Supporting a Family on $120 a Week
Chicago economists study family costs for four to five. Hull House committee finds weekly needs total about 124, with bread, meat, clothing, fuel, and savings listed. Some experts say families live on less than 12 a week, while French peasants manage savings despite poverty, and rural southern incomes are lower yet livable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economista Y
Chicago
Hull House Woman's Club 4
Chleago
Jane Adama
Hull Sease
France
United States
South
Notable Americans and Education in Who's Who Era
The piece assesses how education levels influence American notables, citing 7,862 entries and census-derived class counts from 21 and over. It argues higher schooling, especially college, triples or more a person’s chances of distinction, with 4,810 of 7,852 notables being college graduates and women benefiting from higher schooling as well.
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America
United States
Claas
Eeceessiesseeses
Ines
Ohio
Atlanta
Con. Jatitution
Timepiece mischief ends with a reptile rescue
A distraught housewife finds her clock stopped and, with husband’s help, discovers a coiled snake beneath the pendulum. The creature’s fangs strike each vibration, prompting the clock’s repair and a reminder of prudent home safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piockvaos
Phe
The Luxury of Children and Modern Infant Rearing
A satirical examination of infant care and parental attitudes, contrasting maternal delight with paternal indifference. It notes how infants evolve language, the fascination of early milestones, and the shift from rocking to independent sleep. The piece ends with a Georgia convention urging whiskey exclusion from church duties.
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Bousehold
Artinls
Hue
Toe
Andy Glk
Perasaneas
Iatan
Kannas Star
Nervine and Tonics Claim Cure for Paralysis
A reader reports using Nervine and Tonics from Dr Miles Medicine Co to heal a friend paralysed by a stroke. The letter praises a complete cure and urges others to try the product, naming Dayton and Elkhart based distributors and a local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renee
Anti Patn
Vila
Aboard a Glasgow to Belfast steamer and moral magnetism
The narrator travels from Glasgow to Belfast and converses with the captain and first officer about magnetism in ships and the magnetic variation of compasses. They describe shipyard practice of mooring a vane to measure needle deflection and relate the idea to choosing God’s will, comparing judgment to a compass needle guided by divine light.
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Glasgow
Belfast
Ireland
India
Ant
Thia
Scottish Coast, and At the Four Sides of the Lochs
Norve
Ita Navigatora
Aolfin
Jant
Rev
Meyer
Fragmented Prospect for Local Paper Writers and Education Data
A distressed fragmentary note hints at a proposed paper named by The Palmetto Capital with a printing plant and editor planned, alongside banking manager roles. It then shifts to a statistical report on school population by race, noting enrollments and population totals for whites and Negroes, with comparisons to previous years and national context.
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Puch
Piper
Te Palmatto Capital
Gante
Aull
Columbia Record
Columbia Corre Apandones
Niwa ‘and Courier
Nducalon
Martin
Real Cure For Malaria Promises Quick Recovery
An advertisement touts Rydale's Tonic as a cure for malaria. It claims the tonic cleanses the intestines of disease microbes, destroys germs in blood vessels, and acts as a blood builder and nerve restorer. The piece cites J H Darby in Waghalda and Sena Pharmacy Seneca as suppliers. Meanwhile, Chicago police capture three young men near Liverpool Indiana after a three month crime spree including eight murders and multiple robberies. The trio, Peter Niedermier Harvey Van Dine and Emil Rocakie, allegedly robbed a streetcar barn, killed a guard, and stole over $2000 before a gunfight with officers.
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Rydale
Chicago
Liverpool
Ind
Peter Niedermier
Harvey van Dine
Emil Rocakie
Inez
Shota
Potawa Bee
Hathaways Clinic Promises Personal Care and Free Booklets
An ad by J Newton Hathaway M D promotes a medical practice offering personal attention and free booklets on questions about health. The entry asks readers to mention their trouble and notes confidential correspondence from his organization in Atlanta and other locations.
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Supreme Court
Individala
Conntabloa
Ihs
Justice Wood
Hatheway
Hathaway
DR. Hathaway
Olnl
Frything Minolly Confdential
J. Newton Hathaway
M.D
Ti Toman Building
Atlants
Georamy
Vow of Dowie's Restoration Host Members
The vow commits 2000 members to Zion Restoration Host with Dowie as General Overseer. It pledges obedience to his orders and to place family ties and civil obligations under his authority, proclaimed at Shiloh Tabernacle on September 21, 10025.
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Dowie
Restoration
Hou
New York City
God
Jesus Christ
Holy Ghost
Zion Restoration Hont
Shiloh 'Tabernacle
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic of Zion
Zion Restoration
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Rentote Gouriet
Runenee
Naples
Walhalla
J. EH. Darby
Valhalla
Sity
Hermans
Christian Pilgrim Review
Hell
D. P. Bearden
Castonmita
Feek
Prion
KydAlo
Alalavou
CIA
J. H. Darby
Sungon Pharmisy
Seneca
Jos
Vatican
Elliott
Liga
Seneca Pharmacy
Budiey
Amet
Georgis
Sues Clothing
Wyler, Agkerland & Co., Makers
Cincinnati
Boulet
Nconse Marble and Granite Works
Westminator
Rutland, East Dorset
Manchester
Pittsford
Georgia
Barre
Quincy
Westerley and
Oglesby
Rmarba
Lear
Corey Windonce
EB. Gray
JO Fan da
Hla Hanery
Mike* Nervine
W. C.T
Mort Wuahty' Peper
Columbia
Foley
Hol Ry
Bol Lh
Walla
Waghalda
Seneva Pharmacy
Jeremiah
New. York
Neliwer
Wrafper
Dowie Fanniscam
Will Smith
Clinton
Tenn
Smith
Will Harris
Conte
Camel
Cleveland
Hford Co
Etobor Bat
Chamunterpet
Buiporsinor
Aokistragu
Lioret
Loniin
Jaynes
Sitelo Walhalla
Texan
Arwandar
LO Wa
Oklahoma
Impee
Oaltformla
Colaoam
Wyoming
Tara
Abd Southwam
Louisville
Nashville
Blue Ridge Railway CO
Bruton
Walialla
Kitect
Walthall
Sordania
Sas
sCherry
eDen
LY Bolton
Anders
Ar Anderson
Wust Andarson
M Dante Ly Pendleton
Tiv Schoery
Singweattonn
WIL
Pilonoy's
H.C. Heattie
Yrenidont
J. K Anderson
Buperintendeht
Foleyshoney
Goran Gulday
Pre
Pravents Preumonia
The
Keowee
Castoria
Bears
Ise
TORIA
Southern Railway
Christias
Potomac
Ohio Rivers
Misainalppi
Lotta
Mfo
Varioup Matitutiona
W. Hont
D. P. A. Chasteston
B.C
W. HT
Tayloe
AWG
P. A
Gal
Atlanta Constitution
G.C. Probst
Wathalla
S. G
Pitchford Co
Houna
W. F. Austin
Es Seneca
Em Euxton
Re & Shelor
Meneaeele
Nll Bank
J. SamLing
Stribling & Herndon
Attorneys-At-Law
Walha WA
Lota
Ceres Brenden
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