Remarkable 700 Mile Foot Journey of Mrs Burns and Family
Mrs Elizabeth Burns a widow from Grand Rapids Michigan led her seven children on a six week 700 mile walk to Odin Illinois then to Poplar Bluff Missouri after selling belongings May 5. The journey ended with the family with relatives and praised as marvelously successful amid hardship. An exhibition of ancient and modern goldsmith works is planned in Florence for Benvenuto Cellini’s 400th anniversary with the Italian goldsmith congress to be held there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Burns
Grand Rapids
Odin
Iil
Poplar Bluff
Florence
Benvenuto Cellini
Bath
Itaian Goldsmiths
Presidential Vote Trends and Explorers News
The article notes historic gains in presidential totals since 1864 with yearly increases from 1.7 million to 1.9 million and estimates the current popular vote around 16 million. It also covers Mary Anderson-Navarro at a bazaar and reports Sven Anders Hedin’s en route discoveries in Tibet plus a Welsh vicar’s claim to ancient church roots tracing to Claudia in Cardiganshire.
Pastor Hindman Faces Fallout at Lincoln Presbyterian Church
In Lincoln Nebraska the First Presbyterian Church is divided as Rev William Hindman is asked to resign. Political figure Senator George F Hoar of Massachusetts turns 74 replying he is over the disease of being 73 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WJ. Bryan
First Presbyterian Church of
Lincoln
Neb
William N. Hindman
Bryan
Hindman
T. M. Hodgman
University of Nebraska
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Hoar
Controversy Over England’s Greatest Irishman Debate
The piece notes a dispute among English circles on who is the greatest of three Irish figures Lord Russell Lord Dufferin and Lord Roberts. At the 1898 Ulster Association banquet in London Dufferin called Russell “the most distinguished Irishman of our generation.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Russell
Lord Dufferin
Lord Roberts
Ulster Association
London
Lord Russell
Junk Tree in Kyoto Grounds Inspires Japanese Aestheticism
A lone pine tree shaped as a junk grows near Kyoto in the grounds of the Golden Pavilion dating to the 14th century. It is celebrated as a monument to patient care and devotion and studied as fine art in Mikado era landscape gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyoto
Japan
Prince William Promoted to First Lieutenant in Guards
Crown Prince William of Germany advances from second lieutenant to first lieutenant in the First Regiment of Guards. He and his brother have long served as officers, pleasing soldiers and officers with their martial diligence. The Rev Dr Dean Richmond Babbitt urged in New York that Christian voters attend primaries with a conscience to cleanse politics at its source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Germany
Leutenant
Guards
Dean Richmond Babbitt
Church of the Epiphany
New York
Indian on the Stump Tall Beaver to Address Voters
Tall Beaver, chief of the Comanche in Oklahoma, will speak under a National committee contract he won’t show. He urges Native Americans to vote to steer the country right, noting over 50 000 Indian voters in the United States. He is a Hastings Indian School graduate who studied law and will tour Kansas Oklahoma Missouri. If successful he may go east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tall Beaver
Oklahoma
National Committee
United States
Haskell Indian School
Kansas
Okla
King Carlos I Wins Medal in Paris Fine Art Show
In Paris the fine art section awarded King Carlos I of Portugal a silver medal, after the jury settled to judge his work on merit alone. The king received the second class honor for his pastel piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Carlos I of
Portugal
Educating the Red Man and the Sed States Superintendent
The best Federal appointment for a woman under this administration was Sed States Superintendent of Indian schools. M Eetelle Reel of Wyoming has led it for two years with notable innovations and improvement in Indigenous education nationwide. She travels coast to coast yearly to study reservation schools and compare with classroom standards. In her first year she traveled seven months. last year she covered 28 373 miles, about 1500 by wagon and on land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Eetelle Reel
Wyoming
Gass Rooma
Tepes
Offee
Up-to-Date Hints on Apple Storage and Cheese Industry
An Illinois note urges Ben Davis apples stored by January 16 with careful handling from harvest through packing to avoid bruising and loss. It stresses early transfer to cold storage, weather-aware timing, and clean barrel preparation. The piece also surveys Canada’s cheese industry growth, exports, and cooperative efforts shaping Cheddar production and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Illinois
Champaign
Ben Davis
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Horticultural Society Leaders Urge Community Impact
William J. Stewart addresses a Massachusetts horticultural society saying such groups wield great power for good in New England life. He urges affiliated organizations to work hard, stressing the difference between workers and patrons and calling for attention to higher ideas beyond industrial pursuits. A physician comments on posture reflecting health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horticultural Societies
Wm. J. Stewart
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Horticultural Society
New England
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Imours
Mary Anderson-Navarro
Mary
Sven Anders Hedin
Thibet
Alta Tag
Hedin
Lake Lop Nor
E. W. Vaughn
Llantiert
Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
British Isles
Cardacus
St. Paul
Claudia
Senator Depew
Republican Campaign Committee
Depew
Pekin
Prince William
Cheese Industry of Canada
H. B. Dean
Guelph
Canada
Vermont Dairymen's Association
Great Lakes
Americas
Varius Dairy Associations
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