Christ Saved Him Says Doctor Benson Heroic Escape
The Rev Doctor Benson, a relief worker in Belgium, led a votive healing mission and a world prayer movement. Seized by Germans for aiding refugees, he was to be executed as a spy on Easter Wednesday 1915 but was spared when Christ Doctor Benson intervened at the Place Royale. He was expelled from Belgium before sundown.
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Bel Ai Henson
Belgium
United St
Benson
Jos
Place Royale
Christ
Century nothing to her Mrs Hannah Eldred clocks 115 years
Mrs Hannah Eldred of Baldwin celebrated her hundredth birthday with family gathering while she ironed a shirt. Despite age she reads without glasses and weighed 115 pounds. A photographer doubted her walking yet she danced a jig and showed vigor by chopping wood and hanging laundry in the yard.
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Hannah Eldred
Baldwin
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Gliding Over Land and Air: Early Seaplane Glider Flight
An article notes astonishing gliding feats in France Germany and America. It describes Glenn Curtiss achieving the first successful seaplane glider flight over Trempstead Bay New York with a German glider named Be low.
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France
Germany
America
Glenn Curtiss
Trempstead Bay
New York
Maine Ballot Boosts Republicans Amid Balkans War Fears
Senators Lodge Townsend and Poin dexter renominated as Republicans win Maine election by fair majority while national worry grows over possible new war in the Balkans. Separately, rail strike settlements ease transportation demoralization after 75 days.
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Lodge
Townsend
Poindexter
Maine
Balkans
Rock Island
Ifhe
Burlington
Northern
Political shifts marked by Maine and southern races described
The report covers federal court actions on a strike injunction in Chicago and Daugherty’s vow to press the case, plus electoral results: Miles Poindexter secures renomination, T. G. McLeod defeats Blease in South Carolina, Clifford Walker defeats Hardwick in Georgia, and Maine Republicans win moderate majorities with continued GOP gains in Congress.
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Daugherty
Wilkerson
Chicago
Miles Poindexter
Senate
Uenttier
C. Dal
South
South Carolina
T. G. McLeod
Blease
Georgia
Hardwick
Clifford W. Walker
Maine
Tad
Frederick Hale
Curtis
Baxter
Oingaregin
State Assembly
State Senate
Feaders
Washington
Strikes Alarm and Industry Shakeup Reported
Harding and Labor Secretary Davis praised a partial strike settlement guiding railways to resume work. Coal miners and textile mills restarted, easing industrial pressure. Critics warn of coal price hikes and profiteering amid congressional debates on price control. Lodge wins Massachusetts renomination. Townsend secures Michigan seat amid Newberry debate.
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Harding
Davis
New Znngland
Cummins-Winslow
Henry Ford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Aftermath of Asia Minor Turmoil Shapes Balkan Hesitation
The turmoil in Asia Minor saw Greek troops retreating as Turkish forces seized Smyrna and Brusa, with fires destroying parts of the city. Kemalists promise to move the capital to Kontla while talks of reclaiming Constantinople and Thrace persist. Allies warn that further action could trigger war. Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania mobilize. Britain seeks to restrain, Italy favors peace, France backs neutralization of Constantinople. The piece also notes anxieties over a Mohammedan uprising and reports President Harding’s illness.
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Constantine
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Smyrna
Brusa
Kontla
Balkans
Bulgaria
Jugo-Slavia
Rumania
Salonica
Thrace
England
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Near East
France
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Britain
House Rebukes Tariff Bill Over Potash Duty
The House returned the tariff bill to conference over a potash duty and a one year embargo provision. After amendments were adopted, representatives approved the bill following a brief debate.
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