Children Churches and the Peril of Early Habits
A Chronicle essay discusses risks in organizing children’s churches and the push toward early social immersion. It criticizes treating childhood as a phase to rush through and warns that early religious grouping can fragment social duties and leisure, affecting moral development and thrift. The piece cites Mr. Sage as a contrast, noting his frugal, simple living and generous giving without spoiling others.
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Ichusas
Caele Russell
Berry
Cathay
Orient
United States
Mie
China
So Chin
Sai Lin
Pang Kien
Sung Pin
Pang
Kien
Sung-Pin
Hig
Rous
Betting on National League race taints baseball ethics
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes a National Commission member who owns a league club has placed wagers on a National League race. He also ruled on a player’s eligibility affecting the club he bets against, raising concerns that decisions were influenced by gambling. The piece warns such scandals revive perceptions of bought games and harm the sport’s integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Baseball Commission
National Commission
Chicago
Lower Fares and Increased Traffic Through Simplicity
The Railroad Gazette endorses low and simple fares to boost travel and profits. It argues reduced rates raise ridership and foster traveler confidence and community support for railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ITER
Railroad Gazette
What the Clowns Did at the Boston Hospital Visit
The article describes clowns visiting a Boston hospital, entertaining children within earshot. Volunteers helped organize a three ring street show with bands and trained dogs while hospital staff managed crowds. Mother clowns depicted humorously and acts included acrobats end to end, with the parade finishing as wards and children benefited from the spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Volun
Lunnon
Grube
Oritler
Sian
Boy Confusion After Street Fight Featured in Family Tale
A mother recounts a brutal street clash where Archibald Gray was beaten. Johnny Sykes returns from a bath and explains he joined the fracas, claiming he and others fought for fun and joking that they expected the police.
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Johnny Sykes
Mesa
Jompy
Archibald Gray
Richard
Johnny
Hint
Archibald
Discredited town prophet recalls weather folly and tragedy
An old resident recalls Obed Small once predicting picnic weather in Bushby. He narrates a 1890s tale where a forecast led Mary Jane Gregg and a suitor into danger, triggering a storm and shame. Small cites past anger, vows lessons learned, and hints at warnings for future days.
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Obed Small
Bushby
Mr. Small
Greg
Mary Jane
Wilson’s Lake
Marshtown
Gregg
Few-Exceptions and Gossip Log Recounts
Fragmentary OCR notes capture fragmented lines about social talk and gossip among locals. The items reference gossip, credit claims, listeners, and a piano-like rhythm of conversation, with stray mentions of a poodle, a signer, and patient behavior.
Red Hoss Mountain and Casey’s Tabble Date Ballad
A fragmentary verse narrative recalling Red Hoss Mountain in the Rockies and Casey the Irish tabble date operator. The speaker reflects on old camps, wealth, and a brother buried westward, with nostalgia for the 1860s frontier life and the Casey’s tabble tale running through Eugene Field’s lines.
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Red Hoss Mountain
Rockies
Casey
Colorado
Red Tross Mountain
Stewart
Eugene Field
Fragmented dialogue and excerpts across a newspaper page
The passage compiles fragmented conversational lines and brief notes including remarks about Mrs. Ryder and Mrs Hawtey, a description of Chinese teaching methods, and assorted quoted snippets. It reads like an OCR collage with mixed sources and minor attributions, lacking a single cohesive story or focus.
His Tribal Descent and a Philadelphia Snail Joke
A Maine rail journey tale shows Congressman Llewellyn Powers comparing himself to Passamaquoddy people and asking their tribal membership. The piece also recounts a Philadelphia visitor in New York failing to obtain snails while locals joke about Philly snail availability.
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Llewellyn Powers
Maine
Powers
Passamaquoddy
Boston
Motor Wagons Transform Rural Transport Prospects
The article notes rising use of motor wagons in rural Hamland to move produce to markets, with Essex and Berkshire projects creating centralized centers in towns like Chelmsford and Witham. It highlights potential direct coal deliveries from pits, and predicts London may rely on motor vehicles within ten years, reducing horse traction as war offices consider registering heavy motor cars for war use.
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Hamland
Cassirer
Essex
London
Chelmsford
Braintree
Dunmow
Epping
Ongar
Witham
Berkshire
Lancashire
War Office
Legal notes on municipal power and private naming rights
Summary of cases on local self government vs state statutes and public duties. Key points include Horton v Newport denying local self-government against state police regulation, and Pheis v Dur r asserting equity to restrain defaulting stockholders. Also Dickinson v Boston limits negligence liability for city lamp posts. Watson v Augusta Brewing holds manufacturers liable for glass pieces in beverages. Stark v Muskegon Traction denies proximate cause for a broken wire injury. Seattle Electric v Snoqualmie Falls Feagver refines public policy in contracts for electricity. Morton v Morton limits use of a personal business name.
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Thode Island
Horton
Newport
Court of Equity
Pheis
Durr
Wis
L. R.A
N. 8
Dickinson
Boston
Mass
Watson
Augusta Brewing Company
N. S
Stark Vs
Muskegon Traction & L. Co
Mich
Equity
Pardelicto
Seattle Electric Company
Snoqualmile Falls Feagver Company
Wash
Morton
Reporter’s Trial Tale of a Vine Street Slip
William Allen White recounts a young reporter’s attempt at the first principles of newspaper writing. The item describes Rufus Jenkins, a carpenter, slipping on Vine Street and spraining an ankle, with comments from bystanders and Dr Thomas Rich about the injury and Jenkins’s absence from a carpenters union meeting.
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William Allen White
Kansas
Harper’s Weekly
Rufus Jenkins
Vine Street
Jenkins
Frank Fuller
Mr. Jenkins
Thomas Rich
The
Carpenters’ Union
Jenking
Navies Debate Speed Advantage in Battleships
A anonymous writer argues speed is not essential for battleships. He favors four Idaho class ships over three New Hampshire class, noting cost and tonnage. The piece cites Japanese restraint on speed and quotes Capt. May that future battles will rely on guns, not speed, with fleets fighting in parallel lines.
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Army
Idfe
Jie
New Hampshire
Idaho
Vie
Russia
America
N. J. May
IR. N
May
Hue
Lint Wan Longer and Other News Snippets
A collection of brief items mentions names like Arthur Stringer and Cedar Springs Ontario, Senator Benson, the New York Colored YMC A, and claims about the Russian czar’s petitions. It notes acetylene lighting uptake in Germany and private installations worldwide, a Canadian anthracite coal find, and a London Times report on a Smithfield sale riot. It also cites Frank Hitchcock, Roosevelt boxing talks, and Parisian beauty Mrs De Gastellane with royal-era lineage.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Arthur Stringer
Cedar Springs
Ont
Senator Benson
Burton
Kansas
State Senate
John Philly Sousa
Acetylene Association
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Ontario
Hudson Bay
Albany River
Tsrio
Northwest Territory
London Times
Smithfield
Frank H. Hitchcock
Aryuard
Roosevelt
de Gastellane
Paris
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Puffin
Ireland
Ryder
Hawtey
Aid
Ae ‘Ryder
Ens
Philadelphia Press
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Mr. Goldbons
Eazyman
Iazyman
Toledo
Blade
Ats
Houston Post
New
New York
Philadelphia
New Yorker
Legal Information
Judkins
Young Dovecot
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