Mothers Save the Boys in a Norwegian Story and Personal Reflections
Billarp recounts a tale of a Norwegian father and two troubled sons who reform after a near-crime. He weaves in quotes about mothers as saviors, recalls his own sickbed tenderness, and praises maternal influence, concluding with a belief that many wayward youths can still queer their paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsmith
Wakefield
Langhorn
Minden
Sue
Walter Scott
Burns
Evan Howell
Job
Scott
Res
Cain
Dhat
Frank
Atlanta
Klaac
Calaboose
Sam Stewart
Memphis
Louisville
Billarp
Atlanta Constitution
Arrangements Set for Mississippi Confederate Veterans Reunion
Jackson Miss Oct 11 Arrangements are complete for the annual reunion of the Mississippi division United Sons of Confederate Veterans to convene here Tuesday. Maj Gen Daniel and staff Brigadier Generals and sponsors plan to arrive Monday afternoon and hundreds of visitors from across the state are expected. The gathering marks the completion of funds to buy Beauvoir Jefferson Davis old home with deed transfer approved by Mrs Davis and to be ceremonially turned over to the Sons of Veterans during the reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Daniel
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Escaped convict in custody to face Louisiana requisition
Governor Longino will be asked to honor Louisiana's demand for Jacob Lex, an escaped convict now with Franklin County authorities in Jackson Mississippi. Lex fled Louisiana penitentiary months ago while on a convict farm, serving a murder sentence. He was jailed for vagrancy in Franklin County and nearly released before his identity was confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Longino
Louisiana
Jacob Lex
Franklyn County
Lex
Franklin County
Hall Caine Sailing for America from London
Hall Caine, the Manx author, is among prominent passengers sailing for the United States. His primary aim is to see Iola Allen in The Internal City, but he may also give public readings in major cities during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hall Osine
America
Iola Allen
Indiana man bets $10,000 on 2 million chickens
An Indiana man invests ten thousand dollars in eggs hoping to hatch two million chickens using incubators, signaling a bold omelette trust in the poultry venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ideas on Ideal Woman by Professor Andrews at Nebraska
Professor Benjamin Andrews examines competing feminine ideals wide ranging from masculine strength to pure adornment and nunlike virtue. He argues the ideal must blend sweetness and strength, and emphasize woman as a substantive social unit rather than a mere adjective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Lthough
Dickens
Dora
The Science of Forestry A Climatic Necessity
A New York News critique urges Americans to value forestry amid rampant deforestation. It highlights Saxony's regulated forestry system with trained graduates and a timber revenue model, arguing proper forest care sustains climate and wealth, contrasting German efficiency with American perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Kingdom
Saxony
Connecticut
New York News
Education as a Reserve Power by Orison S Mard
Orison Swett Marden cautions that young men rushing into business without education risk dull intellectual growth. He argues education builds lifelong habits, confidence, and taste, noting many mature, illiterate minds struggle to acquire reading. He warns that failed wealth without education may epitomize an unfortunate life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Matrimony Eminence and Longevity in Periodical Essay
Edgar Saltus reviews two propositions on marriage and eminence by Professor Thorndike. He cites rulers and figures like the Sultan of Zanzibar, Reginald Vanderbilt, the German Kaiser, and Mr Sage to argue eminent men marry young. The piece notes marriage can humble even the mighty and adds Dr Schwatz’s claim that matrimony fosters longevity, though evidence is ambiguous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Saltus
Rofessor Thorndike
Columbia University
Zanzibar
Reginald Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Sage
Professor Thorndike
Schwatz
New York American, and Journal
Operators Ignore Conference as Coal Strike Deepens
A composite report details Erie Railroad operators refusing to meet Republican leaders. President Baer demands miners return to work. Secretary Root is dispatched on a secret mission to New York, consulting with Morgan and General Gobin while President Roosevelt weighs further action against the miners.
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New York
E. B. Thomas
The
Erie Railroad
New York Cpt
Baer
Odell
Penrose
Quay
Platt
Reading
Basr
Mine Workers Association
Root
Roosevelt
Gobin
Pennsylvania National Guard
J. P. Morgan
Washington
Another Cotton Picking Machine and Its Advancing Plan
A. B. Carter of Copiah county Mississippi works in Washington county on a cotton picker that would pull the plant by the roots and separate lint at the end. He already has a working model based on a peas-hulling design and seeks pointers from a Philadelphia inventor. Gus Bush is hanged in Macon after a long pursuit and violent case involving Ernest Dismukes’ dog, with mob violence lingering as a concern in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
A. B. Carter
Copiah County
Washington County
Philadelphia
Carter
Macon
Miss
Gus Bush
Brooksville
Ernest Dismukes
Lowndes
Artesia
Dismukes
Font
Dismokes
Dismoke
Young Cook
Young Dismukes
Cook
Alabama
Meridian
Hall
Schrader Remanded After Habeas Corpus Ruling
Greenville Mississippi October 11 Ed Schrader charged with killing Neil Connoly on July 24 was remanded to jail after Chancellor Kimbrough denied his habeas corpus request. The chancellor sustained Justice Robinson at preliminary trial and ordered Schrader jailed until the grand jury motion in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Miss
Ed Schrader
Neil Connoly
Robinson
Kimbrough
Justice Robinson
Schrader
Mollie Matthews Arrested Over Obscene Mail Matter
Jackson Miss October 11 Miss Mollie Matthews a prominent city woman was arrested by Post Office Inspector Fitzgerald this morning charged with sending indecent material through the mails. The letters were provoked by jealousy and the writer is alleged to have sought to ruin the character of a respected young lady. Matthews was placed under two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Matthews
Post Office
Fitzgerald
Matthewa
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Coleridge
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Hall Caine
Viola Allen
W. Bourke Cochran
Science of Forestry
Orison Swett
Morgan
Knox and Root
David Wilcox
United Mine Workers
Wilcox
Boston
Mitchell
St. Chicago
Chicago
New Orleans Railway Company
Almagated Association of Street Railway Employes of America
Street Carmen’s Association
George W. Skoulard
Association
New Orleans
Skoaland
Duke de Loubat
Society of Americanista
Paris
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Brother ‘Hood of
St. Andrew
Denver
Copiah
Wor
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