Free night schools widen access to learning in cities
The article extols free elementary and technical night schools in major cities, welcoming workers and immigrants. It highlights general, adult, and elderly learners, English instruction for foreign-born students, and the rise of practical trades training in Brooklyn and elsewhere.
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Americas
Eell
America
New York
Board of Education
Brooklyn
Parks as Big as Provinces in Australia Plan
A description of a proposed national park near Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales Australia. The plan envisions a vast reserve far larger than British parks, set at about 100 square miles with even larger comparisons to existing gardens and U S park areas, highlighting its scale.
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Hutte
Britain
Pallad Africa
Ireland
Bynsal
Lake Victoria
Nyanz
Africa
Australia
Perth
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First Cardinal to Play Golf in Vatican Circles
Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of state, plays golf twice weekly at a course near the Vatican grounds. He travels in a heavy two horse carriage to Cavalletto and Gandolfo and supports modern labor saving reforms including phones elevators electric lights and typewriters in the Vatican.
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Merry del Val
France
Harmony Society’s Last Leader Holds Vast Estate
Pennsylvania courts now settle possession of remaining Harmony Society property as John B S Duss and his wife stand as the last surviving members. Duss, bandmaster and head for about twenty years, restored prosperity amid internal strife and built a lasting, disputed estate at Economy Pennsylvania, rooted in the legacy of George Rapp’s Harmony community.
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Pennsylvania
Harmony Society
Harmony Munists
John
Duss
Ana Saan
Harmonists
Dass
United States
Supreme Court
Cominion Ly Na
Jacob Henri
Harmnists
Young Dass
Nebraska
Father Henrici
Henrici
Henrich
Germany
George Rapp
Wurttent
America
Zellenople
Rapp
Rapps
Harmonist
Lord Kitchener Teases Vanity In Egypt Return Tale
A famous anecdote shows Lord Kitchener dismissing a lord seeking autographs. He sniffs a scented handkerchief and quips about its owner, then refuses to sign, remarking on vanity and taste while keeping his own distance from the flirtatious request.
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Lord Kitchener
Egypt
Khartoum
Kitchener
Vichuc
Women Rule Sect in Finnish Villages
In some Finnish villages a religious sect enforces strict gender roles where men marry and vow to submit to their wives. Women select a leader to ensure male behavior and to punish transgressions, reflecting an unusual matriarchal control within the community.
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Finland
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