Pope Celebrates Diamond Birthday Amid Low Profile
Rome reports the seventy five year old Pope Pius Xll observed without fanfare his birthday. Cardinals Vatican officials and churchmen offered congratulations while his sisters spent the day with him. Pius Xll’s humble peasant origins contrast with his predecessor Leo Xll and he is praised as an organizer eloquent preacher and prudent diplomat though limited in scholarly pursuits and foreign languages.
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Leo X11
Pius Iix
Ponty
Froemel
Crerlman
Switzerland of America Shines Over Manch Chunk via Lehigh Valley
The Philadelphia Inquirer praises Mauch Chunk as the Switzerland of America framed by lofty peaks. It notes its picturesque valley setting along the Lehigh River, bracing air, and modern amenities including electric lighting, roads, a public library, and robust rail transport supporting the Lehigh Valley railroad.
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Manch Chunk
Philadelphia Fnquirer
Switzerland of America
Mauneh Chunk
Lehigh River
United States
Mauch Chunk
Peret
NEW WAYS OF INDIAN GIRLS IN HOSPITAL NURSING REVEALED
Miss Stelle Reed, long associated with American Indian education, argues native women make ideal hospital nurses and skilled needle workers. She recalls traveling among isolated reservations and witnessing the resilience of squaws with papooses, praising their stoicism, discipline, and care. Indian girls are praised as nurses teachers and craftsworkers, preserving tradition while embracing medical service.
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Stelle Reed
McKinley
Girio
Pheyr
Jdea
Wil
Woman Detective in Department Store Tells of Pickpocket Catch
A department store worker recounts becoming a detective after catching a pocket thief on a crowded city car. She describes required traits such as honesty, calm, and quick observation, notes good pay, and explains how arrests deter theft. The piece highlights the challenging yet rewarding path for women in detective work.
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Wiokey
Chey
Whig Distriet
Aeyw
Tia
Eaenvar Priehebes
Watts
Cadiz Rivals Inspire Trivia From Poem Teasers
A garbled quotation hints at poems about Cadiz and Byron, mentioning Ohio and Birmingham Herald. It reads as a lighthearted literary tease noting poets and tributes, with unclear authorship and fragmentary lines.
President Gff Sets Brief Western Trip Schedule
President Tate leaves Washington for a three day tour covering about 500 miles. Stops include Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania for a commencement, Northern Ohio University in Ada, Ohio, a Detroit address, and a Michigan visit with Jackson and Monore for the General Custer monument unveiling before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Tate
Secret Service
Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr College
Halen Taft
Branern Mawr
Prominent Virginia Families in Alliance
Richmond, Va. June 2 Two families prominent in American affairs of the last and present century form an alliance in a distant social context. The note hints at vivid lineage and influence tying together enduring wealth and public service across generations.
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Virginia
IN Alliance
Richymond
Isoedte
Breadline graduate lifts Fall River by helping the unemployed
Poabert Crawford, once in the breadline on lower Broadway, now leads a charitable effort in Fall River Massachusetts. He helps men find work, provides food and clothing, and aims to expand his operation beyond a small shop as city officials and residents support his constructive philanthropy.
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Baeritt
Es Rede
Thames
Davetrorpen
Wyatt
Fall River
Mass
Lower Broadway
Poabert
Crawford
Sunerinfooters Cay Tine
Teisstam
Bayer Ovata
York
Carrawford
Pati
Hlile
Mika Waren
Dad Strack
Audi
Tade
Fiis
Solar facts and curiosities in a New York Sun window display
A page notes surprising solar system facts with Sols mass and densities, Saturn and Jupiter solidities, then shifts to a street scene with fine lace stockings in a store window. A small card advertises handmade stockings priced at 1002, highlighting the era’s blend of science curiosities and urban commerce.
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New York
Mauch Chonk
Asi Pueheor
Cape Iins
Fidusier
Meni
Phey
New York Sun
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