Decline of Shakers and Noted Cooperative Communities
The Bureau of Labor bulletin surveys United States communities led by Shakers, Amana, Zoar and Harmony. It notes Shaker origins, strict celibacy, equality of sex, minimal war involvement, and decline from 6000 to under 1500 members. Amana in New York and Wisconsin towns spans 26 000 acres with seven villages and diversified industries.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor
United States
Alexander Kent
Shakers
Mount Vernon
Watervliet
New York
Hancock
Harvard
Shirley
Massachusetts
Enfield
Conecticut
Canterbury
New Hampshire
Alfred
New Gloucester
Maine
Union Village
Whitewater
Ohio
Pleasant Hill
South Union
Kentucky
Whiteoak
Georgia
Narcoossee
Florida
Kent
Ann Lee
Ann
True Inspiration
America
Society of
Zoar
Harmony Society
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Indiana Gubernatorial Convention Hustle and Key Contenders
Indiana Republicans shoulder into the 1902 state convention with a crowded field for secretary of state auditor treasurer and attorney general. Geographical factors may reshuffle chances as Nathan Powell Dan Storms John Dyer Frank Doran Merrill Moores and Charles Miller vie amid district rivalries and new letter campaigns.
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Nathan Powell
Madison
Congress
Dan
Lafayette
Jim’ Statesman
Peru
Charley Shively
Richmond
Powell
Fairbanks-Durbin
Frank Doran
Laporte County
John Dyer
Lake County
Laporte
Dyer
Storms
Frank Martin
Dave Sherrick
Doran
Nat” Hill
Bloomington
Frank Milligan
Merrill Moores
Charles Miller
Goshen
Miller
Moores
Marion County
Seals Studied by President Jordan in Alaskan Search
Dr. David Starr Jordan of Stanford University explains seal habits learned during a U S government expedition to the Bering Sea. He describes seal colonies, conduct, territory marking, and the plan to distinguish American seals from foreign stock by branding and a white back streak.
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David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
United States
Dr. Jordan
Brand ’Em
Joseph Murray
Fort Collins
Mr. Murray
Theiibyiniff Islands
Bealing Grounds
Pr Jordan
Seals on Islands Bicker as Adults Rule Pup Haunts
Denver Post describes bachelor seals disturbing pups with nocturnal barking until older males depart for food. When the older seals return the young ones scatter, and males seven years old gain entry to the mixed group after proving themselves in play and fight.
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Denver Post
Philippine School Law Report Opens New Chapter
Prof. F W Atkinson reports 780 of 1000 teachers provided under the law have been appointed. Of 487 examined soldiers, 1 passed and was appointed. Overcrowded classrooms remain the chief need while religious instruction has been halted by order. crucifixes and religious emblems removed and no attendance drop observed as the school year ends at record high.
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Atkinson
Barrows
Manila
The
Philippine Commission
European and world parliaments compared by cost and pay
A historical roundup lists salaries and annual costs for European legislatures. France spends 1.5 million dollars yearly with 300 senators and 584 deputies earning 1800 dollars each. The United States pays 2.5 million to 90 senators and 360 Congress members, while Britain’s parliament serves without salaries.
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France
United States
Reichstag
Russia
Austria
Vienna
Budapest
Tent Camps for Advanced Consumptives Planned
A wealthy Boston philanthropist will establish experimental tent camps on the city outskirts next winter for advanced consumptives. The first camp named Camp Courage will begin when ten volunteers are found, following prior tests in Back Bay using cold air exposure. Location details remain undisclosed.
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Boston
Back Bay
Camp Courage
Oyster season opens as excursion crowds arrive citywide
A large crowd of excursionists from Madison Cincinnati Michigan City and Maxinkuckee gathered in the city Sunday while the oyster season opened Monday morning. Prices are projected near last year with primes 7.50 to 8.50 per 1000 and calls 3 to 4.50. Alexis Alexanian Greek street sausage peddler sues Police sergt Green Hagerman and Patrolman Hite for 200 damages in Justice Stouts court for being ordered to move on with his gasoline cooker.
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Alexis Alexanian
Green Hagerman
Hite
Hood's Sarsaparilla cures many ailments say ads
Advertisements claim Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrofula dyspepsia rheumatism kidney complaint catarrh and general debility while another notice touts bargains in upright planes at Baldwin's and a free advertising offer for a vacant room for rent in The Sun.
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Hood
Baldwin
Lake Erie and Western R R Season Fare Notice
Return fare $1.50 for Sandusky area trains announced for the last of the season. Saturday night September 7 schedule indicates travel to Indianapolis at 9:00 p m. Passengers urged to secure berths and chairs at the city office 235 Ppli nofsst.
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Indianapolis
The Sun Guarantees Results Under This Heading
A six column feature asserts that The Sun guarantees results under a specific heading. It discusses confidence in outcomes and promises to deliver measurable conclusions, framed in a bold newspaper voice.
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SUN
Secret Service Detective Robert Clifford in Laredo Counterfeit Case
United States Secret Service officer Robert J. Clifford earns high praise from his chiefs for a string of successes beginning with the destruction of a major Laredo counterfeit operation in Texas. He arrived in Nueva Leon seeking clues and quickly identified several locations tied to the fake silver dollars and the bogus coinings, settling into a rooming house near the crime scene.
