Bigelow Memorial Hall Planned at Union College
Union college plans a John Bigelow Memorial Hall and a John Bigelow professorship of political science to raise about 100000 dollars. The drive is led by Joseph H Choate with Oswald Garrison Villard as treasurer and includes notable backers such as Charles E Hughes, Pierpont Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Elihu Root, and Richmond of Union.
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Schenectady
Union College
John Bigelow
New York
Union
John Bigelow Memorial
College
John Howard Payne
William H. Seward
Department of State
John Bigeon
France
Europe
Bigelow
Oswald Garrison Villard
New York Evening Post
Justice Charles E. Hughes
Pierpont Morgan
Henry Fairfield Osborn
George A. Plimpton
Euiphalet Nott Potter
Andrew Carnegie
Bishop Wakefield Works as Coal Miner at Hamstead Pit
The Bishop of Birmingham Dr Wakefield worked as a coal miner in Hamstead colliery near Birmingham. Equipped with a miner's lamp he descended the pit and assisted in obtaining coal. He spent about an hour underground and traveled about a mile from the shaft expressing surprise at the workers' comfortable conditions.
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Snop
London
Birmingam
Wakefield
Hamstead
Birmingham
Museum Exhibit on Evolution Praised as Best at Natural History
New exhibit arranged by Roy W. Miner at the American Museum of Natural History draws high praise for its vivid display of life on wharf piles. It illustrates evolution from simple protozoa to more complex animals, detailing sponges and polyps, their digestion, and the ecological web supporting sea life.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Roy W. Miner
Miner
Fat Lance
Wife Too Old for Husband in Chicago Court
In Chicago, Jessie L. McCain sues for separate maintenance claiming her husband Paul M. McCain called her too old and not pretty enough. Judge Petit warned against cross examination after McCain testified he might seek a younger woman. Detectives testified to a late night meeting with Lottie James at Douglas Park, as McCain faced accusations of personal temper and family quarrels.
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Chicago
Paul M. McCain
Jessie L. McCain
McCain
Mather
James
Douglas Park
McCains
Daugh
Ter
Irene
Petit
Salvation Army Captain Feeds Burglar After Morning BreakIn
London. Captain Mary Booth daughter of General Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army discovers a burglar in her bedroom at two in the morning she confronts him and learns hunger drove him to crime. She offers him a square meal in the kitchen and prays with him he promises to reform and to remain her friend if he improves his life.
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London
Mary Booth
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Three priests risk lives saving gas victims in Buffalo.
In Buffalo a conduit gas leak near the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help prompted three priests to descend a manhole and rescue workers overcome by fumes. Father Lynch, aided by Fathers Huat and Clancy, helped drag four men to safety as others joined a crowd to lift them to the street.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Alabama Street
Armstrong
Hhis
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Dog Acts as a Mail Carrier at Waldorf Astoria
Reigo a Boston bulldog from Omaha stays six to ten days at the Waldorf Astoria, goes from lobby to mail counter for Mr. Arnsley, collects mail and two newspapers, then escorts them to the thirteenth floor before notifying the room with a bark. The dog’s usefulness makes him a hotel favorite.
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New York
Waldorf, Astoria
Reigo
Boston
Omaha
Waldorf-Astoria
Playgrounds Promote Children Health and Morals
Mrs. Kate Gannet Wells argues playgrounds’ value lies in guiding health and morals, not empty rhetoric. She warns against over supervision and stresses outdoor atmosphere, clean sport, physical vigor, and civic responsibility as core benefits.
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Kate Gannett
Wells
Housework Is Logical Employment for Girls
A columnist argues housework is ideal employment for girls with limited education, offering board, room, wages, and advancement. It frames domestic work as practical preparation for independence and eventual marriage, stressing responsibility, thrift, and managerial skills.
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H.S. Pierce
Oak Pac
Proper and Safe Manner of Crossing Street
H J Dunnerworthy of Cologne Germany explains safe crossing methods for crowded streets. He advises staying to the right for northbound traffic and left for southbound, crossing from east to west with deliberate steps and checking the front. The technique aims to avoid vehicles from behind and reduce runovers in busy cities like Chicago and London.
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H. J. Dunnerworthy
Cologne
Germany
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
London
Does Tight Fitting Skirt Benefit Woman
Readers discuss the health and morality of tight fitting garments and public display. The letter questions whether revealing clothing harms respect, freedom of movement, and self-control, contrasting views on women’s attire and societal norms.
Canada’s Finance Minister Reports Peak Prosperity and Debt Reduction
The Dominion’s finances show record revenue of 18 250 000 for the last year ending March 31, with a near 32 million increase over the prior year. Canada reduced its debt by 28 million while avoiding dependence on congested markets, maintaining high credit.
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Canada
Finance Department
Dominion
W. T. White
House of Commons
White
Ivances Canada
Refusal to Meet Strangers by Kukububus Tribe
A New Guinea tribe, the Kukububus, is described as shy yet ferocious and unwilling to meet outsiders in their dwelling. Trade occurs with mountain and coast dwellers exchanging salt earthenware dried fish for skins feathers and jungle produce after staged pauses and signals.
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New Guinea
Cure for face rash with Cuticura products claimed
Personal testimony from Miss Pansy Hutchins in 1912 details a long facial rash that covered one side and spread to the other, causing itching and sleepless nights until Cuticura Soap and Ointment allegedly cleared the skin in weeks. The note promotes Cuticura availability and free samples.
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Ialso
Pansy Hutchins
Cudura
Boston
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