Windheater advertisement notes and addresses in Chicago
Publication lists subscription rate at 2.00 per year and advertising rates on application. Printing office and editor’s office at 207 West Madison Street Chicago. Local services include Miller’s Drug Store 906 Lake Street and John V D Suydam’s Drug Store Avenue Oak Park. William Haury editor and proprietor.
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Windheater
Magisonhicago
Oak Barka
West Madison Street
Chicatro
Miller's Drug
Uake Street
John VD
Suydam’s
Avenue
Oak Park
William Haury
Hull House and social reform in Chicago's poorest wards
A Chicago Social column extols Hull House founded to empower poor residents, especially immigrants, through education, civic rights, and cultural activities. It highlights Miss Jane Addams, social centers, classes, and debates, plus broader notes on charity, democracy, and urban life.
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Hull House
Chicago
Bohemia
Hull
Jang Addams
American Republic
Miss Addams
Wong
Uno
England Leads With Investment Insurance For Stocks Bonds
A new English financial model insures both principal and interest on investments. Some firms take cash upfront, others charge a yearly rate, commonly 0.5 to 6 percent. The plan aims to guarantee regular dividends and full repayment as wealth grows.
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England
Gilmore, Emin Pasha, and railroads in a restless century
A collage of remarks notes Patrick S Gilmore as a celebrated bandmaster, claims Emin Pasha is held by Arabs, and mocks Union Pacific debt worries. It mentions Johnson's mile record at Independence, and Savannah planning a vast electric street car system, urging urgent public enthusiasm.
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Aimenen
Patrick S. Gilmore
Preland
Gilmore
Gilnore
Joby
Union Pacific Railway
United States
Nationalist Party
Emin Pasha
Africa
Abert
Edward Nyanza
Johnson
Indian Schools: Government Efforts in Indian Education and Training
The article reviews 19th century government aims to educate and industrially train Indian youths. It cites funding growth from 1878 to 1892, noting 4 660 pupils in 17 schools, Carlisle and Haskell as largest, with industrial focus and mixed assimilation of white and red youth.
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Government School For
Hampton
North Dakota
Arizona
Carlisle
California
Interior Department
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
Haskell
Question of wives earning money in modern households
The New York Herald discusses whether a wife should earn income to hire help or do housework herself. Mrs. Mildred Atkins Warner argues earning and hiring improves happiness and social status, while noting the stigma if a wife earns outside the home. The piece also mocks Marie Corelli and shares crowd remarks from a Chinese Civil Rights league meeting, plus a Cincinnati milk scare with a caution about ice chest cleanliness.
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New York Herald
Mildred Atkins Warner
Marie Corelli
Lothlin Spectator
Stee TS Yeats
Aimis
Cuurlus Mackay
Miss Mackay
Marie
Charles Mackay
America
Jacob
Map of Prehistoric Arizona at World's Fair Exhibit
Fragments show a large relief map directed by Professor F W Putnam at Harvard. It outlines a Salt and Gila valley region with a potential ancient population of 2 to 8 million, vanished mysteries, vast irrigation works, ancient cities, and signs of a volcanic eruption affecting civilization.
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Arizona
F. W. Putnam
Harvard
Salt
Gila
Queen Victoria dolls and the state of journalism
A critical essay rails at trivial newspaper gossip from both sides of the Atlantic. It laments royal photo fluff and gossip about dated society figures while urging journalism to inform and entertain with substantial public interest content.
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New York
Hiram Willis
Susan Curd
Metropolitan Sheet
van Strutter
Rhinelander
Cesena
North Pole Quest Captures Major Explorer Interest
Peary values science over commerce and plans another Arctic expedition if feasible. The party notes Greenland’s northern coast is established and predicts the 19th century will close with man’s foot on the pole. A missing companion, believed alive by some, prompts future search missions and lighter travel with supply stations.
