Taft Backs Revocation of Garb Prohibition in Indian Schools
President Taft endorses Secretary Fisher’s January revocation of Valentine’s order barring religious garb or insignia from government Indian schools. Existing teachers may wear garb, but new hires may not. about 61 of 2000 teachers wear garb. The move aligns education with missionary-led transfer of schools to government service.
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Washinston
Fisher
Valentine
Prudent ‘Taft
Taft’s Interior Secretary Upheld Nonsectarian Indian Schools Policy
In 1912 Secretary of the Interior supports secular teaching in government Indian schools while allowing existing teachers in religious garb to remain. The commissioner's order is revoked, and future transfers will avoid consolidating sectarian staff. The policy favors nonsectarian instruction and permits religious education outside regular hours.
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Secretary of the Interior
Congress
H. Taft
Defends Action on Religious Garb in Indian Schools
Former Indian Commissioner Robert G. Valentine says no religious question is involved as President Taft and Interior Secretary Fisher uphold revocation of Valentine’s order barring religious garb in public Indian schools. He argues schools are public and garb should be treated as in any public school, noting prior assurances from Catholics and defending his unilateral action.
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Vatentih
Taft
Fisher
Valentine
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Braintree
Robert G. Valentine
Interior
Ipa
Nenr Political Administration
Bureau
Dear Miss Champagne The Mad Love Dilemma
A 19 year old woman asks Dear Miss Champagne about an elopement risk as her parents object to marrying a young man. The adviser cautions the girl to resist rash actions and consider the consequences of elopement or a brief marriage with a low earning husband.
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Miss Champagne
Metanos
Wiidbaker
Anxious Reader Seeks Cousin Marriage Advice
A 21 year old man recently left, writes about liking a cousin about his age and asks if he should marry her. The letter discusses the cousin marriage debate and notes mixed outcomes with some unions happy and others problematic due to blood relation.
Miss Grace Baines and Louise Hocomb Recipes From Rockland and Fitzwilliam
A collection of handwritten recipes from readers Miss Grace L Baines of Rockland Maine and Louise Hocomb of Fitzwilliam New Hampshire. The notes include crusted raisin tarts lemon crackers egg white toast yolk method and apple ginger boil down with sugar.
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Grace L. Baines
Broadway
Rockland
Curious Tea Straw Fashion Bobs Hats Stir Society
In London on September 22 society notes a new fad of drinking tea through a straw to keep large hats in place. Veils are worn tightly beneath the chin and the head held at a fixed angle to secure the hat, making straw drinking safer than untying the veil.
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London
Swallows Teeth in Third Attempt to Die
Jacob Haines, 70, made a third suicide attempt in Philadelphia, locking himself in a bathroom and swallowing his false teeth. Surgeons removed the teeth from his throat after difficulties, following earlier tries with gas and a butcher knife thwarted by vigilance.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Haines
Haines
German Professor Urges Compulsory Service for Girls
Berlin Sept. 23 Prof Witzel of Dusseldorf calls for compulsory military service for German girls to support male troops with nursing, logistics, and home economy skills. He argues patriotic duty and practical use from training.
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Berlin
Miner Breaks Jail to Seek Cats Across Desert
The Searchlight reports miner Joseph Watkins escaped jail and trekked 40 miles to feed his pet cats. Accused of stealing lace curtains while alleged intoxicated, his case drew local attention as officials pursue charges.
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Searchlight
Desert Inn
Kia
Publite
Joseph Watkins
Peddler Caught in Own Rat Traps
Hassall Anthony, a rat trap peddler, appeared in police court after trading traps for intoxicants. He was found entangled with his traps by a officer and had to be removed to hospital where surgeons freed him from the traps amid bruising and cuts.
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Anthony Hassil
Hassall
Man sought in horse left to die in cold on Garfield avenue
Somerville health authorities and police seek the person who tied a horse to a post on Garfield avenue overnight with no covering. The wagon with the horse inside was found dead from exposure to the cold, and investigators suspect deliberate abandonment.
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Somerville
Garfield Avenue
Jailer’s Cats Motivate Bold Jail Break
A prisoner named Watkins determined to feed his pet cats 40 miles away. He waited as the jailer refused to attend the animals. That night he broke jail and made the journey to care for them himself.
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Watkins
Union Club of Chicago Closes After 80 Years
After eight decades the Union Club in Chicago shuts its doors. Its exclusivity barred younger millionaires and some older members say wine and goods receipts could not cover its annual state and city taxes.
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Chicago
Union Club of
Has Grown Children on Four Continents
C B Nelson of the Isle of Man, visiting Cleveland, has children spread across Europe Africa America and Australia with plans for Asia. Two sons homestead in Alberta Canada a daughter is the wife of an Australian ranchman another daughter lives in London and a third will marry and reside in Madras India. A son who fought in the Boer War is in North Rhodesia Africa. The youngest son remains on the Isle of Man.
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C. B. Nelson
Isle of Man
Kerrish
Europe
Africa
America
Australia
Asia
Alberta
Canada
London
Engrea
Madras
India
North
Rhodesia
Lazy inventor of Klamath Falls wakes to sun
Story from Klamath Falls details a man described as lazy yet inventive. He sleeps with his windows and curtains open, fears early light, and has rigged weights on curtains triggered by sunrise to operate a pawl mechanism that reloads the weights, minimizing noise.
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Klamath Falls
Orc
Clerical Events Highlight Boston Religious Week
The Rev Alexander Mann rector of Trinity Church returns from vacation to health and praise. A reception for him and his students is planned by Fire Methodist Episcopal on Temple street with brief addresses by Marlin Burney and Dyer. The Boston North Association Women’s Baptist Foreign Mission Circles meet at Tremont Temple with speakers Miss Clara Tingley and Miss Gertrude Ryder. A ministers meeting at Chipman Hall will discuss vacation experiences. New parish leadership announced for Church of the Ascension Fall River. The Newton Theological Institute opens fall term with Charles R Brown and Harr in attendance. The Norwood First Baptist Church hosts the 20th anniversary of the Boston West Baptist Association with sermons by Rev Gifford and other clergymen.
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Fire Methodist Episcopal Church
Temple Street
Marlin
Burney
Boston University
Dyer
Boston Public Schools
Womens Baptist Foreign
Boston North Association
Lorimer Hall
Tremornt Temple
Clara Tingley
Bassein
Burma
Gertrude Ryder
Japan
Baptist Ministers
Chipman Hall
C. P. Gifford
C. A. Fulton
A. K. DeBlois
Bostoric West Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Norwood
Oo. P. Gifford
D. D
Brookline
Greater Boston
Hotel Men Bar Women Smoking In Washington Hotels
Washington hotel proprietors declared today they would not permit smoking by women this winter. There is no demand for ladies smoking rooms, they said, and they hope there will not be.
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Washington
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