Ingenious Test Machines Seek Fit for Employment
A Harvard psychologist proposes mechanical aptitude testing to judge job fit. A driving simulator and rapid response tasks assess nervous coordination and mental adaptation for chauffeurs and stenographers. Philippine forests assure timber supply for years, with tropical reserves doubling North American yields, easing global demand as renewables grow.
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Tropics
Mr. N. Whitford
Phiippine Islands
Africa
South America
New Sort of Bank Employs Women Accounts
Country banks adopt a new department aimed at women as patrons. The Portland Trust Company in Oregon established a women’s department over three years ago to popularize the bank and assist women with checks drafts and papers. A competent businesswoman runs it and conducts home visits to aid clients or strangers needing help with pay and business documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Trust Company
Oreron
Inventions Across States Spark Odd Innovations
A Russian electrician patents a milk curd insulating material, a Texas man patents a porous concrete pile for irrigation, a Californian patents an electrical attachment to photograph oneself, a Wisconsin man patents an ironing stand with a screw clamp, a Pennsylvania inventor creates a three lamp electric lamp with independent power, and a German device uses hot air currents to treat rheumatism.
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Pennsylvania
Dyer
Towant Dinner Party Collar Sparks Proper Fit Debate
In Chicago a lighthearted exchange mocks choosing a dinner party collar. One says this is correct, another notes it is too tight to tuck two napkins, highlighting fashion humor from Yonkers Statesman.
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Chicago
Yonkers Statesman
Safety for Miners: US Lags in Death Rates
The 1909 mine fatality rate in the United States stood at five deaths per thousand workers, higher than Europe’s two per thousand. Officials propose government-led reforms including rescue cars, Red Cross surgeons, and mining engineers to train and coordinate rescue efforts and safety education at six regional centers.
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Europe
Department of Commerce and Labor
Rock Springs
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Billings
Mont
Urbana
Knoxville
Determined to Succeed Outweighs Talent and Genius
A 19th century-style exhortation argues that success comes from purpose and relentless determination. It cites Emerson and Napoleon as examples, urging readers to study, plan, and apply effort beyond what is strictly required to achieve lasting impact.
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Emerson
Bermont
Napoleon Bonaparte
Rene
Nee
Tarry
The Employment Test in City Policy
The piece argues cities must provide employment for those unable to work to prevent destitution and to separate the unfit from the unemployed. It urges Kansas City to place public work under municipal control so the employment test can be applied and injustices from vagrancy laws reduced.
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Kansas City
Various World Tech and Trade Facts From Early 20th Century Briefs
A collection of brief notices notes diverse topics including Persian calendars large European telephony import to Cape Colony Sweden, wood and furniture sourcing, Turkish wireless setups on warships and land stations, soap bubble production estimates, a tiny weight dynamo, rust removal with salt dipped lemon, U S typewriter dominance in Russia, Leeds University funding coal gas chair, and Britain linking possessions by wireless telegraphy with twenty stations.
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New York
Cape Colony
Sweden
Russia
United States
University of Leeds
Brig Ond
Britain
A Man's Time and the Value of Labor Hours
The Rural Home argues workers are paid for actual time, not potential effort. It contrasts hourly, weekly, and monthly pay, noting that late arrivals yield no pay for lost time and highlighting how payment method shapes time discipline.
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Tim
Quito as a springlike capital amid Andean peaks
A European observer extols Quito Ecuador as the world’s most springlike climate aided by nearby equatorial sun and Andean altitude. The piece notes the rail link from Guayaquil, growing modernity alongside old Spanish charm, adobe two story homes, open-air second-floor courtyards, and a lively social scene with dancing, music, and literature. It recalls Quito’s Quichua roots, gradual Christianization, and the founding by Sebastian Benalcazar in 1634.
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India
Ueh
Eotutor
Willeh
Equator
Andes
Vilalem
Willian C. Pax
United States
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Quito
Sli
Ebey
Pertyian
Quitus
Peru
Mexico
Cuzco
Sebastian Benalcazar
Drawback of aviation as a profession noted
A brief quote discusses a serious disadvantage in taking up aviation as a profession, stating that it always involves a come down in the world. The remark frames aviation as prestigious yet prone to social or economic decline.
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Taga Muenslerbers
Harvard
Let the women vote debate shocks local voters
West Union Ohio and Denville officials weigh the purchase of votes as a judge scene unfolds. The piece contrasts reforms with a male given view of voting rights, arguing women should stay home while men bear the burden of government. The text reflects heated public rhetoric on suffrage and gender roles.
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West Union
Blair
Denville
Sil
Simple Parlor Magic Again The Mysterious Watch
A magic trick describes borrowing a watch from an audience member, concealing an anvil, striking the watch to fragments, hiding the pieces in a handkerchief, and revealing the watch intact after magical words. The routine can be practiced before performing a grandfather clock variation.
Real Beauty in a Chorus of Artsy Charms
A fragment praises beauty in performance, noting a phalanx of charm and prima donnas with exceptional faces and arms. The speaker elevates the leading tenor as unmatched among loveliness before our gaze.
Fragmentary quotation from street encounter in old paper
A fragmentary scene recalls a man rushing into a store asking about a place for a pony comment. The speaker mentions meeting Lieut Peary and proposing a party to discover Dr Cook, with another person reacting in shock.
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Lieut. Peary
Dr. Cook
Unnecessary Talk Reveals Tense Household Exchange
An overheard exchange centers on a late return home and a woman's silence. A friend, drinking, questions what was said while the man with a feverish mood insists his wife had nothing to say, yet the remark still matters to him.
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Muensterberg
Philippines
Spannibe
Cetter
Ula
Kenadar
Qluto
Liberty House
William
Fox
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