Fifties Priesthood Celebration Honors Cardinal Gibbons
A lengthy commemorative feature recounts the life of Cardinal James Gibbons from his Baltimore birth through his priestly ordination in 1861 and ascent to bishop and cardinal. It notes his missionary travels, tenure as bishop of Richmond, service to Baltimore, and cardinalate in 1886, plus his later public views on Sabbath desecration election fraud and criminal justice delays.
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Pentty
Larsh
Cardinal Gibbons
Anntig
Baltimore
Ireland
And
Carolinas
Richmond
James Roosevelt Bayley
Lewis at Work in a Mine
Thomas L. Lewis, former head of the tine miners, returns to mine work after fourteen years in union leadership. He works in Room 13 near Bridgeport, Ohio, as No. 163 with Big Price, saying he plans to mine long term while doing occasional magazine writing. His first day left him tired but he adapts quickly.
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Tine Miners’ Organization
Thomas L. ‘Lewis
Bridgeport
Ohio
Big Price
Lewis
Ohio State Organization
Tom Lewis
Columbus
Yankee Admiral in London for King George V coronation
Rear Admiral Charles E. Vreeland sails aboard the Delaware to London as naval representative and aid to special ambassador John Hays Hammond at King George V coronation. Delaware, now our largest battleship, trains 20 000 ton displacement, speed 21 knots, 900 crew, armed with ten 12 inch guns and fourteen 5 inch guns, under Captain Charles A. Gove.
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America
Delaware
New York
England
Charles E. Vreeland
United States
George V
John Hays Hammond
Admiral Vreeland
Naval Service
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
Naval Region
Sinch Bors
Charles A. Gove
Brown Chosen Chancellor to Sit at Washington University
The report notes Brown selected as chancellor to oversee governance at Washington University. Details about his education include studies at a university and involvement with a social science faculty. The article references Henry Mitchell Mee and Deemer, mentioning Pry rcort and educational background though phrasing is garbled.
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New York University
Eeieay
Henry Mitchell
Ntatu
Rosaity
Steeaticus Calieciae
Women Empowerment Debate in Race Betterment League
In Chicago a Race Betterment League meeting debated women handling money in lump sums. Leaders argued women’s superiority in business when educated, citing examples like Hettie Green Helen Gould and Mollie Netcher. They claimed women’s frugality built palatial homes and that with education women outpace men in finance.
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Chicago
Race Betterment League
Minona 8. Jones
League
Mary L Engler
Hettie Green
Helen Gould
Mollse Netcher
New York charity fights swaddling to save babies
A prominent New York organization deploys nurses to the east side to educate mothers on swaddling. The long bandage style, wrapped tightly around a baby's legs for months, is believed to prevent bow legs but investigations show it worsens limb malformation.
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New York
Oetes
East Side
Kansas City Tests Snakes as House Pets for Pest Control
Kansas City families may substitute pine snakes and yellow bull snakes for cats to control rats and mice. J H Edwards plans to supply 300 bull snakes from Texas, to be distributed free to applicants who will report results of the pet snake experiment. The yellow bull, up to nine feet, is mild and harmless toward people and other creatures.
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Kansas City
Edwards
Edwards Animal Show
San Antonio
Tex
United States
Rat Chase Excites Chicago On West Madison Street
A large gray rat caused a stir on West Madison Street at about 6 am. A woman pedestrian shrieked and a colored porter and bystanders chased it toward Dearborn and Clark, the rat ducked behind a signboard then another trash pile, slipping away into a hole under a paper refuse pile before a would be strike could land.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
West Dearborn
South Clark Streets
Rani
Buttons Wins Man's Heart in Rochester Courtship Case
New York report describes Jo seph Haag of a Rochester button manufactory pursuing Miss Josephine Julian after meeting at 52 West Eighty second street. Haag sought marriage after a brief courtship but Miss Julian proved resistant to domestic arts hints, prompting a sudden turn and a departure westward with a fiancé.
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New York
Marguerite Fitch
Eighty Second Street
Joseph Haag
Rochester
Josephine Julian
West
Fifty Eighth Street
Mx Haag
Stade
Orloe
Finishes East Serene Scene Seeks Conversion
Fragmentary text references aims to convert a serene East scene involving a coat barges and a person named Dave. The readable items suggest an effort to stop a pattern or action and pursue a transformation or change in status or behavior.
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Dave
Sure Cure for Weak Lungs
A London physician, known as a lung specialist, advocates flute playing as a therapeutic aid for weak lungs. He argues the breathing required trains lung cells, though he cautions against indoor playing and suggests parks or back gardens as better venues to avoid causing neighbors trouble.
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London
Astor Gives Son Property in Waldorf Astoria Trust
New York reports that Waldorf Astor transfers half of the Waldorf Astoria hotel valued near $10 million into a trust for his eldest son. The plan leaves the estate to be taxed by a five percent inheritance levy on death and outlines how family homes will be managed during the elder Astor’s lifetime.
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Weil-Knoyat
New York
Waldorf Astor
Waldorf- Astoria
Western Canada grain prospects boost land values
The article reports on Western Canada farmers optimistic about record wheat and oat yields this year across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It notes prices for farmland rising from 16 to 25 per acre as land agents push sales along railway lines. Large tracts of 800 to 1000 acres are cited with forecasts of 20 to 26 bushels per acre for wheat and 40 to 70 for oats, amid expects of up to 200 million bushels of wheat statewide if favorable conditions continue.
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Gia
White
Manitoba
Alberta
W. Xia
Saskatchewan
Canada
Western Canadas
Rhian
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Fez
Fes
B. M. Mulleneatrx
Ravenswood
Jean Butler Wallace
Pine Snakes
Missouri
Porter
Buttons
Man’s
Astor
W . Tcotcoda
Ian Mad
Ole Oa
Madern
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