Child Workers Through History Seen As Inheritance Not Creation
Miss Edith Abbott argues that modern child labor stems from past practice. She cites 17th and 18th century norms, early American mills with child operatives, and postwar reforms showing gradual regulation. Abbott portrays present workers as better off than their deeply burdened ancestors, despite continued toil.
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Edith Abbott
Miss Abbott
Province of
Pennsylvania
Virginia
England
William Molineux
Boston
Samuel Slater
Baxter
Lowell
Massachusetts
Patriotism Across Nations Calls for Global Unity
A French writer contrasts 100 healthy French and 100 healthy Germans in war, showing how patriotism confines us to conflict. The piece argues universal sympathy, urges shared humanity, and states that true peace requires treating all nations as family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Good Chances for Bright Girls
An article argues stenography prospects favor educated, energetic girls. It notes few first class stenographers exist and warns many business college graduates lack readiness. It urges promising candidates to commit fully, retire drones, and seek roles with high effort to please employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business College
Unstable Recall Of Civil War Tales At Madison Dinner
Gen. Adalbert Buffington narrated Civil War anecdotes at a Madison New Jersey dinner, recalling Gen Mahone who dozed in camp. Uncle Davy, Mahone’s servant, crept in and toppled the folded cot, sending the general to the icy ground as he pursued the servant in a windy December dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adalbert R. Buffington
Madison
N. J
Davy
Dale Tithe
Lender
Jimbs
William
Cured Itch By Cuticura Ointment After 12 Months
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas describes a year of severe eczema with itching and rash. After trying remedies he found relief in two or three applications of Cuticura Ointment followed by Cuticura Soap and Pills. The testimonial notes a complete cure and references Potter Drug & Chemical Co Boston as sole proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toid
Henry Searle
Little Rock
Ark
Potter Drug & Chom, Corp
Boston
Many Seekers of the Pole Rally 12 Expeditions in 1908
The article notes 12 expeditions toward the pole in 1908 with eight veteran leaders such as Peary Cook Bernier Erichsen Rasmussen Charcot Shackleton and Geer. It also includes a boilerplate advertisement for Allen’s Fool-Ease feet relief and a light joke about a pugilistic rival’s reach and vocabulary.
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Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
England
Russia
Sweden
United States
Peary and Cook
Bernier
Erichsen and Rasmussen
Charcot
Shackleton
Geer
Allen
Matilda Holtert
Providence, R. I
All’ Druggista, the
THAT BIG SPRINGS COUNTRY PROMISES 8.3 ACRE SHALLOW WATER
An odd fragmentary ad notes Big Springs Texas offerings for a Times colony on 8.3 acres with shallow water near rail lines. It references Newhenny Lush and a dubious claim about a wash product. The text includes nonsensical lines about Gladness sadness and a joke on household ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
Texas
Backache Relief Promised by Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
Rockland Maine resident recounts illness and relief after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures backache and strengthens overall health. Ad touts root and herb formula as safe remedy and invites women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Rockland
Maine
Paina
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Finkham
Distant Kin Plan to Get Hetty's Money
Report from San Francisco says distant relatives descended from Sylvia Anne Howland plan to contest Hetty Green's wealth after her death. They claim a forged will and challenge whether half of the Howland estate passed to Green as a life interest, with Napa and Oakland families financing the fight. The case centers on the 1865 Howland will and the $2,500,000 bequest associated with Green.
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York
Hetty
Green
San Francsco
Jain
California
Sylvia Anne Howland
Mrs. Green
Howland
Hetty Green
New Bedford
Mass
Howland Robinson Green
Ufe
Howlands
Willamigon Finnell
Napa
Gal
William Leacock
Oakland
Finnell
Mra. Hetty, Green
Mia
New England
Court upholds old blue laws banning Sunday sports in Gotham
Justice Greenbaum rules that only traditional blue laws govern Sundays in the metropolis, invalidating modern Sabbath regulations and transferring enforcement to state authorities. The ruling voids city permissions for Sunday games and activities, empowers the attorney general to seek penalties, and limits mayoral enforcement by state court oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
Gothram
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Coney Island
New Yorker Weds Dutch Countess in Grace Church ceremony
New York society notes the marriage of Baroness Wilhelmina Adrian van Haeften to Charles Phillips Hatch of Newport and New York. The baroness, born in Java, dropped her title on marriage, and the couple honeymooned at Newport before sailing to Europe to visit Holland relatives.
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Ociety
New York City
Europe
van’ Haeften
Charles Phillips Hatch
Newport
New York
Wilhelmina of Holland
Hague
Juliana
Wilhelmina Adrian van Haeften
John Cornelius Adrian van Haeften
Java
George Mueller
The
Mr. Hatch
Grace Church
Hatch
Henry Hatch
Philadelphia
John Austin Stevens
R. I
Harvard
Baroness van Haeften
Baron Franz van Haeften
Migs Violet Brockelhurst
London
Holland
Mrs Tom Pierce of Boston to Go on the Stage
RS Tom Pierce of Boston and New Port and Long Island, recently divorced from a Boston millionaire, prepares to launch a stage career in Philadelphia aided by Mrs Leslie Carter and Adele Ritchie. Formerly Alice Crowinshield Rogers of Salem, her ex husband is a popular Boston sportsman. The piece notes prior society attention, a Meadow Brook riding win, a 1907 sanitarium episode and ongoing custody dispute with a $500 weekly allowance.
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Tom Pierce
Boston
Newport
Long Island
Leslie Carter
Adele Ritchie
Philadelphia
Pierce
Alice Crowinshield Rogers
Salem
Mass
Puritan
Exchange
Tom” Pierce
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