Tell City’s Co operative Colony Progresses Forty Years
In Tell City Indiana a unique co operative industrial colony thrives since 1856. Swiss colonists created a self governed system with home ownership at ninety three percent and twenty six manufacturing concerns. The largest chair plant in the nation dominates the town economy. The colonists elect officers by ballot and set their own wages.
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Indiana Knobs
Ohio River
Bellamy
Debs
Owen
Indiana
Swiss Colonization Society of
Claeiausti
Wits
Ohio
Tell City
William Tell
First Colony Manufacturing Company
Colonization Society
United States
Tell City Co operatives Built Nation's Notable Chair Plant System
The city’s cooperative plants use a graded wage system tied to efficiency, with workers earning higher weekly pay and end-of-year lumpsums. Tell City hosts 26 plants employing 541 workers, generating 663000 dollars in annual wages and benefiting home crafts like chair caning and basket weaving. The town champions a broad industry, sustaining furniture making and wood goods with a strong community ethos.
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United States
Tell City
Wralewre
Otter
Wil
Fexn
Uay
Solomon Temple value estimation sparks biblical debate
A Washington correspondent for the Chicago Record argues that if biblical and secular descriptions of Solomon's temple are accurate, the edifice and its contents could exceed 50 billion dollars. He cites material costs about 12.5 billion, labor around 3 billion, gold vessels near 2.33 billion, silver at 3.25 billion, priest robes 10 million, and gold trumpets 2 million.
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Solomon Temple
Washington
Chicago Record
Solomon's Temple
Josephus
Cure for the cigarette habit suggested by Plaquemine correspondent
A Plaquemine Louisiana correspondent recommends a nicotine substitute plan. Carry licorice drops to curb the urge to smoke and break the habit over four to five weeks.
Fragmentary Leaf Cloak Described as Expensive
A damaged text fragment mentions Leaf, the pina claw of the Philippiges, and a cloak described as very expensive. The legible bits point to a stray, unclear historical item note without a coherent event or clear entities.
Temperance Topics and a Poem of Unrequited Love
A garbled page blends headings on alcoholism in France and reform with a fragmentary lyric of passionate longing. The verse laments forbidden love and inner torment, invoking imagery of moonlight and wind as the speaker pleads for understanding. The piece mixes topical notes with a dramatic, unreadable poetic fragment.
Anti Alcoholism Crusade Moves From Theory to Policy in France
A French anti alcohol campaign evolves from debates to action. Parliament, Academy of Science, and schools urged temperance. The April Paris congress united scholars, clergy, women, and foreign delegates behind education and moderation as weapons against alcoholism.
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France
Academy of Science
Reich Association For the Advancement of Science
Jeon Lay
Duchene
Madagascar
M. Poincare
Schout of Medicine
Paris
M. Jules Legrand
Franco
M. Bris- Son
Pasteur Rochat
Geneva
Turinay
Nancy
Pasteur Berlat
Turinaz
Vanse
Realust Hogyowing
Beal
Toy & Cause
Prof Jean Braeg Aims for Promising Future Outlook
Fragmentary text cites Prof Jean Braeg and mentions an auspicious omen for the future. Context unclear but implies a forward looking forecast from Braeg in an Outlook piece.
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Prof
Jean Braeg
Outlook
Kipling’s conversion to prohibition and temperance views
The piece recounts Rudyard Kipling’s shift from moderate drinker to supporter of prohibition after witnessing two men intoxicate two women in an American concert hall. He admits he once defended moderate drinking, but now prioritizes avoiding liquor in public spaces to prevent harming others, urging self-control and warning against temptation.
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Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
America
Meanest Business on Earth Ends In Quiet Resolve
A restaurant owner recalls a boyish schoolyard tale about fathers and work. A customer praises his son as a fine waiter and learns the father twice sold liquor before quitting. The son’s line of questioning leads the father to confess the liquor trade was the “meanest business on earth,” a truth he vows to reform with God’s help.
