Labrador Peninsula Exploration Lessons From Hubbard’s Tragedy
Willard Glazier reflects on Leonidas Hubbard’s Labrador expedition and the harsh interior of Labrador. The article notes the vast, rugged coast, fjordlike inlets, and a tableland interior. stresses the need for preparation, emergency rations, and caution for future explorers while acknowledging the region’s scenic value and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Labrador
Africa
Willard Glazier
Leonidas Hubbard
Hardihood
Laborador Peninsula
Cabots
North America
Middle
South Atlantic
England
France
Austria
Norway
Sweden
Nakvak
St. John’s
Hubbard
Wallace
Labrador Peninsula
Selfishness the Peril of Our Modern Life
A Yale president warns that wealth and power tempt nations to abandon faith and enthusiasm. Progress in science and industry can erode old disciplines and replace them with selfish calculation. The text argues selfishness as a basis of morality threatens political, social, and commercial prosperity and urges caution in relying on reason without preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Hadley
Yale
Melancholy of Russia as Seen from Within
Andrew D. White portrays Russian life as markedly melancholy despite external power. He details upper class frivolity and peasant sorrow, notes wartime defeats at Alma, Inkerman, and Sevastopol, and cites commissariat corruption and autocratic weakness. He argues Russia lacks a guiding middle class or strong patriotic force from below.
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Andrew D. White
Russia
Empire
Crimea
Alma
Inkerman
Sevastopol
Commissariat Department
Homburg
Breda
Paris
Europe
France
Italy
Austria
Revolutions Seen by One Man in Santo Domingo Tale
A visitor recalls a Santo Domingo guide showing the doorway marked as the place where the last Emperor was shot. The elder narrator, who has witnessed forty two revolutions, recounts having seen Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at the guillotine in his youth, as revolutions accumulate in his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Cornhill Magazine
German Hello Girls Seek Government Posts in Germany
Four thousand telephone girls in Germany are government employees. Each must be of good character and live in a respectable family. Pay starts at 53.5 cents a day with a six cent raise in two years, and after four years of service the salary reaches seventy one cents a day. Applicants typically wait about two years for an opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
St Louis World Fair Impresses New York Writer
New York writer R Addison Steele spent a week at the World’s Fair and reports the exposition far surpasses expectations. He praises the Louisiana Purchase Building, Cascade Gardens, and the grand architecture, noting Germany France Japan Italy Austria Belgium and other nations display remarkable reproductions and superb interiors.
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New York
Addison Steele
St. Louis
R. Addison Steele
Aka Life
Ie Acres
Oac
Kensington
Japan
China
Prince Lun
Italy
Austria
Moderne Kunst
Belgium
Etmad-Dowlah
East India
Bango Temple
Siam
World’s Fair Notes on St Louis Exposition Get A Chorus of Praise
Broad survey of St Louis Exposition highlights praises the Beane exhibit and architectural grandeur. Describes ground plans bird’s eye views and the grand plazas, plus detailed remarks on Cascade Gardens Pike and German French English dining options. Notes Philippine section of 47 acres and 75,000 catalogued items, with village tours and varied concessions. Includes mention of historic spectacles and exotic performances.
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Plaza of
St. Louis
The Silence of Butterflies and a Silent World
A compact reflection on butterflies as a silent world. The piece notes their life stages and mysteries such as caterpillar vision and antennae use. It emphasizes how butterflies symbolize immortality for humans yet remain a silent realm beyond audible voice or meaningful sound.
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T. W. Higginson
Atlantic
Hale Receives LL D at Williams College
Dr Hale an LL D is awarded by Williams College where his father graduated a century ago. He reads from his parent’s graduating address on Has There Been a Progressive Improvement in Society in the Last Fifty Years, joking that boys a century ago faced the same problems now discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Edward Everette Hale
Williams College
Hale Jocosely
T. M. Brown
DeQueen
Ark
W. M. Tenstall
Levingston
Virginia Townend
Shreveport
Woolley
Br. Woolley
B. M. Woolley
North Pryor Mreet
Atlants
Modest Englishman Dean Stanley Reflects on America
A brief note quotes Arthur Stanley, Dean of Westminster, returning from his first American visit. Surrounded by interviewers, he is asked what impressed him most. He answers with a wry remark about his own ignorance, reflecting humor about cultural gaps.
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Arthur Stanley
Westminster
America
Dean Stanley
The Playwright's Complaint in Theatre Visitation
A well known author lately writing plays found managers unreceptive to his works. After touring theatres to learn craft, he quipped that he may be the only man alive who cannot secure an engagement for his current drama.
Chief of Police Harris Praises Dean's Kidney Pills
Newberry South Carolina chief of police W H Harris narrates years of kidney pain backache and nocturnal disturbances then credits two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills for restoration of normal kidney function. A free trial of this medicine can be mailed upon request to Oster Milburne Buffalo NY and is sold by all dealers at fifty cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhbery
S. C
W. H. Harris
Newberry
Dean
Weing
Frese
Chief Harris
United States
oster-Milburne
Buffalo
N. Y
F. J. Cheney & Go
Toledo
Ball
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Japan and Russia World Dialogue and Population Gap
An overview contrasts Japan and the Russian Empire in area and population, noting Japan’s 147000 square miles to Russia’s 8000000 and populations of 44000000 vs 129000000. Touts catarrh remedies and life-saving service claims, with medical ads for Mercury-free Catarrh Cure and Dr Kline nerve restorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Russia
Russian Empire
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Melancholy of
St.alouis
Grand
Cascade Gardens
Liberal Arts
Est
Chicago
Louisiana Purchase
Max Regis
Westminster Gazette
M. Max Regis
Mont de Piete
M. Regis
Algiers
Grand Basin
Cascade Hill
Tyrolean Alps
Alps
Seville
Arrowhead Lake
India
Buildings of
Das Deutsche Haus
Olean Alps
Palace OF Mines and Metallurgy
Joan F. Boren
Trinity Springs
Ind
Monaco
Eac
DR. Woolley
Cademy
Rockville
W. P. Mason
Prin
Alaba
Holt
Faasbingt
Eisi
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