Sweet old lullabies and childhood tales retold
Judd Mortimer Lewis in Houston Post reflects on the enduring charm of classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales sung to children. He recalls familiar figures like Jack, the Giant, Tom the Piper, and Old Mother Goose, contrasting them with newer songs while emphasizing the timeless comfort and imagination they provide to both parents and babies.
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Jack
Tom
Mary
Mother Gaose
Judd Mortimer Lewis
Houston Post
Billy's Report Ends Family Plot Spoiled By Red Nos
Billy frets over a school progress card filled with red scars as the fear of punishment looms. His sister Victoria boasts of excellent marks while his brother Jack mocks him. The father jokes about paying debts with excellent cards as Billy discovers the relief of praise.
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Billy
Spotty
Johnny Hughes
Victoria
Jack
Lizabeth
Vicky
Pat
Aya
William
When a Teacher Reconsiders Billy’s Card
At month end Ela examines Billy’s report card and realizes a prior error. She confesses to a neighbor that the marks may have improved him, saying her eye slipped last month. The card goes home with a note of blunder and praise for Billy’s current behavior.
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Ela
Billy
Chicago News
Packing Woes Cost American Goods in South America
A letter from an American in Colombia details repeated product damage from poor packing. Lantern globes, window glass, gauges, and china are smashed en route through coastal, river, rail, and mountain stages over hundreds of miles to Bogota, reducing trade despite superior quality. The note contrasts European packing, longer credit, and stronger securing of orders with American shipments.
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Colombia
United States
Bogota
Magdalena River
South America
Queer Use for Old Hats in Philadelphia Bulletin
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt reveals odd uses for second hand hats, noting demand from elderly widows who hang hats at home to deter trespassers. It also mentions hat rotation in restaurants and the market value of derbies and silk hats among clerks and dealers.
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George
Brisk
Philadelphia Bulletin
Absent Minded at Barber's Humorous Observation
A New York Press fragment notes barbers see many absent minded men. Patrons remove coat and tie for a shave or cut then mistake the mirror for bedtime, winding watches and preparing to sleep. Some loosen suspenders before realizing they are not going to bed.
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New York Press
Home Work For Women Debate Pros And Cons
The Sanitary Record argues that if it can be proven conclusively that home work harms both individual and general health, it should be ended, even if it causes hardship. It calls for far more thorough investigation before any radical action is taken.
Street Cars Inaugurate Service In Shanghai
Street car service opens in Shanghai amid local opposition by natives opposed to finnickshamen. The electric tram network begins operations as a transportation milestone for the city.
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Shanghai
Finrickshamen
Patent Office Graduates Thwarted by Salaries
An American Industries report cites the Patent Office as a post-graduate school for engineers and lawyers noting high resignation rates. Of 300 examiners, 125 left in under five years, with salaries fixed since 1848. Telegraphed patents cost $3200 to acquire but were lost due to resignations.
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Pout
Ols College
Patent Office
Washington
Patents
American Industries
General Electric Company
Rise of Ruler Assassination Waves Across Nations
Editorial notes a string of royal attempts in Portugal Servia and Sweden suggesting an assassination wave. It argues most attackers are unbalanced and that swift punishment could deter similar crimes. The piece cites psychologists on crime waves and recommends strong corrective action.
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Portugal
Servia
Sweden
Baltimore News
Chief Causes of Coal mine Disasters
A French expert M Taffanel reports that American coal mines lack basic life safeguarding devices seen in France and cites Monongah Pennsylvania where about 400 miners died. He condemns unprotected lamps primitive blasting methods dust suppression and careless dynamite handling as key dangers.
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M. Taffanel
Monongah
Pennsylvania
France
Canadian Pacifics Coal Mines at Hosmer Begin Next Year
Canadian Pacific railway company plans to spend between 10 000 000 and 20 000 000 dollars sinking shafts and erecting machinery at Hosmer on the Crow's Nest pass to develop its coal property. The first mine will open next January producing about 3000 tons daily for company use. Cottages for miners are being built and the town is expected to reach about 2000 residents by this time next year.
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Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Hosmer
Crow's Nest Pass
Rocky Mountain
Education and the Drama in Public Thought
The piece asserts drama will not fade and remains a lasting human interest. Education is in a transition, with drama benefiting as it reaches broader masses.
