Better Home Lighting Plan Drives National Contest
The Better Home Lighting Activity promotes eyesight and living standard upgrades for American families. National prizes include a 15000 model electric home and college scholarships. local and district contests feed winners to the national stage judged by prominent educators and industry leaders.
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Ing
National Lighting Educational Committee
William McAndrew
Chicago
William Brown Meloney
Delineator
B. C. Forbes
Forbes Magazine
Sarah L. Rhodes
Brooklyn
Franklin T. Griffith
National Electric Light Association
American Institute of Architects
Animal intelligence per William T. Hornaday values chimpanzees
William T Hornaday, director of the New York Zoological Park, ranks the chimpanzee as the most intelligent animal below humans noting its capacity to learn by training more readily than others. He compares a high class horse and a high class dog as wise or closely attuned to human emotions.
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William T. Hornaday
Pieeor
New York Zoological Ark
Life as a Constant Struggle in Nature and Character
The piece argues life is a continuous battle both physically and morally. Stronger crops and animals resist disease better, while well-nourished plants endure against blights. It suggests hardship shapes finest character and resilience comes from fighting through adversity. Quotes from the Montreal Family Herald.
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Montreal Family Herald
Population density compare Texas to China
The text notes that if the United States population plus 40 million more crowded into Texas, density would match China’s in the Yangtze valleys and plains. It equates to about 520 people per square mile.
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United States
Texas
China
Conviction Needed Quote from Kipling
A fragment quotes Kipling urging that beyond skill and power one must also hold conviction. The speaker states that it is not enough to have tact and touch, but the belief in the work’s purpose.
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Kipling
His City of Refuge
In a southern town a train stops and a color changing passenger asks a local lounger about a Jim Brown known there. The man denied knowledge as a brown skinned maiden sits beside the questioner. The newcomer declares this is where his new son in law departs.
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Pusson
Jim Brown
Dis Town
How Expression Started The higher than Gilderoy's kite origin
The saying The greater the crime the higher the gallows arose from English common law. In 1638 Patrick McGregor alias Gilderny, a notorious robber, was hanged in Edinburgh on a 30 foot gallows described as making his body look like a kite in the clouds. The phrase higher than Gilderoy's kite refers to that hanging.
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Patrick McGregor
Gilderny
Edinburgh
Gilderoy
German Silver Composition and Use
German silver is a white alloy of nickel copper and zinc. The best quality uses four parts copper two parts nickel and two parts zinc but this ratio is hard to work with. A small amount of lead is added for some uses.
Banko Party Honors Lipman and Redecker Guests
Cleveland's Miss Minnie Lipman and Muske gon’s Mrs. J. Redecker were guests of honor at a banco party hosted by Mrs. Joseph Miller on Forsythe avenue. Miss Ida Taussig won first prize, Nagel second, and Mrs. James Kelly Jr. consolation. Mr. E. J. Kraus took the men's prize.
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Minnie Lipman
Cleveland
Ohio
J. Redecker
Muskegon
Mich
Banco
Joseph Miller
Forsythe Avenue
Ida Taussig
Nagel
James Kelly, Jr
E. J. Kraus
Clara Kraus
Ruth’s First Farm Visit Echoes Lark Song Encore
Little Ruth visits the farm and watches a meadow lark in an adjoining field. She reports to her aunt that the bird was not afraid and sang another verse after glancing at her, a quiet farm moment conveyed in a Boston Transcript note.
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Ruth
Boston
Transcript
Take Rest Occasionally Don’t Work So Long
A Charleston News item advises balance between work and rest, urging readers to loosen up break tension and avoid overexertion to keep body and mind sharp.
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Charleston
French State Department Names and Origins
The piece notes that France’s state department is called Quai d Orsay because the foreign ministry building sits on Quai d Orsay in Paris. It contrasts with England’s reference to Downing Street as its government center.
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State Department
France
Quai d’Orsay
England
Downing Street
Foreign Ministry
Quai d'Orsay, Paris
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