Missionaries Transform Korea with Church Led Modernization
Seoul reports show missionaries dominate the capital's Anglo-Saxon community and back a unified Presbyterian Methodist effort. They foster education through Y M C A programs, build hospitals, translate the Bible, and promote new Korean literacy and civic training amid intense religious and political influence.
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Gillette
Brockman
Gregg
America
Korea
Seoul
John D. Wells Training School
Pyong Yang
Odist
Korean Religious Tract Society
Beveridge-Eddy Nuptials in Berlin Embassy Ceremony
United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana wed Katherine Eddy of Chicago in a civil ceremony at the German registrar’s office and a later religious service at the American embassy. Attendants included E. L. McLain and John C. Shaffer. The event was overseen with help from Ambassador Tower and Spencer Eddy.
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Berlin
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Katherine Eddy
Chicago
Augustus N. Eddy
Marshall Field
Ments
Charlemagne Tower
Spencer Eddy
E. L. McLain
Greenfield
Ohio
Senator Beveridge
John C. Shaffer
Thomas C. Hall
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Duty on a Cake in Venice Tax Tale
A London Chronicle excerpt recounts Italy taxing salt and sugar as necessities for arme ments, hitting a traveler with duties on a decorated cake from Alexandria. Officials seize the sugar, sparking a dispute over contraband pastry and royal ownership of the confectionery goods.
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Alexandria
Venice
Italy
London Chronicle
Pride of an Oregon County Wheat Pearl
The Echo Register notes Umatilla County in Oregon produces about one percent of all U.S. wheat. It highlights the county as a source of grain and local agricultural pride.
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Oregon County
Umatilla County
United States
Echo Register
Minister Gives Up His Life
Atlantic City New Jersey reports the drowning of Rev Edward McConnell of Absecon and Claude Friendship a Philadelphia real estate agent after a sailing accident near Doe Island Brigantine. The two men fell overboard when the boom swung during a tack. McConnell and Friendship could not be saved despite witnesses efforts.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Edward McConnell
Absecon
Claude Friendship
Philadelphia
Doe’s Island
Brigantine
Friendship
Mr. McConnell
the Realty Company of
Fast Train Collision Near Chesterton Involving Twentieth Century
The Twentieth Century train on the Lake Shore line collided with a derailed eastbound freight near Chesterton Indiana. Several freight cars were tossed onto the westbound track and two leading passenger cars left the rails but stayed upright. Passengers were shaken but uninjured and engineers Downey and Schultz sustained minor injuries. The train was delayed about three hours.
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Chicago
Lake Shore
Chesterton
Ind
Downey
Schultz
Tobin Wins Team Drivers Union Presidency In Boston
Daniel J. Tobin of Boston won the Team Drivers and Helpers International union presidency over Cornelius P. Shea. The vote was 104 to 94 in Tobin’s favor, ending Shea’s four year tenure.
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Daniel J. Tobin
Boston
Mass
International Union
Cornelius P. Shea
Tobin
Shea
Abigail and David Intersect in Biblical Tale
Abigail, wife of the wealthy Nabal, acts with charity toward the needy despite her husband’s stinginess. She meets David and his men to avert bloodshed by offering supplies, earning his respect and becoming his wife after the tale of providence and virtue unfolds.
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Israel
Nabal
Carmel
Abigail
David
Abigai
God
Sermonette on Abigail and fighting the Lord's battles
A devotional piece cites Abigail's testimony to David proving faith in God's eventual triumph. It urges courage against internal and external evils, urging believers to fight the Lord's battles aggressively, trusting in divine protection and ultimate vindication.
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Abigail
David
God
Paul
Christ
Strike Halts Work on 14 Buildings in Washington
More than 150 union mechanics did not report for work Friday on projects tied to Employers' association contractors. Fourteen sites costing over 1 million dollars halted, while 50 nonunion workers from New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh kept the Academy of Music project moving. Employers' association rejects the closed shop.
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John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Seoul
Old City
Legation
George Heber Jones
America
Methodist Church
Washington
Employers’ Association
New York
Pittsburg
New Academy of Music
Employers' Association
Justice Haney's Wife Dies in South Dakota
Pierre South Dakota Mrs Haney wife of Justice Haney of the state supreme court died Friday of heart failure at her home in Pierre.
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Justice Haney
Pierre
S. D
Haney
State Supreme Court
Former Policeman Arrested for Helena Editor Killing
Ben Curruth, a former policeman in Helena Ark, was arrested Wednesday on charges of murdering J M Scott city editor of the Helena World. Curruth denies the charge while police say strong circumstantial evidence supports the accusation.
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Helena, Ark
Ben Curruth
J. M. Scott
Helena
Curruth
Peace In Wyoming Coal Field Reached By Union and Operators
A joint convention of the United Mine Workers of America and Wyoming mine operators reached a settlement providing an eight hour day starting September 1, a wage increase about 20 percent for eight hours versus ten, improved working conditions, and companies to furnish check-off men.
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Wyoming Coal Field
Denver
Col
United Mines Workers of America
Wyoming
Husband shoots wife then kills himself in Owosso case
Edward Halsted a 36 year old laborer from Mount Pleasant Michigan shot and killed his wife who had started suit for divorce and then killed himself in Owosso Michigan on Wednesday.
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Owosso
Mich
Edward Halsted
Mount Pleasant
Anarchists Injured by Bomb Factory Explosion in Lisbon
Four anarchists were seriously wounded Wednesday in an accidental explosion at a bomb factory run by an anarchist group in Lisbon. The incident highlights dangers within illicit explosive operations and the volatile nature of extremist activities in the region.
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Lisbon
Bankers' Special Kills Four in Adlenhurst Crash
Four persons from the Norwood house were killed instantly when their carriage was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger flyer known as the bankers' special in Adlenhurst New Jersey Wednesday night.
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Adlenhurst
N. J
Emnoyes
Norwood House
Pennsylvania
Bankers
Legions of Bosses Speak on Oversight and Spending
A builder explains how major firms layer supervision from foremen to inspectors to a president who visits sites. He notes the high costs of ensuring workers and managers perform as claimed and jokes the company president may answer to his wife for time.
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Legion of Bosses
Umbrellas as Civil Swords Drawn in Belts
A playful line from a bachelor of the Order of Fuss urges everyone to carry umbrellas in scabbards on their belts like civil swords for defense, reflecting a humorous take on personal preparedness.
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The
Order of Fuss
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