Pronunciation and Pride in Names and Art Across Cultures
The piece notes a Michigan town renamed Cronje urging Americans to learn the new pronunciation. It cites Queen Victoria’s London visit on March 8 and welcoming displays for Irish regiments on St Patrick’s Day with a planned Ireland visit. It recalls 19th-century English curiosity about American literature and art, highlighting $500,000 spent in the past year on American paintings at auctions and sales.
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Michigan
Cronje
Victoria
London
Buckingham Palace
South Africa
St. Patrick’s Day
Ireland
Longfellow
Bryant
Emerson
Lowell
Hawthorne
New York
Supreme Court Upholds Texas Anti-Trust Law in Wa ters-Pierce Case
The U S Supreme Court sustains Texas anti-trust law in the Waters-Pierce Oil Co case. This outside Texas entity accepted Texas restraints as a condition of its business permit and is bound by them under state law.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Trust
Texas
Curbstone Religion Observes 20th Salvation Army Anniversary
The Salvation Army marks twenty years in America as it expands its practical aid. A Salvation Army lass enters homes to help where needed and recently carried a heated child to safety, staying to cook dinner for the family. The father, returning home, approvingly tells his wife she may attend meetings, a permission she had previously been denied.
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Curbstone
Salvation Army
America
Tenement reform proves profitable for landlords says Good Government clubs
The tenement house committee of the Good Government clubs argues modern sanitary buildings yield 12 to 15 percent returns while nearby dilapidated houses return 5 to 7 percent. A sample tenement rents at eighty five cents weekly with windows water steam heat and free bath and laundry in the basement, delivering 10 percent at least. The contrast is urged to persuade landlords to adopt better housing standards.
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Good Government Clubs
New York
Orphan Boy Found by Millionaire Brewer He Inspires Faith
A dying child in Ohio outlasts hardship and faith as a millionaire brewer, who becomes his guardian and later funds rescues for other orphans. The tale, though rarely printed, argues that the world holds good deeds amid grim newspaper fare.
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Ohio
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett Newsmaker and Marital Turn
The article recounts Frances Hodgson Burnett's marriage to Stephen Townsend, her move from Manchester to Tennessee early life, and a career as a prolific writer. It notes public surprise, her breadwinning beginnings, and a shaping romance that led to a divorce from Dr. Burnett and a long professional bond with Townsend.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stephen Townsend
Washington
Genoa
Italy
Townsend
Fauntleroy
Dr. Burnett
Pigeons in Warfare Join European Military Forces
European armies have long used messenger pigeons alongside horses and mules. From early naval use to the Franco-German war and the siege of Paris, pigeons proved vital for land and balloon-borne communications. France Germany Russia Italy Belgium Spain now rely on them as standard military assets.
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France
Germany
Paris
Belgium
French War Office
Tours
Russia
Italy
Spain
Maine Nomenclature Highlights Joyful Local Names
Mr. D. C. Robinson of Boston presents a chart of Lake Cobbessee coutee a Maine summer resort with Long Potato Island Juggernaut Stream Jockmegaw Stream Pickerel Alley and Abessacook Lake Cobbesseeconte is praised as pure joy in the piece reflecting delight in regional names.
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D. C. Robinson
Boston
Cobbesseecoutee
Maine
Cobbesseecontee
Methodist Bishop to Retire at Coming Conference
The upcoming M E Church conference may retire one or two bishops including James M Thoburn missionary bishop of India and Malaysia and Philippines. He has labored since 1888 traveling extensively and now requires rest from diocese duties. The move would reinforce work in India with possible new bishops elected.
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M. E
James M. Thoburn
India
Malaysia
Philippines
Thoburn
General Conference
Two Ways of Farming and a Call for Brains Over Brute Force
The article contrasts farming by brute force with farming by brains. It argues that family labor lowers school access and health, while intelligent farming increases yields and individual freedom. It urges cooperation, market efficiency, and adaptation to progress, warning brute force farming will fade.
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United States
Europe
Horticultural Cooperation Could Boost Fruit Markets
The piece argues for grower co operation to improve fruit forwarding and pricing. It notes misallocation where oversupplies waste fruit in some cities while others lack supply, and critics retailer practices inflating prices by mutual consent. It highlights how rotten fruit shifts losses onto growers via commission men.
Larger Drain Tile Gaining Favor in Farming
The article urges farmers to switch to 4 inch drain tile for better drainage and fewer clogs, arguing that digging costs are similar to smaller tiles and larger tiles handle flood water and sediment more efficiently. It warns against unloading sales pitches by manufacturers for smaller bore tiles and notes a forestry discussion on Wisconsin land, timber regulation, and the growth of forestry education.
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B. S. Hoxie
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Forestry Association
Spis
New York
Adirondacks
Union
Vermont
Connecticut
Growing Vegetables and Market Guidance
Frank Yohnke at the Wisconsin Horticultural convention urged growers to build a home market and diversify crops including apples. He warned against relying on future sales and advised spring plowing with well rotted manure for cabbage and planting cabbage between mid June and June 28 depending on season.
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Frank Yohnke
Cranberry Pie Recipe and Copper Mining Figure
A recipe notes lining a tin with paste, filling with stewed cranberries and sugar, sealing with perforated paste and baking until light brown. An accompanying line claims Montana mined copper valued at 40,000,900 dollars in 1899.
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Montana
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the Wlessenger
A. Eaton
F. H. Burnett
Hodgson Burnett
Tennessee
Little Frances
Canada
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