Jews Turn Farmers as Numbers Grow Across America
The piece notes a shift from Jews as merchants and middlemen to producers in agriculture. It cites a New York Federation convention and Leslie’s Weekly praising recent Jewish farm success, with numbers rising from under 100 ten years ago to over 5,000 in the United States and tens of thousands in Europe. It highlights urban Jews embracing scientific farming and independence, while praising Jewish resilience and American integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
Harter
Midas
Federation of Jewish Farmers
New York
Educational Alliance
Leslie’s Weekly
United States
America
Mr. Zangwill
Americana
Pompeii Posters and Modern Advertising Echoes
A fragmentary piece recalls Pompeii wall postings and highway ads linking political messages, public health promises, and social unrest. It notes residents jeering at banners while educators warn of polluted nails and dangerous lab curiosities, reflecting enduring themes of propaganda and public concern.
Draining the Yazoo Delta under federal state cooperation
The Yazoo basin in Mississippi, between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, is the target of a major U S Geological Survey project. Since 1880 about 9.7 million dollars has funded levee building and maintenance, with federal and state contributions, as engineers fight floods and disease amid marshes of lakes, bayous and rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey
Yazoo Basin
Mississippi
Yazoo Rivers
van Norden
Women and the Gallows: Juries and the Fate of Women
A discussion urges juries to resist automatic death sentences for women. It argues treacherous bias toward female defendants, defending clemency and calls for fair treatment rather than harsher punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atake
Wan
Otatexm
Sip
Jurien
The Lawyer's Function and Its Public Cost
The article contrasts two lawyer roles. It argues that advising fair, just use of the law benefits society and progress, while promoting unjust technicalities harms the public, with responsibility lying on the lawyer and client. It cites Donald R. Hichberg in the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Hichberg
The
State Expenditures Per Pupil Vary Widely Across Nation
The Toledo Blade notes per pupil spending ranges from 6.37 in South Carolina to 72.15 in Nevada, with New York near the top at 53.59 and California at 49.29. It argues most states vary greatly, and the Education Commissioner can only advise, not compel funding decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Nevada
New York
Montana
California
West Virginia
Nower
Toledo Blade
Dramatic Arrests of Miller and Wiener in New York Burglary
In New York the arrest of Joseph Miller and Abraham Wiener for burglary leads to a dramatic scene as Miller’s brother, a government official, arrives at the Tombs in tears. Detectives Duggan Kinsler and O Farrell nabbed the suspects at 195 East 57th Street after midnight. The brother, who had not been seen in six years, begs to see his family amid the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Critica
New York World
Judge Crain
Joseph Miller
Abrahbsm Wiener
Miller
Wiener
United States
Foweph
Jozeph
Dug
Joe
Dernberg Early Life in German American Context
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss DERNBERG and an early life in a German American setting. References mention Ton donor and Hatt Dernhere with unclear roles. Informal hints point to colonial era connections and immigration themes without clear dates or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tondon
Dernhere
Berlin to America tale of Heer Dernberg's journey
A Berlin dispatch recounts Heer Dernberg's early life from a Berlin store helper to emigrant seeking work in the United States. He stars in a tale of ambition and a chance Wall Street clerkship before returning to Germany after salary disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
African Society
Berlin
Cincinnat! Enquirer
Klalifa
Tha Tomnter
United States
Wall Street
New York
States
Germany
Heer Dernberg
Prince von Buelow
Buelow
Origin of the Bob A Rustic Measurement Story
The article describes the bob as a traditional rural measure tied to oxen plowing. It traces the term to the red line and explains how a string of poles and lengths defined a field width. Variations existed by region but narrowed over time as farming practices standardized.
The Garden of the Wilderness and Other Literary Notes
A mixed review of forthcoming works and literary trends cites The Hermit diary tale The Garden of the Wilderness, G and Chesterton books, Bible circulation, and Hakluyt Society Peter Mundy manuscript. It notes corset lace changes raise costs, affecting retailers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilderness
G. &. Chesterton
George Bernard Shaw
Dickens
Dent
London Book Monthly
Pekin
Tts
China
Haklurt Society
Peter Mundy
Europe
Asia
Bodleian Library
Patta
England
Wale
India
Japan
Corset Lacings Spar Over Garment Without Laces Debate
The Corset Manufacturers' Association bans free lacings with corsets while wholesalers retailers and customers dispute the policy. Women argue lacings are essential while retailers protest the restriction noting demand for complete garments without laces and the impact on buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George CG. Batcheller
George CG. Batcheller & Co
Caliar
Ney
Sacred Street Songs and the Church Shadows of Tone
A discussion on medieval church music tracing the shift from street tunes to church modes. It notes two surviving modes the major and minor, street songs influencing sacred tones, and later reform to curb ornamentation while preserving communal song tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith's Magazine
Uften
Wit and Whimsy From a Juvenile Class Riddle
A vignette of young students and family life with quirky questions. A pupil explains a math beat the head of the bed meaning ward feet versa. A Sunday school tale recalls the Pharisees and camels and gnats with gentle humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar
Littie Edgar
Matt
Lottie
Duvenile
The Hosiery Rhyme Reveals Worn Out Verse And Jumbles
A damaged text presents a garbled poem about socks and hosiery with misspellings and nonsensical phrases. It mentions carelessness and a diaried hale while mixing in stray lines about a rhetorician and Baltimore. The fragmentary lines suggest a playful but incoherent editorial mix.
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Varigda
Saya
Pampeii
Walla
Abbot
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M. Cassellius Marcellus
Kansas
Q. Braisinus Balias
Polybius
Patnioss
New Jersey
Zeon
Af Thom
Ea Ord Jigen
Yazoo East
Montreal Star
Lach
pRama
Dernberg
Guiter
Edmund Gunter
Gresham College
London
Yau
Mgr
Sacred Street Songs
Tas Calbadirals
A&a Railway
Littl
Lola
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