Wheat Came of the Blue Uniformed Lads Demanding Their Rights
A delegation of Bay District Company strikers enters the superintendent’s office seeking a talk about their rights. John Pembroke leads with timid resolve as 11 boys, aged and intimidated, confront the dismissive manager and the jokey janitor Michael in a scene of industrial friction.
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Flora Gaines Loughead
Bay District Company
Makin
Mike
John Pembroke
Jimmie McCracken
Barlow
Berkeley
John
Amen
Messenger Boys
Charles G. Makin
Seipasarsenans
Pase Hoyal
John Ad
Jimmie Cracken
Boy Inventor and Mill Rescue Show Why Patience Pays
In Ironville a clever boy named Bob Markham builds a make shift telephone system to guard his unemployed father at a roller mill. When four tramps threaten the safe, Bob alerts police, stops the robbery, and earns a reward. his ingenuity becomes real engineering skill.
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Robbie
Bob
Ned
Pete
Snap
Man
Robbie Burns
Markham
Savings Bank
Pennsylvania
Ironville
Robert
Sasipre
Vonville
Marklain
Markham Cottage
Klarkhean
Nana
Decemer
Bis
New York
Bill
Jake
Skate Sail for Boys How to Make and Use It
A Naval officer describes the skate sail, a Danish invention for powering skating on ice. It teaches boys to sew and repair sails, offering a simple, self contained rig for speed and fun on ponds and rivers.
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Baltic
Sail Making and Skating Sail for Light Duck on Ice
Instructions describe making a light cotton duck sail for skating and small boats using 22 inch by 80 yard rolls. Steps cover cutting, sewing, reinforcements, reefing, yards and sprits, eyelets, rigging, and usage for balance and control while skating.
Iceboat Sails Tactics Against Capsize Risk
The text describes steering an iceboat to high speed with careful sail handling and windward clearance. It advises leaning against the wind, bending the head to direct pressure downward, and giving space when passing a companion to avoid capsizing and fatal accidents on ice.
Striking Students Confront Superintendent in Workplace Clash
A student strike leads to a staged dialogue with Mr. Barlow as labor and management clash over fair treatment. Chairs are brought in and a fireworks prank erupts, revealing tensions between the boys and the company while a stern rebuke follows.
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Mike
Barlow
Jimmy
John Pembroke
Jimmie
Rascal
Fegge
Beard or No Beard in Historical Perspective
The article surveys beard customs from the Crimean era to modern times, noting cavalry moustaches, infantry bans, and the ethics of shaving as a service badge. It traces origins to slave mutilation, Mosaic law, and Exodus practices, comparing ancient tonsure debates with Roman Catholic and Protestant clerical norms.
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Blackwood's Magazine
St. Columbia
Rome
Islands
Julius Casar
Britain
Baby’s Black Oaths Cause Townwide Stir in Brunswick
A four year old in Brunswick, Georgia, learned swearing from older boys. His mother punished him by banishing him from home, offering lunch and clothes, and prompting his tearful bid to stay. He asked where to sleep and feared police barracks as night approached.
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Brunswick (Ga
Brunswick
America
Oime
Lavill
Emptying the Tank January St Nicholas Circus Train
A circus and menagerie train halted at a town station. Seven elephants found an empty water tank on the car roof, discovered by the keeper who then opened the cover and let the elephants drink their fill, explaining the mystery to curious railroad workers.
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St. Nicholas
Magazine subscriptions offer weekly globe combo deals
Ad invites readers to subscribe to multiple magazines or stories with The Weekly Globe at reduced yearly rates. It promises postage paid, one year minimum orders, and limits to one magazine per address while offering to fulfill specific title requests by mail.
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News Journal
Weekly Globe
The
Globe
The Bonds Were Good
A speaker laments financial loss and marriage betrayal detailing a cash and negotiable bond theft of 500 dollars. The wife left with another man and reportedly took the money.
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New York Weekly
Misortan Bobbson
Bobbson
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