New Indiana School Reform Moves Girls to Safer Facility
Indianapolis report details the Indiana Girls' School relocation to a cottage plan campus near Indianapolis. The reform shifts the site from a shared prison to a separate reformatory and repurposes old buildings as a women’s house of correction. Laws create uniform welfare for dependent children and empower juvenile courts, guardians, and counties with new enforcement and education provisions.
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Girls’ Industrial School
Indiana Girls’ School
Woman's Prison
Life in Alaska Describes Nome Cabin Life and Travel
Mrs Jennie Leibhardt and her daughter Ina recount summer in Nome Alaska. They describe cabin conditions on tundra, rising living costs, a bank desk job for Ina, local transportation, and daily life including daylight, dogs, and a near ship disaster on the Ohio with drownings and panic among steerage passengers.
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Jennie Leibhardt
Paul Leibhardt
Milton
Far North Land
Ina Leibbhardt
F. M. Jones
Nome
Noma
Alakka
Ina
Wild Goose Mining Co
Seattle
New England
States
Ohio
St. Michael
Gold Bars Hidden in Bank Lure Heist Revealed
Report describes a bank incident where a ton of gold bars was found unguarded in the lobby. The loot, valued around 250000 dollars, was left vulnerable as thieves moved the bars and fled with plans to repair the vessel back to Seattle.
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Seattle
Ina
A Penny for a Letter Turns into a Foolish Bargain
An elderly suburban resident brings skewers to a butcher claiming they weighed as meat and should be returned as meat. A contrasting tale follows of a stingy old man who tricks a boy into delivering a letter for a penny, but the miser ends up doing the carrying himself in London.
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Ivan Levsky
Moscow
Odessa
Black Sea
Politcals
Lemsky
London
Arthur portrayed as genial friend despite cold public image
A longtime companion recalls Chester A. Arthur's warmth and dignity on a hunting trip, arguing that private familiarity reveals a genial, companionable man, yet he refuses to use Arthur's first name, underscoring formal respect.
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Chester A. Arthur
Mr. Arthur
Ile
Desert Plants Lose Leaves To Cut Moisture Loss
Desert flora minimize leaf surface to reduce evaporation and roots reach deep to access moisture. Some leaves stand upright to avoid sun. in wet climates leaves have drip points to shed rain and prevent rot.
Surprise sole leather served as beef steak joke
A cook at a cheap boarding house tricks a grumbling boarder by serving leather instead of beef. The boarder notes the same butcher, while the landlady smiles and the man claims the piece is the tenderest meat he has had there in weeks.
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Hascher
Strand Magazine
German court mired in insult verdict amusingly
A German law court witnessed a humorous ruling as a judge, described as tiresome, tackles a small damages case for abuse. The judge notes that calling a man a pig or a dog insults but pig dog is impossible since no such animal exists, prompting a tense moment and the plaintiff’s sharp retort.
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T. P
London
Noisy Guards Behind Glass Assistants Keep Quiet Watch
A shopkeeper explains why his assistants look unappealing. He says their appearance helps them monitor customers without revealing which side they are on, claiming usefulness in watching people.
Sister Versus Baby On Mamma Ties
In a playful exchange a sister teases that Mamma is more hers than anyone else. The baby stoutly asserts that size makes one more mamma and that she has always been the littlest and therefore the most mamma.
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