Why Not Personify God as a Woman
British dramatist Shaw argues for a new belief to mobilize action on social problems. He calls religion a force that makes people courageous and critiques conventional creeds, biblical literalism, and the notion of a powerful God, proposing a feminine divine symbol and a morality centered on human action.
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God
Shaw
Essex Hall
Guild of St. Matthew
Marx
Lasalle
Church of England
England
Christ
Magoon summons Cuban lawmakers to palace meeting
Gov. Magoon dispatches a letter to newly elected Senators and Representatives requesting their presence at a Sunday morning meeting in the Havana palace. The representatives expect the call to seek resignations. The Nunez Party votes to reorganize around a program prioritizing stable politico mercantile ties with the United States while preserving Cuba's independence.
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NEW York Times
Havana
Magoon
Nunez
United States
Cuba
Incendiary Fires Drive Families From Two Tenements in Columbus Ave
Two fires, likely incendiary, forced forty families from five story tenements near Ninety-seventh Street. One blaze at 747 Columbus Ave caused small damage but smoke hindered evidence. A second fire at 772 Columbus Ave spread to a pawnshop, injuring Capt Helm and two firefighters. Detectives offered no suspect leads early today.
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Columbus Avenue
Ninety-seventh Street
Helm
O’meara & McGurn
Lee and
Tobin
Mary Wogan
John C. Brown
No Fires To Cook Turkeys In Missouri Towns
Two hundred thousand residents in twenty Missouri towns faced Thanksgiving without natural gas after a sixteen inch main burst at Altamont Kansas. Discarded stoves were dragged from cellars as families scrambled for fuel and many turkeys were served very rare.
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New York Times
Joplin
Missouri
Altamont
Kan
Thanksgiving Gas Cut Shuts Off Turkeys in Toledo
Thanksgiving Day brought cold meals to Toledo residents after a gas main break between Toledo and Columbus cut gas service from late last night until this evening. Many cooks shifted to Wednesday night preparation or ate cold lunches due to the outage.
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New York Times
Toledo
Ohio
Columbus
Army and Navy Football Special Trains
Special trains via Pennsylvania Railroad leave New York on December 1 at 9 55 A M and 10 55 A M stopping at West Philadelphia Station near Franklin Field and run through to Broad Street Station Philadelphia Return trains leave Broad Street at 4 50 P M and 5 50 P M stopping at West Philadelphia Dining cars and vestibule coaches available Ady.
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Army and Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
West Philadelphia
Franklin Field
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Ady
East Side Women Riot Over High Meat Rates
A market strike on the East Side saw 2000 women boycott butcher shops to protest a meat price hike amid Beef Trust accusations. Fish peddlers backed the action by offering fish at low prices. clashes with butchers occurred as shops closed or stayed open under pressure.
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Beef Trust
Esther Doborofsky
Lewis Street
Brochner
Essex Market Court
Resnick
Dolbofsky
Union Market
William Ehrenfeldt
Ehrenfeldt
East Side
Madison Street
Rosa Menson
Sam Goldberg
Louis Jeselowitz
Second Street
Rivington Street
Forsyth
Delancey Streets
der Butchers’ Association
Bowery
Oil trial thrust and oc seneaay ad
Advertisement copy for Dewey's Clarets or Old Burgundy placed by T. Dewey & Sons Co of New York. Mentions enrichment of the blood with meals and includes a dense, garbled line about trial thrust and oc seneay.
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Dewey’s
Orness
Japan Ready to Fight US Discrimination in Schools
Harry B. Miller, U S Consul General at Yokohama, says Japan may use military force if needed to end San Francisco school segregation. He arrives from Eugene Oregon to investigate and will meet the School Board tomorrow. He warns Japanese national dignity could prompt action.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Harry B. Miller
United States
Yokohama
Japan
Death of ex Governor Elisha Dyer of Rhode Island
Providence November 29 Ex Governor and Mayor Elisha Dyer died suddenly in Providence of heart disease aged 90 1839 born son of former governor Brown University and University of Geissen alumnus Civil War Rhode Island Light Artillery officer promoted to Major later Colonel served in State artillery and political offices from 1877 to 1896 married Nancy Anthony Viall in 1861 leaves three sons and was active in several societies and Freemasonry
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Providence
Elisha Dyer
Rhode Island
Gen. Dyer
Brown University
University of Geissen
Germany
Rhode Island Light Artillery
Gov. Smith
Newport
City
George Rathbone Dyer
Hezekiah Anthony Dyer
Rhode Island Society
the Socity of Colonial Wars
Cincinnati Society
Runaway Engine Tragedy Hits Winnipeg Yards
A Canadian Northern runaway freight engine crashed into a standing Great Northern train in Winnipeg causing four deaths and four serious injuries. A switchman opened a siding to avert disaster, but the crash scattered cars and freight in the yards. Nearby, a Northern Pacific train derailment injured several passengers without fatalities.
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New York Times
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Great Northern
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Barton Leads Opposition to Ship Subsidy Bill
Washington reports Congressman Barton will oppose the ship subsidy measure, pledging to fight it vigorously. Supporters fear Speaker Cannon’s neutrality, while Burton’s stance resists home and political pressure from allies seeking a softer line.
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New York Times
Washington
Barton
Burton
Cannon
Australian Rebates Probed Under Anti Trust Act
Melbourne reports influence to press Federal Government to prosecute Anglo American Oil Company officials for rebates to customers not to resell other oils. Prime Minister Deakin referred the matter to the Crown Solicitor, who said evidence insufficient for prosecution and asked for more proof.
