Self-Government in Blaine School Tested in Minneapolis
A yearlong experiment in the Blaine School adopts a Roman style self government with legislative and vigilance departments. Ten rooms participate, electing tribunes and officers, weekly meetings reinforce discipline and civic ideals, while teachers stress moral responsibility over formal machinery as experts weigh long term value and risk of fad.
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Blaine
Minenapolis
Fanny C. LeGro
Legislative
Vigilance
Legislative Department
Vigilance Department
Euch
General Council
Board of Education
Land
Minneapolis
Charles M. Jordan
Jordan
Willian F. Webster
East High School
Webster
O. N. Qzias
South High School
W. W. Hobbs
North High School
Hobbs
John N. Greer
Central High School
Blaine School
Julia D. Cowles
Boys Brigades Reform and Drill in Indianapolis
Harold R. Chase argues for strict discipline in Indianapolis Boys Brigade companies A B and C to instill drill discipline and character He details current units at the courthouse St Pauls Church and a new company with officers and expects parents to engage more Fully named figures include Major Chase Captain Long Lieutenant Morgan Captain Taggarts Captain Fisher and First Lieutenant Craft with organizational roles at Central Union Telephone Company Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis
Courthouse
United States Army
Long
Walter Morgan
Leutenant
Roy Hunter
St. Paul's Church
Thomas Taggarts
Charles Craig
Paul van Zuyl
Fisher
Battalon
H. R. Chase
Shirley Hendricks
Pearson W. Evans
Robert Jenner
Harold R. Chase
Central Union Telephone Company
City
Woman Reformer Lacks Poise But Has Great Purpose
Marion Harland critiques the modern social reformer, praising her zeal and resolve while arguing she lacks poise. She warns against overbearing methods, notes the height of maternal instinct shaping reform, and urges balanced temper, patience, and open-minded weighing of evidence in pursuing women's rights and social change.
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Marion Harland
Frances Power Cobbe
France
America
Man
Gideon
Judith
Holoterus
Jael
Barak
Dorcas Society
Wimodaughsis
Reformatory
Associated Charities
Henry of Navarre
Booker Washington
Summer fashions. bridesmaids and lace at New York Post
The piece surveys fashion notes on young bridesmaids, adjustable collars, and lace motifs for summer gowns. It highlights satin, cashmere, Harris homespun fabrics, bertha collars, tour de cou, and varying one color shades dominating Parisian and American dressmaking with emphasis on sleeves, garlands, and decorative garniture.
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New York Evening Post
Evening Post
America
Harris Island
Bertha
Paquin
Paris
Oliver Goldsmith
Sepa Yasing
Mary Hornec
Kansan Philosophy from Atchison Globe
A collection of social musings on gender roles and culture. It jokes about watches, sickness notes, cut glass, scrubbing children, tear stains, dying households, and double standards in death, with a light critique of whisky and gossip.
His Language Yes and No Kansas City Journal
A Kansas City woman seeks divorce after her husband confines himself to monosyllables yes no or I guess so in conversation. Her Kansas City lawyer grapples with grounds for suit cruelty indignities or failure to provide. If the man files a cross bill stating his limited vocabulary, the divorce might be blocked.
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Kansas City Journal
Kansas City
The Blessing of Giving and Its Call to Justice
A sermon on Jesus instruction that it is more blessed to give than to receive. It argues true giving means selfless service, not mere money or gifts, and that generosity builds character, joy, and social duty, with emphasis on giving oneself, time, and wisdom for the common good.
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Jesus
Christ
Ruskin
Thas
Astra Chemistry
Earth
Pushcart Merchants in New York Show Large Scale Business
A Springfield Republican piece cites Retail Grocers' Advocate findings on New York pushcart vendors. One operator controls about 40 carts, moving goods worth daily and yearly profits near 10 percent. The system includes a buying agent, central storehouse, and distributing points, with pushcart operators earning about a dollar a day.
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Springfield
Ught
New York City
Sron
Accounted For Detroit Journal Note on Night Workers
An item notes how many workers head downtown nightly to handle their books, reflecting on the rise in aoerthanene related activity and the pattern of late-night labor in Detroit.
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Detroit
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Organization of Boys’ Brigades
Dewilt Journal
Vorpuc
Louisville
J. C. Rust
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First Baptist Church
Nashville, Tenn
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