Pay for teachers and municipal reform in Indiana
The piece argues Indiana teachers are underpaid with six months work and six months study yearly, averaging about 350 dollars a year. It urges salary increases, notes shortages driving teachers from the field, and highlights broader municipal reform needs to curb graft and modernize city governance. It cites J B Percy and references Governor Durbin, utilities costs, and national political context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
J.B. Percy
Indiana Teachers’ Association
Indianapolis
Public Ownership in English Cities Spurs Municipal Utilities
The American Consul reports English cities like Leicester expanding public ownership. Leicester shifted horse cars to electric streetcars, now city owned, spending over three million dollars. gas, electric light, and water works yield profits totaling 166,500 in six months. Hull introduces a municipal telephone system cutting rates to half, with minor bath deficits and no profit noted.
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Nottingham
England
State Department
Leicester
Hull
Special Privileges and Graft in Modern Business
A critical look at how concessions and privileges backed by graft have become common in American business. The piece argues that public outrage over bold schemes is brief and cheap gains tempt perpetual excess, with examples ranging from oil trade influence to a pickpocket privilege at a Madison Square Garden event.
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Panama
Madison Square Garden
Animals On The Sea Voyage Anecdotes By Adventist
An Adventist shares humorous observations on animal behavior aboard ships. He notes polar bears tolerate the sea best while tigers suffer most, horses fail, and oxen cope better than others. Elephants dislike the sea but respond to medical treatment. A remedy suggests hot water with whisky and quinine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wila Ant Mala
Periah
Brontes Husband Faces Gossip and Truths
Mr. Nichols, Charlotte Bronte's husband, remains in an Irish village amid steady local regard and rumors. He has repeatedly denied unfounded gossip about discouraging Charlotte from writing, a claim proven false. K Shorter in the London Aphlete verifies the rebuttal, noting Nichols' ties to Brontes scholarship and Haworth edition annotations.
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Charlotte Bronte
Nichols
Iriah
K. Shorter
London
Brontes
Haworth
Harper's
Humphrey Ward
Mrs. Gaskell
Millions of Diamonds Amid Global Jewel Trade
Government report on jewel mining notes widespread production across nations. South Africa yields 25,000,000 dollars yearly from 4,000,000 tons of blue rock yielding diamonds. pearls, emeralds, rubies, opals and many stones are mined worldwide. The United States spent 31,479,223 dollars on jewel imports last year.
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South Africa
Kimberley
North
South America
Colombia
Australia
Moz ‘Ena
The Dangerous Tongues of Cats and Big Cats
The article explains how animal tongues can act as dangerous weapons. It notes recurving spines on cat family tongues that roughen the surface. Domestic cats have small spines, while tigers and other big cats show stiffer, sharper spines that point outward when the mouth is open.
Dog dock hand helps Portemouth steamer crew
In Portemouth England a fox terrier named Jack acts as a dock hand. He catches mooring lines tossed from ships and runs with two men to lash them fast. Jack begins each morning on the landing stage and stays until night, driven by instinct and observed practice of workers.
Three essential points for fashionable winter costume
A woman seeking fashion this season should focus on three key points when choosing a winter outfit. Emphasize shoulder width to balance the waist and create a pleasing silhouette. A skilled modiste can achieve the desired effect without restricting the customer.
Plain Teles From the Hills
The Hills correspondence reports a quiet week with a noisy feast of spare ribs and sausage. Dr MacLaughlin and Kim Moore of Buena visited on business. Two Columbus men visited recently. names not released. More weddings expected. truant officer possibly on leave. At M X church roll, 2 of 10 responded during a Sunday session. Harry Wilson of Centerfeld and Alec Leaverton of Samantha appeared before the preacher and were pronounced husband and wife.
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MacLaughlin
Kim Moore
Buena
Columbus
Ebjitten
M. X
Reat
Harry Wilson
Centerfeld
Alec Leaverton
Samantha
Our Town
Greenfield
The Big Standard by Chee Foo Lire Kinchan Dee
The Standards company raised the price of all two cents a gallon. A Fort Arthur demand rise is blamed, with the two cent hike set by Bhanchal. Plerpont Morgan reportedly paid 46.00 for a historic plane. Local wit and satire pepper the column.
