Friar Oversees Gunmaker Pupils Near Erith in Odd School
In Erith England Franciscan Father Edwin guides apprentices of Messrs Vickers Sons and Maxim in mathematics natural science and applied mechanics. The monk, once a professor at St Peters College Agra with university credentials, teaches five hours daily in the monastery parlor for exam prep linked to royal navy engineering standards.
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Erith
England
Messrs. Vickers, Sons
Maxim
Roger Bacon
Mesars- Vickers, Sons
Orm
Royal Navy
Edwin
Carlton Road
Order— We Capuchins
St. Peter's College
Agra
Burks College of Civil Engineering
Cooper's Hill
Free lunch helps recruit for church in Evanston
At First Presbyterian church of Evanston a Sunday night luncheon of coffee and sandwiches preceded services and a Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor meeting. The casual social hour led to a productive turnout with over twenty new names added, as members joked and shared scripture at the tables.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Evanston
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Society
Robert Candee
Jeannette Lee
Practice Funeral Reforms Emphasized by Frugal Burial
Prof Max Wright of Stanford valued simple funerals and allocated 200 of his funds for a public fountain memorial. His Grand Rapids burial had no minister, plain box, open carriages, and mourners in plain attire. His father served as undertaker and spoke at the grave.
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Max Wright
Leland Stanford, Jr
University
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wright
P. B. Wright
Queen Wilhelmina and Her German Husband in The Hague
Visitors in Holland note the queen’s happiness and cordial truth about her marriage to the German prince. The Hague palace displays wedding gifts and Dutch art while peculiar customs include laundry pulleys to the drawing room and a cellar bathroom with a large iron tub for storage items.
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Holland
the Hague
Wilhelmina
The
Hague
Europe
Kentucky lad becomes top rifle shot in army tale
A Washington Post retold anecdote describes a gaunt Kentucky recruit, about 20, who humbled veteran marksmen during range practice. Initially clumsy, he proved a crackerjack shooter, joking that he trained at home in Kentucky while serving under a captain at a western post.
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Washington Post
Kentucky
St. Bernard
England
Pinkin
Hopes to Avert Consumption By Tuberculosis Inoculation
Prof. von Behring of Berlin, famed for the diphtheria serum, believes he has found a means to immunize humans from consumption using a harmless tuberculosis serum from cattle. He warns against overhope and will not answer inquiries until investigations finish. He says tuberculosia infection differs from tuberculosis consumption and cites cattle inoculations as a basis for hope for humans.
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Prof
von Behring
Berlin
Clairvoyants in New York Form Investment Trust
New York clairvoyants have formed a trust to advise clients on investments. Members are notified by the head officer about stocks to recommend, with daily reports guiding advice. The arrangement benefits both companies and the seers, one company earning $60,000 last year from this activity.
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New York
Movable Bronx Church A Novel Portable House of Worship
The New York presbytery opens a portable Bronx church built to be dismantled and relocated. It seats about 200, uses yellow pine and asbestos roof, and lacks land title or an alternate nearby site for its mission work. Also notes German smokeless powder sales to Turkey, Balkan war intervention rumors, and a 114 mph speed record on a German electric railroad.
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Presbytery of
New York
Bronx
Presbytery
Germany
Turkey
Washington Post
Kew
Scorcher
Imports of Fruits Through Pearsons on Feeding a Great City
Mr Frank W Hawthorne outlines surprising fruit import data for New York in 1902 03 and 1908. Lemon imports for early 1908 reach 72 256 400 pounds valued at 1 567 074 mostly from Italy. Oranges in 1902 total 24 412 424 pounds worth 411 807 with most from Italy and other regions listed. Bananas in 1892 total 4 329 711 bunches worth 1 696 214 with West Indies Costa Rica Colombia San Domingo and Cuba contributing notable amounts. First four months of 1908 show 2 637 551 bunches valued at 876 779.
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Frank W. Hawthorne
Pearson's
New York
Italy
Cuba
Mexico
Santa Rica
Great Britain
Spain
Netherlands
Germany
Hong Hong
British West Indies
Costa Rica
Colombia
San Domingo
Origin of the expression two bits discussed in New York Mail piece
A New Yorker explains to a reporter how two bits became a quarter in American slang. The piece traces currency history from Spanish milled dollars to early fractional coinage and explains terms like bit and thrip derived from threepence.
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New York Mail and Express
United States
Curio
New Orleans
Meridians Greenwich and Paris Compared in Longitudinal Study
Investigations into longitude differences between Greenwich and Paris are finished. English and French observers logged 230 observations across 80 nights, with four observers. instruments were interchanged to match results. Findings show both meridians erroneous though the discrepancy is a tiny fraction of a second. A related note says the Pacific seabed between Hawaii and California is allegedly so flat a railway could run 600 miles without grading.
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Greenwich
Paris
Pacific
Hawaii
California
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