World's Traveled Man Follows Francis E Clark Legacy
Tribute to Francis E Clark founder of Christian Endeavor, detailing travels by ship and rail across continents. Notes Clark formed the first society in Portland 1881 and inspired a world movement with 80,000 societies and over 4 million members. Plans for a regional headquarters and publishing output to finance global work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
BE. Clark
D. D
Christian Endeavor S Society
Christian Endeavor Union
Doctor Clark
Aylmer
Que
Canada
Williston
Portland
Williston Church
New England
Christian Endeavor Society
Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor News
North America
Christian Church
Congregational Third
Baptist Fourth
England
Burma
India
Baptists
Australia
Spain
France
Methodists
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Russia
Italy
Los Angeles County
Cal
Middlesex County
Mass
Chicago
Francis E. Clark
Phillips Congregational Church
Boston
Christian Endeavor Movement
Europe
Great Britain
United States
Panama
Peru
Argentine
Brazil
Sweden
Greece
Mikado
Japan
International Christian Endeavor Headquarters
Movement
Howard B. Grose
Northern Baptist Churches
Doctor Grose
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Willam Shaw, LL. D
Massachusetts
United Society
Hiram N. Lathrop
Amos R. Wells
Ohio
Doctor Wells
A. J. Shartle
Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor Union
Rev
R. P. Anderson
Builders’ Union
Christian Endeavor World
Daniel
A. Poling
Ohio Christian Endeavor Union
Karl Lehmann
Colorado
New Mexico
Christian Endeavor Unions
Francis B. Clark
Arthur W. Kelly
Rev. R. P. Anderson
Rehabilitating Delinquents In Midwestern Cities
The Dayton News notes Duluth experiments in humane punishment by sending petty offenders to work farms in sawmills under humane guards. The piece praises Cleveland and the forthcoming Ohio penitentiary in Madison County as larger reforms, signaling a statewide shift toward corrective justice.
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Duluth
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Madison County
Dayton News
Slums at Sea Highlight Harsh Mortality Rates
The London Times reports mercantile marine death rates per 1000 show harsher sickness and deaths than navy and army. Over 20 years mortality higher in commerce than in military service, with civilians aged 23 to 45 affected. During the South African conflict, mercantile losses mostly exceed army fatalities.
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London Times
British Mercantile Marine
Mercantile Marine
Navy
Army
Nobody Wants a See-Through Telephone Device
A humorous critique argues against a perfected video phone, noting privacy and embarrassment in social calls. It amusingly questions people’s desire to be seen at home or during visits, and warns that sighting voices may ruin romantic or personal fantasies.
Not Rich Under $50 000 000
The piece notes that wealth beyond fifty million dollars rarely fascinates. it highlights how many rich men rose from nothing, including Astor Guggenheim and Weyerhaeuser, who arrived by boat to New York Harbor and were struck by the city’s lights and opportunities.
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I. W. AW
Astor
Guggenheim
Weyerhaeuser
New York Harbor
Telegraphed News Sparks Family Tussle at Door
A tense moment unfolds at a home as a telegraph boy arrives. The mother fears a costly message while the daughter remains hopeful it is not a collect delivery.
A Lawyer's Bill and Its Elaborate Charges
A London Chronicle note humorously compares a lawyer’s itemized bill with a plumber’s. It recalls a client pressing for payment and a final entry charging three shillings six pence for attending you on the telephone in answer to your request for bill.
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London Chronicle
Day of the blouse highlights sport waists and fabrics
The article praises separate blouses for warm weather and summer sports, noting silk as ideal for sport waists. It describes two-material models with heavy front panels, edge-to-edge fronts, long sleeves with set-in style, and a vest girdle at the waist. Silk ease of care and laundering is emphasized.
Homemade skin lotion with lettuce juice and elder flower
A lotion made from two ounces lettuce juice two drams eau de cologne two ounces distilled vinegar and four ounces elder flower. Water is said to relieve heat and irritation of the skin. Dab the skin with it frequently.
Feet and Ankle Pleasing Styles Highlight Women Footwear
The fashion text notes skirts and dresses emphasize feet and ankles with new colonial pumps in patent leather calfskin suede and kid inlays. Colors are champagne and fawn with putty antelope and black patent evening slippers featuring ankle straps and minimal buckles.
Tailored effect in white bontaline nightwear
A discussion cites a fashionable white bontaline model and new skirt drapery. The piece argues hygiene concerns over summer clothing for men and women, noting pajamas as restrictive except when traveling. It favors sleeveless night gowns for women to improve ventilation and sleep quality.
Deasigne on Candle Makes Pretty Wraps
The Christian Science Monitor suggests wrapping printed paper around white candles to create decorative designs. Use a globe or taper to soften wax, apply prints with design against wax, then remove once the wax rehardens, leaving the print in place. Gold ink designs also look attractive.
