Opinions on Strikes and Paths from Urban Poverty
The Utica Globe and Chicago Journal argue strikes threaten prosperity and urge calm negotiations. They call for worker and employer fairness and propose education and training, including farming or trades, to provide better future livelihoods for urban poor. The pieces stress personal responsibility for sons' futures.
The Successful Man and Benevolence as Power
The article argues a successful man blends health education mental discipline and courtesy with virtue. Benevolence underpins earthly reward, as service to others in farming, building, trades, or teaching expands merit. True mastery comes from serving the humblest subjects, a principle echoed by the New York American.
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New York American
How Theory Fails on Food Living Costs
The piece questions the HE Collegiate Alumnae Association's claim of a 39.78 cent daily food allowance for a family of four, arguing many Chicago families already live on far less. It laments widespread bodystarving and soul-starving conditions in a land of plenty.
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Collegiate Alumnae Association
Chicago
Collegiate Association
Rail rate cuts by British rule boost Transvaal industry
Under Lord Milner the Transvaal railroads will cut freight charges by 40 percent for food and supplies, 25 percent on general freight, and 10 to 15 percent on cement, iron and steel. Savings of about 3.75 million dollars yearly are expected, enabling profitable operations of many mines and spurring agricultural and industrial growth.
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Ultlander
Transvaal
Lord Milner
South Africa
England
Cape
New York Tribune
The Extinction of Tuberculosis and Moral Causes
An essay notes that efforts to end pulmonary tuberculosis by tuberculin injections would have harmed humanity by neglecting the moral and social origins of disease. It argues that Koch now credits sanitary and social improvements, especially workers' protections, for lower TB deaths, linking physical contagion to moral conditions.
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Koch
Ioch
Many Persons Drop from Sight
A New York Tribune summary recalls famed disappearances including Lieutenant Edward W. Remey who vanished from the Roanoke in 1887 after stepping ashore in New York. It cites ex-Passed Assistant Engineer Richard H. Buel, Stillman S. Conant of Karper's Weekly, real estate broker Thomas W. Fisher, and others whose fate remains unknown despite extensive searches and travels.
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Commissioner of Police of
London
Edward W. Remey
Navy
William B. Rheemey
George C. Remey
Roanoke
Richard H. Buel
Ife
Bostor
Lim
Samuel Buel
General Theological Seminary
Dragged Down by a Ship Described in Edinburgh Medical Journal
James A. Lawson recalls a near drowning after a sinking vessel pulled him beneath the waves. He describes plunging deeper despite efforts to reach the surface and the ensuing peril he faced underwater.
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Edinburgh Medical Journal
James A. Lawson
Drowning Experience and Loss of Consciousness in Water Rescue
The account describes a near drowning episode with ten to fifteen seconds of breath effort followed by increasing chest pain and a vise like pressure. Water inhalation and gulping episodes occur as carbonic acid builds in the blood, then pain eases and consciousness fades, with the individual finally reaching shore aided by a life belt.
Record Immigrant Arrivals and Deportations in New York
Immigrant intake in New York topped 500000 with 158000 more than last year, a new record. Deportations rose by several thousand for not meeting alien law requirements, and 6516 immigrants were sent home at the expense of steamship companies, up from 3446 in 1901. A saying notes a grain of sand in a man’s make up being worth two in the sugar.
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New York
Trumpet Calls and Moral Maxim Verses Warning the Unredeemed
A sequence of aphoristic lines on virtue sincerity and morality. The speaker urges self confidence, generosity, and wisdom while warning against hypocrisy and basing beliefs on personal taste. The piece blends philosophy with ethical exhortations.
Shoes For Pets Dogs Show Off Varied Styles In Fifth Avenue
The New York Times notes fashionable dogs wear boots and shoes from leather pigskin to morocco. Custom fits are measured with a paper footprint and laces replace buttons. Ready made options exist but bespoke sets dominate among pampered pets.
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New York Times
Fifth Avenue
Morocco
France
New York
Fido
Dandy
Bruno
Fauvette
Practical Advice on Marriage and Budget Living
A frayed trousers man advises a seeker to marry, arguing a wife lowers living costs. He claims his wife supports him now and says matrimonial bliss beats bachelorhood, noting how quickly finances improve after marriage.
Advertisements and misfortune in verses and ads
A quip about a man with no money or dignity who turns to ash filled sacks and a daily Tin polish ad. The verse concludes with the man in California at a bay cottage while remarks mock a writer who composes advertisements rather than art.
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Tie
California
Bay
Woman on the Farm Offers Path to Joyful Life
The essay urges farm wives to seek happiness beyond hard toil. It promotes health, use of labor saving devices, social hospitality, and a cheerful outlook as keys to a fulfilled life. It contrasts urban and rural life while affirming shared joys and duties.
Why They Don’t Marry A Hint From a Higher Educated Woman
A narrator argues that a woman professor may have love affairs and faces a conflict between career and marriage. He cites social position and views on life as factors complicating the decision, noting debates over whether a partner should fund a home with income or preferences like a plane or sewing machine.
Baby Care Advice Recommends Water for Infants
The article urges caregivers to give water to babies six times daily as needed for thirst. It condemns tight face coverings on infants and warns against smothering, calling such practice barbaric. It suggests using silk or chiffon veils with lace and ribbons secured with pins.
Marriage in Turkey Dowry and Four Day Thursday Feast
The Turkish dowry is fixed by custom at about 1.70 dollars and rarely changed. Weddings occur on Thursday with festivities beginning Monday and lasting four days. Men and women participate separately, each day marked by a distinct ceremony, and no spoons forks or wines are used at the feast.
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Turkey
Ink stained Finvera ink removal tip
Ink stained Finvera advises dipping fingers in a lemon juice containing rinse to speed stain removal. It suggests storing a stilus before washing hands with soap.
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