Franches Bloom a Reforming Waif in St Louis Workhouse
Frances Bloom, almost 19, serves seven weeks in the St Louis workhouse after years in reform schools and a troubled history. She rejects a life of crime and asks for a fair chance outside, hoping to work in a factory or home and be good, while debate over state care and parental failure follows.
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T. Louis
Frances Bloom
St Louis
Earl Kimmel
St. Louis
Frances Broom
City Hospital
Girls’ Industrial School
Chillicothe
Chicago
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
State Industrial School
Karl Kimmel
Kimmel
Calvin White
Republic
Home Course Road Making By Logan Waller
Logan Waller outlines maintenance over repair for road systems, advocating permanent skilled labor for upkeep, and details earth, gravel, and macadam road care. Emphasizes drainage, regular dragging, and timely patching to prevent frost damage and wear.
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Kansas
Iowa
Modest Drummer and the Phrenology Decline
A traveling drummer recalls phrenology while others mock the science in a smoky car compartment. The fifth man jokes that bumps on the head once told him he was modest yet self confident around women, noting phrenology’s fall from favor after thirty years on the road.
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Frances
Sixteenth
Market Streets
Thies
Judge Kimmel
Mr. White
Beau Brummell Story Refreshes Old Tale
E H Sothern recounts a Beau Brummel anecdote from a visit to the duke of Bedford. Brummel announces he is leaving because he is in love with the duke's wife who, to the joke, has long loved Brummel back. The duke reveals a past attachment to the wife.
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Beau Brummell
E. H. Sothern
Beau Brummel
Brummel
Duke of Bedford’s
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Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
American Press Association
Connecticut
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Drummer
GLASS
Dix Lumber Co
Sucessors
Hix
W. Davis Proprietors OF
Sullivan Planing
Riggs Clay Product CO
Shelburn
Indiana
Paul Poynter
Daily Times Office
John C. Chaney
Citizens Trust Building
W. H. Hill, JR
Insurance, Abstracts
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