First Rotary Chapter Organized in Chicago 1908
The article traces the origin and aims of Rotary, noting Chicago roots, founder Paul Harris, and early members like Veatey Schiele. It explains Rotary's service philosophy, community impact, and growth from a four-man meeting in 1905 to a global movement by 1908, including civic projects and ethics efforts.
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Rotary
Chicago
Rotary Club
Rotary With
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Fioys
International Secretary
Rotary Clubs
Conuntry
United States
Canada
Bow Rotary
Lie Agee
Paul P. Harris
Harris
Chicago Rotary Club
Dld
Veatey Schiele
Nick
Chicago Club
Rotary Ciuk
San Francisco
Rotary International growth and early conventions
The text traces Rotary International from a national to an international body, noting 816 clubs by 1910, the 1911 Chicago convention electing secretary R.K. Percy, and the Dulich convention that expanded the organization abroad. It mentions early club formation in Winnipeg and a London charter grant, with rapid growth worldwide since 1932 and a current presence in many nations including the United States, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Cuba, India, France, Australia, Peru, and more.
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Chicago
National Association
Chessey RK
Percy
Fia
Rotary
Winnipeg
Can
Rotary Club of
London
England
Caine Lab
Altha
United States
Canada
Trish Free State
Britain
Ireland
Cuba
India
France
Australia
Peru
Union of Southfoundland
Newark
Norway
Holland
Brazil
Belgium
Italy
Waterloo Rotarians Keep Longtime Secretary In Place
Gwynne Weston has served as secretary of the Waterloo club for three years amid a line of five secretaries since the Yubs organization. Weston also serves as president of the Waterloo Engraving and Service Co.
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Gwynne Weston
Waterloo Club
Yubs
Almon PF
Gates
A. E. Haswell
Weston
Waterloo Engraving & Service Co
Notable Convention Work Shifts to Breakfast Meetings
Many convention tasks will occur outside formal sessions at East High Auditorium during three Wednesday breakfasts. One event at Hotel Russell-Lanson will be led by Rotarian Loomis, publisher of the Muscatine Journal, as Rotary presidents gather.
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East High Audistorium
Hotel Russell
Lanson
Rotary
Loomis
Muscatine
Japan Raises Subsidy for South American Steam Lines
Tokyo March 25 The government boosts subsidies to Japanese steamship firms running South American routes from 650000 yen to 4000019 yen annually. Osaka Shosen Kaisha and Toya Kisen Kaisha are the main lines affected.
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Tokio
South America
Bagrimment
Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Toya Kisen Kaisha
Wife of Premier Receives Honors After Death
The widow of Ramsay MacDonald, Margaret Ethel MacDonald, died in 1910 1911 leaving five children. A memorial near Lincoln's Inn Fields now attracts public visitors as a center of pilgrimage where a stone bench and statue honor her work aiding the poor.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Fleet Street
Strand
Margaret Ethel MacDonald
Russia Reclaims Lead as Grain Exporter in World Market
Berlin reports Russia is gradually regaining status as a major grain exporter. American experts see potential for Germany to secure cheaper imports, while Industrieund Vanders Zeitung highlights Russia’s comeback. Prewar Russia led in rye, wheat, and flour exports, with strong shares in oats, corn, and barley. After the war Russia relied on imports, then returned to exporting substantial wheat and rye.
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United Press
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Industrieund Vanders-Zeitung
Argentina
Canada
United States
Roumania
British, Indies
Australis
Waterloo Rotary President Delivers Welcome at Eleventh District Meet
Fred Adams Waterloo Rotary president welcomes Rotarians at the eleventh district convention. He cites 166 Rotarians 134 Rotary Anns and 38 000 inhabitants as the host city staff praise for Governor Cart Weeks and director Frank Hatfield. He notes plans for about 1 000 guests and thanks local Kiwanis Lions and Y M C A clubs for support. He praises Rotary ideals and Waterloo’s hospitality as the best city in the United States, joking about wealth and ice cream.
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Fred Adams
Waterloo Rotary Club
Cart Weeks
Frank Hatfield
Adams
Rotary Anns
Rotary
Waterloa
Rotary Annz
Carl
Rotary International
Conag
Kiwanis
Lions
Waterloo
Daddy
Mary
United States
Frank H. Hatfield
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Los Angeles
International Board of Directors
St. Louis
Runciman now owns the yacht that rescued him in seventies
London by mail to United Press reports a Horatio Alger style note: Sir Walter Runciman, head of a major shipping line, sails the Sunbeam, the famed yacht that once rescued a young Walter Runciman from a barque in distress off the River Plate in the 1870s. Now a baronet and millionaire ship owner, he commands the vessel that saved him.
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London
United Press
Horatio Alger
Walter Runciman
Sunbeam
Lord and Lady Brassey
River Plate
Waterloo Rotary Weeks Advocates City Playground Plan
The Waterloo Rotary Club, founded April 15 1915 with 155 members, backs a city controlled playground system. Leader Weeks urges Rotary clubs to support municipal playgrounds as a statewide measure voted next Monday in Waterloo and other cities.
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Waterloo
Rotary Weeks Advocates Club
HELO
Weeks
Des Moines
Rotary International
Rotary
Clubs
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Clinton l
Keokuk
D. 8
Wentworth
Ilinois
Kiwanis Club International
P. Slick
District Court of
Towa
J. G. McFarland
Tyler
P.O. E
Joseph F. Leupold
Yowa
Debate Meals of Youth Louisville Conference
Problems of the church regarding young people and the service the church renders are among questions to come before the national conference of Methodist students in Louisville April 18 to 20. Delegates are being elected in Methodist colleges nationwide and will travel at their own expense.
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Louisville
National Conference of Methodist Students
Methodist
United States
British engines promise London to New York in twelve hours
British engines with 630 to 1200 horsepower promise dramatic speed gains for air travel and bombing planes. A six cylinder 1200 horsepower motor is highlighted as a breakthrough, with visions of 12 cylinder, 3000 horsepower designs. If developed, aircraft could carry 100 passengers London to New York in under 12 hours.
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London
New York
British Air Ministry
Financial concerns rise in Portuguese colonies
The financial situation in many Portuguese colonies is causing anxiety at home. The minister of colonies has asked governors to investigate the issue and consider measures for improvement.
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Anouun
Sma
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