Head of Great Institution Richard Maclaurin Named MIT Leader
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, born 1870 in Edinburgh, leads the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as president after securing about nine million dollars in gifts and guiding the institute’s education while maintaining high standards. His career spans Cambridge, St John’s, University of New Zealand, Columbia, and physics leadership before his 1908 MIT presidency.
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Richard Cockburn Maclaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maclaurin
Edinburgh
New Zealand
England
University of Cambridge
St. John's College
University of New Zealand
Columbia University
Shaffroth Boosts Suffrage and Equal Rights Question
Senator Shaffroth of Colorado wins support from equal suffragists by denouncing male tyranny and urging adoption of the Susan B Anthony amendment. He argues republican principles grant equal rights and questions who fixes a woman’s sphere without consent.
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Shaffforth
Colorado
Susan B. Anthony
Senate
Republic
Our
Dodd Leads Cavalry Parade At Madison Square Garden
1897 account recalls Colonel George A. Dodd leading Troop F of the Third U. S. Cavalry from Fort Ethan Allen to Madison Square Garden for a public reception. A Sabbath law protest delayed the parade but police attention and telegrams clarified that four thousand officers would not obstruct the men.
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George A. Dodd
Villa
Guerrero
New York City
Third
U. S. Cavalry
Dodd
Miles
Madison Square Garden
Fort Ethan Allen
Captain Dodd
Society For the Observance of the
General Carroll
Nedd
Friend of War Children Caroline Appleton Leads Aid Mission
Miss Caroline Dawes Appleton of Massachusetts and New York and Paris outlined the International Society of the Friends of Childhood in Washington. The group aims to aid impoverished families left by the European conflict and will make Washington the permanent headquarters. Appleton, daughter of the late Alanson Stewart Appleton, noted editor and publisher, has earned recognition from King Leopold II of Belgium.
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Washington
Caroline Dawes Appleton
Massachusetts
New York
Paris
International Society of the Friends of Childhood
Miss Appleton
Alanson Stewart Appleton
Leopold 1I
Belgium
Greenland People and Climate Describe Far Northern Life
Greenlanders number about 11,000 with 200 government workers and 400 on Angmasalik on the east coast. The Danish monopoly trades in whale oil skins and furs. travel is by water and agriculture is impossible due to barren rocks. Crime is nearly unknown, law is administered locally, and violent southeast storms plague mining areas. The climate is wet with frequent rain, ice in harbor, and rare colored auroras.
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Greenland
Australia
Angmasalik
Japan
Offur
Gydthaab
Julianshaab
Wieliczka Salt Mine as Underground Town in Galicia
The Wieliczka salt mine in Galicia is a vast underground town two and a half miles long and 1,050 yards wide with seven levels. It includes chapels, tramways, a ball room, and a central railway station carved from rock salt. The mine once employed a thousand workers and yielded 60,000 tons of salt yearly, with the oldest chapel dating to 1691 and regular services now held in the Chapel of St Cunigund.
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Wieliczka
Galicia
Jules Verne
St. Anthony
Galt
St. Cunigund
Seven Cities in Acts Lesson Visit to Iconium and Lystra
The lesson maps seven cities related to Paul and Barnabas on their mission trip. It notes Iconium as a Roman city, Lystra as a site of initial popularity followed by persecution, and the return journey to Antioch. It mentions the spring AD 47 timeframe per Ramsey and discusses witness, conversion, and enduring persecution.
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Iconium
Ramsey
Paul
Barnabas
Lystra
Antioch
Konia
Thekla
Selencia
Jesus
Mr. Moody
Caesars
Herod
Tarsus
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Cape Farewell
International Sunday School
O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Tanglefoo
Journal of the
Michigan State Medical Society
Michigan
O. & W. Thum Co
Grand Rapids, Mich
Yalcohel
Rtrs
Glover “Halling
Tirseoine
Harry T. Young
Thowcon
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
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Saurogo
St. Louis
Rahasey
Loula
Hunt
Itoh
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Ter
Ostern
Gutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Gals
Chisage
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Louls
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