Plaster Lesson Becomes Moral Sermon for Children
In a Pasadena church, Rev. Seldon W. Cummings tells a parable of Benjamin Franklin using plaster on a farm to illustrate Christian character. He champions a ten minute children’s sermon to engage 8 to 14 year olds, aiming to build church habits and social virtue before the main service.
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Benjamin
Benjamin Franklin
Seldon W. Cummings
First Baptist Church of
Pasadena
Cal
Cummings
Rallies Planned Across North America to Boost Home Rule
Irish parliamentary party delegates in Boston plan a final U S tour to spur home rule before the bill’s last Commons reading. M J Ryan in Boston with leaders as T B Fitzpatrick returns from Europe. Redmond delays travel while urging US rallies to raise funds. goal 350000 for campaign expenses. US branches pledged 100000, with 50000 still to raise.
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International News Service
New York
Irish Parliamentary Party
House of Commons
Conference of the
United Irish League
Boston
Mass
M. J. Ryan
Europe
T. B. Fitzpatrick
John E. Redmond
United States
Canada
Redmond
Great Britain
Ryan
League
Michael E. Corbley
Unlucky Man Really Lucky Indiana Fireman
Charles Oliver, a Chesapeake and Ohio fireman in Indiana, survives a series of close calls. A lightning strike knocked him from a locomotive tank near North Judson, an earlier boiler explosion at Richmond, a near blindness from a cinder, smallpox in Michigan, and a devastating flood. His wife has cared for him through these misfortunes.
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Richmond
Michigan
Oliver
Prize to contact any planet but Mars offered by French academy
The French academy of sciences offers a $20,000 prize to the first astronomer who communicates with any solar system planet other than Mars. The fund was left by Mme Guzman in 1899, with no explanation for excluding Mars.
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International News Service
Paris
French Academy of Sciences
Academy
Earth
Mars
Guzman
Mme. Guzman
Divorce suit in Evansville over alleged cruelty and alimony
Mrs. Bessie Etherwine Moore sues James Moore, coal mine owner of Southern Indiana wealth, for absolute divorce claiming cruelty including inviting Negroes to the table and a daughter of a former marriage being misraised. She seeks $20,600 alimony. Moore reportedly earns $400 monthly and is worth about $250,000.
Husky Jail Bully Defeated in Dust
In St Louis a jail fight ends with Nick Manola five feet one inch defeating Monte Mathewson six feet two inches. Manola strikes Mathewson with a brass cuspidor during a corridor scuffle, leaving the giant with a deep facial cut and semi conscious. Janet House sews the wound and guards are set to protect Mathewson.
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Mathewson
Janet House
Had Large Roll Hidden In Clothes In Vagrancy Case
J K Scott aged 90 of Elizabeth Pa held $300020 in real estate and $20000 in bills sewn in his coat when arrested in Pittsburg for vagrancy. An attache who recognized him intervened to save him from the workhouse. He refused to pay a fine and claimed he had plenty of peg. police searched and found the $20000 in bills.
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International News Service
Pittsburg
J. K.scott
Elizabeth
Atteche
Aes
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