Miss Barton Orders 1 Million Strawberry Plants for Texas Growers
Clara Barton leads Red Cross to place an order with a firm at Kittrell North Carolina for one million strawberry plants to aid Texas fruit growers hit by the September storm. Also noted is California acquiring about 400 acres of redwood forest to be kept as a public park and a recent Alaska discovery of a prehistoric copper-processing site with kettles tools and spear heads found in Mount St Elias foothills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Barton
Red Croes Society
Kittrell
N. C
Texas
California
Col
J. B. Armstrong
Cloverdale
Sonoma County
Alaska
Mount St. Elias
Shafroth
Mercer
Public Buildings and Ground Committee
Leadville
Bell
Trinidad
Colorado Springs
State Department
United States
Porto Rico
Cuba
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Culbertson
Secretary of State
Mexico
Rio Grande River
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Thanksgiving Proclamation Timing Reflects Political Calculus
The President tends to issue the Thanksgiving day proclamation before elections to avoid being mocked by opponents. Issuing after the vote could portray gratitude as party victory or imply courage is faked if the party lost.
University chaperones at Viennese lectures prompt mothers to attend
Riots and insults by male students lead to mothers of women students registering to accompany and protect daughters during newly granted lectures. Arabella Szilagyi noted as a pioneer. In Peekskill Henry Ward Beecher’s house opens as Beecher Free Reading Room, funded by Dr John Newell Tilden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabella Szilagyi
Peekskill
Henry Ward Beecher
Norwood
John Newell Tilden
Military Academy
Beecher
Fond du Lac Couple Ties Knot After Midnight
Ezary Baird of Fond du Lac and Miss Clara Elmer of Oshkosh arranged to marry at Mrs. Kings home. The justice found the five day limit not expired, so the wedding party waited until after midnight and the ceremony was performed around 1 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezary Baird
Fond du Lac
Wis
Clara Elmer
Oshkosh
Arranged marriages in Hindostan described simply
The passage explains Hindostani marriage customs where families arrange unions. Upon agreement, the bride and groom meet, often for the first time, and the bride playfully approaches to sit beside the groom. A priest ties a corner of the bride’s veil to the groom’s shawl, symbolizing their union.
The News Boy and the Kind Landlady Remembered
A young western attorney recalls defending a woman who could not pay him. He cites her early kindness during his college days, when she fed him hot coffee at dawn as he delivered papers. The tale echoes a Persian verse on steadfast memory and love.
European sovereigns weighed for football lineup
A Paris newspaper lists weights of sovereigns and leaders as football positions. Dom Carlos of Portugal at 202 pounds would be center, Ferdinand of Bulgaria 177 and Oscar of Sweden 176 pounds as guards, Kaiser Wilhelm 160 as tackle, the czar 121 as quarterback, the King of Spain 99 as out, the French head of government 180 as fullback, with the republic president possible at another spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dom Carlos
Portugal
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Oscar
Sweden
Kaiser Wilhelm
Little King
Spain
Telegraphic Brevities Snapshot Of Global News
Acetylene gas aids railroad car repairs. General Parke dies in Washington on December 16. Helen Keller starts speaking lessons. Croker buys a residence near Wantage. Fowler Works Chicago burned. loss 80000. NYSE seat sells for 50000. Oxford defeats Cambridge in annual football. Stamp theft nets 1000 in Chicago. Younger brothers parole bill eyed in Minnesota. US Forestry favors California big trees reserve. Selma Schnapka committed to insane asylum. Kruger city freedoms granted to Limerick. Stewart Pump and Plow works fire. loss 175000. plant to rebuild. Senate backs Africa liquor import convention. Kokteik viaduct completed in Burma. Mose m excesses blamed in Turkey. 200 Christians killed. Chamberlain on cheaper US postage. US not receptive. Joplin earthquake minor damage. Paris police push purification after expo. 480 arrests. Calumet & Hecla to raise wages 2.5 percent from Jan 1. 182460 horses/mules landed in South Africa. asses omitted. Bryan to speak at Omaha banquet about Democratic policy. Paris Exposition finances show 2 million franc loss. total 116.5m spent. receipts 114.5m. China letters claim Empress dislikes Kwang Su for Christian influence. Oregon Historical Society backs 1905 Portland industrial expo for Lewis and Clark centennial. Brenner of Basel elected Swiss president for 1901. J Zemp elected VP. Mulhall, statistician, dies. founded Buenos Aires Standard. NY Board of Trade backs currency reform for gold standard and supports Ray bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Parke
