Educate the Child for a Moral Industrial Democracy
The speaker urges that American education must blend material training with moral and spiritual formation. Children should be educated industrially and agriculturally while learning righteousness and disdain for evil, so the nation remains strong. Men must support themselves and others, but beyond subsistence, invest in higher guidance and character.
The Mystery of Telepathy
A discussion of telepathy argues for a vibratory wave theory as the mechanism of mind to mind transmission. Strong desires in one mind purportedly generate mental currents affecting others, with susceptibility depending on the recipient’s own mental state and desires.
Don’t Shirk Responsibility to Gain Prominence in Any Vocation
In this section D M Carr argues success depends on responsibility confidence and energy not years or age. He cites youths like bankers armies and executives who rise on merit and character while warning against lax honesty vanity and weak resolve. He urges grasping opportunities while maintaining integrity and right conduct.
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D. M. Carr
Japanese Ideals of Government
A discussion on how governments differ, arguing that form matters less than the people’s genius. It notes England’s monarchy with democracy and suggests criticism of another country’s system should come from within, and that Japan will adapt its constitution under the emperor with the imperial diet’s consent.
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England
America
Advertising Growth and Strategy for Country Newspapers
The article notes a 20 percent rise in country newspaper advertising over five years, driven by mail order competition and dealer support. It urges early spring campaigns, generous ad space, clear ideas, and a distinctive printer type to create recognizable advertising trademarks.
Business experts and the danger they pose to merchants
A critical look at self-styled business experts rising from advertising schools. They offer services at high rates, claiming to teach advanced methods, but many lack the education to run their own ventures and merchants must stay informed to avoid bankruptcy.
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Advertising
Out for the Cash and the Home Town Economy
The piece critiques new organizing schemes aiming to disrupt traditional business, citing a South Dakota plan backed by large interests to create a nationwide supply network. It warns such monopolistic ventures harm local retailers and urges educating the public through local newspapers to support home enterprises.
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South Dakota
Standard Oil
Portland Mayors Honored After Civil War Showing Courage
Portraits of Jedediah Jewett and Jacob McLellan survived the Portland city hall fire. Their leadership aided a chase after the Confederate Cushing in 1863, when McLellan and Jewett organized steamers and troops that forced the cutter to explode and sink near the harbor. Read was captured and imprisoned.
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Portland
City Hall
Jedediah Jewett
Jacob McLellan
McLellan
United States Revenue Tatter
Caleb Cushing
Charles W. Read
Mississippi
Annapolis
Portland Harbor
Archer
Southport
Monhegan
Tacony
Read
Cushing
Jewett
Confederacy
Dudley Davenport
Lieut
Davenport
Hussey’s Sound
Seguin
Chesapeake
New York
Forest City
Boston
Seventeenth United States Infantry
N. Prime
Maine
Henry Warren
State
Waldron
Park Street
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Messrs
State Senate
Jefferson Davis
Capt. McLellan
Relic Hunter’s Fire Uncovers Civil War Shell Mystery
A young Civil War relic hunter named Frank Morley found several large unexploded shells he planned to ship home. A brush pile ignition caused the shells to detonate in place, destroying his collection, and he kept the story secret for over two decades before finally sharing it with his old colonel.
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Frank Morley
Mr. Habburton
Uncle Sam
Frank
Our Common Protector and the Premium Scheme Problem
The piece argues that government action could curb premium schemes and lotteries in commerce. It compares fraud in premiums to lottery funding, noting most buyers subsidize prizes for a few and proposing two remedies Education of merchants and consumers or government prohibition to end the practice.
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