Girls Prefer Work Over Marriage Says Philadelphia Pastor
Rev. Russell H. Conwell cites a drop in Philadelphia marriage licenses by about 2000, attributing it to thousands of young women graduating from business colleges and entering the commercial world. Industrial-class marriages decline while society notes more engagements in fashion circles. licenses peaked in May and November but trended down overall.
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Russell H. Conwell
D. D
Baptist Temple of
Philadelphia
Conway Avers
Conwell
Cornelius Stevenson
Dan Cupid
Woman Says She Is Free From Matrimony Pressure
A statement asserts a woman now has a practical business education and financial independence, enabling her to support herself and remove any compulsion to marry. The fragment notes no external pressures push her toward matrimony and emphasizes self reliance.
Palmer University Planned in Indiana By Capitalists
A group of eastern Indiana capitalists led by George F. McCulloch and Walter A. Bell incorporated Palmer University to be located in Muncie. The charter outlines a Christian ethic grounded in psychology and immutable laws, with evolutional ideas rejected yet nonsectarian. The motto is God Christ Manhood, with equal rights for men and women and a 12-member board eight for a quorum.
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Indiana
George F. McCulloch
Union Traction Company
Walter A. Bell
Palmer University
Muncie
Four-Pound Topaz Jewel For Pope Leo XIII
Catholics worldwide prepare for Pope Leo XIII to receive a nearly four pound topaz jewel for his silver jubilee. The gem, now in Rome, is being carved to depict the papal arms and Christ breaking bread for display in Roman Catholic churches.
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Leo XIII
Rome
Christ
Not a New Discovery in Chicago Meeting
Mme. Duse says she met in Chicago the most beautiful girl she has ever seen. The Chicago Record-Herald notes Duse is not original in this claim in a discouraging remark about novelty.
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Mme. Duse
Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
Breeder of Crime Dr MacDonald Links Modern Life to Social Evils
Dr Arthur MacDonald of the U S Bureau of Education reports to Congress that over 30 to 40 years crime suicide insanity and other abnormalities rose relative to population. He cites rapid development across the North Atlantic central and western states as correlated with higher insanity and juvenile crime while noting education does not prove causation. He warns modernization plus diet and lifestyle shifts may influence nervous strain and self control, potentially fueling crime.
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Congress
Arthur MacDonald
United States Bureau of Education
MacDonald
North Atlantic
Central
Baldwin Locomotive Works Sets 1902 Output Records
The Baldwin locomotive works of Philadelphia produced 1,520 locomotives in 1902, averaging one every four hours, with tonnage and value rising to about 388,000 pounds per engine and roughly 20 million dollars in output. Four hundred twenty four were compounds, seventy four electric, twenty five oil burners, and ninety nine exported, mainly to West Australia. about thirteen thousand men are employed.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
West Australia
Aerial Torpedo Perfected by Frankfort Professor
Prof. Carl Myers of Frankfort New York reopened his balloon farm and announced an electric aerial torpedo. The craft uses two aluminum screws at 2000 rpm powered by 110 volt lighting current. Two aeroplanes act as rudders guiding movement in all directions.
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Carl Myers
Frankfort
N. Y
Parisian Society Women Put Boots On Dogs In Rain
The Chicago Record Herald laments a society woman's dog wearing rubber boots in rain. The piece mocks the scene and questions the dog’s shame at meeting other dogs.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Morgan’s 42 Million Fails to Reach 45 Million
The Chicago Record Herald notes J. Pierpont Morgan earned 42 million dollars in the past year and laments he could not bring it to an even 45 million, describing his disappointment at the shortfall.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago Auditor ium bread fed to central Illinois pigs
A Chicago hotel waste bread scheme feeds 700 pigs on Warren Springer’s farm in central Illinois. Springer buys 20 barrels of discarded bread from the Auditorium kitchen, hoping to improve his herd’s diet and pig growth. The plan succeeds with thriving pigs.
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Chicago
Auditoreum
Illinois
Chicago Auditorium
Warren Springer
Mr. Springer
Unique Gypsum Chronicle Suspends After Early Efforts
The Gypsum Chronicle in Gypsum City Saline county suspends after a brief run begun August 16 1900. A 12 year old Allen Swisher hand printed four page issues monthly mimeographing as many copies as possible with colored cartoons and a full page senator portrait during Burton's election.
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Gypsum
Kan
Gypsum City
Saline County
Chronicle
Allen L. Swisher
J. R. Burton
United States Senate
Chronicle Cites Decline After Price Increase
The Chronicle notes it printed about 1 100 copies over 123 weeks, was listed on W J Bryans Commoners exchange, and after price rose from 1 to 10 dollars a year, subscriptions fell to an unprofitable level, leading to discontinuation.
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Chronicle
W. J. Bryan
Commoner
President Roosevelt Receives Three Bear Toys at White House
The president found three miniature bears awaiting him in the library on Christmas morning. A black bear from the south, a brown bear from the northwest, and a grizzly from New York were perfect imitations of real animals. The northwest bear was a dancing mechanical toy that amused the White House household and visiting friends.
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Roosevelt
White House
Northwest
New York
Field Day to Be Observed at Forts in Lakes Department
Field day becomes an established institution at all army posts in the lakes department. Maj. Gen. Bates issues an order directing one field day each month for enlisted men, featuring athletic games, intrenchment practice, patrolling, bridge work, and optional boxing or wrestling, with music to lend a holiday air.
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Department of the Lakes
Fort Sheridan
War Department
Army
Bates
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