Sisters of Charity in the Service of the Sick
The sermon extols women as the primary providers of care for the ill and destitute. It cites Miss Dix and Annie Ross as exemplars, praises women’s resilience in wartime hospitals, and urges Christian women to act boldly in charity, claiming women will find heavenly reward for their deeds.
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Shallman
Miss Dix
Virginia
Saragassa
Scott
Sinnem
Isa
Ife
Jesus
Heaven
Mrs.Brady
Chickahominy
Annie Ross
Cooper Shop
Margaret Breckinridge
Hodge
Christian Commission
Shelton
Darvas Society
Banks
Heaver
Christ
Bethlehem
Helen Chalmers
Dr. Chalmers
Flinburgh
Christina
Pbice
Governor Atkinson Improving and on Road to Recovery
Reporters describe Governor Atkinson’s steady improvement after a severe illness. He rested well, tolerated nourishment, and began small amounts of chicken soup with strong willpower and careful medical oversight. Doctors note diminishing danger and cautious progress, with continued bed rest at Halcyon sanitarium under Dr. Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
Governor Atkinson
J. B
Holmes
Halcyon
Nine Die as City Fireclaims Eleven Lives at McDonald Block
A five story building at 240 and 242 First Avenue South occupied by McDonald Bros. wholesale crockery burned. Nine people died including six firefighters and many others were injured in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
First Avenue
South
McDonald Bros
Wholesale Crockery
Fitzsimmons Trial Opens for Manslaughter in Boxing Death
The trial of Robert Fitzsimmons for manslaughter in the first degree opens in Syracuse New York, following the fatal sparring match with Con Riordan. Proceedings begin Monday as the indictment is read and the case proceeds to trial.
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Robert Fitzsimmons
Con” Riordan
Syracuse
N. Y
Georgia Fruit Growers Organize In Atlanta
Georgia fruit growers from every section met in Atlanta to protest high freight rates set by the Southern Railway and Steamship Association. With a bumper crop, they warn rates may prevent profits and consider testing the legality of the rail group. The meeting signals broader political influence and potential action against railroad charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlanta
Southern Railway and Steamship Association
Fine Coking Coal Found in Tennessee Opens Large Works
A test at Coal Creek and nearby elites, Tennessee, found coal ideal for coke. Cleveland, Ohio, men will immediately open the country’s largest coke works based on these findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Coal Creek
Elites
Tenn
Cleveland, O
Wen
Whey
Kentucky Democrats Nominate Hardin After Fragmented Convention
The Kentucky Democratic convention in Louisville opened amid high tensions over the currency issue. Hardin won the governor nomination on the first ballot with 440 votes as gold and silver factions clashed, while Henry Hale and others vied for secretary of state in a bitter multi-ballot contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Louisville
John D. Carroll
State Central Committee
William Beckner
W. J. Stone
Lyons County
Beckner
Stone
Cleveland
Lindsay
Claridy
Hardin
South
Clay
Hoerdin
Henry Watterson
Buckner
R. T. Tyler
BR. C. Ford
L. C. Norman
Henry 8. Hale
John W. Headley
J. Stoddard Johnson
C. W. Metcalfe
Democratic Party
Salisbury Accepts to Form New Ministry and Cabinet
The Central News reports Lord Salisbury agreed to form a new ministry after a queen's interview and submitted a proposed cabinet. Official dispatch confirms his appointment as prime minister with Salisbury to hold foreign affairs temporarily, naming Devonshire Balfour Chamberlain Hicks Beach Goschen in early posts while other ministries await assignment.
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Central News
London
Lord Salisbury
Windsor
Marquis of Salisbury
Duke of Devonshire
Treasury
Arthur James Balfour
Colonies
Joseph Chamberlain
Michael Hicks-Beach
Admiralty
George Joachim Goschen
Dufferin
France
Exchanged Wives Two Indiana Couples Plan Double Wedding
Two Star City area couples agree to a double wedding after mutual separations. John will marry James’s ex wife and James will wed John’s discarded wife. A third note states a street organ tune change costs 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
John
James
Star City
Ind
Capital Gossip and Government Heads Update
Report covers Captain Henry W. Hogate case appeals, gold reserve surpassing 100 million, colors of global politics with Britain, plague reports from Foo Chow, and Weather Bureau expenditures in the last decade noting cost shifts from military to civilian administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Howgate
Criminal Court
District Court of Appeals
Marine Hospital Service
Foo Chow
China
Nantan
Hixson
State Department
Department
Ambassador Bayard
Roseberry
London
Bayard
Great Britain
United States
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Treasury
Myers Found Guilty Second Time in Crowley Murder
Will J. Myers was found guilty for the second time in the murder of Forest L. Crowley after a three ballot verdict in Atlanta. The jury reached its decision despite Myers’s apparent composure as spectators followed the reading. Defense attorney Mr. Moyers vows to seek a new trial and contends Myers will avoid the gallows.
