Abolish School Recess Debate Sparks Letter from Burlington Hawkeye
Commentator Burdette rebuts Popular Science Monthly's push to end school recess, noting Rochester's experiment and Boston Journal of Education editor's stance. He recalls historic cases and argues against abolishing recess, proposing other school reforms instead.
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Joseph Carter
Popular Science Monthly
Rochester
N. Y
Boston Journal of Education
Ante
Apud
Journal of Education
Letus
Board of Education
Journal of Eduration
Winter Stock Care Guidance for Cold Weather
Instructional note emphasizes warm barns and pure air for livestock. It warns that proper housing reduces feed needs and advocates using lumber over hay for wintering, abundant fresh water, and troughs that avoid ice. Regular feeding prevents disorder, while heavy work requires extra grain and beets with hay and corn meal for dairy cows.
Divorce Trial Turns on Time Wasting Fights
In a San Francisco superior court a divorce case dragged for three days as opposing counsel sapped the judge with irrelevant questions and sharp attacks. The judge, fed up, ordered a night session and then a full late review of divorce history to conclude the matter, leaving the lawyers and their guests to pay the court costs.
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San Francisco
Asme
Socrates
Akes
Gaylety
Lndies
America
Noted Chinook Boy Regains Sight After Illness
Joseph Bush of Cherryvale Kansas endured the loss of sight in one eye as a child after a malarial fever. Now recovered and restored to health his eyesight has returned and the family reports a full recovery.
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Joseph Bush
Cherryvale
Kan
Gseeago News
Causes of Felicity in Weather and Life
The article discusses how cold and warmth affect felicity and mood, noting dry cold and moist warmth as stabilizing or depressing influences. It links seasons, purity of air, outdoor living, and ventilation to mental state, and mentions foods and stimulants like tea as mood modifiers. A fragment references a crime note and a burglary in a San Francisco Chronicle item.
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B. W. Richardson
The
North American Review
Ghostly Thieves Haunt Rincon Hill House in 1880s San Francisco
A Rincon Hill home near Silver Street Primary School gains notoriety as a haunted residence. Neighbors report doors opening, lights extinguishing, and midnight piano music. Items including baskets clothes and furnishings vanish despite vigilant watch, prompting a spirit medium to intervene.
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Rincon Hill
Silver Street
Roberts
Plano
Fialice
Garibaldi the Romantic Hero of Modern Europe Dies
Garibaldi, aged and frail, passed away leaving a lasting imprint on 19th century imagination. He fought not with state resources but with courage and patriotism, inspiring nations beyond Italy and elevating the working man as a true hero, shaping Europe's move toward constitutionalism and national unity.
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Europe
Knights of the Round Table
Charlemagne
Ortez
Pizarro
Drake
Hawkins Charles XII
Clive
Napoleon
Lord Dundonald
Garibaldi
Waterloo
England
Franco
Goethe
Lord Beaconsfield
Rone
Sedan
Italy
France
Rome
Mazzini
Bayard
du Guesclin
Sydney
Two Sicilies
Ilo
Plutarch
Ovar
Hissing and mi las as varied signals in world cultures
A Tribune note contrasts the use of hissing and mi las across societies. In West Africa natives hiss when astonished, in the New Hebrides beauty inspires hiss, Basutos praise orators with hissing, and Japanese show reverence with milias akin to our hush.
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West Africa
Hebrides
M Lias
Tribune
Hints to Farmers in Odd Planting Season
A spoof list of absurd farming tips jokes about planting dogs’ foot seeds, beans soaked with salt pork, and boots for corn. It parodies agricultural guidance with whimsical, nonsensical instructions and mock remedies, ending with eccentric lines about horse radish and cats.
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Colorado
Evory
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