The Editor Struck by Bill Steritt at Dallas Times
A Chicago Tribune summary recalls how Bill Steritt used a strike at the old Dallas Times to test labor tactics. The foreman and five workers staged a walkout, with Steritt jokingly leading a social boycott, drinking rounds, and insisting the strike would continue until a capitulation. After days of stalemate the editor insisted on persistence, and the hand press resumed as Steritt’s editorial influence kept shaping coverage.
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Texas
World Today
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Steritt
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Wall Street
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Chicago Tribune
Trees and Land
Do not buy land with small, thin trees. Experienced buyers avoid such land. Thick timber cover signals good land, while scattered, short trees indicate poorer land quality.
Stray chimpanzee from Central Africa roams as far north as Morocco
A stray chimpanzee from Central Africa is observed reaching Morocco where locals describe it as a "hairy man with four bends" and treat it as a curiosity rather than threat.
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Central Africa
Morocco
Lilies and a Dear Dream In a Scranton Tribune
Poem by Rose Van B. Speece describes white lilies as calming even as rough waters and loss loom, the speaker finds peace in the flowers while the world notes death. Silent imagery frames love, trust, and renewal as a beloved gaze enters the heart.
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Rose van B. Speece
Scranton Tribune
Couldn't Fool Him A St Louis Man Identifies A Steamboat
A St Louis man confuses an ocean liner with a steamboat in New York after the maiden arrival. An agent notes the man’s claims about funnels, hinges, bridges, wheels, and speed, insisting the vessel is not a steamboat. The exchange highlights reader humor and misidentification of ship types.
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Ocean Steamship Lines
Chicago Tribune
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New York
St. Louisan
Mississippi
The Criminal Cuckoo: An Outcast of Birds
London Spectator decries the cuckoo as a monstrous exception within birds. The piece contrasts general bird temperance with the cuckoo’s alleged treachery from egg to adult, calling it an embodiment of ill that would threaten avian life if adopted.
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London Spectator
Training watchdogs by Berlin academy turns out guards
The Philadelphia Times reports Herr Straus operates a Berlin academy that trains watchdogs into skilled guards. Dogs learn obedience, intruder detection, and targeted attack on the upper body using a dummy burglar and a string to reveal the threat. Stronger breeds like St Bernards and Russian wolfhounds excel guarding valuable property.
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Berlin
Herr Straus
Tierr Straus
Philadelphia Times
Sown by Gunpowder on Craigiebarns Crag
In the Duke of Athol’s grounds near Blair Castle England a bare rocky crag known as Craigiebarns was planted with trees shrubs and grasses after Alexander Nasmyth devised a seed sowing method using small cannon canisters fired at the rock. Seeds scattered and life bloomed over years transforming the cliff.
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Blair Castle
England
Craigiebarns
Alexander Nasmyth
Pronunciation of Sioux Name Sparks School Debate
An East Coast school taught Sioux as "Soo" but pupils said "Si-ox." A visiting committee member corrected the class by recalling the correct pronunciation "Soo ox," yet he did not press the matter. Exchange.
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Sioux Falls
Sioux City
Sioux Rapids
New England
Indian Compositions in The Southern Workman
Two young Indian students are featured for new composition efforts. One piece on General Armstrong recounts his Hawaiian boyhood with a quip about idol worship by his aunts sisters. Another piece confuses Washington the city with the man for whom it is named in a remark about Armstrong’s retirement.
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Armstrong
Hawaiian Islands
Sandwich Islands
Washington
A Measure of Success, Friend-Oh
A brief note from the Philadelphia Catholic Standard and Times mentions a doctor discussing a patient treated last winter. The patient has paid almost half of the bill, reflecting partial success in the treatment and financial recovery.
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Philadelphia Catholic Standard and Times
Periodical Famines Expected in British India
The piece notes recurring famines since 1770 with massive Bengal losses. It cites government expectations of drought about twice in nine years, a famine every 11 or 12 years, and a great famine about twice in a century, as discussed in Review of Reviews.
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Bengal
India
Review of Reviews
Tobacco use linked to eye diseases and blindness
Health Culture notes numerous observations linking tobacco to eye disease including optic nerve degeneration and color blindness. It cites studies showing higher incidence in men than women, with alcohol also implicated in color vision loss.
Calves Not Killed in Morocco Belief Curbing Slaughter
A Moroccan belief holds that calves should not be killed because removing them would cause cows to stop producing milk. The notion guides local attitudes toward cattle and dairy practices.
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Morocco
If Justice Ruled What a Shifting of Jobs There Would Be
A brief quotation from the Milwaukee Journal notes that if justice governed employment, large changes in job allocation would occur, signaling a transformative view of labor shifts and policy impact.
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Milwaukee Journal
Skilled help under expert supervision at Joe Cohn's Up Town Office
The note claims every line of work benefited from skilled help and expert supervision, attributing excellence to the Up Town Office at Joe Cohn's.
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Evy
Joe Cohn
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