Various Global Facts From the Early 1900s News
A collection of miscellaneous early 20th century notes covers meat cattle averages, Vienna street railways nationalized, Philippine prison crafts, British gold two pound pieces, northern tree distributions, Nebraska stream records, climate estimates, iceberg weights, a large whale beached near Antibes, a huge English rat, London’s Metropolitan Railway power station contract, wheat acreage in Bengal, Russian schools in Palestine, Sydney plague figures, English assizes fines, weather bureau tower height effects, spider silk strength, New York subway tunnel progress, and a Washington speech on national continuation and policy from President Gilman of Johns Hopkins University.
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Vienna
Austria
England
Nebraska
City of
Mexico
Hayes
Melville Bay
Juan Les Pins
Antibes
Mediterranean
Billingborough
Board of the Metropolitan Railway Company
London
Theira
Neasden
Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company, Limited
Bengal
Constantinople
Palestine
Sydney
Melbourne
Newcastle
Sidley
Lawrence
Leeds
Weather Bureau
New York City
New York Subway
Revelation in figures on Presbyterian ministry shortages
Special correspondence cites figures from the 1900 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. It notes 1,600 ministers unemployed, 8,300 in churches not self sustaining, and about 4,000 incapacitated for active church work. The piece argues for higher support per member and broader charity, linking church solvency to social inequities and national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the Nation
Milnisters
Presbyterian Church
Episcopal Church
Salvation of Souls
Jose Gros
Unionism and Patriotism in Civil War Enlistments
Therbert N. Casson, a Philadelphia unionist, notes many northern unions dissolved as enlistments surged. A secretary recorded a firm pledge to enlist with Uncle Sam, noting the group would remain adjourned until the Union was safe or defeat occurred.
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North
Therbert N. Casson
Philadelphia
Uncle Sam
Dick and the Sparrow Sparrows Trusta Pony Ride Incident
In a neighborhood scene a girl worries about the boy who will ride her pony Pet being gentle. Dick, a kind ten year old on a borrowed bicycle, halts for a sparrow and earns trust from a well placed neighbor who asks him to drive a pony to the country.
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the Sparrow
Pet
Matinia
Darlington Boulevard
Christian Endeavor World
Oddities and landmarks in a fragmentary 19th century selection
A Baltimore Herald excerpt notes a personal grudge and a clumsy accident involving a lip pocket bottle. It also surveys global items: Teheran ordnance factories using German machinery, gorget collars of coral and pearls, a new Carnivora house named for Lord Roberts, Kiel's giant 450 ton crane, a North Carolina death row body sale, and Calcutta risking the Ochterlony monument for Curzon's Victoria Memorial hall.
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Teheran
Royal Zoological Society of Ireland
Lord Roberts
Empire
Europe
Kiel
North Carolina
Calcutta
Ochterlony
Lord Curzon
Victoria Memorial
David Ochterlony
Dog objected to seat as mistress loves dog at first sight
A humorous Detroit Free Press note describes a dog attracting affection and a person being pushed off the sofa to free a seat, illustrating a light domestic moment.
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Detroit Free Press
Trioune Announces Low Yearly Sul Costs
The Trioune group states Sul 50 per year covers all maintenance costs. They emphasize a simple pricing plan with no hidden fees and promise steady, predictable expenses for owners.
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Freeland Tribune
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Arban
Main Street
Freeland
TriBune
Trilune Printing Company, Limited
Far East
Washington
Gilman
John Hopkins University
Presbyterian Geners Assembly
Joo
Castoria
Hildren
Bears
Lockit
Sweetly Innocent Girl
Ife
Clara
Madras
Percale
Chevroti
McMenamin’s Gents
South Centre Street
Walter D. Davis
Rick Bookmaker
New, York Journal
Ehigh Valley Railroad
Weatherly
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Sandy Run
White Haven
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Scranton
Eton
Delano
Pottsville
Hazleton
Mahanoy City
Shenandoah
Delano Mahanoy City
Mt. Carmel
Boston
Pottaville
Fuston
ML. Carmel
Shenana Goan
Delano and Hagleens
iHm
Rollin J. Wilbur
Cortlandt Street
Lee
G. J. Gildroy
Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad
Drifton
Jeddo
Fables
Hazlebrook
Stockton
Beaver Meadow Road
Roun
Hazleton Junction
Oneida Junction
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Sheppton
Selly
Unday
Deringer
Tomhicken
Cranberry
Harwood
Roan
Steppion
Beaver Merdow Road
Hazle Brook
Eckley
Sham
Bekley
Joddo
Jeaneeville
Audenried
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