Rockefeller sermon warns against envying wealth at Fifth Ave church
The Rev Dr Aked and John D Rockefeller Jr. attracted attention with a May address at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. Rockefeller urged young men not to envy rich power, noting the moral price and urging trust in the Lord over wealth. He warned of wealth bought by destroying reputations and influencing votes, contrasting it with a life of honesty and modest wealth.
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John ‘D. Rockefeller, Jr
Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York Tribune
Kefeller
Kentucky Burley tobacco crop forecast far below normal
Kentucky estimates the 1908 Burley and surrounding counties crop will total about 5 million pounds from roughly 5 000 acres. Last year reached 135 000 acres with a 137 million pound yield. Officials say the small crop will barely affect prices, while some counties outside the Burley district still plant limited tobacco.
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Frankfort
Burley Tobacco District
Commissioner of Agriculture
M. D
Kentucky
Burley
American Tobacco Company
Carter, Lewis
Hart County
Agriculture Department
Bryan denial over campaign funds tied to Ryan affair
William J. Bryan releases a statement to the Associated Press denying any knowledge of a campaign contribution from Thomas F. Ryan and pledging to return any funds if proved connected. He rejects graft charges and asserts open support for Parker, while denying indebtedness to any favors from Ryan or Sheehan.
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Bryan
Ryan
Parker
Lincoln, Neb
Associated Press
Wiliam J. Bryan
New York World
Mr. Bryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Allen
Democratic State Committee
Sheehan
Nebraska
Will Hunt One Year
Washington reports a confirmed plan for President Roosevelt to depart New York in April 1909 with his son Kermit for Africa to hunt big game for a year. The White House had previously denied definite conclusions but today acknowledged the possible leave after March 4 for Cairo and return with specimens from the wilds of Africa.
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Africa
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Kermit
New York
Cairo
Drowns in Salt River at Furman’s Ford
Bloomfield insurance man Ely Snyder drowned after his horse bolted into Salt River at Furman’s Ford in Spencer County last Friday about 11 o clock. His body was recovered Sunday morning. the event was witnessed by Mrs. Furman. He leaves a wife and two children. Masons from nearby towns attended his burial in Big Springs cemetery.
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Ely Snyder
Bloomfield
Furman's Ford
Spencer County
Snyder
Mr. Snyder
Furman
Big Springs
Berlin Surgeon Grafts Mercy Cure Of Deaf Waifs In Chicago
Dr. Albert Jansen of Berlin, famed eye and ear surgeon, operated free yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago to restore hearing to two poverty stricken children Willie Simpson eight and Marie Stabler three both deaf since infancy Abscesses in their ears had destroyed hearing Twenty five Chicago physicians witnessed the operations performed solely from mercy without price funds.
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Chicay
Albert Jansen
Berlin
Chicago
Dr. Jansen
American Medical Association
Jansen
Willie Simpson
Marie Stabler
St. Luke's Hospital
Marion Stuhler
Washington County Democrats Call Mass Convention 1908
Washington County Democrats meet in Springfield Kentucky mass convention to elect delegates for the State and National Conventions. They name 40 plus delegates, pledge support for William Jennings Bryan for President, honor Congressman Ben Johnson, and urge T Scott Mayes to seek a National Convention delegate seat.
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Kentucky
Bryan
Democratic State Executive Committee
Washington County
Court House
Springfield
J. R. Gore
T. Scott Mayes
J. J. Sharp
Mass
Lexington
W. W. Hyatt
T. D. Graham
J. Hamilton
Edgar Lea
Geo. Bowen
C. J. Haydon
N. B. Royalty
R. A. Noe
W. L. Graham
P. S. Barber
Bly
Wm. Jennings Bryan
United States
Democrats
Ben Johnson
National Congress
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Wins Aches And Sore
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Gs writes that a bad instep sore healed after applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Less than half a 25 cent box cured the issue per his account. Sold at Haydon & Robertson in The Springfield Sun.
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Tom Moore
Cochran, Gs
Bucklen
Haydon & Robertson
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John D. Rockefeller, JA
Kansas
Lysander Johnson
Springfield Sun
America
Salt River
Ely Snider
Geon
Democrats For
Harmony
Beckham
McCreary
Party
Arnica Salve
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