Record of 2500 Missouri Pacific dismissals for cause in 1883 84
The Missouri Pacific reports 2,500 employees discharged for cause in the year ended April 1 1884 not counting the Wabash record. Causes include drunkenness insubordination neglect of duty and incompetence. The pamphlet lists names occupations and reasons, with humorous notes on intoxication and strikes.
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Texas
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Capitol Heating Plant Uses Hair to Gauge Air Humidity
The Washington Capitol uses a large ventilation and heating system with three fans four engines and eight boilers to regulate air for lawmakers. A single human hair acts as a moisture gauge with a dial from nine to one hundred, moving the pointer as humidity changes to keep the air around fifty.
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House
Senate
Castle Garden Says Women Seek Re valent Lovers
Castle Garden authorities report that most young women arriving there seek recreant lovers, indicating a pattern in the motives behind arrivals.
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Castle Garden
Teach to Think: Art of the Teacher and Student
The article argues the teacher should train pupils to think rather than merely memorize. It contrasts two study approaches, one collecting facts and the other seeking sound reasoning and warranted conclusions. The teacher's role is to transform recitations into thinking, measuring value by the ability to teach thinking.
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Edison
Zeuchr
Theory second to practice in early schooling
Supt. Geo. Howland of Chicago argues that early focus on theory hinders progress in graded schools. He urges delaying abstraction in arithmetic and language until students master concrete skills and essential ideas.
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Geo. Howland
Chicago, Il
Education principles for developing a child’s mind
A series of teaching maxims from H Brooks on culture beyond knowledge. Emphasizes culture of perception, memory, and association, plus gradual progression from concrete to abstract, inductive to deductive reasoning, and formation of ideal creations.
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Young men drive progress in modern era says Fitzpatrick
A letter from Supt. A Fitzpatrick of Leavenworth Kansas praises today’s youth for unprecedented self reliance and contributions, contrasting their achievements with the past and noting inventors like Ericson and Edison mark progress along a long line.
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Edison
A Fitzpatrick
Leavenworth
Kas
The Future of Wheat Raising and Farm Methods
The piece argues Britain and India will soon intensify global wheat competition, threatening American farmers. It cites India exports rising from 2 million to 36 million bushels by 1883 and notes canal and railway plans to boost cultivation. It calls for improved machinery, roads, and farming practices to stay competitive and warns against overreliance on horses and slow adoption. It ends urging steady orchard planting as long term soil and climate investment.
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England
Africa
Aew
India
America
Livingston and Stanley
British India
Suez Canal
Soudan
Small orchards better for farmers than large scale fruit enterprises
The article argues farmers should avoid large scale fruit ventures as they demand specialized knowledge and continuous attention. It notes small orchards supplying a family are more thrifty and manageable, while broad investments risk loss, discouragement, and wasted labor without expertise. It contrasts overeager Western farmers with cautious, incremental planting near the home.
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Stude
One Lot Farm Upgrading Your Tillage and Profit
A rural prodding urges farmers to dedicate a single lot for rigorous farming. Track costs and net profit, drain wet spots, invest in tools, manure the soil, choose suitable crops, rotate wisely, and reinvest in better stock. If capital is tight, sell part of the land to fund improvement.
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Terry
Oil Your Wagon Felloes to Preserve Wheels on Farms
A farmer's tip notes six years of shrinkage in wagon felloes and loose tires, urging linseed oil heated to boil and applied generously to fill and seal. Avoid frequent blacksmith tire setting. oiling prevents further shrinkage, water intrusion, and wood decay. Includes alternative swab method and broader advice to keep farm woodwork painted and oiled.
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Farmers’ Review
Portrait of a Gubbins Ancestor in Brooklyn Eagle
A lengthy brooklyn eagle quoted reminiscence praises Jacob Gubbins and descendants, contrasting noble lineage with a distant, idealized portrait. It recalls burial rites, social rank, a queenly cane, and imagined future greatness of a great, great grandson. The spoof portrait mocks memory and ancestry with extravagantly flattering language.
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Gubbins
Jacob Gubbins
Robert J. Burdette
The
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A New Industrial Training for Public Kitchens
The Philadelphia Record notes a Swedish reformer who aims to improve temperance and cooking through scientific methods. He creates establishments where meals are well cooked at low cost, suggesting public schools to teach girls and married women efficient kitchen practices to reduce waste and help pay the national debt.
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Bismarck
Gladstone
Philadelphia Record
Trollope’s portrait of early America and social manners
In this account, Trollope’s 1828–30 observations describe American life as she visited Cincinnati and other towns. She critiques men’s sartorial display and spitting habits, notes women’s fashions and drawing-room routines, and contrasts refined conversation with public irritations and social pretensions. Ben Perley Poore.
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Frances Trollope
Cincinnati
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Perley Poo'e
Judge Wallace’s Novel Rail Way Doctrine Draws Attention
The San Francisco Chronicle discusses Judge Wallace’s proposed shift in railway law noting its echo of Judge Black’s earlier views. It argues railways may revert to public ownership when charters expire, while carriers could not hold private property without fair compensation for bonds and mortgages.
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Wallace
Black
Pennsylvania
San Francisco Chronicle
Tragedy at the Escurial: love and violence in palace corridors
A Madrid man shot at a well dressed girl and wounded himself in the Escurial cloisters. The injured woman and man were taken to the palace hospital. both were said to be recovering. The man, in love rejected by the girl, followed her from Madrid to the palace and opened fire as she passed a corridor.
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Pales
Would Eat With the Family
A humorous note recounts a U S lieutenant asking to join the royal breakfast as he stays at Osbourne House. After meeting the Queen and touring, he learns she breakfasts at twelve with the Prince, prompting him to quip that he will eat with the family while in residence.
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Hartstein
United States
Osborne House
Isle of Wight
Domestic scenes among Mormons teased in The Call
The Philadelphia Call quips about Mormon domestic protocol as a husband asks a man if he will call on Miss Smith and a wife notes she owes Miss Smith a call herself but doubts joint visits are proper. The dialogue plays on social expectations of courtship and propriety.
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Philadelphia
Miss Smith
Bank of England opens reading and eating room for clerks
The Bank of England establishes a reading and eating room for its clerks aiming to improve welfare and working conditions. The facility provides space for quiet study meals and rest during breaks, reflecting a broader trend in workplace amenities.
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Bank of England
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