Eighty Million Donated to Charity in One Year
New York reports eighty million dollars donated to charitable and educational work in the United States last year with New York contributing about 340 million. Prominent philanthropists named include Jacob H. Schiff James Speyer Morris K. Jesup and John D. Rockefeller. Carnegie led in library gifts and Rockefeller in education. detailed gifts to Columbia University Rush Medical College Barnard and others are listed.
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New York
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Jacob H. Schiff
James Speyer
Morris K. Jesup
Schiff
F. H. Cook
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Schiff
America
Columbia University
Chamber of Commerce
American Museum of Natural History
Chicago University
Rush Medical College
Barnard College
Newton Theological Seminary
Adelphi College
Syracuse University
Smith College
Brooklyn
Wellesley College
Denizon College
Granville
Furman University
Greenville
D. C
University of Nebraska
Washington
Indiana University
Shurtleff College
Springfield
Til
Bucknell University
William Jewell University
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Scotland
Holland
England and Wales
Canada
Ireland
Cubs
William H. Lee Sole Black Hawk War Pensioner in Illinois
St Louis special notes William H. Lee of Shobonier Illinois 88 is the sole pensioner of the Black Hawk war and perhaps the last survivor of the 1832 conflict with the Sac and Fox Indians. Born November 17 1818 he moved to Illinois as a child and fought frontier life, later trading routes to New Orleans and California gold fever voyages. The piece follows his family, early Vandalia life, frontier duties, and later settling back on his Illinois farm. It also includes a broad column on Chinese immigrants and reformers in Chicago from the era.
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St. Louis
Ifo
William H. Lee
Shobonier
Illinois
Mr. Lee
Col. M.C. Wetmore
York State
Cen
Cayuga County
N. Y
Lee
Alleghany
Ohio
Shawneetown
Salem
Vandalia
Elder Lee
Lees
New Orleans
California
Wong Aloy
Wong Aley
United States
Chicago
Toy Fung
Lim Let
Central West
Wu Ting-Fang
China
Chicago Journal
Climbing the Pyramids Cause Tourist Ailment in Cairo
Cairo readers learn the pyramid limp is a common ailment among visitors. The condition strikes on the second or third day after arrival as tourists climb the tall steps with help from others. Locals and traders mock sufferers when they mention their discomfort.
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Cairo
Egypt
Chinese in Chicago Observe Far Eastern War Downfall
Chicago’s Chinese residents number about twenty six hundred and crowd Chinatown on Clark Street to discuss Port Arthur’s fate and Japan’s advance. They show sympathy for the mikado over a “white peril,” while Chinese inspectors keep names on file at Rush and River.
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Chicago
Japan
Chinatown
Clark Street
van Buren
Polk Streets
Port Arthur
L. T. Plummer
Rush and River
Font with Rare History at Swedeland Church
Dr. George W. Holstein led city history students through Merion Swedes' church yard and the old church. They viewed a baptismal font of Swedish granite inscribed Sweden's Blessings on Sweden's Children. The font honors Prince Oscar's 1876 visit during the Centennial era and reflects early Swedish settlement in the Schuylkill valley.
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Philadelphia
George W. Holstein
Swedeland
Oscar
America
Sweden
Holstein
Schuylkill Valley
Prince Oscar
History Club
Harvard's Honored Head and Rail Career Highlight
Harvard's President Charles William Eliot, long criticized for his stance on labor unrest, is noted as a forceful educator and former railroad engineer. The article then traces the career of Mr Harding, detailing his rise from station work to general superintendent, culminating with leadership roles at several railroads and the recent change linking to the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton line controlling the Pere Marquette system.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles William Illot
Harvard University
Atlantic Monthly
Eliot
International & Great Northern Railway of
Texas
Harding
Missouri Pacific
Wichita
Kan
Troy
Chicago’ Tribune
Wmarding
Great Northern Road
St. Louis Southwestern
Mr. Harding
Jess
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Woman Faints After Killing Snake on Kittatirg Mountain
Miss Mary Creveling of Dumfield New Jersey felled by a nearly five foot black snake on Kittatirg mountain. She seized the viper below the head and, with a boy companion’s penknife, cut off its head before collapsing.
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Kittatirg
Mary Creveling
Dumfield
N. J
Skipping Teas Spark a London Health Fad
A London fad named skipping teas grows as skipping rope becomes a health cue for digestion. Guests, both men and women, bring ropes and join the activity to piano, harpsichord, and violin music.
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London
Russell Harding A Lifelong Railroader Climbs to Power
Russell Harding born 1856 in Springfield Massachusetts rose from office boy to vice president of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad and president of the Pere Marquette system since August 1. His early work included paymaster duties and civil engineering and telegraphy which shaped a career noted for fairness and efficiency.
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Russell Harding
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Mr. Harding
Young Harding
Springfield
Mass
Portland & Ogdensburg
West
Harding
Chinamen use reused stamps to forge post marks
Report from West Java describes a method by local Chinese individuals to reuse stamps. They affix fresh stamps to envelopes then deface them at the post office. The pasted area is washed away later and the stamp appears fresh with the post mark still readable.
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West Java
Oldest Woman in the World Claimed for Marta Viejo
A Madrid woman named Marta Viejo is claimed to be the oldest living person. Born in 1781, she would be 123 years old and has lived through three centuries. She has been married twice and mothered 19 children, all of whom survive her.
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Senora Marta Viejo
Madrid
From mill to millions a Connecticut girl weds heiress heir
Ada Brierly a shirt stitcher from New Britain becomes Mrs Francis Edgar Talcott of New York City daughter in law to James Talcott the dry goods magnate. The couple met through shared work at Parker Shirt and New Britain knitting plants. He rose from mill hand to heir in two years, marrying quietly at a Congregational church.
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New York
Ada Brierly
New Britain
Dry Goody
James
Talcott
Young Talcott
Connecticut
John Brierly
Brierly
Ada
Parker Shirt Company
Congregational Church
Russell T. Hall
Shimose Powder and Destructive Jap Shells Surprise War Observers
Destructive Shimose powder used by Japan in early far eastern battles rearranges shell fragmentation, producing hundreds of splinters. Reports claim a Russian sailor from the Varig and Lieut. Gen. Count Keller were affected or killed by splinters from shells fired with this powder during naval engagements near Chemulpo and Yangtze Pass.
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Shimose
Varig
Chemulpo
Count Keller
Yangze Pass
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Gentine
Shobonier, IL
Pennsylvania
Prince Oscar Font
Gwedeland
Harvard
University Club
Legion of Honor
Old University
Charles W. Eliot
The
Pere Marquette Railroad System
Bacom
Francis E. Talcott
Mill Monaire
Far East
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