Parental Care and Medical Treatment for Child Deformities
Shirley Dane praises devoted parents and home care for crippled and ill children. The piece argues for air, nourishment, nursing, and movement cures over reliance on medicines alone, highlighting massage and gentle exercises to restore strength. It cites St Luke's and emphasizes educated mothers as key caregivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Esys
Chas. F. Taylor
Florence Nightingale
Orthopedic Child's Hospital
New York
Shirley Dane
The Stop at Samoa The Maori Solid in Australia
Special correspondence from Sydney recounts the Alameda’s Samoa stop during the voyage and the baseball players hopes of seeing native pageantry. The crew, mail, and passengers endured a dull Sabbath at sea as the ship pressed toward Auckland, where a large crowd was expected for a postponed game and excursion amid talks with Maoris and a view of Mount Eden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
New South Wales
Alameda
Taure
San Francisco
Auckland
Spalding
Sydney
Niet
New Zealand Herald
Auckland Star
Anson
Ed Williamson
Mount Eden
Mishe John Ward
Chicago
Australia
Ward
Very Queer Shorthand in a Milwaukee Man’s Tale
A Chicago Mail reprints an anecdote from Milwaukee about a young man who trained in penmanship and sought a shorthand job. He sent two contrasting letters to an ad, one cramped and readable, the other long and scribbly, never hearing back and later becoming a court reporter in Chicago. He recalls how those who advertised the job might have laughed at his shorthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson
Pete
Tuituila
Auckland
Sir Ames Willoughby
Willoughbyshire
England
Jimmy
Strange
Shortstop Ward
Colonel House
Chicago
Rightfielder Fogerty
Himseel
Aloging
Milwaukee
Chicago Mail
Sam Hill
Advertiser
Chi
Batchelor
Anil
GalArie
Archbishop Whately
Spurgeon
Lucretines
Jerroid
Ambrose
Oliver Wendell Folmes
Peter
WF. Thomes Fuller
Goodby
Emerson
Mexico promotion touted to financiers amid snowbound Canada lines
Chicago Herald notes a railroad manager directs a circular to his general passenger agent. With Canada blocked by snow and trains stalled into Montreal and Toronto for three days, the circular promotes advantages of Mexico and special rates to trusted financiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Southwestern Railroad
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Mexico
Lordly’s Fall Predicted as Five Daughters Trial Looms
In a wry exchange from the New York Sun Terwilliger quips that Lordly will “go to smash.” Old Brown replies the blow will land on his five unmarried daughters and the tailor-made suit, a barb about family and status amid gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Lordly
Terwilliger
Old Brown
Petroleum as Artillery by Don Carlos and Petroleum Warfare
General Crawford recalls a vivid scene with Don Carlos in Navarre and Vienna where troops march with improvised gear. He notes men armed with pitchforks and scythes, lacking artillery, but using barrels of petroleum as a makeshift weapon to smoke out enemies and start fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. W. Crawford
Springfield
Mass
Don Carlos
Los Arcos
Navarre
Vienna
Ebro
Nea
Crawford
The Old Bachelor and the Loneliness of Age
A long sober meditation on widowed vows and bachelor life as men pass fifty, arguing that marriage offers companionship and freedom, while single life grows hollow with age. It contrasts male and female marriage prospects, cites legal and social constraints in South Carolina, and notes shifting attitudes toward independence and partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Ffairs
Sunday Thoughts on Morals and Maternity in America
A clergyman's Sunday column laments shrinking large families in the United States and links this trend to fashionable life, cost, and modern artificiality. It cites historical figures famed for many children, notes both women and men bear responsibility, and surveys reforms in India and progress in Turkey and broader social changes shaping motherhood and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Benjamin Franklin
General Sherman
Charlies Dickens
Gladstone
William Makepeace Thackeray
Napoleon
Mme. Srael
France
America
A Boom for the Boomers in Anniston Progress
A nostalgic booster item celebrates urban improvements and paving in Anniston. It praises supporters and calls for removing detractors while praising local progress and civic pride. The text reads like a fervent chant urging continued growth and community uplift.
Distinction Between Crying and Weeping in San Francisco Chronicle
The piece contrasts crying and weeping through Imogen’s sorrow for an absent exiled lord. It notes the wife’s reaction to a husband’s absence, suggesting women cry when sad and weep when troubled. It hints the husband’s location in New York would intensify the wife’s bearing of the separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Imogen
New York
Beautiful Engraving Free Will They Consent
Free engraving promotion describes a 19x24 inch copy of an original painting by Kwall depicting a couple and a scene of parental consent. It claims a $5,000 value and urges readers to receive the engraving with the purchase of a small box of Wax Starch. The ad extols Wax Starch as a novel, superior laundry product that makes ironing easier and restores whiteness to dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ans
Kwall
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Earth
St. Luke's
New York City
Crom
Carr
Samoa
Yankee Land
Moore
Fogarty
Busiaces
Old Stagers
Bessie Bramble
Ince
Prince Rudolf
Stephanie
Hapsburgs
Marria
Sheba
Tinse
Besstz Bramble
India
Turkey
Constantinople
Harriet Newell
Zenanas
Mme. Joshee
Woman's College
Philadelphia
Indy
Foo Chow
China
Leeds Mercury
Scotland
Ireland
New York Herald
Pierson
British Isles
Pan-Presbyterian Council
London
Great Britain
Seotehy
Indianeapolis
Dan Payne
Austria
Rudolf
Europe
Satan
Josef
Wennep
Profi
Gates
Moses
Harssure
Anniston
Tee Wax Stance Co
Keokuk, Iowa
Ayer
M. S. Randall
Broadway
Albany
N. C
Robert Horton
Foreman Headlight
Morrillton
Ark
Enos Clark
Liberty
Oh Kg
Rees & Ses
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