Social Mayor for Newport and Global News Survey
A Newport movement proposes a social mayor to represent the city on special occasions as part of a plan by the Improvement Association led by John Thompson Spencer. The council would shrink to 45 members with city managers and a social head chosen by the council. The survey also covers astronomy news including the Delavan comet and a note on child labor in English pottery, canal proposals for Germany, and financial data on world powers.
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Newport
England
BR. 1
Propos Improvement Association
John Thompson Spencer
Philadelphia
Sas
Healdermen
Clerks as a Source of Business Ideas for Managers
The piece argues managers should hold regular consultation meetings with clerks to gain ideas and improve sales. It stresses using conferences, not bossing, to discuss stock and conditions, reduce worker grumbling, and highlight tact as a key clerk qualification for successful selling.
Supplementary emergency forage crops for pastures
The article urges growers to prepare for drought and pasture shortfalls with emergency crops. Millet, cowpeas, rape, and alfalfa are highlighted as versatile seasonally adaptable options. These can be fed green, hay, or pasture and fit into rotations to support livestock when main pastures fail.
Practical Care of Pigeons for Loft Management
Practical care of pigeons emphasizes double loft floors to prevent damp odors and overheating. Pigeons can be aggressive during breeding, so space, bathing access, and cleanliness are vital. Overcrowding raises infertile eggs. separate space for young birds reduces competition and improves care, with vigilance against vermin and careful feeding.
The Girl and the Money E day on leaving my bank
A man recounts a bank encounter with a beautiful woman who drops her pocketbook on a streetcar. He steals it, follows her, then returns it after exposing her trust in him. He positions himself as a benefactor, later meeting Miss Edith Belford and delivering the recovered purse. He and Edith end up together.
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Mr. Smith
Smith
Edith Belford
The Thoughtless Poor Comment in Kansas City Journal
Readers cite a Kansas City Journal excerpt criticizing the poor as shiftless. The piece questions why a starving man cannot organize his own tag day to raise help.
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Hinself
Kansas City Journal
Japan's Goldfish Industry Output and Value
The article estimates Japan's annual goldfish production and sales exceed 20,000,000 fish and may be much higher, with aggregate output value not less than 800,000 157.
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Japan
Watchfulness in the Wedding Parable of Matthew 25
The lesson explains two classes of people and signs of the times, using domestic imagery from the wedding procession. It contrasts the careful servant with the lax, and details the ten virgins lamp oil, the bridegroom’s delay, and the final door shut. Readiness and personal accountability determine acceptance at judgment.
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Jesus
A Mother's Intuition About a Marriage
A fragmentary dialogue shows a mother warning about financial risk in her son’s marriage and his wife’s plea or claim. The exchange hints at financial strain and forewarned consequences within a family.
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Genera!ly Staff
Count von Moltke
Moltke
Delavan
Lick Observatory
San Jose
Cal
Midlands
A. A. Hill
Tonmakers
Potteries
Hill
Germany
Kabler
Rhine
North Sea
Emperor William
Baltic
Hohenroller
Bertin
Hathe
Cologne
Emden
Kaiser
Holland
Dusseldorf
America
United Kingdom
France
Russia
Austria
Italy
United States
United Kngdom
Cape Town
South Africa
Union
Livingstone
Central Africa
Tchad
Europe
Canton of
Zurich
British Isles
Servia
Benjamin Jobsons
New York City
Peter of
Bosnia
Hersegovina
Ferdinand
Freneis Joseph
General von Martks
Austria and
Aurora Harding
Mike
William
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