Plans for New Parental School in Queens Borough
The Board of Education committee submits plans for a model Parental School on the Flushing to Jamaica road in Queens. The design includes administration and school buildings, three dormitory cottages built as two connected sections, a power house, farm buildings, and future expansion. The cottage layout aims for fireproof separation, light indoor playrooms, and organized dormitories for sixty boys with dedicated dining, living, and matron spaces.
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Committee On Buildings
Board of Education
Flushing
Jamaica
North Hempstead Turnpike
Queens
Swimming in Schools Promotes Lifesaving Skills in Brookline and Beyond
The New York Sun reports Brookline Massachusetts requires a swimming certificate for graduation and flags student lifesaving training as an honor. It notes England's public school program with teams of eight teaching rescue techniques, and cites river and stream incidents where swimmers saved others while non-swimmers perished.
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Brookline
Mass
Brookline Baths
Boston
England
English Life Saving Association
London
Brooklyn
New York Sun
The Camel’s Eye and Meyers China Exploration Notes
The article recounts a camel handling tale from Damascus where a child can command a camel, then shifts to The Outing Magazine’s account of Frank Meyer’s perilous three year trek in China. It details dangers from robbers, deception by locals, panther threats, and close calls with attackers while seeking new seeds for the U.S. government.
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Mustafa
Ahmed
Khawaja
Damascus
Normaan Duncan
Harper’s Magazine
China
Outing Magazine
Frank N. Meyer
United States
Meyer
Siberia
Mr. Meyer
New Robinson Crusoes Rescued From Auckland Island
The captain recounts three months aboard the Anjou’s wrecked party of nearly forty on Auckland Group. After January 20 departure from Sydney and February 4 wreck in fog, they survived by albatross, shellfish, sea cow, wild sheep forage, and built a signal to reach shipping. Hi Nomoa rescued them on May 7.
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Ernest Simons
Marseilles
Sydney
Falmouth
Auckland
Pacific
New Zealand
Hinomoa
London News
Meyer Salary Increase Sparks Proud List Mention
In the proud list, Meyer was paid $1200. Later, the country boosted his annual pay to $1400 as a gesture of generosity.
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Meyer
French Giant Defeats Bear in Mountain Clash
Louis Debois a 240 pound six eight Frenchman wrestles a bear on Toulon Mountain near Orient Washington. Debois pins the bear throat holds its legs apart while two helpers bleed the animal to death with an arterial throat cut. Campbell the other woodsman escapes unharmed. Debois is 28 and from the Ottawa River camps.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Grand Forks
B. C
Toulon Mountain
Orient
Wash
Great Northern Railway
Louis Debois
Debois
Alex Campbell
Campbell
Bruin
Ottawa River
Keeping School of Whales On Faroe Islands Described
Mr Russell Jeaffreson recounts a Faroe Islands method of hunting for bottle-nosed whales. Villagers drive a packed school to shore using a sokn weighted stone and whale skin line, creating noise and disturbance before driving the herd into a bay to strand on the sandy beach.
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Russell Jeaffreson
Faroe Islands
Farm State Legislator Reads Train Fearful Wife Onboard
A southern lawmaker, a lifelong farmer, travels to the capital with his wife who has never ridden a train. She refuses to ride, and after learning most colleagues come with spouses he orders his brother to bring Jane along. The telegram replies that she fears the engine, prompting the final quip to back Jane onto the train.
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South
Jane
Blindford Jane
Zambesi Missions Survey by Andrew Murray Pamphlet
A pamphlet issued by Andrew Murray surveys missions south of the Zambesi noting thirty one missionary organizations serving over 10 million people. The student volunteer movement in South Africa has placed eighty four young missionaries in the field since 1896.
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Andrew Murray
Zambesi
South Africa
Eld
Pearls of Thought Epigrams and Aphorisms Selected Passages
A string of moral wit and maxims from Eve's Epigrams in the New York Telegram. It includes lines on ego, life’s contrasts, kindness, and social quirks. The collection features observations about death, love, humor, and human behavior with playful, pithy phrasing.
Smoking and Speech Praise for Sir Charles Santley Views
The London Globe reports that Sir Charles Santley endorses moderate smoking as not harming the voice and notes only excessive use damages singing ability. He claims most singers who smoke can still maintain clear tones, urging moderation to avoid voice dulling.
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Sir Charles Santley
Sir Charles
Nancy Lee
The
L London Globe
Canada Calls for Clean Currency and Honest Money
The Toronto World argues Canada should replace defaced currency with sanitary designs and stronger national symbols. It criticizes government reliance on dirty Dominion notes and U S coins, warns of business disruption from worn money, and urges a distinctive silver design featuring the beaver, maple leaf, shield, flag, or provincial emblems.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
Toronto
Peril of a New Dance Warns of Structural Strain
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote warns that barn dances risk swaying beams in homes and clubs as crowds jump to music. An architect notes the need for sturdier buildings and suggests some dancers may need to pace or skip in time to keep structures from failing.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Diamonds explode when brought to surface risk to miners
Diamonds may burst as they are mined or warmed. Larger stones are likelier to explode than small ones. Dealers sometimes wrap large diamonds in raw potatoes for safe transport from South Africa.
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South Africa
Indianapolis News
Punctuation Lesson Sparks Silent Debate
A Chicago News item playfully notes a juvenile remark about a period and exclamation mark during a punctuation lesson. The pupil explains a period is “the lid off an '!’,” prompting light humor in the classroom.
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Chicago News
Emperor, kings ride with peasant and reveal their humor
In 1873 a thunderstorm separated Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Emperor William of Germany and Victor Emmanuel. Seeking shelter they rode with a peasant who carried them in a covered cart. When asked who he was the peasant quipped I am his holiness the Pops Our Dumb Animals.
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Francis Joseph
Austria
William
Germany
Victor Emmanuel
Victor Inmanuel
Italy
Emperor of
the Pops
Poor Explanation By Ocean Grove Music Director
Tali Esen Morgan claims Lehar stole the Merry Widow waltz from Mendelssohn's St Paul oratorio. He calls it plagiarism and compares Lehar’s defense to a valet caught in wine water tampering with oblique humor from the Washington Star.
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Tali Esen Morgan
Ocean Grove
Mendelssohn
St. Paul
Mr. Morgan
Lehar
Washington Star
Eagles Hover Over Cumberland Narrows Prey Incident
John H. Horchier found an eaglet with a pheasant in Cumberland ash near the Narrows. The eagle dropped the bird and made frantic attempts to recover it, then fled when Horchier and observed a jagged neck wound, as reported by the Baltimore Sun.
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Cumberland
John H. Horchier
Mr. Horchier
Baltimore Sun
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the City Record
New York
Allah
New York Telegram
His Holiness
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