Railway mileage and the promise of progress
A July 9 1903 Chronicle column argues railways spur wealth and population growth with subsidies and mileage expanding across the United States. It cites Ohio manufacturing growth from 1850 to the rail era and notes rail builds open untapped territories. It also reports Lord Mayor Samuel addressing Russian Jewry and urges relying on better sides of nations rather than agitation.
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United States
Mississippi River
Ohio
Will Ames College Be Split In Twain
A heated fight over the Iowa State College presidency at Ames centers on E W Stanton and C F Curtiss with threats to move the mechanics department to Iowa City and make the school purely agricultural. Rev A B Storms was reported elected president at a salary of 4300, as alumni factions mobilize for or against a charter change.
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Register and Leader
A Comin Mandy Stairs Shinin Moonlit Walk Teases Dawn
A dialect lyric describes Mandy and the speaker making a moonlit walk toward dawn. They listen to night sounds and watch breezes and fireflies. The couple crosses stepping stones toward a hoped reunion as shadows deepen and nature hums.
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Boston Schools Display at World’s Fair with $3000 Grant
Boston plans a substantial World’s Fair exhibit of public school work featuring bound volumes from grammar through high school and the normal school. The $3000 appropriation funds a practical display, highlighting language, history, science, and math work including pupil writings and teacher corrections. past Paris 1900 success earned two grand prizes and a gold medal.
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Paris
St Louis
Boston Normal School
Specimens From Mechanic Arts High School Exhibit
The display will feature work from Mechanic Arts High School with girls’ weaving dressmaking and cooking and boys’ wood turning forging and mechanical drawing. The exhibit highlights practical crafts and technical education in weaving and related trades.
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Mechanic Arts High School
Like A Sinner Minister Faces Unpaid Bill
A South Carolina innkeeper refused to excuse a clergyman's bill noting payment due after supper without prayer and breakfast without grace. The host argued the minister, who smoked and behaved as a sinner, must pay like a sinner for his stay. The anecdote highlights old stigma around clergy lodging fees and moral double standards.
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South Carolina
Electric Bitters touted as cure for rheumatism
A Colusa California man claims fifteen years of pain from rheumatism ended after using Electric Bitters. He praises the medicine as the greatest cure for liver and kidney troubles and general debility, with guaranteed satisfaction from Henry M. Langerak, druggist.
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Colusa
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Henry M. Langerak
No Pity Shown by F A Gulledge
Verbena Alabama resident F A Gulledge recalls a long battle with a severe anal condition described as piles with 24 tumors. He credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve for a complete cure and notes its effectiveness on burns and general aches. Available for 25 cents at Henry M Langerak's Drug Store.
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Verbena
Ala
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