Diamonds in the Rough Diamonds in the Rough lecture on crime causes
Rev C Ernest Benson, Stillwater prison chaplain, warned that crime stems from weak hearts, lack of religious training, rising divorces, greed, idleness, alcohol and drugs. He cited U S jail counts, urged national legislation and highlighted prison reforms and the value of inmates as potential diamonds in the rough.
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Sioux City Journal
Rev. C. Ernestenson
Minnesota
Stillwater
Minn
Benson
America
Houses of Correction
Houses of Correction. Annually There Are Five Thousand Tramps Killed By Railrad
Stillwater Penitentiary
Atlantic
Pacific
M. Benson
Booker T
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
St. Paul
Prison reform lecture on inmate character and prayer
Rev. Mr. Benson praised efforts to build character in prisoners and cited men who learned to pray after years in penitentary. He urged better segregation plans for county and city jails and spoke with force, drawing on his experiences with inmates. The lecture held strong interest among listeners.
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Mr. Benson
Indoor games at New York Athletic Club draw elite field
Madison Square Garden hosts seventeen events at the New York Athletic Club indoor meet tomorrow night. Stars include Yale multi athlete Kilpatrick Boston shot putter Coe and NYAC runner Bellars. The intercollegiate relay featuring Harvard Cornell and Pennsylvania is highly anticipated as a de facto indoor collegiate championship.
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New York
New York Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
Johnny Kilpatrick
Yale
Bill Coe
Boston
Freddie Bellars
Maitland Dwight
Princeton
Harvard
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Duchess of Albany Celebrates Fiftieth Birthday in Surrey
London reports the Duchess of Albany aged fifty celebrated at Claremont House. She sent and received many congratulatory messages from King Edward, Queen Alexandra, the German Emperor, and other royals. Known for intellect and curiosity, she engages with public questions and inspects factories and institutions. Her late husband Prince Leopold died two years after their marriage.
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London
Duchess of Albany
Prince Lepold
Victoria
Claremont House
Surrey
England
Leopold
Helene
Prince George
Prince Alexander of
Teck
Duke of Albany
Saxe- Coberg and
Gotha
Tri State League Opens in Harrisburg
Tri State League clubs meet in Harrisburg Pennsylvania as the schedule session begins for the new season. Club owners and managers report finances of the Johnstown club settled and anticipate one of the most successful campaigns in the league history.
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Harrispurg
Johnstown
Organ dedication at University of the Pacific
Clarence Eddy, famed Chicago organist, attended the San Jose ceremony for the University of the Pacific chapel pipe organ dedication. The new instrument is described as one of the largest and costliest of its kind in the West.
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San Jose
Cal
Clarence Eddy
Chicago
University of the Pacific
West
New Head of Barnard College Chosen
Miss Virginia Gildersleeve received the keys of Barnard College and became the dean and head amid a large assembly of educators at St Paul’s Chapel Columbia University. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler delivered the introduction address.
Warnings on Railroad Right of Way Try Anti Trespass Tactics
Chicago reports Ft Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company tests printed red warnings on railroad tracks in Indiana to deter trespassers. Motormen pass warnings stating trespassers will be prosecuted and the company not liable for injuries. The League for Public Safety notes reduced trespassing and pushes for anti trespass laws nationwide with legislative support sought in Iowa.
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Chicago
Ft. Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Indiana
League For Public Safety
C. D. Emmons
League
Iowa Legislative Committee
Chicago Striking Garment Workers Hear Speeches in Nine Languages
Chicago workers striking over garment shop conditions heard speeches delivered in nine languages reflecting the city’s diverse union ranks. Speakers urged solidarity and highlighted wage, hours, and safety grievances across immigrant communities.
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Chicago
Rockefeller Denied Illness At Home
New York February 17 doctors report William Rockefeller has a slight attack of lumbago and deny he has pneumonia despite reports to that effect.
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Rockefeller
New York
William Rockefeller
Suit filed to upgrade retired rear admiral status
Jefferson Meyer of California, a retired navy officer, seeks a mandamus in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to force Secretary of the Navy George von L Meyer to place his name on the official register as rear admiral retired rather than captain retired. The case argues the Navy Personnel Act entitles him to rear admiral 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 , Meyer
California
Navy
Moser
Navy Personnel Act
Portland Plans Grand Civic Growth Under Bennett Scheme
Municipal architect B. H. Bennett outlines a Portland growth plan for a two million population. The project envisions a north end railroad terminal, a central civic center, a parkway through the city, and extensive boulevards linking parks and recreation areas. Funding and multi generation implementation are acknowledged as long term goals.
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Portland
Ore
B. H. Bennett
Bennett
Civic Improvement League
Pioneer W. W. Brookings Noted For Blizzard Flight
The Sioux Falls Press recalls W. W. Brookings, first pioneer of Yankton, who in 1869 rode toward Bronx Falls, faced a blizzard, crossed frozen Big Sioux, and walked to Sioux Falls with both feet badly frozen. His feat sparked a Dakota street name and fed February snow lore.
