Berlin co operative tenements shape worker life
The article discusses Berlin style cooperative dwellings financed by a socialized approach with state cooperation. Tenants buy shares, rent locks in life occupancy, and gains flow to new buildings while stockholders run affairs and receive administrative training. The system contrasts with American norms and mirrors broader social experiments in social welfare.
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Ermany
New York
Berlin
America
Gladstone
Co-Operative Building Associations of
Harper’s
How the Railroad Populates the City
In a dawn panorama, Edward Hungerford describes the morning influx of workers flooding the city via vast train sheds. He compares suburban traffic to Binghamton’s population, illustrating the scale of daily mobility that feeds urban life. Harper's.
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Edward Hungerford
Binghamton
New York
Harper’s
How Much Radium Is There
Professor John Joly argues radical amounts of radium exist in oceans and sediments. He cites sea water estimates and deep rock deposits, noting downward extension may have limits within a few miles beneath the surface. The article discusses denudation and global radium stores.
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Professor John Joly
Nnt
Simplon
St. Gothard
Great Massif
Harper’s
Dickens Mustache Sparks Portrait Saga
Royal Academician W P Frith, age 90, recalls painting Charles Dickens. A late mustache change caused delay, with Dickens defiantly revealing a growing chin hair to the artist Landseer as the portrait session unfolded.
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Dicken
W. P. Frith
Royal Academician
Charles Dickens
Frith
Dickens
Landseers
Meiming
Locomotive Crew Rescues Possum on Rail Line
Engineer Cain-Lynn of the C. N. W. Railroad halted his freight train near Delphos to shoo away a large animal spotted on the tracks. Believing it to be a shoat, the crew paused to remove it and found a twenty six pound possum instead.
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Cain-Lynn
Delphos
Biltmore
Yorkville Enquirer
Thibet Sticks Sell For Various Sums
Some of these sticks made in Thibet cost from a few cents to two dollars each. This line preserves the OCR fragment and notes pricing ranges for Thibet goods.
Good Roads and the Call to Rural Prosperity
A historical note argues that road conditions shape morals and economy. It links transport costs to farmer and consumer prices, cites a price drop for Boston to Liverpool freight, and warns that poor roads drive people to cities. Improved roads, the writer says, boost time, pleasure, and rural life.
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New York
Boston
Liverpool
Maurice O. El,firige
Good Roads Magazine
Innovative Minnesota road uses sawdust to combat sand
Minnesota State Highway Engineer George W. Cooley devised a road for sandy terrain at Cambridge Isanti County. A four inch layer of sawdust is spread over graded ground, ground in by passing teams, and ruts filled with fresh sawdust. Over time the wood rots into a heavy loam, creating a firm roadbed for ordinary traffic.
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Minnesota
George W. Cooley
Cambridge
Isanti
Cooley
Harper’s Weekly
Split-log drag cuts road costs and guides Kentucky plan
Good Ready Magazine estimates earth roads can be kept at five dollars per mile annually with split-log drag. Maintaining 50 000 miles of Kentucky earth roads would cost about 250 000 dollars yearly. Spending 750 000 dollars on bridges and grading leaves about a million to build stone roads at 3000 dollars per mile, about 330 miles annually, though current road administration and taxes hinder large-scale reform.
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Kentucky
Good Ready Magazine
Kentucky Leads Southern States in Road Improvement
Kentucky tops Southern states with the highest share of improved roads at a notable percentage, while Tennessee Maryland Florida and others lag behind. The piece argues that higher expenditures reveal the weakness of the current road system.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Maryland
Florida
South Carolina
Virginia
Missouri
North Carolina
Texas
Good Roads 'Magazine
Pleasant weather prayer for grandma’s rheumatism
A girl who loved sunny days asks for good weather after a rainstorm. The next morning the sun shines and she shares her joy with her grandmother who jokes that a warmer day would ease the grandma’s rheumatism. The girl prays to make it hot for grandma.
The Nearness of God in Christian Faith
Sermon argues God is not far from us and that awareness of divine presence powers moral life, revival, and Christian service. It cites biblical figures, emphasizes inner peace, courage, and steadfastness, and urges steadfast trust in God’s continual guidance.
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Paul
Jesus Christ
God of
Christ
Satan
The Shepherd and the Sheep Pastoral Life in Scripture and Duty
A compact reflection on shepherding as a vital, perilous calling across cultures. It links ancient care of flocks to modern subsistence, cites David's Psalm as a model of divine guidance, sustenance, and protection, and ends with a note on God’s goodness and mercy.
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David
Christ
The Cost of Missing the Gospel Moment
A reflective devotional piece warns of neglecting to share faith, recounting a man who died without Christ after the speaker delayed telling him the gospel. It emphasizes urgency, repentance, and the Spirit’s power guiding believers toward a life aligned with spiritual realities.
A Resting Place and Abiding in Christ
Fragmentary sermon-like text emphasizes coming to Christ and abiding in Him as turning points. It speaks of bearing fruit and being a light to heal nations, urging readers to remain in Him despite world troubles and darkness.
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Christ
Abi
Ussengers
Can You Say I Love Him
A reflective line from F. E. Clar suggests confession of Christ should be natural and inward not forced by price or elocution, likening genuine devotion to a flower that cannot be bought or flown by rhetoric. The text emphasizes authenticity in spiritual expression.
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Christ
F. E. Clar
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