Salvation Army's 1906 impact highlighted by worker stories
A 1906 annual Salvation Army report details vast social reach with 12,000,000 attendees at halls plus 12,000 meals and 4,000,000 beds provided. It notes 100,000 families aided, 600 tons coal and 122,000 pounds ice distributed, and 13,000 homeless children sheltered. The article traces founders and early workers, including Emma Booth Tucker and Eva Booth, and mentions future visits by General Booth.
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Salvation Army
Army
Fort Ronnie
Cal
Fort Amity
Col
Fort Herrick
Ohio
London
William Booth
Whitechapel
Eliza
Gospel Meeting House
Salvation Army of America
Booth
Ella Westbrook
Sas
America
Philadelphia
Booth Tucker
Queen's Bench
India
Emma Booth Tucker
Kansas City
Wiliam Booth
The
United States
Japan
Eva Booth
New York
Word Coined in 1886 By a Boston Phy afghans
The term appendicitis was coined in 1886 by Dr Reginald F Witz a Boston physician to highlight inflammation of the appendix. The article notes not all aspects of the disease are understood with causes including foreign bodies and violent exertion and cites autopsy data from Boston Johns Hopkins and Rhode Island hospitals.
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Boston
Reginald F. Witz
Fitz
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Boston Herald
Boston City
Johns Hopkins
Rhode Island
Kelly
John's Hopkins Hospital
Lennander
Johns Hopkins Medical School
High Prices In Dawson City
Dawson City endures high living costs as stores and services remain pricey. The town of over 8 000 residents features warehouses, banks, electric lights and two newspapers. A car price noted at 10 80 dollars and a 31 50 figure appear in the fragment.
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Dawson City
Weon City
Beeria
Indians In United States Rise In Numbers And Power
Nearly 300000 Indians live in the United States with many dressing as ordinary Americans. Senators and representatives include Charles Curtis and Quonah Parker, while tribes from the Cherokees to Comanches push education, business, and athletics. The piece notes schools, colleges, labor roles, and a rising civic presence across reservations and beyond the Mississippi.
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America
United States
Mississippi
Missouri
New York
Father Negahnquet
Rome
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Mr. Curtis
Shawnee
Sam
Curtis
Quonah Parker
Oklahoma. Chief Parker
Senate
Commonwealth
Sequoyah
Chief Parker
Clindy Parker
Quonah
Educ
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Sol McLisk
Sherring
Red Cloud
Evolution of the word idiot from private person to mental deficiency
The term idotes in Greek began as a private individual, then a non expert, then an ignorant man. In English it extended to mental deficiency. Pliers Plowman uses idiot for an ignorant person, and 1692 usage includes one language. Wycliff and Taylor used layman and private person, with Taylor also as fool. a professional fool was once called an idiot.
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Wycliff
Jeremy Taylor
Delivery failures reveal vast mail volume at Dead Letters division
A Pittsburgh Gazette note discusses in detail the Division of Dead Letters at Washington and shows that over ten billion pieces were mailed in the year, with less than one in a thousand failing to reach recipients. It highlights errors by business senders, the value found in unaddressed mail, and a notable jewelry auction of undelivered items.
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Carelinenses
Post Office
Washington
Pittsburg
Waterbury
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Ches
Ums
Austria
Wielicka
Uncle Sam
House
Venice
Ford Mathies Gieger
J. M W. Beckmann
In and National Bank
Guar
Che Herdin
J. H. Beckmann & Sauer
SFFE
Beckmann
Victor Clover
Ross
Kentucky
Rose Whiskies
Indiana
Olinger
Dfine Beers
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