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Newspaper

Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1905

Page

3

Woman and Home Department Urges Reader Involvement

The column invites readers to support School Government topics and related subjects from Youths Companion, asking for letters and comments to strengthen the paper. A call to participation from readers, including couples like Cambridge Housekeeper, is emphasized as vital to the column’s success.

Governing themselves: students take honor system

A Princeton report lauds student self control under the honor system replacing proctors. The idea spreads from UVA to New York parks and schools, with mixed success, as governments grow from classrooms to playgrounds. Encourages citizen support and mothers’ clubs to shape youth behavior.

Woodrow Wilson Princeton University Princeton University of Virginia New York Philadelphia Yoorth

Dreamless sleep and the will in thinking, English view

Sir Arthur Mitchell argues there is no dreamless sleep and thinking persists under any will. He says thoughts occur during life, vary in control, and differ from delirium, with sleep providing rest and refreshment rather than harm.

Enmglish Arthur Mitchell

A Baboon Hunt Described With Human Like Slaughter

A traveler in South Africa recounts a baboon hunt around a kopje where seven guns circle the high ground. Baboons broke through the circle as the ascent continued and the hunter reflects on the eerie human resemblance of the animals and their cries. Thirty baboons were killed, including seven by the narrator.

South Africa

Haarlem in Holland Old Description of a Bustling Town

An old translated description of Haarlem in the Netherlands portrays a lively medieval town with canals a church stained glass a clock tower storks and busy streets. The piece contrasts Haarlem with modern Harlem New York and recalls residents such as a burgomaster a florist a Bohemienne and other townspeople in vivid, bustling scenes.

New York Herald

Rapid Writers and Fast-Finish Works Across History

The article surveys swift authors from Livy to Byron, noting how many produced major works in short spans. It cites Cicero, Johnson, Scott, and Heber, with anecdotes of Byron finishing The Corsair in ten days and Johnson’s swift completions.

Livy Cicero Johnson Scott Byron Rab John Brown Dean Shipley Heber Greenland Chalmers Samuel Johnson

Rules and Directions For Servants From Swift Satire

The piece recalls Dean Swift and his satirical Rules and Directions For Servants showing household misdeeds and clever pejoratives. It mentions his 1745 death and includes paraphrased lines about using a copper pot and trimming books for burning fowls. It also covers Red Sea pearl fisheries and court anecdotes about a London hooligan and a magistrate.

Dean Swift

Statue to the Pilgrims Stands On Flymouth Hill

A description of the Statue to the Pilgrims on Flymouth Hill shows a granite base with seated figures at the corners and a crowned female statue atop. The pedestal bears inscribed names of all Mayflower passengers, including men women and children.

Flymouth Hill Nicholas

Mason and Dixon Line surveyed three times in history

The Mason and Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland was first surveyed 1763 to 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon under Lords Baltimore and the Penns. It spans 250 miles with milestones marked P and M. Revisions in 1849 and earlier confirmed the original line, which runs at latitude 89 43 26.8 and later became linked to debates on slavery after 1820.

Mason and Dixon Pennsylvania Maryland Charles Mason Jeremiah Dixon Baltimore Penn Lord Baltimore John Randolph Congress

Handkerchiefs as TB Vectors for Washerwomen

A medical note warns handkerchiefs spread tuberculosis to washerwomen, noting higher disease rates among these workers due to unboiled and unsterilized cloth. It urges antiseptic soaking of handkerchiefs and favors stricter sanitation, comparing to Chinese practice of burning soiled disposable handkerchiefs.

Bells Made From Old Cannon Amid Claims No Silver Used

A bell founder tells the Philadelphia Bulletin that best bells are cast from old cannon with no silver involved. He cites twelve tons of Spanish cannon for a tenor bell and explains the core and cope molds shape the bell and how tuning requires careful chipping. He notes a tuner who has written hymns.

Spain Bella Philadelphia Bulletin

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