Mills Hotel makes humane lodging a profitable venture
George Grantham Bain reports on Mr Mills Hotel No 1 in New York offering 20 cent rooms with privacy and strict occupancy rules. The system includes a check room, shared recreation spaces, and uniform rates with corner rooms priced higher. Compared to Hamburg lodging, Mills Hotel costs are higher but living standards and ventilation are improved, turning humanitarian housing into a sustainable enterprise.
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Mills
Thoreas Lipton
London
New York
Mills Hotel No
Yor
Hamburg
New York City
Bowery
Humanitarian Institute
Mills Hotels
George Grantham Bain
Cold key remedy for nosebleeds in Germantown child
In a Germantown residence an old home remedy uses a cold key placed on a bleeding nose to stop the hemorrhage. The key shock, a physician notes, has long been considered an effective cure, contrasted with the candle method which he says offers no benefit.
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Philadelphia
Germantown
Somewhat of a Hero Buffalo Commercial Admiral Killick
Admiral Killick sacrificed his life by blowing up the Crete a Pier Fol gunboat to aid Haitian revolutionaries. He acted when a German cruiser demanded surrender, proving he was made of heroic stuff. The world knows little of him, likely a Black admiral from a country with thriving admirals and generals unsupplied by a navy or army.
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Buffalo Commercial
Admiral Killick
Crete-a-Pier- Fol
Haiti
Government aims for efficient mall distribution function
The text argues that once the government can perform mall distribution speedily safely and satisfactorily it will be time to discuss ownership of many graphs of coal railroads and telegraphs.
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Philadelphia
Phern
Metric System Adoption Eyed by U S Government
A Chicago Evening Post summary notes Congress may pass a bill requiring on January 1, 144 to use metric weights and measures in all government business, with legal standardization by 1907. It explains meter gram and liter origins, advantages like decimal simplicity, time savings in teaching, and international trade benefits, urging familiarity for future daily use.
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Chicago Evening Post
United States
England
Congressional Committee
Department of Education
Congress
Great Britain
Russia
France
Germany
New Samples of English Humor and a Philological Crime
A New York advertiser recalls English club life and humor observed by an American returning from London. He contrasts club atmosphere and openness with American formality, recounts a sheep drive joke at a London golf club, and notes Americans misreading English idioms amid a guest’s intoxicated state.
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New York
London
England
Fable of a Young Man’s Willow Grove Social Plan
Fritz Wilhelm hoped to join neighborhood parties to Willow Grove but followed a flawed plan from a friend. On the trip the mentor tried to have Fritz pay for everyone, claiming it would impress the girls. Fritz offered 40 cents, loaned 10 more to his companion, and faced doubt about his Wood Street social prospects.
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Philadelphia
Broad and
Wood Streets
Willow Grove
Fritz Wilhelm
Fritz
Wood-street Society
Amana Community: Hessian Colony Governs With Shared Wealth
A Hessian led Amana Society in northeastern Iowa spans seven villages with 26,000 acres and property valued over 2 million dollars. Members surrender private ownership, work in mills and farms, share meals in large kitchens, and live without money in a strict communal life guided by a board of thirteen trustees and religious principles established in 1714.
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Chicago Evening Post
Iowa
Iowa River
Iowa County
Marion
Amana
Kansas City
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Homestead
Rock Island
Hawkeye
South Amana
Amana Society
J. F. Rock
B. L. Gruber
Hessia
Germany
P. G. Nagel
America
Buffalo
N. Y
Iowa City
West Amana
High Amana
East Amana
Middle Amana
The
God
Lowa
Edward Bellamy
Queen Alexandra in Mourning Charms and Reserve
A Chicago Post correspondent recalls Queen Alexandra as tall and graceful despite lifelong mourning for a family member. She is described as her late husband’s opposite in demeanor, devoted to duties, correspondence, and charitable regard for the poor, with a serene, unbending royal bearing softened by grandchildren.
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Chicago Post
England
Prince of Wales
Christian
Denmark
Alexandra
Shalott
Euro
Beate
Princess of
Wales
Sandringham
Wealth and living costs in New York rise with fortunes
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a surge of millionaires over the past five years and a boom in $150,000 houses built for the very rich. Builders supply “ready made” homes for sale to affluent newcomers, while many wealthy buyers retain citizenship elsewhere. Included is a verse fragment from Norman Gale about memory and bread.
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Philadelphia Ledger
New York
Mont Carlo and Vassar Suits Displayed in New York Shop
Blue or black cheviot Monte Carlo suits priced at 29.50 and handsome Vassar Scotch mixtures at 29.50, Black Zibeline costumes at 37.50. Hosiery features prominent sales display near the entrance with new plate glass counters. Special opening prices this week attract shoppers to the art floor galleries and exhibition rooms. Japanese dinner sets range from 1.25 to 7.50.
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Monte Carlo
Vassar
Milady
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Indianapolis
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Barry
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