Men Who Work Overtime
John Z. Rogers surveys professionals and entertainers who endure long hours. A New York stock company comedian and out-of-town clergy discuss weekly routines, while a schoolteacher notes nearly daily twelve-hour days. Journalists and executives like Gould Sage Rockefeller are cited to show overtime’s toll on health and balance.
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New York
Hom
Flere
Raportes
Tere
George Gould
Bis
Russell Sage
John D. Rockefeller
Harper's Weekly
Accuracy in Education and the Need for Exactness
In Dean Briggs view accuracy stands as the core of education warning against glittering generalities. He argues that students must copy exactly and report precisely to avoid misperception. The piece cites misread Hebrew readings and tests as examples of why schools must train exact thought and listening.
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Dean Briggs
Bowery Meadows
Nand
Ste
Mount Carmel
Eijab
Galilee
Galileo
Palestine
Tlarper
The Art of Getting to Sleep in Cold Tense Rooms
Advice on creating favorable sleep conditions through quiet dark airy rooms and proper temperature. Winter tips include open windows and straw sheets, plus practical aids like a hot water bottle or bread and butter. Emphasizes relaxing the mind and dropping busy thoughts for better rest.
Choosing a suburban house site for sun and breeze
The article discusses site selection for a home in a suburb or village. It stresses sun exposure in winter, summer breezes, and a gentle slope, with trade offs between street proximity for access and rear space for a garden and privacy. It emphasizes harmonizing design with surroundings and avoiding forced striking effects. It includes a Good Housekeeping note on site planning and a separate essay on reporters being born, not made, with anecdotes about a test of five new writers.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Chicago
Star
Tonin
Sbk
Butterfly Farms in France Breeding Rare Specimens
Butterfly farms in France aim to breed rare sik worn family butterflies. New varieties result from crossing. researchers seek to neematize species for other countries. Farms plant oak, allanthus, pine and phim trees. cocoons hatch on branches under gauze. caterpillars feed on the leaves. room-kept insects molt then move to bushes outdoors under tulle coverings to protect from birds.
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France
What Is Life A Frail Shadow on the Sky
A short reflective poem by Titan C. Paschal ponders life as a fleeting shadow in the sky. It traces alternating breath, mountain air, and valley calm before nightfall. The piece moves through light and darkness toward eternity with brief flashes of waking and sleeping, laughter and weeping.
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Titan C. Paschal
Unmarried Sutton Yearns for Answers on Love
In a reflective scene set on June 22 1897 Sutton contemplates bachelor life and marriage while conversing with Ruth Decker a witty companion. He reveals his vow never to wed and questions why she never received offers, prompting Decker to reveal a hidden confession that she has long doubted.
Frontier clerk contemplates sudden marriage after letter mix
A New York Times tale depicts a clerk named Sutton who misreads a romantic letter left under a blotter. He writes back to Darnley that he plans to marry his intended bride, revealing his sudden shift from business to matrimony and wondering if other men act as quickly.
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Miss Decker
Brooklyn
Sutton
Clovator
Tiardy
Darnley
Jase
Terend
Fetter
Huth
New York Times
Population of the Ocean A careful computation of the number afoot
A Berlin pamphlet by Herr Boysen estimates daily Atlantic sea traffic and crews, finding 51.5 thousand seafarers and 130,727 people afloat yearly. Densities vary from 0.002 to 0.023 per square kilometer, with English Channel highest at 0.07, plus comparisons to Arctic Siberia and Patagonian seas.
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Boysen
Berlin
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Herr Boysen
North America
Arctic
Siberia
England
Gibralta
Patagonia
Terran del Fuego
English Channel
Fakutek
Many Mothers Sympathize Too Much With Children
The text warns that overpitying children fosters self-pity and drama, encouraging attention seeking. It cites parenting lessons, safety notes on acids, and the value of teaching resilience. It then shifts to bowling popularity among women and proper technique, followed by fashion trends for fall and winter wear including scarlet rain coats, ivory adornments, and tailoring details.
No loud voiced help in the home, says New York Tribune
An observant householder argues that a well trusted, courteous maid defines a home’s character as much as furnishings do. He condemns rude servitors and favors discreet staff, noting the wider impact on household comfort and harmony.
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New York ‘Tribune
The Autumn Millinery Trends In This Season
The Delineator notes soft white and colored felts replacing straw hats with trimmed plays on proportions. Toques feature rolled brims and low crowns while birds and wings decorate crowns or sides. Ostrich plumes dominate, shown in pale tinted hues from pink to blue with white tips, and bonnets with chenille brads rise as a key autumn fashion.
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Jack Chenille
Brad
Colonial textile designs for home decor and care rules
The text describes a colonial iridescent design for chair backs sofas and edges with satin and tapestry stitches in blue green and mahogany shades. It also lists Chicago Tribune care rules for invalids including dress changes hygiene and disinfection practices in sickrooms.
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Philladelphia
Insurance policy payouts by state rise sharply in 1902
An authority notes that 1902 total distributions to policyholders topped 320 million dollars in the United States. New York led with 22.0 percent of receipts, followed by Philadelphia and Chicago. Projections suggest large future city payouts over the next four decades. The report also covers polar exploration summaries and a Norway emigration rate of about two percent.
