Sam Jones Warmly Welcomes All in Atlanta Tabernacle
Sam Jones denounces clubs and prize fighting while urging universal church hospitality. He asks why some delay church reform, questions sin and hell, and lashes hypocrites in Atlanta pews. He rails at base ball fans and stresses personal reckoning with God amid city crowds.
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Atlanta
Sam Jones
Heaven
Bern
Athan
Stankard
Atllanta
Mr. Jones
Binch
Bud
Sant Jonek
Prohibition Sermon Sparks Theatrical Church Battle
A heated sermon depicts church fighting spirit, urging Christians to stand firm against vice and public opinion. The speaker derides business and professional types for indifference and mocks temperance foes while declaring a drive to cleanse the town. Apparent calls for action resonate among the audience with sharp rhetoric.
Traveling fort touted as new war innovation
An eastern inventor unveils a traveling fort powered by electric batteries, resembling a mobile warship. The device allows armies to approach closer than with traditional artillery, with publicity noting adoption by no country yet and several trials underway.
Col Cockerill Will Dispute Heads To Court In New York
Mrs Hetty Campbell of Torresdale Pa seeks permission to inspect her late brother Col J A Cockerill's effects to uncover a possible will and life insurance policies. The petition contends Mrs Campbell, widow Mrs Walter Leinin, is the rightful heiress and that a prior divorce or divorce action may affect the estate. The case questions whether a later will or assignments survive reached Cairo Egypt last April.
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New York
Arnold
Hetty C. Campbell
Torresdale
J. A. Cockerill
Cairo
Egypt
Col Cockerill
United States
Campbell
John Campbell
Walter Lelnun
Col. Cockerill
FCC
Shoes for McKinley spoof in Pittsburgh news
An odd Pittsburgh tale describes a patriotic plan to measure Major McKinley’s foot and tailor shoes for inauguration. A traveling salesman recruits the president elect’s attention, culminating in a mock ceremony with disguises and a staged reception at Canton.
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Pittsburg
McKinley
Securin
Major McKinley
Canton
Burford
North Market Street
Tuscara
McKirdep
Mckinley Breer
Ethan
Garry
Esmun
Texas
Pittsbore Saleyean
Purviance complaint over chickens and city service
Purviance urges action after chickens roamed and damaged her garden despite prior police calls. She faults Officer Capron and dryly notes broader urban filth issues, including a cow and a wheellbarrow, urging reform and women’s political involvement.
Postmaster Homer Reed Declares Socialist Views in Kansas City
Kansas City postmaster Homer Reed declares he is a socialist not in the common sense but in his belief in radical government and taxation. He favors government supervision of widows and orphans with pensions until children can support themselves, arguing the state should rear and educate these children. Reed cites a quarryman death, the Owens family, and calls for government care over education and eventual independence.
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Kansas City
Homer Reed
Pengeo
Meed
Gingle Tax Club
Walnut Street
Reid
John Owens
Owens
Reed
Rees
Nation's Richest Land Owner Dies at Verdurett Estate
William Drury, widely known as the nation’s richest private landowner with hundreds of thousands of acres across Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, died last night at his Verdurett home north of Keithebune. He held 6,000 acres of prime county farmland and was a prominent figure in the era’s land speculation and large holdings. A note mentions Seeker excursions in the Santa Fe Route and a Bre Cham remedy claim, reflecting local chatter and marketing of the period.
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Keithebune
William Drury
Millioraire
Verdurett
United States
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Besant Promotes Aura Science in New York Exhibit
Mrs. Annie Besant, leader of the Theosophical Society, arrives in New York to present aura paintings by John Varley and aura theory. She explains color meanings, demonstrates aura portraits, and discusses alleged soul reincarnation of Madame Blavatsky, noting health and character traits reflected in aura colors.
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New York
Annie Besant
Weil
John Varley
London
London ‘Theosophical Society
Mrs. Besant
Sir Rieht
Besant
Mia Besant
Millaie
W. F. Stead
William of
Germany
Perso
Mr. Besant
Fitzdmimons
Mme. Blavatsky
Brahmin youth’s reincarnation tale sparks debate
Report discusses a Brahmin boy alleged to be a reincarnated soul of Blavatsky and examined by adepts. Witnesses claim the youth retained vast knowledge, languages, and a changed temperament, while Mrs. Tingley denies any claim of reincarnation.
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India
Tingiey
Blavatsky
Maine Towns Vote To Abolish Plantations Amid Tax Strain
In Maxfield and Rome Maine, tax rates soar as population falls and property values collapse. Residents struggle under debt while some seek annexation to Belgrade to escape ruin. Factions in Rome block full plantation formation, even as local assets including Great Pond reel under strain from poverty and litigation.
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Augusta
Maine
Fainile
Maxbell
Dindstelf
Rome
Home
Wanita
Tabermeh
Waar
Bouton
Rave
Belgrade
Washington Arrivals In Washington D C March 22
Six Governor Morrill has joined the Kansas delegation in Washington to influence a candidate for the United States district attorney post for the northern district of Indian Territory. P L Soper and several Kansans pressed for appointment while Vandtvert of Kingsey arrives amid Kirkpatrick’s rival endorsements. Saturday arrivals include State Senator Johanson of Osceola Os Kalosa, Ed Ellet of El Dorado and Editor Lusk of the Parsons Sun.
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Washington, D. C
Morrill
Kansas
Washington
White House
P.L. Soper
United States
Indian Territory
SW. Vandtvert
Kingsey
Kirkpatrick
Johansos
Oskaloosa
Ed Ellet
el Dorado
Lusk
Parsons Sun
Not to Spit in Cars in Philadelphia
The first arrest for violation of the board of health order banning spitting on street cars occurred in Philadelphia on March 72. Special Detective B Walsh detained a passenger named Rothuno of 829 Marriott Street after multiple refusals to stop spewing on the car’s floor aboard South Street Union Traction. Magistrate Evans fined him five dollars or ten days in jail.
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Philadelphia
Boant of Health
B. Walsh
South Street
Union Traction Company
Rothuno
Mariott Street
the Board of Health
Walsh
Evans
Rock Tumbling Threat Hits Prass Castle Town
Washington March 22 The village Prass Castle one mile west of the city escaped devastation when a giant rock twenty five feet in diameter detached from the west mountain. it rolled through the forest, uprooting five trees and stopping within ten feet of John Lukens's home. The rock weighs约160 tons and fell shortly after midnight near the village.
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Washington
Prass Castle
West Mountain
John Lukens
Rheumatism Cured After Eleven Days at Home
A resident of Raul Ste Marie Mich paid 25 cents for Chamberlain's Pain Balm after eleven days confined to the house with rheumatism. One bottle cured the ailment and no further trouble followed. Sold by druggists.
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Hood
Watson
Columbia St
Warsaw
Ind
Sarsaco
Bert
Frank Dalton
Rault Ste. Marie
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Ahe
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Health Board
E. D. Jenkins
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Frank Long
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Missouri Pacific
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