Boston Mother Church Opens In Historic Dedication
Thousands from around the world filled Boston to witness the dedication of a vast new addition to the Mother Church of the Christian Science movement. The Italian Renaissance style structure seats 5012, rises 224 feet, and includes Imperial mahogany interiors, Concord granite walls, and a 82-foot diameter dome. The building cost nearly 2 million dollars and features eleven bells and a premier organ. The original church nearby still serves about 1200. three Sunday services now accommodate the congregation.
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The
Christian Science Uenowliiation
Boston
Eddy
United States
Rescued Boy Receives Firm Motherly Discipline
A seven year old boy, Antonio, fell into the river near the New York riverfront after wandering from his mother Siznora Gennaro. A patrolman rescued him, and upon reaching shore the dripping boy was set over his mother’s knee as she administered a sharp corrective spanking.
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New York City
Siznora Gennaro
Naples
Antonio
Sicnora
Earthquake Recording Instruments Highlight Sensitivity
The article describes seismograph instruments as extremely delicate devices that record the slightest earth tremors including footfalls. It outlines three classes of instruments for automatic earthquake recording, each with a distinct function.
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Benchel
Eschew Teeth Examinations and Gift Horse Adages
A terse admonition blends proverbs about teeth and horses with advice to note achievements. The passage uses rural wisdom to caution against overanalyzing favors while urging attention to notable accomplishments.
Cuban immigrant disputes Alabama in uneasy war of words
General Fred Grant recalls a Cuban newcomer who arrived in Alabama after the Spanish American War. In a quarrel with a native colored citizen, the Cuban called him “an African” in imperfect English. The Alabama man retorts, “I kin speak United States, I kin.”
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Alabama
Fred Grant
Darky
United States
Renaming the Sioux by Federal Name Giver
President Roosevelt backs a program to rechristen 25 000 Sioux with family names to ensure proper descent of land. Dr Charles Alexander Eastman, a Sioux, will create and assign new names while preserving old ones where possible. He meets chiefs to explain benefits and begins reservations tours in the Dakotas and Northwest.
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Twele Sam
Roosevelt
Hamlin Garland
George Bird Grinnell
Washington
Charles Alexander Eastman
Elane Goodale
New England
Lresident
Eastman
Dr. Eastman
Uncle Sam
Hugh Eagle
Mr. Higheagle
Bob-tailed Coyote
Robert T. Wolf
Rotten Pumpkin
Robert Pumpian
Dakotas
Northwest
The Black Seal Purse Theft and a Change of Heart
In New York a thief named Jimmy the Swift pockets a man’s seal purse but spares the victims a larger loss after reading a newspaper clipping about an obituary and hearing a boy lament his lack of a mother. Seeing the impact, Jimmy renounces theft and leaves the purse with a newspaper office, asking them to find the owner.
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Whi Reddy
Pal
Jimmy the Swift
Jimmy
Swifty
Red
Reddy
Jim
Sre
New York
Los Angeles Times
Their Compass Points to the South
Descriptive passage contrasts Chinese customs viewed through a Caucasian lens. It notes the compass orientation, gender roles, hair styles, dressmakers, and language practices. Observations claim men sew, women bear loads, writing and reading traditions clash, with books read backwards.
One touch of nature and humor bonds the world
A Kansas City Times witty note links nature and humor to global kinship while condemning food adulteration as a cause of world hunger and thinness. The quip pairs nature and humor with a social message on ethics and health.
Same Old Game by the Brooklet Shore
A reflective verse fragment notes the angler's routine of fishing and returning home to idle time. It references round numbers and many inhabited houses in Greater London forming a broad, urban backdrop.
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Greater
Lonon
Milady
I am a sick woman and I want to see my minister
A four year old daughter of a clergyman, ill for a night, begs to see her papa. Despite the mother's refusals to disturb him, the child repeats her plea with a grave twist, insisting she needs to see her minister rather than her father.
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Vevicai
Busker Hill
Church of Christ, Scientist
Isto
Iss
Canada
Great Britain
Australia
Sweden
Denmark
France
Germany
Switzerland
Hawaiian Islanos
South America
NEW Christian Science Temple
Augusta
Kansas City Times
Bertha Browning
Palisade Pattern CO
Battery Place
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