Meatless diet proposed as cheaper healthy living solution
Eugene Christian argues meat is inferior nutrition and costly. He compares protein content in meat to vegetables, urges substitution with vegetable proteins, and offers meatless menus for laborers and sedative workers. He labels eating meat theft and murder and promotes baked beans lentils and nuts as substitutes.
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Eugene Christian
United States
America
Meat Trust
Chemical Laboratory
Tramp Saved Girl Wins Half Interest in Mexican Ranch
Frank Strome, once a tramp, rescued Samuel W. Jennings's seven year old daughter from a railroad danger near El Paso. Jennings rewarded him with a deed transferring a half share of the Val Verde cattle range in Jeff Davis county Texas, a property valued near one million dollars, making Strome a co owner with Jennings.
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Frank Strome
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Jeff Davis County
Tex
Samuel W. Jennings
Jennings
Strome
New Swiss Stop Watch Registers Tenth of a Second
A Geneva watchmaker unveils a stop watch recording tenths of a second, surpassing the prior limit of fifths. The device uses an anchor escapement and can be powered by hand or electricity and has undergone thorough testing confirming accuracy. Ballot Eight Feet Long. State election prep in South Dakota anticipates an eight foot long ballot brevier. voters may find the device unwieldy and turnout light if referendums grow. Covey of Quail as Pets. Wyker town farmer Daniel Marlatt earns praise as quail tame and fed from his hand, living with a friendly flock all winter. American Army's New Machine Gun. The U.S. Army adopts a compact portable machine gun that can be shouldered or mule carried, with heat resistant barrels easily swapped during rapid firing.
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Geneva
Switzerland
South Dakota
Daniel Marlatt
Wykertown
N. J
Sussex County
Marlatt
United States Army
Washington
New York Evening Post
St. Paul
Tariff anger spreads among Republicans over Payne Aldrich law
The piece notes widespread GOP opposition to the Payne Aldrich tariff, citing Chicago Tribune poll results showing Republicans and independents disfavoring the law. It argues the tariff is harming living costs, and praises growing press and public scrutiny of party loyalty.
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Taft
Chicago Tribune
Allegheny Mountains
Mr Dooley on Tariff Free List Humor
The cartoonish Mr Dooley riffs on tariffs in American Magazine noting odd items on the free list. He quips that joss sticks and opium for smoking would be free, joking about the tariff bill while lampooning lawmakers and economics with Irish dialect flair.
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Alddrich
Ithode Island
Two Friends Fall Out Over Rockefeller Wealth
In a Chicago Tribune cartoon dialogue Adam Zawfox and Job Starky clash over John D. Rockefeller's rumored $24,000,000 yearly income. Starky jokes about spending part of it on a Turkish bath while the two argue.
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Adam Zawfox
Rockefeller
Job Starky
Chicago Tribune
Cheating Father Time and Curious Exchange
A witty exchange from a Birmingham newspaper features a widow and her reply to a caller about being “mamma’s little man.” The humorous line pivots to a drugstore scene where a customer asks for a coin cure and the chemist touts a long-used preparation praised by a customer for fourteen years.
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Mamma
Birmingham Age-Herald
Joke Reply Sparks Paperroom Comeback
A light exchange quoted from the Kansas City Times shows humor and wit between two writers about predicting jokes and sharing the same newspaper. The brief exchange captures a playful newsroom moment.
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Kansas City Times
Office practice proves patient power in healing
A witty exchange notes Dr. Cureau confines himself to office work, suggesting that those able to walk to an office are usually strong enough to recover without extra help, highlighting self-reliance in medicine.
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M. D
Star boarder joke from Chicago Record-Herald
A quip explains a star boarder as a man whose landlady slips him bacon two or three times a week, highlighting playful city humor from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
The Age of Monopoly Debate Cited by New York Times
Quotation highlights a discussion on currency and trusts as a boys question about ten mills per cent. The NYT notes that value depends on whether money sits in a trust and the broader impact of monopolies on prices.
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New York Times
Does Your Wife Like To Cook Comic Exchange
A New York World snippet presents a humorous exchange about domestic life with a husband teased for his cooking by his wife as and continues with playful banter about domestic roles.
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New York World
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Billy Buster
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Seattle, Wash
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