Give Business A Rest
A long rhetorical piece argues for easing wartime economic pressures and allowing business to recover. It highlights calls for reform of state and currency, congressional action on stock and bond supervision, and avoiding further sharp interventions. The tone urges letting markets breathe after holidays and before renewed fiscal actions.
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Tate
Congress
Interstate Commerce
Tike Ik
Restonog
Concresy
Ress
Anim Uncdei
Harry Mer
Taft
Roosevelt Loop
Meeting the Regulators and the Extension of Regulation
A Chicago chamber address by Harry Wheeler urges business to cooperate with federal regulation. He argues for railways meeting rules, highlights benefits of federal protection, and says regulators are sometimes aimed at political purposes but are necessary, urging optimism and proactive compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nommne Vial
Colh Rik Savery
Interstate
Lu Bistess
Harry Wheeler
Chicago
Dhimber of Commerce
United States
Thoton
Jose Duffmers
Luffman
Regulation and cooperation in business restraint
The text argues that ignorance fuels harmful outcomes while large interstate business cannot evade federal scrutiny. It recalls the railroad protests when the interstate commerce commission expanded powers and notes today regulation, though uncomfortable, benefits big business by reducing prejudice and demagoguery. Cooperation is urged to ease intimidation and promote fair adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
English judicial reform urged to speed British courts
A royal commission report urges Britain to simplify court methods and shorten terms and juror usage, arguing reforms could profit the American judicial system. It calls for abolishing the grand jury, reducing delays, and expediting trials while preserving fairness, noting U.S. practice lags behind Britain in speed though not in merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Pengsday
Tonion
Jen
Preservation and Change in English Language Reform
Joseph Distro of the University of Wisconsin tells teachers in Chicago that slang enriches expression and resists censorship. He argues language evolves, grammar laxity fuels vitality, while authorities fear mere formulae. He notes public usage shapes dictionaries over time. Also mentions GOP harmony and a Michigan judge overseeing a baby show, with advertising for sale.
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Joseph Distro
University of Wisconsin
Society For
Chicago
Gramimanans
Stiklers
Michigan
Wild Miscellany From Pisgah And Beyond
A garbled page notes chatter from Pisgah and nearby towns about a lively church meeting, money, poetry, and local mischief. It mentions a Sunday bust at Pisgah, debts to settle, a candy pull, and holiday resolve. Poetic lines reference politicians, a “wolf from the door,” and family antics amid a festive mood.
A Story of the Moment by Walt Mason
A fragmentary prose piece presents a nameless speaker debating reading trashy literature with an indulgent Aunt Julia. The narrator defends personal choice in reading while recounting tobacco smoking stories, family pressures, and a comic mismatch between moral guidance and self experimentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
Famous Prose Post
Julia
Peter the Farate
Buttinster
Sylvia Pankhurst
Just From Georgia By FRANCS L. STANTON
The piece sketches a Christmas street scene on Christmas Street with a narrator referencing Santa and the children. It blends dialect and imagined verses about Santa stopping at every house, children awaiting gifts, and dreams of toys and joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Francs L. Stanton
Favorite Turkey Recipe From Distinguished Women
Favorite recipes of distinguished women including a plump turkey with pinin dev dressing method. Step by step notes describe drawing, stuffing with bread crumbs, seasonings, butter, basting, and roasting to keep meat juicy. Garnish with parsley.
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Mes
CHAWP
CDA
The Man in the Box and Jury Duty Critique
A weekly publication laments how jurors in the United States face barbarous treatment. It notes long confinement and discomfort, urging reforms beyond better courthouses to shield ordinary citizens from the jury process.
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Uprom
Revert
United States
Cleveland
Inc
Simplified Matter Hopes From Pankhurst Plea
Report from The Springfield Republican notes that if Mrs Pankhurst remains in the Parliament she may simplify matters for the government and her followers who have pledged not to let her be imprisoned again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Republican
Mra Pankhurst
Parla
Itaia
Who killed Prince Arthur The World's Mysteries
The article recounts the legend of Prince Arthur Duke of Brittany son of Henry VI's line who vanished after being imprisoned in Rouen in 1200. It weighs English and French chroniclers claims that King John ordered or allowed Arthur’s murder or death by suicide, detailing Cathedral Seine theories, robber tales, and later historians disagreeing on the truth. Arthur disappeared in April 1203, with several competing theories about his fate.
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Primce Arthur
Brittany
Henry VI
England
John
Hichard I Coeur de Lion
Arthur Pilip
France
Philips
Arthur
Philip
Virabeau
Rouen
Opinon
Seine
Houen
Hubert de Bourg
de Bourg
Hom
Kang
Hubert
Princes Chamber
Arthur Plintagenet
Ms Nephew
Huberts
Job
Priory
Ste Marie Des Prez Waller
Coventrs
Matthew Patis
Thomas Wikes
Nothme
Middle States
Theo
Edinburgh by George Kitch capital of Scotland sketches
Edinburgh described as a historic city on the Firth of Forth with crowded tenements and ancient features including the castle and old town. The piece notes Presbyterianism, Burns and Mary Queen of Scots, and contrasts Edinburgh with Glasgow while praising its literary heritage and old-world charm. It also ridicules American railroad hype and urban development.
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Mburgh
Scotland
Firth of North
Edinburan
Bilin
Edinburgh
Old Town
Tedinburgh
John Iknoa
Tainburgh
Hubert Burns
Fainburgh Castle
O Holy Child of Bethlehem in Our Modern Page
Poem text retelling the Christmas carol O Little Town of Bethlehem with archaic spellings and names. The speaker prays for Christ to descend into us and to dwell among humanity as Emmanuel as the poem mirrors the familiar lines of the carol in a newspaper page fragment. The piece names Phillips Brooks and presents a devotional call to the holy birth and enduring light.
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Christ
Bethlehem
Lord Ormanuel i
Huerta Drafts Women as Christmas Gift Rumor
Report from The St Louis Republic says Huerta is drafting women into support roles as a Christmas gesture, with mentions of Mrs Pankhorst and possible English backing amid mounting tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerta
St Louis Republic
England
Pankhorst
Eges
Ege
A Wise Old Man Returns to His Beloved Mexico
Perfirig Diaz earns praise for his decision to return to Mexico reflecting his reputed wisdom. The note from The Brooklyn Basie highlights Diaz as a sought after elder with thoughtful reasoning for going home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Basie
Perfirig Diaz
Mexico
Sublime Effrontery and a Dutch Broker’s Bold Bet
Pierre Caesar, a Dutch broker in Napoleonic times, courted Sir Francis Baring’s daughter Dorothy while negotiating partnership with John Hope. He pressed for engagement to gain status, then claimed the match after being named partner, a cunning ploy revealed in a letter to Sir Francis. The passage shifts to a different rumor about Huerta and starving soldiers, left unconfirmed.
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Lonnon
Upman
Laboucheres
Pierre Caesar
Napoleons
John Hore
England
Sir Francis Baring
Sir Francis
Dorothy
Pierre Coepar
Mr. Hope
Francis
House of Hope
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