Boston's New Church Sets World Historic Benchmark
Thousands from around the globe attend the dedication of a monumental Boston church addition, touted as among the nation’s largest. The Italian Renaissance style building rises 224 feet, seats 5,012, and features Concord granite, Bedford stone, a 13-turreted dome, eleven bells, and a world-class organ. The project, costing just under 2 million dollars, enhances a complex that already housed about 1,200 in the mother church and hosts multiple Sunday services.
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Bucker Hill
The
Christian Science Depondnation
Boston
Ube Lisbest
Bully
United States
Bunker Hill Monument
Boy Rescued From Drowning After Mother's Lesson
On a New York riverfront pier Signora Genare and her seven year old son Antono walked when he slipped and splashed into the river. A patrolman saw the danger, jumped into a boat, and rescued the child as the mother cried out in fear and shame.
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New York City
Signora Genare
Naples
Antono
Antonio
Lim
Bers
Growth of Christian Scientists in the United States
The piece notes rapid expansion of the Christian Science movement since 1890, with 932 societies and churches totaling about 72 000 members. Dedicatory exercises drew visitors from across the U S and abroad. 145 church colleges have been erected. future building programs anticipated with the Mother Church as funds allow.
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Edis
Church of Christ
Scientist
Boston
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Australia
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
Hawaiian Islands
South America
Earthquake Recorders and Their Delicate Instruments
Scientists praise earthquake recording instruments in the Trust delic ate of all machines. The devices are extremely sensitive capturing even minor vibrations such as footfalls. Three classes of instruments exist for automatic earthquake recording, each with distinct functions.
Stuster Was a Gentleman in Boston Visit Tale
A Boston couple invited a colored woman to visit and pay her expenses. She stayed in their home and ate at the table with the hosts. During meals the hostess asked if she was still a slave. The reply affirmed her former enslaved status and the hosts reflected on social hierarchy. The piece ends with a proverb about evaluating horses and a stray aside on dental exams.
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Stuster
Boston
Auguats
Troney
Robert Howell
Boston Indy
Cuban in Alabama Quarrel Sparks Racial Slur Row
A Cuban man who arrived in Alabama after the civil war was involved in a dispute with a local Black resident. In broken English the Cuban branded Alabamans as African and faced a quick retort denying racial labels. The exchange highlights postwar racial tensions and language insults.
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United States
Alabama
Fred Grant
Darky
Rename Sioux will give 25,000 new family names nationwide
President Roosevelt orders a wholesale renaming of Sioux people with Dr. Charles Eastman leading the effort to create family names and assign identities while preserving some traditional names. The plan aims to ensure correct lineage for government land allotments, with chiefs consulted and gradual acceptance among tribes, amid concerns of white interference and cultural change.
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Bob-taled Coyote
Robert T. Wolf
Tuele Sam
Roosevelt
Hamlin Garland
George Bird Grinnell
Indiana
Washington
Charles Alexander Eastman
Elane Goorgle
New England
Eastman
Medel
East
Wan
Inigo
Uncle Sam
High Eagle
Mmlgheagle
Rotten Purpsin
Robert Pumpfan
Northwest
Mastman
Bastman
Dr. Eastman
The Black Seal Purse and a Change of Heart
A petty thief nicknamed Swifty steals a purse from a passerby in a crowded Broadway scene. The thief and his partner Red face a turning point when a newspaper clipping about a dead mother moves Jim to reflect on his life of crime. That night the thief returns the purse to a newspaper office with a note seeking the owner, signaling a possible reform.
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Reddy
Pal
Jimmy
Swifty
Weill
Jim
Red
Via
Jon
New York
Lofaney
E¢Rooks
Neerdo
Morey
Roddy
Purac
Hale
Fim
Rleriog
York
Their Compass Points to the South in a Westerly View
A reflective column contrasts cultural norms with a Southward orientation, noting hair styles, veiling customs, dressmaker roles, burdens carried by women, and a reversal of language forms where speech and writing diverge. It portrays a Caucasian perspective on nonconformist cultural traits.
Anger Flares Amid Prooklet Shore Line Tales
Fragmented OCR describes repeated anger and a shore scene with prose about digging and devouring, mentioning Greater London and oblique round-number references to months and houses. The legible phrase points to a gritty coastal vignette as characters drift between shore activities and homeward returns.
I am a sick woman and I want to see my minister
A clergyman's four year old daughter, ill for a night, pleaded to see her father as he prepared to depart. Her mother denied the visit, saying the papa was busy and could not be disturbed. The child persisted, insisting she was sick and needed to see her minister.
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Kansas City Times
Eagle Trace
Greater
Lonon
B&rtha Browsnye
Milady
Ast
Scrall
Mediua
Palisade Pattern CO
Battery Place
Hame
City and
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