Christian Endeavor convention opens in Baltimore
The twenty second international Christian Endeavor convention opened at Armory Hall Baltimore with about 8 000 delegates. President Clarke was absent due to illness. Rev Howard B Grose presided. Governors, mayors and ministers welcomed delegates as the United Society details, including a large attendance and an extensive devotional program, began.
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Baltimore
International Christian Endeavor
Armory Hall
Francis R. Clarke
Howard B. Grose
New York
Shaw
United Society
Francia B Clarke
United Boelery
Christian Endeavor
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Lake Shore Railway
Cleveland
Ohio
Hay
William Bhaw
Mayd Thompson
Philadelphia
John Hay
F. D Power
Washington
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
Eplendra
Marvi
Tony
Eb, Clay Timanus
Oliver Huckel
WO Atwond
Chaman
Clarke
Smith Baker
Mother Society
Williston Congregational Church
Portland
Iaydn
Convention
R A. Turns
Secretari van Ogden Vogt
Societies of
United States
Canada
Presbyterian Congregational Disctptes of
Christ
Wapitat
Cumberland
International Festival of Praise dominates 1906 convention notes
The 22nd International Christian Endeavor convention in Armory Hall drew about 29 000 attendees for the "International Festival of Praise" under Rev Carey Bonner of London. A 2 800 voice festival chorus performed sacred music, celebrating nations and times with native airs. A memorial fund proposal suggests a quarter century fund of about 2.9 million dollars to build an international Christian Endeavor headquarters.
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Praine
Armory Hall
Carey Bonner
London
Bonner
Yaanner
Howard B. Grose
American Baptist Home Missaion Society
Christian Endeavor
God
China
India
Francis R. Clarks
Pipe Point
Orchard
Christ
Carsation
Grose
Washington Endeavor Delegation Arrives for Baltimore Convention
A six coach special train carrying Christian Endeavor Society delegates from the District of Columbia reached Baltimore at 11 am for the twenty second international convention. Owen P. Kellar led the group with about 275 delegates arriving through the day, staying at headquarters near Maryland avenue and Preston street and armory.
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Christian Endeavor Society
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Owen P. Kellar
Christian Endeavor Union of Washington
Trn
Washingtonians
Associate Congregational Church
Maryland Avenue
Preston Street
Convention
Mount, Royal
Union
Armory
Washington
District Union
Maryland
Mass
Pennsylvania
New York
Shield of
Christian Endeavor
St Paul’s Lutheran, Bek- SS
District delegates gather for Washington Christian Endeavor convention
Delegations from many churches arrive for the Washington convention. District officers attend, including presidents and secretaries from several churches. The east Capitol ceremony is awaited with Macferland to deliver the address and Foster to lead prayers. Morning services will be held at seven churches, with Hume and Shaw among featured speakers. Afternoon meetings include a conference of Endeavor officers and a junior rally at the armory. Evening sessions focus on The Brotherhood of Christian Endeavor.
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Owen FP
Kellar
H. Clyde Grimes
Congress Street
Joseph H. Lee
Nineteenth Street Baptist
Miss Maude Keck
Keller Memorial Lutheran
Amos F. Pimper
First Presbyterian
Edward Tarring
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Misa Basgle B. Taylor
Union M. ‘E
Percy S. Foster
Associate Congregational Church
Robert A. , Hume
Almendnagar
India
Trinity M. EK
Brotherhood of Christian Endeav
Epworth League telegraphed greetings at Denver convention
President Roosevelt sent a telegram to about 10 000 Epworth League delegates gathered in Denver for the international convention. The message urged Godspeed in applying the motto Look up lift up. Delegates from many nations attend including a lone South American representative from Iquiqui Chile.
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Epworth
S. H. Hadley
Jerry McCauley
Water Street Mission
New York
Mremary Harrington
South America
Oue Ig
Epworth League
Iquiqui
Chile
Peonage in the District critics police court power
Editor Post notes U S peonage decisions and argues the District of Columbia uses police court practice to punish the poor for petty offenses. Cites Revised Statutes and District code changes that allow extended imprisonment or workhouse terms when fines cannot be paid, alleging revenue motives and constitutional violations. J. N. Johnson.
