Forward Movement aids West Side poor in Chicago district
Chicago correspondence details the Forward Movement based at West Harrison Street. The nonpartisan group runs Epworth House and a neighborhood presence with visiting services, a kindergarten, cooking classes, and nightly meetings. Founder Dr. Gras leads religious and social activities serving diverse international residents.
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Chicagzo
Humanity
Epworth House
Pearce Street
Gras
Epworth Houe
United States
Forward Movement Hall
Harrison Street
Miss Krause
General
Cardinal Ledochowski Deposed as Prefect of Propaganda
The Philadelphia Record reports Cardinal Miecislas Ledochowski, aged 76, is said to have been deposed from the Propaganda Prefecture by the Pope for leaning toward Germany. Born in Poland, he rose under Pius IX and served in multiple diplomatic missions before his retirement from the Vatican post. A separate brief recounts a captured wild red tailed hawk at the Zoo, trapped by keeper Manley with a peg and pig lure, later released unharmed.
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Bnelucas
Manley
Tive
Poland
Lagariste
Warsaw
Rome
Pius IX
Ledochowak
Madrid
Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago de Chill
Thebes
Brussels
Curious Science Notes and Ocean Cable Spy Tale
A survey of late 19th century science discusses wall paper arsenic dangers, electrical detection for coast telecommunication, ancient mosasaurs found in France, Nipissing-Mattawa River as Great Lakes fossil path, liquid crystal behavior, and vivid mirage sea visions with enormous serpents and riding figures seen in fog and spray along coastal waters.
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France
America
New Jersey
Gulf of Mexico
Misalesippi River
St. Clair
Detroit
Great Lakes
Curions Cargoes and Ancient Cave Finds
Curions cargoes include turtles live and dead, leeches, bones from battlefields, mummies from Egyptian tombs, and cat remains from game country cemeteries. Monsieur Piette reports a cave near Le Mas-dAzi in Southern France with Neolithic cave-dwellers symbols and possible phonetic signs on painted pebbles.
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Liverpool
Monsieur Pietre
le Mas-d’Azi
France
Pyrenees
Monsieur Piette
The Children's Step and Army Buffalo Tales
A physician addresses a women’s club on child health stressing early sleep and careful housing. A War Department paper by A W Gresley recounts a veteran army officer’s 1860s buffalo herd sightings in the Ariana valley spanning 50 to 76 miles, noting 166,008 hides wintering through 1876 77 in Texas.
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A. W. Gresley
War Department
Ariana Aas
Enya
Grifie
Tex
Chinese Bidder Signs New Zealand Road Contract
In Otago a road mending contract went to the Joweat bid signed by a Chinese worker nicknamed Mac Pherson. Officials noted the bidder appeared yellow and with a pigtailed look, yet he insisted the contract would be paid. The contract was signed despite the remark.
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New Zealand
Otagé
MacPherson
Offelas
Mac
Unclear Dialogue Fragments From Local Page
A fragmented OCR reads odd dialogue with names like Mrs Bisimore Elamore and references to Buffalo. The readable portion shows a casual exchange about actions and a child, though context and full meaning are missing.
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Jack
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Forward Movement
Chicago
Girla
Howe
Wolles
Prusea
Prigan
West Side
Mies M. BE. Dix
Aity. Hera
Sweden
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Italy
Russia
Congress and
Halsted Streets
DE. G. W. Gray
Cardinal Ledochowski
Pine
Hved
Vatican
Cardinal Ledochowak
Satolli
Zoo
Philadelphia
Prraneniger Carey
Cermany
Nature
Fahure
Lehman
Miers
Royal Society
Ose
Mirage Tm
Tye
Oceon
Senahore
Telande
Ri Tee
Curions Cargoes
Eeg
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