Government Ownership or Regulation? A Perspective
Lawyer Morris Hillquit argues that government ownership of railroads would lower returns and hurt industrial strength. He claims regulation fails and asserts government monopoly would reshape trusts to benefit both owners and consumers, reducing corruption and inequality.
The Decline of Book Selling in Our Time
Frederick G. Melcher argues bookstore careers have declined due to shrinking profits and wages. He urges managers to recruit educated men, even offering $1,000 annually, and to hire staff passionate about books and stock care.
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Frederick G. Melcher
Iowa Woman Relieves Ills with Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Ottumwa Iowa resident Harriet E Wampler credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of female troubles including shooting pains headaches and dizziness after trying many doctors The ad urges all women with female troubles to seek this remedy and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Harriet E. Wampler
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Beauty Hints for Preventing Freckles and Sunburn
Practical advice for seaside holidays to protect skin from sun and wind. Suggestions include lemon juice rubs, cold cream, oatmeal powder or borax for cleansing, and buttermilk for skin soothing. Freckles are linked to pigment, not heat, and a red or brown veil can help prevent them.
Humorous Anecdotes From Lamb and Reed
A collage of quips and old sayings features Charles Lamb teased by a talkative listener who jokes about ears and digestion. The tale includes Thomas B Reed as a boy refusing to bail a leaking boat with a mispronounced line about the Constitution and a stray note about cheap chalk in England.
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Charles Lamb
Mr. Lamb
Thomas B. Reed
Tom
Best and Manliest Boys Taught By Women Teachers
Grace Strachan argues that American boys are not effeminate when taught by women in New York schools. She says competent women teachers bring out gentler character, high mindedness, and strength, refining boys without weakening them. The tender and brave are connected, she asserts.
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Grace Strachan
The
Interborough Association of Women Teachers of New York
The Bravest Men Are Best Educated
The passage praises educated men as the bravest, citing Titanic heroism where educated leaders prioritized others. It argues culture and learning yield restraint and public praise, asserting education for the poor will teach care for others as well as themselves.
Quotations on Prudence Fortitude and Temperance by Ruskin
The passage extols the five fortifying virtues prudence discretion justice fortitude and temperance as essential traits of the greatest economists and of wise men through history. It emphasizes discernment rightly adopted and enduring discipline as guiding spirit.
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Ruskin
Disagreeable Truths Test Friendship Says Holmes
The noted maxim urges restraint in addressing intimate friends. The closer the relationship the more important truth and courtesy become, except in rare cases of necessity. Let enemies reveal harsh facts instead.
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Holmes
New Discovery Cures Coughs Says Fayetteville Reader
A letter from A D McDonald of Fayetteville praises Dr King s New Discovery for curing a severe cough and alleged consumption in his sister. It claims the medicine treats sore lungs and bronchial troubles with trial bottles and guarantees. The ad also promotes six building lots in Elma Washington with lumber and easy terms.
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Elma
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