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Christian Science Monitor
Easily Made Utility Box From Common Pill Boxes
Step by step you build a small cabinet from six oblong pill boxes. Cost about 35 cents. Remove drawers, arrange outer covers in three by two, paste, sew handles, wrap with broad ribbon, cap bottom, hide seams with a paper panel, and finish with a decorative bow on top.
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Bureau
Keeping Ivory White with Alcohol Wipes on Ivory Goods
French ivory toilet sets and piano keys tend to yellow from water. Wipe with alcohol instead of water to keep their natural color. Do not use water on ivory items.
Bright colors advised against for stout dispositions
The note warns that individuals inclined to be stout should avoid bright colors as a precaution. It suggests color choices to maintain a balanced appearance and mentions general style guidance without naming specific persons.
Neatest Hair Receiver for Travelers
A washable hair receiver proves useful for travelers to store combings. It is a small bag of lawn or washable silk with shirring, a top casing, and a ribbon loop to hang from a dresser, allowing easy disposal or retention of hair during journeys.
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China
Opalescent Radium Cup Spangle Trends In 1910s Fashion
The season features opalescent radium cup spangles used in net lace and beadwork. Spangled pendants tassels and silk bead tassels are noted. Street dresses show tailored lines with sectional guimpes and looped ornaments. Novel leather designs and galalith ornaments appear with passementerie touches.
Fall litters favored by proper care over spring farrowings
The article argues fall pig litters are easier to manage and more vigorous if sows have summer forage, good housing, and ample exercise. With careful feeding and storage, profit matches or exceeds spring farrowings, and breeding sows for two litters yearly is seen as more reliable.
Fertility Not Lost in Feeding Alfalfa
An alfalfa field yields about 8000 pounds of cured hay per acre per season and 6880 pounds of dry matter. Alfalfa removes more lime and potash than clover but returning manure to soil preserves fertility. Nitrogen from air helps alfalfa, yet soil nitrogen remains important. Prof. Dyer found nitrate of soda boosts yield, yielding about 3 to 4.5 tons per acre with annual applications and profits of $4 to $6 per acre.
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Dyer
England
Water and weeds compete for orchard crops
The text argues water is essential for crop and weed growth alike. It urges careful water management in young orchards with garden crops between rows. Under drought, the orchard needs all available water, so conserve by maintaining a constant dust mulch between rows.
Winter cover crops improve soil with mix of grains and clover
Winter cover crops such as rye barley wheat and oats enrich soil when plowed under increasing vegetable matter. A mix of one clover or vetch with a grain often outperforms single plants for cover and green manure.
Don’t Neglect Poultry This Season of the Year
A reader advises poultry keepers not to neglect their flocks as seasonal duties press, warning that neglect will reduce profits next fall due to poorer performance this season.
No Medicine Required Healthy Animals
Healthy animals need no medicine and can be kept well by smartly adjusting their food and work. Altering quantity and quality of feed maintains conditions without drugs.
Height of roosts for the Asiatic fowls
Roosts for Brahmas or Cochins should be not more than a foot above ground. Heavy birds cannot easily fly and may be better off roosting on the floor. Some breeders omit roosts, bed the pen floor, and let birds squat. Ensure no drafts, keep bedding dry, and clean droppings each morning for good health.
Telephone as Aid to Agriculturist on the Farm
In days of scarce help the telephone proves valuable on farms. It delivers messages instantly to town and neighbors and can summon doctors and aid at any hour. It hardly strikes and is considered the most reliable farm helper.
Vetch as a Valuable Hay Crop and Seeding Risks
The article notes that vetch is an annual valuable for hay but can reseed itself if not cut timely, creating trouble to eradicate, especially where wheat grows. It should be cut when blossoms appear, or a few days before full bloom, and cured like clover or alfalfa. High seed cost limits wider cultivation.
Best Grass for Dry Areas Outlines Brome Suitability
Brome grass is recommended as the best cultivated option for dry regions. Once established it provides grazing early in the season, earlier than native grasses but not as early as winter rye. It also yields grazing in autumn proportional to rainfall, offering more grazing overall than native grasses.
Failure of Trees Linked to Root Deficiency
Lack of fibrous roots causes many young forest trees dug up for transplant to fail after relocation.
Benefit of Straining in Milk Purification
Straining removes visible dirt but does not purify milk. The unseen particles are more harmful, meaning the real purification must address what cannot be seen rather than just what is visible.
Segregate Sick Fowls From Healthy Stock
Instructions warn to separate ill birds from the rest as many poultry diseases spread easily. Keep sick fowls isolated to prevent contagion and protect the flock.
Paint Adds Advantage to Poultry Building Durability
Paint improves appearance and durability of poultry buildings and is a sound investment for farmers seeking long term protection and value.
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