Sugar and Tariff Debate in August Crop Report
The August Crop Reporter notes Louisiana produced 333000 tons of sugar from 296000 acres, and Hawaii 574000 tons from 117000 acres. It argues tariffs protect US labor but highlights disparities in costs, noting Hawaiian sugar costs and Asiatic labor, with broader criticisms of protectionism.
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Hawaii
United States
Cuba
Saturday Evening Post
Not Ours the Vows Yet Lovers Tread a Thorny Path
The verse contrasts vows in sunny times with enduring love through sorrow. It speaks of walking a thorny path under clouds with dread of deeper gloom tomorrow, valuing steadfast devotion despite adversity.
Mother Is the Greatest Title a Woman Can Achieve
Lieutenant Governor David I. Walsh argues that motherhood and wifehood remain the highest duties of humanity. He warns against neglecting maternal responsibilities for political ambition or other pursuits. He stresses scientific approaches to childrearing and staying true to the ideals of womanhood and motherhood.
Keep Out the Keep Out the By William Williams
A historical column by William Williams discusses immigration controls and public sentiment, examining policy rhetoric and how enforcement shapes migrant flows and community responses in the era. Williams analyzes legal barriers and societal attitudes shaping border policy debates.
Immigration and the races: a stark call for selectivity
A speaker argues that determining desirable immigrants is hard and urges stricter screening within the law. He claims undesirables slip through, asserts no right of entry for aliens, and insists on prioritizing physical strength, morality, and other qualities to build the nation, rejecting sentimental appeals and stressing duty to the country.
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United States
Edward F Sweet A Wilson Choice Former Michigan Congressman
Edward Forrest Sweet, a former Michigan congressman and mayor of Grand Rapids, was appointed assistant secretary of agriculture by President Wilson. A Democrat then nonpartisan reformer, he pushed for nonpartisan city elections adopted by many commission governed cities. He practiced law in Grand Rapids from 1876 to 1904 and served in the Sixty-second Congress.
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Michigan
Wilson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mighty battleship Pennsylvania to be greatest dreadnought
The Pennsylvania is described as the world's strongest dreadnought with 625 foot length 97 foot beam and 29 foot draft 21 000 ton trial displacement 32 500 full load displacement. It lists armament 12 fourteen inch guns 22 five inch torpedo guns armor 14 inch belt and 18 inch turret plates and 21 knot speed with total projected cost over 11 million dollars.
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Pennsylvania
United States
New York Sun
Poincare Visits St Antoine Hospital In Paris
The French president during his first visit to St Antoine Hospital learns that 3808 patients treated last year in the alcoholic ward had GSS children and that 359 died as infants and small children. He urges wide publicity of the warning note and recalls a cured episode from whooping cough in his own youth with Dr Lermoyer.
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St. Antoine
GSS
Poincare
Lermoyer
Remarkable Hair Portraits by German Genius on Display
A German artist, L. P. Federmeyer, shows portraits crafted from single hairs about thirty inches long. His works are hailed as the most remarkable of their kind, gaining him growing recognition in his profession at his establishment in Germany.
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Victor Hugo
Gambetta
Napoleon I
Chicago Tribune
L. P. Federmeyer
Germany
Balloon records reach 23.4 miles in Italian ascent
A sounding balloon launched from Par via observatory in Italy attained an unprecedented altitude of 23.4 miles surpassing the prior 20.15 mile Belgium record of 1911 and the American 18.94 mile mark from Huron, S D P in September 1910.
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Upper Air Research
Italy
Royal Observatory
Belgium
Huron
S. DP
Chicago News
Boston Appropriates 3 Million for Giant Ocean Drydock
Boston plans a $3,000,000 drydock capable of handling the largest liners. The piece notes New York lacks comparable facilities and says the Titanic could not dock in any U.S. harbor after the iceberg incident, needing permanent mooring if it reached New York.
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Boston
Monster Drydock
New York
New York Harbor
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