Imaginative science and historic touch in Glenwood Opinion
The Glenwood Opinion surveys American astronomy’s daring spirit inspired by figures like Young, Rowland, Langley, and Lowell, praising big lenses by the Clarks and rich patrons, notes the Ship tavern’s ministerial whitebait dinners near Greenwich, and describes oxygen therapy devices, UMW leader John Mitchell’s retirement, a selfless act aiding a widow, and Panama canal defense assurances against warships while joking about airships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kelvin
C. A. Young
Rowland
S. P. Langley
Percival Lowell
Mars
Pickerings
Simon Newcomb
Clarks
Cambridge
United States
Draper
Lick
Yerkes
Congressman Cousins to Retire in Iowa Political Shakeup
Congressman Robert G. Cousins of Tipton Iowa plans retirement after eight terms as Gov. Cummins expands drive against the Allison machine. Cousins began in Cedar County in 1859, Cornell Mt. Vernon graduate, Iowa legislature member in 1886, long time congressman since 1892, former chairman of foreign affairs and treasury expenditures committees. Birdsall also reportedly to retire as part of the upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Cousins
Tipton
Congress
Allison
Cousins
Dave Crockett
Cedar County
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iown
House
J. L. Brown
Senate
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Treasury Department
Birdsall
Author Loses in Politics for The Virginian Author
Owen Wister, author of The Virginian, ran as reform candidate for select councilman of Philadelphia's Seventh ward. He received 646 votes versus 3158 for the Republican, expressing delight at beating expectations. Wister, 48, is a lawyer who prefers writing novels and ranch life research to politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Wister
Seventh Ward
Philadelphia
Wister
Tarkington
Indiana
Mr. Fairbanks
Ade
Fairbanks
Winston Churchill
Winston
New Hampshire
Anthony Hope
Paris
Harvard
Port Arthur Hero of War Faces Harsh End in Russia
Gen Stoessel, once hailed as Port Arthur’s hero, is executed after a court martial found him unfit and responsible for the fortress surrender. The trial centered on Lieut Gen Smirnoff’s secret defense report alleging cowardice and hastened surrender, with Japanese captain Tsunoda defending Stoessel’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoessel
Port Arthur
William
Germany
Fortune
Fock
Reiss
Smirnoff
Kwangtung
Gen. Smirnoff
Tsunoda
Nogi
May Be British Premier Asquith Seen as Likely Leader
The article profiles Herbert Henry Asquith as a likely successor to Campbell-Bannerman as British prime minister. A Yorkshireman representing East Fife, he balances a vast legal practice with public service since 1886. It notes his Boer republic policy and his age at 66 as a point of contrast to longer-tenured statesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Henry Asquith
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Britain
Charles Tennant
East Fife
Mr. Asquith
South Africa
Canada
Is the Hen a Profit Earning Factor on the Farm
A Kansas experiment station representative visited over 100 farms in central and eastern Kansas during 1905. The study finds most farmers house hens in separate, often ill suited sheds. discusses ventilation, floor plans, nests, yarding, and the importance of poultry for food and annual meat supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Experiment Station
Economy and Youth in College Courses Debate at Cornell
President J G Schurman criticizes freshman and sophomore students choosing courses as too young and unrevealing. He likens immature minds to an old man in Freetown who economized on headstones by inscribing only first names to point to a larger monument with a full epitaph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Schurman
Cornell
Presdent Schurman
Freetown
Emma
Mary
Hester
Edith
Perfectly Plain on Tariff Debate by Prof Price
An impartial review of tariff arguments as Prof Price presents both sides. He is surrounded after his talk by members of the Woman's Current Events club. A member compliments his talk and likens free traders to other girls in a playful endnote from Sunday Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
London
William Pitt
Pitt
High Court
Ship Tavern
Pune
Ben el
Price
Woman's Current Events Club
Prof. Price
Sunday Magazine
Reform Thought: Courage to Start a Better Life
A quotation emphasizes that no person is wholly bad and that moments arise when a vision of a better life appears. It urges courage to begin anew, noting it is never too late to pursue improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Burke
Sore throats and coughs warning lung impact
A collage of ad blurbs and quotes promoting remedies and products. Highlights include Brown's Bronchial Traches for relief, Garfield Tea for constipation and health, PAZO OINTMENT for piles, Brom Quin ine laxative, and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. Also notes fur and hide buyers and a quip about independence and love.
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Glenwood Opinion
Broadfield & McClure
Glenwood
Iowa
Brat
Westphalia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Panama Canal
Prof
Oscar Erf
Kansas
van Dyke
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Carters
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