Cabinet talk and California reform ideas in 1910s style
The article discusses President Wilson's cabinet selections and Democratic credentials, praising figures like Bryan and Lane and noting their fit for a reform agenda. It also covers U S recognition of Huerta, divergent views in Washington, and California legislative proposals for a state controlled marketing system for farm products with a central commission and labeling.
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Wilson
Bryan
McAdoo
Republic
Garrison
McReynolds
Houston
Redfielda
Borleyon
Daniela
Dona William Wilson
Department of Labor
Wilroo Bay
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Department of Interior
Thors
Washington
Fuerta
United States
Mexico
Huerta
State Department
Musica City
Hoertn
Ambaxander Wilson
Asemblyman
D. W. Tulloch
California
Saormmesto
Phin Lil
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Caifornia
Fragmented Notes on Huerta and Bubbles of Opinion
A mosaic of satirical jabs at Huerta and tariff debates with mentions of flooding in Los Angeles. Edgy quips include a Darrow trial moment, a British letter bubble about a New Zealand bishop, and Doctor tale about a dubious pill. Contains truncated jokes from Youth's Companion and New York Post style snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Out
Stalia
Noya
New York Post
Eye of the Camera and the Ultraviolet Truth
A historical note on ultraviolet photography revealing hidden blood traces. A Lausanne murder trial used a UV photograph of a washed handkerchief to show splotches, convincing evidence after erasure proof. The piece cites the New York Tribune on UV absorbing properties of blood and redactable ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Switzerland
Lausanne University
New -York Tribune
Salty Atlantic Disparities Explain Ocean Salinity
The article notes that the Atlantic is about one sixtieth more saline than the Pacific and two sixtieths more than the Indian Ocean. A. Woel teow explains the paradox: Atlantic evaporation supplies most of the drainage, while prevailing west winds move moisture to other basins, leaving the Atlantic saltier unless inflow from around the Horn and Cape of Good Hope moderates it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
A. Woelteow
Weber den
Horn
Cape of Good Hope
Connoisseur’s Pranks Over Courbet Landscape
A Parisian tale depicts a high official shown a Courbet landscape with his name in red. A joke unfolds as a cleaning squid is used to brighten the horizon, briefly revealing the Eiffel Tower before the real artist Corbet’s link to the Vendome column is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Courbet
Eiffel Tower
Corbet
Fishing For Sheep: Strayed Flock Baffles St Ives Boatmen
A flock of sheep stranded on Gwithian sands were swept into St Ives bay by the tide. St Ives fishing boats sighted the floating flock and, unfamiliar with sheep, treated them as a new fish. They attempted to corral them by hooks, nets, and lines, bringing the rescued animals home as a remarkable catch the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
England
Gwithian Sands
St. Ives Bay
St. Ives
Cambridge exam problem tied to German article
While a Cambridge student, Lord Rayleigh faced a problem from a German mathematical periodical. Only two solved it, including Rayleigh and another. The other credited a periodical article for ease, while Rayleigh confessed he sometimes contributed to the journal and felt battered that his own problem was used. He still won the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Forglen
Clerk
David Reed
Dr. Clerk
Cambridge
Lord Rayleigh
Stutt
A Slump In Kisses And Random Jests
A humorous column fragment sketches a French husband tallying kisses to his wife over twenty years with a comical decline from 100 per day to fewer as years pass. It blends quips about domestic science education and witty exchanges on Bacon and Franklin.
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New England
London Telegraph
New Zealand
Paxter
Charles Dickens
Douglas Jerrold
Donne
Jook
EYE
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Newsom
M. D
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Peterson & Bishop
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Pendleton
Homer I. Watts
C. W. Lassen
McKillip ‘Velinary College
Chicago
Oreg
Fatente
Scientific American
All Newedesiers
Tn &Co
New York
Ca Boone
Taylor Hardware
Pendleton - Ore
Troy Laundry
Henry Keene
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. B. Froome
Prop
ST. Nichols
Acceh
Cleveland Plain
Mr. Saphead
Benjemla Franklin
Foss House
School House
Ore
James Conley, — the Tailor
Feed & Sale Stable
F. L. Atkinson
Athena Hotel
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co
Athena Labor
Northwest
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Waitsburg, Wash
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Barber Onu
South Side
Main Street
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St Paul
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