Christmas Resolve and Duty Companions in a 1905 Note
A 1905 issue prints moral reflections urging readers to keep Christmas beyond a single day. It asks if one will forget personal gain, remember others, and perform daily acts of kindness, love, and consideration for the weak and elderly, carried forward by shared humanity. The piece cites Bethlehem’s example and emphasizes giving life over taking. It closes with a call to keep that spirit not alone but together.
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Bethlehem
Grammar and Business Require Clear English in Letters
A discussion on how grammar and punctuation impact business success. Sherwin Cody notes clear writing boosts comprehension and profits. Major stores reward exact English, with stenographers earning higher salaries for proper business letters. A Minneapolis firm cites 25 percent higher value if staff write correctly.
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Sherwin Cody
Success
Minneapolis
Publcly
Sugar and Stature in Modern Maidens
A Philadelphia physician offers a theory that rising female height and strength result not from athletics but from increased sugar consumption in sweets. He notes girls outpace brothers in activity yet suggests diet shifts toward sugar explain physique changes. He presents the idea cautiously, aware it challenges prevailing views.
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Philadelphia
Hackman Fagan Resists Duchess with Civil Stand at Hempstead Depot
Luke Fagan and fellow drivers charged that O H P Belmont influenced village trustees to ban rearages at the railroad depot. Belmont arrived with the duchess of Marlborough in his car. Fagan refused to move, declaring he is an American citizen in good standing and would not yield.
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Luke Fagan
Hempstead
Long Island
O. H. P. Belmont
Belmont
Duchess of Marlborough
Fagan
New York Sunday School Introduces Shore Outing Trolleys
An innovative Sunday school outing program in New York used special chartered trolley cars to take participants to the shore. Each car ride had tag coupons labeled Cream and a bathing related item, with numbers attached, creating an express like system for the event.
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New York
Special Editions Highlight Holiday Newspaper Efforts
The Bunker Hill News-Gazette ran a three part Christmas edition credited to editor W. B. Powell with strong display advertising. Greenville Advocate issued a sixteen page holiday edition with lithographed cobrs cover and solid local news. Highland Leader under C. T Kurz presented twelve pages with color cover, boosting holiday ads from local businesses. The Call offers a free subscription deal through January 1, 1906.
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Bunker Hill News-Gazette
W. B. Powell
Greenville Advocate
Highland Leader
C. T Kurz
Highland
Bro. Katz
Washington Gossip Links Carnegie Visit to Roosevelt Era
In Washington a very short man in frosty weather draws attention as Andrew Carnegie visits the capital. He attends a cabinet meeting, hosts a banquet at the Willard with Mrs Roosevelt and other dignitaries, and supports the Carnegie Institute which funds scientific study and prizes. The piece also credits Postmaster General Cortelyou for fraud list actions and notes chatter about Miss Alice Roosevelt’s rumored engagement to Representative Longworth, with family opposition hinted by Mrs. Longworth.
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Washington D.C
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Napoleon the Great
Nua
Carnegie Iain Washington
Carnege Institute
Carnegie
New Willard Hotel
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Cannon
Carnegie Institute
Luther Burbank
Burbank
Dooley
Post Office Department
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Cincinnati
Ohio
State Universities and the Dream of Democratic Higher Learning
The passage exults in state universities founded at a pivotal intellectual moment. It credits the battle for scientific freedom and teaching, and credits pioneers who established them in a spirit of intellectual and spiritual liberty. It underscores democracy as the core, born from the people rather than a single founder, forecasting their future influence and wealth within a noble scholarly rivalry.
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Henry S. Pritchett
Atlantic
Electric Bitters Cited By Harper Man As Cure
Geo W Hoffman of Harper Washington claims seven years of battle with stomach and liver trouble ended by Electric Bitters. He urges others to use them, stating they cured his bad case and will be in every home. Sold by 8 ar uaint at 50 cents a bottle with a guarantee.
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Geo. W. Hoffman
Harper, Wash
First Colored Pupil Enters Troy Public School
The Weekly Bulletin notes the historic moment as the first colored pupil enters Troy public school. It also reports the death of Capt. John R. Whiteside near Belleville at age 70 years 8 months 9 days.
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Troy
John R. Whiteside
Trojana
Belleville
Torture of a Preacher Prompts Chronicle of Cure
Rev O D Moore, pastor of the Baptist church in Harpernville, recounts agonizing coughing fits from a grip that forced him to sleep upright. He tried many remedies until using Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, which cured his cough and saved him from throat trouble.
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O. D. Moore
The
Baptist Church
Harpernville
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