Emperors of Iron and Tunnels in Early 20th Century Debate
The piece critiques drilling costs compared with U S iron industries and notes vast waste. It mentions dentist costs, Roman Catholic offices, Heber Newton, and a planned Hudson River tunnel under New Jersey to connect Jersey City and New York for rapid transit, predicting two tunnels and a railroad bridge will appear soon.
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New York
New Jersey
Hoboken
Jersey City
Hudson
New York City
Jersey
Erie Railway
Lay Brotherhood of St. Paul forms in London Diocese
The Church of England reports a new society in London called the Lay Brotherhood of St. Paul. Members vow for one year to engage in street preaching hospital outreach teaching and preparation for confirmation. The warden oversees meals meetings and discipline with options to renew or depart after twelve months.
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Church of England
London
Church of England Society
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Alaska Colony for American Long Term Convicts
A public discussion notes that nations use penal colonies and Alaska could host a convict settlement. Proponents argue remote location prevents competition with free labor and helps instill work habits while developing mineral resources. Critics urge caution on rights and feasibility.
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Australia
Alaska
Prison Reform Association
United States
Bourne Mills profits fund new worker savings bank plan
Bourne Mills of Fall River plans a factory savings bank for 406 employees with deposits from five cents to fifty dollars and a promised five and a half percent interest. When balances reach one hundred dollars, funds move to regular savings books, as managers seek to bolster worker benefits.
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Bourne Milts Company
Fall River
Mam
Bourne Mill Company
Let Us Have It A School For Municipal Morality
The piece envisions a Society for Ethical Culture sponsored program to train mayors aldermen and local politicians in political and municipal morality. It argues for free three month instruction in moral guides and warns that city governments could be kept honest by drill and this schooling. It suggests public funds to educate officials and promote integrity in contracts and public works.
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Gost
Society For Ethical Culture
Nature
Simon
Pilato
Socentes
Buddha
Confuciua
Is Marriage Dying Out Among Civilized Nations
A philosophical essay argues marriage declines as societies modernize. It contrasts refined classes who avoid domestic life with laboring classes whose offspring flourish but suffer higher infant mortality. The piece questions whether the race benefits if the cultured increasingly avoid wedlock.
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United States
Bat
The Farmer of the Future Predictions
The Rural New Yorker surveys farmers on the future of rural life in twenty five and fifty years. Experts like Beall of Michigan Agricultural College foresee widespread use of electrical machinery and neighborhood power plants reducing manual labor and keeping farmers healthier.
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New Yorker
Beali
Michigan Agricultural College
Bealla Eo
Oliver Howard
Weld County
Cal
On the Fence Man Weighs Questions and Convictions
A garbled passage discusses a man hesitant to take strong stances on current issues. It critiques indecisiveness, dyspepsia, and an amopeid conscience while noting his tendency to see all sides and fear asserting firm beliefs.
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Ami
Western irrigation schemes and mortgage schemes in decline
The article critiques western farm mortgage schemes tied to irrigation projects, noting investors' high returns while farmers bear risk. It suggests irrigation finance may shift eastward, with crops funded by mortgages on future yields, while warning the old predators may adapt yet again.
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Tutus
Cavendo
Human ancestry and heredity themes in historical notes
The passage discusses how heredity shapes human character more than expected and cites Ridpath on Marat, noting Marat's Calvinist Geneva mother and south Italian father as an example of ancestral influence. It reflects on cross breeding analogies in humans and livestock.
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Troy
ReaGer
Tony
Brinson ,O
Portland
Maine
Marat
Bidpath
Ridpath
Geneva
Steam carriage innovation and legal verdicts reach headlines
The article previews M Serpollet's steam powered carriage able to haul seven aboard and reach fifteen miles per hour with fuel for thirty five miles. It notes the Jones county calf case verdict of one thousand dollars after a twenty year suit. Kansas politics boast Farmer's Alliance gains, and hopeful prospects in 1892. It ends with Buenos Aires gold speculation and Krupp cannon casualty estimates.
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M. Serpollet
Jones County
Iowa
Our English Cook Script Fragments in Dialect Dialogue
A snippet shows a cook asking a customer how to prepare duck in dialect speech. The line reads Will bet an it cold, or shall f 'eat it for ou. The fragment captures informal kitchen banter and regional pronunciation.
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