Presbyterian Church Not So Hidebound in Denver
Denver dispatch reports the Presbyterian general assembly dismissing missionaries Alexander and James Waite for objecting to fellow workers playing tennis with charges in Northern China. The Waite brothers urged censure of tennis playing. a committee report, favoring their colleagues, was adopted and recommended the missionaries relocate.
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Denver
Colo
Presbyterian Church
Alexander
James Waite
China
Waite
Eee
J. Gray Bolton
Philadelphia
Waite Brothers
Mrs. Annis Debuts in Vaudeville After Husband’s Death
Mrs. William E. Annis, widow of Captain Peter C. Hains who shot her husband, appeared in a vaudeville sketch at Orrison’s Music Hall Rockaway Beach. She performed with four men, sang and played instrumental pieces, receiving encores while noting she aims to support her two sons in military college. Her tour includes Baltimore, Highton Beach and a Broadway roof garden in New York.
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New York
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains
Orrison
Music Hall
Rockaway Beach
Annis
Linguist Claims Four Languages For Tone Meld
A noted linguist asserts knowledge of four languages and discusses erasing Mongolian literature in a controversial remark observed by a news gatherer. The exchange highlights debates on linguistic preservation and cultural erasure.
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Lin‘guist
London By Storm Draws Record Inbound Visitors
London faces a record holiday season as about fifty thousand visitors from America France and Germany arrive weekly 20 000 more each week. Hotels run full with tourists while streets brim with strangers. Each visitor spends at least fifty dollars weekly and London is billed as the world’s new pleasure center by hotel managers and travelers.
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London
America
France
Germany
Lonn
Strand
Savoy Hotel
Paris
Shaved Husband for a Pin Wins Mission Prize
Chicago June 7 Mrs W O Smith 5245 Indiana street won first prize from the Austin Methodist church Woman's Home Missionary society for shaving her husband with increasing skill on alternate days for a month. The prize a gold pin and a cash contribution supported the missionary cause. Mr Smith bore the lather and a cue cut with good humor.
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Chicago
Ill
W. O. Smith
Indiana Street
Missionary Cause
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Austin Methodist Episcopal Church
My Wealth for the Public Poem Fragment
A fragmentary poem extols wealth as nature's bounty seen in dawn light and blossoming earth. The speaker claims true riches are formed by spring colors, gems in the landscape, and beauty rather than gold. The verse contrasts human riches with natural abundance.
Women’s Ready-to-Wear Rep Wanted by Emil Blum Co
An inducement is offered in every town for one woman to represent The Emil Blum Co of San Antonio in women’s ready to wear. Liberal commissions offered. Write for particulars and references required.
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Emil Blum Co
San Antonio
The Thoughtful Rabbits
Gracie and Tommy debate rabbit sense as Gracie defends rabbits by noting their egg boiling action. The scene centers on Easter egg enjoyment and playful banter between the children.
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Gracie
Tommy
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