Civic reform and the fight against city graft
The speaker warns that municipal corruption is the Republic’s true enemy and urges open battle against civic muck-rakers and the machines that hollow out democracy. He calls for nonpartisan, character driven leadership, united reform efforts, and distrust of partisan politics in municipal affairs.
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Japan
China
Russia
Germany
France
Ifa
David
Nathan
Republic
Tammany Hall
New York
Hall
Philadel
Theodore Parker
Charles Sumner
Hughes
Wilson
New Jersey
Jfor
Civic religion and the ban on hyphenated votes in American politics
The piece argues that public welfare must transcend race religion and sectional loyalties. It condemns ethnic voting and champions universal American civic duty. It cites Governor Jobb and warns reform requires steadfast civic consecration beyond machines and bribes.
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Jobb
Minnesota
Colony of
Massachusetts
American Republic
Bright pupils in West Long Branch schools examined
A winter written examination was held in West Long Branch Borough schools. Top students by class include Albert Poole and Hilda Haagen in 8th grade, Gerald Hood and Roy Bowman in 7th, Margaret Chamberlain and Elizabeth Greene in 6th, and others through 4th and 3rd grades. First grades exempt until June.
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West Long Branch
Albert Poole
Hilda Haagen
Gerald Hood
Roy Bowman
Margaret Chamberlain
Elizabeth Greene
Sth
Mm. McVeigh
Chester Bowman
Howard Poole
Helen Lee
Arthur Gugel
Wm. Malchow
Norman Poole
Marquis Chamberlain
Mauretta Bowman
David Gugel
Creole Word Sparks North South Confusion at Café
A New Orleans host and a young visitor debate the meaning of creole over coffee. The hostess insists creole denotes French or Spanish immigrants with no Negro blood, while the guest suggests mixed heritage, reflecting regional misunderstandings noted by the New York Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerry
Tam
Pecaoy
Hla
North
New York Tribune
Early Pure Food Law: Bakers Face Severe Punishment in Edwardian England
In the era of Edward I England, innkeepers could not make bread or beer. Law protected bakers from foul weight or poor quality bread, punishing offenses with a hurdle ride, pillory exposure, and eventually oven demolition barring further trade.
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England
Old England
F. J. Snell
Queer Egyptian Burial Customs Discussed
Wide World Magazine describes Egyptian funeral practices in Cairo including hired mourners, old blind wailers with staffs, and women who form a paid mourning profession. The sequence follows relatives, a coffin, and flat carts with women mourners, illustrating daily sight of funeral hiring near Cairo hospitals.
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Cairo
Wide World Magazine
Unique Signs In France
Frederick Penfield notes French road signs with town names road numbers and department names at entry. He recalls arches bearing warnings “Attention aux enfants” and the reverse “Merc” at exits, reflecting delighted observations from a New York Post quote.
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France
Frederick, Penfield
New Jersey
New York Post
Misinterp at the Staghorn Club and a Suburban Burglary Tale
A dialogue features two burglars discussing a mansion as a big grifter lives there. One recalls being caught stealing goods and paying seventeen dollars to escape. Another misreads a doorman exchange at the Staghorn club about free admission.
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United States
Harper's Weekly
Staghorn
Si Corntassel
Judge
Miscellaneous Proverb Fragments and Quips
A garbled collection of playful lines and biting witticisms. The snippets mention a terrier bite and various social phrases, reflecting a humorous or satirical tone.
Hearing With Eyes and Fingers in Deaf Education
A discussion of the Helt method for teaching deaf pupils to read articulations through visual and tactile cues. The piece explains finger and hand placements for vowels and consonants and how pupils imitate positions and feel air flows to learn speech.
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Vieble Speek
Christian Lerild
The Mills of the Gods: Origins of a Proverb
Discussion of the proverb the mills of the gods and its early forms from Herbert and von Logau. Traces through Bartletts Quotations and Longfellow translations, noting slow but sure grinding and variations in Greek biblical sources.
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Bartlett
George Herbert
F. von Logan
Longfellow
Friedrich von Logau
von Logan
A Marked Difference In Speech On A Crowded Train
An anecdote contrasts two Boston teachers Mr Smith and Mr Brown discussing the difference between made and manufactured. Mr Brown argues made is not interchangeable with manufactured using a car example. The piece then shifts to a note on gravitation tracing its recognition from ancient Greece to Newton.
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Phia
Chicago
Boston
San Francisco
New York
Sharpening a Pencil and Witty Exchanges
A mid show of wit features Mark Twain on circumstantial evidence and a joke about a pencil sharpened by a woman. Dialogue includes Mrs Goldington and a proposed marriage with pointed banter. The excerpt ends with playful lines about babies and parents and a closing nudge toward trivial regrets.
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Mark Twain
New Modern English Dictionary set pitched for children
Long Branch solicits purchases of a three edition dictionary suite priced by coupon packs. The offers include a $4 full limp leather edition with 600 illustrations, a $3 half bound edition, and a cloth binding edition, all delivered by mail with postage extra.
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United States
Ted
Ferrick
Freehold Woman Jeanette Lewis Dies at 38
Mrs Jeanette Lewis of Freehold died Tuesday afternoon from liver hardening after illness. She was 38, a lifelong resident, wife of the late Ebner Lewis. Survived by her mother Mrs Holmes Smith and six sisters Mrs Bertha Maps Mrs Della Crawford Miss Elizabeth Caroline Grace and Anna Smith of Freehold, and brothers George F Albert G Smith of Red Bank and William H Smith of Keyport. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Jeanette Lewis
Short
Hineas
Ebner Lewis
Freehold
Holmes Smith
Corette Owsers
Bertha Maps
Della Crawford
Elizabeth
Caroline
Grace
Anna Smith
George F
Albert G. Smith
Jof
Red Bank
Wiliam H. Smith
Keyport
Locust Point Child Dies at Two Months Old
The two month old Queen B H Heath daughter of George and Sadie Heath of Locust Point Middletown Township died Tuesday morning from pneumonia without a physician in attendance. A burial permit was issued by Corner Harry Fay of Red Bank. Funeral services were at home at one o clock this afternoon with interment at Red Hill cemetery in Middletown township. Mr and Mrs Heath have no other children. Heath works for E E Mount of Locust Point.
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Locust’ Point
Queen BH. Heath
George
Sadie Heath
Locust Point
Middletown ‘Township
Harry ©. Fay
Red Bank
Fay
Red Hill
Middletown Township
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Otis Haagen
Bertha Wolcott
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Eisner
West Front and
Pearl Streets
William H. Martin
Martin
Dixon
Shrewsbury Avenue
Sheridan Hotel
Front Stret
Harry Cohn
New York City
Harry Mommblenbrock
Jersey City
Gue Horn
Son Clenning Riddell
Greater New York
Willie
Wallie
Nellie de Wink
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
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London
Seneca
Kepler
Hooke
Galilei
Florence
Newton
Goldington
Mr. Smythe
Bret Self, —Farray
Long Branch Daily Record
Bill Rynedorph
Frank B. Pitcher
Drummond Place
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