Wealth and ethics in academia and politics examined
The article surveys a House anti trust bill, its likely senate passage, and distrust of big trusts. It recounts Rockefeller’s Wellesley gift, Scudder’s Atlantic Monthly piece on tainted wealth, and calls for colleges and churches to refuse questionable money to preserve ethical standards and public trust. It notes Hull House declined Rockefeller funds for education work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Administration
Senate
Bradstreets
Wellesley
Eliot
John Graham Brooks
New England
Potter
Atlantic Monthly
Miss Scudder
And
America
Jane Adams
Hull House
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Awful Slaughter in South Africa Reported by Cabled Dispatch
Field Marshall Lord Roberts notes an English two day battle with the Boers under General Knox. Regiments including the Coldstream Guards and Gordon Highlanders bore the attack while Colonel Johnstone Thompson executed a bold flank. British losses were six and two across two days amid public skepticism of the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roberts
Knox
Smith-Baden- Dorien-Powell
Lord Mothim-Bullock Anthiem
Pole-Kitchener- Carew
Killey-Kenney- Katts
Coldstream Guards
Wetstream Guards
Upstream Guards
Gordon Highlanders
Queen's
Kandahar
Lord Methuen
Modder River
Gettystary
Shiloh
Antenom
Vrederigkshiey
Chickamauga
Hooker
Lookout Mountain
South Africa
Gettysburg
History of Thanksgiving Day Traditions in America
A historical overview traces Thanksgiving from Leyden in 45 1875 to its evolution in America. It notes early fasts and thanksgivings, official proclamations from Massachusetts to New York, Lincoln era national observances, and modern ties to football and family gatherings. It contrasts religious origins with secular customs and concludes gratitude is best expressed in worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyden
Holland
Anth
America
Massachusetta Bay
Ireland
Benjamin Franklin
Massachusetts
Congress
Tine 'Tun
Conatturion
Malivin
New England
New York
Gov. Jackson
Virginia
Gov. Wise
Lincoln
I Exclista
Berry
Thanksgiving Talk Across The Nation And Its Jokes
A collage of regional Thanksgiving lines and quips from major papers. Bits include remarks on food traditions and manners, a department store salesman’s comment about a Chinese customer, and a joke about a rat trap. The snippets reflect holiday humor and social language from diverse sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee le
Chicago Tribune
Thanksgiving in Liberty Land Across the Ocean
A garbled 19th century style meditation extols liberty and the Pilgrims in distant Columbia land. It references Thanksgiving mornings, patriotic resolve, and the spread of freedom across seas, tying old world oppression to a new world celebration and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Pilgrim Band
Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weiser
Turwished
R. BH. Lockwood
Yellow Book
Washington Star
Mr. Goodman
Willie
Chicago Times-Her
Leggin
Akr
PRO Mokomokom
M. E. Sommercamp & CO
Idaho
Savender
Urena
Emilir
Ven
Freetam
Dea
Volumbia
Mather
Tc, Makbaugh
Mick Finning
Lila
Lewis
Murray
New
China
Cordelle
OPP & Davis
Ismr
Harris & Dean
W. P. Harris
Council
B. C. Phetteplace
Atchison & CO
Guthulie Church
Weiser. Butts & Fairchild
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!