Hawaii Seeks Three Fourths Customs Revenue for Public Works
Hawaii delegates argued in Washington that three fourths of the territory’s income from customs and internal revenue should fund public works including harbors lighthouses and quarantine facilities. They urged a $1,000,000 harbor program and $400,000 for dredging with broader needs for roads bridges schools and public buildings to sustain military and commercial interests in the Pacific.
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Haweii
Widgue
Fluwan
Walth
Oder
Vs Iery
Uhuwate
Konolulu
Col
Hepburn
Panama Canal
Drestins
Hanabi
Hawaii defense urged as vital national duty
A USS advocate argues Hawaii is defenseless and exposed to hostile fleets. He urges a majority of customs and internal revenue from the territory to be spent on public works for twenty years, funding a Pearl Harbor station and local wages to circulate locally, not sent to San Francisco.
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Seleroux
Honouli
Pacific Coast
Senera
Yokohama
Honolulu
San Francisco
Burt
Fiawan
Pacific
Hawaii
United States
Oahu
Great Naval Station
Pearl Harbor
New York
New York Harbor
Slands
Fellowship Meeting Among City Charities and Societies
Delegates to the District Christian Endeavor convention gathered yesterday afternoon at First Congregational Church Tenth and G to hear Rev F D Power. William Shaw urged federation and closer ties among denominations. Greetings came from interdenominational groups. Leaders from Associated Charities and others urged aiding the poor and adopting working children. Mrs C P Grandfield urged church action against rum. A pastors conference to be led by Shaw at St Pauls Lutheran and a mass meeting tonight at First Congregational Church will hear the principal address and resolutions.
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First Congregational Church
Tenth
G_ streets
District Christian Endeavor
F. D. Power
Limited Safety of
Christian Endeavor
Francis E. Clark
Mimich
Fi CC
Metcalf
District Union
Rev Power
Willam Shaw
Boston
Shaw
Charles F. Weller
Associated Charities
Tie
Young Men's Christian Association
Mr. Ball
Young Women's Christian Association
William Shaw
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Eleventh
H Streets
Union
Committee On
Great Revival Begun in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on February 4 the four year evangelistic tour by Rev. Reuben A. Torrey and Charles M. Alexander opened a three month mission. Two armory meetings drew overflow crowds. thousands attended in nearby churches as organizers reported perfect openings and strong interest in the movement.
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Philadelphia
Australia
India
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Canada
Reuben A. Torrey
Charles M. Alexander
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Torrey
Hadley Poultry Firm Fails in Seymour Indiana
Seymour Indiana February 4 Special to The Washington Post the failure of B H Hadley & Co buyers and shippers of poultry and produce with branches at Scottsburg Bedford and Wioomington has been announced liabilities estimated at 100000 assets 375000 cause recline in sold storage edge open winter brings fresh eggs to market cold storage product not in demand also mentions entertainment notes and local cultural items through the week
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Washington Pos Seymour
Ind
B. H. Hadley & Co
Scottsburg
Bedford
Wioomington
Drop Dead Weights in Yellow Dog Tale at Belasco Theater
Dayton lecturer Sylvester A. Long, representing the YMCA, urged men to shed bad habits likened to a yellow dog’s dead weight. He promoted cheerfulness and gratitude, arguing censure of ingratitude and the value of acknowledging kindness. Next Sunday Frank R. Robson of New York to headline with an illustrated lecture.
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Sylvester A. Long
Dayton
Ohio
Belasco Theater
Young Men's Christian Association
Clarionery
Mr. Long
Frank R. Robson
New York
Dr Rainsford Quits Pulpit At St George's Church
The Rev Willam Rainsford resigns after twenty two years as rector of St George's Protestant Episcopal Church New York citing ill health The vestry elects Rev Hugh Firchhead to succeed him The resignation was submitted to J Pierpont Morgan senior warden from Cairo Egypt The church counts about 7000 members and a $200000 endowment fund. Dr Blockhead, 29, becomes new rector after Rainsford's long service and global health retreat.
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New York
Willam
Raisford
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Hugh Firchhead
Hainsford
J. Pierpont Mor-gan
Cairo
Rainsford
Morgan
Blockhead
Bainsford
St. George's Parish
St. George's
Breach of Promise Ethics Evident in Engaging Paperhanger Daughter
London dispatch reports Justice Darling's ruling in a breach of promise case. A clothier and jeweler, earning thirty shillings weekly, pledged marriage to a paperhanger's daughter but ended the engagement by letter. Jury awarded ten dollars for causing misery by refusing to marry.
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Washington Post
London
Darling Phas
Justice Darling
Lord Herschell
Big Brothers
Range Explodes Damaging Shrewsbury Home of Ex Commissioner
A range in the home of ex County Commissioner George F. Bortner in Shrewsbury exploded last night, causing about 2500 dollars of damage. Debris blew through walls and carpenters removed holes. Mrs. Harry Sweener was out of the room moments before the blast, reportedly caused by a frozen boiler.
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York
George F. Bortner
Shrewsbury
Harry Sweener
Countess Stephanie Tascher de la Pagerie Dead at Ninety
Timely Topics reviews the life of Countess Stephanie Tascher de la Pagerie aunt to Empress Josephine and confidante of Napoleon III era circles. She never married and remained close to Empress Eugenie, leaving a legacy through art writings and memories of Paris aristocracy. The piece also touches on allied political tensions in Europe and a brief note on Lord Clifford and other noble connections.
