Paris Mass League Against Mortality And Hygienic Visits
The article notes Paris organizing against toe fant mortality with careful watch of milk supply and home visits to deliver hygienic instruction. It mentions a shipbuilding race between private yards and a navy yard as a new aquatic sport, and a widening urban radius due to the trolley line. It also critiques feudalism in English government and society, highlighting the nobleman as a principal local patron with centuries of immunities, per the Kansas City Star.
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Paris
Navy Yard
Kansas City Star
Metropolis plural forms debated by press
An Australian paper notes a stylistic clash with metropolises as the preferred plural of metropolis while the London Chronicle criticizes forcing Greek words into English. The piece highlights journalistic language quirks and debates over proper usage in Commonwealth capitals.
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Metropolis
Melbourne
Sydney
London Chronicle
Colleges Embrace Athletics and Physical Culture
The article notes that modern college athletes enjoy generous opportunities across rowing, baseball, football and more. It highlights outdoor and indoor facilities, with Princeton planning a gymnasium costing 250,000 as part of a broader university belief in sound bodies alongside sound minds.
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Princeton
New York Tribune
London Times on Britain's lagging electrical industry
The London Times condemns Britain's backward state of electrical enterprise after a committee report by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. It notes reliance on American and German imports for traction and power equipment, with slow domestic supply. some praise recent improvements driven by American enterprise, yet overall frustration at the slow pace.
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The
London Times
Great Britain
Institution of Electrical Engineers
America
Germany
Motor vehicles rise in importance for trade and mobility
The Philadelphia Record notes that high powered cars shift from leisure to utility, with France testing autos in Salara Desert and Madagascar expecting rapid commercial changes under French control. In the Philippines, U S malls are moved town to town by autos, and Puerto Rico sees half the old transport costs from Ponce to San Juan.
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France
Salara
Madagascar
Philippines
United States
Ponce
San Juan
Philadelphia
The Old Couple Renewed by the Spirit of Spring
A poem excerpt by Ethelwyn Wetherald in Good Housekeeping contrasts aging with spring renewal. It presents aged lovers as new alongside blooming surroundings, celebrating beauty and youth in the season.
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Ethelwyn Wetherald
An Estimate Reversed on a Hot August Day
Randall Clark, wandering with no umbrella, contemplates love and fate when a sweltering day leads him to rescue a neglected baby. Emily Tabor brings the child to safety at her aunt Gresham's, nurses him, and reveals the infant is Robbin's boy, Jamie. Lydia Robbins is notified. romantic tension grows as dinner invites are extended.
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Randall Clark
Randall
Emily Tabor
Jack Manning
Florida Lakes
Mr. Clark
Emily
Ren
Robbin
Lydia
Lydia Robbins
Brisk talk as couple argues over Florida trip
Dall sits in a chair while a woman combs her hair and looks at a baby. She mentions a trip with Jack Manning through the Florida interior. Randall Clark denies any plan to go. The scene is described in a Cleveland Plain Dealer column by W. R. Rose.
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Dall
Jack Manning
Florida
Randall Clark
W. R. Rose
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Handkerchief Newspaper Feat and the Kissing Palm
A Nashville style tale recounts a Georgia editor printing The Exponent on cotton handkerchiefs during 1881 blizzards and the odd claim of a greenhouses plant causing staff to kiss. The Philadelphia Record notes Uncle Sam’s palmetto osculari, the so called kissing palm, prompting clerks to smooch colleagues near it.
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Herald
Tl’. F. Powers
Central of Georgia Railway
Powers
Augusta
Sam
Agricultural Department
Australia
Wilson
Professor Rittue
Philadelphia
Authors who flourished after age fifty in classic works
A Bookman list notes Samuel Richardson achieved success after fifty as Pamela was completed in winter 1739 40. Boswell’s Life of Johnson appeared after fifty. Cervantes Don Quixote followed, Defoe Robinson Crusoe at fifty eight, Locke and Milton later works, and Johnson’s Lives of the Poets began at sixty eight.
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Samuel Richardson
Boswell
Dr. Johnson
Cervantes
Daniel Defoe
John Locke
Milton
Samuel Johnson
Strength of Newgate Prison in London
Lieutenant Colonel Milman governor since 1886 calls Newgate the strongest hell prison in the country. Walls once required three weeks to pierce a doorway and are stout enough to resist modern artillery. Milman has witnessed twenty five executions in sixteen years in the gloomy institution.
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Newgate Prison
London
Newgate
Milman
Poor but Honest Lobster Analogy Reflects Youth Behavior
A London Globe writer on natural history mocks the belief that humans should imitate animals. Using lobsters as example, he notes the young lobster rises to the surface but sinks back to the depths at maturity, likening it to a young man who “settles down” when he should.
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London Globe
The Passing of the Athletic Girl
The athletic girl fades from fashion as shopkeepers and suitors oppose her. The new summer girl of 1902 adopts lace and chiffon, abandoning the healthful look. Shoes narrow to Louis XV heels, shirt waists become elegant, and purveyors fear losses as the “Du Barry” and “Dolly Varden” trends rise. The athletic ideal is relegated to memory, leaving landlords lamenting fewer men at summer hotels.
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Belle M. Sherman
Paris
London
Berlin
du Barry
Dolly Varden
Commonsense
Haberdasher
Collier’s Weekly
The Real Hobo What He Is and How He Lives
Charles Ely Adams describes hobos as literate in pockets and regular readers who wash, sleep and work long hours. He notes hobos exchange books and magazines at camps, discuss science and events, and keep informed through newspapers despite rough living conditions. Sunday offers rest and socializing among travelers.
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Charles Ely Adams
Faulty Grading in Our Public Schools
William J. Shearer argues that public schools harm students through uniform grading systems. He warns that setting tasks by average pace drags faster learners and neglects individual differences, stifling talent and fostering inattentiveness.
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William J. Shearer
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