Steam Shovels Transform Industry and World Wealth
A sweeping portrait of American steam shovels and related equipment reshaping labor, mining, and canal work. The piece highlights their use in Minnesota iron ore mining, Panama Canal excavation, and western railroad rebuilding, noting vast productivity gains and historic orders from government and industry. It cites Steel Corporation as major user and mentions dramatic outputs and cost savings across projects.
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America
Isthmus
Panama
Lake Iron Ranges
Rockies
Manhattan Island
Pennsylvania
Mohawk Valley
Spain
Cesars
United States
Steel Corporation
Minnesota
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
Suez Canal
Culebra
Ocean
West
Harriman
Union
Southern
Watch the little thefts in a Pittsburgh firm tale
A Kansas City Star report quotes a firm head railing against petty graft and detailing how misdeeds by collectors and outside men are uncovered. He argues workers must report theft to protect firm interests and duties to wage earners. Also includes a joke about a son-in-law portrait.
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Pitteburg
Pitsburg
East Steenth Street
Orpheum
Kansas City Star
Escape From Submerged Submarine Sparks Daring Exploit
The article discusses the dangers of submarines as war machines and details Ensign Kenneth Whiting's notable method of exiting a subs torpedo tube to reach the surface. It recounts the Porpoise's near-disaster years earlier when ballast failure nearly caused a fatal dive, and the crew fought to surface.
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Kenneth Whiting
Porpoise
Manila
Ensign Whiting
Navy Department
Washington
Whiting
Newport
How Do You Take Your Defeat
The piece argues defeat tests character. A successful man uses failures as stepping stones, turning misfortune into new starts. It highlights resilience as a defining strength and ends with a remark that yours is the only hobby not foolish.
California Cotton Company Formed for Imperial Valley
New filing reports a California Cotton Company to grow 2000 to 3000 acres in Imperial Valley. Joseph R. Loftus of Los Angeles to be president. Memphis and Los Angeles backers named. Capital of 25000, with plans for mills and gins, expecting strong demand for cotton and by products. Other notes discuss indigestion topics and assorted public notices.
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Imperial Valley
California Cotton Company
New York Herald
Los Angeles
Memphis, Tenn
Joseph R. Loftus
Joseph R. Loftus Company
J. T. Walker
Memphis
Tenn
H. Kindig
M.M. Dorfmeier
H. C. Chase
California
Germany
Japan
San Francisco
Witty Bits and Laughing Lines From Old Papers
A collage of jokes and quips from early 20th century humor pages. The精选 items reference Yale Yale Record Philadelphia Record Detroit Free Press and others, with cartoons on marriage cost and social observations. Several exchanges feature punchy one liners and light satire about marriage, politics, and daily life.
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Lippincott’s
Linda
Fliegende Blatter
Philadelphia Record
Specie
Detroit Free Press
Taft to get private 726 mile telephone line to White House
A Pittsburg Post report says Charles P Taft will finance a private 726 mile leased line from Cincinnati to Washington for daily social chats with President Taft. The line will run 6 pm to 6 am, costing Taft about 24000 yearly, with outside access strictly restricted. The piece also recounts observations on crowds and civic influence.
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Taft
Bill
White House
Cincy
Pittsburg
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Charles P. Taft
Clark
Panthandle
Cincinnati
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio
Columbus
Cumberland
Great Mystery Solved Hairpin Count
The hair pin editor reports a simple rule: a woman uses as many hairpins as she possesses. If two pins she uses two, if twenty she uses all twenty. This quirky note appears in the Atchison Globe reflecting on humor and restraint.
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Atchison Globe
Laurel on your brow and misfortune’s foot
A terse quatrain extols human nature to credit favorable tales about oneself while warning that misfortune can unexpectedly strike. The speaker uses a playful moral about vanity and fate, noting Dut’s certainty contrasted with fortune’s random touch.
Old Town Night Anthem and Life Echoes
A lyrical slice sketches a lively hymn of Old Town revelry with a gospel style call to worship and social scenes featuring Mis Consola Davis and Mis Gondolia Brown. It closes with reflections on life, bread, shelter, laughter, and the ache of trouble.
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Dere
Consola Davis
Old Town
Theodore A. Metz
The Real Joy of Living Kneipp Followers
The piece portrays Bavarian parish priest Father Kneipp's cold water cure and its modern adherents in New Jersey and elsewhere. Followers stroll barefoot at dew, eschew coffee, dislike towels, and value the restorative, springtime ritual. It also notes a feature on celebrated early achievers and ends with a dour remark on mood linked to the stomach.
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Father Kneipp
Kneipp
Bavaria
New Jersey
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Success Magazine
Supe
Rome
Gracchus
Katie Field
Boston Evening Transcript
Rae
Dactor
Willy
Yale Record
Simpkins
St. Louis Star
Ames Times
Jinks
Binks
Record-Herald
Eing Taciturn
Pittsburg Post
Scorcher
Fleigher
Puck
Cityman
Clovertop
Ali
Scott
Mrs. Babbleton
Chicago Journal
Sunday Magazine
Chicago Record- Herald
Johnny
Peekskill Palladium
Crimsonbeak
Newfoundland
Yonkers
Presidu
Mary Heaton Vorse
Orison Swett Marden
London Times
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Callier
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