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W. KE. Brookings
Yankton
Sioux Falls
Dakotan
Brookings Street
W. W. Brookings
Yankton Cemetery
Bronx Falls
Split Rock
Woman legislator Pushes eight hour day for employed women
Mrs. Agnes Riddle of Ar apaho and Hibert Counties urged in the eighteenth general assembly that employed women be limited to eight hours daily. The bill passed on second reading despite one dissent. Representative Walbridge proposed an exemption for small cities but was defeated after backlash from Riddle Laferty and Ardourel.
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Denver
Agres Riddle
Arpahoe
Hibert
Bes
Walbridge
Riddle
Laferty
Ardourel
Early Black Hills Pioneers Scout North Toward Keyapaha
The scouting party reports progress north to the Fort Randall road on the Keyapaha as cold weather sets in. They observe fresh signs on watercourses and enter or near the agencies, with Indian activity only deserting summer camps seen. The group rests stock for a week, shoeing oxen, and a trek includes wading a deep river. A flock of wild turkeys is encountered and two are killed on the return trip.
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Fort Randall
Keyapaha
Indiana
Newt
John Gordon
Freigh' Ara
Ash Creek
Ft. Randall
Missouri River
Red Cloud
Fort Laramie
Adventure Across the River with Oxen and Loss of a Comrade
An account recalls a perilous river crossing with fifteen yoke of oxen guiding wagons through a treacherous quicksand. The narrator also notes the death of a rugged companion Mr. Agran, and describes camps, search for water, and a grave discovery of a child’s remains near Ash Creek.
Hard to traverse western prairie roads described in diary
The narrator recalls marching with wagons across a dry ground near Keyapaha to a valley shelter. They watch a government ambulance and cavalry, fear detection, and feel relief after crossing the line. Snow arrives, rough country slows travel, but the land shows potential for crops with moisture and grazing.
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Uncle San
Shakeup in State Department Could Trim Diplomatic Posts
Washington reports say "Lame Duck" lawmakers presage firings and demotions as March 4 nears. Henry Lune Wilson of Spokane faces possible removal or transfer from Mexico post amid Mexico unrest. Oscar Strauss’s Turkey ambassadorship may be filled by Rockhill. Latin posts likely to shift with Taft Knox strategy and delayed Senate confirmation.
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Washington, D. C
Celal
State Department
Lt la
Henry Lune Wilson
Bpokane
Wash
Mexico
Wilson
Brussels
Washington State
Wilson Han Bers
Knox
Gaid
Lkely
Oscar Strauss
Turkey
Rockhill
Canada
Germany
Congress
Senate
Coronation Decorations and Music Planned for London
London prepares to spend vast sums on coronation day and night decorations, with arches and Venetian masts across the West End. The musical program mirrors the Edward VII era, expanding the choir to about five hundred and the orchestra to around one hundred. Sir Frederick Bridge and others will compose anthems for the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, with Westminster School boys shouting the royal greeting during the anthem break.
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London
Edward Viiii
Westminster Abbey
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Rochester Cathedral
Purces
Orchestre Royal Choral Society
Neller Hall School
Frederick Bridge
Walter Parrat
George Martin
Hoagland
Westminster School
Regina Maria
Rex Jeorgus
Bar to honor Justice Hughes at New York banquet
Bright leaders of the bench and bar will gather at the Hotel Astor for the New York bar’s annual dinner honoring Justice Hughes of the U S Supreme Court. Judge Alton B Parker will preside with Governor Dix Attorney General Wickersham and Hon Joseph H Choate among speakers.
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New York
Hotel Astor
Justice Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Bar of
Alton B. Parker
Dix
Wickersham
Joseph WH. Choate
Engagement Rumor Ties Jay Gould to Annie Graham
New York February 16. Public interest mounts as reports spread of an engagement between Jay Gould and Annie Douglas Graham. The latter, long prominent in New York society, is not of royal Hawaiian lineage despite rumors. She was educated in Paris and toured Europe before meeting Gould.
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New York
Jay Gould
Annie Douglas Graham
Miss Graham
Misa Graham
Hawaii
Islands
Douglas Graham
Miss Coney
Graham
Coney
Graham Wias
Herbert von
Paris
Europe
Hawaii Islands
Mina Graham
Poet of the Sierras Joaquin Miller Near Death in Oakland
Oakland February 16 Joaquin Miller the Poet of the Sierras is dying from general debility and is unconscious most of the time doctors say he may live only a few hours.
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Oakland
Cal
Joaquin Miller
The
Sierras
Aged Homesteader Hana Thompson Files in Harding County
Hana Thompson of Marshall county aged 73, one of South Dakota’s oldest homesteaders, came to the state in 1882 and recently completed commutation proof on a Harding county claim after taking it last year.
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Hommerthadier
Britton
Hana Thompson
Weblin
Marshall County
South Dakota
Thompson
Harding County
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Barnard
Meyer
Black Hills
David Aken
Custer Chronicle
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