The Profit of Education in North Carolina and Dayton
In Dayton Ohio December 10 a speaker argues education pays for itself through better industry. He cites Alabama Georgia and North Carolina trade links and urges a state university modelled on Michigan Wisconsin to train workers for cotton mills and machinery. He notes New England expertise and the South’s industrial potential, urging robust public schools and a state university to match northern standards.
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Dayton
Ohio
Itama
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
New England
Northwest
Michigan
Eastern
Middle States
Wisconsin
Northwestern States
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Carolinas
Charleston
Hamburg
Piedmontion
South
North Carolna
Tolt
Gouvernor Stanford and Gage in a Golden Gate Park cab scene
The Governor and Stephen Gage ride a San Francisco cab to Golden Gate Park on a hot day. The fare is protested as exorbitant and a back and forth over pricing ensues, with comparisons to railroad monopolies and cliff house trips. They rush to return for a sheriff sale stake, bartering amid heavy talk on profits and fairness.
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San Francisco
Sanford
Gage
Kearny Street
Bush
Steve
Mr. Gege
Golden Gate Park
Stanford
New York Chamber of Commerce
Cliff House
New York
Friso
Mr. Gage
Eabby
Hackman
Cabby
Tucson
Hog Law Advocated as Key to Texas Farming
H. P. Webb argues the hog law boosts farm profits by improving hog quality and reducing fencing needs. He cites voter support in precincts, benefits for renters and landowners, and warns against roaming hogs harming land while urging two years of testing to cement the policy.
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Poland
China
Berkshire
H. P. Webb
Socialist Colloquy Explores Land Tax and Reform
The dialogue presents Jim North and Bill South debating taxes and the single tax as a path out of industrial bondage. They weigh tariff and license taxes, defend taxation of land values, and consider socialism as a reform method versus opposition from Slow, Legaleye, and Banker Shavenote.
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Jim North
Bill
Bill South
Jove
Jim
Slow
Judge Legaleye
Socialign
Siow
Legaleye
Shavenete
Legal Eye
Shavenote
Herbert Spencer
Bil
San Antonio, Tex
Backed into a corner cabby vows vengeance in sale scene
A Virginia Chronicle note describes a coal dealer Smith facing mob pressure as a cabby boasts of using violence to extract justice. The scene centers on a sheriff about to auction a debtor’s property, with threats echoing the day’s heated confrontation.
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Cabby
Roe
Hatkman
Smith
Virginia Chronicle
Quail as diet and market woes mix in rural notes
A muddled farmer’s tale notes changing fortunes and neighborly trust, while quail appear as a novel diet and a surprising discovery with a quail containing over a hundred potato scraps. The piece also warns that wheat discounts threaten northwest trade as collections lag and cash tightens. Northern wheat sells 42 to 43 cents in Aberdeen.
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Hmerson
Aberdeen
The Profit of Education in Southern Industrial Training
The article by D A Tompkins, a Charlotte observer and industrialist, argues for higher and practical education in the South. It praises Tompkins for his industrial leadership from Edgefield to Texas, his scholarly approach, and calls for improved education from common schools to universities to advance North Carolina and the wider region.
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Charlotte Observer
D. A. Tompkins
Charlotte
Tompkins
Edgefield
South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
Ohio
Gulf
Grand University
Tompkins argues for educational taxes and reform
The text advocates taxing to fund schools and private institutions, urging legislators to act. It cites Tompkins' reasoning and calls for enlightened discussion on the system, taxes, and private waste, urging readers to seek strong action.
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Tompkins
Paris Demat
G Ff
Frank Gloussion
Charlotte Democ
Nerat
Bishop Meets Reed of Windlass in Distant Land
A bishop travels through a foreign country and sees an old man turning a windlass shaft all day to lift a weight. The bishop laments sun exposure and questions the other man’s claim of brains as the man continues his labor. The scene appears in the Chicago Sentinel.
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Tria
Chicago Sentinel
The Price of Cotton and Its Impact on Farmers
A reader argues that rising cotton prices harm farmers by encouraging shifts to meat production. He cites hog raising and peanut farming as more profitable than cotton, notes tariffs and monopolies, and urges diversification toward pork and mulberry cultivation to improve wealth and reduce debt.
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Villanow
Epior
Gorin
Habout
Fanny
Vance
Avi
Compiney Woods
J Armour & Co
Cameron Nursery
Novooll
Rockefeller
Carroy Tsomour
Jenness Miller Illustrates January Issue Highlights
The January Jenness Miller magazine presents a new department The World We Live By featuring useful hints for women and girls. It includes an article The Individuality by a leading contributor and 11 other literary sketches poems and a short story.
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Jenness Miller i
J Mra
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Funk & Wagnalls Company
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Estevan
Philip Stevens
Southern ED
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