Happiness church aims to loosen blue laws in Washington
Evangelist Rev. Theodore Valiant leads a movement to form a new Happiness church in Washington to overturn District blue laws and permit Sabbath recreation. Open air services and outdoor pulpits will replace buildings as the movement promotes dancing, music, games, and joy over solemnity. The Personal Liberty League backs the effort, aiming for autumn incorporation and dispersing services in parks and public spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Theodore Valiant
Washington
Happiness Church
Personal Liberty League
Luna Park
Washington Post
Valiant
Church of the Future
Moses
Solomon
Live Scarecrow Helps Farm Protect Corn in Swanville Me
Fred Small uses a bantam rooster in a cage with a nest to deter crows from his corn field in Swanville Maine. The crowing rooster acts as a living scare device and keeps pests away from the crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Small
Swannville
Ornfield
Flanagan Hammer Thrower Headlines Irish American Club News
Clubmates of Flanagan and Melvin Sheppard discuss the Olympic trials in London. New York figures praise Sheppard’s 1500 meters and anticipate his 800 meters time while Flanagan’s hammer throw and Irish American club open house are noted. Flanagan’s misadventure with his weight and a mistaken bomb scare at a tea house adds a humorous postscript.
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Flanagan
John Flanagan
Melvin
Sheppard
London
William L. Jones
New York
Lon. Myers
Halstead
Philadelphia
Shilpatrick
Myers
New York City
Patrick J. Conway
John
Torrington
Heath
Ireland
Flinagan
Soda Water Gas to Power an Automobile
John Carroll of Philadelphia demonstrated a small engine run by carbonic acid gas to propel a vehicle. He drove uphill and downhill with stops, then repeated the ascent. Spectators marveled at the engine size and claimed horsepower near one hundred though the build was crude.
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John Carroll
Philadelphia
Carroll
New Slotted Tennis Racket Aims For Faster Serves
A newly invented tennis racket features a slot through the handle running parallel to the frame. The design promises increased resilience and speed on serves along with stronger ground strokes. It also allows heavier wood without warping, boosting overall feel and durability.
Taft Named Favorite Flower In White House Hopeful Reply
The Rev J Frederick of Newport Kentucky an alliance vice president wrote to William Howard Taft asking his favorite flower He received an answer that the white carnation is the most beautiful bloom to the former secretary of war Taft remains the Republican nominee for president.
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Taft
Prizes Awarded to Prison Essayists on True Liberty
A. G. Gates of the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory organized a nationwide contest for prisoners to write on What Is True Liberty Its Value and How Obtained. Of 147 manuscripts from twelve states eleven prizes were awarded including a first prize of 25 dollars to Massachusetts State Reformatory Convict J. B. T and a second prize of 10 dollars to Alabama State Penitentiary.
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A. G. Gates
Kansas State Industrial, Reformatory
Hutchinson
Kan
Indiana
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Gates
Kansas City Star
J. Kent Riser
Trinity Lutheran Church
Tipton
Kate Smelser
Barlham College
Richmond
Ind
Cora G. Lewis
Kinsley
W. Jf. Gray
First United Presbyterian Church
George W. Winans
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Appeal for the Mule Vacation Policy Question
The post office department in Washington allows all horses 30 days vacation like clerks. Baltimore asks if government mules get the same benefit as 89 000 rural carriers request horse vacations. Chief Clerk Conrad received a letter seeking mule vacation details amid Baltimore office vacation curtailment.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Baltimore
Conrad
Post
Press urged to feature accidents like sports news
The American Anti-accident association based in Sharpsville Pa calls on the press to adopt a regular accidents heading similar to sports and financial sections. The resolution argues daily U S accidents kill and maim over 1600 people and that prominent coverage would raise public awareness and aid prevention.
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American Anti-accident Association
Sharpsville
United States
Press of
America
Titcomb’s Visit Inspires Alden Kin To Courtship
London tale follows Mr Titcomb a direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden who fell for the beauty in Ralph Peacock’s painting The Sisters and sought a copy. He later met Miss Ethel Brignall at the artist’s home and wed in Beddington church in a classical white gown. Roydon Peacock carried the bride’s train as the couple’s nephew.
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London
Titcomb
John
Priscilla Alden
Longfellow
Miles Standish
Tate’ Gallery
Ralph Peacock
Ethel Brignall
Roydon Peacock
Roydon
Academy
Horn chair for Taft proposed by Texas stockman
N R Powell of Pet tu Texas travels to San Antonio to arrange a horn chair for William H Taft to be presented March 4. Powell plans using eight and a half foot horns as the chair back and arm portions, gathering additional horn pieces between San Antonio and the Rio Grande. The chair, paired with Texas pants, aims to honor Taft as he takes the presidency amid national duties.
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N. R. Powell
Pettus
Tex
San Antonio
William H. Taft
United States
Mr. Powell
Rio Grande
Washington
Texas
Novel sight on a clothesline in Woodbury Connecticut
William Wilhelmy a baker from Ansonia visited his brother in Woodbury when a thunderstorm soaked him. He borrowed pants from the hired girl and returned to find a roll of about 200 dollars hanging to dry. The crowd laughed as the bills remained unguarded until the washer girl found them.
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Woodbury
Conn
William Wilhelmy
Ansonia
Wilhelmy
United States
Severe Cure For Prostrations At Hot Factory
A factory owner describes a method to prevent heat illness by closing windows and using steam heat to reduce humidity. He claims humidity, not temperature, causes 99 of every 100 prostrations and says the tactic has kept workers from prostration all summer. He notes previous cases when shutdowns were needed on hot days.
National Cemetery Planned for Deer Island
A Boston dispatch reports the War Department plans a national cemetery on Deer Island, analogous to Arlington, reserved for soldiers sailors officers and civilians who died in U S service. Many sailors who died of ship fever and soldiers from the War of 1812 and the rebellion were buried on the island.
Amagansett Whalers Tangle With Sea Serpents In Offshore Raid
Report from Amagansett describes Captain Gabe Edwards and his son pursuing large sea creatures seen near shore. The pair used harpoons and heavy line to subdue two whales after an offshore encounter, finally pulling them onto the beach and turning them over.
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Gabe
New York
Clerical House Wrecker Flees With Wife in Divorce Suit
The Rev John William Gardiner, formerly curate at Ealing, did not defend William Thomas Cope’s divorce petition against his wife Marie Louise Cope. Mrs Cope and Gardiner fled to Germany after a dispute over custody and property valued at 20000 dollars. The court granted a decree nisi with costs and custody of four children to Mr Cope.
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John William Gardiner
Ealing
England
William Thomas Cope
Ealing Road
South Waling
Marie Louise .Cope
Cope
South Ealing
Nisi
Wildcat Bit Cork Leg Injures Hunter in Maine Woods
Henry V Johnson of Somerville Massachusetts was ankle-bit by a wildcat in Square Lab Me. He did not flinch as hunter Sam Provost and Johnson’s aim wounded the animal. Provost fired to help. The guide praised the hunter’s nerve after the close encounter.
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Square Lab
Henry V. Johnson
Sam Provost
Johnson
Somerville
Mass
Eve
Tolinson
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Dore Valiant
SIC
iWshinngton
Kansan
Amagansett
Wildcat
Tenderfoot
Hunter
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