Boston to lead nation with city school playground plan
Boston moves to control and fund playgrounds for children under 12, with 40 sites plus four central grounds, supervised by teachers and submasters. The program, championed by Joseph Lee, aims to make schools the hub of play and physical education, costing about 58376 in the first year and funded by city valuation taxes.
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Jack
America
Goston
Doston Common
Boston
Joseph Lee
United States
Thomas F. Harrington
Charlestown
Cottage Street
East Boston
First
Lee
Waria Ard
Charon
Jason
Hercules
Hawthorne
Greece
Santa Way
Dr. Harrington
Park Department
Franklin Field
Our Playground University
Cold plates blamed as chief cause of crime in satire
A speaking persona argues that cold plates drive people to crime, from petty irritations to major offenses. He suggests hot dinners brace morals and prevent misbehavior, warning that cold dishes can lead to moodiness, poor sleep, and even murder, urging hosts to ensure hot plates for wellbeing.
Sunlit Tempering Debate Between Two Carpenters
Two woodworkers argue over sun exposure as a tempering test. One insists heat harms tools, while the other cites precise tempering temperatures for chisels axes planes and saws. The exchange centers on whether sun heat can affect hardened steel.
His Brazen Cheek and the Golden Day Paradox
A playful Boston Transcript excerpt features Poeti tus noting brighter days he calls golden days while Proser counters that pay days define them. The dialogue shifts through metallic days, with brass days prompting a light request for a tenner on a Friday as the humor lands on wage and time.
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Poetitus
Proser
Boston Transcript
Man Must Think to Live Says London Lancet
The London Lancet argues that the decay of real thinking power explains early mortality among prosperous middle life. It cites business men aged around 40 who rely on routine practice, neglect mental exercise, and die from stagnation of higher brain activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff
London Lancet
The Little Wooden Barrel In American Industry
The article describes small wooden barrels made from white birch in a range of sizes from tiny to ten inches high. Machines turn them quickly, with some six inch and smaller barrels produced by multiple machines. Millions are sold yearly for confections, perfume bottles, samples at fairs, savings banks, button boxes, and toys, with extensive domestic and global export.
The Largest Clock at Colgate Factory
A giant Seth Thomas clock is installed at Colgate & Co. in Jersey City, spanning two states. The 40 ft 6 in diameter dial uses yellow pine, with a 20 ft minute hand and 15 ft hour hand, weighing hundreds of pounds, marking time for local workers and travelers alike.
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New York
Seth Thomas
Colgate & Co
Jersey City
N. J
North River
Bennett Chapple
National Magazine
French Fisticuffs And The World Of French Fighting
An ethnologist notes that French fighting blends scratching, beard pulling and biting as intellect rises, citing a spectacle between Prince de Sagan and the Castellane brothers. He recalls two cabbies near the Ritz where threats escalated to whips and fare cuts in a vivid street brawl.
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Prince de Sagan
Castellane
Ritz
Place Vendome
Rua de la Paix
The Usual Treatment In Holmes and Watson’s Drawing Room
Sherlock Holmes observes a boy drawing and carving on a piano as Amnon spills milk. Holmes explains the villa is rented furnished for the season, guiding Watson to stay calm and avoid interference.
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Sherlock Holmes
Hama
Amnon
Louis Seize Fanteul
Watson
Stadium Seating Totals for Olympic Venue Revealed
The morsley stadium framework for the Olympic Games in London features three miles of seats arranged end to end. Built of steel, it holds about 1,000 chairs per canopy with a total steel weight over 400 tons and timber volume around 10,000 cubic feet.
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Morsley
London
Bieth
Fashionable Females and Fatal Costs of Stage Dress
A survey of actresses who prize clothes, noting Ada Rehan Margaret Anglin and Sara Bernhardt as examples. It details lavish wardrobe spending from $1,000 gowns to $40,000 investments, with stars like Lillian Russell Amelia Bingham and Mrs Carter cited for colossal costs and iconic gowns.
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Ada Rehan
Margaret Anglin
Mrs. Wiske
Eleanora Duse
Clara Morris
Helen Ware
Rejane
Sara Bernhardt
Chicago
Blarche King
Hnens
Adele Ritchie
Grace George
Gvelyn Carrington
Amelia Bingham
Lillian Russell
Paris
du Barry
Olcott Announces Willo the Wisp Spectacular Play
Chauncey Q Olcott reveals a new theatrical year production titled The Willo the Wisp. The work promises a spectacular dramatic order rather than a conventional rights or wrongs themed regulation play.
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Olcott
Chauncey Q Olcott
Erin
Critique on Stage Speech and Pronunciation Standards
Otis Skinner laments poor American stage pronunciation and a drift toward British inflection. He praises Edwin Booth James Murdock and Davenport for supreme diction and personality, notes regional nasal and provincial burrs from Boston to Pittsburgh, and urges adherence to clear enunciation.
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Otis Skinner
Edwin Booth
James FE. Murdock
4. L. Davenport
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Middle West
Detroit
Notable Stage Plans and Arrivals in Early Summer
The notes outline the first Buffalo performance of Fruity Buffies in August. Marie Bates will vacation in France and Switzerland by car. J B Dodson returns to the stage in a new play by Hurley Manners. Fritzi Schefig to present a Chicago opera next season. Cecilia Loftus to reappear under Charles Frohman. Copyrights issued in Washington for The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night. Charles Klein stays at Rowayton Conn to finish a new play for next season.
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Buffalo
Marie Bates
France
Switzerland
J. B. Dodson
Huirley Manners
Fritgi Schefig
Chicago
Cecilia Loftus
Charles Frohman
Washington
Charles Klein
Iis County Place
Rowayton
Conn
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Pmry
MR. Phligminthroe
Ehorn
Moiott Strdid
Ae Lait Remair
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