Sanitary Tenements and Public Housing Policy Urges Reform
Policy advocates call for strong sanitary and building laws and tenement inspections, expropriation of crowded districts, and support for municipal and model tenement ventures. They note New York leads in sanitation, with European cities advancing parks and public housing. Private philanthropy remains insufficient alone to meet housing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn
Great Britain
London
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Liverpool
Manchester
Birmingham
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Dundee
England
United States
Huddersfield
America
France
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Europe
Portuguese Hotel Clocks and the Double Hour Habit
A critical note on Portuguese clocks that strike the hour twice, creating nightly irritation for guests. The piece describes multiple clocks in a hotel, differing chimes, and the slow response of staff. It contrasts Gallego and Portuguese servants with a German-Swiss waiter to justify foreignization of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Gallego
Sailors to Test Submarine Boat Fulton Bravery
Naval officers and crew will endure extended submersion in the new Fulton torpedo boat. They will seal themselves below the water surface for 12 to 15 hours, breathing bottled air from compressed air flasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Y Mail
Express
Favorite Dish Mentioned in Stuyvesant Column
In the Somerville Journal fragment, Hin asks what is the favorite dish. The response notes a preference for a gold plate as well, reflecting a light, casual exchange on taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuyvesant
Somerville Journal
The Greatest Need of Nations and Anglo-Saxon Destiny
The author argues nations need trained minds and independent thought to compete globally. He asserts the Anglo-Saxon race, America and Europe, is best suited to lead, capable of training, discipline, and domination through education and national vigor. The piece emphasizes national decline without rigorous cultivation of political and commercial skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Anchoring End Posts on Rural Wire Fences
J G Allshouse discusses practical methods for bracing and anchoring end and corner posts in wire fences. He favors an anchor block set firmly in earth and suggests using two cables or rods at right angles for corner braces. For angled fences, he recommends two large posts braced with connections to the next posts, keeping wires slack between them to allow independent line resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Allshouse
Ohio
Irrigating Clay Soil Highlights Humid State Challenges
The irrigator in humid states faces excess water risk, soil type effects, and rains after irrigation. Wisconsin college tests show sandy soil yields rise with irrigation while heavy clay soils lose yields if rains follow irrigation. Top dressing wheat with fall manure aids winter protection and spring labor savings.
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Wisconsin Agricultural College
Treatment of colts and their care through years
T S Green outlines a method for rearing colts from yearling to maturity, emphasizing harness readiness, winter stabling with bedding, controlled work for three-year-olds, and the value of proper feeding. He argues steady development yields a more desirable horse and a humane end for an aged animal.
Hogs And Their Ways Noted As Hog Management Guide
A historical farm note stresses corn for hog finishing and cautions against overfeeding waste grain. It urges clean pens, ample straw bedding, and exercise for hogs, recommending pumpkin as a relish and advising gradual pumpkin feeding rather than dumping loads.
Cattle Fence Opens Gate and Pasture Tricks Noted
A simple permanent passage through a fence lets cattle pass freely but remain unbothered by gate pressure. The piece contrasts handling livestock with tips on marketing turkeys, hogs, and pasture management, citing E A Haines and Farmers' Review.
Master of the house and the baby name choice
A dialogue notes Gilbert asserting the husband should lead at home while Mason presses on naming their child. Gilbert recalls his wife deferentially yielding to his decision, and Henry emerges as the chosen name.
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Gilbert
Mason
Henry
Walter Baker and Co Cocoa Makers of Dorchester
Walter Baker and Co of Dorchester Massachusetts have spent years perfecting cocoa and chocolate. They devised machinery and systems unique to their methods that preserve purity palatability and highest nutrient characteristics. Their preparations are world renowned and have received top endorsements from doctors nurses and discerning housekeepers and caterers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mass
U.S. A
Gossip and health ads mix in clipped overheard talk
The page fragment blends social quips about Mrs Bigga and Mrs Diggs with an ad joke about a husband’s quiet dress and a dental style quip. It also carries an old line for Cascarets stressing natural bowel relief at ten cents and a general warning about imitations.
