Durable satisfactions of life exalted by Harvard president
The article notes Harvard president Charles W. Eliot addressing young women at Andover Mass on the durable satisfactions of life. He places health, disciplined senses, and strong intellectual training among the core goods, praising beauty perception and home rooted joy, all leading to service. He extols life on a New England farm and the happiness of simple country pleasures.
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Masset
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Harvard University
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Tramp Named Camel and Other Odd Tales
A farmer's wife questions a tramp about his name and past as he recounts changing monikers from George Reddingham Smith to Georgie and Fathead, then to Weary Willie and Camel. A work accident follows with an unwary rescue during an electric-wire fall, ending in a reluctant confession about fearing wires breaking. The piece blends jokes on surgeons bills and mushrooms grown underground with aphorisms about showing interest in others.
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Fathead
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Ant Camel
Cammel
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Study of Psychic Cults Sparks Wide Interest
A long analysis discusses psychic research amid materialism, comparing Spiritualism and Spiritism, noting scientists from England and America study apparitions, mind reading, and somnambulism. It covers experiments on the soul’s weight, radioactivity’s influence on belief, and the line between fraud and genuine inquiry, with commentary on education and health.
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Manny
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Thompson
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Baltimore Sun
Pertinent Inquiry Sparks Debate in Washington Star
A Washington Star excerpt shows a scientist declaring “What a tremendous part water plays” as Mr Dusti challenges Stax with a question about whether the remark is figurative or financial. The dialogue hints at broader debates over science and economics.
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Stax
Washington Star
Road to Advancement In Detroit Free Press Voice
Brown says I worked. The dialogue notes failures and many successful men. It questions if they would perform better in another business line. A man would rather be wicked than ridiculous.
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Buster
Brown
Detroit Free Press
Westfield Propriety Prohibition Of Profanity Urged
Editorial argues against public swearing in Westfield urging citizens to cleanse the common vocabulary. Cites police court fines and social offense to women and riders, urging elevation of language to improve local tone and set a positive example for neighbors. Also notes immigration debate on Pacific coast, urging examination of laborer intake and a bill to report to Congress.
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Philadelpha Ledger
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Imm
Japan
Congress
Restricting Immigration Act Passed By Congress
A comprehensive immigration act has been enacted, tightening admissions and detailing unacceptable groups. The new law imposes strict inspections and requires deportation of certain newcomers, with publications planned to promote U S resources. It also restricts immigration to insular possessions and excludes Japanese laborers.
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Lst
Steaielip Conpanies
Department of Commerce
United States
Get Out Into the Air and Open-Air Health Advice
A Chicago Post excerpt extols fresh air as the best tonic and vital preventive medicine. It argues that the open air aids consumptives and general well being, noting spring fever as a call to outdoor activity and criticizing mollycoddle attitudes and paid cures.
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Roosevelt
Chicago Post
The Right to a Speedy and Public Trial
A New Orleans Pleayune editorial argues that censoring crime news would erode justice. Public trials and open testimony protect convicted and potential defendants from bias. The piece asserts the Constitution guarantees publicity for trials as essential to fair justice.
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New Orleans
Newgate's Horrors Replaced by New Sessions House in London
The opening of the new Sessions House on the site of Newgate prison and the old Bailey marks the end of a grim era. Newgate's history includes thousands executed, Henry VIII era totals of 72,000 executions, and mobs pelting prisoners on the way to Tyburn. The Gordon riots of 1780 unleashed killings and looting, culminating in the burning of Newgate and the freeing of 300 prisoners who joined the mob. Old Batley served as the trial court, now displaced by the new sessions court.
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Newcote
Old Bailey
Newgate
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Tyburn
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Old Batley
New Sessions Court
Spectacle of Newgate Executions Through the Ages
The article recounts public hangings at Newgate, noting 200000 spectators for Jack Sheppard and 80000 for a 1807 double execution with deaths and injuries. It recalls early prisons on the site, dating to the 12th century, including a structure built by Dick Whittington and a 1600 fire.
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Newgate
Jack Sheppard
Newgate Prison
Dick Whittington
Rubber trees in Cuba offer interplanted crops and staged harvesting
A National Magazine of Cuba piece details planting rubber trees six meters apart, reaching 15 to 20 years tall, with intercrops like beans maize and nuts. Tapping begins around year five or six, yielding one to one and a half pounds per tree, averaging about six pounds annually from year eight onward, with long service life and ongoing productivity.
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National Magazine of
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