Home Life of Puerto Rico Reveals Island Society
Porto Rico, under American occupation, is fertile and bustling with cities like San Juan. The island's economy centers on coffee, tobacco, and sugar with mangos and other fruits thriving. households span a wide social divide from wealthy balconies to bare rooms. Common law marriage prevails, women manage homes and seamstress work, and moral norms mix old traditions with new American influence as caretaking, wages, and family ties shape daily life.
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Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Hayti
Porto Rico
United States
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Sulas
Hayt
Porto Rica
San Juan
Luguillo
Island
New York
Ponce
Body Blow at Methodism in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Parson Gibler, now a Tacoma Methodist preacher, faced a house of correction audience. He planned a simple sermon but delivered a fervent exhortation. He asked inmates how many had religious upbringing and Methodism, and every convict raised a hand. The warden noted the moment as a strong, unexpected reaction.
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Pittsburg
Parson Gibler
Tacoma
House of Correction
U S Army Officer Captures Cape Nome Life and Hopes
Lieutenant Craigie of the Seventh Infantry at Cape Nome writes of the slow Alaska mail, booming mining fortunes, and a town growing from 250 to 3000 residents in five months. He notes rich yields on Discovery to No. 1, a 30 ounce nugget, and a potential 30,000 to 40,000 population by spring with hopes for more troops and better communication.
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Alaska
Craigie
Seventh United States Infantry
Cape Nome
United States
Nome City
Bering
Shiree
Tam
Herms
Wrinkles and the myths of aging in a 19th century glance
A reflective piece contrasts aging with inner vitality and humor. It discusses how wrinkles reflect character, warns against suppressing emotions, and recalls a humorous theater anecdote about longing and imagination. It features Wallace Cratgir of the Seventh A. S. Infantry and a poetic riddle about vowels, months and colors.
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Mongal
Bie
Wan
Sane
GamBen of
Vray
DePuries
Ame
San Liuan
Migrtary Barracks
San Ua
West Indies
Puerto Rico
Amalia
Maximo
Francesca
Butte Stove Repair Company
Park
U. S Army
Wallace M. Cratgir
A. S. Infantry
Per
Tonce
Indy
Tommy
Banke
Powers’ Theater
John Drew
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