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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1885
Page
7
A domestic fashion primer explains skirt construction with foundations, bias seams, and springs, plus drapery, kilting, and fastenings. It covers shawls, gloves, hats, and girl and miss outfits with notes on fabrics, trims, and period styling. Historical anecdotes on the Li Chi tree and luxury goods close the piece.
Nong Chin Fon explains the path for Chinese immigrants to start in America. A newcomer may arrive in debt, work as a greenhorn or apprentice, and after six months to a year become skilled enough to earn 14 dollars weekly or open a laundry. Often a laundry is bought with modest personal funds, aided by a syndicate loan, repaid with interest over about a year, after which the borrower owns the business. The piece mentions Melbourne or New York street scenes and mentions Australia’s rivers and navigable lengths, contrasting global waterways.
The article argues for comprehensive education over narrow tech or drill, urging teachers to cultivate life mastery, judgment, and character. It stresses mental health, moral development, and the role of teachers as universal guides, not mere instructors. It calls for education to unite intellect, emotion, and will.
A Springfield Republican discussion notes fewer skilled pleadings, easier access to law through codified statutes, and more law schools. It argues the old guild-like system faded as modern training rises, with more people entering the bar and a rise in litigation driven by business and corporate clashes.
Agricultural notes discuss winter fodder quality, sweet corn forage value, ashes boosting wheat yields, Holstein cattle expanding southward, and a claim that a single wheat grain yields thirty nine oats. It covers sugar feeding on dairy cattle, wool production trends, poultry cleanliness and management, corn feeding costs, and a plan to control breachy cattle with a head-halter setup.
A fragment discussing starvation's impact on intellect and morality, arguing mental decline may precede physical wasting. It cites altered reasoning and mood, then shifts to Emma Lazarus? No, Emma Lazarus is misattributed. quotes Heine and his role in Teutonic folk tradition, noting his fusion of German lore with Jewish-Spanish roots and his place in medieval Iberian poetry.
An eccentric tale from Detroit Tres recounts an old dyspeptic rich man terrified of broken legs. A mad doctor forces a drive, tips the stage, but the patient survives unscathed as the stage nears. The patient flees, returns to town, and is never bothered by glass legs again.
Richard Nixon writes from New Orleans about the New Southern Exhibition arguing prosperity softens war animosities and reduces injuries to Southern pride. He predicts the festival will foster better knowledge and respect among sections as the nation gathers. A final line notes a lobster yields 20 000 to 80 900 eggs annually.
English and American boys are contrasted by language, education, and social routes. The English gentility is refined by upbringing, while American boys gain rapid access to work, business roles, and public life. The piece discusses laborers, farmers, schooling, and social mobility shaping futures.
A long mixed article offers household and pet care guidance. It details feeding young canaries, breeding cages, nest setup, early chick care, and daily routines. It also shares thoughts on magnetism myths, fashioning frames, and general domestic observations with various practical oddities.
A traveler recounts a harrowing overland escape from a prairie fire. He and his dog flee toward Bow River, crossing a raging river as flames approach. After days marching and hunger, they reach safety, the dog kept by a captain who admires the animal. He plans return to St. Pewt Deg.
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