Requisites for Practical Success as a Teacher
The article divides successful teaching into three pillars discipline thorough education and teamwork. It discusses choosing between disciplinarian and student roles handling high and low schools managing attention and order and the need for quiet professional conduct with superiors colleagues and the public. It emphasizes inner fit and self disciplined collaboration within school authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Dr. Johnson
Prin
Talk of Language and the Everyday Speech
A reflective piece on the shift from vivid vernacular to formalized newspaper English. It contrasts plain speech with pomposity, laments over eroding idioms among the uneducated, and argues for preserving lively rural expressions while embracing clear, correct usage. It suggests educated speech should be accessible, not elitist, and warns against losing local color.
Deceptive Shoe Sales Tactics At City Stores
A Philadelphia Bulletin report condemns shoe sales practices that delay returning sample shoes and present them as new popular styles. A clerk tempts with a boxed pair, claiming a perfect fit, convincing the customer to buy a shoe that may have sat unsold for months. The piece notes the method as wicked yet argues it causes no apparent harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelpha Bulletin
Odds and ends from the road and markets
An old farmer frets about Wall Street dangers while a seat mate notes daily losses among the rich. The talk meanders to railroad presidents, insurance disputes, and a humorous jab about liquor and beer consumption per person. Mentions New York collectors in Paris and a Wall Street quote from the Erie line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Wall Street
Wall Street News
Harford Post
Paris
Red Bay Alaska Fishing Scene Beset by Smell and Thunderous Trout
A St Louis Globe-Democrat correspondent describes Red Bay on Alaska's coast, where a new packing house emerges with 325 barrels of salmon. A lively fishing party nets 110 trout in an hour and a quarter, while villagers and crew observe mêlée of delight, fear, and colorful dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bay
Krasnaia Bay
Alaska
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ophthalmia in Infancy Warns of Preventable Blindness
A study of 22 German blind asylums finds one third of inmates could see if ophthalmia in infancy had been treated. England shows similar issues as inspectors distribute mother guidance cards to recognize early symptoms and severity of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
England
Genius and Opportunity in the Critic’s Lens
A philosophical note argues that genius differs in kind, not merely degree, from ordinary intellects and cannot be fully explained by time or environment. It cites Shakespeare and Goethe as proof of unique individuality beyond era. The piece ends noting a subscription drive for a monument to Artemus Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific School of Criticism
Shakspeare
Goethe
Shakepeare
Philadelphia Bulletin
Charles I
George II
San Francisco
London Dines on Lark Pudding and Cheap Eats
A Brooklyn Times correspondent describes London civic dinners with lark pudding and an elaborate menu. He notes prices for hot beef, pease pudding, fried plaice, and cheap meals in shops, contrasting London’s abundance with New York and commenting on public bath practices and health cautions.
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Brooklyn Times
London
Heaven’s Gate
Ark
Delmonico
Mansion
England
Newark
Brooklyn
New York
Extreme Heat and Snow Litany From Idaho and Alaska
A Charade of Weather Extremes reports boiling thermometers on Hawthorne sand plains and water-evaporating dust in Walker Lake. Pelicans carry water pouches as heat intensifies. Meanwhile Homer Index notes persistent snow banks near town with high peaks like Mount Gilcrest Scowden and McClintock Peak looming against a clear sky.
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Idaho
Virginia Enterprise
Sand
Hawthorne
Walker Lake
Pelicans
Town
Mount Gilcrest
Scowden
Haverly and
Homer
Mill Creek Canyon
Mount Hector
Mount
Bill Williams
Dr Fenner Blood Liver Remedy Nerve Tonic endorsements
Letters from New York and Chicago praise Dr Fenner Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic for nervousness bilious attacks and digestive issues. Testimonials cite restoration to health after two bottles and benefit to wife and general system regulation.
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N. Y
Hon H.C. Lake
New York Custom House
Chicago
J. W. Farwell & Co
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
J.M. Phelp
Names Game for Children From Little Folks Magazine
A description of a child’s game called Names. Players write girls names starting with A on slips, two minutes to name them, then read and cancel duplicates for points. The same is done for boys. The aim is to learn names, with fun and memory exercise, avoiding pet names.