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Ondon Stage
Up In a Balloon Observers Describe Aerial View
Voyagers aboard a balloon drift above the sea of air as the Earth sinks away, leaving a vast map of land and ocean below. A vivid first impression captures wonder at the immense panorama unfolding beneath their eyes.
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Hal Joan
Governor vetoes canal inquiry appropriation by rail line panel
Governor Edwin 4. Stuart sent the last legislature’s canal and railroad abandonment inquiry resolution to the state railroad commission. The measure set a $2,500 appropriation vetoed by the governor, who says the commission can handle the work and report. The panel would advise on restoring canals and forming new canal companies and authorize the attorney general to safeguard abandoned railroad charters and franchises.
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Hartisburg
Edwin 4. Stuart
State Railroad Commission
Stuart
Troops to Move to Gettysburg Encampment
Harrisburg announces a planned troop movement for the National Guard brigades to and from the Gettysburg division encampment next summer. The Third will move July 16, the Second July 17, and the First July 18 by train, with the Governor's troop riding from Harrisburg. The camp breaking order will be kept. the Third moves July 24 and the Second and First on July 26. All brigades will be in camp together.
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Harrisburg
Stewart
National Guard
Gettysburg
Poison Root Kills Two in Hawthorn Area
In Clarion county near the Armstrong county line two Garver boys aged 10 and 13 died after eating a pleasant tasting plant root found in a field. A third Garver son, also from Hawthorn, survived due to prompt antidotes.
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Kittanning
Jacob Garver
William Garver
Hawthorn
Clarion County
Armstrong County
Flames destroy plant at Finley and Campbell mill
A fire at Finley & Campbell’s planing mills and lumber yard in West Newton-Wire at 1 am caused about 40000 dollars in damage with limited insurance. The fire began mid plant and is suspected incendiary. Firefighters could not stop the blaze as it consumed the entire establishment. R B Campbell and George T Finley are partners in the firm.
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West Newton
Finley & Campbell
R. B. Campbell
George T. Finley
Forest fire in Butler A Forest blights hundreds of acres
A blaze near Oneida started by a locomotive spark along the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad swept hundreds of acres of timber in the pine tract. Dozens of farmers battled the flames as oil rigs were menaced and William Young, overcome by heat, was rescued by friends before death.
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Butler
Bessemer & Lake Erie
Oneida
Here
William Young
Pittsburg Steel Co Buys 400 Acre Connelleville Coal Tract
Pittsburg Steel Company, with large finishing mills at Monessen, Mo Denn and Glassport, has purchased a 400 acre Connelleville cok ing coal tract from the Sherricks and will develop it to supply coke for its open hearth furnaces at Monessen. The deal signals expansion of coal resources to feed steel production.
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Uniontown
Pittsburg Steel Company
Mo‘Dessen
Glassport
Sherrick’s
Monessen
Poplars Must Go in Kittanning Streets
The share trees commission of Wickhorp has decided poplar trees in Kittanning borough streets must be cut down by next fall to yield place to maple trees. Roots of poplars force walls and sewers, causing damage. Woman Indicted for Murder in Sharon. Mercer county grand jury returns true bill against Mrs. Ann Dahringer for murdering her husband last September. Gabor Molnar, charged with killing Charles Qopax in December, discharged as self defense. More Mines Resume in vicinity of Avella and Meadowlands, 1500 and 600 jobs. Greensburg: Isaac Williams, furnace man, drank igudanum at Scottdale and died hours later.
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Kittanning
Wickhorp
Sharon
Mercer County
Ann Dahringer
Gabor Molmar
Charles Qopax
Avella
Wabash Pittsburg Terminal
Meadowlands Coal Company
Meadowlands
Washington County
Pastor Resigns Then Collapses During Easter Service
The Rev. 3.G. Wilson, pastor of the Baptist church at North Wales Bucks county, suddenly became mentally deranged in his pulpit during Easter services. He tendered his resignation and retired to a rear room where church members found him in a complete nervous collapse with no memory of resigning or delivering the sermon. He was placed under medical care and his wife led the evening service. Wilson is described as a highly affluent and popular preacher in the area.
