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Addams discusses the difference between social settlement work and charitable work.

Haldeman advises Addams about development of the Lake Forest property.

Addams discusses English settlement work at the Kenwood Evangelical Church.

Women argue against setting a weekly salary of $2,50 because it was not sufficient to health and well-being.

Addams and Thomas argue why boys 14 and younger should be sent to school rather than work as messengers.

Addams argues that the proposed apprenticeship system needs to be remodeled before it will be effective.

Addams reports on the recommendations of the City Homes Association in regard to the building of tenement houses in Chicago.

Addams disputes a claim that a settlement house based on Hull-House was to be established in Paris.

Addams comments how the streets would be safer at night if they were better lit.

Addams offers sympathy to Jewish peddlers at a meeting of the Chicago Protective League. This was excerpted from a longer article about the event.

Addams argues against Bicknell's claims that one of the top reasons that men desert their wives is due to poor cooking skills.

Addams comments on increasing the scope of the Women's International Labor League. This was taken from a longer news article.

Addams discusses the fear that if the Housemaid's union strikes, men will take their place permanently.

Addams and Henrotin discuss the need to form a union for housewives at a meeting of the Chicago Workingwoman's Association.

Addams speaks on uplifting and empowering the experiences of domestic workers.

Addams asks the Mayor for permission to see Abraham Isaak and other anarchists arrested in the wake of the McKinley assassination.

Newspaper coverage of Addams' statements involving her interest in the case of anarchist Abraham Isaak.

Gompers writes Addams regarding Ben Tillett's visit to Chicago and the prospect of Tillett delivering an address at Hull House.

Addams remarks on an altercation between Clement Pfuetzner and socialists meeting at Hull House.

Addams, Thomas, and Gunsaulus decry the proposal of H. H. Powers to exterminate the feeble-minded for the benefit of the strong.

Wharton writes Addams for suggestions for candidates for a job opening at the Starr Centre.

Addams comments on Judge E. F. Dunne's statement that $25 is enough for a young couple to start housekeeping. This was taken from a longer article on the topic.

Addams' gives a brief quote on New Years resolutions.

Addams and Bodine discuss changes needed in compulsory education rules to make them more effective.

Addams discusses the role of neighborhood centers can play in fostering community.

Wharton informs Addams that they still seek a director for the Starr Centre.

A summary of Addams's speech on saloons before the League for Political Education in New York argues for limiting, not stopping, the sale of liquor.

Jones writes Addams about her request for a gas engine, adding that he hopes to see her soon.

Van Dine writes Addams about her experiences with the asylum for feeble-minded children, particularly detailing its political difficulties, and asks for advice about creating a civil service position for the institution.

Jones invites Addams to speak at Golden Rule Park and talks about topics he finds interesting.

McCormick writes Addams about a chapter of her book, Democracy and Social Eithics, and detailing how he plans to use the concept on his ranch.

Addams reflects on the railroad crash she endured and gives her impressions of the General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting.

Barnett thanks Addams for sending a copy of her book, Democracy and Social Ethics.

Addams discusses child labor, the topic of an upcoming lecture at the Summer School.

Jones writes to Addams about his experience with simple living and his philosophical realizations.

Addams attends the Middle States and Mississippi Valley Negro Exposition and comments that in future the work of women will equal that of men.

Addams tells stories of pioneers in Chicago that her father told her.

Addams discusses the education of immigrants

Addams proposes changes to the child labor and compulsory education laws for endorsement to the League of Cook County Women's Clubs.

Addams and De Bey urge Chicago clubwomen to visit factories to see the working conditions for children and discuss a measure that will make it more difficult to keep children out of school.

Addams discusses woman's capacity for bad behavior and that women's philanthropy should be more active in areas like child labor.

Addams discusses means of closing the divide between capitalist and trade unions.

Addams discusses efforts made to reach the needy through settlement work. She delivered this speech at the annual meeting of the Associated Charities.

Addams weighs in on the idea that women who work in household service are more likely to marry more frequently and in better circumstance. This is part of a longer article.

Addams discusses the problems of child labor in relation to compulsory education.

Addams refuses to be quoted about Frances Dickinson's ideas about marriage by contract.

Addams discusses the different methods of social work and describes how the settlement works to help society.

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