Chinese education boom in Tientsin under Yuan Shikai
The piece details rapid Chinese government efforts in Tientsin to modernize through schools from kindergarten to university, with new public reading rooms and lectures. It highlights Yuan Shi Kai’s role, western-style exams, industrial schools, and government support, noting praise for YMCA influence via Mr. Robertson and Mr. Gailey amid foreign vice and local reforms.
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Ediet Promien
Witelice
Tientsin
Boo Pie
London
Suez
United States
Mr. Robertson
Robertson
Gailey
YM. Gca
Mail Order Evils Threaten Rural Commerce and Town Merchants
A rural reform piece warns that mail order houses drain village retail trade as growth in rural population continues. It cites a company with five million dollar monthly sales and three million plus annual profit, arguing direct-from-maker models erode local shops and tax bases while advertising lures customers away from home retailers.
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Cfsea
United States
Mall Order
Batt
Simple Compass Finder Locates Buried Pipe in Adobe Soil
A western pipelayer used a home made compass finder costing 11 cents to locate a 12 inch cast iron pipe buried about three feet in stiff adobe soil. A magnetized knitting needle balanced at 20 degrees dip, housed in a cigar box, detected pipe lines by readings every two feet with box orientation north to south. The device, described by A B Wright, saved days of digging and showed greater deflection over pipe bell ends. Chinese Salt Tax Revenue in China amounts to about 9 million dollars annually as a government monopoly.
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A.B. Wright
Six for Five Sale Proven To Draw Big Crowds
An Iowa vendor shares a detailed plan called the Six for Five Sale. Customers pay for five items but receive six, using low chosen entries to drive demand. The method compares favorably to competitors offering “free” perceptions, with broad applicability year round.
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Gcome Town
Wisconsin
Iowa
Made Up Of Greed Decalogue Of A Mail Order House
A satirical list labels eleven commandments for mail order dealings, accusing a house of coercive, prepaid practices. It portrays cash-only buys, advance payments, inflated fees, and reliance on church and local business networks, while urging readers to avoid local merchants.
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Moses
Foreigners in Circus Business Reflect Old Time View
A New York Tribune quote recalls that the circus once defined American entertainment but now relies heavily on foreign performers. The reminiscence mentions aging veteran Bob Stickney, 62, performing a manage act with horses, and laments the scarcity of top American riders like Jimmy Robinson.
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Bob’ Stickney
Jimmy’ Robinson
New York Tribune
French professor proposes oven disinfection for books
A French professor introduces a method to disinfect books by placing them in an oven under pressure where evaporation of a liquid causes aldehydes to break up. The process is claimed safe for covers, paper, and bindings, and suitable for old and large volumes kept in libraries.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
An old ad claims backache signals female illness and offers Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a quick cure. It cites testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon praising relief after use, and touts the product as a 30 year standard remedy for assorted female ailments and all its listed symptoms.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Strong on the Proprieties in Ten Ressee Cottage
A traveler awakens around midnight to find Mandy entertaining a guest. The paterfamilias checks if the young man has his arm around her waist and orders him to remove it. The daughter resents the interference, saying the man is a total stranger.
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Ten
Mandy
Succesa Magazine
Internal Revenue Meaning Restricted to Treasury Revenues
The term Internal revenue is limited to revenues collected under the treasury department. It excludes all revenues from internal sources such as sales of public lands patent fees or postal service revenues.
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Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
ANT
Missing Link Found by Dr. Dubois in Java 1895
A New York American excerpt notes the discovery of fossil remains on the Bengawan river in central Java. The skull, a thigh bone, and two molar teeth were used to construct an animal termed Pithecanthropus Erectus, seen as the missing link between man and ape, though not human.
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Dr. Dubois
Bengawan River
Java
New York American
The Postum Preacher Seeks to Save Coffee Slaves
A Minn school teacher writes of nervous prostration from coffee and credits Postum with steady nerves and better sleep after switching. She and her husband drank three cups of Postum daily, calling their conversion lasting and beneficial. The testimonial names Postum Company of Battle Creek and references The Road to Wellville.
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Minn
Wen
Poxtum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Ples
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Yuan Shi Kai
Peking
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Robert
China
Las Selzoud
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Sih
Japan
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