Life in Manila for Americans during the war
As Americans occupy Manila during wartime, many relocate from the United States with hopes of business. The city’s harsh living conditions include expensive, poor food, scarce utilities, and a volatile mix of Filipino and Chinese workers. Fear of uprisings and street danger looms, prompting households to keep revolvers ready and guards alert.
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Manila
United States
Army
Islands
Binondo
Chicago school studies child health to boost learning
The Chicago school board experiments with systematic physical testing of students to link physical condition with academic performance. Measurements include height weight lung capacity grip sight and hearing with results used to grade pupils and justify individualized adjustments. Findings show gender endurance differences and varying daily physical energy, noting cross national differences among Italian Swedish Hungarian Finnish and other groups.
Investigation to secure records on child mind and body
Fragment describes planned investigation using existing records on children to obtain definite valuable results. It notes material differences in mind and body and outlines that the secured records will form the basis for further inquiry.
Unhappy Empress: Life of Russia's Czarina
The Empress of Russia faces sorrow despite high rank and beauty. Her nonconformity, court disfavor, and strained marriage have clouded her happiness, with whispers of abdication and disapproval from the Dowager Empress and others. Her English influenced upbringing clashes with Russian court customs, deepening her distress.
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Russia
The Sorrowful Czarina and Her Shifting Faith
A summary of the Empress of Russia formerly Princess Alix of Hesse who converted from Protestantism to Orthodoxy to wed the Czar. Her religion drew opposition from the church leader Pobledonostrov and she faced public scorn as she bore three daughters rather than a son.
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Russia
Alix of Hesse
Queen Victoria
Pobledonostrov
Pestiferous Higher Criticism recollected by Home Magazine
The Home Magazine recalls a Dr. Newman Hall tale about an illiterate negro preacher. He tells his congregation that Adam was made of wet clay and set up against the palings to dry. A listener asks who made the palings, and the preacher responds with a stern rebuke about upsetting the system of theology.
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Home
Newman Hall
Clerical Optimism and Local Fairs Failures in Georgia
An itinerant Methodist preacher in Georgia quips on busy parish life saying the organ festival left 80 in debt the lightning rod fair was 20 behind and a watermelon party 10 short while the parsonage survived after weeks of strain his cheerful report contrasts with the small deficits and ongoing church projects.
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Georgia
Saybrook Gasetts
Polar exploration and industrial notes in brief
Dr Nansen remains focus on polar science and may head south for Antarctic work while researching his major polar study. Germany expands toy making education as a government program and a Providence firm builds a large emery wheel for grinding wooden balls.
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Nansen
Grunhamiden
Germany
Providence
Rat Survives Onboard Vessel and Guides Ship to Shore
A live rat on a British naval ship escapes the trap and kills a pursuing gull. The rat then drags the gull’s body and, using its wings as a sail and its tail as a rudder, steers toward shore. The question remains whether it reached land as the ship sailed away. The article shifts to a cynical note about a father buying an overcast and a house sale priced high.
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London Field
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