Educational spirit and trends in modern schooling
An August Appletons excerpt by Dr. Andrew Draper discusses a pervasive educational purpose shaping the republic. It notes a national drive to ensure universal educational opportunity, expanded state functions in learning, and the aim to elevate all institutions for an intellectual national quickening. Minors and minnows: science favors natural mosquito controls over oil. New Orleans backs minnows in disease control. A New York bank opens only on Sundays and holidays, continuing business day and night, reflecting 20th century impatience and convenience in modern life.
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Andrew &. Draper
City of
New York
Father Knickerbocker
Modera Fe
Rockefeller in Learning that World Ties Worth More Than Riches
The Washington Star notes Rockefeller’s secluded life, built on wealth and estate separation, sparking public curiosity. Public commentary from the San Francisco Bulletin and Chicago Record-Herald weighs the value of companionship over money, while the Post Office backs auto rural delivery but awaits bargain counter details.
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Rockefeller
Washington Bitar
San Francisco Bulletin
Chicago Record-Herald
Mother Goose Luncheon and Seven Ages of Woman
A social column describes a Mother Goose lunch with heart shaped questions and a candy prize, plus a charity event featuring tableaux on the seven ages of woman. Guests wore nursery rhyme roles, ribbons hid birds from a pie centerpiece, and souvenirs included Japanese teapots and a Mother Goose book for the most correct character guesses.
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Mother Goove
Polly
Monogram embroidery instructions in satin stitch technique
The passage describes a bolt with an eight-letter monogram P to be worked in satin stitch. It explains padding the letters by running out with soft cotton before satin stitch and outlining with cording stitch, then finishing the outline with fine wording stitch close to satin edges.
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Jesste Wilcox Smith
Dainty and Useful Trinket Purse Sketch
A sketch of a dainty wash leather purse for waistcoat pockets or a lady’s bag. It features ribbon-bound mouths, gathered neck with silk tassel, and optional silk initials for donor and recipient. Size notes 1.75 by 0.74 inches, lined in light blue silk with coordinated ribbon and cords.
Easy to Make Tints From Paints and Benzine
A brief guide explains tinting laces chiffons silks or crocheted buttons feathers slippers gloves or gowns using tube paints dissolved in benzine. Do the work in a fireless room with quick dipping and drying, testing shades before applying to costly materials.
Lost items catch on wire across the register
A brief tip describes placing fine wire netting above the pipes under the register to catch dropped money, buttons, and thimbles. When items fall in, lift the register to retrieve them, preventing losses. The advice frames a practical fix for common missing fare and small items.
A Summer Study in the Marvels of Insect Eggs
A summer study reveals the world of insect eggs through a 25x microscope. The article explains how mothers deposit eggs on leaves, with examples from Yellow Underwing, Vapourer, and Currant moths. It notes fertile eggs producing caterpillars, various egg shapes, and timing of hatching from late summer to following June.
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Songon
Elevator for Crops Aids Handling In Barn Cribs
A plan outlines a portable power driven elevator to lift corn or grain into a crib or wagon bed. The device uses a dump and platform to secure and raise loads, enabling 6000 bushels ceiling with added bins and end extensions for loading wagons under the raised conveyance.
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Fe Pere
Tom
Drag the Road Reflects Rural Debate on Roadside Lawns
A Rural New Yorker inspired letter from Chicago Dolly News laments roadside lawn care turning public roads into smooth grass. The author admits grading his own road, installing an improvised drag, and questions acceptable language and punishment for travelers who cut up the lawn while pledging to maintain the roadbed.
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New Yorker
Tay
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Hays
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New Orleans
Post Offce
Eminine
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Roar Ee
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New Weteh Run
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