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Lave
John
Danville
Lad
Nashua
N. H
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
United States
Ilinois Pharmaceutical Association
Reform and Temperance News Across Cities and Provinces
Reports from Danville Nashua and Chicago outline saloon licensing fights and new cigarette rules. Prohibition advocates cite crime data and license bans while temperance groups like Loyal Temperance Legion hold conventions in New York and Pennsylvania.
Types of Womanhood and Social Pressure
A 19th or early 20th century insight notes that women who do not exert influence on men are themselves subjected to control by men. The writer claims hundreds of women in every community are mistreated by husbands and families while assertive women are labeled as society leaders and visible loafers.
Poisoning Scandal Shocks Hungarian Nobility
Budapest police expose a plot behind the deaths of Count Hadik Barkoczy’s two children after nurse Laura Heinz confesses to poisoning plum preserves. Investigators allege a wealthy patron hired her, seeking revenge or sinister gain, with money and motive tied to a city near the family.
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Hungary
Hadik-Barkoczy
Budapest
Laura Heinz
Perso
Ness
Budap
Havana Bars Reflect Shifting Fortunes After War
A New Orleans Times Democrat excerpt recalls Havana bars filled with officers under Weyler and Blanco, then facing a fall in trade after American troops arrived. The proprietor notes higher profits during the Spanish era, when large crowds and lavish spending prevailed, versus today’s subdued patronage.
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Havana
Hotel Gran Pasaje
Grand Pasaje
Weyler
Blanco
Wesler
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Police prevent uprising by vaccinating natives rifles
Lieut Eggers of the Damaraland police says natives were told their rifles would be vaccinated not seized. The plan calmed fears during a vaccination themed operation echoing veterinary work amid a cattle plague era.
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Eggers
Damaraland
Egetust Eyii Apirita
Brooke A Nimrod’s Hunting Feats With Garnier in 1993
A Cant. James Copper Ayres piece in Century profiles Gen. Brooke and famed hunter Baptiste Garnier known as Little Bat. Garnier, half French half Indian, is described as a legendary plains hunter with eighty five bears killed and a flawless ability to trail game.
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Aly
Garnier
James Copper Ayres
U.S. A
Gen
Brooke
Baptiste Garnier
Little Bat
Plains
Webb Hayes
Gamit
Collay
Omaha
Bat
Gen. Crook
Mr. Collins
Jon
Prussia Court Rules Gates Must Keep Dogs Off Tracks
A Prussian court held railroads liable when dogs crossed closed gates at a crossing, ruling barriers must reasonably prevent unwary canines from entering tracks. The owner won $1 plus interest after experts questioned gate effectiveness following a dog’s death and a stalled express train.
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Law
Munster
Tiny Detroit-built gasoline launch mirrors a battleship
PF A Studer of Swain avenue completed a 26 foot long gasoline launch for U S lighthouse officials modeled after a battleship. Plans by Lieut Churchill yielded a craft to patrol the St Marys river. powered by a 12 hp engine, 24 inch propeller, about 11 mph, total cost 1900 dollars.
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Detroit Journal
PF. A. Studer
Swain Avenue
United States
Uncle Sam
Churchill
Wohl
Ule Maxsarhysetts
St. Marys
Lake Shore Iron Works
Marquette
Bookkeeping Ads Stir Youth to Learn Payoff
A young man complains about bookkeeping ads promising quick skill for ten dollars. He says he spent six months and over a hundred dollars to learn the act and still faced a $780 discrepancy between cash book and ledger at year end, leaving him jobless and tired.
Hupyant Implements Busy Effort Amidstead Work
A compact note reports ongoing activity and steady effort at a local project site with residents noting continued progress and daily tasks completed by workers. The report highlights persistent labor and community involvement without detailing specific milestones.
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Tell Chy
All Tis Industries
Pisa
Pioneer Company
Grand Orange Lodge of
British America
Toronto
Canada
Orange Order
Shelbyville
Mida
Loyal’ Temperance Legion
New York State
National Prohibition Park
Miss Gordon
Washington and
Jackson Parks
Chicago University
Union Signal
The
Loyal Temperance Legion of Pennsylvania
Newton
Tune
Little Orca
Brooke A
Nimrod
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