Church Assembly Hears Call to Evangelize World
The 120th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church opens in Kansas City with leaders and lay delegates in attendance. The retiring moderator preaches on uniting churches to oppose secular influences and evangelize across native and immigrant populations. Official figures show 195 new churches formed, 103 dissolved, and a net membership rise to 1,287,220 with significant giving to missions and education across the denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church In
America
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Kansas City
Willian Henry Roberts
J. D
Philadelphia
Roberts
Europe
God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Interior
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Bell Telephone resolves Butte strike with broad concessions
The Bell Telephone Company at Butte Montana settled a fifteen month strike of linemen and operators by conceding nearly every disputed point. Labor leaders had faced jail after injunctions but were freed as the boycott paralysed business and merchants avoided phones for fear of losing trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Butte, Mont
Remarkable New England Figures Highlight Governors and Clergy
Ex governor Frederick Molbrook of Brattleboro Vermont, aged 95, is among three Civil War era governors still living and remains bank president for 38 years. Rev Manning succeeds Dr Dix at Trinity Church New York guiding a parish with nearly 10 000 members and annual revenue around 1 000 000. Clergyman Fred B Fisher of Temple Street Methodist Boston argues against high salaries drawing 2200 yearly while saying 1200 suffices. John Leech named public printer by President Roosevelt, formerly in Bloomington Illinois, later sent to the Philippines. Senator William James Bryan of Florida dies in Washington, the seventh Senate member to die in a year, following bosses Morgan Pettus Mallory Latimer Proctor White. William H Crane stars in George Ade play and may not take new roles. Victor C Vaughan elected president of the American Physicians Association at its Washington meeting.
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New Fgland
Frederick Molbrook
Brattleboro
Holbrook
Jiolbrook
Vermont Savings Bank
Ther Bank
Tlobrook
Henan O
Lincoln
Grant
de Witham
Thomas Manning
Trinity
Dix
Alanning
United States Senate
Wiliam James Bryan
Florida
Ian Washington
Breward
MaHory
Bryan
Senate
Morgan, Pettus
Mallory
Latimer
Proctor
White
Platt Wins Suit In Divorce Case And Perjury Charge
Mae Wood’s divorce suit against Senator Thomas C. Platt was dismissed by Justice O Gorman in New York Supreme Court. Wood was committed to Tombs on a $3,000 bail for perjury after the court found no marriage evidence and deemed her claims a “wicked design” built on forgery. The ruling followed extensive handwriting and documentary scrutiny of a supposed marriage certificate and a confessional statement.
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Mae Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Justice O'Gorman
New York Supreme Court
Mrs. Wood
O’gorman
Plaintif
Mae ©, Wood
Wood-Platt
Thomas Colter Platt
New York
Congress
Hnk
Widespread Cotton Acreage Reduction and Flood Losses Snap
Southern branches of the Wormers Cooperative and Educational Union have started plowing parts of cotton fields to curb excessive crop output while flood damage in the Southwest further reduces yields. The New Haven railroad reports a deficit of 688827, despite cuts in operating expenses. National Prosperity Association leaders announce talks with manufacturers to direct any business gains toward rehiring workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocutton
Wormers' Co-operative and Educational Woion
New Haven
New National Prosperity Association
Prince Prospera Coluuna Visits Washington With Delegation
Prince Prospera Coluuna arrived in Washington with his son Prince Mario Colonna and the Marquis of Somunt denying any plan to push an international marriage alliance. The dispatch notes the royal party's arrival and their stated purpose, amid diplomatic chatter.
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Prospera Coluuna of
Washington
Prince Mario Colonna
Marquis of
Somunt
Homes for Poor Men under the Carey Act
A summary of Carey act provisions offering arid land to poor settlers at low cost with private irrigation, small annual payments, and limited residence requirements. It highlights land sales at up to 50 cents per acre, annual payments of 3 to 4 dollars per acre, and water rights transfer after full payment, noting Wyoming’s Big Horn Bailey development with 246,000 acres open for settlement and a 30 day residence rule.
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Lua
Wyoming
Iorn
Trade and Industry and Unions Across Chicago Area
The Continental Express Company plans its own operation under the Chicago, St. Paul and Milwaukee road. A separate attack used dynamite to blow up the home of non union woolworker Charles Kirchner in Chicago. windows shattered and stairs damaged. Kirchner left the union for a civil organization. Cort Products Company builds a labor colony by a drainage canal near Suwwir to host a new plant with union avoidance fences and cottages.
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Continental Express Company
Chicago, St. Paul
Milwaukee Road
Charles Girdhner
Chicago
Kirchner
Cort Products Company
Suwwir
Uuaubalon
Read & Bong Chemical Works Damage in New York
Bire iy holliday at Read and Bong chemical works in New York caused damage totaling fifty thousand dollars.
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Bire Iy Holliday
Read & Bong’ Chemical Works
New York
Panama Canal project progresses amid rising costs and design changes
The article notes accelerating dirt excavation for the canal with an estimated completion in 32 months or by January 1, 1911, as Colonel Goethals defends higher labor costs for health and productivity. It details moving locks at Miraflores due to bedrock findings, avoiding La Boca, and the strategic advantage of safer positions against coastal attack. It also covers agricultural education funding, a policy proposal to shield service members from discrimination in entertainment venues, and various other national notices including naval secrecy and obituaries.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Goethals
Congress
Miraflores
la Bora
la Boca
Jedge
Oland
Senate Debates Commerce Power Amid Subside on Subsidies
Open Senate session ends with extended debate on Congress power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce. Foraker substitute limits pen alty provision affecting post Hepburn rate law. House and Senate clash over mail subsidy and omnibus bills, with multiple conference reports approved or sent back for revision. The day ends after a tense House night session and ongoing adjournment pressures.
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Senate
Congress
Foraker
Post Office
Congress Hears Homestead Expansion Debate In Senate
National Capital Notes report conferees favor an amended report striking Idaho and California from the 180 to 320 acre expansion provision for non irrigable lands. Senate committee on public buildings and grounds completes consideration of the omnibus public building bill, House passed. Committee estimates about $8,000,000 added, total proceedings near $30,000,009.
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Senate
Aldrich
Beveridge
Hale
Congress
District of Columbia
Porto Nuico Provisional Regiment of Infantry
Dubuque
Towa
Alaska
Houde
National Capital
Idaho
California
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Ee Eee Vale
Levy
Fred B Fisher
Paastor
Temple Street
Meth- Ney
B. Fisner
Calist
Boston
Fisher
John
Leech
Roosevelt
Bloomington
Phippines
Gallo
Congressmiatt
William H. Crane
George Ade
Mr. Crane
Victor C. Vaughan
Ann Arbor, Mich
Amuelation of Ameria Physiviana
Akgaviguiva
Platt
Daniel Frosiman
Actors’ Fund of America
T.c.platt
Trade and Industry
Wille Green
Charlie Brown
Uncle Sam
Lim
American Humane Association
Sydney Richmond Tuber
Caroline Rune White
Mary Howe ‘Totten
Navy Department
Abna Clark
Clark
Charles Bottineau
Turtle Mountain
North Dakota
J. KB. Bottineau
Bottineau
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Army
Navy
National Guard
Naval Reserves
Senate of
Rhode Island
Hoosevelt
Italy
Work OF Congress
Teller
Wacon
Owen
Oklahoma
Omnibus Territories
Newlands
Inland Waterways Commission
House
Rainey River
Minnesota
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