Gatling Gun Parker Helps Bolster Border Gun Ops
Maj John Henry Parker of the Twenty fourth Infantry, famed as Gatling Gun Parker, is sent to the border to advise on machine gun use after a raid failure. His early actions in the Spanish American war helped turn the tide at San Juan Hill and demonstrate the weapon’s tactical value now echoed in Europe.
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San Juan Hill
Httle
Europe
Spain
Vardaman Attacks Washington Flunkies in Speech
U S senator James K Vardaman of Mississippi denounced Washington flunkies at a mass meeting in Alexandria He urged honest patriotic citizens to vote wisely and warned that money and commerce dominate the nation He argued reforms are needed to correct past mistakes
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United States
Mississippi
Washington
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Steckman Named Publicity Chief for Democratic Campaign
Frederick W. Steckman, born in Princeton Missouri, a veteran Washington writer for the St. Louis Republic and the Washington Post, is chosen by the joint finance and executive campaign committee of the Democratic National Committee as director of publicity for the coming presidential campaign. He earlier directed the 1912 Chicago headquarters and devised the small contributions plan that raised over $100,000. He has also covered the capital and White House for the New Orleans Daily States.
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Frederick W. Steckman
National Committee
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Princeton
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White House
New Orleans
Steckman
Chicago
Noted Chicago Congressman Sued by Long Lost Brother
Martin B. Madden of Chicago, a wealthy congressman with a striking resemblance to many others, often receives letters claiming him as a long lost brother. A woman alleged a racket with a photo of her supposed long lost brother matching Madden, but Madden cited congressional duties as keeping him unavailable this year.
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Martin B. Madden
Chicago
Madden
Concrete Pipe Tunnel Lining In Baltimore Aqueduct
Popular Mechanics describes lining a 12 foot high subterranean aqueduct in Baltimore with sectional reinforced concrete pipe. Six foot long units weigh 10% tons and are lowered by crane then slipped over a beam on a car. Over 5,000 feet of this conduit and 2,000 feet of seven foot pipe are being laid with steel reinforcing and upright metal molds for forming.
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Baltimore
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Eternal Life for All in Lyman's Sermon Reflection
Reverend H. P. Lyman Wheaton argues eternal life should be sought earnestly and now. He contrasts worldly delay with the urgent call to empty hands and total commitment to Christ's blood as the path to immortality.
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H. P. Lyman- Wheaton
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Keep Trust In God and His Healing Power
A devotional passage declares that God is shaping the world anew beyond human understanding. It states His judgments are abroad on earth and His servants must bow and wait for guidance to repair the evil caused by human sin. The text affirms purposes of healing and revival exceeding human hopes.
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God
International Review of Missions
Glorified by God's Sunlight
An Exchange paragraph ponders how human flaws seem like dull clouds until illuminated by divine light turning them into radiant, beautiful, and loving forms.
Dickens Quotation On Open Heartedness
A brief Dickens quotation extols pure openness of heart as the most contagious quality among men who possess sound and sterling traits. The line emphasizes honesty and transparency as exemplary human attributes.
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Bheart
Dickens
Violet growing sisters turn profit in New York market
Two young women built a violet business starting with under $50. They expanded from hotbeds to a 60 by 20 foot greenhouse, raised Marie Louise violets, and sold blooms to a major New York firm for up to 2 per hundred in peak months, netting about $2000 last year.
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L. M. Bennington
New York
Culture of cinerarias guides sowing and color variety
The article advises sowing cineraria seeds in May or June for manageable plants, recommends main sowing in July, and suggests May to September for succession. It praises the plant as ornamental for conservatories and homes with diverse colors including cornflower blue, crimson, rose, pink, and white varieties.
Fertilizer Mixture Best for Potatoes Boosts Crop Yields
Experiments show a potato dressing of 400 lb superphosphate, 200 lb sulphate of ammonia, and 200 lb sulphate of potash per acre yields good crops with or without farmyard manure. When manure is used, reduce ammonia and potash to 500 lb each. Apply in drills under seed potatoes. buy by bag from large firms if needed. Deep soil stirring aids drought protection.
Distinguishing sin from sins in a moral life
A biblical scholar argues that sin is a state or condition behind actions, not a tally of individual transgressions. He urges focus on regeneration and a pure heart, noting salvation touches root causes, not just forgiven acts, with the line Son, give me thine heart.
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Paul
Jesus Christ
God
Fruitful Godsly Lives and Celestial River Imagery
A poetic meditation compares pious lives to trees by a celestial river yielding fruit monthly and leaves that warm nations. The imagery suggests steady spiritual fruit and providence through enduring faith across time.
Sunday Night Shopper’s Bone Ready For Dinner
A fruit and vegetable shopkeeper serves a last customer a pennyworth of vegetables and a request to wrap them. The teller jokes about running to the butcher for a bone to complete Sunday dinner as money and marriage are linked to spend.
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