Montessori Method Brings New Way of Teaching Children
Educators nationwide note Italian Dr. Maria Montessori arriving to explain her method. In Rome she founded Casa dei Bambini where two and three year olds self-direct play learning self care, with classroom opening to a garden and open air study. Her approach opposes desks and forceful instruction, favoring freedom in study and play.
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Montessori
Rome
Tommy
Mary
Dr. Montessori
Froebel
In Gay Old Gotham on New Year's Eve
A Gay Old Gotham column observes New York City on New Year's Eve with vivid scenes along Broadway. It notes revelers, policemen, and cabbies managing crowds, a drunken figure in the street, and the bustling nightlife from Martin's to Cabarets. The piece lampoons urban vices while highlighting police patience and city bustle on the Great White Way.
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Gotham Knickerbocker
New York
Broadway
Martin’s
Cafe de Paree
New
Great White Way
Forty-second Street
Collapsible Carriages Fade in Norway and Women’s Roles Highlighted
The piece notes collapsible baby carriages waning in Christiania due to a physician led protest. It cites Mrs. Winifred Harper Cooley’s 9 cent a day living experiment and mentions a New York magistrate on women dressing as men. It also references Dr. Mary Walker’s permit and Queen Wilhelmina’s role at The Hague’s peace palace inauguration with awards to Andrew Carnegie and Abraham Van Karnebeck.
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Christiania
Norway
Winifred Harper Cooley
Associated Club of Domestic Science
New York
Mary Walker
Congress
Wilhelmina
Palace of Peace
The
Hague
Order of Orange-Nassau
Andrew Carnegie
Abraham Pieter Cornelis ‘van Karnebeck
Carnegie Foundation
Mrs Gould Hosts Private Picture Show at Georgian Court
Mrs. George J. Gould entertained guests with an original private picture show in the spacious casino at Georgian Court. The screen setup and venue provided a novel social diversion for attendees.
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George J. Gould
Georgian Court
Young piano men make good in Chicago business move
H B Hopkins and J B Wiswell, young Chicago men, take charge of West Music on Ottawa near Van Buren and supply Woodland school with a new piano. They have entered Joliet’s market with an active advertising push. Sox Giants to Australia game set for Bris bane on New Year's Day after Manila victory.
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H. B. Hopkins
J. B. Wiswell
Chicago
West Music House
Ottawa Street
van Buren
Woodland School
Joliet
Australia
Brisbane
Manila
Sox
Slaughtering Dominates Chicago Industry Report
Washington December 22 The leading industry in Chicago is slaughtering and meat packing per a Department of Commerce release. The Chicago metropolitan district covers 409 087 acres with 2 446 921 people in 1910 and includes central city and multiple townships in Cook and Lake counties. It lists 10 202 manufacturing establishments employing 393 659 with total product value 1 409 779 818 and materials cost 870 586 561. The district ranks second nationwide in manufactured product value, with slaughtering and meat packing the top contributor. Chicago holds 89.3 percent of district population and 90.9 percent of product value, and 94.6 percent of establishments. Hammond leads outside Chicago in product value, Evanston in wrought iron pipe, Oak Park in gas production, Cicero in iron pipe manufacturing, and several Indiana cities follow in varied industries.
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Chicago
Central City
Berwyn
Bloom
Calumet
Cicero
Evanston
Linden
Lyons
Maine
New Trier
Niles
Norwood Park
Oak Park
Proviso
Ridgeville
Riverside
Stickney
Thornton
Worth
Cook County
Illinois
North Townships
Lake County
Indiana
United States
Hammond
Ind
State union leaders condemn high costs and anti labor actions
Illinois State Federation of Labor leaders John H. Walker and J. F. Morris call for workers to join unions and align with central bodies to resist business efforts they say to crush Building Trades unions in Springfield and push workers into worse conditions. They cite strikes in Colorado, Michigan, and Indianapolis and warn business groups back cooperative store movements to lower wages and raise prices.
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Illinois
John H. Walker
J. F. Morris
Tracsurer
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Springfield
Colorado
Michigan
Indianapolis
Co-Operative Store
Co-Operative
Chicago Sox Stars Dominate American Association Averages
Chicago’s Larry Chapell tops official averages with .340 over eighty five games. Riggert led the league with twelve home runs. Spike Kelly and Bill Walters boxed fifteen rounds in St Joseph before Matt Dugdale’s club. Mattie McCue trains for Jan 1 bout with Tommy Bresnahan in Racine. Tom Jones has Jess Willard vs George Rodel set in New Haven tonight. Willard earned 1462 dollars for stopping One Round Davis in Buffalo.
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Chicago
Larry Chapell
Sox
Riggert
Spike Kelly
Bill Walters
St. Joseph
Matt Dugdale
Mattie McCue
Nate Lewis
Tommy Bresnahan
Racine
Tom Jones
Jess Willard
George Rodel
New Haven
Conn
Willard
Davis
Buffalo
Sutton Sets Challenge to Hoppe for $2000 Billiards Title
George Sutton of Chicago expresses confidence in beating William F. Hoppe world balk line champion and accepts Hoppe manager’s counter offer to play for a $2000 purse.
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Sutton
Chicago
George Sutton
William F. Hoppe
Hoppe
East Chicago Industry Hub Noted for Steel Mills
The text identifies Indiana Harbor in East Chicago as a key industrial area with large steel works and rolling mills, though specific statistics are not provided.
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Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Ind
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American Press Association
Gotham
Gilbert
Sullivan
Detective Bureau
International News
Washington
Department of Emerce
Chappell
Victrola
Blanche King
Nat M. Wills
May Irwin
Harry Lauder
Nora Bayes
Jack Norworth
Wilkinson Piano Co
Chicago Street
Ience
Kimball
Underwood
Margaret B. Owen
A. J. Sieben
van Buren Street
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