World’s Fair Birds and Immigrant Flows Highlight Early 1900s Items
A collage of brief notes notes on Dr Warnes preparing a Scaauk bird collection for the World’s Fair, immigrant arrival figures by origin, rail and electric streetcar innovations, and census data. Other items include a strange locked door device, women’s higher education gains, a giant Philippine flower, and a notable railroad expansion toward the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. Warnes
Arnithole
Pennsylvania
Scaauk
Prohibition Party Holds National Convention in Cincinnati
The sixth national prohibition convention met at Music Hall with John P. St John as temporary chair. Col Eli Ritter was named permanent chair and Samuel Dickey led the national committee as delegates debated platform planks and partisan loyalties. John Bidwell of California was nominated for president and Gideon Stewart of Ohio for vice president after ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen
John Bidwell
California
J. B. Cranfit
Nexans
Cincinnati
Prohibition Party
Music Hall
Dickie
National Committee
J. G. Evins
Hedding College
Illinois
John P. St. John
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Committee On
Committee On Permanent Organization
Col
Eli Ritter
Indiana
Sam Small
Georgia
Col Ritter
Liquor League
Methodist Conference
Wen
South
Samuel Dickey
John P. St.John
Kansas
W. ©. Wardwell
New York
Samuel W. Hastings
Wisconsin
Helen Gougar
J. H. Tate
Tennessee
A. A. Stevens
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Ciscryxatt
Frances Willard
Helen Gougard
Union Army
Navs
Ritter
W. Jennings Demorest
Gideon Stewart
Ohio
Bidwell
Stewart
Demorest
Bascom
Sam W. Small
George W. Bain
Kentucky
Joshua Levering
Maryland
W. W. Saterlee
Minnesota
J. B. Cranfil
Texas
Thomas B. Carskadden
West Virginia
Bain and
Cranfil
Levering
Saterlee
Carskadden
John W. Foster
Asaixcox
Senate
Hayes
St. Petersburg
Washington
Arthur
Spain
Cleveland
Harrison
Riss
G. W Perkins
A. B Cummins
J. M. Remley
William M. Walker
Charles Lewis
C. E. Albrook
H B. Hancock
HL Stone
B. F. Carroll
E. R. Hayes
M. L. Temple
J. L. Clint
Z. A. Church
E. D. Chassell
Reid
National Republican Party
Mr. French
Committee On Resolutions
Wasuiverom
Republican National Committee
William J. Campbell
Ilinois
M. H. de Young
Thomas Carter
Montana
Cornelius N. Bliss
F. L. Swords
James S. Clarkson
Theodore Dwight Dead and Col umbia Educator
Prof. Theodore W. Dwight of Columbia College died in New York after a short illness from heart trouble. A famed law teacher for over thirty years at Columbia Law School, he once served on the New York Court of Appeals and educated students across the United States and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col College
Washington News Digest of Senate and House Actions
Senate items include Stewart's substitute free coinage bill, agricultural and tariff debates, and appropriations for pensions lands and the Columbian Exposition. House notes cover deficiency bills, bankruptcy uniformity, military academy conference, and pensions for war nurses with a $50 monthly aid for totally disabled soldiers. Reports also cover a letter to Republican clubs, storms in Connecticut, naval incidents, and a new battleship launch.
