The Farmer's Son and the City
An editorial arguing that farm youth migrate to cities for opportunity but may return when city life proves harder. It cites Indiana figures and calls for a federal inquiry into changing domestic life, noting population shifts, marriage, and labor trends as indicators. The piece favors rural inducements and balanced growth.
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United States Industrial Commission
Ile
United States
Indiana
Indiannapolis Sun
Women in Industry and the Presidents Call for Study
The article discusses President Roosevelt urging thorough investigation by the Department of Commerce and Labor into child labor conditions and women’s wages. It notes women’s shift from home to factories and argues for government inquiry into women’s compayment in gainful occupations, highlighting evolving family ties.
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Long
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Roosevelt
Ford
Good preaching on thrift and progress across races
The Kansas City World notes Booker T. Washington urging self help and ownership while contrasting black and white thrift. It highlights the Southern negro’s accumulated property, calls out universal heed for prudent spending, and endorses continued moral preaching to lift people.
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Washington
Kansas City World
Rural free delivery and post office deficit debate
The St. Louis Globe Democrat argues the postal deficit stems from transport costs and rural delivery expansion. It calls for congressional investigation, reduced waste, and a self sustaining post office while noting rural delivery is here to stay and should be broadened.
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United States
Congress
Post Office
Treasury
Europe
Louis Globe Democrat
Forests and Climate Do They Truly Shape Earth’s Weather
The piece argues forests influence moisture and soil retention, noting deforestation aligns with warmer, drier regions and desertification in Greece Sinai Mexico Algeria and Venezuela. It cites modern increases in forest clearance in Germany and Canada’s drastic loss of forest area, warning on wood supply as civilization grows.
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Greve
Aminaire
Attiet
Israel
Palmer
Syrour
Mexico
Algeria
Venezuela
Lake Tacarfun
Alexander von Humboldt
Germany
Canada
Sensations of a Worm and Animal Pain Experiments
The Kansas City Star reports on experiments testing whether lower invertebrates feel pain when injured. Earthworms show dramatic reactions when cut, with posterior segments moving after transections while anterior parts crawl, explained by different muscle fibers. Hermit crabs and Limulus show minimal or brief responses after body alteration.
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Kansas City
Norman
Observation on Insect and Myriapod Respiration and Locomotion
The text notes a sequence of breathing cessation followed by abdominal flexion and extension, with Geophilus described as cut in two yet continuing movement as front and rear halves progress oppositely. Millipede division while walking is described as not accelerating, decelerating, or jerking.
False Napoleon tale told by librarian amid deletion claim
Ainsworth Ry Spotford, chief assistant librarian at the Congressional Library, critiques a tale about Napoleon and an amputee soldier as false. He recounts the story of a one armed man praised by Napoleon, then imagines the outcome if the soldier lost both arms, ending with the dramatic act.
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Ainsworth Ry Spotford
Congressional Library
Napoleon
Soldier
Pairis
Napole
Legion
Help Her on the Way and the Corn Magazine Quote
A fragment from a Baltimore American column and Atlanta Constitution quip about literary questions and Nature’s cereals. It references a corn magazine and a playful exchange about guidance and progress amid modern noise.
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Nature
The
Corn Magazine
Baltimore American
A Missionary Bride's Cheerful Leadership in Burma
A pastor celebrates a missionary wife who after a daring jungle station in the Robber District transformed many lives. Her bright curls and laughter masked a strong leader, courtroom instinct, and risk taking that battled dacoits, Buddhist priests, and illness. Her work built churches, schools, and a thriving division station, earning praise in Youth's Companion.
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Burma
Mrs. Ingalls
Ime
Four-nine-four to six further on wartime greeting
Readers recall a WWI era salute used among troops marching to the front. When encountering another unit, veterans would chant four-nine-four and six further on in response. The cue referred to Moody and Sankey hymns sent to the front with No. 494 God be with you till we meet again and No. 500 Blessed assurance Jesus is mine.
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Transvaal
Jesus
Blessings and companionship in a lonesome moment
A boy proposes blessing a barrel of meat at home to avoid table ritual. Many seek faith without personal discomfort. A Christian counsels a despondent man with the hymn Abide with Me, and the man finds solace in the idea of constant company.
Irving Wept for Friend at Tennyson Funeral
Henry Irving served as pallbearer at Alfred Lord Tennyson's funeral in Westminster Abbey. Notable figures including Lord Salisbury Lord Rosebery the Duke of Argyll and John Burns stood among the mourners as Irving wept with grief beside the grave.
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Lord Tennyson
Henry Irving
Irving
New York
Alfred Tennyson
Lord Salisbury
Lord Rosebery
Duke of Argyll
Mr. Leeky
John Burns
London
Salisbury
Tennyson
Duke of Wellington
Christ
Britain
Dean Bradley
Frederick Bridge
County fair memories of odd prizes and homeliest pair
A squire recalls fair efforts to attract crowds with quirky events beyond prizes like steers and hogs. He tells of a gold headed cane for the homeliest man and a silk dress pattern for the homeliest woman, but no winner for the latter due to no entries. The cane went to Colonel Van Jessup, landlord of the Van Jessup Hotel.
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Aoo
Colonel van Jessup
van Jessup
Promised Land Distance Echoes in Br’er Williams
Word from Brer Williams reflects on the human quest for a promised land. He warns that many spend life hoping for guaranteed reward, only to discover that nothing is promised beyond what one earns through effort. The Atlanta Constitution quotes his blunt, folksy wisdom.
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Atlanta Constitution
Birthday Resurrection at Home in a Judge's Family
Judge Edgell and family stage a belated birthday surprise for his wife after a meal that blends old memories with a sudden, heartfelt acknowledgment. The scene shifts from formal dinner to a vow of better celebrations with a caterer, ending with a light note on frugality in Japan.
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Women IN Industry
Thongre
Sunday School Times
Br'er Williams
Hood
Bryces
Charles
Edgell
Don Carlos
Judge Edgell
Justice
Mother
Ayer
Davin
Kinse
Miainfeld
Coun
Ayers
Aeer Co
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