Riches and salaried life in Carnegie era debate
The essay discusses Andrew Carnegie’s view that wealth comes from business profits, not salaries, and notes modern wealth levels. It argues industrial consolidation limits young men from building fortunes, while salaried leaders face long odds to accumulate billions. It also shifts to a San Francisco Bulletin remark on teachers’ marriage prospects.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
New York
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Houston Herald
Should Women Work in a Changing World
The London Chronicle debates should women work, noting many women already toil hard since creation while men seek a living. It argues against idle roles, cites mothers overwhelmed by duties, and praises purposeful labor for body mind and morals, with many women content earning their living through exertion.
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AMN
The
London Chronicle
Chronicle
Satan
Baltimore Sun
School Teachers and Marriage Motives Revealed
An article notes teachers often conceal their profession when traveling to avoid affecting marriage prospects. One woman openly explains her motive to marry and quit teaching, citing that teachers rarely find husbands and fear social judgment from men.
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Hile
The Passion For Gambling
The Albany Argus notes gambling as a deep human drive not tied to money but to contest and thrill. It contrasts rich and poor gamblers, arguing the appeal lies in strategy and challenge rather than profit, with money often spent recklessly afterward.
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Gaminat
Albany Argus
Stop the Waste of the Forests in Colorado
Davenport Democrat laments the rising forest fires in the Rocky Mountain region. It warns that timber vital for railroad ties mine timbers and building is being destroyed faster than it can regrow. The editorial calls for action to curb needless destruction and protect the region’s natural resources.
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Colorado
Rocky Mountain States
Rocky Mountain
Davenport
Alabama
J. Nicholene Bishop
Indiana
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Build a New Home for the President
The Milwaukee Journal argues the President's offices should be separated from the residence. It urges relocating public offices to a new building while preserving the historic White House for nonfamily use and housing the president elsewhere for health and social duties.
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White House
Congress
Milwaukee Journal
Real Soldier of Fortune Ends Life in New York Bellevue
A man who used many names and fought in Central America Cuba and Spain told a final tale of a life on the run for freedom. He described fighting Spaniards in Cuba and marrying into a Spanish family before illness drove him to seek kin in New York where he died in Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
John Mahoney
London
America
United States Army
Central America
Slughter
Duke of
Medinaceli
Dbernee
Spain
Goses
Sue
Juan Barbonne
Cuba
Edouard Garcia
Mexico
Tropics
Montreal
Victoria Hospital
Bellevue
Modern Aids to Novelists
An article discusses how popular writers gather material, noting a strong market for historical novels and the rapid supply of mechanisms that satisfy public demand. It explains that historians supply ideas and events as fiction draws on well established facts.
The Shadowed Path of a Novelist and German Fruit Trees
A writer describes how novel plots are built with library research and hired "shadows of the novelists" who supply material jokes and anecdotes. Also a census notes 1806 fruit trees per square mile in the German Empire, with plum and apple dominant among 332 and 251 trees respectively.
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Germany
German Empire
Doings of Women in Progressive Agricultural Education
Over fifty girls enroll at Minneapolis College of Agriculture embracing science based courses in botany chemistry physics and geology. Coeducation includes boys and girls working together two thirds of the curriculum with domestic substitutes for trades. The aim is to make farm life attractive and stem exodus of youth to cities, while expanding social farm culture and home economy.
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Minneapolis College of Agriculture
Boston Transcript
Women Prefer Poison or Drowning in Self Harm, Says Detective
A Washington Star report quotes an old detective describing female suicides as extremely rare and favoring poisoning or drowning over shooting or slashing. He notes past cases across various districts, the stigma around blood, and how paramedics use a stomach pump to save many lives after attempts.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Northeast
Cleopatra
Washington Star
Women and Men as Comrades in Home and Health
A discussion on marriage roles and empathy contrasts with physical culture guidance. It argues women should engage with their husbands work as equals and criticizes distant communication between sexes. It then offers a correct upstairs climbing technique emphasizing erect posture, open chest, and ball of foot stride.
Man with Colt Like Eyes Adopts Troubled Child
The New York Evening Post recounts a shelter case where five families failed to place a difficult infant girl. A Western stockman volunteers to take her, likening her to his colt. They marry, adopt the girl, and she thrives in their care.
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New York Evening Post
Why and What Names for Marys Kittens
A little girl Mary loved asking questions and her mother suggested naming the kittens Why and What. The idea amused but failed to catch on as the moral remained unstuck. Mary then asked why Why was named Why, revealing the playful confusion.
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Mary
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New York Post
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Colt
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