Diamonds in the Rough lecture on prison causes
Rev. M Benson, Stillwater state prison chaplain, spoke at Swedish Lutheran Augustana church on causes of crime. He cited intemperance, divorce, greed, idleness, and weak moral training as drivers of imprisonment while praising prisoners as diamonds in the rough and urging national legislation to curb abuses.
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Sioux City
C. Ernest @mson
Minnesota
Stillwater
Minn
Bengon
Benson
América
Btillwater Penitentiary
America
Atlantic
Pacific
M. Benson
Booker T. Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
St. Paul
Rey
Reverend Benson Voices Prison Reform and Hope
Rev. Mr. Benson spoke on current jail treatment systems and urged better segregation plans for county and city inmates. He shared Experiences from the men he has worked with, delivering a forceful, engaging lecture that held the audience's interest.
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Mr. Benson
Indoor games at New York Athletic Club draw stellar field
New York on February 17 reports a large indoor meet at Madison Square Garden with seventeen events featuring top names like Yale’s Johnny Kilpatrick and Harvard and Penn in the pivotal intercollegiate relay. The Harvard quartet faces Penn and Cornell as it marks a rare major clash since 1904, with the indoor title at stake.
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New York
New York Athletic Club
Madigan Square Garden
Johnny Kilpatrick
Yale
Bill” Coe
Freddie Bellars
Maitland Dwight
Princeton
Larvard
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Harvard
Duchess of Albany Celebrates Fiftieth Birthday at Claremont
London reports the Duchess of Albany, born Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont, marked her 50th birthday at Claremont House. A royal favorite, she is praised for intellect and public interest, with ties to European royal houses and a history of royal service.
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London
Duchess
Albany
Prince Lepold
Victoria
Claremont House
Surrey
Saabeen
Duchess of Albany
England
Leopold
Helene
George
Waldeck and
Pyrmont
Europe
Holland
Court
Lfe
Prince Alexander of
Teck
Duke of Albany
Saxe- Coberg and
Gotha
Tri State League schedules meeting opens in Harrisburg
The Tri State League begins its schedule meeting in Harrisburg with all clubs represented and Johnstown finances settled. Club owners and managers anticipate one of the most successful seasons in the league’s history.
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Harrispurg
Johnstown
University organ dedication in San Jose today
Clarence Moldy, renowned Chicago organist, arrived in San Jose to aid in dedicating a major new organ project described as one of the largest and costliest of its kind in the West.
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Ban Jose
Cal
Clarence Moldy
Chicago
San Jose
Virginia Gilderaleeve Receives Barnard College Dean Title
In New York on February 16 Virginia Gilderaleeve received the keys of Barnard College in a ceremony before a large educa tors assembly. By accepting the symbols she becomes the dean and head of the women’s college. The event was held at St Paul’s chapel Columbia University with Dr Nicholas Murray Butler delivering the introduction.
Warnings on Right of Way Tried by Indiana Rail Line
Ft Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company tests printed warnings on its right of way to deter trespassers. Slips read All persons are forbidden to use the tracks and will be prosecuted as trespassers. The league cites rising trespass injuries and plans to urge anti trespass laws in every state.
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Ft. Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Indiana
Leagne For Public Safety
C. D. Emmons
League
Iowa Legislative
Chicago garment workers hear speeches in nine languages
In a multilingual rally, Chicago garment workers listened to speeches delivered in nine languages, highlighting unity across diverse immigrant and minority groups within the labor movement.
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Chicago
Rockefeller Denies Pneumonia Attack at Home
New York report states William Rockefeller is not ill with pneumonia. Doctors say he has a slight attack of lumbago and is confined at home.
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Rockefeller
New York
William Rockefeller
Suit Aims to Raise Moser to Rear Admiral on Navy List
Jefferson F. Moser of California alleges in a mandamus suit filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court that Secretary George von L. Meyer must place his name on the off register as rear admiral retired instead of captain retired. He argues the navy personnel act entitles him to the higher rank after forty years of service.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
George von L. Meyer
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Jefferson F. Moser
California
Moser
Navy Personnel Act
Portland Plans Grand Civic Growth by Municipal Architect
Portland outlines a Bennett Plan for a 2,000,000 population with a northern railroad terminal a central civic center modern parkways and grand boulevards. The Civic Improvement League backs the scheme, noting it will require years and funding as future generations carry it forward.
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Portland
Ore
RE. H. Bennett
Bennett
Civic Improvement League
Pioneer Brookings rode to Sioux Falls amid Feb blizzard tale
The Broux Falls Press recalls W. W. Brookings the First Pioneer of Yankton era who tried to ride to Sioux Falls in 1859. Stranded at Split Rock he froze both feet after crossing the Big Sioux, forcing a foot journey to safety. February storms then and now mirror that harsh start to pioneer travel.
