School Banks Teach Thrift to American Children
Catherine Baldwin outlines the school savings bank plan as a thrifty lesson for children and even adults. She notes the first U S adoption in 1885 led to growing use in Europe, and details operable methods, from classroom deposits to bank books, parent consent, and annual balances. A anecdote of two boys saving fifty cents weekly to $1,500 for their father underscores the social impact.
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Catherine Baldwin
Harper’s Bazar
America
United States
Europe
France
Baldwin
Jane Smith
Savings Bank
New York Graphic
Struggling Passenger in Texas Smoking Car
Passengers stare as a strangely acting man in a Texas smoking car sways and explains he bought a silver watch from Dan McGary for $20, warning the head movement would stop the watch from working. The scene includes Andy Faulkner as the exchange unfolds.
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Andy Faulkner
Dan McGary
Texas Siftings
Mode of Killing Poultry Described by French Method
The Chicago Times describes a French method of killing fowls by opening the beak and making a slash at the back of the palate with a narrow blade to sever the vertebra and cause instant death. The birds are then hung by the legs to bleed and are picked while warm to preserve skin appearance.
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Chicago Times
Hospitable People Compared to Arabs in Octave Thanet Letter
The author extols frontier hospitability and stoicism, contrasting kindness and equality with violence. He notes guerrilla warfare in the woods, a tortured old man, a murdered family, and executions, recalling the sycamore trees used as gallows as described in Octave Thanet's Letter.
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Marion
Canton Market Delicacies Spur Color Based Pricing
Canton market notes show black dog and black cat priced higher than other colors for epicurean buyers. Skinned animals retain tails for display to prove color genuineness. Birds nests, prepared by washing and cleansing, fetch strong demand as delicacies in the city.
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Canton
Canton Cor
Chicago Tribune
Leader contrasts in English democracy and politics
Pall Mall Gazette notes a contrast between Gladstone the unreserved orator and Parnell the restrained strategist. It likens Gladstone to passionless strength and Parnell to controlled rhetoric, suggesting nations mirror personal traits in leaders and that emotional Celts seek impulsive leaders while English restraint favors controlled strategists.
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Mr. Gladstone
Lord Randolph Curchill
Mr. Parnell
Gladstone
Pall Mall Gazette
Plural forms of two and a half in bonds
The New York Commercial Advertiser asks for the correct plural of two and a half as used for 212 per cent bonds. Sir John Lubbock suggests two and a halves while debating why not two and a halfs or twos and a half.
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Brookyn
New York Sun
New York Commercial Advertiser
John Lubbock
Fly Me Chloe A Poem Translation From Horace
The excerpt presents a poetic translation of Horace Sir 8 FE De Vert where an speaker addresses Chloe urging her to fly openly as a fawn seeking her dam. The scene unfolds amid forest imagery with wind whispering, brambles stirring, leaves vibrating, and a trembling figure awaiting protection. The speaker reassures Chloe and denies tiger or lion-like danger.
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Chloe
Horace
California Prison Experiments Limit Food to Reform Convicts
The Chicago Times describes Folsom prison in California where reform aims drive a tiered diet. New arrivals start with basic beans and coffee while others earn access to a richer table with beef, mutton, rolls, and desserts by showing diligence, good conduct, and obedience to wardens.
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California
Folsom State Prison
Chicago Times
Questions From Willie in a Car Seat on the Train
A traveler recalls a south ern railroad scene in which a pale weary aunt answers a curious boy Willie with humorous, evasive replies about hay, stars, the moon and other wonders. The narrator notes eight million Willie-like boys in the United States and half as many in England.
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Willie
United States
England
Texas
Moses and the Gentlemen Shepherds Joke
A London schoolboy humorously reframes Moses as a gentle man. In a Scripture exam a pale lad explains Moses helped the daughters of Jethro and, more politely, said ladies first to the shepherds. The tale appears in the London Christian World.
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London
Moses
Jethro
Germanization of Metz Ordered in Public Service
Metz city authorities and the local poorhouse savings bank and hospital officials are ordered to use German in dealings with the public. The directive affects municipal offices and public institutions in Metz under occupying authority.
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Metz
Frank Leslie
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