Trust reform debate and Wilson plan outlined by editorial
The Aberdeen Herald reviews President Wilson’s call for a trade and industrial commission and a clear definition of restraints of trade. It argues for independent suits, end to interlocking directorates, and stronger anti trust action to restore competition and curb monopolies.
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Congress
Tacoma Tribune
Wilson
Supreme Court
Trade and Industral Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
United States
Common Council
Diverse Opinions On Tariffs And Culture In Old Commentary
The passage notes minimal impact of tariffs on shoe imports with experts predicting little immediate change. It also shares miscellaneous quips on Huerta politics Shakespeare and Jonson, and a moral about taking excuses. The mix includes trade views, literary anecdotes, and social maxims from era commentary.
Missing Persons and Unidentified Dead Raise City Mystery
The New York police handle over 4500 missing annually with 850 locals vanish without trace. Of visitors about half are found or return. 250 disappear, leaving 1100 total lost each year. Unidentified bodies are cataloged by laundry marks and photographs aid ID. Most unidentified deaths are from drowning or street incidents.
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New York
Bureau of Missing Persons
Police Headquarters
Metropolis
Broadway
United States
Zanzibar
India
Australia
Egypt
Europe
South America
Bureau of Unidentified Dead
Potter's Field
New York Times
Mud Turtle Needed For School Lesson
A Washington Herald item notes a parent must fetch a mud turtle in the woods this afternoon as part of Willie’s natural history assignment tomorrow. The exchange shows the teacher requiring the specimen and the parent questioning the task.
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Willie
Washington Herald
Thoughtful Quail Encounter in West Texas Hotel
A wary tourist asks the hotel desk about quail in the neighborhood. The proprietor jokes that quail are so plentiful they pose a nuisance, noting the cook’s complaint that toast cannot be thrown from the kitchen without quails converging to gobble it.
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Texas
Lippincott’s
Sincerity and Craft in Sidney Lanier’s Thought
A concise note on Sidney Lanier linking sincerity to the highest form of artistic labor. The quote frames earnest purpose as integral to enduring creative achievement.
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Sidney Lanier
May Weddings in Ancient Rome and Modern Beliefs
The Lemuria festival in May honored departed souls and led Romans to view May nuptials as poor form. Legends grew of vengeful spirits punishing couples married in May, a superstition that persisted into modern times, as noted by Exchange.
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Rome
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Boston
America
United Shoe Machinery Company
London
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Celestial Republic
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Jonson
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Thoughtful Quail
L. L. Maley
Aberdeen, Wash
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