats. The accident stunned a wary town as the rescue and investigation began.
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Easton
Tvo
Lommodore
Nazareth
Joseph Derhammber
Palmer Township
Commodore
Derhammer
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