Atlanta Prison Plans Baseball Concerts and Minstrel Shows
Warden Moyer at the United States penitentiary in Atlanta outlines programs to ease prison life. Plans include open air concerts by a large brass band, a prisoner team baseball league, a minstrel show in winter, and expanded library with prisoners funding books. A literacy school will run daily with teachers from among inmates, and operations aim to reform rather than punish.
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Moyer
United States Penitentiary
Department of Justice
Dedication Date Hinted for Vicksburg Naval Monument
A proposed dedication for the Vicksburg national park naval monument is likely April 16 next year. The granite obelisk stands 202 feet with four bronze statues of Farragut Porter Foote and Davis. The $200000 memorial honors the Union navy in the siege of Vicksburg with a Confederate monument proposal also under study.
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Mississippi
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Foote
Davis
Congress
Smokeless Chimneys Claim Reduces Factory Smoke
A German professor proposes a perforated chimney design with side horizontal windows to mix smoke with wind. As gases rise they blend with air, thinning at each ascent stage until only a light blue smoke exits the mouth. The method aims to reduce visible nuisance.
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London Mail
Trains and Tracks in Glasgow Free for the Blind
Commentary on street car service in Glasgow offering free rides to all blind passengers. Mentions U S rail averages of 245 locomotives per thousand miles and 9 510 cars per thousand miles. Describes Southern Pacific mirrors in rear of electric cars for alerting passengers to oncoming traffic.
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Glasgow
United States
Southern Pacific Railroad
Culinary tips for desserts and puddings
Whipped cream complements ice cream by tempering its cold bite. Sprinkle sugar on sponge cake before baking to form a delicate crust. Stir in a teaspoon of chopped suet per pint of milk in a rice pudding to enhance creaminess and flavor.
Town Topics Curated Echoes From City Health and Fire Service
A Philadelphia police chief laments heavy drug use among residents while the Louisville Courier Journal notes narcotics questions. New York’s board of health puts Greater New York at 5 000 400. Troy relies on volunteers for its 77 000 population with 1 258 firefighters, only 78 paid.
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Philadelphia
Ronie Sentinel
Junction Colorado Showcases Municipal Coal Mine Move
Junction Colorado pushes to model city management by seizing coal lands for a government run mine and beginning condemnation of electric light and gas works. Plans also target street railway and an interurban line under municipal control.
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Junction
Colorado
Fee
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