Bible Translation Efforts Expand in Philippine Dialects
The text notes Protestant access to Philippi nila bay and the release of Luke translations in Pampanga. It reports Leon’s translation work, Mark completion, and Villamor’s translations of Matthew and John. It mentions Visayan dialect projects by American and British societies and the spread of localized versions across southern Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippinila Bay
Pampanga
Leon
North Mantis
Locano
Luzon
American Society
Villamor
St. Matthew
St. John Station
Ries
Sutherland
Visayan de Cebu
Philippines
Rocano
Manila
Promote Patriotism Through Historic Markers In Washington
Mrs C W Fairbanks appeals to American women to promote patriotism by marking historic sites. She cites the DAR and a $100,000 appropriation for a monument near New York harbor, urging marking of homes and sites of figures like Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, Lafayette, and Monroe to educate youth and honor legacy.
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C. W. Fairbanks
Republic
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Great Society
United States Senater
New York Harbor
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
America
Washington
Dolly Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Amd
Paris
General Lafayette
National Assembly
R. Monroe
Madame Lafayette
Shirtwaists and male fashion in a New Orleans tale
A fragment recalls shirtwaist fashion and male admiration in a social anecdote from the New Orleans Times-Democrat. The narrator notes men’s lack of straight-front corsets, comments on ease around waists, and a husband’s discomfort as a man wears a shirtwaist jacket, highlighting gendered dress tastes and vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
John
Atity
Bomen
The Old Guitar by James Whitcomb Riley
A fragmentary lyric recalls an old neglected guitar fading into decay. The speaker laments its worn strings and dust, then pictures a haunting balcony scene and the guitar’s lingering minstrel power as the poet presses the instrument.
Washington Relics Restorations Stir Lee Family Debate
The Washington Times reports a presidential order to restore George Washington relics to the Lee family, prompting renewed interest and congressional debate. Items include Washington tents, Cincinnati china, Mrs Washington service pieces, a jewelry chest, lantern, and Worcester vases, with missing exhibit placards.
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Washington Times
George Washington
National Museum
Curtis Lee
Lee
Andrew Johnson
Orville H. Browning
Secretary of the Interior
Robert E. Lee
Johnson
Evening Express
John A. Logan
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Museum
General Washington
China
Cincinnati
Canton
Society of the Cincinnati
Baltimore
Cincinnati Society
M. W
Ile
Mount Vernon
O'Neale
Train Boy Vendors Face Elimination By Rail Lines
Chicago Tribune reports Burlington lines will bar fruit sellers, novel and newspaper hawkers from passenger cars next month, following Pennsylvania, Chicago and Erie systems. Venders must use station rooms or car-equipped shops. officials say aim is better service though revenue declines. Veteran detectives note many train boys move to larger crimes. agents describe pay, deposits, and deceit, with bootleg wares and prohibited literature sold at depots.
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Chicago Tribune
Peres
Pennsylvania
Burlington
Chicago & Eastern
Eustis
Burlington Line
Chicago
Gomes
Honest and dishonest trainside vendors in new system
Scores of honest boys on the trains exist but many are dishonest. The Burlington road starts a new system allowing venders to pass through trains at stations with papers and periodicals. Kiln-dried boxed figs petrified caramels and dwarf apples will be relegated to regions where they are novelties.
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Burlington Road
A Gentleman of Harvard Leads in Oratory and Promise
The Boston Transcript reviews Roscoe Conkling Bruce as Harvard’s standout leader among three prominent students. It highlights his oratorical power, debating success from Exeter to Harvard, his lineage, graceful courtesy, and plans to pursue sociology and politics after graduation, with a forecast of substantial future influence for his race and country.
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Boston Transcript
Harvard
Roscoe Conkling Bruce
America
Harry Bevier Kirtland
American Republican College League
William Stearns Davis
Caesar
Bruce
Blanche K. Bruce
Mississippi
Treasury
Tuskegee Institute
New York
Young Bruce
Roscoe Conkling
Mr. Bruce
Washington
Indianapolis
Phillips Exeter Academy
Literary Monthly
Exonian
Golden Branch
Pasteur
Baron de Coubertin
Princeton
England
Yale
Philippines
Bruce F
Israece
Washington D. C
Exeter
University Debating Club
Harvard Republican Club
Randall Hall
Heat wave grips Britain with record high thanks to Falke’s forecast
The London Mail notes a sustained heat wave across Britain following Falke’s Vienna forecast. Edinburgh reports oppressive heat with a fatal collapse of wool merchant Robert Hay after asking for water. London drivers shield horses, while rain approaches and mosquito swarms reappear. Doctors cite heat as a contributing factor in two deaths, builder Woolveridge in Edmonton and porter Burchell in Tottenham.
