Clark Street Rechristening Debate Honors Gen George Rogers Clark
A Northwest reform proposal prompts reexamination of the name Clark Street in Chicago. The article extols Gen George Rogers Clark, famed for his 1778 Vincennes march, his Virginia origins, and his role in shaping U.S. western boundaries. It recounts his daring crossing of the Wabash and the brutal winter campaign, noting his death in 1818 and modest tombstone.
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Clark Street
Chicago
McKingley Avenue
George Rogers Clark
Wiliam Clark
Lewis and Clerk
George Rogers Clara
Chichkee
George Hnogers Clark
Vinginia
Ohio
Albemarle County
Virginia
Washington
Patrick Henry
Kaskaskia
Wabash
Hannibal
Vincennes
Gen. Clark
Ory Oit
Clark
Big Miami
Louisville
Indianapolis
April Fable Winds and Battles in Verdant War
In a lyrical confrontation at the fork of the road, March loses his way and calls his wandering winds. They rally, storm the rosy battlements, and defeat the April captains, tearing their banners and armor as a serene sky follows. The wind soldiers then rest, dreaming of children and bright arms of bloom.
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Atlanta Constitution
Weber and Williams Duel Over Jew Luck in Checkers
At Weber & Field’s a backstage rematch shows Fritz Williams losing six straight to Joe Weber. Williams laments his careful play, while Weber quips that Jewish luck outplays Christian skill, illustrating the era’s anti Semitic tone in a New York Tribune report.
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Weber & Field's
Fritz Williams
Joe Weber
Williams
Weber
Hicks
New York Tribune
Helen Keller Publishes Autobiography at Radcliffe College
Helen Keller, a deaf and blind student at Radcliffe College, has completed an autobiography written in sign language of the blind. The work, praised for its exceptional style, is expected to appear soon.
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Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Radcliffe College
Missionary Work History by Rev Dr Wilson for Centennial
Rev Dr Wilson of East Orange has compiled a history of the Presbyterian church home missionary work for its first century. The work will be issued at the centennial celebration of the tome board. The article notes the theme of divine likeness as a guiding feature.
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Dr. Wilson
East Orange
Wn, J
Presbyterian Church
Tome Board
Col Baldwin Leads Expedition Against Moros in Philippines
Colonel Baldwin, veteran of Civil War and Indian campaigns, commands a battalion marching into Mindanao after Moros who attacked American troops. He has been twice nominated by Congress for the Medal of Honor, with prior gallantry recognitions at Wolf Mountain and an 1874 Texas action. Born in Michigan, he served as a volunteer in the Civil War before receiving a regular army commission.
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Col. Baldwin
Philippines
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Mindanao
Col
Baldwin
Congress
Texas
Wolf Mountain
Mont
Michigan
Regular Army
Davis
Jeff. Davis
Arkansas
Baptist General Convention
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Wives by Purchase in Kamyschin District Volga Region
In Kamyschin on the Volga, marriages are largely bought rather than arranged. A pretty girl from a well-to-do family may fetch 50 to 100 dollars, with higher sums in some cases, while in villages the price can be as low as 25 dollars. Fathers haggle over the bride price, and a farmer with an unemployable father cannot marry.
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Europe
Kamyschin
Volga
Americans Lead German Doctoral Grads in Year
Among fourteen women earning doctors’ degrees at German universities last year eight were Americans and six were Germans, highlighting American progress in advanced study abroad.
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Germany
The Law of Compensation Read In A Quiet Corner
Bridget and Pat discuss an article on the law of compensation. They joke that a blinded man gains senses, and a man with one leg shorter than the other ends up with the other leg longer, noting oddities in perception and balance.
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Bridget
Pat
Man roars at bee and strikes buzzing intruder dead
A fable translated from German where a man plunders a hive brings home dripping combs and loses temper over a hungry bee that nips honey. The enraged man kills the bee and calls it theft in a brief moral vignette from Reinhart Volker's The Whin.
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Reinhart Volker
John Byrne and Mr Burns: Radical Labour Leaders in UK
John Byrne, Battersea MP, faces William Waldorf Astor over Thames embankment streetcar plans. Burns, a self-educated radical and prominent labor leader, boasts of lifelong struggle and influence on recent parliamentary labor laws and major London strikes. He is 48 years old.
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John Burns
Astor
John Byrne
William Waldorf Astor
Thames Embankment
Battersea
United Kingdom
Burns
London
Telephones Used In Surgery For Localizing Metal Objects
London hospitals report success using telephones in operations. A surgeon’s headset links with a plate and saline soaked sponge, letting the vibrating probe detect metallic objects like needles bullets or copper and steel fragments inside the body for precise localization.
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London
London Hospitals
Curious Facts About Senate Membership
The Washington Star notes the Senate's diverse backgrounds with 26 of 88 having House experience, 15 former governors, and several serving in Confederate or Union forces. Warren is highlighted for governing the Wyoming Territory twice and becoming the first governor of Wyoming State. Pettus and Bate are noted for Mexican War service.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Warren
Wyoming
Pettus
Alabama
Bate
Tennessee
Washington Star
Magistrate Targets Rogues Gallery and Third Degree Tactics
A Brooklyn magistrate vows to curb the rogues gallery by threatening to arrest policemen who photograph prisoners before arraignment, calling such acts illegal under the penal code. He condemns the third degree as a relic of the dark ages and worries about permanent injury from police possession of portraits if acquitted. The police claim they destroy negatives after acquittals, but the magistrate doubts this.
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Rogues’ Gallery
Brooklyn
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