Agricultural Education and Plough Monday Echoes in Grimsby
An essay argues for broader agricultural education in U S public schools, urging hands on farm study and school gardens to curb rural depopulation. It recalls Grimsby town Plough Monday festivities with a large civic procession, costed offerings to priests, and communal feasting, contrasted with modern shifts toward urban industry.
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Grimsby
Lincolnshire
Eng
God the Father
God the Son
Serpent
Devil
Noah
Adam
James F. Smith Named Governor General in Philippines
Report from the Philippine Commission notes James F. Smith is slated by the Administration to become Governor General. Smith’s rapid rise over the past four to five years marks him as an important government official after a career begun as a young San Francisco lawyer before the Spanish-American War.
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James F. Smith
Philippine Commission
The
Philippines
Smith
San Francisco
DE Tedia
Manila
Mr. Smith
Aguinaldo
Negros
Department of the Visayas
Islands
Taft
United States
McKinley Portrait by Unknown Artist Murphy
New York artist William D. Murphy paints a McKinley portrait for the White House from photographs alone after a sitting was not granted. The 8 by 10 image, praised by Abner McKinley and Colonel Wilbur Brown, was chosen over many works to hang in the historic rooms. Murphy and his wife prepared the study from photographs and coloring details.
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Artist Murphy
Francis B. Geesner
McKinley
Nan
White House
New York
Europe
William D. Murphy
Mr. Murphy
East Sixteenth Street
Union Square
Buffalo
Murphy
Abner McKinley
Wilbur C. Brown
Abner
Colonel Brown
Will
West Point Graduates Receive Bibles From Society
The American Messenger notes the Annual Tract Society presented Bibles to the West Point graduating class during an annual ceremony.
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The
American Messenger
Annual Tract Society
Harris Works In Every Room With Pens And Paper
The writer Joel Chandler Harris keeps pens ink and paper in every room of his house so he can capture sudden ideas. He has no single study or desk but he works wherever inspiration strikes.
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Joel Chandler Harris
Cleveland
Rockefellers
Carnegies
Cookes
Rare 4000-volume library of Dr Frederick Rowland Marvin
A catalog of about 4,000 volumes features many first editions and manuscripts by gifted, now deceased writers. The collection is described as one of the rarest in the country, reflecting Marvin’s notable literary holdings.
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Frederick Rowland Marvin
Reform Spirit Outlined by John W Griggs in New Jersey
John W Griggs ex Attorney General and Hague tribunal member calls for legislative reform in New Jersey urging publicity and floor debate rather than backstairs deals He warns that bills are often decided in hidden rooms and stresses the need for reasoned public explanation and individual legislative independence.
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John W. Griggs
McKinley
New Jersey
Griggs
General Assembly
Orange
Commonwealth
Trenton
Jefferson City
Folk
Missouri
My Pipe. A German Smoking Song of Love and Ease
A brief verse on love enduring through cold, companionship in hardship, and smoking away care. The speaker finds warmth, presence, and comfort in a cherished pipe amid dwindling funds and fading friends.
Trout Caught Walking Across Two Ocean Pass Watershed
A Yellowstone trout has been caught in the act of crossing from the Pacific into the Atlantic drainage via the Two Ocean Pass area. The incident highlights a rare watershed migration pushing fish beyond typical range.
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Pacific
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Denmark
Department of Agriculture
Minstrels
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God
Jenkin Smith
Ereece
Lewis
Grima & Great Fishing Fleeta
Hartford Farm School
Leetonia
Philippine
Okinley
Stuart
West Point Religious
Eelty Co
Mass
H. T
Watson-Stillman
Dey &T
Eagle Tank Co
N. Green St
Chicago, Ill
Angie
Angle Mfg. CO
Murray St
Rotor
Metol-Hydro
National Photographic Chemical Company
Ith
Washington, D. C
Ecoodnia
Deeanes
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