Irrigation and Jia Relation to Rural Settlements
In a keynote for the National Irrigation Congress the speaker urges coordinated irrigation and rural settlement programs. Citing India New Zealand and Oregon schemes, he argues credit systems and state support will empower homesteaders and boost national commerce and farmers’ prospects.
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Irrigation Congress
India
America
New Zealand
Oregon
Salvation Army
National Irrigation Congress
Religion and social order unity in human prosperity
The speaker argues religion shapes society by rejecting caste and hierarchies, linking stewardship to wealth and power. It contrasts Darwinian ideas with faith, urging reverence for the Sabbath and marriage as pillars of national strength and moral governance to sustain nations.
Postmaster General Rules Guessing Contests as Lotteries
Washington reports the Postmaster General and Attorney General switch to treating guessing or estimating contests as lotteries. The ruling allows mail withdrawals of such schemes when evidence shows fraud, with cases assessed individually. Many investors face losses as most participants gain nothing.
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Washington
Wynne
Post Office Department
Supreme Court
New York Court of Appeals
The Prime Requisites of a Great Teacher
The speaker argues teachers should be youthful in spirit not age, possessing beauty of character and soul. A teacher with radiant character can offset physical flaws and must be magnetic with strong personal influence to raise pupils’ ideals.
Open Shop Convention Opens in New York City
The second annual convention of the Citizens' Industrial Association opened at the Hotel Astor in New York with delegates from across the country. President David M. Parry cited growth of the open shop, stating 1,000 factories have opened to non union workers in a year.
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New York
Citizens’ Industrial Association
New Hotel Astor
David M. Parry
van Cleave
Citizens’ Industrial Association of
Gallery railing fails injuring players at armory game
A gallery railing collapsed during a basketball game at the State Fencibles armory in Philadelphia injuring a score of young men. None of the injuries are reported as fatal.
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Philadelphia
Tragic Shelby Farm Family Slaying Seeks Answers
In Shelby Kentucky on November 30 Enoch Sloan in a drunken frenzy shot and killed his wife and four young children before taking his own life. Sloan was a farmer living near Shelby.
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Shelby, Ky
Enoch Sloan
Shelby
Gale Drives Steamer Blanchard and Vessels Aground at North Point
A severe gale at Alpena Michigan drives the steamer D. W. Blanchard and schooners Johnson and Kelderhouse onto North Point. The Blanchard sinks, Johnson totals loss, Kelderhouse possibly salvable. Crews rescued by life savers from the tug Ralph. no loss of life. Best wreck of the Huron shore season.
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Alpena
Mich
D. W. Blanchard
Johnson
Kelderhouse
North Point
Blanchard
Restrick & Ketcher
Detroit
James T. Eaman
Ralph
Huron
The Village Church Reflected in a Highway Road
A poet recalls lingering near a village church as the road to town diverges. Amid hills and a white steeple, faith steadies the speaker’s doubts and memory while longing for home and the fathers’ shrine.
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Brown
Frank Walcott Hutt
Autumn memories and devotional prayers echo through old verses
A collage of nostalgic scenes from a Kansas City Star woodbox memory to Clinton Scollard verse in the New York Sun, then a Grace Duffield Goodwin prayer in the Times. The fragments present autumnal recollections, literary lines, and exhortations to seize the present with grace.
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Grace Duffield Goodwin
On the Mountain Top with Love
A speaker recalls climbing a mountain with his miller’s daughter, reaching a summit where there is a widening view and sunlight. She asks how near to heaven they are, he answers that they are nearer than they deem, and he embraces her as love feels closer than heaven itself.
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George Birdseye
Boston Transcript
Bill
Mary Sigsbee Kerr
St. Nicholas
Farewell to Summer Echoes in Washington Star
The piece laments the end of summer and welcomes winter with a playful refrain. It references the ice man, mosquitoes, boarding house life, and house flies as seasonal irritants giving way to colder days. The tone mirrors a light editorial voice typical of the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
When the Child in the Glass Smiles Back
A reflective poem set recalling boyhood days on a farm and the simple labor that shaped the speaker. It contrasts childhood toil with later kindness and ends with a mirror protagonist child who imitates the narrator, smiling when the speaker laughs.
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Emil G. Hirsch
Chicago
J. W. Cook
The
Northern Illinois State Normal School
Convention of Citizens’ Industrial Association
Dudley
Kansas City Star
Orient
Clinton Scollard
N. Y. Sun
McLandburgh Wilson
Endeavor
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
First National Bank
Warren County
F. N. Rockwell
Perry D. Clark
Chas.t. Conarro
Teller
Hammond Iron Works
WAI Rren
Citizens National Bank
Warren, PA
David L. G.erould
Cashier
LeEvi Smith
Sam. Q. Smith
K. T. Hazeltine
Levi Smith
J. G. Curtis
W. C. Norris
H. A. Booth
Samuel Peterson
Fred P. Hue
D. L. Gerould
York
Tribune
National Illustrated Agricultural Weekly
NEW York Tribune Farmer
New York City
the Mart
Mai
Bill Heads
the Mail Office
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