Editorials on Thaw case and ministry plan urge moral vindication
A Kansas City Journal editorial argues Thaw spent half a million dollars seeking immunity but failed to evade justice, praising the majesty of law and noting the public calamity of White's death. Another Springfield Republican piece endorses Yale’s plan to train young ministers, criticizing retirements of seasoned clergy and urging engagement with community life and church administration.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
White
Thaw
Likue
Europe
Kansas City Journal
Yale
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Yale Divinity School Launches Practical Work Plan
The plan shifts student training toward hands on ministry by sending them into real field work. Experienced clergy will teach about wage earners, non English speaking communities, and other demographic groups to connect theory with active pastoral duties. The approach mirrors medical schools in practical instruction.
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Epiere
Yale Divinity School
Turkey's Future and the Dangers of Internal Rivalry
The New York Tribune notes that Turkey's destiny hinges on establishing a stable constitution and functioning Parliament. It warns that once revolutionary fervor fades, rivalries among nationalities may reemerge, risking constitutional friction comparable to Europe’s historic ethnic conflicts.
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Turkey
United Kingdom
Austria- Hungary
Prussia
Russia
New York Tribune
Worrying About the Future and Prepaid Coffins
A Philadelphia Press editorial warns against preplanning for death and stockpiling items out of fear of future needs. It cites a Cincinnati man who bought a coffin years early for 300 dollars but could not fit in it when he died, illustrating broader worries that hinder living.
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Cincinnati
Aires
Philadelphia Press
A Singing Woman Who Sent New Roots to an Old Lady
During a Maine visit last summer sightseers found a tiny hamlet with humble shelters and a yard ablaze with costly flowers. An old woman spoke of a fine lady who sent roots and a churn for Dave Lummis’s widow, claiming a singing minster from New England once helped her. The piece notes Nordica as the generous donor and mentions a humorous exchange about a man being drunk.
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Maine
Dave
Lummis
New England
Nordica
American Institute of Music
Prominent Sunrise Service Carried Out by Faithful
Faithful perform sahur sunrise prayers as part of a religious duty. The text outlines Mohammedan obligations to recite prayers drawn from the prophet, with the first prayer introducing the ritual in the sands at dawn.
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Prophet
Modern Cowboys Shaped by Railroads and Markets
A New York World account contrasts the present cowboy with old frontier myths. Cowboys are noncollegiate, educated by Western life, working steady jobs with rail shipping replacing long drives, and they value riding skill over gunplay while engaging in current topics and politics. A steelmaking advance from Australian inventors promises automatic ore to iron or steel conversion, saving 25 percent.
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Lenger
Brendie Bester
Seth
Out West
Southwest
West
Arizona
Montana
Dakota
Americcan
Sked “Saunders
Ron Hs Buster
Global notes on industry and society from 1907 era
A survey of world industry and society mentions New York Maine and Wisconsin leading in paper production, Delhi's failed electric lighting plan, and a judge's view on Uyeter theft in Queensland. It cites Mexico's petroleum role, new wells, Europe cooling, Morne Bay weather, a Kansas sawdust blowing device, Miss Anna Fritchett at Wellesley, and New York City borough populations. It covers building stats, Roosevelt dam gates, San Francisco growth, Count Witte in Russia, a Scottish worker joke, British rail capital and earnings, Rhodes scholar Charlies Keath joining St Louis, Oklahoma teacher shortage, and Berlin women’s university role. The fragment ends amid an anecdote about a moth cure.
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New York
Maine
Wisconsin
Delhi
Queensland
Mexico
Europe
Thames
Morne Bay
England
Roosevelt Dam
Salt River
United Stats Reclamation Service
San Francisco
San
Sergius Witte
Bitt
Council
Count Witte
Thomas
Bhie
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Thomas Sharkey
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Relpin
Jess
Spain
New York World
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Louisville Ky
Wellesley College
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Queens
Great Britain
Charlies
A. Keath
Philadelphia
St.Louis
Oxford
Keath
Oklahoma
University of Berlin
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