The Chinese Education Path From Memorization To Merit
A New York Sun account outlines traditional Chinese schooling where young pupils memorize the Four Books and classics with little explanation. It details entry rituals, the heavy memory load, the eventual shift to interpretation, and the rigid three-stage imperial exams with high fraud risk, cell confinement, and potential aristocratic rewards.
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National Review
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Confucius
Mencius
Peking
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hhis
M. A
Phoenix pool
New York Sun
Little Pitcher and the hen party tease
A Baltimore American humorous snippet features a boy named Tommy and a visitor exchanging lines about coming to his mother's company and plans for chicken feed for an old hen, reflecting playful dialogue and social banter.
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Tommy
Baltimore American
The Widow Makes Mourning Change in Servants
A caller notes to a widow that she has changed her staff with a white butler and a negro cook. The widow confirms the shift and says she plans half mourning this season.
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Harper’s
Saint Saens Brushes Paris Society Tale
The Cri de Varls recounts Saint Saens visiting Paris where a hostess invites him to dinner. He wears a velvet coat and quits with a toothbrush tucked in his breast pocket, explaining he uses it as a safety ring to ease turning his key due to sore fingers. The tale ends with his humorous shrug at curiosity.
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M. Saint- Saens
Saint-Saens
M. Saint-Saens
Saint- Saens
Thoroughly Warmed Old Time Schoolboy on a Bitter Day
A Newburyport narrator recalls nineteenth century winter school days. Inkstands froze at desks forcing thawing near a stove while damp corduroy clothes and no shirts exposed boys to heat and scorched skin. Another memory recalls toasting by the stove, tearing trousers, and a stern mother noting frayed clothing as the year’s coldest day.
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Newburyport
Lena
Helpful Son-in-law Convinces Father in Law to Consent
In a Women’s World vignette a son-in-law explains to a stern father how he sought and gained his daughter’s hand. He argues with the wife then leaves with consent. The father quips that the couple may live with them and jokes about testing the son-in-law’s defiance for a year.
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Womin
Polishing with Hot Air Speedily Brightens Nickel
A centrifugal machine heats air blown through a basket to polish articles. High speed hot air cleans and polishes, producing a bright finish in minutes. Nickel plated items tarnished are restored quickly. Wet metal fresh from bath dries and polishes simultaneously.
Importance Recognized in Office Salary Debate
A Washington Star exchange notes one constituent doubting the elected official’s grasp of his office’s importance and another reply that his first act was advocating a target salary. The dialogue highlights concerns over compensation and accountability for public office.
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Washington Star
Bean voting in ancient trials signified verdicts
The Greeks and Romans used white and black beans in trials with white indicating acquittal and black indicating conviction.
Particular Speech and Quotations From Baltimore American
Short exchange quotes a romantic query and flat reply about continued love. The piece cites a Baltimore American line about enduring affection. It also quotes Gibbon framing history as a register of mankind’s crimes and misfortunes.
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Baltimore American
Bright at Democratic H Q in Baltimore
Baltimore, Oct 26 1911 Democrats claim strong gains in state races and local offices amid criticism of Republican leadership. They cite Lowndes era corruption, pledge continued reform, and note shifting black and white votes, recount outcomes, and the impact of factionalism on Maryland politics.
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Baltimore
Maryland
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Gorman
Harrington
Poe
Lowndes
Baltimore Sun
State House
Vandiver
Mr. Hanna
United States
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Steward County
Senator Day
Howard County
Day
Mr. Gorman
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
California
Tinois
Wisconsin
Frederick
Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Philadelphia
Wolf
Lee
Wm. F. Wheatley
Corn and Flour Machange
Reform League
Frostburg
William Sheppard Broran
Republican Party
Gus Barney
Salomon
A Cider Train Through Youngstown
A freight train passing through Youngstown Tuesday night carried cars with large barrel shaped tanks laid sidewise on the tracks. Newsboys clustered at the station and speculated about the tanks, joking that they carried cider to the big Celtics as the season opens.
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Erie
nawthin
Swanson recalls first political speech in Virginia
Senator Swanson of Virginia tells a story of his first political speech. He began with a mock Herodotus line and quoted an army routed by the braying of an ass. A heckler dismissed fear, saying the crowd has been tested.
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Buffalo
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Herodotus
Baseball Conversation Echoes Courtship At Diamond
A letter from New York reports a game overheard dialogue between a young man and a young woman. He likens baseball to a household with plate and pitcher while she compares it to courtship and marriage with the diamond and coaching, strikes, and players struggling to get home.
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New York
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