School savings banks explained by Catherine Baldwin iHow
The New York Graphic outlines the school savings bank system as taught by Catherine Baldwin in Harper's Bazaar, highlighting thrift lessons for children and the practical methods used. It notes early adopters in 1885, Europe’s larger networks, and a sample showing deposits by pupils, the use of pupil collectors, and how funds are tracked and balanced. The piece includes anecdotes of parental transformation inspired by children’s savings and stresses long term financial discipline.
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Catherine Baldwin
Catherine Mii
Harper’s Bazar
Mos
Frst
America
United States
Europe
France
Baldwin
Sore Savings Bank
Jane Smith
Shemales
Savings Bank
Babes. Goody Goody
Chilt
F. Anstey
Babes
New York Graphic
What Ailed the Negro In Texas Smoking Car
Passengers in a Texas smoking car watch a strangely acting Negro who sways continually. He asks about a watch he says Dan McGary sold him for twenty dollars and threatens the head movement if it stops, a tale from the Texas Siftings column.
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Andy Faulkner
Dan McGary
Mode of Killing Poultry Used in France
The Chicago Times describes a method to kill poultry by opening the beak and inserting a sharp knife to cut at the back of the mouth, severing the vertebrae for instant death. Fowls are hung by the legs to bleed and are picked while warm, yielding a natural skin appearance.
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Chicago Times
Literary Success and the Makers of Famous Works
A survey of how notable authors achieved fame through persistence and craft. From Thoreau to Hans Brinker, the piece traces writers like Rider Haggard, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Harriet Prescott Spofford, highlighting dedication, early obscurity, and eventual recognition in a period voice.
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Thoreau
America
Rider Haggard
Barard Taylor
Sidney Luska
Miss Alcott
HH. H
Emerson
Charlotte Bronte
Sane Eyre
George Eliot
Lewes
Adam Bede
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Newburyport
the Atlantic
Hans Brinker
Holland
H. H
New York Mail and Express
Shingli
Pullman’s St. Louis site choice and climate folly
James Manning recounts a tale from the Globe-Democrat about George M Pullman considering St. Louis for his shops. A brutal heat wave, real estate greed, and climate fear supposedly spared the city a 20,000-person settlement as Pullman shifted plans to the outskirts after calculating labor and fuel costs.
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St. Louis
Pullman
Chicago
Fourth Street
Tophet
George M
James Manning
Globe-Democrat
Corn cob pipes praised for nicotine absorption
A New York Mail and Express note reports tobacconists extoll corn cob pipes as superior nicotine absorbers. The piece warns corn cob bowls saturate with nicotine after about a week, suggesting limited use and noting their low cost and fashionable appeal.
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New York Mail and Express
A Cure for Nightmare Plan Sticks Tack on Back
A fertile brained man in this city devises a method to prevent sleeping on his back by driving a tack through a board tied to his back. When he turns, the tack pierces his back and he jumps awake. Initially he leaped eight feet but now rarely over three feet as he adapts, per the Manchester Courier. Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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Manchester Courier
At the Seaside Girls and the Ocean Grove Scene
F A Daneka profile in New York World describes Ocean Grove and Asbury Park as a religious summer resort where thousands of young women mingle in a controlled public life. It notes tents cheap housing eight dollars monthly with four dollars weekly board, strict Sunday gates, and public bathing norms. It details dress parades, photographic teasing, and bench etiquette along the boardwalk, highlighting privacy limits, eyeglass scrutiny, and tensions with local black hotel staff and couples.
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Daughters of Religions
Ocean Grove
Bath House
Asbury Park
Bath
Seria
Cne
Mr. Bradley
Phyllis
F. A. Daneka
New York World
Garfield and nearby lines offer limited passanger service
Passengers may board trains at Osifity Titusg and Garfield by morning, spend three and a half hours at Garfield, then return in the evening. Through tickets available at BP and ER lines from Ridgeway to Erie. Freight reaches Vanderarift and Dunham’s Mill. Dunham’s Mill riders should take the 10.25 a.m. Clarendon train.
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Cornen
Underwood
I Po McCaimount
Wools
East Bianchot
SSGEL
Oart
Garfield
Traine Grerman P
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