Carnegie Foundation Aims At North American College Standardization
The Carnegie Foundation seeks to standardize college education across the United States Canada and Newfoundland by establishing admission graduation and faculty pension standards for sectarian and nonsectarian colleges. Trustees review claims from institutions seeking professor pensions and the fund aims to raise overall educational quality and unify accounting practices.
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Carnegie
North America
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
Bereto
Maore
Ypsilanti Spellings Spark City Rivalry Across Borders
Officials note 72 spellings of Ypsilanti from A to Z with odd forms like Zip Silanti and Hipisslander. Chicago ranks second in the queer spellings list with variants such as Chiccago and Cheegago. The piece jests about a professor’s tobacco finding and a college guru’s predictable route to a conclusion.
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Ypsilanti
Chicago
Posta
Michian
Bath party in New York sparks talk of future visits
A group of New York women were invited to a novel bath, given kimonos by the hostess and treated to a talk on bathing pleasures. Most declared they would return for another bath, illustrating a curious social spark in the city.
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New York
Chicago
Japan Defends Actions as Peaceful Policy in Manchuria and Korea
In a candid statement, Japan argues its role in Manchuria and Korea was forced by external threats to preserve national integrity. The speaker asserts no hidden aims, stressing a simple, sincere desire for peace and mutual growth. The address questions why other nations misread Japan’s restraint and commitment to the welfare of its own people and neighbors.
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Manchuria
Korea
Regulate the Theater by Law
A historical call argues for state oversight of stage shows to curb excesses and protect public welfare. It discusses theater as a social instrument, the need for censorship on plays, and the balance between liberty and regulation to promote healthy, wholesome entertainment.
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Bert
Yancta
Poor Pay Robs Colleges of Talent
A writer argues that low salaries for university professors drive young men toward business, risking civilization. He notes the Carnegie pension fund improving retirements and anticipates Cornell adding 8750 a year to pensions, making Cornell professors better off than peers at other institutions.
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Europe
America
Carnegie Pension Fund
Cornell
Carnegie
The Plague of Flies In Homes And How To Fight It
A detailed look at common house flies and larger species, their habits, breeding in animal and vegetable waste, and the best control methods. Remove decaying matter, seal garbage, keep surfaces clean, and use screens to prevent entry. Keep kitchens dark and free of food odors to deter these pests.
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Cilia Caesar
Gota
Your Stand of Alfalfa and Farming Advice From 1910s Almanac
Farmers are urged to prepare alfalfa fields with disks and harrows, level land, sow seed with oats, and resow alfalfa every six to seven years to improve yields. Advice covers ditching, brushing surfaces, and keeping fields dry for better hay. Also notes on simple poultry houses and buckwheat profitability with soil preparation tips.
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Wight
Orange Judd
Acre
An Interesting Chemical Experiment Demonstrates Lead Purity
A simple home chemistry test shows if white lead is pure by heating on charcoal with a blowpipe. Pure white lead forms metallic globules. adulterated lead does not. The National Lead Company offers free blowpipe and booklet to verify paint purity, address Woodbridge Building, New York City.
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Natonal Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Was It the Same Melon A Negro and a Policeman Tale
A Washington Herald quotation recounts a colored man with a melon at an early hour and a policeman checking the claim. The tale ends with the bearer producing a ten cent loan receipt and a church pillar boast, illustrating tensions over trust and property.
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Johnson
South Carolina
Darky
James Elder
Washington Herald
How Her Life Was Saved After Snake Bite Tale
A 1906 report recounts Mrs. K. M. Fisher of Dillsburg Pa saved from a copperhead bite by Sloan's Liniment after being bitten on August 29 1906 with no nearby medical help. The piece notes a mother of four credits the remedy with easing pain and saving her life and contrasts other oddities about lawyers and perfumes. The item blends medical claims with humor and sensational anecdotes.
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K. M. Fisher
Box 40
Dillsburg
Sloan
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