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Broux Falls Press
Yankton
Baszard
Sioux Falls
Brookings
W. W. Brookings
Split Rock
Long speech backs eight hour work limit for women
Mrs. Agnes Riddle, legislator from Arapahoe and Elbert, urged passage of a bill barring women from working more than eight hours daily. She argued city workers suffer low pay and wives cannot raise families, while rural women work hard and support homes. The measure passed the second reading with one dissenting vote after opponents sought exemptions for small cities.
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Denver
Agnes Riddle
Arapahoe
Elbert
General Assembly
Riddle
Walbridge
Early Black scouting near Fort Randall road and agency
The night watch reports reach the party after a return from the Keyapaha area where Indians were sighted and fresh signs appeared along watercourses. Uncle Newt leads camp songs as teams rest and leather shoes are fitted for oxen. We waded waist-deep water, roamed camps, and I shot two wild turkeys with a few ducks before resuming the trek.
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Newt
Asran
John Gordon
Ft. Randall
Missouri River
Red Cloud
Fort Laramie
Fort Randall
Keyapaha
Crossing the Rubicon on a Late Winter Trek
The narrator recalls a perilous march along a dry, hard ground route near the Keyapahs, crossing a valley to evade a government escort, feeling relief after slipping past pursuers. They describe rough terrain, dry watercourses, and grazing conditions with stiff bunch grass and future crop potential.
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Uncle Ban
Rubicon
State Department shakeup looms with diplomat removals
Washington reports hint at a March 4 or soon after reshuffle in the State Department. Henry Lane Wilson faces potential dismissal or transfer as tensions rise over Mexico policy while vacancies in Turkey and South America may see new ambassadors. Taft and Knox delay decisions until Congress adjourns.
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Washington, D. C
Congres
State Department
Henry Lane Wilson
Bookape
Wash
Ambascador
Mexico
Wilson
Brussels
S & Newspaper
I. Washington State
Knox
Oscar Strauss
Turkey
Rockhill
St. Petersburg
South America
Taft
Congress
Canada
Germany
Senate
Plans for London Coronation Decorations and Music
Enthusiasm grows as London prepares for a coronation with grand arches in division entrances and Venetian masts along West End streets. The musical ritual mirrors Edward VIII's coronation with a larger choir, about one hundred instrumentalists, and the Westminster Abbey nucleus. Royal choral society and military school musicians join from regional sources. A royal anthems by Bridge Parrat and Martin will mark the service with a Westminster School shout of Vivat Rex and Rex Georgius during the anthem break.
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London
West End
Empire
Edward VIII
Sing
Westminster Abbey
Ingers
Paul's Cathedral
Chapel Royal
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Rochester Cathedral
Orchesta
Oreheshe Royal Choral Society
Kneller Hall School of Military Mu‘la
Tual
Frederick Bridge
Walter Parrat
George Martin
Muoginad
Marty
Westminster School
Regina -Maria
Bar To Honor Justice Hughes At New York Dinner
Prominent members of the New York bar and bench will honor Justice Hughes of the U S Supreme Court at the annual New York Bar dinner tomorrow night at the Hotel Astor. Judge Alton B. Parker will preside with speakers including Governor Diz Attorney General Wickersham and Hon Joseph H Choate.
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Justice Hughes
New York
Hotel Astor
Supreme Court of the United States
Bar of
Alton B. Parker
Governor Diz
Wickersham
Joseph H. Choate
Goulds Vlancee Not Of Royal Blood Engagement Report
New York reports the engagement of Jay Gould and Annie Douglas Graham. Miss Graham is described as a social figure of New York and abroad with a noted family, but not royal. She was born in New York City and educated in Paris, with both parents and stepfamilies detailed in society circles.
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New York
Jay Gould
Annie Douglas Graham
Miss Graham
Misa Graham
Hawaii
Islands
Douglas Graham
Misa Coney
Graham
Miss Coney
Herbert Vos
Paris
Europe
Hawaii Islands
Port of the Sierras Poet Near Death in Oakland
Joaquin Miller the Poet of the Sierras is hospitalized in Oakland with general debility and expected to live only a few hours doctors say he is unconscious most of the time.
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Oakland
Cal
Joaquin Miller
The
Sierras
Wenile
Thompson a longtime South Dakota homesteader dies in line
Hans Thompson of Marshall county, among the oldest South Dakota homesteaders, arrived in the state in 1882 and secured his homestead claim in Hoarding county last year. He is now completing commutation proof at age 18.
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Britton
Hans Thompson
Weblin
Marshall County
South Dakota
Thompson
Th Dakota
Hoarding County
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