Ohio Society Banquet Highlights Lone Buckeye Senators
The Ohio Society marked its sixteenth anniversary with a Waldorf Astoria banquet in New York City. About four hundred guests included eleven U S senators, Colgate Hoyt as toastmaster, and figures such as P C Knox and Beveridge. Speakers praised Ohio’s industrial growth, wartime service, and a broader foreign policy vision, with Hanna and Foraker lauding Ohio’s impact on national progress.
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New York
Ohio Society
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
Buckeye State
Colgate Hoyt
Wanna
Foraker
P. C. Knox
William B. Allison
Iowa
J. P. Jones
Nevada
C. W. Fpairbanks
Indiana
Nelson A. Miles
Richards
C. H. Grosvenor
A. J. Beveridge
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
James M. Beck
J. H. Wilson
Timothy L Woodruff
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Senate
Hanna
Beck
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Wood- Toft
Augustus Thomas
Knox
Roosevelt
Cuba
Sherman
Lake Erie
Indus
The Outlook on Genesis Creation Story
The letter writers question St Pauls claim man was made before woman and argue Genesis 1 27 supports simultaneous creation. They contend the Genesis account is symbolic rather than literal, mirroring the unity of the Eden pair and aligning with scholarly interpretations of symbolic scripture.
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Joshua
What to Eat and a Fish Story by Stockton
Frank Stockton narrates a tale about a gentleman querying a boy fishing. The boy mumbles he has bait in his mouth. Stockton quips that the boy’s speech is “baited breath,” highlighting a pun on the word bait.
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Frank Stockton
Mr. Stockton
Fire destroys Oakland Wales in Sutton Nebraska blaze
A March 1 fire in Sutton Nebraska destroyed the Oakland Wales a town of about 150 residents. Most valuables were saved though many nests barely escaped with their lives as the local fire department arrived in time to prevent spread to adjoining structures.
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Omaha
Neb
Sutton
Oakland Wales
Astings Department
Influenza Surges Amid Smallpox Focus In London
London dispatch reports a sharp influenza surge during wet spell, sidelining politicians and society figures including A J Balfour Sir Thomas Lipton and Lord Roberts. The piece links health crisis to broader political shifts around Lord Rosebery amid Rothschild influence and Liberal movement signaling cautious strategy ahead of elections.
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A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Thomas Lipton
Lord Roberts
Earl of Perth
Rhodes Denies Death Rumor From US Circulation
London officials of the British Chartered South African Company deny reports of Cecil Rhodes's death circulated by a US news agency. King inquires about an American. Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel sending an aid-de-camp to ask about Horace Dutton's heir robbed on a bicycle trip. Queen Wilhelmina's health regarded as good and unfounded rumors publicly denied by Kuyper.
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London
Cecil Rhodes
United States
Rhodes
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Horace Dutton
Boston
the Hague
Wilhelmina
Dr. Kuyper
Morgan gifts $2 million to University of the South
Chicago report notes J. Pierpont Morgan donated two million dollars to the University of the South at Sewanee Tennessee. The Tennessee college is highlighted as a leading Southern institution with an average enrollment around sixty students.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
The
University of the South
Chicago
the Chronicle
Nashville, Tenn
Sewanee, Tenn
Laois
South
Tim Murphy Dismounted By Inflexible Army Rules
Detroit Free Press recalls a cavalry recruit named Tim Murphy who had never ridden a horse. In drill he was tossed from the saddle after a misstep. The sergeant mocks his mistake asking if he had orders to dismount, then commands taking him to the guardhouse.
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Detroit Free Press
Tim Murphy
Murphy
Tim
German goodwill praised by American voice in letter
A Minneapolis Tribune reader argues that German neutrality in the Spanish War is correct and sees no German hostility in the United States. The letter praises Emperor William II and Prince Henry, while quipping about naval matters and a European music firm, Wulchner Music Co.
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Minneapolis
White
United States
Germany
Chisester
Prince Henry
Nineteen Die In Telluride Snowslide Toll
Telluride Col March 1 The death toll from snowslides rises to nineteen with five more bodies found in the third slide as Gus Von Fintel Olaf Swanson and others are identified among the dead. Engineers and miners rush to recover victims while guards close routes and mine operations suspend to aid the rescue. The Liberty Bell mine sustains major damage and several workers are injured or unaccounted for as renewed slides threaten further danger.
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Telluride
Gus von Finkel
Olaf Swanson
J. Cedarberg
Lewis Lundberg
Andrew Aho
Gus Swanson
F. C. Clemmer
Gus von Fintel
George Rohwer
Gregory
Summerland
Harry Golden
Gus Kraus
Raymond Bishop
Wade Hampton
Harry Chase
L. D. Stanley
H. R. Powell
Chase
Liberty Bell
Gold King
Cornet Creek Basin
L. M. Umstead
Charles
C. Slemmer
Allen
Delaney
George Roher
Mines and avalanches claim many lives in western mines
Union suffocated twenty two. The dynamite explosion at a Japan tunnel killed two with an accident at the Tomboy sending two men into an abandoned shaft where they perished from gases and powder smoke. Falls and other snow disasters add to a rising death toll. Harry L. Summerland, nephew of ex County Treasurer John C. Summerland, dies in a snowslide near Tulleride Colorado while with the Liberty Bell Gold Mining Company crew.
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Union
Japan
Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Ind
Tulleride
Col
Harry L. Summerland
John C. Summerland
Young Summerland
Engin
Liberty Bell Gold Mining Company
A Plea for Hell in Christian Endeavor World
A critique urges sermons to include hell to combat universal optimism about heaven and to emphasize eternal punishment. It argues hell's reality supports repentance, warns of sin, and strengthens devotion, praising fiery preaching while avoiding sensationalism.
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Hell
Heaven
God
Church
Aple
Christ
Jonathan Edwards
Marass
Curious Currents and Mysterious Ocean Flows Across the World
The article surveys great ocean currents and tidal bores worldwide, noting many theories on their origins as fallacious. It cites currents through the Java Sea to the Straits of Benin, the Caribbean influx, Cape Horn eastward flow, the North Atlantic cold stream, and Gibraltar’s passage into the Mediterranean, plus bores in the Severn, Hooghly, and Bay of Fundy.
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London Shipping Bakers
Cape of Eelite
Eine
Moon
Java Sea
Straits of Buneda
Caribbean Sea
Evere
Cape Horn
North Fourthland
Nova Scotia
American
Florida
Straits of Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
Billiton Island
China Sea
Luzon
Severn
Heoghly
Irrawaddy
Bay of Fundy
Southampton
Singapore
Port Antonio Steamer Overdue at Kingston Jamaica
Kingston Jamaica March 1 reports anxiety over the nonarrival of the British steamship Port Antonio from Avonmouth Feb 15 bound for Kingston. Sir L Jones of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and a distinguished party note the ship was two days overdue and not hailed at the signal station near Kingston’s island.
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Jamaica
Port Antonio
L. Jones
Liverpool Chameber of Commerce
Cape Mureray
Avonmouth
Grip Epidemic Spreads Westward Warns of March Arrival
All serious epidemics of Grip have traveled rapidly westward and this epidemic may reach here before March first. Prepare by carrying a pocket bottle of Ti. Dr Humphrey's Celebrated Grip and Cold Cure. Taken early, it shortens the illness promptly. 77 breaks up stubborn folds and helps prevent Pneumonia. Available at Druggists or Humphrey's Medicine Co. 61 John Street New York.
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Druggista
Med. Co
John Street
New York
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