Campaign tales and a flustered volunteer speaker
In a New York political gathering at the Fifteenth Assembly District a veteran "Spell Binder" named Jake Kemple recalls a staged scene with Slimkins a college student and son of a lawyer who flubs his speech. The chairman worries about the awkward appearance and Slimkins loses confidence as the crowd jeers the improvised talk.
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Hifth Avenue
Stata
Stanton Treet
Columbia
Slim- Kina
Slimkins
Carttall
Tay
Jake
Slimikina
Citiens
Fifteenth
Sumkins
Mr. Kemple
State Committee
New York Tribune
Mexican Schools Shine With Free Education For All
The article hails Mexico's government backed schools and colleges offering free education to both boys and girls. It highlights preparatory colleges in Mexico City,女生 training in sewing and trades, and large facilities in Guadalajara. Governors Villada and Pimental push non sectarian schooling, librarians, museums, and normal schools while stressing compulsory education and English interest among Mexicans.
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el- Tape
Mexico
Mexico City
J. Villada
Guadalajara
Republic of Mexico
Jose Vicente Villada
Villada
Chiapav
Rafael Pimental
Meau
F. BE
A. Wright
De bull's a comin by Brainy Bowers and a worldly talk on marriage
A humorous dialogue contrasts a father's cautious counsel with a son's dreamy concerns about a wife. The old man urges solid, practical qualities over showy skills, stressing domestic competence like cooking, tidying, and preserving, as the basis for marriage.
Quotes and quips on reformers and journalism
A collection of fragmented quotes from Life Washington Star and Washington B tar discussing social reformers journalists and politics. The remarks touch on public image sincerity and the paths to office with a humorous tone and scattered references to Packman Sing Sing and societal expectations.
Steelhead salmon in Lake Superior a rare Pacific import
Four years of United States Fish Commission effort at Duluth Minnesota to acclimate steelhead salmon in Lake Superior reports occasional catches now growing about a pound per year in fresh water. Spawning notes prompt fishermen to return fish. Officials expect broader planting and natural increase to make this a common catch. A second item discusses British ice sales emphasizing purity and hygienic practices to prevent disease from street vendors.
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United States Fish Commission
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Pacific
Sperior
Port Arthur
Silver Islet
Isle Royale
I Tx
Perfumes from Arabs and timber deckroad ban imposed
A historical notice notes Arabs introducing perfumes into Spale with many recipes from the east. It also records a ban prohibiting any British ship from carrying a deckroad of timber into a British port between October 31 and April 14.
The Mahogany Hunters of Costa and South America
The mahogany trade described for Central and South America outlines the labor of skilled woodsmen, logging methods, river transport, and the varied timber values. It notes logs gathered from June to November, prices per 1000 feet, and the rise of mahogany as a staple furniture wood in U.S. markets with notable quality grades and uses in veneering and interior work.
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Costa and
South America
Udewater
Cuba
United States
San Jago
Ita
Michigan
American in Paris Angers Ritz With Peach Charge
An American visitor at the Cafe Ritz in Paris argued over a 18 franc peach bill. He refused to pay, claimed it ruined the table decor, and after disputing the charge he assaulted a waiter. A gendarme then took him to police for the incident.
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New York
Paris
Ritz
Flavius J Cook Critiqued as Preacher Amid Staunch Orthodoxy
The Buffalo Commercial reflects on Flavius Josephus Cook, noting his lack of sweetness and sincerity, his ability to sway non-thinkers, and scholars' distrust. For a decade he drove orthodoxy with dogmatic preludes, riding down science while making striking, bang-filled statements.
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Flavius Josephus Cook
Barrett Wendell
College
Cook
Buffalo
Curious Tenures in England
A humorous note on English land tenure describes strange rents. A farm near Broadhouse in Yorkshire pays a snowball in midsummer and a red rose at Christmas to the landlord. The manor of Fenton is held for two arrows and a loaf of bread. A northern estate yields a vase shown before court every other year. In Suffolk another estate pays two white doves annually.
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smaKles
Broadhouse
Yorkshire
Fenton
England
Suffolk
Will We Make Life Artificial Protoplasm Breakthroughs Discussed
The Philadelphia Times discusses Prof Hueckel and Haeckel predicting future artificial life creation. It explains protoplasm as the basis of life, how current lab attempts mimic movement without life, and why renewal and propagation of living cells remain the crucial difference. The piece surveys blood microscopic observations and contrasts plant versus animal metabolism in forming protoplasm.
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Hueckel Aay
Dame Nature
Prof
Haeckel
Philadelphia Times
Honey Missing Report From Galena Hotel Adventure
Frank Anderson, a long time Galena traveler, loved honey and stayed at a Galena hotel known to keep it on hand. On a trip with his wife, honey failed to appear at supper, prompting Anderson to question the head waiter who replied in a clipped fashion about a woman who supposedly no longer worked there.
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Kansas City Journal
Frank Anderson
Galena
Anderson
Wong
Portable churches in demand by the Reformed Church
Portatie Charenas notes movable churches in Pennsylvania as a solution for congregations unable to fund permanent buildings. Describes corrugated galvanized iron shells on wooden frames with interior wainscoting. Configurations vary. a 100 seat church can be erected for about 15000.
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Reformed Church In
Pennsylvania
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