Manual Training Draws Blood and Prickled Fingers Across Boys and Girls
A New York World excerpt surveys manual training classes at the New York College for the Training of Teachers. It notes boys resist sewing while girls take to wood carving, yet both sexes show skill. early classes use sewing for young pupils, with older students moving to carving. The piece contrasts tactile discomfort with growing expertise and reports on classroom dynamics, teacher rationales, and the shared effort of seamstresses and whittlers.
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Johnny
Susan Whittling Bane
New York College
New York World
Unusual Breastfeeding Durations in Early Pediatric Guidance
Medical guidance expresses skepticism about exclusive breastfeeding beyond twelve months, arguing sixteen months is rarely sustainable. It recommends artificial or alternative feeds when milk is insufficient, noting care can render milk safe and that substitutes exist if milk cannot be obtained.
Don’t Wound Helpless People In Polite Society
A Philadelphia Press letter criticizes a visiting woman for trivializing servants and gossip about class while dining with friends. The writer condemns discussing domestic grievances in servants’ presence and urges guests to respect workers’ dignity and boundaries.
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Philadelphia Press
Stone Rollingpins and the Quest for a Perfect Rolling Board
The New York Tribune discusses rolling pins and surfaces for pastry. Wood rolls absorb grease and wear, glass pins fog with moisture, and stoneware offers hard, smooth, nonstick advantages. It asks if enameled wood or perfected enamel could provide a cold, affordable alternative to marble or slate boards.
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Thali
New York Tribune
Milk for Children and Its Hygienic Value
An essay highlights milk's role in health and illness, noting sterilization for tainted milk after a wealthy family suffered infant illness from milk from one cow. It warns of poverty era dangers with uncovered milk and poor storage, praising condensed milk for poor households as a cleaner, safer option with proper care.
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Lippincott’s
Cheap Odorless Disinfectant From Lead Nitrate Solution
A simple inexpensive disinfectant is made by dissolving a heaped teaspoonful of nitrate of lead in a quart of boiling water, stirring, then adding to a pail of cold water. It is odorless, won t stain, costs about three cents, and can be poured weekly down the bathtub, closet and stationary washbowl.
Descriptive account of Tehran Parsi funeral rites and Towers of Silence
The piece details Parsee burial customs after death with a Zoroastrian sermon and funeral prayers. A dog visits the deceased, priests chant for the soul, and the body is carried to the Towers of Silence on Malabar hill. Vultures and ravens feed on exposed remains, bones dropping into pits then stored in a mortuary chamber.
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Paradise
Malabar Hill
Washington
The Devil's Real Estate Near Helsingfors
A Finnish tale describes Lars Huolarinen dying at Pielisjarvi leaving vast real estate claimed by the devil through a will. Locals report a brilliantly lit mansion and unearthly activities, while authorities note the will’s legality and the family’s failed attempts to void it.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Lars Huolarinen
Pielisjarvi
Wihtelaun
Devil
Huolarinen
Tuolarinen
Prielisjarvi
Stoad
Saten & Co
St. Louis
Fire in a Russian village and a potted horse mine tale
A Russian village endures a devastating fire with villagers reluctant to fight it citing divine will. Also recounted is a tale from Ferris county Montana about the Spotted Horse mine and a fortune seized by McAdow after a sensational $500,000 sale and a lavish Helena wedding.
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Spotted Horse
Ferris County
Mon
P. A. Medow
Hauserian
Wintever
McAdow
Helena
Julian Ralph
Harper's
Prefixes and Nobility Across Britain France and Holland
The article discusses how noble prefixes like de and van did not consistently signal nobility in Britain and France. It notes Louis XIV banned de for non noble by race in 1690, while Dutch van or vander does not indicate nobility. Dr Burnett condemns modern overuse of the prefix and related misspellings.
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Britain
France
Louis XIV
Holland
Burnett
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Ohio
Domoe
A. P. Ordway & Co
Agton, Maas
Jnd Satteen
Bortree Mfg. CO
Jackson, Mich
Preservaline Mig Co
Cedar St
New York
Parker
Hale
Raen
TB Orm Lees
Tome
Veoulty
Indigor
Kulves
Express
Witew
Christy Knife CO
Cremont
Ponts
Dentistry
West Sixth Street
Cincinnati
Mergh
Colar
Yor
Pearl and
Sycamore
Undertakers
JH. Hilt
Motsinger
Iso
ATIS
Water St., Near
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Milford, Ohio
Sanakesis
Anakesis
New York City
J. Hoffherr
Syracuse
Pastor Koeniig
Terre Haute
Gainess
Poator Koenig
Heyerend
Fort Wa
Wor
Reni
Koenig Med. CO
Chicago
Ana
Tom Carter
Tinman
Main
THF
Police Gazette
United States
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
Referen Nursery CO. Eee East
Brown Brothers Company
Rochester
N.Y
I A
Wey
A. Beall
Williamsburg
Medical
Barre City
Mont
Judd
C. B. Judd
Detroit
Mich
D. M. Newbro Drug CO
V. E. Burroughs
Burroughs & Zurmurle
Ake
New Richmond
G. W
Dever
Petroff
Mecarius
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