Washington
Helen Keller
Richard Croker
Wantage
England
Fowler Bicycle and Carriage Works
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Oxford
Cambridge
American Forestry Association
California
Selma Schnapka
Emperor William
Corporation of Limerick
Kruger
Stewart
Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Senate of the
United States
Africa
Kokteik
Shan Hills
British Burmah
Pennsylvania Steel Company
London Daily Express
Vienna
Turkey
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Joplin
Missouri
Paris
Calument & Hecla Mining Company
Powell Williams
War Office
South Africa
W. J. Bryan
Jacksonian Club
Omaha
Democratic Party
China
Berlin
Kwang Su
Oregon Historical Society
Portland
Pacific Coast
Federal Council
Ernest Brenner
Bale
Switzerland
Walter Hauser
Zurich
J. Zemp
Lucerne
Department of Posts and Railroads
Micael G. Mulhall
Buenos Ayres Standard
South America
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Congress
National Capital actions loom large in Congress
The pension appropriation bill totaling 145,145,230 was rapidly approved by the House in thirteen minutes while Indian and Military academy funds passed. Debates touched railroads, coinage, and river projects as committees eyed clerks and commissions. A grand marshal selection and naval bids capped a day of legislative activity in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Sartoris
Nichols
New York
Senate Aj
House Committees
Judiciary
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Sutherland
Nebraska
Europe
Nelson
Minnesota
Senate
Secretary of War
Ohio Supreme Court Dismisses Anti Trust Cases
The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday dismissed, under Attorney General Sheets, the anti trust cases against several companies. The action was brought by former Attorney General Monnett under Ohio anti trust laws. The decision leaves the defendants uncharged in the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Supreme Court of Ohio
Sheets
Monnett
Ohio
Colorado notes on projects and incidents across the state
The great Western Construction Co plans a beet sugar factory in Denver while Glenwood Springs teams seek a home company for a prospecting tunnel into a nearby mountain. Cripple Creek hosts a Teller County Bar Association banquet with 10 covers at the National hotel on December 22. State engineer cites a booming Taylor road project with 1,000,000 acres irrigable and 10,000 miles of ditches statewide. Other items cover a Fort Collins mill, Florence labor union offices, a Denver revival tabernacle fund, a Denver court postponement, and a string of local criminal and fiscal notes including bank fraud and wage records at Pueblo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western Construction Company
Denver
Glenwood Springs
Teller County Bar Association
National
Cripple Creek
Taylor State
Eaton
Teller County
Keeley
Lake County
Morgan
Hoffman Milling Company
Fort Collins
Florence
Florence Labor Union Building Association
John Matthews
East Bennett Avenue
Harris
Buena Vista Reformatory
William W. Anderson
Fred Bonfils
H. H. Tammen
Post
Thomas A. Uzzell
Lake City
Jim Harrison
Dick Price
Colorado
Joseph Lesher
Greeley W. Whitford
Lyman Gage
A. M. Henderson
First Nationall Bank of
Texas
David Camp
Greeley
Hempson
Henderson
Bessemer Steel Works
Pueblo
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the Register
Charles A. Towne
Ilinois
Lacey
House Public Lands Committee
New York County
Francis V. Greene
Taylor
Newlands
Humboldt River
Nevada
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Senator Depew
Miss Paulding
Odell
John Edie
Edie
John R. Edie
Washington City
Naval Academy
Littlefield
Maine
Charles A. Boutelle
United States Navy
Boutelle
Secretary of the Interior
Frank C. Goudy
Geological Survey
Gunnison River
Gummery
Tangiers
Marcus Eszagul
Morocco
Navy Department
Department of State
Duke of York
London
Australia
Canada
White House
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oregon
Hubert Vos
Korea
Vos
Colorado Notes
Purgatoire River
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Orman & Crook
Supreme Court
State Board of Equalization
American Refrigerator Trainsit Company
George M. Huskins
Rio Grande Valley Land Company
Mesa County
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