Why the Professions Are Overcrowded
The piece argues youths chase professional life not for money but for social recognition and political access. It contrasts professions with artisans and manufacturers, noting easier immediate independence in professions, lower capital needs, and limited craft autonomy amid unions and noisy workshops. It concludes that better surroundings in industry could lure more away from professions.
Chromatic Existence color in health and home
The piece argues color markedly influences health and mood, urging that homes and daily life adopt adaptable lighting and cheerful hues. It envisions babies raised in changing color rooms, blue or pink baths, and shifting tones to curb gloom or quarrels.
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Ruskin
Love and Duty in Society Says Pastor Rogers Park
A Chicago pastor from Rogers Park Methodist emphasizes love as the remedy for societal ills. He warns of strikes and unrest, urging love that honors duties and rights to heal a sick society.
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Rogers Park Methodist Church
Chicago
Beirut
Tangier
Smyrna
Turkey
China
Roosevelt Acceptance Speech Outlines Republican Platform
Comprehensive synopsis of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential acceptance letter from the 1904 Republican National Convention. It argues opponents lack clear issues, defends GOP record on Panama, the canal, foreign policy, tariffs, trusts, and Philippine governance, and asserts continued protectionist policy and national strength. It condemns Democratic evasiveness and defends executive powers and international arbitration.
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Roosevelt
J. G. Cannon
Republican Party
Spain
Washington
Philippines
Cuba
Isthmian Canal
Panama
Democratic Party
United States
Permanent Census Bureau
Navy
Department of Agriculture
Philippine
Eight Drown After River Steamer Crashes Into Launch
The Delaware River steamer Columbia struck a launch near Andalusia ten miles north of Philadelphia, killing eight of twelve aboard the launch. All victims were Philadelphians including Joseph Fortescue owner of the launch, and Mrs. Joseph Pfromer. Four survivors were rescued from the water as the Columbia halted after reversing its engine. The launch crew and Captain Campbell give conflicting accounts of lights and avoidability.
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Philadelphia
Columbia
Bristol
Here
Joseph Fortescue
Wade Auday
Thomas Duffy
Thomas Corvester
Anna Young
Joseph Pfromer
James
Fortescue
Campbell
Thomas
Mrs. Dunn
John Preston
George Young
Dunn
Robbery of CP Express Near Mission Junction
Four masked men stopped the westbound Canadian Pacific express near Mission Junction, compelled the messenger to open the safe under threat of dynamite, and escaped with about $6,000 after ransacking the registered mail and express cars. Montreal officials later confirmed the hold up occurred 22 miles from Mission Junction.
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Winnipeg
Mission Junction
United States
Express
Herbert Mitchell
Montreal
McNicoll
Canadian Pacific
Continental
B. C
Vancouver
Theatrical Advance Agent Wounded in Hotel Quarrel
Warren J. Ferguson a 38 year old theatrical advance agent lies dying in a New York hospital from a bullet wound suffered in a quarrel at the Metropolitan hotel in Broadway. A young woman calling herself Mrs Gertrude Roberts but admitting the name is fictitious is under arrest and admits firing the shot claiming Ferguson assaulted her. Ferguson says he shot himself and asks why she did this. The woman says she comes from an excellent Rochester family and met Ferguson in Buffalo six years ago.
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New York
Warren J. Ferguson
New York Hospital
Metropolitan Hotel
Broadway
Gertrude Roberts
Ferguson
A Queer Episode in a Church at Westminster Abbey
In Westminster Abbey during a morning service loud explosions from the north transept startled the kneeling congregation and caused a near rush to the doors. Rev Canon Duckworth averted panic. The blasts were from a fire cracker tied to a Kensitite conspirator who fled the scene.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Canon Duckworth
John Kensit
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