Hospital Deficiencies Delve Into U S System
Dr. A G Gerster blasts American hospitals for waste mismanagement obsolete methods and inefficient staff. He says English practices three centuries ahead Germany pays two or three specialists to do what many staff cannot. Trustees run facilities as philanthropy while clerical work hinges on favorites and new graduates head medical teams. Many hospitals run deficits of eighty thousand to a hundred thousand dollars annually.
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A. G. Gerster
England
Germany
New York Times
Sunday School Decay and Reform Urged by Ministers
The New York Mail reports many Protestant denominations see the American Sunday school declining. Some urge abandoning it, though no replacement is proposed. The piece urges repairing the Sunday schools rather than attacking the public school system, noting a generation was raised within them and calling for regeneration, not neglect.
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New York Mail
American Sunday School
Brethren of the Church
Social Decay Of New England
An Eagle editorial laments social decay in New England as residents relocate westward, leaving towns with dwindling schools and fading civic leadership. It condemns loss of historic figures and rising vagrancy and drunkenness while blaming resistance to public welfare despite wealth.
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New England
Newland
Brooklyn Eagle
The Chinese Army Awakening and Its Lessons
The article notes China has an army of about 40,000 equipped with Mauser rifles modern artillery and cavalry. It argues that if 40,000 can be disciplined and armed effectively they can scale to larger forces, citing observed maneuvers before foreign experts who are impressed by China’s military awakening and asks if China learned from its 1900 humiliation and Japan's victory over Russia.
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China
Chih-li
Shantung
Ministers and Their Sons Framing the Clergy Line
A Chicago News claim notes only eight percent of ministers have clerical fathers. High church poverty limits sons from college and divinity school, pushing many into other fields while some stay as aiding lay members. Henry Arthur Jones quips on English theater—pleasure is pursued even when amusement is somber, shaping London plays seen here.
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Chicago News
England
Henry Arthur Jones
London
World Government Plan to End Wars by Logan
Walter S Logan, head of the New York State Bar Association, argues for a world government with a global judicial and legislative authority. He envisions shared sovereignty limited to international matters, a world court backed by global armies, and a stronger role for the Hague tribunal as a step toward universal peace and honesty among nations.
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Walter Logan
New York State Bar Association
New York Sun
England
Trent
United States
Russia
Hague Tribunal
Jas
A New Surgical Glove From Gutta Percha Film
The described glove involves immersing hands in a weak gutta percha solution in benzine or acetone to form a thin imperceptible pellicle that blocks blood pus and secretions. It claims to preserve touch and pliability unlike rubber gloves, offering a protective measure for surgeons.
Sugar production expansion in JapanNear Osaka and Tokyo
Japan focuses on sugar production with thriving cane on its islands. Several refineries operate near Osaka and Tokyo with several more under construction. The move is expected to sharply cut imports from foreign suppliers in the near future.
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Japan
Islands
Osaka
Tokia
The Reader in a Cigar Factory Workroom
A New York Tribune account describes a cigar factory reader who sits on a dais, reads world news, fiction, poetry, and history to workers for about half an hour per session, with rests and varied topics, selected by a worker committee and paid around $20 weekly. The practice arose from factory rules to prevent talking while working and evolved into a century‑old system that educates and motivates workers.
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Telegraph News of the World
United States
Ana
New York, Tribune
Lessons From Ancient Trees The Pyramids And Time
In a Popular Science Monthly style piece, the author recalls Napoleon's quote about "Forty centuries" watching over his troops and uses sequoias to illustrate vast time spans. The article explains dendrochronology concepts such as annual rings, growth differences between spring and latewood, and how trees may produce more than one ring in a year under certain conditions. It reflects on the age and grandeur of ancient forests and their bark, sap flow, and proportions.
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Pyramids
Napoleon
of the
Christ
Bethlehem
Judea
Rome
Popular Science Monthly
Little Wonder Stove Promises Efficient Heat in Winter
In severe winter weather it warms six to ten rooms as well as a forty dollar furnace. Easy to install for anyone with ordinary skills. Safe with no fumes, durable, and requires no watching. Learn what the Little Wonder is, how to obtain it, how it works, and user opinions. Infringement will be prosecuted.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
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Ir Sales and Exchange Stables
White Brothers
Glyan
Nixon's Alley
Farmers’ Bank
Indiawa
Kor
Germania “Mines
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Fifth Avenue
New York
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Greene
Neryura
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Jd. A. Green
the Patrons Mutual Insurance Co
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Gaibleton
Gen’! Apt
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Marshall, Builting, Indiana, Pa
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Swift’s Pride
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Syracuse
Minnesota
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Coging & Engle
P.R.R
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Brery
Mosico Grey
Soma
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