The Freeman's Oath and World News Snippets
A Challis Idaho note reports first book printed in the United States titled The Freeman's Oath. The item covers Great Britain's falling commerce, dueling delays, a 12 year old author, and social musings on music, manners, and manners vs law. Reports on a German germ discovery, counterfeit swindlers, and a payal court martial declare honeymoon no excuse for desertion. Also notes about machinery replacing sheep shearing, a court injunction on love, and political upheaval after Lord Alexis's overthrow with potential new presidencies.
Destiny and Luck in Great Minds and Common Folk
A long meditation on fortune's role in success citing Cicero Caesar Napoleon Burns Raleigh and Buxton. It argues chance favors the prepared and persistent, noting leaders like Stephen Girard Astor Rockefeller and Carnegie built success through grit, industry, and timely action despite luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavier
Cicero
Caesar
Alexander
Napoleon
Crowell
Lin
Kintua
Robert Burns
Dame Fortune
Walter Raleigh
Thomas Buxton
Tait Iack
America
University of Hard Knocks
Holison
Stephen Girard
John Jacob Astor
New York
John 1. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Power from farm water mills urged to save waste
An article argues farmers can generate electricity by harnessing small streams on their land. It estimates over 50 million horsepower idle nation wide and explains simple dam and turbine setups, cost saving construction methods, and practical layouts for 3 to 6 foot heads to drive small turbines and dynamos on farms. It details dam, flume, and power house designs, framing farm water power as economical and feasible with available labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Niagara
Pease
Illustrations and a Wild Tale of Buck Blinders
In a rambling 1849-esque tale Maj Snapper recalls a wild street scene where a masked desperado called Buck Blinders confronts a newspaper editor. The incident spirals with threats, an alarmed crowd, and a perilous standoff ending with the outlaw's fate sealed.
Equality of Sin and Temptations in Professions
The speaker argues clergy should study congregants and the temptations within professions like banking to distinguish true banking from fraud. He suggests exposing wrongdoing, sharing the burden of sin, framing it as a system, and preparing minds for future broad change with collective sacrifice.
Patch Work Education and Social Efficiency
Social efficiency ties education to community needs though the child receives a social education in youth and is returned to the public. The curriculum’s patchwork of studies, lacking guiding principles, causes waste from maladjusted content and isolated experiences that do not align with pupil motives.
Wagner Speaks to Musicians on Stage Presence
The article recounts Wagner addressing musicians with a humorous admonition about dynamics and balance on stage. He warns against taking his fortissimo too literally and urges players to aim for pianissimo in quiet passages. He emphasizes proportion between many players and the lone performer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plano
Castro
Jourist
Wagner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silver Messenger
Aweet, Publisher
Challis
Idaho
The
Unitedes
Great Mulluin
Germany
Great Britain
Bune
Georgia
Secret Service
Fragetton
Australia
Tasmania
Payal
Naval Service
Ohio
Chris
Prince de Sagan
Paria
Count Bon de Castellane
New Jersey
Alexis
Bayt Orev
Dr. Madison
C. Peters
R. M. Winans
Dynamo
Rapids
AIRE
Pipe
Dan
Dynano
E. D. Pierton
Jose
Evantike
Boldy Butterfoot
Bloaker
Silas Effingham
Butterfoot
Desperado
Bleaker
Bellerin
Maj. Snapper
Lincoln Steffens
Janina L. Merriam
University of Missouri
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