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London
Falke
Vienna
Great Britain
Edinburgh
Dunblane
Robert Hay
British Linen Bank
Metropolis
Woolveridge
Edmonton
Falen
Burchell
Tottenham
Better Than Their Reputation
The piece argues editors inflate news to please readers but claims the public is better than that stereotype. It notes The New York Times adopting a motto all the news that’s fit to print and a price drop to one cent, removing Sunday illustrated supplements to publish news and comment more soberly.
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New York Evening Post
The
New York Times
Wheat Market Strength Driven by Export Demand
Chicago May 18 Wheat market advances on improved export demand with July futures up 4 cents. Corn taps slight losses while oats and provisions rise. demand boosts late session after initial selling. Local receipts, futures data, and regional quotes indicate a lively grain trade with mixed gains across wheat corn oats and pork futures.
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Chicago
Seaboard
Minneapolis
Duluth
Hige
Phillips
Aere Sane
Matt- Inc
Trade in General Quotations At St Louis And Elsewhere
Market notes from St Louis Baltimore Cincinnati and other ports show mixed prices in wheat flour pork and lard. No. 2 red Western winter No. 1 California No. 1 etc steady while beef and pork sectors show softness and some firmness in various cuts and districts.
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Liverpool
California
St. Louis
Ate
Forest of Regional Commodity Prices Across Cities May 18
Market roundup reports butter and eggs prices varying by city from New York to Charleston. Butter firm in multiple markets, eggs steady, cheese mixed, and petroleum and spirits of turpentine quoted with regional differences.
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New York
Ene Tapsia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Aic
Savannah
Owl City
Wilmington
Montpelier
Indiana
Charleston
Tin and metals steady amid London absence on Saturday
New York reports a quiet market with prices holding after Friday gains. Spot tin at 26.00 and various metals mixed as traders wait for London data, with lead and spelter adjusted and iron dull, while St Louis notes firmer lead and lower spelter.
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New York
London
Lake Superior
Northern Foundry
Southern Foundry
Soft Southern
ST. Louis
Poultry Price Slips Across Markets in Early May Reports
New York and St Louis market notes show poultry prices steady to soft for springers and fowls with small variations. Chicago reports iced poultry easing while chickens and turkeys move at modest rates, reflecting fluctuating demand across major centers.
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New York
ST. Louis
Chicago
New York Dry Goods Market Quiet Across Cotton Goods
The dry goods market moves very quiet with no price changes for all cotton types. Print cloths inactive, Fall River expected to cut further for four weeks. Prints slow to sell while American cotton yarns show no improvement and irregular activity. Woolen and worsted yarns are slightly steadier.
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New York
Fall River
Cotton market report from New Orleans and New York
New Orleans notes quiet cotton with 1 260 bales sold and varied grades from 5 15 16 to 5 ½ cents. Receipts 2662 bales to stock 169128. New York spot closes quiet with uplands at 8 1 16 and middling gulf at 5 16 cents. sales volume unspecified.
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New Orleans
New York
Uplands
Gulf
Vital Statistics May 18 Casualty and Births Report
May 18 vital statistics listing multiple births and deaths. Entries include births: a boy to B T and Hattie Jusley of 431 North East Street. a girl to Edgar A and Sadie Perkins of 196 Broadway. a girl to Henry and Kittie Baney of 1221 Shelby. a boy to Caviall and Belle Thurman of the city. a boy to Rock and Rosine Mio of Warsaw Street. a boy to George and Mina Wernsing of 1214 East New York Street. a girl to William and Mary Ash of 613 Buchanan Street. a boy to Frank and Catherine Carson of West Indianapolis. Deaths: Walter Downing, 19, of consumption. Jacob Wallace, age unknown, city, tuberculosis of lungs. Zarda E Platter, 43, 413 East Walnut Street, peritonitis. Ella O'Donnell, 1, 124 South Eastern Avenue, exhaustion. Elizabeth Howard, 37, 119 Greeley Street, pneumonia. Jennette Sander, 53, 9 Ogden, insufficiency. Dant Pierre, 75, West Pratt Street, septicaemia.
