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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1902
Page
2
The piece reflects on Independence Day celebrations as 1902 begins with signs of calm business and renewed civil authority in the Philippines. It notes public sympathy for a tragedy caused by fireworks and warns of ongoing dangers from explosive devices to children.
A gathering of quotes stresses education as essential to national strength and world relation. It advocates trained, sober teachers, historical-minded schooling, and priority for primary education, noting crowded primary grades and underfilled high schools as a policy concern.
A dramatic Antarctic tale recounts Borchgrevink and Captain Jensen narrowly surviving a deadly ice calving near Mount Terror in February. The glacier birth sent colossal ice into the sea, towering waves, and rock scrambling as they clung to crevices, saved only by a protruding ice peninsula and a guiding rock curve.
A compilation of short moral maxims and quotes from Samuel Clemens George Eliot Charles Lamb Gladstone Join Lyly Longfellow Mme Swetehine Carlyle and others. The selection contrasts truth mercy motivation courtesy ambition and purpose with reflections on aging work and guidance across eras.
A New York mother told her children to pray nightly for a little brother or sister. A baby arrived, but the next day the father found the children kneeling in the parlor praying for goats, illustrating a humorous misdirection of faith.
A Chicago Tribune item relays a playful exchange aboard a ship. A giddy young woman chats with the captain about rough weather and questions boxing a compass while the captain dryly replies that paddling a canoe is no kinder.
In Tit-Bits a varsity man asks if a faster stroke would improve his style and crew. The candid trainer replies that a paralytic stroke would indeed improve the crew, noting the disturbing idea with blunt humor.
A Detroit Free Press snippet quotes a girl claiming her suitor has high ideals. Her father replies that is the problem and asks why she cannot settle for a less expensive husband.
A brief note from the Atchison Globe suggests that those more grateful than their neighbor should not claim it as personal merit, proposing that age may be a factor in such kindness.
inventor Thomas A. Edison recounts a dangerous hill climb in a test automobile powered by his storage battery. He asserts rapid endurance testing and rough road trials, noting American designs lag French makers and predicting affordable, mass market electric cars within months.
A hovel fan decorated with bluejay feathers sits on a tortoise shell mount. It features a torgnette attachment viewed as convenient for those who prefer distinctive eyegines style.
Frank R. Robertson of Walden New York describes his encounter at St Pierre during the Mount Pelee eruption. He says he talked with a condemned prisoner who was rescued from a dungeon and later died in a Fort de France sanitarium after being pardoned. He recalls the man asking if he was in hell and notes the prison’s grim, deadly aftermath.
Hon. W. Leon Pepperman says the Philippine civil service commission now covers 6000 positions from 15 dollars a month to 7500 dollars a year. He notes a shift from classical to practical education, rising English learning by 10000 Manila adults, growth in typewriting and stenography, and increasing Filipino as government clerks.
The article notes Mark Twain’s grim philosophy that a malaria chill offers an advantage by allowing man to indulge in exercise without exertion, a view attributed to him by the New York Times. It frames his remark as a satirical philosopher’s claim about Providence and humanity.
A fragmentary verse note by W. J. Lampton in New York Herat extols a woman's beauty through shifting colors. It highlights summer hats as the focal point of fashion rather than gowns, praising hats in varied hues including green.
Neat 2M Broadway architects Dennis and Gastmeyer present a compact house design with full cellar, brick walls, spruce frame, and detailed finishes. Estimated erection cost ranges 1850 to 2100 dollars depending on location and materials. Also included is guidance for a handmade portiere using netting and decorative stitches in an oriental color scheme.
A brief rural sanitation note mocks an old practice of routing ventilation pipes to trees to vent gases, describing it as dangerous and unpleasant and highlighting the poor effectiveness of such makeshift setups in rural settings.
Mrs Sibella Dreson of 103 Canal Street endorses Doan's Kidney Pills, claiming relief from back pain after the first dose with continued improvement. Sold by Baltzly's drug store and all dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute.
A brief record notes a market sale payment made by Mas and by Wool. It records the transaction between Mas and Wool without further details or dates.
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