Department store offers advancement to young men
Boston area feature argues modern department stores promise rapid upward mobility for bright youth. It cites Jordan Marsh with 90 sale departments and promotion of own employees, noting young men can rise from stock boy to executive roles through effort and opportunity abroad, even as some fear pedestrian job labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Department Store
W. A. Hawkins
Jordan Marsh Company
Europe
The Problem of the Hungry Man
Edwin Markham argues in December Circle Magazine that hunger spans all peoples and eras. He notes hungry workers bear burdens yet charity fails, urging justice and living wages. If private enterprise lacks work, society must provide him labor to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Markham
December Circle Magazine
Civilization
Electric trap snags moths in Saxony in Popular Mechanics
An illustrated Popular Mechanics article touts an electric trap used in Saxony to catch moths with remarkable success. It reports three tons of moths killed in a single night, highlighting the device's effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxony
Popular Mechanics
Rooster Swims Like a Duck in Athol Mass
In Athol Massachusetts on December 14, a rooster raised with ducklings learned to swim and even outpaced the ducklings. The bird treads water upright, crows while swimming, and astonishes hens and other roosters, prompting interest from President Roosevelt and naturalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athol
Mass
Roosevelt
David Coolidge
Burtons Harsh Spanking Narrated by The Delineator
A mother uses a wooden shard to spank five year old Burton for an offense. The child cries out that this is the end of me as the scene closes, reported by The Delineator with a moral note on corporal punishment.
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Burton
Mr Spendthrift and the Yearning in Harper’s Bazar
A witty snippet from Harper’s Bazar contrasts a spendthrift’s bill with a creditor’s sorrow. The dialogue hints at financial strain and melancholy in a satirical, antiquated voice.
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Mr. Spendthrift
Harper's Bazar
Baby Turning Ten Stone Owing To Rare Disease In New York
A six week old boy Benjamin Gordon of New York suffers a rare condition called sclerema neonatorum. His body parts grow cold and stiff while the tissue and muscles near the skin fail to function. Doctors from Mount Sinai and Jersey City study the case hoping to slow progress or cure.
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New York
Benjamin Gordon
E. 100Th Street
Carl H. Goldstone
York Street
Jersey City
Mount Sinai Hospital
Goldstone
Hudson County Medical Association
Gordon
Benjamin
Mount Sinai Children’s Clinic
82 Year Old Father Welcomes Triplets In Columbus
In Columbus Ga a wife has given birth to three girls named Lonie Donie and Lavonia. The 82 year old Ambrose A Calhoun is their father and the babies died after a brief life. The family story includes a long marriage to a much younger wife and a history of health scares and relocation from Crawford county.
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Columbus, Ga
Ambrose A. Calhoun
Lonie
Donie
Lavonia
Calhoun
Crawford County
Telegraphone described in Popular Mechanics illustrations
The telegraphone, an instrument that records telephonic messages or dictation in the speaker’s actual voice, is described with illustrations in Popular Mechanics, highlighting its use for authentic voice records as potential court evidence.
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Star
Red Cross
E. Washington
Hfe
the Bobbs-Merrill Company
Chistmas
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Indianapolis
America
New Riley Books
Christy Riley
Ethel Franklin Betts
Cream of Riley
Will Vawter
Christy
Riley Books
Howard Chandler Christy
Mary
Greenfield Edition
C. M. Relyea
Old Glee Club
Franklin Booth
Riley Child
William Buckingham Dyer
Rileys Betts Books
Mtss
Flylar Islands
Zekesbury
Bobbs-Merrill’s
Fitanos
Knabe
Kimball
Baldwin
Booth Bros
Hamilton
Decker Bros
A. B. Chase
Jesse French
Clough
Warren
Halfet & Davis
THE
Starr Piano CO
Pennsylvania Street
Square Deal
Man
India
Ceylon Teas
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