Parental school for truants opens in Los Angeles
A new no bars par ental school for truants aged eight to fourteen is set to open January 31 on Los Pelz road, nine acres near the Los Angeles river and Elysian hills. Built for 14000 dollars, land 10000, the Spanish style building features sunlit rooms, twenty four bedrooms, a library, and an outdoor program. There will be no guards or uniforms, no jail atmosphere, and most of each day will be spent on schooling and wholesome outdoor activities.
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Paper Boat Planned For St Augustine To New York
George W. Johnson of St Augustine Florida builds a twenty foot long shell fashioned from newspapers. He aims to row from St Augustine to New York via sounds and canals next spring, using a hull with ten watertight bulkheads and a newspaper deck.
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Less Study for Girls at Smith College
President L. Clark Seelye argues for simpler Smith College entrance exams to reduce costs and shorten pupilage. He warns that tough requirements limit access for poorer students and could delay graduation, affecting family life and girls’ mental culture. He also notes physicians’ concerns that heavy study interferes with physical development.
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Training a Bear For a Hunt in Massachusetts
A bear owned by P. J. Tyre of Lenoxdale Massachusetts is being exercised and dieted for a bear boat to be staged in North Adams Massachusetts at a date to be announced. Tyre doubts the average sportsman’s courage but believes the bear can defend itself and possibly protect hunters. He warns mothers to keep children indoors and farmers to watch stock on the day of the hunt. Rural Berkshire residents are not amused by the plan.
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Blows from The Big Stick in Two Days at the White House
A Washington correspondent notes in the New York Herald that President Roosevelt used a sharp hand in two days at the White House, rebuking and praising a broad set of officials and individuals in letters to war leaders and congressional bodies, with an acrostic partial list listing roles and exaggerations.
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Fragmented Critique List Echoes Across Ranks and Roles
The text inventories faults attributed to many groups and offices from soldiers to writers and bureaus. It names Brownson and an array of officers, informers, cliques, and officials as childish, mendacious, or lax while accusing magazines, experts, and balloters of exaggeration or graft.
Monument planned for Ned Hanlan by Toronto and Columbia backers
Coach James C. Rice returned from Toronto where funeral rites for Ned Hanlan were held. He announced a plan to fund a monument to the famed oarsman with subscriptions led by Toronto officials and a proposed Hanlan memorial course at the new regatta site. At Columbia a separate subscription will support the monument, with Francis Bangs among promoters. Rice notes the aim to honor the world renowned rower who inspired many.
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Tailor shop and modiste on the new Europa liner
The Hamburg America new Europa, under construction at Belfast, will include a tailor shop and modiste parlor directed by London and Paris artists. American tailors will be aboard for English cloths, plus a jewelry store for on board selection. Women may have gowns fitted mid ocean, while large ship size aims to reduce rolling.
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Doodletown Bight Credited In Odd Indictment Tale
A humorous court vignette from the era recounts a burglar pleading with a judge to “cut out” the Bight of Doodletown on Popolopen Creek. The scene ends with chaos as a cop collapses, the thief dies, and the judge orders Doodletown, amid sobs and slang, in a surreal New York Times transcription by Thomas R. Yoarra.
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_magic in morocco charms used by moorish women
Mrs Munsel Pleydell reports charms used by Moroccan women to gain or keep lovers. One method involves shredding a worn undergarment, shaping a talisman ball, embedding it in clay, and heating it to draw love. Another practice allegedly causes a man to love the charm’s maker after eating donkey ear tips.
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Chicago News
A Whale Mouth Folklore And Maine Wood Waste
A fragment from a periodical blends odd natural history with stray notes. It cites baleen anatomy and a vivid image of a whale's mouth, then shifts to quotes on bribery and a Dryden line before reporting Maine’s wood waste from portable mills. It notes 15000 cords rotting in York County and farmer waste near Lyman with prices for oak and beech tops.
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Wisconsin Banana Crop Report and Health Advertisements
Wisconsin reports a flourishing banana crop at the University of Wisconsin horticultural station noting one tree in the state with a small patch of fruit. The item then shifts to health ads recommending Hallister's Rocky Mountain Tea for winter vigor in children, and various remedies such as Allen's Foot Base and DeWitt's Little Early Risers for foot care and digestion.
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Treasures From Our American Forests and Remedies
A prescription era promotional piece touts medicinal roots from American forests and heralds Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York. It extols Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach and blood cleanser and promotes All Healing Salve and Favorite Prescription for women and nursing mothers with testimonials and ingredient notes.
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