Concentration of Wealth Sparks Debate at Science Meeting
At the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in New York, Henry Laurens Call attacked Rockefeller’s wealth as created by corporations, while Louis G. McPherson defended Rockefeller’s impact and recalls his oil pipeline feat. C. M. Woodward closed with a talk on The Science of Education.
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New York
York
American Association
Advancement of Science
Henry Laurens Call
Washington, D. C
John D. Rockefeller
Louis G. McPherson
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Call
Ir. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
C. M. Woodward
St. Louis
North Dakota Education Association Elects New Officers
Fargo officials announced the North Dakota Educational association elected Professor Vernon P. Squires of the state university as president C. E. Best of Enderlin as first vice president and Superintendent Wolfe of Minot as second vice president. The secretary and treasurer were re elected.
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North Dakota Educational Association
Vernon P. Squires
State University
C. E. Best
Enderlin
Wolfe
Minot
This Cretion Sparks Father Daughter Romance Debate
A Pittsburgh Post item notes a popular fiction description where a father rarely objects to his daughter's chosen partner, while another voice counters that the father often objects yet stays discreet.
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Pittsburg
Engagement Restored After Quarrel Over Love
A lighter note from Boston Herald tells of Jack and Molly reconciling after a quarrel about who loved the other most. Daniel Webster once owned land in New Hampshire with buildings, later finding an elderly woman tenant there. She refuses to pay rent and laments cold conditions while Webster contemplates help.
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Molly
Daniel Webster
New Hampshire
Boston
Webster
It Isn’t Christmas It’s an Organized Holdup
A Bohemian quip laments a Christmas season turned into a beggar’s festival. The piece notes band performances with outstretched hands, carolers, rail stations dressed for the holiday, and a pervasive pressure to give as porters and unseen servants move about. The narrator portrays the season as a structured demand for alms rather than sacred joy.
Blackmail Ring Exposed by Marked Bills in Indianapolis
Indianapolis police crack a Bulgarian Sofia committee blackmail scheme. Three Bulgarians and two Macedonians allegedly demanded money and threatened harm using marked bills. Steven Roucheff of Madison Illinois Nichola Vascee and James Vascee of Indianapolis were arrested on blackmail charges.
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Indianapolis
Steven Roucheff
Madison
Til
Nichola Vascee
James Vascee
This City
Fire destroys four buildings in Philadelphia plant area
A late night blaze at the Philadelphia Straw Board Company gutted four structures in the city's renufacturing district at Fourth and Cherry streets and caused serious damage to four more. Loss is estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Strawboard Company
Fourth
Cherry Streets
Dress crafted after nine years in Mexico City valued at forty thousand
Senora Leon of Angus Calientes completed a dress after nine years of work in Mexico City valued at $40,000. It was planned for display at Paris and St. Louis expositions but was not finished in time for the events.
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Mexico City
Senora Leon
Angus Calientes
Three in One: The Triple Life of Bismarck
London Chronicle notes Bismarck’s triple identity and power. He bore three names, led three wars, signed three peaces, and inspired a triple alliance. His legacy includes a threefold motto and caricature showing three hairs on his head.
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Riemarck
Piamarck
Te Ted
Bismarck
Schoensreen
Lavenburg
Ladt
London Chronicle
Beacon of light illusion guards rocky coast at Stornoway
A cast iron beacon near Stornoway lighthouse uses a glass prism to refract light from the lamp of the main beacon. Mariners see a reflected glow, not a real lamp, to warn of the rock below. The device has served for over fifty years and inspired similar beacons around Scotland.
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Stornoway
Siiken
Scotland
A Historian’s Joke About Charles II’s Death Prescriptions
The historian Macaulay notes in History of England that several prescriptions were preserved after Charles II’s death. One sheet bore fourteen doctors’ signatures. The king recovered his senses but remained in extreme danger.
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Macaulay
England
Charles II
The Marvel of Distance and Cosmic Scales
An essay contrasts stellar distances with human intuition. It notes light from the nearest fixed star takes over four years to reach Earth at 186000 miles per second. It also compares spider silk lengths to the sun and moon, and speculates a railroad to the star costing trillions of dollars.
Meaning of Black Rod Knock in House of Commons
Michael MacDonagh reflects on the ritual of Black Rod and a royal messenger knocking three times. He notes how these customs survive from an era when the Commons faced royal intrusion, contrasting with its later independence since the revolution.
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House of Commons
Black Rod
Michael MacDonagh
Grand Magazine
Fraudulent Aldus Book Purchases and Restorations Exposed
A collector bought a so called Aldus 1189 edition for 1000 dollars only to learn it was a modern imitation. Experts note fakes deceive many buyers of Dickens and Shakespeare facsimiles with restorers altering pages and adding authentic looking details. The piece highlights skilled restorers who can fabricate complete pages and counterfeit colophons. Brooklyn Engle and Baltimore American items follow.
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Aldus
Brooklyn Engle
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