Social Education Congress and Health in Schools
A Boston Social Education Congress is praised as a broad conference of leaders from all life sectors. It frames education as the development of the individual and society, beyond teachers, with calls from business, labor, medicine, religion, and public libraries for school health, civic training, and community roles. Reports note German efforts in school hygiene and open-air initiatives, plus American highway planning and a noted career move of Charles J. Bonaparte. A Hindoo shopping death is briefly mentioned.
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Boston
Hfe
Ife
Saya
Public Service Company
Germany
Munich
Im Elberfeld
Wiesbaden
Wurtamberg
Austrian
Charlottenburg
New York Post
Kolberg
Baltic
Education as remedy move beyond self pity says Tuskegee leader
A Tuskegee educator urges African Americans to shift focus from internal grievances to aiding others. He argues genuine progress comes from service, schools, and uplifting the less fortunate, fostering a higher calling to shame unjust treatment. He emphasizes overcoming evil with good and expanding charitable efforts globally.
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Tuskegee
The Public School and the Game by George H. Martin
The essay argues public schools bear duties that homes neglect, from moral restraint to clothing and feeding. It notes society must step in when parents fail, making schools a democratic, shared burden. Schools do not usurp but take on thrust upon them by poverty and indifference.
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London
New York
Alice
Jand
Mabel
Broadway
Mr. Fells
Work in the Wee Sma Hours
The piece argues for splitting the night into work and sleep, claiming peak ideas come from 2 to 5 AM and again 5 to 8:30 AM. It cites Pierre Loti and Napoleon as examples of leaders who thrived on nocturnal or irregular sleep to generate thoughts and plan great works.
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Pierre Loti
Napoleon
Aleep
The Purse and the Prisoner
A man recounts a comic misadventure in New York. He is accused by a Brown-eyed woman of stealing a purse, is jailed seven days, and later exonerated, learning that twin sisters with blue and brown eyes caused the misunderstanding. The Featherstone family explains the pockets mix up and a mistaken identity. The tale ends with the narrator reflecting on his seven days served for another’s act.
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Broadway
Twenty-third Street
Three
Indies
Ian
Alexander Featherstone
Mabel
Alice
Mrs. Featherstone
Alice ‘Eatherstone
Felix
Lacy
Mabel Featherstone
Rs. Peatherstone
Rachel
New Inventions Noted In Odd Docket Folkloric Tale
The article recounts farcical inventions as a New Jersey farmer crafts a scratchless hen causing circular garden misdirection, and a Meekland Pugwash resident breeds a penceless pig with one eye removed to fix roaming, both praised as era-defining. A Philadelphia clothier’s failed teletype uniform summons are recounted with a punchline about ridiculous operator attire.
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Judge
New Egypt
N. J
Wizard Burbank
Hax
Ike
Hach
How to judge a horse for soundness in buying
Instructions from a Prairie Farmer horsemanship note describe practical checks for horse buyers. Examine eyes from side, mouth for age, bite alignment, head and neck, body for ruptures, wind and breathing, hindquarter conformation, and legs for lumps, splints, curb, ringbone, spavin, thoroughpin. Check feet for hoof shape, cracks, heel height, and rely on symmetry. End with overall conformation and behavior cues to detect true soundness.
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Prairie Farmer
Pig Bath Experiment Draws Swine Interest
A swine breeder reports success with a bathing bath for hogs to keep skin and vigor clean. The challenge noted is that multiple pigs rush the bath at once, eager to enter together.
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Silver Messenger
Challie
Chicago
Charles J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Europe
Hindis
George H. Martin
Victor Hallopeau
Paris Academy of Medicine
Alfred Harry
Cepia, Joe
Joseph B. Bowles
Philadelphia
Statl Tor
Boatan
Eive
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