Indians Students Education Labor System Inspires Remark
Special correspondence from Hampton Virginia reflects on education for Indian students and the labor system within schools. The piece cites historic sites near Hampton including Fortress Monroe, the Monitor and Merrimac battle area, Pocahontas and Capt. John Smith, the first colored school with Butler's stance on contraband of war, and local lore around Norfolk and rip-raps.
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Hamrror
America
Hampton
Old Point Comfort
Fortress Monroe
United States
Ben Butler
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Andrew Jackson
Amos Kendal
Tyler
New York
Julia Gardiner
Hampton School: Indian and Negro Students Thrive Under Elmington
Frank George Carpenter describes Hampton Institute as a model of education for both races. He notes 700 students, diverse trades, and strong outcomes with 500 colored and 145 Indian graduates, emphasizing affordable tuition, work programs, and disciplined dorms.
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Hampton
Ben Butler
Normal and Agricultural Institute of
United States
C. Armstrong
Sandwich
Gen. Armstrong
Interior Department
Huntingdon
C. P. Huntingdon
Lynn
America
Hampton School
George Carpenter
Stands Up For Woman Rights Critique Of Patriarchal Attitudes
Special correspondence from New YorK notes a fierce critique of the notion that gallantry to women is natural. The author argues American men deny citizenship to women, tax without representation, pay lower wages, and oppress mothers wives and sisters, using the mother in law as a blunt example of contempt toward women.
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New Yor
Berlin Dining Traditions and the Golden Sausage
A Berlin dining snapshot describes restaurant life, soups, national dishes, beer use, and napkins of paper. It notes costly tariffs at the Kaiserhof and the venue scene around Unter den Linden and Wilhelmstrasse. The piece highlights a novelty, the Dinner of the Golden Sausage with a hidden gold coin, and details late afternoon dining customs and common menu items such as Schweitzerkase mit Butter and Schwarzbrot.
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Westphalia
Brunswick
Vienna
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Wilhelmstrasse
Bellevuestrasse
West End
Berlin Cor
New York Sun
Treachery at the bridge of the Holy Ghost
A priest recalls Ney turning his army over to Napoleon at the bridge of the Holy Ghost near Napoleon's encampment. Napoleon and Ney met in person, signaling a shift that led to their forces joining Napoleon’s at Waterloo.
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Ney
Napoleon
Oloe Bridge
Bridge of the Holy Ghost
Waterloo
Father Neyron
Chicago Tribune
Profits of the Book Trade
The public is level headed about books and few readers pay top dollar. Publishers profit heavily on a $1.50 novel with minimal production costs, while authors receive small royalties. The trade prefers smaller print runs if profits stay high, even with larger royalty bills in a cheaper edition.
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Philadelphia Times
Immature Bob Veal Raises Health Concerns
Dr. Cyrus Edson argues in the Forum that immature meat is unwholesome and unhealthy for two reasons. It provides no nourishment and is hard to digest, forming masses in the stomach. He notes children's stomachs cannot cope with bob veal, sometimes causing fatal outcomes. He cites New York’s supply mainly from calves a few hours to three days old.
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New York Mail and Expreas
Bob Veal
New York
Cyrus Edson
49 B. as history book shorthand in Georgia lesson
An old exchange quip notes a west Georgia teacher explaining the meaning of "49 B." in history texts. The pupil asks for its sense and the teacher suggests the figures point to a distant past, with "49" approximated as “about correct.”
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Atlanta Constitution
West
Georgia
Roaming son and prudent governor over a proverb
A governor chides his son for roaming, while the son quips that a setting hen never gets fat, and the exchange frames a rural proverb about settled living. The dialogue contrasts obedience and liberty with a rural religious and folk wisdom tone.
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John
Rolling Stone
Spiders and Birds Debate Tree Enemies in Arkansaw Note
Destruction by spiders, noted by Dr. C Keller of Zurich, suggests spiders destroy more aphids and harm tree enemies than insect-eating birds. A Confucius quote recalls that character is measured by lifts after falls, not defeats.
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C. Keller
Zurich
Arkansaw Traveler
Confucius
Through Tickets Offered On Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway
The Ticket Agent offers through tickets on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway with Greeley Cole and Pullman Sleepers and fine Dining Cars on main lines. Attentive service is provided by courteous company employees. R. Miller and A. W. H. Carpenter sign as General Manager and Gen Passenger Agent.
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Hampton College
ASA
Virginia Hall
Virginia
Congress
Virginia Ball
Hampton Singers
Fiske Jubilee Singers
Helen W. Ludlow
Armstrong
WI Hubbard Kernan
Kaiserhof
Macmillan’s Magazine
Cinches
SPURS
Amy Blankets
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
E. Hart
Mayhar
Sash and
Doopy
Portland and Lonsville
Coney
Plaster OF Paris
RED Cross Painoy
Marshall & Welch Co
Mansfield’s
Omaha
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee
St Pal
Omaha Rock Island Freeport
Rockford
Elgin
Madison
Janesville
Beloit
Winona
LaCrosse
J.F. Tucker
Geo
MH. Herfford
J. T. Clark
Nature
Dr. Clark
Doe
U. S
Li Heaith
McLaughlin & CO
Skinner Block
Denver
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