Curiosity and virtue guide childhood learning
The article discusses curiosity as a double edged force shaping morality and knowledge. It argues that education should direct young minds toward useful topics, balancing restraint with opportunity, and cites heredity and parental influence as key factors in whether curiosity leads to virtue or vice. It also includes an extended interview with Mr Wu Ting Fang contrasting China and the United States on culture, attire, and social norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Yife
America
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
United States
China
Electric Storm Hits Town Damaging Court House and Church
Mitchell Mirror reports a severe electric storm yesterday that tore a hole in the Methodist church roof and damaged the courthouse belfry. Four men stood at the doorway in the path of lightning but escaped with only minor injuries. A large willow near the Stafford property was struck, shocking J. L. McKinney nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Court House
Vesfry
J. W. Bailey
D. A. Bowman
CR. Garland
Joseph Greene
Poe
Stafford
J. L. McKinney
A Mother Credits Medicine For Saving Her Daughter
A Rhode Island mother recounts a severe dysentery case in her daughter last summer. She found Chamberlain's colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy advertised in the local paper, bought it, and the medicine saved the child’s life. She urges other mothers to trust the remedy and notes it is for sale by dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Do You Get Up With A Lame Back
Kidney trouble prompts a medical pitch for Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming cures for lame back bladder uric acid trouble and Bright's Disease. The offer includes a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail to Dr Kilmer Co. of Binghamton New York with prices for sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Bam
Porto Rico
Philippines
Irs
TaLor
Arrington
Kans
E. C. DeWitt A Co
Chicago
Coffey Bros, Phillips & Son
W. B. Councill, Jr
LA J. Boone, N. C
J. M. Houshead
Banner's Elkn
Tenn
N.C
State Normal and Industrial College
North Caro
LNA
Tate
J. Y. Joyner
Chas D. McIver
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