Fragmented 1909 column reflects humor and church history
A garbled late 1900s era column surveys topics from vanity and gossip to science and religion. It mentions a hookworm crusade in June, Roosevelt travels, tax talk about Wilst Waldorf Astor, and notes on the Disciples of Christ revival and the 1909 centennial. It weaves cultural quips with brief religious history and Missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Universal
Christ
Thomas Campbell
Washington
Pennsylvania
Iself
Campbells
Father
Con
Baptist Church
Aed
Population growth and census accuracy in booming cities
The article argues that mere estimates cannot replace actual counts and notes the rapid growth of large cities like New York. It discusses the difficulties in predicting population, highlights past overstatements, and foresees possible unprecedented increases if the 1910 census confirms high growth rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confort
Census Bureau
Far West
Lta
Atlantic
New York
SOME MARRIED MEDITATIONS
A fragment from a column reflecting on gender roles and public perceptions of women. It questions why women appear cheerful at funerals and tearful at weddings, critiques suffrage debates, and touches on stereotypes of motherhood, honesty, and Southern chivalry in a satirical tone.
American Prisoners killed in Nicaragua under Zelaya tale
Captain Antbel Chaves recounted to Admiral Kimball that Zelaya ordered the execution of Grace and Cannon after a swift court martial. He said Medina pressured the sentence, Chaves refused to shoot, and Grace and Cannon were buried in a single grave after a firing squad half a foot away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salloa Cruz
Mexico
Knox
St Managua
Jose Santos Zelaya
Canyon
Mexico City
Vlmate
Europe
Diaz
Cannon
Grote
Noone
Nicaragua
Antbel Chaves
Corinto
Chaves
Zelaya
Grace
Revolutionary Army
Kimball
Iis
Me‘dhun
Castillo
Medina
Calvo
Captain Chaves
Constantina
Cannin
Admiral Kimball
Cook's Discovery of Pole Yields Him Fortune, Copenhagen Discredits
The Danish scientists from the University of Copenhagen conclude Dr. Frederick A. Cook is either a lunatic or a daring faker after reviewing his North Pole claims. The article traces Cook's voyage starting July 1907, his reception in Copenhagen, Peary's rebuttal, and Cook's lucrative lecture tour and published writings before his proofs were declared invalid in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Denmark
University of
North Sydney
John A. Bradley
Cook
Lerwick
Shetland Islands
North Pole
Copenhagen
Crown Prince of
Frederick of
Robert E. Peary
Indian Harbor
Peary
Battle Harbor
Kein
Jap Husband Shatters Romantic Dream of Gladys Emery
A San Francisco led story reports Archdeacon Emery’s daughter Gladys Emery, who married Japanese migrant Gunjiro Aoki near Seattle. Claims say Aoki grew idle and spent money, neglecting wife and child, and a separation may follow as Gladys seeks protection and independence from her husband and his circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Emery
San Francisco
Archdeacon Emery
Helen Gladys Emery
Gunjiro Aoki
Coloty
Seattle
Emery
Anni
Corte Madera
Helen Emery
Lake Washington
Copie
Aoki
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Hayward
Review
Alameda County
California
Ismaeh
Ts Force
Juin 1
Ms. Roggevelt
George Ads
Michigan
Wilam Waldorf Astor
Doctora
New Jersey
Smon
Ambassador Reid
Thomas A. Rollson
Colonel Roosevelt
Auoay
United States
Board of Missions
Mfficultias Os
China
Tudin
Clarence L. Cullen
Juncheon
Clevarest
Canis
Chicago Recent-Herald
Bean
Sexels
Botton Herald
Pole
J. B. Parsons
J.B. Farnum
Bank OF Haywards
Haywards Bank OF
San Franciso
HW. Meek
Barsone
Winton
Oakland
Smith Bros
Thirteenth Street
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