Design of the New $10 Coin Draws Mixed Praise
Curator T. L. Comparette argues the new St. Gaudens $10 piece is artistically appealing but hindered by public prejudice and conservative tastes. He notes repeated imitation of older coins, defends the eagle motif, discusses inscriptions and the motto In God We Trust, and advocates placing E Pluribus Unum prominently on the obverse.
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United States Mint
Philadelphia
St Gaudens
St. Gaudens
Jin
Treasury
Chase
God
Roosevelt
United States
Tsay
Republic
River Drive
Lorado Taft
Colin
Pisano
M. R. Watkinson
Ridleyville
Pau
Wilkinson
A Woman Reads Old Love Letters and Changes Heart
Stella Avery confronts a trunk of memories and Perry Lawson's letters. She battles sentiment to destroy them but cannot bring herself to burn the past. Six years later Perry returns, yet the reunion reveals a changed man and shifts her plans toward her fiancé Howard Patterson.
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Angela Morgan
W. R. Hearst
Stella Avery
Buttons
Miss Avery
Stella
Perry Lawson
Perry
Miss Stella Avery
Howard Patterson
Stella Louise
Tam
The Stop Sign and the Smash-up Trial
An elderly black claimant sues a railroad for damages after a wagon and horse are struck at a crossing. The railroad attorney questions him about a Stop Look Listen sign and daylight visibility, arguing the driver should have noticed warnings. The witness emphasizes the sign as the accident cause.
Yale's Hannibal Silliman, Yale's famed campus figure, buried
In New Haven the long loved Hannibal Silliman, the African American who taught a Yale class and sold homemade lemon drops, was buried at Westville. Known for ambidextrous drawing and Latinate wit, he charmed generations of students and left a storied place in Yale tradition.
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New Haven
Conn
Speed
Yale
Hannibal
Westville
G. W. Hannibal Silliman
Mannibal
Horace
Tie
Pastor in Indiana Uses Stage to Teach Morals to Sinners
Rev. N. C. Becket of Galveston Cass county leads a dramatic club with church and stage combined to reach outsiders and promote temperance. Plays like Arthur Eustace and Dot a Miner’s Daughter sparked public remonstrance against saloons and built church support. He says the club offers amusement while uplifting life and has bought a piano for the church.
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Indianapolis
N.C. Becket
Galveston
Cass County
Indiana
Becket
Praster
Mr. Becket
Arthur Eustace
Eustace
Wu Ting Fang Returns to America as Reformer
The 1902 recall of Wu Ting Fang to China is described with his anti exclusion stance and influence on reforms. He championed criminal reform in the Qing court, supported abolishing branding, and studied Western ideas while in the United States. He toured the U S, mingled with locals, and engaged with brides during a rail trip, while expressing sharp opinions on professional women and marriage.
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Jesus Christ
Confucius
Washington
Wu Ting Fang
China
Foreign Office
America
United States
Phelan
Sanfrancisco
Li Hung Chang
Philadelphia
Theorists and workers clash over race solution
Booker T. Washington at the International Congress of Religious Liberty mocks new theories aligned with race questions. An impassioned imam cites a parable of two geologists to stress practice over theory, noting a rock was too high to fit his hypothesis.
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Booker T. Washington
International Congress of Religious Liberty
Fkeston
Iman
New Hampshire
Missionary Solicits Help for Drunkard's Home
A missionary worker and a sickly woman met at a lower city door. The woman offered a pledge for the drunkard's home but asked the visitor to return next Saturday night to collect her husband.
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Numismatist
T. L. Comparette
Rena
CazEs
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