Metropolitan Independent Church Opens In New York
The Metropolitan Independent Church in New York founded by Rev. Henry Frank offers a creedless religious home for the unchurched and unbigoted. It embraces Christians, Jews, freethinkers, Brahmans, Confucians and others, teaching truth from any philosophy and honoring Christ as a noble figure rather than divine. The church aims to study universal principles through science and philosophy, welcoming those who seek conscience driven belief without dogma.
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Metropolitan Independent Church
New York
Henry Frank
Mr. Frank
Christ
Buddha
Brahma
Goethe
Frank
New York Journal
Engraver’s Pinhead Prayer Delights and Odd Happenings
A Boston engraver Joseph Young carved the Lord’s Prayer on a pinhead spiral from edge to center with fine readability unseen by the naked eye. In Kentucky, a stump drilled to reveal a perpetual water flow from a felled elm hints at a hidden spring beneath the tree. Berlin tests a Schwarz aluminium airship rising to one thousand feet for twelve minutes before wind derails control. officials deem the flight partly successful.
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Boston
Joseph Young
Young
New York Sun
Messrs
H. W and
J. M. Cornelison
T. J. Smith
Richmond
Berlin
Tempelhof
Army Airship Department
Telephonic Incidents Mention Testimony From Sheriff Doss
In Georgia, the first use of long distance telephone testimony occurred as Sheriff Doss of Thomasville answered questions from the line. An Atlanta official visiting Montezuma tried to sleep, learned his baby cried through the phone, and finally found sleep with the infant’s sounds echoing from the receiver.
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Sheriff Doss
Thomasville
Doss
Georgia
Atlanta
Montezuma
Result of a Kind Act Tramp Wins Half Ownership in Mine
Police Clerk Edward Gridley of Los Angeles gains part ownership in a rich Lower California gold mine after aiding a one armed tramp named McNellis. The tramp, later sending letters and a telegram from Ensenada, promises reward and seeks Gridley as equal partner as a wealthy company nears purchase. Gridley plans to meet McNellis and may join with his Klondike-bound brother in spring.
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Edward Gridley
Los Angeles
Gridley
McNellis
California
Ensenada
Nellis
Klondike
New York Sun
Monument on Missionary Ridge for Illinois troops
The Illinois Chickamauga commission selected a granite shaft design for Missionary Ridge to honor Illinois forces at Chattanooga. The 80 foot total height includes bronze figures of cavalry, infantry, naval and artillery, four inscribed panels, and a 12 foot bronze Peace statue, all not to exceed 18000 dollars. Georgia built a comparable memorial on the ridge.
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Illinois Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Chattanooga
Georgia
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ohio village bans loitering near station for girls
A village council in Ohio passed a rule prohibiting girls from lingering near the railroad station unless they can show a railroad ticket. The measure targets flirtation with traveling salesmen and other travelers, aiming to curb vagrancy near the depot.
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Ohio
Petition Against Lobby Crowding Shocks Theaters
In a humorous protest the theater goers, likened to a hat with plumes, petition Atlanta readers to curb lobby crowding and overcrowding. They demand disposal of disruptive patrons who push, squeeze, and trample silk and lace, preferring orderly seating and calmer matinees.
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Atlanta Constitution
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