Panic and cowardice in national crisis called out
The essay condemns money panic and social panic as a relapse to barbarism. It argues panic harms banks and workers, demands faith in people and banks, and urges unity, trust, and divine guidance to weather economic trials without hoarding or fear. It cites theater fires and wartime raids as analogies.
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Ren Theater
Hell
Kingdom of Heaven
Earth
Children of
Israel
Promised Land
Banks
Aluminium Railway Tickets Adopted by Street Railway
A Chicago street railway issues aluminium fare tokens, round for adults and octagonal for children. Sold to the public at six for 25 cents and ten for 25 cents, distributed to storekeepers to avoid officer cash handling. Tokens require no cancellation and are quickly recirculated in packages.
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Chicago, Tribune
Creche for babies at the World's Fair
Boston Transcript reports the Children’s building hosts a baby creche where mothers leave their infants safely with experienced matrons and nurses. About 50 to 60 children are cared for amid many toys, chairs, and orderly ownership ensuring each mother collects her child without who cried or argued.
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Boston Transcript
Understanding Thirst Its Causes and Reflexes
Thirst marks fluid deficit and signals body needs. It begins with mouth dryness from pharyngeal secretion shortfalls. Direct stomach infusion relieves thirst, suggesting the sensation stems in stomach nerves and throat sensation is reflexive. London Tit-Bits.
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London
Archdeacon of London Calls For Guarded Rumor Response
The Westminster Gazette reports the archdeacon urged Christian men and women to shield the Duke and Duchess of York from rumor by refusing to believe anything without distinct proof. He argued such restraint would curb sensational gossip and reduce foolishness in society.
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London
York
Westminster Gazette
The Prayer of a Small Boy in Orleans Picayune
A boy in G is obsessed with a drum, his mother and house inmates object to the noise. That night he prays aloud in bed, mispronouncing lines of a bedtime prayer as he clings to the drum impulse.
Paul at Rome Expounds Kingdom of God to Jews
The apostle Paul, kept as a prisoner in Rome, calls Jewish leaders and explains the gospel's relationship to Moses and the prophets. Some believe, others do not, as he testifies that salvation is sent to the Gentiles and that God works through faith. Paul continues two years in a hired house, preaching the kingdom with all confidence.
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Russia
China
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Tropics
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Paul
Rome
Agrippene
God
Judea
Moses
David
Jesus of Nazareth
Satan
Esaias
Peter
Christ
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
House of Israel
Ezekiii
Paul Mom
Asia
Macedonia
Jesus Christ
Ascension
Israel
Mind reader A J Seymour plans burial to grow barley
A. J. Seymour, a noted mind reader in Illinois, proposes to be buried alive for a barley crop. Dr. E C Dunn of Rockford will manage the stunt, claiming it has been done in India. Seymour will starve and be fed fattening foods, enter a cataleptic state, be sealed with wax, and buried in a perforated double casket to vent gases.
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A. J. Seymour
Illinois
E. C. Dunn
Rockford
Seymour
Dunn
India
Allahabad
Delhi
Benares
Old Carpet Worth 85500 At The Mint Fire
A seven year old carpet in the United States mint’s coiners department was cremated and its ashes refined to recover 279 ounces of gold valued at over 5500. The process captures gold carried in abrasions during bullion to coin conversion and even gloves are incinerated. Soot and smoke from furnaces yield additional gold bags for reclaiming Uncle Sam’s treasure.
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Coiners’ Department
United States
Coiners
Uncle Sam
San Francisco Examiner
Women and menswear neckwear are challenged in public style
The Philadelphia Times denounces women wearing masculine ties and failing to learn proper knotting. It condemns four in hands Windsor and Ascot for being difficult and mocks slippery loose threads and ties twisted about the ear as unsightly.
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Philadelphia Times
Irish Greenback and World Exhibits Shown in 1866 and Berlin
An Irish greenback dated March 17 1866 issued by Johan O Mahoney agent of the Irish republic and payable six months after independence was presented for payment in a New York grocery. A three year old tiny elephant 36 inches tall 3 feet long and 168 pounds exhibited in Berlin. The dwarf from Sumatra is noted as the normal kin weighing 8 to 3 tons at the same age.
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Virginia
Aceryear
Johan O'Mahoney
New York
Berlin
Sumatra
Child Burns From Stove Fire in Malden
In Malden Missouri on August 30 a four year old child of Janes McKillop was badly burned when the child's dress caught fire from the stove. Efforts to rescue the child were unsuccessful as flames engulfed the body.
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Malden
Mues
Janes McKillop
Forest Fire Rages Near Bordeaux In August Blaze
A large forest fire spreads near Bordeaux from Pessaic to St Jean d illiac as authorities monitor the outbreak and work to contain it.
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France
Paris
Bordeaux
Pessaic
St. Jean ‘S Iiliac
Peach Crop Ruined by Severe Delaware Storm
Milford Del August 36 The storm has ruined the peach crop in this section to the extent of 150 009 baskets.
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Milford
Del
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Sam Stanton
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