Metric System Debate and Niagara Falls Protection
Opinion excerpts urge adopting decimal metric measures in the United States while noting local resistance. The Niagara Falls preservation campaign urges Congress and citizens to stop vandalism and protect the falls, backed by women’s clubs and patriotic groups.
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Great Britain
United States
America
Europe
Youlles Conypainien
Niagara
National Society of Daughters of the Mipire
Roosevelt
Tle
Congress
Ienders
Tlere
Woman’s Clubs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sonus of the Revolution
Daimes
Niagara Falls
Inviehite
Chuengo Journal
Dent
How Marshall Field Made Millions Remains Unrevealed
An Indianapolis Sun piece ponders the elusive secret of Marshall Field’s fortune. It credits personality and Chicago’s surge as vital, but admits the early cash ventures that formed his first $10,000 remain untold, inviting a detailed account of his initial purchases and sales.
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Marshall Field
Chicago
Providence
Mr. Field
New Mexico
Mississippi
Finance
Earth
Indianapolis Sun
Sheep Raise Weighs On Northeastern Farms
UST shows farmers shift from cattle to sheep as a profitable, stable industry. Professors and ag writers note sericulture and forage studies support sheep farming. Experience confirms the danger of sheep herding dogs and their impact on losses, yet debt is avoided when properly managed.
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St Paul
Norihvest
Cishdien
Ten thousand a year as sufficient income claim
A Des Moines News critique cites Governor John A. Johnson asserting ten thousand dollars yearly is ample for any man and family. The piece contrasts generous earnings with the miserliness of others and lampoons those who squander wealth.
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John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Pheer
Des Moines News
Cornet Chaos at Jones Household Inspired by Brass Band
A Philadelphia Telegraph piece depicts Henry Jones and family quarrel over a new cornet. The father boasts musical skill while the mother and crowd mock, the instrument malfunctions, and the scene erupts into a noisy family quarrel with Johnny and Willie Jones secretly playing the horn outside.
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Johnny Jones
Willie Jones
Philadelphia Telegraph
In Memory Of The Lost At Sea At Plonbarlance
In the village near Vaimpol a wall in the churchyard named le mur des disparus bears tablets and crosses for sailors drowned at sea whose bodies were never recovered. Wood memorials mark married and unmarried men, and women gather after mass on Sundays to pray for their lost husbands brothers or sons.
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Plonbarlance
Vaimpol
St. Brieue
Tceland
New French Wood Preservative Sifts Through Sparks and Bubbles
The article notes a new wood preservative using sodium or zinc sulfate in a hot solution for mines and shipboard use, plus varied scientific items including ant recognition via antenna, balloon safety stats in Germany, predictions of a future ice age, and a novel propeller throttle device. It also mentions Mont Blanc oxygen studies, acetylene blowpipe temps, and a shop collection of dubious paintings with a fraud trial.
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FH. Peiron
Germany
Robert Ball
Europe
America
Trumboldt
South
Americ
Vienna
England
Paris Picture Trade Tricks Case Heads to Court
A Paris falsification scandal centers on a case heard by the tenth correctional court. The London Standard reports a simple setup where a French man with a Spanish name and an Italian with a French name were involved in picture falsification.
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Usity
Rue de
Provence
Chapin
Tenner
Ziem
Boucher
Wom
Louvre
Count del Drago
Fresnes
Paris
London Standard
Kent
The Man Who Struck the King and Wemyss Tales
A collection of anecdotes about public figures and critics. It recalls the young lawyer who leaves a difficult boss after a blunt confrontation, the Earl of Wemyss who struck the Prince in the Lords, and jests about Panama Canal commissioners. It ends with a moral about self-respect and thinking for oneself.
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Washington Post
Tie
Pease
Earl of Wemyss
Prince of Wales
House of Lords
Duke of Cornwall
Lord Wemyss
Eleho
Pearson's Weekly
Panama Canal
Big Ditch
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Does Your Heart Beat and Ayer's Sarsaparilla Endorsement
An old health advert touts heart health and blood quality, claiming the heart beats 100000 times daily. It asserts good blood leads to good health and promotes Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the remedy endorsed by doctors for 60 years.
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Ayer
Immigration Surges Met by U S Labor Market Prosperity
The article argues the labor market absorbs daily immigrant shiploads as evidence of American prosperity. Between January and September, 766,15, the influx includes 560,720 men and 199,916 women from Austria-Hungary Italy and Russia. It notes skilled work shortages yet unskilled immigrants find work, while London buzzes with unemployment.
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Austria-Hungary
Italy
Russia
London
United States
New York City
Arthur Balfour
Society Women Take to Ballooning in Quest for Heights
Observers note a trend of fashionable women embracing ballooning as a pursuit that signals status and leisure. The pastime reflects social appetite for spectacle, travel, and fashionable bravado among urban circles.
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Caret Minster
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Tom
Mrs. .Jones
Rhythe
Babb
Ita Jones
Smith
Little Fido
Molythe
Pal
Popcorn
Brittany
Curto
Ayer’s Mills
Sr Mada
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Douglas
W.L. Aluies
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Doug Saat Bay
Eouglas Poe
W.l.douglas
Hrockton
Maes
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