Mail order money drain could boost small towns
The author argues that advance cash payments to local merchants would empower small towns, boost local services, improve streets and schools, and reduce reliance on distant mail order houses. He warns that every dollar sent to catalog houses drains local wealth and taxes, urging communities to support hometown dealers instead.
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America
United States
Chicago
New York
Metropolitan Journal
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Business Men’s Associations
Controlling the Child and Self-Control Formation
The text argues that moral self-control in children comes from fostering internal self-discipline rather than coercive commands. It criticizes telling children what not to do and urges teaching early in infancy how to restrain and direct both bodies and emotions through habit.
Connecticut Supreme Court Rejects Food Sale Theory in Merrill v Hudson
The Connecticut high court holds that serving food for immediate consumption does not transfer ownership, so a guest cannot claim under the goods act. Instead, claims for injuries from improper food must rest on proprietor negligence.
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Supreme Court of Errors of
Connecticut
Merrill Vs. Hudson
New York Sun
Guide Lines. What do you think of those straight typ
This fragment questions opinions on straight typography and street appearance. It reads as a casual editorial prompt with unclear subject references and no clear entities or events.
Servant Life in Paris Shows a Shared Duty and Style
In Paris servants share duties and mutual respect, with maids and cooks helping each other and caring about their mistresses. The piece recalls a maid off on errands hatless, a cook shopping hatless, and workers dressing modestly yet neatly, seldom mimicking their employers.
Homemade printing device for photographs by artificial light
Harold Davis of Altoona Pa notes in Popular Mechanics a simple printing aid. A smooth board marked with twelve one inch intervals serves as a distance marker, and a wallbase electric socket attaches to the first mark.
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Harold Davis
Altoona
Turgenieff childhood change on a hunting trip
The Russian novelist Turgenieff recalls a boyhood shooting incident where he killed a mother pheasant protecting her nest. The moment of guilt transforms him, prompting a vow to reject killing as sport. The narrative contrasts the father's praise with the boy’s remorse and a later note on photographic exposure timing.
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Turgenieff
Searchlight on gun aids aiming and night firing
A patent has been granted for mounting an electric pocket searchlight on a gun to assist aiming and firing in darkness. The device combines illumination with the weapon for improved visibility.
Immortality and Faith in Weaving Good from All Things
The text reflects on immortality of the soul and posthumous influence, arguing the subconscious self hints at eternal continuity. It cites Maeterlinck and emphasizes Romans 8 28, urging trust in God’s plan, love of God, and Paul’s life as proof that all experiences work for good for believers.
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God
Maurice Maeterlinck
Harper’s Magazine
Hannah More
Jesus Christ
Christ
Paul
Antioch
Ephesus
Lystra
Mediterranean
Caesarea
Rome
Canada’s Wheat Growers Offer Vast Farm Lands for Immigration
The article argues wartime hardships require increased wheat production in North America. It highlights Western Canada and railway land firms offering 160 acres for ten dollars, with more lands at ten to twenty five dollars per acre. It urges acceptance of Canada’s opportunity and refutes conscription rumors with a Rochester Herald quotation praising voluntary support for Britain.
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United States
Canada
Dominion
Rochester
N. Y
Great Britain
Ottawa
Baby Plays With Leopard at Traveling Circus
Four year old Dorothy Webb bonds daily with Snookums, a baby leopard, during the circus wintering in Baraboo. Her father runs the circus commissary. Dorothy first befriended a lost circus puppy, then spent hours with a leopardess and her cubs, until the cub could be carried by the girl.
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Dorothy Webb
Dorothy
Baraboo
Animal House
Leopard
Atlanta Constitution
Trap for rapacious animal
The Scientific American describes a trap by T. A. Willard of Port Arthur Texas. A baited top trap door drops the animal into a cage and resets automatically for successive catches.
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Rapacious Animal
Scientific American
T. A. Willard
Port Arthur
Tex
Night vision gun lights up dangers with laser beam trigger
The device uses bright standard batteries and a lamp to create a concentrated beam. The beam can sweep surroundings and locate a target. Once found, aiming is replaced by guiding the light onto a vital spot and pulling the trigger. The gun directs the bullet through the light’s center.
Origin of Eavesdropper
A historical note explains how the term eavesdropper arose from secret society vigilance about meetings. Curious outsiders were punished by being suspended under eaves during rain until water ran into their collars, giving rise to the name.
Count Ten Backfires in a Dismal Joke
A man tells of teaching his children to count to ten before speaking. While walking with his son near new houses, the boy shouts and a brick falls, hitting Pattison on the head before the silent warning could save him. He asks the druggist, "Thank you, how much?"
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Pattison
War Changes Quiet Spots In Lincoln's Inn Garden
In London the Lincoln's Inn garden, long a quiet refuge, fills with territorial recruits marching under a drill sergeant's orders. The old inn, famed for legal relics, now echoes with soldiers practicing and the gardener watches, bemused by the upheaval of war.
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London
Lincoln’s Inn
Jarndyce
Chronicle
When to Lift the Hat Advice on Courtesy Etiquette
The guide lists occasions to raise a hat including acknowledging a woman’s bow recognizing clergy or elders walking with a woman saluting friends or her friends in view passing a man with a woman offering a seat in public transport drawing aside to let a woman pass withholding information when she asks and a few ambiguous phrases from the text.
Cheap Housing Scheme for the Aged Poor in Midhurst
Reverend Frank Tatchell, vicar of Midhurst Sussex, converts the old vicarage into an almshouse offering seven rooms at one penny per week. Each room will have a sink and running water with shared kitchen and garden. Tenants must sign to leave on one month's notice if asked by the vicar.
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Frank Tatchell
Midhurst
Sussex
England
Honor New York's Mayor and the street lamp privilege
The mayor of New York has a historic privilege of two street lamps funded by the city kept burning in front of his private residence. The custom extends beyond his term and continues for life if he desires. The practice originates in early New York when the city was small and vulnerable.
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New York
Verse and Worse in Asquith Speech Reporting
British morning papers misattributed the line One crowded hour of glorious life to Mr Asquith in a recruiting speech. A Birmingham reporter earned praise for accurately transcribing the peroration about kind hearts over coronets and faith over Norman blood.
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Mr. Asquith
Birmingham
Felows
Norman Blood
Why do Indians wear catchers in bold attire
A brief exchange in the Kansas City Journal features Mrs Wombat asking why Indians wear catchers as she views a decorated brave figure. Mr Wombat responds with uncertainty. The dialogue reflects curiosity about cultural dress and symbols.
Not All Beauty Prolongs Joy as Bubble Burst
A witty remark contrasts beauty with a soap bubble losing its glory, challenging the notion that beauty guarantees lasting happiness. The idea appears in a brief exchange illustrating transient value in objects and perception.
Think Before You Act Says Mot in Witty Proverb
A succinct proverb highlights the value of deliberate thought before action. The line argues many people overthink and still fail to act, urging prompt decision making and steady progress.
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France
Maude Annesley
Paris
Femme de Chambre
Toeel of
Foechin
Europe
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Georgia
Snookums
Animal
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