The Desolate Baby Aboard a Moving Train
Hollister becomes guardian to a stranded baby when a mother abandons it on a train bound for Forestburg. The conductor jokes about adoption while Hollister forms a bond, contemplates naming the child Margaret, and ultimately the baby is reunited with a relieved aunt and uncle. Hollister feels a magnetic pull toward the sister, Margaret, as the tale ends.
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Hollister
Orphan Asylum
Margaret
Pshaw
Foresthburg
Mr. Holliater
Gladys
Reginald
Tom
Government Printing Office in Philippines Reorganized Under Leech
John S. Leech, praised by Secretary Taft, leads a Philippine printing unit with a new trade school for natives. The program aims to cut costs, boost native labor, and produce high quality work, while expanding workers from 4,600 employes in Washington to Manila operations.
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Henry Barrett Chamberlin
Chicago
Philippine Commission
Manila
Frank W. Palmer
John S. Leech
Bloomington
Washington
Philippines
Palmer
Leech
Taft
Mr. Leech
Far East
New York
Philippine Printing Office
Amerigang
Islands
Assembly
Charles A. Stillings
Congress
Stillings
The Good Enough Habit Destroys Business Trust
A critique of the “good enough” habit, detailing how careless circulars, cheap paper, underpaid skilled workers, and half finished letters erode future trust and contract success. It warns that this failing practice erodes credibility and can cost firms important opportunities.
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Zeno W. Putnam
The Age of Publicity and the Newspaper Ideal
A quotation extols the newspaper as the circulating medium and vital social force. It describes publicity as essential for business success and praises advertising as a power that appeals, linking confidence, community respect, and a cheerful, persuasive approach to effective advertising.
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Mandel
Money, Money, Money Dictating News Across Institutions
Rabbi Stephen S Wise warns that money dominates the university church and press calling it a grave danger. He asserts the press must remain free from financial domination to preserve truthful reporting and national integrity.
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Yellow Journal
Rabbi Stephen
Wise
Government by Newspapers Critique of Jerome
The New York World argues that New York is not governed by newspapers and mocks Jerome’s claim. It contends that true governance would bring more subways, stop Catskill water waste, punish corruption, enforce tenement law, collect taxes, cut expenses, and run public affairs openly. It suggests figures like Thomas F. Ryan and Edward H. Harriman might be jailed.
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Jerome
New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Edward H. Harriman
New York World
Modest Editor Charles E. Smith Praised by Journalist
A Philadelphia journalist quoted in the Washington Star recalls Charles Emory Smith as a modest editor who valued restraint in journalism. He once rewrote a boastful prospectus by crossing out boastful passages, preferring understated reporting.
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Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia
Washington Star
Certified milk and its impact on public health and quality
The article traces the certified milk movement from its 1890 start in New Jersey to broader adoption. It explains higher standards, price differences, and extensive hygiene practices from milking to bottling, noting long keeping quality and travel viability for families and ship, show and Paris exposition reports.
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Medical Society of New Jersey
Newark
Orange
Montclair
Medical Milk Commission
Essex County
New Jersey
Francisco
United States Patent Office
London
United States
Chicago
Clarence B. Lane
U. 8S. Agricultural Department
China Deep Coal Fields: Vast Reserves and Industrial Strain
Bailey Willis of the USGS reports three volumes on northern and central China's coal belts for the Carnegie Institute. He warns extraction will tax China’s depths and that limited exports are unlikely as demand rises. He estimates 605 billion tons in north China, with total coal wealth far exceeding Appalachia figures. London’s wealth and land value cited as top global, with $1.25 billion within its 16 square miles.
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China
Bailey Willis
United States Geological Survey
Carnegie Institute
United States
Appalachian
Consilar and Trade Report
City of
London
A Kentucky Case That Will Interest All Suffering Women
Mrs. Della Meanes of Maysville Kentucky reports seven years of kidney pain bearing down hips dull headaches and dizzy spells with dropsy swelling feet and ankles. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she was entirely cured. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York 50 cents a box.
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Della Meanes
Maysville
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Baseball in His Mouth Toothache Quip
A humorous exchange features a man with a toothache boasting he carries a baseball in his mouth because his suit has no pockets. The joke hinges on a stubborn boast about pain and an improvised solution.
Hoosier author’s children imitate pirates at home
A visitor to a prominent Indiana author’s house found three young children playing pirates in the hallway. The youngest explains they are literary pirates like their father, then a chorus of yells from behind the barn signals the author’s family skills extend to the work shed.
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Hoosier State
Indiana
Self Denial by a Six Year Old In Lent Setback
Margie a six year old Presbyterian child inspired by friends in a mixed church circle declares she will fast from candy for Lent but soon admits a peppermint lapse. She then explains she has altered her pledge to give up profane language, a change noted by peers.
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Margie
Montreal Herald
Triumph of Mind Victim Tests Doctor's Calm Denial
In a scene of comic argument the patient fears brain fever, while the doctor downplays the illness as an illusion of the senses. The patient protests, insisting on his own mind and bodily reality. The exchange highlights the mind body question in a humorous tone.
The First Taste Coffee Habit Gone With Postum
A man recalls coffee’s harmful effects on his nerves and sleep from childhood to age 37. After trying Postum, he and his wife found relief, sleeping better and abandoning coffee for the new drink. He recommends Postum to others through his testimony.
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Postum
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Forestburg
Ashe
Hollster
Mademoiselle
Charity
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Helliater
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Wacoly
Kentucky
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