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Peary
North Pole
Asia
Irom
Greenland
Arctic
Verhoeff
Stanley
Livingstone
Africa
Eight-year presidential terms urged by New York chamber chief
Charles Stewart Smith argues delaying elections to eight years would curb business disruption from campaigns. He cites Britain and France as models, notes divergent party platforms create financial risk, and claims New York alone would spend about 1.5 million dollars on this fall’s election, benefiting someone economically.
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Charles Stewart Smith
New York Chamber of Commerce
North American Review
Europe
Great Britain
France
Smith
New York State
Tom Cameron and the Georgia Farm Miracle
A Rural New Yorker piece argues southwestern Georgia offers the best path for hopeful farmers. It profiles Tom Cameron, once enslaved, who built a 173 acre herd and a mortgage trail through years of labor and schooling for his ten children, paying off debts as cotton prices rose.
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New Yorker
Georgia
Tom
Tom Cameron
Children at the Seaside End Season Photo Gallery
A seaside season ends as city children head home. Four urchins recall summer pleasures with pictures by their amateur photographer father. Two images show girls digging for clams at low tide and Podge the poodle inspecting the sea, fate unclear.
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Podge
Halloween Party Reflections and Superstitions
A nostalgic remembrance of a Halloween birthday party with candlelight rooms pumpkins and apples hung from gas fixtures. Guests enjoyed homemade candies nuts and fruit dishes and a late night dance ending with tales of witching hour sightings.
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Hallowe'en
Alice Willard
Ladies’ Home Journal
Canary Becomes Playmate in Brooklyn Nursery
A three year old Brooklyn girl kept a young canary as a cherished playmate. The bird, initially given as a gift, soon enjoyed freedom from its cage and joined in her block-building games. The canary’s “Peep” calls and cheerful songs accompanied the girl as she played, cementing a special bond between pet and owner.
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Brooklyn
Helen
New York Times
She Thought of Him
A Utica Observer item recalls a little girl recounting a trip with her parents to a New England town and sharing her experiences with her grandfather. She confirms she thought of grandpa while away, joking that she imagined him at home working.
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New England
Chickie
Utica
Apples and a mystery in Our Little Men and Women
A children’s verse recalls Elizabeth Betsey and Bess sharing apples under a sunlit tree with one apple remaining and asks readers to state the reason. The fragment suggests a playful moral or riddle from the periodical section.
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Elizabeth
Betsey
Bess
Municipal service shifts touch schools and Pride Week plans
Brief notices show the schools department and other city units integrating into municipal service changes. Officials outline temporary disruptions and new coordination aims affecting local operations and community programs.
British Jews Donate 1 Million for Manchester and Liverpool Labourers
B Levy of London and GJ Cohn of Sydney, noted Hebrews, contribute 1 million pounds bequeathed by David Levis to aid working men. Funds will fund Peabody style laborers cottages in Manchester and Liverpool, supporting needy workers.
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B. A Levy
London
G.J. Cohn
Sydney
Manchester
Liverpool
David Levis
Bay Ridge Women Foster Library and Reading Room Growth
In Bay Ridge a women’s club expanded a small Atheneum library to 2000 volumes in a free circulating reading room serving about 1200 users monthly. They fundraise by one dollar deposits and annual circulars, host readings and arts discussions, and earned funds from a dance in the Henry C. Murphy carriage house. The group also runs telegraph and telephone services for deposits and supports local cultural events.
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Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
van Brunts
Perrys
Thomases
Constants
Townsends
Richard Grant White
Pratt's Institute
N Penny Provident
Atheneum
E. W. Bliss
Henry C. Murphy
Frederic Bard
Walter Despard
Lincoln institute founder shares letter from Pawnee Agency
Mary McHenry Cox of the Lincoln institute received a letter from Jane Eyre a pupil praising religious instruction. Jane describes her study improvements and the Bible’s impact amid resistance to her views from some family members and peers. The excerpt reflects transformative education in this city.
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Mary McHenry Cox
Lincoln Institute
Pawnee
Qo.t
Jane Eyre
Jane
Institute
Philadelphia Ledger
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