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Little Ones
Little Folks
Amy
Amabel
Alice
Ann
Annie
Armanda
Aleen
Alfred
Abel
Adam
Andrew
Arthur
Kit
Teddy
Meissenier’s Vedette Brings 22500 and Old Fashioned Fashion
The piece notes Meissonier’s Vedette priced at 22500 with earlier works selling for 4 to 8 francs. It recounts his Paris studies in the Bibliotheque Nationale, his frugal meals of raw apples soup and bread, and his struggle to sleep two nights in a row as he built his fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meissonier
Bibliotheque Nationale
Paris
Preruna and Manauin Promoted by Patient Letters
Letters from H. C. Harshbarger and others tout Preruna and Manauin as curatives for kidney and uterine disorders. Testimonies claim symptom relief after years of illness and multiple doctors. Publishers and residents endorse the medicines and request the Life Ills book for further guidance.
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H. C. Harshbarger
Manor Hill
Huntingdon County
B. Hartman & Co
Columbus
Psrma
Preruna
Manauin
Manally
J. E. Fleming
The
New Dominion
Morgantown
W.va
M. C. Pershing
Bradenville
John Denny
Vernon
Permna
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Warren Mail
Cipal
M. Levarde
Campi
New York Mail and Express
Artemus Ward
Dudes
Dudines
GEO. P. Orr & CO
Warren, Pa
Warren
N. K. Wendleboe
Liberty Street
Postoffic Warren
LG Noyes
Wells & Noyes
Raechaiines
Beecher & Copeland's
Nelson Greenlund
Zravueler’s
Pennsylvania
IMNE
Es Bam
Warren Daily
Sun
Sheffield
Oil
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Williamsport
Kane
Pullman Palace
Erie Mail
Chas
E. Pugh
J. R. Wood
Apt
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
Sss South
Dunkirkar
Laona
Casadaga
Ineiairville
Vermont
Ross Mill
Falconer _ L
North No
Lake Shore and
Erie Railways
Jameston
Bradford
J. Thayer
C. A. Clute
L.T. BisHop
Clarendon Corwen
Underwood’ McCalmont
Wood's Mill East Branch Junction
Garfield Arr
Garfield, Junction
East Branch
Wood's Mill
McCalmont Underwood
Clarendon Art
City
Titusville
Garfield
Ridgway
Vandergrift
Dunham's Mill
Dunham ’S Mill
A. D. Wood
Valley
Donaldson
Brookston
Thompson
Foxburg
Gero
Dr .Kinson
ORTH
Lake Erie & Western
R. R
Hortest
Buffalo
Hamburghb
Eden Valley
Eden Center
A.V. & P Cross’g
Jamestown
Corry
Bartlett
Gen
Main St
Buffalo, N. Y
Agt
Lake Shore
Franklin & Vometable
Michigan
Ungstown
Oil City
Franklin
Stoneboro
Youngstown
Andover
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Youngston
Pittsbur
Ry Ae L
M.S
0.C
Gro
H. Tallececien
Wes
Toledo
Scossnes
Dunpkirk
Thomas
Second Street
Liberty
Hallett Boox Co
Portland, Me
Uffalo
C Newyont
Opladelph Railroad
Navy
River Division
Jo Jarbar
Franklin Jiv
Poeta
Gisliild
Cotydod
Wolf Run
Quaker Briaee
Red House
Salamanca
Kkinzua
Irvineton
Tidbute
Tionesta
J. A. Fellows
Pass
Gatchell
Exchange &J
W.S. Leffard
New Exchange Block
Postoffice
Christian Smith
Warren County
First National Bank
New York, Pennsylvania
Ohio
Great
Cincinnati, St. Loui
St. Louis
Minnesota
Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Unraveling Agt
Bradford, Pa
J.M. Ferris
A. E. Clark
Henry Baxter
Henry, Johnson & Lord
Props
Burlington
Wfolesale & Retail
Liquor Store
R Street
True & Co
Augusta
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