University of Pittsburgh opens with new campus milestones
Commencement exercises mark the first year of the renamed University of Pittsburgh formerly Western Pennsylvania. The new School of Mines building is dedicated, engineering cornerstone laid, and ground broken for the medical college. Honorary degrees go to James R. Garfield, Charles W. Graven, Stockton Axson, William C. McClelland, Alfred Stengel. In Harrisburg, Grand Army officers elected for Pennsylvania Department include Thad W. Mahon as commander. next year’s encampment planned in Harrisburg after 1200 posts reported deaths this year.
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William C. McClelland
Washington and Jefferson College
Alfred Stengel
University of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Pennsylvania
Thad W. Mahon
Chambersburg
Hugh RB. Fulton
Lancaster
N. P. Knilveley
Franklin
J. B. Showalter
Oxford
Krosgen
Beaver
John W
Sayres
Dynamite in Marianna Mine Town Angst
Washington reports a foreign miner Martin Kiskoliski of Marianna jailed for attempting to blow up the town with dynamite. His companion Stephen Criston was killed in the Marianna mine the day before. Kiskoliski allegedly drank and planned revenge, several sticks exploded causing property damage and shaken houses with no injuries.
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Washington
Martin Kiskoliski
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Kiskoliski
Stephen Cristo
Kickoliski
Release Wrong Man Sheriff Uncovers Escape After Wife Inquiry
John Borne of Hilliard faced charges for impersonation and jail breaking after escaping from the county jail while a second prisoner was to be liberated. Sheriff Caldwell learned of the escape only after the wife of the supposed released inmate asked about the mix up. Borne was recaptured at the Hilliard mines.
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Lake Erie
John B. Caldwell
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Philadelphia Strike Ends. Street Cars Run Once More
Philadelphia amid resumed street car service as motormen and conductors return to work after strike. Most workers accept 22 cents an hour concession though some remain dissatisfied, believing a better deal could have been won if the strike had continued.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Bequest Becomes Perpetual Trap For State Debt
In Philadelphia United States Judge McPherson ruled a small trust fund created by Baltimore professor Charles D. McCoy to pay Pennsylvania state debt violates the law against perpetuities. He sided with the heirs who sought the accumulated about $21,000. The fund was set up 61 years ago, with Girard Trust Company as trustees.
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Charles D. McCoy
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Pennsylvania
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Girard Trust Company
Pittsburg Taxicab Company lifts capital stock to 200000
The Pittsburg Taxicab Company plans to raise capital from 100000 to 200000 and expand from 25 cabs to 65 as patronage grows. Officials say rapid expansion is necessary to meet demand and plan further branch growth.
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Pittsburg
Postmasters Get Raises and Some Slices in Pay
Washington reports mixed changes in postmaster salaries across towns. Increases include Harrisburg Spartansburg Union City Vendergrift Warriors Mark and White Haven with new pay levels. Decreases affect Amble Ambridge Elwood City Emporium Leetsdale Trafford Arnold with reduced figures.
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Ambridge
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Emporium
Leetsdale
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Arnold
Joke Breaks Up Meeting At Local Church
A joke halted a Washington-West Alexander Presbyterian service when lights went out as wires were found cut. The Mutual Protective association offers a $25 reward for the arrest and conviction of the culprits, as the youth service was underway.
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Washington
West Alexander
Presbyterian Church
Mutual Protective Association
Engineers to Form State Society in Harrisburg Assembly
More than 600 engineers will gather in Harrisburg on Wednesday to establish the Pennsylvania State Engineers’ society. Speakers include Mratetiek Derliteten of Westhighorse Company, Vittsburg, among others.