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Melbourne
American Oil Combine
Melbourne Age
Anglo-American Oil Company
Deakin
Duke Believed He Wed Miss Shonts Negotiations By Proxy
Washington and Paris report the Duc de Chaulnes pursued an engagement with Miss Théodora Shonts through his sisters in law. Miss Shonts denies the match saying she will need to learn more before it happens. The case sparks social speculation about French aristocracy and American humor.
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THE
NEW York Times
Paris
Theodora Shonts
Duc de Chaulines Et de
Duc d
Washington, Navy
France
Washington
Duc de Chaulnes
Duchesse de Luynes
Duchesse de Brissac
Ohio
Miss Théodora
Shonts
Duce de Chaulnes
Miss Shonts
Gummere Mission Fails Amid Moroccan Turmoil
The American Minister Gummere reportedly left Fez on November 26 without satisfaction on indemnity claims from U.S. citizens. French Tangier residents petition Foreign Office to protect treaties and personal security as Moorish governance shows weakness. In Paris, Foreign Minister Pichon said French warships are ordered to Tangier as a preventive measure, not an intervention, to guard Europeans.
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Tangiber
Gummere
Fez
United States
Morocco
Tangier
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Pichon
Spain
M. Picton
Tahgier
Islington Woman, 94, to Open Sale of Work
London report notes the original of Little Dorrit, aged 94, will open a sale of work at the Boys' Training School in Islington next Thursday. The elderly creator resides in Islington and is recognized as the model behind the classic character.
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THE
NEW York Times
London
Little Dorrit
Islington
Boys’ Training School
Army and Navy Game Express from New York to Philadelphia
Fast two hour express service every hour from New York for the Army and Navy game. Round trip Pullman tickets are on sale for travel November 30 or December 1. Returning trains depart Reading Terminal at 6 00 P M and arrive at N unknown 55 with a dining car.
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Army and Navy
New Jersey Central
New York
Reading Terminal
Phila
Great Archaeological Find in Kashmir Arrives
Dr von Lecoq, on a Prussian mission through Central Asia, arrives in Srinagar Kashmir with a major collection of discoveries. The haul includes open stucco paintings with gold backgrounds like Italian work and manuscripts in ten languages including one unknown tongue. The find is described as possibly the greatest since Rawlinson and Layard.
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Bombay
von Lecoq
Central Asia
Srinagar
Kashmir
Henry Rawlinson
Austen Layard
Manila Railway Syndicate Plans Major Reconstruction
A new consortium led by Speyer & Co New York Speyer Brothers and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank of London is forming with 25 million dollars to reconstruct the Manila Railway Company and extend its lines. Speyer & Co reportedly control the Manila Railway and are overseeing the reorganization with the bank acting as agent.
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London
Speyer & Co
New York
Speyer Brothers
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank of London
Manila
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
Speyers
A Suffragette's Avowal in London
Miss Christabel Pankhurst, regarded as the leader of the woman suffrage agitators, is quoted saying they will use methods that pay and care little for mockery or accusations of not being true women. The confession reassures many who were shocked by protests and riotous behavior by Pankhurst and allies.
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God
Michael Angelo
London
THE
NEW York Times
Christabel Pankhurst
Mutual Life Suit Set for December Trial
The New York Mutual Life sues D. C. Halderman and the North British Company for damages. The case claims Halderman used his knowledge from his London post to conspire in an unlawful deal that injured the Mutual. Defendants deny grounds and say the suit will hurt the plaintiff by reviving concerns about Mutual's methods.
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Special Cablegram
THE
NEW York Times
London
New York Mutual Life
D. C. Halderman
North British Company
Mutual
Halderman
North British
No Fun in Roosevelt Yard Thanksgiving Game Ends Quiet
Washington November 29. A White House youth football game failed to occur as planned on the Executive Mansion lawn. Archie Roosevelt captained the White House team of juveniles who awaited Gonzaga College rivals, but after long waits spectators left as goal posts were noted missing and the President returned.
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New York Times
Washington
White House
Archie’ Roosevelt
Gonzaga College
White
Spencer
Quail
Friendship
N. C
D. W. Davis
Alexandria
Reid on disarmament at American Society dinner
London November 29 The American Society gathered over 500 at the Hotel Cecil for its Thanksgiving banquet. Ambassador Reid urged a future settlement of the Newfoundland dispute and suggested a united approach with Britain on curbing armaments and resisting coercive debt collection. Rev Edward Littleton praised President Roosevelt as a leading global figure.
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London
American Society
Hotel Cecil
Ambassador Reid
Newfoundland
Reid
Edward Littleton
Eton
Roosevelt
England
18 Hours to Chicago Special Train Ad
Announcement of 18 hour travel to Chicago via Pennsylvania Railroad with rock ballast dustless roadbed. Departs New York at 3 55 P M and arrives Chicago at 8 55 A M with other fast trains to Chicago and St Louis. Advertisement mentions Usher's and a Scotch highball.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
St. Louis
Tragic Lynchburg Rail Crash Kills Southern Railway Chief
President Samuel Spencer of Southern Railway perished with three guests Gen Philip Schuyler Francis Redwood and Charles D Fisher in a rear end collision near Sawyers Virginia as the Jacksonville express collided with a stalled train. Four others died and ten were seriously injured in the wreck.
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Mr. Spencer
Lynchburg
Spencer
Jacksonville
Washington and Southwestern Vestibule Limited
Atlanta
Sawyers
Lawyers
Rangoon
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Miss Pankhurst
Mutual Life’s
North British Co
Roosevelt Yard
Archie
New World
Hague
Usher
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Gen. Schuyler
Charles D. Fisher
F. T. Redwood
Baltimore
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Gen
Philip
Railway
Jacksonville Express
F. A. Merrill
Merrill
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