Worldwide Electrical Experiments Attract Attention
A survey of 1900s news notes reveals Stockholm and New York tests using high frequency currents on children and adults to boost mental and physical growth. Tesla, Arrhenius, and Maxwell are cited as proponents, while experts urge caution before broad use.
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Stockholm
Sweden
New York
Svante Arrhenius
Maxwell
Nikola Tesla
Ange
Tesla
United States
Aero Club of America
Firet
America
Cicero Field
Chicago
Great Growth of the Mail Order Business
A Gaturde Evening Post writer notes the rise of a large mail order house with assets of 10 million dollars and goodwill valued at 36 million, while local merchants struggle against big city giants backed by capital. The article argues towns should support home trading to counter the heavyweight catalogue retailer and preserve local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaturde
Evening Post
Menia
United States
Careful Criticism by Dr Edwin A Alderman on Clarity
University of Virginia president Dr Edwin A Alderman cites a Popular Magazine anecdote to stress that writing should be so clear that even the most ignorant reader can understand every word. An rhetoric instructor reminds a student to simplify, prompting a worried inquiry about which parts were unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Colorado
Lorin D. Osborn
Des Moines College
Colorado
Osborg
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Smith
Popular Magazine
Bull Learns Harness Work in Rhode Island Farm Chronical
A Rhode Island correspondent describes training Misty the Guernsey bull to pull a small cart and load, using gentle guidance and progressively longer pulls. The trainer notes Misty’s growth, better understanding, and plans for larger tasks, comparing future work to a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
New Yorker
Iialian
Misty
Guernsey
Flo
Widower Shows Fourth Wife Churchyard Tombstone
In a village tour the widower introduces his new wife to a tombstone he had erected. She reads the inscriptions listing three wives of John Smith and finishes with the chilling bottom line Be ye also ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
John Smith
Jane
Mary
National Monthly
The Sunday School Review on Jesus in Palestine
A compact review of Jesus features and opposition in Palestine. It links lessons 1 through 12 to his public ministry, audience classifi cations, and themes like earnestness, opposition, and continuing well doing.
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Palestine
Jesus
Jeans
Sesson
Gadate
Lassem
Capernaum
Nazareth
John
Lesen
Galilee
Speal Eeson
Did You Ever Think Of These Things Mr Farmer
Editorial urges farmers to value intellect alongside labor, noting soil, crops, and animal life interplay. Warns insects destroy a quarter of crops due to bird destruction, urging better preservation of game birds and framing the dairy cow as a key contributor to society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Farmer
Tts
Caring for the Fall Colt
The fall or early winter colt needs high quality feed, exercise, and fresh air to mature like spring foals. Provide a box stall at night and yard access by day if pasture isn't possible, using bright clover or alfalfa hay to substitute for green grass. Wean when grass starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graes
Artist and Gardener Clash Over Grounds Scheme
A twenty year old artist girl plans a new garden layout at the Barrington place ruled by a globe trotter owner. She hires a man as assistant. tension rises over wages, work, and the piano scene with a tuner. The owner arrives with agent, raising stakes about approval of the plan.
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Bfarrington
College
Thean
Milss Kisseck
Lou Dilens
Globe
Estaire
Trowbridge
Lockage
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Salt Lake City
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
Organization
American Road Congress
Atlantic City
N. J
Logan Waller Page
United States Office of Public Roads
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Bixby
Page
Maronic Council
Supreme Council of
Kosten
Horton Smith
Toledo
Ofiecn
Ohio
Misalnaippi
Supreme Councils
Ach
Bases Country Club
Madchester
Mass
Quali
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Illinois
Bunker Hill
Canada
Quebec
Chafin
Aaron Sherman Watkins
Colonel Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Prohibition
Som
Obie
Watkins
Ueite
Nachos Pubis Sanam
Prufead
Tly
American Press Association
Prancie Griffith Newlands
Irrigation Congress
Austrcan Fuss Association
Aeron Sherman Wethking
Sunday School Review
John vi
Globe Trotter
By Malcolm R. Davis
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