Texas college built by perseverance in the race crisis
In Austin 1898 Samuel Huston College began with a bare building and 83 pupils. President Lovinggood rallied white and black neighbors through begging, socials, and humble aid to create classrooms, dormitories, and a library. The school grew to 17 teachers, 60 graduates, and a debt-free campus with diverse programs.
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Dent
Lovinggood
Booker Washington
Southwest
Hvyery College
Austin
Richard Woods
Samuel Huston College
Tex
New England
Texas
Sam Houston
Great Southwest
Samuel Huston
Marengo
Loving Good
Burrowes Hall
State Capitol
Colored College
Washington
Samuel
Brusher the Adder Hunter and the Fat That He Sold
In the New Forest era the adder hunter known as Brusher, real name Mills, hunted adders by tools and a hazel dart to pin snakes. His fat was sold as a universal remedy for bites sprains bruises rheumatic joints and sore feet in men and dogs.
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England
C. J. Cornish
New Forest
Worthy
Diet Plants Diet Plants Author of Eating for a Purpose
A brief note credits the author of Eating for a Purpose with a forthcoming work on diet plants. The item highlights the writer’s claim to clarify nutrition, health benefits, and practical uses of various plant sources.
Antipathy to Foods and Sleep Remedies Explored
A reader asks why a teaspoon of honey sickens him and cites others with food aversions from past illnesses. The answer links food memories to subjective records, notes caution in overcoming them, and suggests gradual exposure may harm. It also covers insomnia causes and a home approach to sleep without drugs.
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Jesus
Jan
Calcutta
Joseph B. Bowles
Home Life of the Veddas Reveals Communal Caves and Sharing
A traveler describes the Veddas of Ceylon sharing food in communal caves on common hunting grounds while private caves on owned land serve individual families. Women and children are prioritized for sustenance, with the men guiding visitors to see their relatives.
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Ceylon
Can They Can the Air and Sell It Now Adays
A Chicago street car crowd watches a health officer sample air as Mrs. Dexter from down state asks what he is doing. The officer explains he is battling the atmosphere prompting the amused remark about canning air for sale from Youth's Companion.
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Dexter
Downstate
Chicago
Debt raiser preacher praised by church deacon
A church scene features Deacon Hardesty inviting Mr Muntoburn to speak next Sunday as Rev Dr Uplift preaches. The deacon touts Muntoburn as the country’s most wonderfully successful church debt raiser, while the visitor remains unsure.
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Deacon Hardesty
Muntoburn
Dr. Uplift
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Samuel H. Pierce
Huston
Noustra
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