Land Famine and Hypnotism in July Craftsman
An excerpt argues America must expand farmland through irrigation and better soil care, predicting a doubled population within 30 years and urging farmers to adopt scientific methods. It contrasts this with ideas on hypnotism from Hugo Munsterberg, noting effective, gentle suggestibility techniques in medicine and religion and urging avoidance of extreme religious influence.
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Prom
Sam
Hugo Munsterberg
Metropolitan
Reform, Poverty, and a Dutch Poet at a New York Tea
Frederick Van Eeden, Dutch poet and economist, spoke in New York on reform and poverty saying there is enough in the world for all if true reform is desired. He quipped on human resolve using a student and a dog Wilhelm anecdote to illustrate choosing reform or remaining in comfort.
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Washington Star
Frederick van Seden
New York
Mr. van Eeden
Iife
Wilhelm
Owilthelm
Diogenes
Advertising Preferences Show Newspapers Lead In Publicity
A New York Telegraph report details Hurtig and Seaman's Harlem Music Hall event where 6 000 slips tested ad forms. Readers favored newspaper exposure and moving wagons, with over 7 percent responding to a newspaper prompt.
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New York Telegraph
Hurtig & Seaman
Harlem Music Hall
P. Greneker
Greneker
Paeron
McAllister
Harlem
Hillboard
Last article by Grover Cleveland on reform and liberty
Facsimile of Grover Cleveland's final article for the New York Herald discusses how reform movements must balance public policy with personal liberty. It warns that misused liberty and rushed reforms can erode private rights, urging sober, effective reform while preserving constitutional safeguards.
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Grover Cleveland
New York Herald
Honest Woman Reveals Diogenes and the Truth
Diogenes challenges a woman's disguise and says light travels in curves not truth yet in a tub discussion they expose double standards. The exchange covers honesty, honor, and gender roles with sharp barbs about men cheating and women masking youth and virtue.
How to Know a Mad Dog From Outing for July
The article explains hydrophobia is rare and often misread. It warns common signs are an excited or dull mood change, trouble swallowing, and unsteady behavior. Key indicator is sticky whitish saliva and red eyes during erratic, frightened outbursts.
Meningitis Antitoxin Tests Highlight New Treatments
The article discusses early antitoxin use for meningitis and its impact on mortality, citing declines from about 9 percent to lower rates after treatment. It notes experiments in Berlin and Flexner Behring work, methods of injecting toxin into the spine, and observed outcomes including improved consciousness and recovery.
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New York
Flexner In + Institute
Erg
Wasserman
Tury
Berlin
Ever
Aus
India
Patriotism Shaped by Century Conference Attendee Reflections
The Century Conference at the White House in mid month featured a confessional speaker who challenged facts about national wealth and climate concerns. Edward Everett Hale invoked the Lord's Prayer while Horace MacFarland urged protection of natural assets for future generations amid calls for national defense and beautification as part of a broader patriotism theme.
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Edward Everett Hale
Minkin
John Ting
Horace MacFarland
Why Bill Was 8S. From the Rochester George Barnes
A fragmented tale from Rochester recounts a Kentucky tale of a hard, tainted man named Bill. The note sketches Bill as extreme and unlovely, while recounting missionary efforts to reform him and a dialogue about Christ dying to save mankind.
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Bill
Rochester
George Barnes
Kentucky
Christ
Bil
Fragmentary Verse Snippet About Parting and Longing
A fragmented poem fragment hints at parting and longing with garbled lines. It mentions love, return, a store, and desolation, though many words are unreadable. The passage reads like overheard rhymes or a torn lyric, lacking full sense.
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