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Philadelphia
Diathoudon
Brooklyn
Manhattan
West
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Anii Eggtoh
Harper's Weekly
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Mount McKinley
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Albert M. Wetter
Maaillon
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Macedonian
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Sheffield
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Troppaio
Korea
Russia
Palum
Tribune
Cuba
Alfonso
Spain
Purchasing Manure and Sheep Profits for Farms
A farm notes guide on buying manure to limit weeds, stressing well decomposed loads. It covers mastitis prevention through clean milking and cold handling, and suggests sheep as a viable, profitable foundation with Oxford sheep yielding strong wool and solid mutton breeds.
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Hanting
Oxford
Farming methods and benefits of forage crops on the farm
The article argues diverse farming, highlighting hay crop cuts, extra sowing of forage and corn as strong options. It discusses Hungarian sowing, seed use per acre, and soil readiness for next year, plus notes on using warm roll and barley as seed. It also reviews pig feeding practices, asserting cooked feed adds little value and suggesting warming or soaking food aids digestion and comfort.
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Sanford
W. EF. Leland
Device to curb cows by piercing fence with pegs
A Farm Journal reader describes a simple device that keeps cows from pushing through wire fences. Pegs driven through the fence pole cause sharp points to jab the cows shoulders when they reach the wire, discouraging them from crossing.
Beginners should not buy hens from any source
The article urges selecting two hardy birds from a reliable source and breeding for desired hens. It warns that a year of losses may occur but is cheaper than buying many hens that must later be destroyed. It stresses evaluating each hen’s individuality and avoiding uniform treatment of diverse flocks.
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Womeny
Indianapolis News
Wise Words From Poets And Thinkers On Duty And Virtue
A collection of aphorisms and misquoted lines from Emerson Seneca Carlyle Goethe Sidney Smith Richter and others on virtue courage duty humor and human folly. The piece weaves reflections on speech poetry and moral action with notes on mining industry and recent mineral registrations.
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Emerson
Seneca
Carlyle
Johnson
Goethe
Sidney Smith
Richter
Simmons
Dauddet
Rochefourauls
New Jersey News on Woodbine Colony and Local Trials
The Woodbine colony grows with 3500 acres in Cape May County drawing Southern families seeking farms of ten to fifty acres near resort towns. Charlotte migrants arrive January, with canning factories and coastal towns ready to absorb workers. A separate tale recounts a court case over spanking a teen bride and a trolley-land condemnation dispute with awards and appeals.
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Woodbine
Baron de Trach
Cape May
White
North Carolina
Virginia
Woitesboro
Dinlé
Charlotte
N.C
Whitesboro
Reading
Folly Beach
Wildwood
Anglesea
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
Vatao Pindy
Asher B. Pew
Patrick Hogan
People's Traction Company
Mount Holly
Burlington
Pew
Hogan
Court of Errors and Appeals
Foreign dealers push south Jersey apple market rise
Reports accuse foreign dealers and commission men of cornering the apple market in South Jersey. Last year they paid $1 per barrel. this year bids reach $1.50 to $2. An agent bought 1500 barrels and stored them in Salem, fearing a market rise. A separate tragedy emerged as L. Stout, son of a farmer near Trenton, hanged himself, recently after intense study.
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South Jersey
Salem
L. Stout
Trenton
Settod
Sind
Amos Hanan
Shilos
Chiarerief
Gingsboro
Aura
Wee Witham
Pulls
West Milford
Afloway Creek
Curtis Cannery
Woodstown
Nutley farmer seeks owner of found autono mic in road near home
Daniel Ford, a Nutley farmer, wonders who owns a $1500 autono mic found in the road near his home two weeks ago. Police believe the auto era was stolen and deserted by the thief. Burlington farmers harvest second crop strawberries while vines bloom.
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Daniel Ford
Burlington
George Frankel
Jacksonville
Old York
Week's Minor Events Highlight American and Global Affairs
Commissioner Richards opens investigation into Chippewa lands in Minnesota with settlement planned for November 10. Roosevelt prepares Congress message, signs navy pension, eyes postal scandal inquiry, and reshuffles military leadership. Philippines and Caribbean notes include Moro province slavery ban, Porto Rican coffee movement, bubonic plague reports, and public figures involved in courts and governance. Numerous international items cover Macedonia, Cuba, Ireland, and European finance, with disasters, explorations, and cultural events interwoven.
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Richards Onde
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Gunner Levin J
Wallace
Maryland
Corbin
Governor's Island
Chaffee
General Young
Washington
Marine Corps
Lady Herbert
Michael Herbert
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Cyrus Cy Adams
Norway
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SOEEP
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Necroce Colonizo
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William Smith
Margaret Matilda Smith
Albert Elis Cisco
Nicholson Pa
Justice of the Peace
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Tucker
Mr. Smith
Willard P. Voorhees
Middlesex and Somerset Traction Company
Alvie Peterson
New Brunswick
Pderson
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Winds Auto
Bridgeton
Atttomobile
Charles J. Glidden
Lowell
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Luzon
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Mayaguez
Porto Rico
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