Socrates A Founder Of Modern Thought And Education
Albert Payson Terhune presents Socrates as a pivotal progress maker who challenged Greek religion and education. He argues Socrates preached a Supreme Being and immortal soul, attacked Athens' graft, rebuilt education toward critical thinking, and sparked democracy. He endures persecution, refuses escape, and dies by hemlock, inspiring future thinkers.
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Socrates
Mount Olympus
de Gore
Olympus
Athens
Council
Hippocrates The Man Who Made Health
The article profiles Hippocrates born in 460 B C as the founder of medicine who freed practice from superstition, developed diet and sanitation science, framed the first public health code, introduced auscultation and trephining, and inspired the Hippocratic Oath used by modern doctors.
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Hippocrates
B. C
Board of Health
Health Department
First Health Department
Greece
Persia
Artaxerxes
Bracelet Ruse in Paris Jewelry Case
Dr. D Arcey the alienist is drawn into a jewel theft plot after a charming woman promises three diamond bracelets as a gift for his supposed wife. A ruse leads to vanished bracelets and a hunt by Le Clair Miguet detectives, with no trace of Madame Dubois or Madame Marceau.
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M. Narbonne
le Clair Miguet Cie
Rue de Rivoli
Monsieur
Madame
Dr. D’arcey
Marie
Madame Marceau
Cating
Madame D’arcey
Rue St. Honore
Morocco
Dr. D'Arcey
Madame Dubois
M. Dubois
Narbonne
D’arcey
Old Men and the Employment Problem in Industry
The article argues that finding jobs for older men is a key labor issue. It cites misfortune illness and incompetence as common reasons for unemployment and notes that large firms favor younger workers through promotion ladders and efficiency needs. It discusses standard union wages pushing employers to discharge or pension capable older workers. Some unions may permit reduced wages for elder helpers.
Die-Poor Pearsons Gives Away Fortunes to Colleges
Daniel K. Pearsons, the millionaire philanthropist, says he will give away the rest of his fortune before turning ninety next April. He explains he has acted as executor due to his wish to control investments for public benefit and notes his goal to educate youth in the western and southern colleges he supports. He has given tens of thousands to institutions and students, including 25,000 for a Chicago theological seminary women’s department.
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Daniel K. Pearsons
Pearsons
America
Chicago Theological Seminary
Knighted Journalist Toby M P receives British knighthood
The prominent British journalist known as Toby M P of Punch is honored by King Edward. Born 1845 in Crossley, he rose from Liverpool tanning apprentice to reporter, later shaping parliamentary satire for Punch since 1881. He also wrote for The Strand and other outlets and traveled widely in his career.
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Toby
M. P
Punch
London Times
Mr. Lucy
Strand
England
John Tenniel
F. C. Burnand
Crossley
Sir Henry
Liverpool
Levant
Liverpool Mercury
Shrewsbury Chronicle
London
Paris
Sir Lucy
South Africa
Canada
West Indies
United States
Diamond Maker Lemoine Sentenced In Diamond Scam
French inventor Henri Lemoine, famed for claiming artificial diamonds, is jailed six years and fined 600 dollars with 2000 dollars damages to Sir Julius Wehrner of De Beers. The case notes prior fraud convictions and tests showing small diamonds after furnace trials. The judge labeled him a vulgar humbug.
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Henri Lemoine
South Africa
Julius Wehbrner
de Beers Diamond Syndicate
Lemoine
Julius
London
Julius Wehrner
Diamond King
May Regain Presidency With Venezuelan General Andrade
General Ignacio Andrade, former Venezuelan president ousted by Cipriano Castro, is named as minister to Cuba and travels to assume the post. He has led brief revolts and may campaign in the next administration shift while remaining active in Venezuelan affairs. Andrade has spent time in the United States during past years.
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Ignacio Andrade
Venezuela
Cipriano Castro
Cuba
United States
General Andrade
General Castro
Castro
Andrade
General Coxey and the 1894 Capitol Protest
The text recounts Gen Jacob Coxey as a free trader and protectionist who led an unemployed protest to Washington in 1894. It notes his lobbyist stance before Congress over arsenic duties, his army of about 1000, police removal from the Capitol steps, and his prior sand quarry business in Missillon Ohio ruined by the 1893 panic.
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Jacob Sechler Coxey
Washington
Coxey
Congress
Capitol
Capitol Steps
Missillon
Hig
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