Home papers should be model texts for youth in reading
The article argues for newspapers as essential home education tools guiding youth with pure language and fearless opinions. It notes excommunication of Dr McGlynn, praises Archbishop Corrigan, and comments on press role, European harvest reports, social clubs in Boston, and speculative editor positions for McGlynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ineal
Elitors
McGlynn
New York
Corrigan
Dr. McGlenn
Henry George
Standard
Itis
George
Pr. McGlynn
A Summer Nigid Dream in the Country Imagery
Javes Guy Carston writes to the New York World about savoring a rural idyll amid heat and summer imagery. The essay contrasts hill country calm with urban vexations, describing trees, waters, birds, and rustic life, then shifts to a satirical take on farmers, debt, and pitched fantasies of country living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Javes Guy Carston
New York
Byron
Economista
Phirolios
Potannilly
Poetic Appeal Describes Western Ranches and Growth
The text presents a lyrical plea praising western ranch life, farms, and growth. It highlights wheat crops, cattle, schools, churches, and cities rising in the plains, urging investment and honest prices while celebrating rural industry and progress. It mentions colleges, buildings, and hardy workers in a vivid frontier tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bane
Viukota
An Embarrassing Season on the City Bus
A comical scene aboard a cable car ends with a confrontation over fares. An older woman flashes a five dollar bill and the other passenger realizes she has no money, admitting she only has a nickel as the car moves past six blocks in tense silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison Avenue
Ani
Iady
Indy
St Louis Spectator
Pat's Idea of Civil Service Mystery Tale
A garbled reminiscence portrays a character named Pat debating civil service, with fragmented dialogue about a race, a levee, and a schoolmaster. The scene folds in misread names, a tramped contest, and a distant lottery reference as characters discuss plans and responses.
Red Headed Girls and White Horses Phrase Joke
In a New York Sun humorous street vignette Mr. John Matthews, a noted sportsman, chats with a reporter on Broadway about the old saying of red headed girls and white horses. He claims the tale never fails and that a white horse appears around the next corner, a claim tested by passing red headed girls and a stray horse. The piece ends with a stray remark about a pork or plaster purchase by a reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Matthews
Broadway
New York Sun
To Abolish Poverty by Work and Saving
A historical opinion piece argues poverty ends only through work and saving. It criticizes figures like Honey George and Dr. Glyn for profiting, claiming the remedy is toil, thrift, avoiding alcohol, and keeping wages for oneself rather than favoring agitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey George
Dr. Glyn
George Heary
Dr. McGinn
Ipiia Inquirer
Bucket Shop Practices Described in New York Morale
The piece explains bucket shops operating via private wires with a central New York office. Customers bet on stock and post margins to cover losses, letting margin money flow to bucket shops. It notes deceptive sales on the exchange, forced liquidations, and the peril of market manipulation, with warnings about the sustained risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Exchange
Faro Dens
Knowledge About Babies from Harper's Young People
A fragment from Harper's Young People describes a baby’s naming and family references in a Boston household. A child asks about the baby’s name while a streetcar passenger explains the sister’s haven, noting the infant is “all new.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Miss A
Miss Angees
Jack
Harper
Judge Questions Prisoner State After Drinks
The judge asks the barkeeper if the prisoner acted without reason asking for a drink. The bar patron replies he did not know what he was doing and the judge notes the intellect tottering, saying he never did that before in his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Children tidy play area by assigning carpet breadths
In a Good Housekeeping excerpt, a mother describes using each child’s allotted carpet breadths to restore order after play. Older children receive two broad strips, the middle child one, and the youngest a narrow section, with cooperative efforts restoring chairs, books, and scattered toys as a routine afternoon task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamman
Mamma
Lemon Culture in Florida Guide for Growers
An American Agriculturist summary outlines lemon grove setup in Florida. It recommends planting superior stock on high, dry pine land, spacing twenty to twenty five feet, and protecting trees from cold with water or forests. It notes lemons are less hardy than oranges, pruning guidance, and harvest methods including curing before shipment.
Why Mormons Are Denied Passes
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes that Mormon elders are denied railroad passes under the religion minister clause. Since they are not regularly ordained ministers, they lack guaranteed reduced rail fares. The policy shift burdens Mormon evangelizing and raises costs for church members in the United States and Europe.
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Boston
St. Botolph Club
United Little Brothers ‘of
St. Botolph
Morton Church
Brigham Young
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Alma
Mich
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Phage
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Prtrh
Penland
Pipple and Cry
Bine
Eening
Nike
Silene
Dredrin
Ant Wunter
Burke
Smit
Stein
Laine
Pat
Iit
Trishman
Bat
Mat
Florida
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