Way Out For Graduates: Small Town Advice Or Big City Prospects
The piece argues for graduates to stay in their small towns or nearby communities, outlining four rules from Superintendent Thomas H. Harris: avoid dead end jobs, choose work aligned with training, continue learning beyond school, and prefer smaller communities for easier paths to success and happiness. It weighs the value of morality, personal ambition, and modern reform versus Victorian-era standards, noting personal choice ultimately guides life’s direction and that true reform requires forward thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Harris
Swain
Metropolis
Sticks
Supt
Harris
Superintendent of Education
Napoleon
Queen Victoria
Victoria
Victorian Ideals and the Young Woman’s Struggle
A metropolitan daily describes a Brij Hatys meeting on moral issues as a young woman contemplates leaving home. The account notes her journey toward independence and the social pressures she faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brij Hatys
Toa
Prison Education and Reform Vision in The Survey
A prison reformer argues that trials should reveal intent behind crimes and that confinement must educate and treat underlying causes. He urges classifying offenders by intellectual and moral status, placing them in targeted institutions for alcoholics, addicts, and the morally weak, with education and work as core aims.
War in Silesia exposes flaws in European diplomacy
The Alexandria Town Talk argues that Silesia shows dangerous gaps in European diplomacy and Leauge of Nations covenants. It condemns German warfare in Europe, warns against further conflicts, and notes America’s limited role while urging prompt fair resolution led by France and Finland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silesia
Germany
Europe
League of Nations
America
League
France
Finland
Alexandria
Drug Trafficking Flows From U S to Asia
The piece notes that narcotic traffic is flourishing in the United States and adds heavy shipments are regularly sent from the United States to Oriental countries. It claims most shipments go to Japan and are smuggled into China, a development described as far from reassuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Cina
China appeals to nations to curb drug traffic and US indifference
The Shreveport Journal condemns US inaction on narcotics, noting China’s calls for help and alarming shipments. An informant cites Seattle to Japan trafficking of morphine and cocaine, alleging collusion among US Japan and China. The piece laments indifference of authorities and widespread distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
New York
Japan
Seattle
China Club of
Orient
America
Shreveport Journal
Oliver Goldsmith Preface and Personal Virtues
A compact tribute describes Oliver Goldsmith as an Irish poet of warmth and humanity. It highlights his kindness to others despite hardship, his simple nature, charitable acts, and the contrast between his improvidence and generosity. The piece notes his wanderings in youth through Flanders, France, and Switzerland and his musical talents.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Crabbe
Olver Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Wakefield
Flanders
France
Switzerland
The Lone Life of Goldsmith and His One Room
The narrative traces Oliver Goldsmith’s wandering youth in Italy and London his grind of anonymous writing from 1757 his rise to fame with The Traveler Deserted Village and The Vicar of Wakefield and the claim he rarely owned more than one room choosing Canonbury Tower as a notable dwelling site where The Deserted Village was crafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Dover
London
Ludgate Hill
Goldsmith
Monthly Review
Wakefield
Canonbury Tower
Goldmith
Mrs Ora H Snyder Builds Candy Chain Empire
Mrs Ora H Snyder began in a tiny Chicago shop less than a dozen years ago and now owns and runs a chain of stores for a major American candy company selling daily home made candies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora H. Snyder
Chicago
America
Lady Bancroft Remembered as Actress and Business Woman
Lady Bancroft, noted in England for her stage career and business acumen, was widely credited with building the fortune of her husband Sir Leuire Bancroft who retired from the theater with about three quarters of a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Bancroft
England
Leuire Bancroft
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Monroe News-Star
Fes Nowe-des Punt
Bocess Pontes
Jang
Monroe
Monrose
West Monroe
Associated . Press
Associated Press
Willys-Knight
Toledo
Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Verland
North Second Street
Quachita National Bank
Monroe, LA
FUL
Sugar Bros
Ee 7 Wholesal CO. Ltd
Central Savings Bank
Monroe and
West
Louisiana Savings. Bank
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