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B. T
Hattie Jusley
North East Street
Edgar A
Sadie Perkins
Broadway
Henry and
Kittie Baney
Shelby Street
Reuben and Louisa Hunt
South Keystone Street
Caviall and
Belle Thurman
Rock and Rosine Mio
Warsaw Street
K. Walther
Pauline Green
Wade Street
George and
Mina Wernsing
East New York Street
William and Mary Ash
Buchanan Street
William and
Sofrona Crouch
High Street
Frank and Catherine Carson
Indianapolis
Walter Downing
Darnell Street
Jacob Wallace
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Ora J. Partlow and Louise Mang are licensed, along with William D. Huffman and Laura B. Bechtel. Frank Brown and Margaret Moore, Willis G. Gale and E Ellen Goings, Charles M. Coffman and Lillie Bisselburg, and Mollie Wall. Williams and Alga.
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Ora J. Partlow
Louise Mang
William D. Huffman
Laura B. Bechtel
Frank Brown
Margaret Moore
Willis G. Gale
E. Ellen Goings
Charles M. Coffman
Lillie Bisselburg
la Pioceninon
Mollie Wall
Williams
Alga
Live Stock Quotations from Indianapolis Market Brief
Hogs active near prior figures, sheep quiet and steady. Cattle receipts small. weekly figures show little change from last week and year. Prices generally higher for best grades, with strong outside demand and need for careful selection of hogs. Mixed hogs varied. heavy hogs up about 12 cents, best light hogs up around 10 cents. Cattle and hogs showed firm to steady prices, with regional comparisons and week-end gains noted.
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Union Stockyards
Indianapolis
Geng Doo
Secen Destuabciecspaa
Cswe
Vesticeans Dias Ae
South Omaha
Earlings
SPI
Spring Lab
New York
Vale
Seue
InterState Stockyards Market Report at Indianapolis May 18
Cattle receipts small with few transactions. Trade quiet yet steady at local dealer prices. Demand remains strong for all types from local and shipping sources. Closing quotations list prime and good steers and various stocker and cow categories with mixed volumes across the yard.
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Interstate
Indianapolis
What Men Get in College
An editorial critiques the modern college man as focused on social life and sports rather than deep study. It notes limited exposure to major literature and history after four years, questions whether college aims are being met, and contrasts Eastern universities with smaller New England colleges while acknowledging some value in varied training and the lure of marks over genuine learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Christian Advocate
New England College
West
Hamson
Sones A
Troubled Python Struggles With New Spring Attire
In Philadelphia the India born zoo python battles its new spring suit. The creature struggles to shed the old skin as its great bulk makes dressing and undressing awkward. A keeper plans to help remove the outdated hide this morning.
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Philadelphia
India
Wornett
Jen
Ilebecer
The Pocketless Woman in Kansas City Journal
Mrs. Editor Palmer lost her pocketbook downtown prompting Mr. Editor Palmer to comment in Pit Jewell County Republican that a man is rarely fooled by loafers in New York or Paris, yet a woman’s pocketless plight reveals a stubborn pride.
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Kansas City Journal
Palmer
Pit Jewell County
Republican
New York
Paris
Pensions for Veterans Issued Across Indiana Names List
Certificates issued to numerous Indiana veterans include Pleasant Pla, Albert Mills Ossian, William Denver, Sanaa English, Samuel Haines Brookfield, Ham Hanley, Nich 4 Tedlana, Elias Sawyer Beaters, Squire Hendren Danville, phen L Freel Huntington, James W Neevee Sheville, Abraham Keaver Matlock, Terre Haute veterans, and others. National Military Home Marion and towns such as Bloomington, Pittsboro, Indianapolis appear with pension amounts ranging up to 17 dollars and some entries show 0 or 20 dollars. The list reflects regional distribution of veteran pensions and pay amounts.
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Indiana
Pleasant
Albert m Mills
Ossian
Wiliam
Denver
Pitgator Sanaa
Biunese
Gram
Fort Branca
Samuel Haines
Blookfield
Ham Hanley
Nich
Tedlana Pot
Elias Sawyer
Beaters
Squire Hendren
Danville
National Military Home
Marion
F ' Phen L. Freel
Huntington
Wilstar Than
Pittsboro
James W. Neevee
Sheville
Abraham Keaver
Ford McKee
Terre Haute
Thome
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James Whitcom
D Riley
Washington Relics
Indianapollis
Timothy
Kansas City
Toledo
Milwaukee
Texas
Queensland
Victoria
Amert
New South Wales
South Australia
New Zealand
Sieddits
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Minnesota
Brandywine
I. F
Sle
Galveston
Buenos
Japan
Orleans
Rio
Cordova
B.doe
Dairies
Missouri
Kansas
St, Louis
Louisville
Metals
Vital Statistics
ILY
Sompi
Ege
Newry
Nchicago
Wreckers
Pensions For Veterans
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