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Senate
Wasnixeton
Stewart
South
North Dakota
Naval
HOUSE
Wasnixoron
Watson
Georgia
Wasumeros
Washineton
Harrison
New York League of Republican Clubs
Rochesten
N. Y
Republican State League
McAlpine
Benjours HsReison
Connecticut
Winsten
Conn
Winsted
Torrington
Joseph Deloy
Ireland attacks on Parnell memory shock nation
The brief notices cover a mix of events including a priest attack on Parnell’s memory in Ireland, a leather trust formed in New Jersey, a large fire in Bel fast Ireland, and various disasters and legal actions across the United States and abroad in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flomer
Fairbury
Belfast
Ireland
New Jersey
Theodore Thomas
Parnell
Ilinois
State ‘Board of Agriculture
Shelby Hardy
Ridgeville
Tenn
Patoka
Ind
Landelide
Cincinnati
Cologne
Germany
Louisiana
Indiana Republicans Nominate Gov Chase for Reelection
Indiana Republicans convene at Fort Wayne selecting Ira J Chase for governor with a ticket including Theodore Shockney for lieutenant governor and Aaron Jones for secretary of state. Platform endorses Harrison and Republican tax reform while denouncing Democratic policy and tariff issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Republican Party
Democracy
Democratic Party
Organization of Labor
Republican Congress
Alvin P. Hovey
Bisine
Ira J. Chass
Hendricks County
Theodore Shockney
Randolph
Aaron Jones
Joseph
John W
Merion
Fred
J. D
Religious and Educational Notes From The Era
A collage of religious and educational items notes Gideon leadership, Zam's Horm, and 1800 girls graduating from Boston Cool Ing School. It lists Spurgeon’s church growth and London chapels, the Brooklyn bishop McDonnell and Jesuit pulpits, Cornell presidents to Behaefer Jansen Andrews, and urges holy living. Mentions Drew theological semiinary centenary, conference delegates, and various historical universities and Bible editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S Gideon
Zam
Bostos Cool Ing
Spurgeon
London
McDonnell
Brooklyn
Loughlin
Cornell University
Presidenta
Wph
Behaefer
Laws
Jansen
Stanford
Andrews
Louisa M. Alesa
Omaha
Bar
The
Missionary Union
Boston
Carlisle
Hamden
St John’s
Annapolis
University of
Wit and Wisdom Fragments From Various Authors
Brief collection of quotes and humorous snippets from Emerson Seneca Swing and others, with stray dialogues and commentary on life, piety, memory, and manners. The text blends aphorisms, travel quips, and social observations sourced from multiple column-like notes and cartoons.
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van Wert Printing Co
WAN Wert
Moser
Italy
Austria
Mes Porter Pauwen
France
Hus
Fom
Harvard Crimson
United States
Mindinao
Philippine
Rev Yous
Aeewater Works
Mmuch Mortam
Millaa
Paris
Chiscago
Toad T
Pepaterels Hiss
Howar M. Staxley
Africa
Great Northern Railroad
Sound Country
Spokane
Heattle
Eastern Railroad
Union
Union Pacific
Hond Street
Artons Colored
Atlantic City
Thureau
Gondite i
Theodore Dwight
Hart
Porsmuxeram
New York Central
Hudson River
Albany and
Lower Furnace Company
Lrrma Bocs
Ark
Haynes
Tron Mountain Road
Lee County
Donnpelly
Donnelly
Sampson Plantation
Frisco
San Francisco
Holmes Carriage
Hugh Flynn
Wood
T. D. Sullivan
Lansne
Mich
Henry M. Duffield
Regulators
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Pally Remmary
Home
Wassisetos
Navy Department
Johnson
Mohican, Bated
Sitka
Alaska
Kodiack
Lettie
Jennie
James Wilder
Osukoss
Wis
West Algona
State Senate
United States Railway
Rocky Mountains
Gibson
New Oleans
New Osleans
Delogny Crevasse
Himel
Hamilie
Angele Lambert
A. Landery
Nortonx
Norfolk Navy Yard
Weaver
Tom Lillard
Woodbury
McKnight
Charles Hay
United States Army
Denver
Williams (Ind.) Christian Church
Schwabacher Bros
Seattle
Wash
National Bank
Goshen
N. C
William M. Murray
Nettie Colburn Maynard
White Plains
Cubs
Gloucester
N. J
St .Paul
Catahoula
Concordia
Bay View
Milwaukee
Homestead
Fort Swiss
John Thornton
Thornton
Crrr
St. Mary's
Clark Stewart
Miami County
Mipore Carex
Ill
Ernest
Olin
Iowa
Lyons, Inn
Caneouitox
Fred St. Cloud
State Politics
Gov. Chase
Iews
Des Moines
NEW Sanitary Ware Trust
McKinley
Trenton
East
Liverpool
Gnethc
Baltimore
Empire Pottery
Table Pottery
Fae
Coluton
Averen
J. A.T. Hull
Congress
Boose
J. P. Dolliver
Mattox
Martin
Stealn
Loma
Martin Costello
Timothy O’brien
Solsr
O'Brien
Rock
Cotton Belt Road
Alzheimer
Shelbyville
Thomas Bates
Red Tree
Bates
Manisox
Court of Claims
Michigan
Minneapolis
Treeton
Ediruerries
Reform Club of
Borax Trust
J. M. Smith
WIT and Wisdom
R. Miller
Jane Wyatt
Jegson
Emerson
Milwaukee Journal
Seneca
Brown
North End
Back Bay
Heaton News
David Swing
Ruakin
Harry
P Challie
Detroit
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