Tillman speaks on education and race in southern tour
United States Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina addressed a large audience amid weather and gate-receipt questions. He defended newspapers, criticized education of colored people, and argued for southern self rule while noting the influence of northern missions. Tillman and his wife toured with Washington counterparts expressing cordial, social goodwill.
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United States
Ben ‘Tillman
South Carolina
Tillman
Mr. Tillman
North
South
John D. Rockefeller
Downing
la Follette
Wisconsin
Sam Jones
Billy Sunday
Brain
Southland
Washington
Local reflections and Chautauqua notes from Crawfordsville
Discussion on humility and snobbery contrasted with Tillmanism. Local society reports list residents and visitors attending Chautauqua in Crawfordsville and surrounding areas, including Edmund Morrison, C W Maxwell, Hollingsworths, Mary Rush, Will Knox, Dudley Crone, Loren Hazen, and others traveling to and from Crawfordsville for the event.
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DD. Hollingsworth
Valley
Chautauqua
Mary Rush
Ainsworth
Will Knox
Dudley Crone
Keota
Tillman
Loren Hazen
Mary
Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Columbus Junction
Sherm White
Chas. Anderson
Jessie Anderson
James Moorhead
Samuel Gordon
James Harper
David Gordon
H. ©. Hull
Nellie
John Mitchell
J. H. Cherryholmes
Mastery of the Nile and the Assouan Dam Water Control
The New York Times describes a telegraphed water management system from Assouan to Cairo where a button adjusts flow through a 150 foot dam. The winter lake grows southward, palm tops and submerged ruins appear, and rising demands in Cairo reveal the river’s historic indolence in June and July.
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White House
Nile
Assouan
Cairo
Iron Bridge
Great
New York Times
Violinist Tracy Holbrook Remembered by Local Fans
Tracy Holbrook, violinist with the DeArmond company, recalled by music lovers for a prior performance here with Roney's boys. He visited local acquaintances this morning, leaving a familiar note of his past hit appearance.
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Tracy Holbrook
DeArmond Company
Roney
Implosion at Depth Demonstrated on Alba Tr oss Vessel
A government deep sea expedition demonstrates implosion by crushing a sealed air tube inside a protective copper cylinder at 2000 fathoms. The tube shatters to powder as water pressure collapses the container, illustrating the reverse of an explosion.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Three Atmospheric Layers and Cloud Formation
The text identifies three distinct air currents at 900–1500 m, 2500–4000 m, and 6000–8000 m. Stratus clouds form at the bottom of each layer and cumulus at the top, implying stratus arise from velocity and temperature differences between layers while cumulus form from ascending currents within a layer.
Native oath sparks court clash in colonial tale
A judge on leave recounts a colonial court practice where natives must take oath in their own form. A Christian colored man asks to swear Christian only, insisting he is a good Christian though he is a "bad native," revealing tension between customary and Christian oaths.
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Manchester Guardian
Reversed the Process in a Barrel Home Trick
A humorous line from the Atlanta Constitution describes a major going for a swim and returning in a barrel. The exchange notes the barrel going home with him after the major’s record jump, flipping the usual sequence for comic effect.
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Atlanta Constitution
Shocks to the Ear Prompt Medical Sound Study
A Country Life note discusses how the ear experiences shocks in a sequence, noting that the ear remains active even as sleep begins and contrasting it with the eye which can close. The article argues that hearing stays alert just after sleep onset.
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U. S
Obedient Cyclone Delivers Letter Twenty Miles Away
A Texas cyclone reportedly picked up a letter and delivered it to the intended recipient about twenty miles distant, described as a bright and original tale in the Toledo Blade.
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Texas
Toledo Blade
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