Appeal for Sims Bill Carnegie Aids Old Timers
Post correspondent recalls Andrew Carnegie funding a pension for surviving Civil War era United States Military Telegraph Corps members. The plan provides a minimum $12 monthly stipend to those the committee recommends, with payments handled by Home Trust Company of Hoboken and correspondence from Carnegie. The piece highlights Carnegie's quiet philanthropy and the corps’ wartime service and legacy.
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Minnesotan Urges Happiness Through History and Progress
Representative Adam Bede of Minnesota spoke at Alexandria Virginia on The Pursuit of Happiness. He contrasted past and present conditions, noting women’s greater happiness, improved industry, and social progress, while joking about prohibition and presidential symbolism and praising reforms and education.
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Alexandria
Paints Herod’s character in YMCA talk
Rev David Russell of South Africa addressed the YMCA meeting yesterday afternoon, examining Herod and John the Baptist. He said Herod valued John highly yet misled by his brother’s wife led to John’s imprisonment and beheading. Russell noted his missionary work in South Africa’s gold fields and Mr Wilburn Crafts spoke on Representative Sims’ prohibition bill.
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David Russell
South Africa
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New Steel Passenger Car Joins Pennsylvanias New York to Philadelphia Run
The first of two hundred all steel passenger cars ordered by the Pennsylvania Railroad last year has entered service between New York and Philadelphia. The seventy foot car seats eighty eight passengers and contains no wood except mahogany window sash and seat frames. It is nearly fireproof and collisionproof, weighs 53 tons loaded, and uses 12 500 pound trucks. The car is magnesium cement clad and illuminated by electricity amid improvements aimed at future weight reductions.
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Talked to Y M C A Boys on China Event
Mrs Charles Johnson of China spoke to the boys' department of the Y M C A yesterday afternoon. About seventy five of the ladies attended. Mrs Johnson was accompanied by her two daughters and a son. All wore Chinese costumes. Chinese songs were sung. Mrs Johnson explained the holy draperies and panels she brought from China.
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Doctor Adverts Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Promoted As Nerve Tonic
A doctor advises reading about Ayer’s non alcoholic Sarsaparilla for those run down tired or pale. Stop guessing and go to your doctor for guidance. The ad claims no alcohol no stimulation a blood purifier and aid to digestion. Lowell a nz 00.
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Prohibition Move Proclaimed After Temperance Meeting
TempERance advocates mobilize letters to senators and representatives urging Sims anti gambling and hard liquor restraint. Dr Wilbur Crafts urges readers to protest bookmaker activity in DC and cites losses from misapplied earnings. Prohibition speakers highlight Europe’s misery and urge local option limits and a mass meeting plan.
Canals of Mars Photographs Arrive for Public Exhibition
Remarkable Mars photographs from Lowell Observatory, Arizona and the Andes were shown publicly in Boston and New York. Dr Percival Lowell, praised for his Mars research, notes superior viewing conditions at Flagstaff. The exhibits drew wide attention in magazines and books globally.
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Percival Lowell
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Societe d'Astronomique de France
Massachusetts
Meerschaum Deposits Found Near Silver City New Mexico
Special Agent Douglass B Sterrett reports meerschaum deposits in the Upper Gila River Valley about twenty five miles northeast of Silver City and near Bear Creek twelve miles northwest of the town The material shows stains and grit in tested samples and is inferior to Asian meerschaum but may improve with depth The Dorsey Mine location lies in canyon walls of limestone with occasional sandstone bands and the meerschaum shows cuts in gelna senses seams and balls in the limestone
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Silver City
Sterrett
Asia Minor
Dr Cushman Receives Edward Longstreth Medal
Dr Cushman of the Public Roads section, Department of Agriculture, is awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal of Merit by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia for his research on iron corrosion. His work addresses rapid deterioration of steel and iron fences used by farmers, impacting agricultural interests and maintenance costs. The department welcomes this scientific honor for a valued worker.
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Edward Longstreth
de Allerton
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Dr Cushman
Historic Institute
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Plan Aid for Boys Work in Southeast Washington
A mass meeting to support a proposed young peoples club, in cooperation with churches and organizations, will be at Washington Hall on Washington avenue and Third street southeast on Wednesday evening March 2 at 8. A short musical program will be offered and both men and women are urged to attend. The old ME Church on Virginia avenue near Fifth street is slated for remodeling to include a gymnasium baths and game room for area youths off the car line.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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Readings and Music for the Blind at Library of Congress
Programme for volunteer readings and musical performances in the Reading Room at the Library of Congress from 2:30 to 3:30 pm on Tuesday March 4 with pianists violinists vocal solos and musical numbers. Proceeds benefit the blind. Also notices for local business ads and available services appear in the same bulletin.
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Practical Business College
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Useful hints to housekeepers from Jap-a-lac coating
A vintage advertisement describes Jap-a-lac as a multipurpose finish for linoleum, screens, porch furniture, wicker, water pipes, metal frames, picture frames, old automobiles, and more. It claims restoring life to surfaces, with color options like Brilliant Black, Mahogany, Red, Green, and Gold, and notescosts are nominal and easy for beginners.
Tea sale aids Columbia Hospital needs support
The Board of Lady Visitors of Columbia Hospital held a tea and candy sale on Thursday to raise aid for the hospital. Congress has provided $2000 yearly for maintenance, but funding has declined as the building lags in improvements, reducing charity patients and overall support. The nurses building lacks funds for comfort, worsening the situation.
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Columbia Hospital
Congress
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