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Monongahela Railroad Company
J. M. Schoonmaker
Monongahela Railroad
J. B. Yohe
Fittsborg & Lake Erie Railroad
G. B. Obey
State Engineers’ Society
Yarrisburg
Pennsylvania State Engineers
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Westhighorse Company
Vittsburg
Jokes and quips from old papers and dialogs
A compilation of humorous snippets and cartoon captions from various newspapers including the Boston Transcript and Cleveland Plain Dealer. The pieces feature quick witted lines about owls, sharing property, manners, and everyday life jokes with playful exchanges and puns.
Humorous Exchanges and Snippets in Feuilleton Skits
A collage of light dialogue and quips from various columns. Jokes include a grandchild teasing a grandmother, dinner table chatter about the Hebrides, book talk with a pun on book covers, a baby’s misdirection about illness, and a playful exchange on suffrage and women’s roles.
Sin and Salvation in Modern Theological Thought
Professor G R Smith of Chicago University argues modern thought shifts sin from offense against God to social wrongs. He urges sociology over theology, warning a lack of sin dilutes salvation, while Jesus stressed moral reconstruction and personal repentance. The piece cites Luke 7 and Psalm 51, urging a renewed sense of sin with social justice.
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Chicago University
Baptist Congress
Smith
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Roman Empire
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Sanhermfo
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Uriah
Bathsheba
Forsythe
Henry G. Norton
Jesus Christ
His Sure Cure
A quotation shows a speaker admitting arrogance and choosing a corrective action by visiting New York to observe horse care, framing the act as a grounding exercise. The fragment hints at satire on national self-importance and cultural comparison. The line ends with an incomplete attribution.
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New York
Divorce debate and church views on family ruin
The text discusses differing grounds for divorce, noting a sensed church opinion that divorce harms society and damages the home. It reflects concern for family stability and mentions religious perspectives in the context of divorce.
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Vivaree
Lishoup
William C. Daan
Sovial Unrest and Prayer Warps Time
Fragmentary report notes widespread unrest and religious observance across cities. Mentions a group called Te Pere and references to Bey and Spedaber in unclear sequence. Contains few readable names and places. details are obscured by OCR-like error.
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Pane Bey
Orden Spedaber
Sunday School Review of the Weekly Topica Second Quarter
The lesson guide surveys Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, and prayer in Acts with guidance, fulness, and discernment. It outlines ten study questions on Cornelius, Peter, Saul, Antioch, Jerusalem, and other early church events, urging personal testing and reflection.
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Glivtanings and Metro Oddities of New York Echoes
A jumble of early 20th century items notes Clement Hopkins’s fatal stabbing in Montgomery New York a German cargo of 400 frogs headed to New York as weather forecasters is joked about a bill in Congress on Porto Rico governance pasteurized milk condemned at a convention in Atlantic City explosions in Jamaica injuring 600 natives and a Brooklyn shoplifting tale. Presidents and governors attend Union College events while local officials crack down on adulterated milk and eggs.
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William James
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Manila
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Charles JA. Richmond
Union College
Finn
New York City
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Philadelpha Rapid Transit Company
Prominent Figures in Brief National News
Robert Bacon accepts ambassadorship to France while E H Harriman renovates his city home for open air living. Duke of Abruzzi climbs Mount Zozila in a four day snowbound march. A 2 Constans resigns as French ambassador to Turkey and seeks Paris life. Lipton associate offers a 96 foot baronet yacht for America's Cup, amid calls to curb wartime tensions. Manning at Trinity delivers Columbia baccalaureate sermon urging forceful Christianity. Taft lunching at White House after two meals a day.
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Joseph TM
Choate
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Trinity Church
Columbia University
J. Allen Baker
Birleigh
Taft
Germany
Hogland
Frederick Carpenter
White House
Women making medical strides and legal advances abroad
Reported notes on women studying medicine in France and across Europe and Scandinavia, and on U S women entering law. Mentions Topeka fine for disturbing another, suffragette publications, and Mary Eddy home visit refusals. Also references noted women in the Congo, New York events, and various societal items.
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Carolina Woodward
Legal Aid Society
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Qrete Wildhuser
Paul Landbeek
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