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Philadelphia
G. Wilson
Baptist Church
North Wales
Bucks County
Wilson
Judge Ingraham Refuses Greene County Licenses
Judge James Ingraham handed down four license decisions in Greene county. Licenses refused for South's distillery and Bald Hill and Lippincott's distilleries at Lippincott, with remonstrances filed against both. Patrick Reilly retail license at Rice's Landing refused. It is 80 years since Greene county last granted a retail license. A distiller's license was granted to R W Higginbotham at Gray's Landing. No decision on Waynesburg brewery.
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Ingraham
Greene County
Waynesburg
James Ingraham
South’s
Bald Hill
Lippincott
Lippinscott
Patrick Reilly
Rice’s Landing
R. W. Higginbotham
Gray's Landing
Pensioned by Carnegie Librarian Receives Lifetime Pension
Philadelphia librarian emeritus John Edmands, 88, will receive $50 a month for life from Andrew Carnegie. Edmands joined the Mercantile Library in 1856 and served as librarian for many years, remaining emeritus and assistant treasurer for six years. In Oil City, the body of Lavina Samms, who died by her own actions after her husband’s burial, was found in the Allegheny River 30 miles south. The leap from a bridge was witnessed by hundreds who could not intervene.
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Philadelphia
Andrew Carnegie
John Edmands
Mercantile Library
Edmands
Mercantile
Oil City
Lavina Samms
Allegheny River
Ford City
Smith Kimgensmith
Rosston
Samuel R. Shipley
Flag Raised Over Capitol Wings and Main Building
The state flag was raised at noon on the new capitol at Harrisburg on the 21st in accordance with a February 26 resolution approved by Governor Edwin 8. Stuart March 4. The flags are erected on the Wings with the national flag also displayed on the main building.
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Capitol
Harrisburg
New
Edwin
Stuart
Boy Attacked by Prairie Wolf in Greene County Stable
John Hathaway, a boy of Carmichaels Greene county, was attacked by a chained prairie wolf in a stable at the rear of the Hathaway residence. The child’s body was badly lacerated but rescue by neighbor James Cure prevented worse harm.
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Wolf
Washington
John Hathaway
Mary Hathaway
Carmichaels
Greene County
Hathaway
James
Old Custer Scout Miller Dies in Pottsville
Miller, a United States soldier who served as a scout with Custer during Indian campaigns, died today in Pottsville. He survived the historic massacre as he was wounded and in hospital, avoiding the fate that befell many of his comrades.
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Custer
Pottsville
Benjamin
Means Work for 200 Men at Meadowlands Coal Mines
Washington A: haulage system completed at Meadowlands Coal Company's Arden station aims to boost daily output by 3000 tons. Two hundred additional workers will be employed, plant cost about 40000 dollars. Also notes on tobacco and liquor restrictions, local crime, and a drowning incident in Ford City.
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Washington A
Meadowlands ~ Coal Company
Arden ‘Station
California Fig Syrup Elixir of Senna Promoted
An ad extols a Well-Informed World endorsed laxative product, the Syrup and Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims physicians approve it and urges buyers to purchase only this firm’s preparation through leading druggists.
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California
Berlin’s Shade Trees Network Conserves City’s Green Legacy
Berlin’s Shade Trees on Three Hundred Berlin street totals 44 000 trees valued around 200 000 dollars. About a thousand gardeners and assistants are employed to care for them.
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Berlin
Berlin Street
Esperanto State Proposal Divides Frontiers Sampled Near AdgrI Chapelle
Prof Roy advocates a dependent Esperanto state on a neutral frontier zone between Germany Belgium and the Netherlands near AdgrI Chapelle. The experiment aims to test a neutral strip for a new linguistic community amid political pressure.
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Roy
Espera
Vitory
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Adgri Chapelle
Hall's Catarct Cure touted with large rewards and cures
A promotional ad claims Hall's Cataract Cure can cure catarrh by constitutional treatment, promising a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and urging readers to send testimonials. The blurb includes testimonials, pricing, and the note to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
A. B.J. Cnenry & Co
Toledo
T5c
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Pear Police
Joseph Crisswell
Frank Aliis
Lyndora
Winslow
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Wall Stree Journal
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Newport
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Rochester
Utica
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H. H. MacCracken
Chaz
New York University
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Richmond
William J. Bryan
York City
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Atmson Square
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