Professor Herron denounces marriage and forms a colony
Chicago reports on George D. Herron, once Grinnell College professor, leading a controversial movement that rejects marriage as sacred, pursues a new doctrine with Carrie Rand, and seeks to establish a Metuchen New Jersey colony. The article details a divorce, financial ties, and opposition from Congregationalists and New Haven figures.
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Chicago
George D. Herron
Grinnell College
Iowa
Metuchen
N. J
Herron
Congregationalists
Prof. Herron
America
England
New York
Mrs. Rand
Miss Rand
Carrie Rand
Get Together Club
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Rossiter W. Raymond
S. D. McConnell
Holy Trinity
Josiah Strong
Hillis
New Haven
Girl's Allowance Teaches Practical and Independent Living
Margaret Sangster argues for moderate regular allowances for girls under 18 to cover weekly expenses, teach budgeting, and prevent impulse spending. She cites boarding schools, banklike handling of funds, and careful borrowing while urging charitable habits and self discipline.
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Margaret E. Sangster
Joseph B. Bowles
Powers That Be
Papa
Americans as Meddlers stir debate on filibuster risk
A Chicago Sun excerpt argues that private American meddling could fuel Finnish revolutionaries and question peace after the Russo Japanese era. It uses a metaphor of an misaligned picture and notes Americans may export constitutional fixes abroad. It mocks reform zeal and ends with light banter about shoe sizes.
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Japan
Gulf of Bothnia
Finland
St. Louis
Edison Keeps Visitors Record Plates In Lock Cabinet
At his New Jersey home Thomas A. Edison stores hundreds of metal sheets bearing visitors remarks. He asks guests to speak or sing into a phonograph rather than sign autographs. He occasionally plays back chosen plates for amusement.
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Thomas A. Edison
New Jersey
A Novel Pincushion for the Toilet Table
A quaintly described pincushion crafted from a doll form. Use silk or muslin, bran filling, and a round cushion attached where the legs would be. Dress the doll with voluminous sleeves, gather the skirt, and add small cushions for the sleeves to create a decorative, inexpensive item suitable for bazaars.
Some Beauty Don’ts for a Fresh Complexion
A Philadelphia Press style cautionary note lists daily beauty rules. Do not wrinkle your brow or wash with soap for clear skin. Avoid gum chewing and nail biting. Maintain baths and ventilation, groom hands, hair, and wear glasses if needed.
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Philadelphia Press
Musical Glass Demonstrates Hidden Rotary Motion
A thin cut glass goblet becomes a musical glass when water and a paper cross are used. Rubbing a damp finger on the glass excites a tone, and rubbing along the cross causes it to rotate slowly, turning to align under the rubbed point.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Corselet Skirt Brings Return to Line in Fashion
The corselet skirt marks a fashion shift toward the line of the body, revealing hips and waist while balancing a slender frame. It suits both simple morning frocks and fuller evening gowns, best on those with a small waist and shapely figure, but not for those prone to wider hips.
Two Views of It At Haddam Baseball Game
A Haddam girl impressed her escort at a baseball game with sharp knowledge of the sport. He joked baseball recalls marriage, she reframed it with a wag about engagement, struggle, hits, and the trouble of getting home.
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Haddam
A Zoological Game Readable As Parlor Entertainment
A writer offers a curious alphabetic list of animals arranged by first word for memorization and recitation without notes. The mix includes obvious creatures and odd pairs like Alligator and Unicorn, intended as natural history study and parlor amusement.
Move to shift presidential inauguration date to spring
A reform drive advocates moving inauguration from March 4 to a later date, preferably April 20. A national committee plans a Washington meeting in November to present the case to Congress for a post-1909 change aiming for milder weather and safer conditions.
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Washington
Congress
A Curious Candle by Pacific Coast Indians
A small fish called Enlanchon or candle fish is found off British Columbia. Only about an inch long, it resembles a smelt and yields fatty material suitable as a candle. Indians dry and burn it or thread a wick through the body, using the oil as a butter substitute in winter.
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Pacific
British Columbia
Philadelphia Press
Italian youths study American business methods in Milan report
Consul Dunning writes from Milan that thousands of bright young Italians look forward to a visit to America as part of their commercial education. He notes many have spent time in America and have learned language and U S business practices. Italy's manufacturing growth will boost interest in American methods.
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Dunning
Milan
America
Italy
The Father of Five and the Plump Cake Puzzle
A math professor and skilled cook bakes a square cake with ten plums on top. He instructs his five children to cut the cake so each gets two plums with the same shape, while keeping the chocolate intact for the mother. The puzzle invites readers to deduce the correct division before seeing the figure.
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Herron
Chicago Inter Ocean
Tender memory of Hay in village Newbury church
The piece recalls John Hay as a humble, devout figure who attended a simple Newbury, Connecticut village church. It emphasizes his quiet, respectful demeanor, charity, and belief that religion defined his true genius, contrasting his public stature with private piety in a small sacred space.
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Newbury
Ozora S. Davis
New Britain
Conn
John Hay
Washington
Talking Machine Toy Imitates Speech with Trumpet and Spool
A toy trumpet with a small end in the mouth and quick hand openings can produce the syllable ma and the word mamma. An alternative imitation uses a large empty spool with two rubber bands stretched across one end to vibrate like vocal cords when blown, creating a voice-like sound.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Brandy Maker Fined and Jailed for Fraud in Bamberg
A Bamberg Bavaria brandy manufacturer was fined 700 dollars and sentenced to 45 days imprisonment for selling adulterated brandy as genuine French stock. His accomplice received a sentence of one and a half years in prison.
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Bamberg
Bavaria
Fun on the Force Quip Sparks Park Bench Exchange
A vagabond on a park bench asks if he is awake while a quick-witted policeman offers to pinch him. The brief vignette captures a light moment between lawman and citizen on city streets.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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