Indian education pioneer Mother Katherine Drexel
Mother Katherine Drexel funded and directed Indian education across Oklahoma and Indian Territory. She established schools in Pawhuska and Chilocco, supported Osage and Pottawatomie learners, supervised building plans, and funded Albert Negahnquet, the world’s only full-blood Indian Catholic priest, through Rome and Washington. Her work is overseen by the Interior Department and carried forward by widespread Indian teachers.
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Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Drexel
Mother Katherine
Kate Drexel
Philadelphia
John H. Drexel
Katherine
Chiloces
Pawhitska
Pottewatomie County
Sly
Nazareth Institute
Muskogee
Kansas
Osage Missions
St. Paul
Father Schumacher
Paul Ponzignione
Italy
Father Scroll
Independence
Kan
Fort Sill
Pottawatomies
Father Robot
Little Rock
Atoke
Sacred Heart
The
Interior Department
St. Louis
St. John
Pawhuska
Sacred Heart School
Pottawatomie
Kickapoo
Mississippi River
Albert Negahnquet
Sacredeart
Cortiale
Catholic University
Washington
Rome
Bernhardt Outsmarts the Trust in Texas Tent Tour
Sarah Bernhardt, famed actress, defies a theatre syndicate by performing Camille in a Dallas circus tent to an audience of 5 000, with 10 000 outside seeking entry. She plans further tent appearances in Waco Austin and Oklahoma City as part of a broader protest against the trust.
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Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Texas
Theatre Syndicate
Dallas
Sarah
Camille
Soo
Mme. Bernhardt
Waco
Austin
Folklore Quip On St Patrick’s Day Language Absurdity
In a humorous exchange Mulhooley and Flynn debate how a Chinese man could not name St Patrick’s Day words. Flynn teases that the Chinese man was asked for a word and failed to identify it.
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Flynn
Largest Battleship Debate Shapes U S Naval Build
The article argues for a new American Constitution battleship ten million dollars and stronger armor to surpass the British Dreadnaught. It notes plans to equip with twelve 12-inch rifles, similar speed, superior armor, and a hull and machinery cost cap of six million. It cites Admiral Dewey and President support, and contrasts with Michigan and South Carolina.
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Edward
Togo
Sea of Japan
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Dewey
Naval Committee of the House
Tierros
Bonaparte
Washington
Michigan
South Carolina
Naval Construction
Naval Affairs Committee
Gum spending dwarfs foreign missions in Annual Meeting
The twenty seventh annual meeting of the Women s Foreign Missionary society of the Presbytery of Washington reports gum spending at 11 million per year vs missions at 7.5 million. Data show candy 178 million, jewels 700 million, with tobacco and millinery also rising into the millions.
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Women's Foreign Missionary of the
Presbytery of
Washington
Intelligent forestry to perpetuate Maine woods and ships
The article extols Maine as an underdeveloped but vast resource, detailing forestry plans to sustain timber supply, railroad impact, and hydro power. It highlights Rumford Falls horsepower, 500 miles of rail, 2,00,000 acres to be managed, and Millinocket’s 25,000 horsepower paper mill producing 160–180 tons daily, with Canadian capital backing.
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Maine
New England
Government Forestry Bureau
Maine Woods
Rumford Falls
Androscoggin
Millinocket
Penobscot
One
Old State
New
Inadequate ship displacement limits naval improvement forces
Experts contend that adding 2,000 tons to displacement cannot meet all three essential factors to materially improve the American ships. The extra weight would be absorbed by one factor alone such as additional guns or machinery, or by furnace design issues that trigger smoke due to improper combustion and air flow.
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Education For
Katherine” Drexel
Astery
United States
France
Father Felix DeGrasse
Trench
Father Murphy
Savannah
Brotherhood At
Theatre Combine
Treceasary
Old New England
Canada
N. Y
Steel Furnace
Hess
Tacoma
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