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Editor Post
United States
South
District of Columbia
Reara
Supreme Court
Tugli
Georgia
Alabama
J. N. Johnson
Sunday School Picnic Highlights Fourth of July Celebration
Grace Reformed Sunday school held a woods picnic near Cleveland Park with a patriotic song and a reading of the Declaration of Independence by Ernest Gichner. Dr. Schick led a closing prayer as attendees returned home with renewed patriotism. Meanwhile William Whelan, a 32-year-old Black man, was arrested for alleged theft of clothing and tinware from freight cars at Manassas and to be transported for trial. A Capital Traction car struck a horse and buggy at First Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, throwing Scott Brown, 1203 Sixteenth Street NW, from the vehicle. Brown was unhurt and only the buggy wheel broke.
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Grace Reformed Sunday-school
Cleveland Park
Ernest Gichner
Schick
William Whelan
Klopfer
Virginia
Manassas
Mlopfer
Capital Traction Company
Scott Brown
Sixteenth Street
Brown
First Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Chicago Population 2 272 700 From 1904 to 1905
Special to The Washington Post Chicago July 5 Chicago records a population of 2 272 700 per the Chicago directory for 1905 an increase of 31 460 from last year the total names listed reach 634 670 indicating a robust growth. An article notes Ancle Sam will deliver a forthcoming speech on Washington DCs future highlighting national capital growth.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Chicago Directory
Ancle
Sam
Washington City
United States Realty Company
Girls Show Training the Crime of Child Labor
Asbury Park July 6 190X Physical culture was demonstrated by twenty one young women from the New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics on the Boardwalk before 2000 National Educational Association delegates. The display featured running stunts on chairs a horizontal bar act and a long pole routine. Secretary Martin of the Massachusetts board of education urged strong state schooling laws to curb child labor and extend compulsory schooling to age fourteen.
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Washington Post
Asbury Park
N. J
New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics
Natonal Educational Association
Rotunda
George N. Martin
State Board of Education
Massachusetts
Franklin H. Giddings
Columbia University
New York
Tulla Richman
Ocean Grove
Martin
Hite
United States
Practical arithmetic in garden plots in early Roosevelt era
Dr James M Green announced that President Roosevelt would address the overflow crowd at Ocean Grove on Friday after his auditorium speech. The project involved measuring garden plots, calculating parts of an acre per boy, fertilizer needs, fence costs, and per‑boy expenses, then a rainfall per boy and watering needs.
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James M. Green
Trenton
Roosevelt
Ocean Pathway
Ocean Grove
Blunder Passes Seven Readings In English Magazine
A London Tit-Bits note describes an error in a paper that survived seven edits from draft to press. An alleged strike of workers is described as undertaken for lower wages, a word misprint that escaped all reviews. The article ponders where the mistake originated.
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London
A. B
Lies of the Nursery Amusing Stories of Deceit
A Parla Rewue excerpt recounts mischief by young children including a boy stealing money and a nurse accused, plus a girl breaking a doll and deceiving relatives. The piece notes moral and social commentary on childish slyness and honesty within domestic scenes.
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Erin
Quielk
Nurse
Heda Gabler
Front Porch: An American Institution of Summer Evenings
The front porch becomes a family room, nursery, and library during summer evenings. Americans gather here at dusk to relax, discuss neighbors and news, and share sentiment, viewing the porch as a cultural institution akin to a town meeting.
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Atlanta Journal
America
Expensive piano made for Doheny home in Los Angeles
A Los Angeles piano costing ten thousand dollars, the world’s costliest, was placed in Edward L. Doheny’s Chester Place residence. The concert grand, Louis XV case by Edward Dow, features a gilt lid scene with Apollo and Doheny’s heir. A $3,000 organ with gold enamel pipes is being built, with electrical attachments to play from multiple floors and connect to organ chimes and an echo above the stairs.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Edward Dow
Gait
New York
Apollo
Godden
Doheny
Just Like Her From the Philadelphia Press
A fragment discusses Tess standing near a portrait by D'Auber of Miss Gayley Jess and remarks on the lifelike facial rendering. The dialogue notes the realism of the painting and Tess's reaction to Jess.
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Philadelphia
D'Auber
Gayley Jess
Tess
Jess
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