The Minnow and Western Angling Craft in America
The article reviews how Western anglers perfected cast techniques for minnows and targeting bass, pike, and mascalogue in Northern Wisconsin. It notes regional skill transfer from old Milwaukee mentors, broad water resources from the Alleghenies to Canada, and long railroad trips to pursue prized Esox specimens.
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Reviouws
Alleghanies
America
Milwaukee
Mississippi River
Pacific
Ohio
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Eagle Lakes
Esox
Illustrated Sporting News
Trade schools poised to transform education worldwide
St Nicholas argues time proves trade schools essential to modern education. He cites Drexel Institute Williamson Trade School and similar shops as models offering modern tools guided by skilled instructors. He contends short, principle based training outperforms long shop time, reduces dull repetition, and fosters rapid, correct skill development.
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Drexel Institute
Williamson Trade School
Man Country
War Training School
St. Nicholas
Winter farm life and chores in the Civil War era
The narrator recalls steady farm work in winter North American life. Tasks include feeding stock hauling coal cutting wood ice harvesting and pig slaughter. He contrasts country life with modern Chicago and notes soap making as a domestic staple with a kitchen soap cistern and soft soap preparation.
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Chicago
Harper’s Magazine
A Cooperative Mission Paper Plan Unveiled for Missionaries
A new cooperative plan targets ten thousand missionaries worldwide with a periodical sent to every missionary in foreign fields. The paper blends mission news with world affairs, adds home supporter contributions, and personal correspondence letters to readers abroad.
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America
England
China
India
Klue
Actress Flora Mitchell Tames Pet Mouse at Hospital
Miss Flora Mitchell, an actress confined to Homestead Hospital in Marion for five weeks, tames a house mouse that keeps her cheerful. She fed it with bread crumbs, soon letting it roam on her hands and lap without fear, though others feel the creature’s resistance.
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Flora Mitchell
Homestead
Marion
Indianapolis News
Miss Mitchell
Police hold and dispose of valuables found with criminals
An ex NYPD captain explains practice of seizing money and jewelry from arrestees. Items not clearly owned are held in trust for claimants. if unclaimed, they may be returned or seized by the police for funds. Certain items like burglary tools and weapons are never returned.
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New York
Commissioner of Police
Advertising makes or breaks a modern business
The Oakland Tribune argues that advertising alone cannot save a poorly managed or inferior product. Good advertising helps sell well run businesses with quality goods, while unadvertised or defective offerings fall behind even if they advertise.
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Oakland Tribune
Wise Words On Living Well And Self Improvement
A collage of quotes on happiness, learning from error, and personal growth. It urges daily effort, reframes misfortune as a prompt to act, and emphasizes generosity and inner strength as paths to well being.
The Lebel Rifle Debate From Paris Patrie
Emile Massard editor of the Paris Patrie argues the French army is the world’s strongest armed with the Lebel rifle. He claims a lighter bullet longer cartridge and increased powder give a flatter trajectory. He says Germany cannot match it for two to three years despite stealing cartridges.
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Emile Massard
The
Paris Patrie
M. Massard
Giants Disinherited In France Over Giant Dowry Bequest
The London Globe notes M Pierecourt of Nouen left 82000 to a French city to fund dowries for couples of giants to curb physical degeneration. Two hurdles appeared as his family filed nullity suit and no giants were found, leading to a compromise. The heirs now allocate the funds to old age pensions and convalescent homes.
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France
M. Pierecourt
Nouen
Aguin
London Globe
Insects Use Airships. French Naturalist Observes Ballooning Insects
A French naturalist reports insects riding in balloons, describing small iridescent air bubbles one-fourth inch long that drift and appear steerable. Each balloon is tethered by a filament from an insect resembling the bornet fy, suggesting intricate aerial navigation by tiny creatures.
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Bornet Fy
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