Spread of the Drug Habit Calls for Concerted Action
The Chicago News advocates state board of pharmacy indictments against certain druggists for illegal sales of cocaine and opiates. It warns that drug abuse spreads quickly, endangers communities, and urges support from health boards, attorneys, and pharmacists to curb the habit. It also urges physicians to guard patients against habituation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Pharmacy
Cerdain
Board of Pharmacy
Boards of Health
Chicago News
French Phonograph Language Teaching Debate
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle excerpt notes phonograph aided language study. A French speaking phonograph assists West Point language instruction, potentially surpassing book study for pronunciation. Superintendent Mills endorses foreign speakers in class for cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States Military Academy
West Point
Mills
United States
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Blessing of Work and Steady Practice in Troubles
A February Woman's Home Companion passage reflects on work as blessing when guided, notes routine chores free the mind while singing scales helped a grieving girl cope, turning hardship into growth and happiness. The anecdote links disciplined practice to resilience and future success.
A Careful Lad and Other Vignettes from a 1900 Paper
A curio-filled excerpt shows a Kentucky schoolteacher guiding a pupil in double letters, a child character dubbed a double-letter hunter, and a misread lesson about the sun. The clutter includes brief ad copy for Mother Gray’s powders, a humor line about a last poem, and various patent medicines and tobacco promos from early 20th century print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Prosperity, Demagogues, and a Republican Tariff Fight
The Dez Moines Capital contrasts 1893 97 panic fear with today’s wealth boom under Republican tariff protection. It argues alarm over riches now rivals earlier poverty, warns against demagogues and sensationalism, and highlights calls to trim the tariff through the American Protective Tariff League and Senator Burton’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dez Moines
Congress
Coxey
Republic
Des Moines
Republican Party
Northwest
American Protective Tariff League
Burton
Free Trade League Demands Removal of Duties
The American Free-Trade league held a Boston meeting and again urged removing duties on various articles including beef. The Helena Record notes the group is mainly New England based and consistently seeks tariff repeal for outsiders while ignoring locally produced goods. The piece argues for consistent reform to repeal protective duties on all products and raw materials across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Free-Trade League
Boston
Free-Trade League
New England
West
Helena
Mont.) Record
Internal Republican Split Suggested By Senator Burton
Washington correspondence notes Senator Burton of the Republican party foresees a bitter intra party clash over reciprocity and protection. He says the old reciprocity tied to noncompetitive exchanges has changed into a plan to use reciprocity as a broader policy instrument, signaling factional tensions within the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Evening Post
Burton
Republican Party
Repeal of Coal Duties Debate
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer analysis argues the coal duty protects Washington miners and 6,000 local workers. It says lower duties under prior laws allowed a surge of British and Australian coal, displacing Washington coal and harming regional employment, while other western operators remained unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Washington
West
United States
Pacific Coast
Great Britain
Australia
Pacife
Seeattle Post-Intelligencer
High priced labor key to prosperity and employment
In a address to the International Customs Congress Secretary Show argues that a country’s wealth is measured by consumptive capacity and wages. He notes the United States has maintained high priced labor for years to sustain maximum employment, asserting the system yields abundance of work and prosperity for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Customs Congress
Show
United States
Republic
Paul Returns From Second Missionary Journey
The narrative recounts Paul completing his labors at Corinth and sailing from Cenchrea to Ephesus with Aquila and Priscilla, then journeying to Jerusalem and Antioch. It covers Apollos’s partial understanding, Aquila and Priscilla’s guidance, and the start of Paul’s third mission, emphasizing the Pentecostal gifts and early church dynamics at Ephesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Paul
Paul
Corinth
Cenchrea
Jerusalem
Palestine
Aquila
Prishta
Ephesus
Mme
Cesarent
Antioch
Asia Minor
Ramsay
Derbe
Lystra
Iconum
Galatia
Apollos
Jesus
John
Priscilla
God
Achaia
Greece
Asia
Aegean Sea
Pan
Ute Baptist
Joe
Christ
Paraclete
Gordon
Directing Grace of God On Migrating Birds
A naturalist who stayed at Holdystone lighthouse observed birds crashing against lantern panes in mass flights. He likened it to every bird united by one aim to reach somewhere else at all costs. He connects the phenomenon to restless humanity and notes there is no cure for this fevering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace of God
Holdystone
Jts
Rose Peterson
Parkdale Tennis Club
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkhara
Lynn
Mass
Hannah EF. Mershon
Collingswood
N. J
Pinkham
Fannie Kumpe
Prynian
Lydia
Fannin Kuen
Chester St
Little Rock
Ark
Lydia E. Pinkhams
To Make Popcorn Balls for Wintry Fun
Instructions show how to make popcorn balls with New Orleans Molasses and freshly popped corn, then describe shaping into balls and rolling in corn to avoid stickiness. The piece also mentions Defiance Starch advantages, jokes, and an advertisement for Dr Graon's dropsy advertisement, plus a sales pitch for Halls Catarrh Cure and local trade notes.
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New Orleans
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New York
LeRoy
Han
Lewis
Ant
Nousekerphry
John Fpngs
Ind
Coxsy
Paul and
Apollo S
Staren
H. J. Graon
Atlanta
Gao
Paynam
J. J. Cheney & CO
Poledo
J. Cagney
Garry
Wiisloala
Toted En Ruux
Tateda
Os Waldtog
Kinnan
Marvin
Depgaists
Obio
Hall
Dwuggisig
Halle Family
Mora ‘Plendliyl
Heo
Tower Canadian CO
Linte
Toronto
Pik
Ieee
Salzer
Cotalourne
Guy
Rte
Henrdleys Borley
Canada
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