Museum in a Church Showcases Revolutionary Relics in New York
The Holyrood Protestant Episcopal Church on Broadway near Fort Washington hosts a six-year-old collection of American Revolution artifacts. Curator Reginald Pelham Bolton highlights weapons, camp memorabilia, and buttons from regiments tied to battles around Manhattan, with free weekend public viewing to spark interest in preserving local relics.
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New Yorke
Holyrood
Protestant Episcopal’ Church
F. Greaves
Holy
Rood
America
Holyrood Church
First Street
Broadway
Fort Washington
Manhattan Island
Reginald Pelham Bolton
Port Washington
Sixteenth Foot
Anthony Wayne
Stony Point
Forty- Fourth
King George
Gov
William Tryon
Bolton
Washington Heights
Popular Social Leader Mrs Elkins Sets Washington Social Pace
Washington society notes Mrs Stephen B Elkins former Miss Hallie Davis as a premier social ornament if Democrats win. Daughter of Senator Davis and wife of a cabinet officer, she hosts elegant winters on K Street and summer residences elsewhere. Her poise, beauty, and polished etiquette mark her as a leading figure in official Washington society.
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Washington
D. C
Stephen B. Elkins
Hallie Davis
Davis
Cardinal Gibbons Urges Peaceful Labor Relations
The New York World publishes Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore urging peaceful union organizing and condemning coercion and violence. He favors voluntary membership, condemns nonunion party discrimination, and calls for education to expand lawful union cooperation.
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New York
New York World
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Flying Fish Closes Engine Room on Ocean Liner
A flying fish about 12 inches long and 15 inches across its fins knocked into the engine room during the liner American's last passage from New York to Southampton, while cruising near Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
New York
Southampton
Prof W M Hays Favored as Assistant to Secretary Wilson
Washington report says Prof W M Hays of Minnesota University is Secretary James Wilson's personal choice for assistant secretary of agriculture. Hays, ex Ames college professor and American Breeders’ secretary, has bred wheat varieties boosting Minnesota yields by hundreds of thousands of bushels. He is a leading plant breeder and agricultural educator with strong farmer popularity.
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Washington
D. C
W. M. Hays
Col
J. H. Brigham
James Wilson
Wilson
Ames Agricultural College
Hays
University of Minnesota
American Breeders’ Association
Minnesota
British warship salutes Costa Rica at Puerto Avenitas
A British warship steamed into Puerto Avenitas and saluted the Costa Rican flag with 21 guns. Costa Rican gunners answered after two hours with an old muzzle loader that cooled between shots. The salute concluded later that day. The piece also notes Monte Carlo gambling profits around 6.25 million dollars annually with most losses borne by players.
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Puerto Avenitas
Costa Rica
Cent Per Month Rent Tied to Employee Watchman Job
Anthony Suda of St Louis Missouri lives in a house he rents for one cent per month. His employers say the one cent rent qualifies him for 30 days notice before eviction if the property changes hands. He also serves as a factory watchman adjacent to his home.
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Anthony Suda
St. Louis
Bmo
Inis
Suda
Robbers sever Burmese woman's arm on train
A Burmese woman in a Sitkwin bound third class carriage had her arm cut off by a passer on the footboard, apparently to steal her rings and bangles. The act is described as an evident robbery.
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Sitkwin
Woman Cotton Expert Katherine Giles Sets Market Movements
Katherine Giles of New York, a unique independent cotton statistician, runs a nationwide network of over a thousand correspondents. She reports twice monthly in season, sending futures insight that has moved markets by about 60 points and influenced investor wealth.
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Katherine Giles
New York
America
Giles
The
Cotton
Colton
Oldest U.S. Church Bell Acquired by New Mexico Governor
The bell arrived in Santa Fe from Algon Denes and is dated 1266, making it about 540 years old and predating Columbus’ voyage by 137 years. Governor Miguel A. Otero announced the acquisition of this ancient artifact.
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Albuquerque
N. M
United States
Miguel A. Otero
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Algondenes
America
Miguel A. ‘Otero
Surprise Land and Firemen Brotherhood History
A Chicago Life feature surveys Japan as a tiny, crowded nation with limited resources and contrasts Western views of its culture. It profiles the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen founded in Port Jervis in 1873, tracing growth, key conventions, declines during major strikes, and current leadership based in Peoria with journals published in Indianapolis.
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Chicago
Japan
B. A. Kelly
California
Chicago Journal
Peoria
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Port Jervis
N.Y
Joshua Leach
Ens
St. Louis
Inianapolis
Locomotive Engineers
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Fremen
Ill
Indianapolis
John J. Hanrahan
Frank P. Sargent
Inspector General of Immigration
Carter
F. W. Arnold
Official Journal
Ancient bell traced from Spain to Mexico church
The piece describes devout individuals melting personal gold and silver into bell-metal pots. An ancient bell, carried from Spain by early Mexican expeditions, was hung at missions in Cibola and Grah Quivers before ending at Algondenes church where it remains.
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Spain
Mexico
Cibola
Grah Quivers
Algondenes
Women Plow In Europe as Horses Are Replaced
A report describes women in certain European regions plowing fields with light implements. It notes the practice arises from valuing horses and limited labor by men, with women handling lighter tasks while deeper furrows remain the horse’s role.
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Europe
Grand Duke Michael of Russia Aims for Regent Role
The Grand Duke Michael, brother of Czar Nicholas II, born December 4, 1878, reportedly betrothed to Montenegro’s princess and heir presumptive before the czarevitch. The czar has named Michael regent if he dies before Alexis comes of age, while Michael is described as picturesque, melancholy yet intensely patriotic.
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St. Petersburg
Michael
Russia
Montenegro
Nicholas II
Ters
Xenia
Olga
Czarevitch
Alexis
Rasela
Dear
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Monte Carlo
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Father Kelly
Chinaman
China
Napoleon
St. Helena
Edward A. Kelly
Jonin J. Hannaian
Brotherhood of Loew Motive
Iremen
Grand Duke
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