Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Standardizes North American Colleges
The Carnegie foundation aims to pension aging professors in non sectarian colleges across the United States Canada and Newfoundland. It sets standards for admission curriculum and graduation for beneficiary institutions and fosters uniform accounting among college treasurers to improve investment oversight. Trustees study which American institutions qualify for professor pensions and fund participation.
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Carnegie
North America
United States
Canada
Newfoundland &3
Ypsilanti and Chicago Spellings Noted by Postal Officials
Postal records list 372 variants of Ypsilanti and Chicago spellings. The piece highlights misreadings focus on the first syllable and offers examples like Tipsy Lanti Zip Silanti Whypserlanter Hipasslander, with Chicago ranked second for quirky spellings.
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Ypsilanti
Chicago
Michigan City
Student tobacco doubt fuels professor discovery satire
A columnist mocks a university professor who asserts tobacco benefits, noting students blend study with smoking and misusing the professor’s supposed discovery to sway parents. The piece pokes fun at how predictable outcomes hinge on biased directions and preordained conclusions.
New York Women Lured by Novel Bath Experience
A hostess hosted a bath party for several New York women who were invited to try bathing as something new. After the dip, guests received kimonos and a talk on bath delights. Most were impressed and planned another bath, signaling hope for New York’s trendsetting.
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New York
A Double Mix-Up on the Wasatch Range
May Windom, a young ranch owner, leads a sheep drive with Lew Madden amid a dangerous range mix-up as two herds collide. Amid the scramble she confronts Lew and, after tension, confesses her affection, ending with a decisive kiss and a hopeful future.
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Zeke Stubbs
Salt Lake
Zeke
Uri
Windom
Ari
Sandy Baffin
Gertle
Russ Bricker
May
Russ
Miss Windom
Miss May Windom
Ryssa
Wasatch Mountains
Lew Madden
Lew
Juab County
Fidget
Stari
Brickers
Zephi
Madden
Bopeep
Law
German Boiler Explosions Report for 1906
Fifteen boiler explosions are reported in German for the year 1906. Three are due to low water, one to bottom failure of a vertical boiler in service 28 years, and one to external inward corrosion at a spot where boiler metal touched an outer wall for 82 years.
Love Native to Soul and the Unity of Existence
The piece argues science and religion share a core: love and justice are native to the soul and reflect universal laws. It links evolution with spiritual life, saying motherhood fosters brotherhood and that righteousness underpins civilization. It frames love as the cosmos’s guiding impulse grounded in the universe’s constitution.
Evolution of household remedies and the Peruna story
The text outlines old home remedies passed among households and doctors, including aloes, apples, brandy, whiskey, hops, and berths, then tracks how a formula became commercial. It notes Peruna's origin with Mennonites, Dr Hartman popularizing it, establishing a factory, and Peruna’s broad use in treating coughs, colds, sore throats, and related illnesses. Families increasingly trust Dr Hartman’s judgment and rely on Peruna.
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Pennsylvania
Hartman
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