Trade marks protect buyers and curb unscrupulous makers
The article explains how a trade mark places full responsibility on the manufacturer for product merit and shields consumers from inferior goods. It cites National Lead Company's Dutch Boy White Lead as an example, offering to mail a blow-pipe and instructions to test purity, from its New York office.
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National Lead Company
New York
Woodbridge Building
Too Much Afraid of Dirt Opinion Piece
The Washington Herald opines that society overemphasizes cleanliness. Dirt defined as matter in the wrong place, hygiene as moving it to the right place, yet fear of dirt risks turning people into nasty-nice.
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Washington Herald
Baseball Technicality in Apartment Yard Game Ended Over Darkness
A group of boys playing ball in an apartment yard were told to stop by a waiter who emerged from the kitchen in anger. As one boy returned from a drink, another explained that the game had been called off because of darkness.
Castoria and Advertisements in a Victorian Page
A chaotic OCR collage shows old patent medicine claims for Castoria and Mrs Winslow’s Syrup, plus Buick ad lines and aphorisms. Fragmentary company names appear with suggestive moral quips and a dairy ad from Myfton? Dairy Co. The reader encounters a mosaic of early 20th century consumer notices and slogans.
Plucky French Woman Clears Profit in Bourse Scheme
Mme Rochette confronts her husband’s ruin after a stock panic she orchestrates near the bourse. With a small office and cash purchases, she buys Rochette shares to counter the selling wave, manipulating prices and creating a cash-buying mystery. Her plan lifts the stock and yields a profit around £150,000.
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Mme. Rochette
Rochette
Activi
Widespread Move to Provide Playgrounds in Cities
The National Playground Association reports 66 U S cities already running playgrounds and 162 more considering the idea. California cities have spent over 1 386 million on playgrounds with San Francisco allocating 741 thousand for sites and maintenance, Oakland 500 thousand, Alameda 125 thousand, while Palo Alto and Berkeley weigh plans. New York expands playgrounds in schools and parks, Boston broadens to include all ages with 28 new parks and 60 thousand dollars planned for this year.
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National Playground Association
New York City
Lee F. Hanmer
Natinal Playground, Association
New Just
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco
Playground Commission
Oakland
Alameda
Palo Alto
Berkeley
Ma‘king
The
Playground Association
Clark Hetherington
University of Missouri
New York
Seward Park
Metropolitan Parks Association
Boston
Italian Historian Ferrero to Lecture in America in November
Noted Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero, famed for comparisons between Roosevelt and Augustus Caesar, plans a Boston visit delivering eight English lectures at Lowell Institute and additional talks at Harvard Columbia Chicago. He will assess North American life, then tour the U S to observe and study regions from Boston to New Orleans.
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Guglielmo Ferrero
America
Roosevelt
Augustus Caesar
College de France
Paris
English
Lombroso
Ferrero
Boston
Lowell Institute
Europe
Rome
Harvard University
Augustus
Washington
Columbia University
New York
University of Chicago
North America
South America
California
New Orleans
Ohio city farm turns wayward boys toward manhood
Cleveland operates a 283 acre juvenile farm to aid boys from its court system. About 120 under 16 live in US presidents named cottages supervised by a master and matron. They tend livestock, harvest crops, and learn trades with humane care and family-like routines. A boy’s devotion to a dying pet dog illustrates potential citizenship.
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United States
Jefferson Cottage
van Buren
Groupanis
Lohmann
Mr. Lohmann
Nero
Left Indelible Mark from Suffragette Window Damage
Two suffragettes broke windows at 10 Downing Street in London. Reglazing revealed the original crown style stone glass remained untouched since construction. The windows will not be uniform again, leaving a lasting mark on the historic residence of the prime minister.
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Downing Street
London
Labor-Saving Devices Spotlighted in Yonkers Talk
A Yonkers Statesman snippet shows a conversation about labor-saving devices reducing work, with a man reflecting on changes over the past decade and noting his own eight-year marriage as context. The piece frames domestic technology as easing daily tasks.
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Sam
Yonkers
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