Knights Parade at Chicago Conclave Ends with Grand Parade
Acting Grand Master Mallah leads about 100000 Knights Templar in a daytime march through Chicago routes lined with arches and crowds. The weeklong conclave featured divine service, elaborate Templar Way decorations, and a night electric display in Grant Park. notable visiting masons included England and Wales leaders and Canada’s grand master.
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Mallah
Chicago
Knights Templar
Pat
Rhaster
William Bromwell
Melish
Cincinnati
Order
Henry W. ‘Rugg
Providence
Knights
Federal Building
Dencan
Staf
la Salle Street
Grand Commandery
la Salle Hotel
Grand Commandery of
Timeis
George H. MacAdam
Madison
Wis
George C. Rafter
Cheyenna
Wyce
Illinois
Michigan Boulevard
Thirty-first Street
Battery B
L N. G
Hubbard Court
State Street
Grant Park
Lake Front
John D. Cleveland
Finois
Arthur Macarthur
Troy
W. Frank Piereca
San Francisco
Hon
Earl of Euston
England and Wales
Lord Athlumney
Thomas Fraser
RK. Newton Crane
PF. Co. Yan
H. J. Hower
John Fergueson
Luther B. Archibald
Canada
The Gil of Encouragement
Loomis in Smith's magazine urges praising others to fuel progress. Do not withhold compliments when work is commendable for it strengthens both the recipient and the giver. Acknowledge quality promptly, for praise spreads motivation and personal growth.
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Charles Battell
Loomis
Smith
Fragmentary Quote Sparks Unclear Football Banter
A garbled exchange references a girl's name on a football item and a vow to kick. The dialogue hints at spirited banter about play style and rules, but the fragment provides no clear event, date, or participants.
Logan court house project starts with $100000 funding
A $100000 courthouse project has begun in Logan. The itemization lists contractors and local officials, while neighboring notes report train accidents, church building plans, and civic appointments across Iowa towns including Fort Dodge and Davenport.
Court for Workers in France Offers Free Legal Advice
An American recounts a French advisory court where workers of all classes can seek gratis judge guidance. A case at a consulate shows a girl worker winning eight days wages after a brief hearing. the employer is urged to pay the agreed amount, with the judge offering charity support to the poor. The anecdote highlights accessibility and outcomes of these courts.
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France
John Cutler
United State
Lyona
H E
Thrilling Memories of War with Gen Longstreet
An 1889 interview recounts General James Longstreet at his Atlanta home. He reflects on wounds, the Civil War’s moral echoes, and lasting personal relations between opposing commanders, including Grant, Johnston, and Sherman, highlighting postwar reconciliation and political tensions. Pensions cases then discussed involve Davenport ruling on veterans from multiple U.S. volunteer regiments.
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James Longstreet
Atlanta
J. Edwards
Boston Globe
Grant
Rapiden
Joe Johnston
Congress
General Sherman
House of Representatives
Washington
Offéh
Johnnston
Sherman
Johnston
Lockstreet
Buckner
Government study to cut paper costs with pulp research
Government and industry will probe wood pulp methods to lower paper costs. A $44,000 two phase program partners the American Paper and Pulp Association with the forest service Madison laboratory to test practical processes and conserve domestic timber for newsprint and wrapping papers.
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Congress
American Paper and Pulp Association
New Products Laboratory
Forest Service
Madison
Wis
William L. Hail
Delicate Electrical Relay to Hear Heartbeats Remotely
A combined stethoscope and telephone relay described by G S Browne in a British Electrical Engineering paper aims to transmit heart sounds from London to the Isle of Wight. The relay maintains a microscopic gap between platinum electrodes meeting at 0.009 centimeter, with current across the gap magnified and self-stabilizing despite orientation changes.
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London
Isle of Wight
British Institute of Electrical Engineering
5. G. Browne
Paper from anything and everywhere inspires new uses
A Chicago Tribune summary notes patents in Europe and the United States for making paper from barley, oats, rice and other materials. It reports experiments turning paper into bricks, roofing, telegraph poles, clothing, lamps, artificial leather, and even boats, sails, bottles, and a paper stove.
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Europe
Berlin
Japan
United States
Germany
Clavier
Norway
Chicago Tribune
Uses of Asbestos Prove Fireproof Qualities and Versatility
The article details experiments showing asbestos brick withstanding 2060 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour while the outer surface stays cool enough to avoid igniting a match. It notes asbestos fibers resist acids, high-strength light cloth can be produced, and steam pipe coverings promise major fuel savings.
SUCCESS OF TWO WOMEN COUNTRY GIRLS GO TO THE CITY
Two Ohio sisters tour New York and Europe in pursuit of work, then build successful tea rooms. One becomes a nurse, the other an artist, but both pivot to business and open multiple tea rooms. They later partner to launch a famous tea room in a store, earning acclaim for cooking, service, and ambiance.
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Ohio
New York
Europe
British Isles
German Workers Prosper Show Rapid Rise in Incomes and Wages
Germany shows broad rise in wealth with taxable incomes under 750 dollars up to 1.9 billion in 1909 from 1895 figures, savings deposits near two trillion marks, and average wages growing from 186.50 to 256.25 dollars yearly. Despite 25 percent cost of living increase, real estate prices climb, signaling rural prosperity alongside industrial growth since Bismarck era.
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Germany
Prussia
Tiso Jm
Esimost
Accident Insurance Bureau
Odin
Luckau
Hran- Senburg
Bismarck
Paper advances shock Europe in arts and industry
Odd uses of paper spread across Europe as manufacturers test false ivory and porcelain imitators. Greek winemakers replace costly wood with paper pulp for wine casks. An Austrian subscriber crafts a twenty foot sailboat from paper boards using 2,500 copies per board, molded under hydraulic pressure. Paving with waste paper remains costly.
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Europe
Greece
Play a Good Game in Life and Work
A young woman who started in business with green awkwardness kept playing Zaumes as a boy would. She adopted the same spirit at work, avoiding harm, maintaining politeness, and treating tasks as a skilled game. Her attitude toward colleagues remained healthy as she thrived with her firm, turning effort into victory. It's a great game. To be happy we must play a good game. let's join in.
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Specia Gien
You Yourself and Your Greatest Problem
The passage urges self examination to identify purpose and value within, claiming wisdom grows slowly and life improves as personal order and savings of self rise. It acknowledges doubt, distraction, and retreat as common moods that will pass as insight develops.
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Wade
Eoon
Caisson Sunk 112 Feet in Brooklyn Bridge Project
A new caisson for the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge was completed at 112 feet one inch below water level. Reported as the best caisson yet built, it was constructed without any accidents. The maximum air pressure at the bottom during work reached 47 pounds per square inch.
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Net Municipal
Manhattan Terminal
Brooklyn Bridge
Jack Werker
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