Co operative Mercantile Shares Offered in New York
Territory allotted January 1 1902 Bright insurance men or bankers sought to purchase shares Fidelity Assnty Com pany 877 379 Broadway New York City The ad notes the shift from a job to a situation and cites miscellaneous quotations from Puck and Attic son Globe as filler content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Assumty Company
Broadway
New York City
Market roundup from New York to Cincinnati
The markets show flour and wheat prices in New York and various grain bids. Livestock quotes range from steers and hogs to sheep and lambs across multiple cities, with noted declines and steady tones in Cleveland Buffalo Liberty Cincinnati markets.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Dee
Nickel Plate Road Promises Low Rates and Quality Service
Travelers are urged to compare with Nickel Plate Road rates East or West as the line touts lowest fares and efficient service. Uniformed attendants serve both first and second class passengers, dining cars offer meals from 35 cents to $1.00, and Pullman service remains high grade. A semi weekly transcontinental tourist caval between Atlantic and Pacific coasts is advertised through local agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Atlantic
Pacific
Rail line praised for clean air and low dust travel
The Norfolk and Western Railway announces reduced round trip fares on December 3 and 17 from Cincinnati and Columbus to Virginia and Carolina destinations. Allen Hull, district passenger agent, 45 Fourth Street, Cincinnati, provides rates and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Norfolk & Western Ry
Cincinnnati
Columbus
Virginias
Carolinas
Allen Hull
Cincinnati
Change of Rane Quickstep Used for Funeral Watch
A Philadelphia composer wrote a quickstep Crimson teak Yes for use in Chicago during a funeral watch as reported by Yonkers Statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Philadelphia
Chicago
Yonkers Statesman
Stopa the Cough and Of the Cold Advertisements
Several old drug claims appear for cough and cold remedies including Stopa the Cough and Of the Cold, with Price 28c for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The clippings mention physicians and a note about moderation and relief from business work, with references to newspapers Indianapolis News Ram's Horn Ocean Grove New Jersey and Daily News.
Finds Very Ancient Coin From Philippines Campaign
William E. Davis of Flora Indiana a Forty second Indiana veteran found a bronze Roman coin during the Philippines campaign. Numismatists deem it over 1600 years old struck by Emperor Maximinus in 236 A D. The coin is well preserved with legible inscriptions reading Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus and Pax Augusti the obverse showing the emperor and olive branch on the reverse. It is believed to have traveled from Spain to the Philippines and was lost in Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Davis
Forty-second
Indiana Infantry
Flora
Philippines
Maximinus
Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus
Spain
Luzon
Statue on Kansas dome sparks debate over figure choice
A Kansas debate centers on placing a statue atop the dome of the new statehouse. Critics question local recognition of the proposed figure, suggesting a more appropriate Indian chief statue, Chief Fewclothes, might suit Kansans better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Eres
Itton
Telegraph
New Fewclothes
Chief Fewclothes
Pittaburg Gazette
Woman's Page Banter Sparks Talk of a Man's Page
In a playful exchange Mr Pozenhy and Mires Pozenhy Fain mock the idea of a separate Man's page. The dialogue lampoons gendered sections and hints at the paper already includes racing and prize-taking items on a Youth's Companions page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Pozenhy
Mires Pozenhy
Her Circulating Medium Reveals Gossip Ties
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote describes a cautious woman who never repeats gossip yet is said to share secrets with her husband. The brief notes how rumors travel through trusted confidants in social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uverecy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mrs Vernon Brown Advice on Hair Removal
A fragment quotes Mrs Vernon Brown and Mrs Stuiftian Jones urging a husband to stop shaving or trimming hair. The exchange questions how to handle facial or body hair and whether to let it grow out. The dialogue hints at personal grooming and social expectations.
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Vernon Brown
Mra
Stuiftian Jones
Stroy Storie
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Ian
Hogs
Tribune
Femson
E. A. Haines
Pauline
Emeline
Detroit Free Press
the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette
Puck
Hale
Pike
Atchison Globe
Castoria
Bears
Murray Street
Te Amin
W. L. Douglas
W. L.douglas
Sats Union Made
W. L. Douglas Milken
Ann'gino sHeee
W. K. Dougias
W. L. Dougias
CATAL
L. Douglas
Brockton
Chicago Daily News
Lackawanna Railroad
Roxley Digga
Philadelphia Press
Rane
Indianapolis News
Priso
Samuel
Ocean Grove
Putnam
Hiengo Daily News
Kannan
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
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