SEEKING THE LIGHT Colored Converts Baptized at River Ceremony
Dozens of African American worshippers entered the faith at a baptism on Rock Creek near Washington. A bold pastor led the immersion amid singing and shouts, while spectators marveled at the solemn rite and the community’s educational challenges. A later onlookers’ clash at the bridge left several injured, and police struggled to control the crowd.
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Rebels repelled at Santa Arith near San Ferpande
Dispatches report heavy fighting as American forces under Gen MacArthur and Gen Funston counterattacked insurants near Santa Arith. Kanes and Montana units pressed the attack, inflicting many deaths and captures while pursuing retreating insurgents toward Malolos. Lawton advances threaten to entrench as rainy season nears.
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Ailroad
Fire wrecks St Johns warehouse district and far reaches
A large fire at 1 Nase & Sons on Main street North Bend caused about 500000 in losses with 1000 homeless. Two deaths reported Miss Cunard aged resident of Molly street and Mrs Anne Mowery died from shock. Insurance coverage around 100000. Area 15 blocks affected and 189 buildings destroyed.
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Delegates arrange committees for peace conference meeting
Minutes describe private meeting at the House in the Woods where delegations formed a three tier committee structure led by top officials. Names include Count von Munster, Mr Asden White, de Kersuert, A P Vai Kersetrek, and others from Turkish, German, Italian, Dutch, and British groups. Secrecy measures tighten with guards, password controls, and barred entrances.
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Notchett Case Promotes Alabastine As Wall Coating
Alabastine is pitched as a permanent wall and ceiling coating that replaces knisomines and wallpaper. It sets with the wall, acts like stone cement, cures hard and smooth, is cheaper, and can be mixed with water and applied by anyone. Claiming twenty years of proven strength, it is advertised as healthful, economical, and easy to apply, sold by paint dealers in labeled silk packages.
Government inspection urged on plant imports at Washington
The Journal of Agriculture reports a Washington inspection where camphor trees from Dupan were found diseased and burned. Experts warn lax controls risk introducing pests that could devastate US camphor and other industries. Germany France and Italy enforce tighter rules, while the United States lags in plant import regulation.
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Money Making Through Public Spraying and Farm Tips
A Western New York operator markets a mobile public spraying service with boiler and pump gear costing about 260 dollars. The outfit can apply gallons of poisoned water daily, charging four dollars a day, and a one-year-old boy reportedly drives the wagon. Also notes grafting trees and grape growing tips and a humorous railway scene from an Australian cabaret sketch.
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New York
Brave Young Woman Survives Auction Night Feats
A Washington state girl endured a winter ordeal in her room with hunger and a daring escape. She daubed the window and dropped oysters to the roof below, then traded a small vase for attention at an auction. The tale blends hardship, culture clashes, and a nurselike humor from a bustling era.
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