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Chee Foo
Plerpont Morgan
Plerp
Tom Lawson
Hen Rogers
His Cheerful Way and Witty One Liners
A compilation of quips from newspapers including a Detriot Free Press fragment praising optimism and a Washington Star exchange about Bilgrine and Biggins. The samples showcase humor about minds, pride, and perceived intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detrott
Preas
Highland Piper At Dinner Draws Praise From Officer
A distinguished Indian officer praised Scotland at a social gathering. A Highland piper stood behind his chair as guests arrived and was asked which part of Scotland he came from. The piper replied with a poised humor, “Tipperary, yer honer.”
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Mesa Ha
Scotland
Tipperary
London
Caught in the Crash and Political Jitters
The fragmentary lines claim pursuit by torpedo boats and fame, note rapid Baltic movement, and reference Henry Gassaway Davis funding a Toledo youth for a college course. It also mentions the sultan of Turkey seeking $15,000 while Chadwick cash blows over, hinting at broader political tensions.
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Turkey
Chadwick
Hints on Recent Styles in Hats and Dress
The notice surveys trends in hat styles and fabrics, praising dull silver and blue stones, dainty chiffon, and fine faces. It highlights hat brims twisted in unusual contortions, and notes a wedding where bridesmaids wore brunette looks, with admiration for exquisite floral embroidered headpieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ein
Tri-colour Chinese hand embroidery on blue gown set
Pink and purple dominate a Cantonese style embroidery panel with rare silver mounts. An edged band yields a ready made collar and cuff sets. The blue and green gown features blue mohair petticoats with tailored pleats in two shades.
Homemade skin creams from kitchen ingredients and remedies
A Victorian era guide details several homemade skin creams and astringent lotions. Recipes include Talon Cream with mutton tallow and oatmeal, Lettuce Cream using fresh lettuce and almond oil, and Cucumber Cream extracting cucumber juice for a cucumber-based formula. An Astringent Lotion combines cucumber juice, elder flower water, benzoin tincture, and perfume for pore refinement and whitening.
Bizarre kettle bridge by Cossack soldiers
Remarkable improvised bridges use lances and cooking kettles. Soldiers thread seven or eight lances under kettle hulls, bind with ropes to form rafts each bearing about a half ton. Multiple rafts chain together to create a bridge in about an hour, enabling safe army movement.
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Puldera
Toast for 1905 and the year ahead
Poem celebrates bidding farewell to 1904 and toasting 1905 with hopes for life’s books, friendships, and resilience. Mentions Americans, readiness for foes, and the act of toasting those loved and true in a period voice.
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Alwaya
Literary man Horton honored with U S envoy post in Greece
George R. Horton of Hingis receives nomination for United States consulship in Athens. President Rooming uelt honors Horton a noted writer with Chicago and Washington newspaper ties. A prior consul under Cleveland, Horton promises a Greece based romance for spring publication.
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George R. Horton
Hingis
United States
Cansuship
Athens
Greece
Roomiguelt
Agother
Ms. Horton
Chicago
Washington
Bia
Horton
Cleveland
Dewey Troubled by Night Ening Automobiles
Reporters and sightseers swarm Admiral Dewey's Washington home, with autos and pedestrians clogging the street. A guide shouts a boastful megaphone taunt about the admiral, while curious crowds gaze at the red house claimed to be a gift from the American people.
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Admiral Dewey
Mandebas
Wantington
Hard-working Bishop Scallalien Plans Sermons and Books
Bishop Scallalien, age seventy six, actively pursues church duties while drafting a book titled Moses, the Blind of God. He works on a Dante essay contrasting the Divine Comedy with Millon and Shakespeare, and prepares three volumes translating sermons of a noted French Protestant preacher Berater.
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Scallalien
Moses
God
Millon
Shakespere
Berater
Be a lion kills octopus in coastal battle
The keeper of the Hghthouna near Cres cent City California reports a battle between a bea lion and an octopus. The octopus wound its tentacles around the lion's body but the lion bit them off one after the other and ate them. Other lions helped dispose of the octopus' parts.
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Bea Lion
Crescent City
Cat
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