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Robert J. Clifford
United States Secret Service
Laredo
Texas
Clifford
Nueva Leonst
Neighbor Assayer and the Laredo Laundress Capers
Detective Clifford befriends Ezra Payton the Laredo assayer and learns of Daly’s counterfeit case. Payton hosts a visit from a courier-like laundress Teresa, and Clifford later robs Payton of a linen bag to reveal the laundress’s true card as the counterfeit mastermind. Police intervene and arrest Payton, while Clifford celebrates his clever ruse.
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Payton
Daly
Ette
Clifford
Parton
Mexico
Senorita
Teresa
Agssayer
The Chef and His Minions Explains a Hotel Kitchen
A profile of a grand hotel kitchen shows the chef at the center directing hundreds of cooks and assistants. The article details the specialized roles from butchers to garde-manger, the precise timing for dishes, and the menial labor behind the scenes. The cooks themselves share a simple dinner with wine, unlike the banquet courses.
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G. B. Mallon
Ainslee
Swirl of Society Highlights Local Socials and News
Mrs. Mattie Connelly hosts Naomi auxiliary Thursday afternoon. Prof. Davidson leads a dance at Pastime hall Monday night. Miss Mylya Jo Closser and Frank Tarkington Baker announce their engagement. Agatha and Mary Cissell return from southern Indiana with cousins Julius and Harry McGraver. Mr. and Mrs. A D Heading celebrate their golden wedding Saturday at the home where they wed, near Irvington on Lick Creek Road.
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Prof. Davidson
Fort Wayne Ave
Mylya Jo Closser
Frank Tarkington Baker
Louise Crosser
Agatha
Mary Cissell
Indiana
Julius
Harry McGraver
A. D. Heading
Irvington
Lick Creel
Sunday Squirbs and Political Tidbits From North America
A montage of brief items: Levey clothing house Buffalo assigned. D L Marks 23 killed by lightning in Altoona. Gen MacArthur hosted by McKinley. wreck of a 17th century ship found at Santiago de Cuba. Gen Ludlow's body to be cremated with New York funeral Tuesday. Pan American attendance by Mystic Shriners. National Grand Lodge of Colored Masons incorporated in Columbus DC. Sullivan to teach in Manila Catholic schools. Independent Steel Co formed in New Castle PA with 1.5 million capital. Robert Duncan 50 captured after embezzling 2500 in Knoxville. Judas Newhart of New Ulm Minn formerly Gov Lind partner shoots self. Sheridan sails to Manila. teachers and Gen Fred Grant aboard. actress Millie James nearly dies leaping to save dog in St Paul. Tremont hotel Chicago to house Northwestern University pharmacy dentistry law schools. leopard injures four at Chicago circus. oil tank fires in Olean NY. Clark’s match block factory Menominee MI and Mount Vernon MO elevator fire losses 50k. Wabash to build Pittsburg line. contract with Carnegie to haul 4 million tons yearly. Dowie bids 2 million for Winthrop harbor property near Chicago.
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Gen. MacArthur
McKinley
Santiago de Cuba
Gen. Ludlow
New York
Mystic Shriners
Robert Duncan
Knoxville
Tenn
Baltimore
Judas Newhart
New Ulm
Minn
Gov. Lind
Sheridan
Manila
Fred Grant
Millie James
St. Paul
Tremont Hotel
Chicago
Northwestern University
Olean
N. Y
Clark
Menominee
Mich
Mount Vernon
Wabash Railroad
Pittsburg
Carnegie Company
Dowie
Winthrop Harbor and Dock Company
Breezy Tales of Telephonists and City Encounters
A string of vignettes shows telephonists, canvassers, and clerks in city life. One agent faces a hostile father over a Central Union line, while a paper-store worker foils boredom by selling to a wary butcher. A telephonic culture of numbers links work, life, and daily moments for several workers and “sweet-voiced” operators.
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Central Union Telephone Company
Bellefcontainest
Park theater to stage Two Little Waifs melodrama start
Amusements note the Park theater will show the new melodrama Two Little Waifs for the first three days of the week with strong recommendations and anticipated big Labor Day crowds. Empire theater opened with Monday matinee and Ed Rush’s Bon Ton burlesquers featured all week. Also mentions skin diseases and Dean’s Ointment as a cure advertised.
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the Park Theater
Empire Theater
Ed Rush
Bon Ton
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F. W. Atkinson
Philippines
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Lake Erie & Western R
Sandusky
DAILY
Ezra WK. Payton
Mr. Roberts
Roberts
Secret Service
Chicago Record-Herald
Mattie Connelly
Hoyt-ave
Naomi Auxiliary
M. B. Wallace
Muenster, Cooke ‘Co
Pierce
Levey, & Co
Clothiers
Buffalo
D. L. Marks
Altoona
National Grand Lodge of Colored Masons of the Country, Incorporated
Columbus, D
C. Sullivan
Atchison, Kas
Independent Steel Company
Capital
New Castle, Pa
Star Store
Marseilles
Illinois
S. Meridian St
Cepensary
Police Etatio
Dean
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Toledo
Cleveland
St.l. Ry
St. Louis
Columbus
Lake Shore
Exposition Grounds
Niagara Falls
A. J. Smith
G. P
T. A. Cleveland
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
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