Present Bay Charity In a Failure
An essay argues that charity alone cannot solve urban poverty in London Paris Berlin and New York. The root causes are harsh working and living conditions that drive capable people into pauperism and vagrancy, making reclamation efforts insufficient without addressing structural social forces.
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London
Paris
Berlin
New York
Value of the well spent vacation in business
The article argues vacations can boost business if used wisely. It warns aimless leisure harms productivity, while thoughtful breaks create new networks, knowledge, and methods benefiting individuals and the wider community. It notes summer still holds value as a time for growth when managed properly.
All Men Not Equal And Power To Trust In Society
A reflective essay argues that Rousseau to Diderot on equality is incorrect, asserting strong and weak are not equal and power abuses arise from loose law. It warns civilization risks like Vesuvius and urges leaders to wield power as a public trust for society.
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Rousseau
Montesqieu
Diderot
Vesuvius
Death's Head Mothhaunted entomologist's downfall
Hapley, a quarrelsome entomologist, is haunted by a mysterious moth that mirrors his feud with Pawkins. The insect stalks him from lamp to bed, driving him to madness and a padded cell, while the doctor calls it hallucination and Hapley insists it is Pawkins’ ghost.
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Hapley
Pawkins
Kent
Parkins
Mawkins
Hagley
Asylum
Apley
Crepe Counter Service Turns Grim in London Mourning Market
A tall black-dressed woman enters a famous London shop, rejects a shopwalker, and surveys crepe stock for mourning. The shopman suggests French crepes for half mourning, but she reveals she buried her fourth husband yesterday, ending the exchange with a deadpan remark.
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London
Trowmart Inn a New Hotel for Working Girls in New York
A six story Trowmart Inn in Abingdon Square New York offers rooms to about 400 working girls with minimal rules. Rates: four dollars a week for single rooms, three dollars each for double rooms. The venture aims to promote marriages through a pleasant home and affordable laundry, meals, and clerical services.
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Trowmart Inn
New York
William R. H. Martin
Martin
Trowmartinn
Abingdon Square
Trowbridge
Ralph Townsend
Mr. Martin
Gotham
Manhattan
Holland House
Cordial Invitation From Miss Barrows on Mrs Pinkham’s Help
Miss Barrows recounts how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aids working girls facing female disorders from long hours in stores and factories. Abby F Barrows of Nelsonville Ohio testifies the remedy cured nervous symptoms back pain and irregular periods and praises Mrs Pinkham's free advice to women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Abby F. Barrows
Nelsonville
Athens Co
Ohio
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