New Store Expansion Promises Bargains and Cash Only Pricing
The Grays Harbor shop announces a threefold enlargement with mostly new stock for this month. It urges cash sales over credit, touts lower consumer prices, and invites customers to compare. Also notes Yale explorer Hiram Bingham reports Inca and pre-Inca sites in Peru including Machu Picchu with grand ruins and ancient constructions atop an inaccessible ridge.
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Grays Harbor
Hiram Bingham
Yale
Peru
Machu Pichu
Urubamba River
Indianapolis News
Earth Shape Belief in Early Times and Capsicum Note
An excerpted column discusses capsaicin as a potent pepper irritant and mocks racial policing practices in Shanghai. It also recalls quips about editors and a historical note on Columbus era beliefs about Earth's shape, noting a top or cone theory led by John Blauvis circa 1479 and its rapid popularity.
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Columbua
Columbus
John Blauvis
Chance for a Big Fortune in Pigskin Cure
Albert Halstead the American consul at Birmingham notes rising use of pigskin as leather and its price growth. Leather trades review estimates Britain and Ireland waste about 3 million dollars annually in skins from pork products, prompting demand for a method to cure ham skins.
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Albert Halstead
Birmingham
Leather Trades Review
Great Britain
Ireland
Adder Bite Rescue Prompts Travel Antidote Practice
A cyclist in a English forest was bitten by an adder and collapsed before being found and treated by a doctor. The clinician saved him using permanganate of potash, a chemical now commonly carried by travelers in snake regions along with a lancet to apply the remedy.
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England
Country on the Brink Warns Senator Bailey
Texas Senator Bailey warns that the United States faces a potential crisis within thirty years if current changes continue. He argues evils can be corrected without harming republic principles and blames minority impatience for inflating the nation’s mood.
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Paris
United States
Bailey
Texas
Influence of Education and Company on Youth Character
A reflective note cites Chesterfield on how people are formed between ages fifteen and twenty five by education and the company they keep, implying lifelong character development depends on formative peers and schooling.
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Shanghai
Chesterfield
Woman's Lot in Persia Describes Female Hardship
An excerpt from Henry R. d'Allemagne notes Persia treats daughters with pity. It cites early marriage of girls aged ten to twelve and extreme social gender inequality. The piece highlights infant mortality tied to women's ignorance and a proposed cruel practice as a sign of despair.
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China
India
Persia
Henry R. d'Allemagne
d’Allemagne
Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall Aids Child Labor Reform
Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall wife of the Democratic vice presidential nominee is an active supporter of humanitarian bills in the Indiana legislature. As honorary vice president of the Woman's National Democratic League she promotes education of women in democratic principles and plans to travel to Washington with her husband.
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Woman's National Democratic League
Thomas R. Marshall
Democratic Party
Indiana
Marshall
Wilsons
Woman's
National Democratic League
Washington
League
Bryan Attacks Prison Methods in State Contract Award
The article criticizes contracts issued by the state board of control noting that funds from a 32 cent per convict allowance fund officer salaries and luxuries. It cites reduced meat allowances and use of margarine while salaries and benefits for prison staff rise, all funded from the inmate allotment.
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State Board of Control
Ryan
E. D. Cowan
Board of Control
Roast Leg and Stuffed Lamb Dishes from a Butcher’s Guide
A dated guide outlines economical options for forequarter cuts and various lamb preparations. It covers methods to roast a leg of lamb with onions bay leaves and mint sauce, plus stuffing techniques for loin and shoulder with breadcrumbs suet bacon parsley onion and egg, and serving with rich sauces.
No Temptation in a Weary Willy Exchange
A fragment from a verse dialogue features Mrs. Farmer urging Mrs. to work and Willy refusing, citing a morbid fascination as off limits. The excerpt captures a humorous back and forth with Puck style whimsy.
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