Washington Week in Review of National Strife and Reform
Washington reports announce a national banking reform order requiring uniform bookkeeping in all banks. Attorney General Wickersham will deny clemency pleas and push jail terms for offenders. Nagel proposes immigration reforms and praises corporate publicity. A clash on the Santo Domingo Hayti border is noted. Britt cites heavy postal losses from magazines and urges higher sample copy rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
National
Bank
Ing
Texas
Washington
Wickersham
Nagel
Santo Domingo
Mrs. Stetson Affirms Eddy’s Resurrection Belief
Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, excommunicated from the Christian Science church last summer, declares in a formal statement her belief in the resurrection of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy in the semblance of human form. Rodman Wanamaker contributes $50,000, with Philadelphia adding $100,000, for a relief fund for families of city employees harmed or killed in service.
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Augusta E. Stetson
Christian Science Church
Mary Baker Eddy
Rodman Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Multiple Developments From Nationwide News Briefs
Justice Betts vacated a temporary injunction against the Wingdale prison contract in Kingston New York. Fire Marshal Beers testified on resin shortages. 200 cans of tomato paste seized by marshals in a Pennsylvania railroad box car. Reverend Walter D Buchanan found guilty of speeding in Providence Superior Court. Fifteen workers killed in a Morewood Ice plant boiler explosion near Pittsfield Massachusetts. Maj Gen Duvall ordered searches of Japanese cases in Manila. Arch Hoxsey set an aviation altitude record over Mount Wilson. Intercollegiate Athletic Association sees football code approval. Albany notes Thomas Grady to be sidetracked for Wagner as senate leader. Boston art commission blocks a Julia Ward Howe portrait at Faneuil Hall. Cornell lab injures four students and an instructor in a milk testing machine blast. Claud Stafford survives after being shot in Tafala Oklahoma with skull fractures.
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Justice Betts
Supreme Court
Kingston
N. Y
Hillis’ B. Long
Esopus
State Prison Commission
Wingdale
Dutchess County
Beers
Legislative Investigating
New York Areiargy Uussel
Beiz
Robert Young
Government Laboratory
Pennsylvania Railroad
Walter D. Buchanan
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York
Providence
Morewood ‘Uake Ice Company
Pittsfield
Mass
Municipal Art Commission of
Boston
Julia Ward Howe
Faneuil Hall
State College of Agriculture
Cornell
Ithaca
David Hodge
Claud Stafford
Peru
Kan
Independence
Tafala
Okla
Stafford
Conseiqua
Volatile international tensions and rebellions reported abroad
Lisbon and Paris send notes on Portugal crisis while Dominican troops rush to the frontier amid Hayti replies. Hackneyed reports deny troubles with a China loan. Bonilla’s Honduras revolt advances. Rail strikes, Jewish expulsions, emden movements, and battles in Peru and Chihuahua feature in dispatches from Rome, Tokyo, and beyond.
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Lisbon
Paris
Portugal
Hayti
China
Bonilla
Honduras
Ameer
Bokhara
Scotland Yard
America
Rome
Italy
Tsingtao
Emden
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Chihuahua
Mexico
Navarro
Pedernales
Tokio
Far East
Ramon Barros Luce
Chile
Laura Cunard
Haliburton
Nova Scotia
Nice
Royal Palace
Madrid
Queen Victoria
Princess of Battenberg
Alfonso
Japan
Afghanistan
Portuguese Republic
United States
France
San Mateo
Peru
Mat Paso
Office Romance Tests Mrs Benson as Cromlin Proposes
Cromlin, a refined New York attorney, confronts a tense morning with Vera Benson as he hints at marriage and a Europe trip. She learns she will be discharged to take another position while concealing her own secret love for someone else. The couple spirals between affection and fear of exposure, ending with Vera choosing her own future while Cromlin urges immediate dictation of her reply.
