Senator Smith Recounts Maid Norah Tale
Senator William A. Smith recalls a maid named Norah to illustrate bad servant breaks. Two visitors call at a distant relative’s home and are told Mrs Jones is out. Norah offers to note their identities but then reveals she already knows who they are.
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Michigan
Norah
Jenny
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Cut Out Waste, Result, Beauty
Joseph Pennell admired Pedro Miguel’s arches and buttresses and learned economy makes beauty. The engineer explained the Panama structure saves concrete by removing the superfluous, a principle that underpins successful art and industry as noted by The Craftsman.
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Pedro Miguel
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Quote about borrowing trouble and resources
A compact aphorism notes that some people avoid borrowing trouble by avoiding risk and instead borrow other things. The line suggests cautious financial or personal behavior, highlighting attitudes toward risks and available resources.
Global War Notes Show New Demands and Reforms
A compact digest reports on war mobilization from the United States and abroad. It notes a proposed 250 million dollar government deposit for Southern banks to back cotton and tobacco loans, a boost in weapons and supplies for France Russia and Servia, and many vessels seeking American registry as war contends. It also mentions tax changes, currency note engraving, labor protests in the Panama Canal zone, and policy shifts on troop tenures and Alaska coal leasing.
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Resolutions protest government tax on oleomargine adopted
Closing session of the American meat packers association convention in Chicago adopts resolutions protesting the oleomargine tax. FE C Hamilton urges farmers to raise wheat as European demand grows regardless of war duration.
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World War Era Briefs From The Front
Austria lifts duties on corn flour and vegetables. Villa pledges to back any provisional Mexican president but Carranza. The Prussian diet approves war bills totaling 3 756 000 000 dollars. Britain sinks German torpedo boats in revenge for Hawke. Japanese suffer thousands of losses near Tsingtau. Zeppelin sheds rise in Brussels and Antwerp as prep for raids. Turkey bans warships in the Gulf of Smyrna amid fears of an Anglo-French attack. American envoy warns against sending relief ship North Carolina to Turkey. Earl Crewe says Indian troops in Europe have not fought yet but may later.
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