College Life and Stamps Highlight English News Pages
The English News discusses college training versus small college graduates, debates post stamps designs by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and notes David Lubin's plan yielding the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome. It also covers women workers, a Brazilian battleship at Elswick, and a Johns Hopkins biographer’s view of Dr. Gilman.
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Bureau of Engraving and Print Fee
Washington
Meyer
United States
U. S
Franklin
Houdon
Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
David Lubin
Famerly
California
Aly
Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
Elswick Works
Newcastle on-Tyne
England
Mina Geraes
Invincibie
Superb
Christmas greens and their enduring mythic links
The piece explores evergreen symbolism from ancient to modern times, tracing ivy holly and mistletoe use in Christmas. It notes Constantine’s adaptation of heathen customs, the church’s evolving stance, and the global draw of holly as a symbol of immortality and friendship.
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Constantine
Germany
Scandinavia
Saturn
Polyfore Vergil
Lawrels
Yine
America
England
Theophrastus
Bauhin
Louveire
Turner
Christorn
Swedish vice consul dies by poison in St Louis home
Charles A Ekstromer Swedish vice consul in St Louis committed suicide by cyanide at his residence. A note "Cyanide of potassium" was found. An inquest will be held. Family denies financial trouble amid alleged deficit at a disinfectant firm. Ekstromer linked to League Park racing and was born 1857.
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St. Louis
Charles A. Ekstromer
Count Ekstromer
Marguerite Matlock
Langan
Ekstromer
Emil Taustg
New York
Mr. Tausig
League Park
Eric Christofer Ekstromer
Kathyr Granville Dunstan
Eil Mary Matlack
Elwood V. Matlack
Flood Threatens East End After Dyke Breach in Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Arkansas reports a government dyke at Tennessee street gave way and the Arkansas river press riverward, endangering the East End area rebuilt after a previous fire. Five dwellings and the Arkansas Packet Co warehouse were swept away, with major damage to Cady hardwood mill and Barracque street evacuation underway.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Tennessee Street
Arkansas Packet Co
Cady
Barracque Street
Georgia Street
Dying Man Grips Throttle On Eastbound Train
Minneapolis dispatch reports an unidentified dying man seized the throttle of an eastbound Great Northern coal passenger train from Robbinsdale to Clearwater Junction. Engineer George P. Irwin found unconscious in the cab, skull fractured, died after reaching Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Great Northern Coal
Robbinsdale
Clearwater Junction
George P. Irwin
Irwin
Bloom on the Egg and the Freshness Test
A young housewife notes a white broom like peach down in eggs she buys while her husband, a food expert, dismisses the find. He claims the eggs are pickled with lime dust as a tested sign, contrasting with new laid eggs and morning omelette plans.
Anticipating Misfortune and Child’s First Spanking
A compiled fragment notes how fear of trouble often exceeds actual risk and cites Sir John Lubbock on worry. It contrasts with a light anecdote about two year old Ruland who seeks comforting lotion after minor injuries and asks for "Botty botty" when spanked, reflecting a child’s response to pain.
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Noah
Jerusalem
Jeremy
Sir John Lubbock
Ruland
Dutch Threat Sparks Palace Banter Over Spanking
A messenger enters the palace with dispatches as Castro quips about Holland threatening action. The exchange notes that other nations issue threats too, but this spanking will sting, given the Dutch wear wooden shoes.
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Castro
Holland
Lives Lost in the Industries
An industrial safety critique notes that skyscraper construction takes multiple lives per project and that among 19 million workers in the U S 600 000 are killed or maimed yearly highlighting grave risks across industry sectors.
Florida farm scheme promises rail fare and acres for buyers
A promotional offer invites buyers from Ohio Indiana Tennessee or Kentucky to travel to Hilliard Florida for a December 0 acre truck farm at $210 in the North Florida Fruit and Truck Farm District about 30 miles from Jacksonville. Farms promise annual earnings of $2000 to $3000. Sixty two men attended a November 24 homeseekers excursion to Hilliard purchasing $4 farms each receiving a free lot. The offer urges quick action with the nearest unsold farm reserved and HQ accommodations arranged.
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Hilliard
Florida
Ohio
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Florida
Jacksonville
North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms Offer Near Hilliard
A persuasive ad promises 10 acre North Florida Fruit and Truck Farms near Jacksonville with $2000 to $3000 yearly income, free residence lot, railroad fare advances, and guaranteed title via Chicago Title & Trust. It urges letters for plot plans, photos, and a booklet, claiming 80 inch annual rainfall and strong market demand for February to April crops.
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Firth
North Florida
Chicagoe Thule & Trust Co
Capital
Chicago Title & Trust Company
United States
Chicagoa Tithe & Trust Company
Florida
Hillard
Hilliard
Also Mentioned on This Page
the English News
James E. Stewart
Washington Post
Wagg
Women's Trade Union League
Boston
Chicago
Gilman
Johns Hopkins Wnversity
Catherine
Agen
Bacchus
Ino
Juno
Prynne
Stmas
Count Erstromer
H éElvia
National Union of Clerka
London
Casszell
Saturday Journal
Harriet
Beecher
Mrs. Stowe
Miss Beecher
Harriet Lid
Atlantic City
N. J
Elizabeth Graham
Wilkinsburg
Calcutta
Beaumont
Tex
Southern Pacific
Sour Lake
Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Atlantic Coast
Onaha
Civilization
Atlantic Coast Line
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