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Stephanie Tascher de la Pagerie
Josephine
Louis Tauscher de la Pagerie
Napoleon
Hortense
Napoleon Eti
Stephanie
Amelie
Leven
Charles Tascher de la Pagerie
Napoleon Ti
Simpero
Paris
Eugenie
Winterhalter
Hohenzollern Sigmaringen
Roumenia
Bavaria
Baden
Shu
Pndu
Empire
Eugenio
Rue d'Arteis
Taschers de la Pagerie
Orleans
Perry de Tascher
Paria
Tascher de la Pagerie
Robert Byame
Hugenne
Jegation
Athens
Lord Clifford
Minutemen Plan Washington Birthday Celebration and Dance
The Minutemen and Continental Guards coordinate Washington Birthday celebrations with a reception and colonial costumes. New staff officer Col E J Dimmick boosts rifle practice, enhancing discipline and performance as the armory expands to a sixteen-target rifle range at Fifth and L streets.
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Minutemen
Washington
Continental Guards
E. J. Dimmick
Fifth
L Streets
Fifty Years On Paths Of Life Note
A reflective verse by N. W. J. marks a fiftieth birthday as life beginning anew. The speaker recalls long journeys through varied travels and thoughts on knowledge opening yet vast, with peaks glimpsed but not lingered upon as the writer presses onward toward the midway milestone.
Ground hogs held in Philadelphia style prank
Special to The Washington Pest from Wilmington Delaware reports that two legged ground hogs were captured by Phoenix Company firemen Walter Jackson aka Stonewall a colored man kept in a cellar fed through a trapdoor after meals were handed down Howard McElroy chosen by Betts Machine workers kept in a cask fed through a bunt hole James Shannon watched the cask Walter Talley a North End Athletic Club member was kept in the club cellar and dined in the evening
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Washington
Wilmington
Del
Phoenix Company
Walter
Stonewall
Betts Machine Company
James Shannon
North End Athletic Club
Walter Talley
Plan a School City scheme moves in Washington
Washington eyes the school city system of self government to train pupils in morality and civic duties. Wilson L Gill advocates the plan, detailing elected mayors councilmen and judges and how teachers retain guidance, with chapters in Philadelphia and other cities, plus a Washington federation backing adoption with supervised rollout.
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New York
Boston
Wilson L. Zile
Washington
Washington School City Federation
Wilson L. Gill
Washington College of Law
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Political Study Club
The
People's Sovereignty League
Pre Re Nata Society
Gill
Rom
Daniel Paul
Board of Education
Electrician Accused Stillings In Investigating
Charles H Newton, a government printer electrician, charges W H Tapley chief electrician at the Government Printing Office sold Newton s insulation device to a New York firm. Newton says Tapley admitted the act and claims he received about 100 for the invention. Public Printer Stillings refuses to comment as investigators begin.
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Charles H. Newton
New York
W. H. Tapley
Stillings
Government Printing Office
Tapley
Newton
Government
Flo
Tapiey
Aseo
Union
Yaple
Rapley
Stilings
Ricketts
Wll Appcai
the Post
Nervous Disorders and Dr Miles Restorative Nervine
An advertising notice lists nervous disorders including headaches dizziness and epilepsy and promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a tonic to rebuild worn nerves. A testimonial from J. S. Wilbon of Dallas Co Missouri claims his 17 year old son recovered health after using Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills with a money-back guarantee if not benefited.
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Gil Am
Miles
Wilbon
Dep
Dallas Co
Canfield Quits Gambling for His Children
Richard A. Canfield, once called a gambling king, says he has withdrawn from all gambling ventures for the sake of his children. He denies reports of buying a Havana hotel to convert into a gambling palace and states he has severed ties except for his Saratoga estate. He reiterates he has not been in Cuba except once, last October, and has no current plans to promote gambling there.
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Japan
England
Lord Kitchener
Hongland
India
Lord Roberts
Stonyhurst
Jesuits
Don Jaime
Bourbon
Ben Carlos
Merry del Val
Duke of
Algeciras
Infanta
Eulalie
Fitzherbert
Lord Glifford
Chudleigh
Lord Clifford
Gen. Custer
Gen
Fred Grant
White House
President Grant
Illiard Room
Ugbrooke Park
Somersetshire
America
Charles IE
Fair Rosamond
Henry II
Eleanor
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Marie Parola
New York City
Marie
Philadelphia
Leon Aransky
Leon
Providence
Richard A. Canfield
New York
Havana
Saratoga
Cuba
Suspect Held in Slaying of Ohio Farmer
Warren Ohio February 4 Charles Deigen of West Farmington was brought to the county jail on suspicion of knowing something about the murder of R K Lewis a wealthy farmer found dying at his home with a fractured skull a pile of burning straw saturated with tar oil covered his body officers say they have sufficient evidence for a preliminary examination date not yet set
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Ohio
Warren
Charles Deigen
West Farmington
Sherif Meier
R. K. Lewis
Deigen
Blue Blooded Poodle Dying Funeral for Mrs Oellrichs Pet
In New York at Mrs Hermann Oellrichs Fifty seventh street home elaborate funeral preparations unfold for her aristocratic poodle Mepsie. Servants move quietly as doctors predict imminent death and nurses prepare a tiny coffin and grave at Newport.
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Oelrich
Washington Post
New York
Hermann Oellrich
Fifty-seventh Street
Newport
Mepsie
Mepsile
Fifth Avenue
Getting Children A Bank Book Teaches Money Asking
A brief note advocates early financial literacy by giving children a bank book to learn the value of money and the skill of asking for funds. It argues there is no wrong time to start learning money management.
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