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Cromlin
Europe
Miss. Benson
New York
John Cromlin
Vera Benson
Cremlin
Mr. Cromlin
Oklahoma State Capitol Bill Signed in Guthrie
A 1910 bill moved the Oklahoma state capital to Oklahoma City, signed by Governor Charles N. Haskell as he sat in a Guthrie railway lunchroom. The fight over the capital name ended with Guthrie defeated after a long contest at a recent special session.
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Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Johns Hopkins University
General Education Board
Foss
Massachusetts
United States
Lodge
Boston
Dot
Benn
Pitman
Isaac Pitman
Cincinnati
New State Prison
Dutchess County
New York
P. J.carlin Construction Company of
Pleased You Show Interest in Daughter and Piano
A fragmentary exchange shows Mr. Cumrox acknowledging concern for his daughter and the impact of piano playing. He comments on how the instrument’s slant affects wear and tear and expresses a blessing in response.
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Mr. Cumrox
Young Swift Arrest Sparks Quick Classic Wit
Epigrammatic remark notes Swift’s speeding arrest and the old saying about timing. The brief quip frames the incident with a sharp, timely pun, reflecting a newspaper voice that enjoys light humor amid police news.
Jeroboam and the Idols Lesson from Kings
Jeroboam reigned about 22 years ending in 982 BC amid the Disruption at Beithel and Dan. He built two capitals with golden calves at Bethel and Dan to intercept pilgrims and preserve his rule. His sin lay in disobedience and reliance on wisdom, choosing political stability over obedience to God and true worship.
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Jeroboam
B.C
Behechem
Mounts
Ebal
Gerizim
Bethel
Jerusalem
Dan
Ephraim
Zereda
Jordan Valley
Nebat
Zeruiah
Rehoboam
Millo
Solomon
David
Saul
Jerobogam
Egypt
Shishak
Judah
Moses
God
Jeropoam
Rehobean
Solomon’s Temple
Christ
Satan
Crosby Hall London's fifteenth century grandeur revived
Crosby Hall in Bishopsgate London, erected by John Crosby in 1468, is famed as a milestone of fifteenth century domestic architecture. The hall hosted kings like Henry VI’s line, Elizabeth I, and Raleigh, Bacon, and Shakespeare dined within its walls. It later served as a Presbyterian meeting house and warehouse before its 1831 restoration and current status as a top historic site attracting thousands of American visitors.
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London
Fox
Crosby Hall
Bishopsgate
Shakespeare
Tta
Richard
Crosby
John Crosby
Itb
Ikester
Richard Tih
Plantagenet
England
Bosworth
Edward VI
Thomas ‘More
Hall Thatle
Westminster
London Bridge
Antonio Bonvist
Thomas More
Ald. Bond
John Spencer
t-Cross
Henry IV
France
Elizabeth
Raleigh
Bacon
Hingland
Black Man's Color Changing in Youngstown Report
A Chicago-born resident of Youngstown, Winwood, a Negro, is reportedly turning white slowly due to fumes from a fertilizer works. Despite the odd condition, he remains in good health and cheerful about becoming a “white man,” with blotches spreading over his body.
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Youngstown
O—Robert
Winwood
Chicago
Queer Laws in Berne Prompt Harsh Penalties
In Berne and much of Switzerland laws can punish individuals not only for past actions but for potential future outcomes. Authorities and police may send a person to penal workhouses if their ongoing conduct threatens future destitution, creating broad personal liberty concerns.
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Berne
Switzerland
Unscrum Waus
Cantons
The Hippo Mouth Ride In Cape Town Tale
A whimsical look at hippos in Africa describing a towering blunt creature in river habitats. The piece notes their size heavy bodies and broad mouths, comparing their presence to a moving landform that unsettles tourists. It portrays hippos as imposing and comically oversized.
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Cape Town
Africa
Agargoyle
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Arch Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Mount Wilson
California
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Albany
Thomas
Greatehocrapier
William Cumming Story
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. W. Spencer
Indiana
David Starr Jordan
Lee
Stanford Junior University
Northern Bank of
New York City
West 125Th Street
State Banking Department
Rochester Title & Guarantee Company
Connecticut
State Insurance Department
Board of Education
Swift
Queen Elizabeth
Perdong
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