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Crowley
Will J. Myers
Forest L. Crowley
Atlanta
Myers
Mr. Moyers
Hopkins Reappointed as President of Tech School
Dr. Hopkins will remain as president after reconsidering his resignation at a board meeting. Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta held commencement exercises with degrees awarded to several graduates including Harrison Lovette and Towers. Hon. J. F. Hanson delivered the annual address praising mechanical and technical education and future industrial progress.
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Technological School
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
W. Allen
J. A. Almand
Elbert County
H. W. Clark
Richmond County
J. M. Goldsmith, Jr
Fulton
G. H. Harrison
Wm. Jesop
DeKalb
J. F. Lovette
C. W. McCall
Chatham
W. B. Nuonally
T. F. Ocetten
Richmond
J. E. Smith
R. N. Towers
Floyd
Messrs. Harrison, Lovette
Towers
J. F. Hanson
South
Dr. Hopkins
Keener Kills Two Cousins in Tennessee Valley
Seymour Keener, a white man, killed his cousins Lillie Moore aged nineteen and Laura Moore aged seventeen in a Tennessee valley assault. He fired two pistols at the sisters after a long rejected love, killing Laura and fatally wounding Lillie before fleeing. He was captured after a pursuit and jailed at Clayton, insisting Laura’s death was accidental and expressing no remorse for Lillie’s murder.
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Tallulah Falls
Seymour Keener
Lillie
Laura Moore
Tennessee Valley
Miss Lillie
Keener
Goodby
Moore
Laura
James Dickerson
Clayton
Patterson's Tragic Death Over Enid Double Killing
The death of Hon. R. W. Patterson in South Enid Oklahoma follows a confrontation after insults in a Wave editorial. City Marshal Williams was killed after a confrontation with Patterson, who fired at Williams and was shot in the ear. Eisenberg escaped, and Enid’s citizens faced intense gloom and threats against the Wave office.
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R. W. Patterson
South Enid
Oklahoma
Macon
Enid
T. L. Eisenberg
Patterson
Williams
Eisenberg
J. L. Eisenberg
Register Patterson
Marshal Williams
Wave Office
Jafferson
Tisenberg
Frisco Fire Levels Buildings Across Blocks
A major blaze in Frisco destroyed multiple frame structures behind the San Franches box factory at Fifth and Bartison streets and spread to Fourth Street back into the hay barns of the Southern Pacific. Loss is estimated at 1.5 million with 800 thousand insured.
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San Francisco
San Franches Box Factory
Fifth and
Bar- Tison Streets
Fourth Street
Southern Pacific
Heuler
Geo. W. Phelan
Capital Box
Tremont
I. H. Small
Iron Foundry
Vanderberg & Lewis
Stair Builders
Commercial
Independent
Irwin F. Neihaus
August Steinmetz
Becker & Hillman
Custom Feed Mills
Garrick
Williams & Wright
Epworth League Opens Second International Convention in Chattanooga
The Epworth League held its second international convention in Chattanooga Tennessee with about ten thousand in attendance. Rev K C Atkins opened with prayer at 230 PM as voices joined in America and Blest Be the Tie That Binds. Bishops Hendricks Hargrove Galloway O P Fitzgerald Merrill attended along with Dr Edwin A Schell and Dr John Potts. The tent seating 10000 hosted a 1000 voice chorus and a service led by Bishop I W Joyce with a sermon by Bishop Galloway and a Lord's Supper amid great response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Chattanooga
Tenn
K. C. Atkins
America
Vincent
Hendricks
Hargrove
Galloway
O. P. Fitzgerald
Merrill
Edwin A. Schell
League
John Potts
Toronto
Canada
Steele
J. A. Patten
George W. Ochs
J. P. McFerrin
D. D
E.R. Hendricks
Kansas City
M. E. Church
That City
8. M. Merrill
Chicago
M. E
I. W. Joyce
Southern Gains Atlas and Florida Railroads in Big Southern Deal
The Atlantic and Florida railroad is sold to the Southern Railway via the Central Trust Company of New York. Atlanta gains a new union passenger depot as part of a growing system. The purchase price is reported at 275 000 dollars, with most of the value settled by existing debts to Central Trust and only about 59 975 dollars cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic and Florida
Central Trust Co
Southern Railway
Atlanta and
Florida
Atlanta
Union
Railway Chess Board
South
Atlantic and
Southern Railway Company
Southern
America
Central Trust Company
Central Trust Company of
New York
Disrespect to Altgeld Marks Early Legislative Rift
Illinois lawmakers met in Springfield for an extraordinary session but did no significant business. Governor Altgeld's message was read and sent to committee in both chambers, a move seen as a rebuke by Republicans signalling the start of hostilities with the governor.
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Committee
Cleveland
Carlisle
Illinois
Springfield
Altgeld
House
Committee of
Senate
Alpine Tunnel Reopens Above South Park Colorado
The Alpine tunnel on the South Park railroad in Colorado, claimed as the world’s highest railroad tunnel, reopened Tuesday after five years of snow closure. Located at 11,660 feet, it measures 1,776 feet long and was bored nine years ago at a cost of 260000 dollars.
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Alpine
South Park Railroad
Colorado
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