Women on City Boards Push for Advisory Roles in Atlanta
The City Federation of Women's Clubs petitions Atlanta Council to grant women minority membership on boards overseeing schools parks libraries health sanitation hospitals and charities. The resolutions argue women align with duties of civic life and would improve city governance without militancy. The Constitution endorses partial participation of women in advisory capacities to create a better regulated city.
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City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Council
Atlanta
Compromise view voiced on railroads and government ownership
Judge G A Prouty in Baltimore urged balance between public demand for better service and railroads' need for returns to attract capital. He warned the Interstate Commerce Commission must umpire fairly, lest bias push toward government ownership or to the industry itself, affecting America’s transportation future.
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G. A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore
America
Sears
Irrepressible Gunman Sparks New York Police Crusade
The article questions if a lasting remedy exists for New York crime as gunmen multiply on the East Side after Rosenthal’s murder. It notes repeated crusades by police commissioners, failures to sustain order, and asks who will take the next volunteer task of subduing crime in the metropolis.
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McKay
New York
Rosenthal
Goethals
Roosevelt
Mitchel
Champ Clark Defends World Progress At Washington Meeting
Champ Clark told a Christian Endeavor mass meeting in Washington that the world is steadily growing better and that society fights disease crime and immorality through education and organization. He criticized muckrakers and demagogues while praising gradual reform and public virtue.
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Champ
Champ Clark
Christian Endeavor
Washington City
Times
Clark
Where Shakespeare Failed in Billville and Weather Lore
A rambling local column mixes playful weather fantasy with assorted town notes. It quotes the Billville Banner on Shakespeare and lampoons a Hamlet stage feud, then wanders through regional dialect vignettes, old-time fiddlers, and musket ridge maxims, ending with a brief note on peace and national strength.
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Shakespeare
Billville
Billvile
Hamlet
Efficient Housekeeping By Henryetta D Gravel
Domestic science lecturer Henryetta D Gravel offers orange based recipes and methods for seasonal dishes. The article outlines Grange Salad with oranges, orange foaming sauce, orange tapioca pudding, orange liqueur style flavoring, Toronto Tea Biscuit, orange sauce for meats, and Victoria pudding using oranges, lady fingers, and cream.
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Henryetta D. Gravel
Nature
Elena
Toronto
Competition and Its Pull in Business by George Fitch
George Fitch examines competition as a force driving efficiency and price cuts. He argues competition spurs faster work, lower costs, and better services, contrasting it with monopoly-like behavior in rail, gas, ice, and parcel delivery. The piece cites express firms and the parcel post as turning points that introduced competitive pressure.
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Nim
Isito
Spreene
Competition blessing and torporation satire in trade
The piece argues competition both aids shy customers while vexing managers who lament limits on sending for goods. It contrasts financiers who despise competition with a magnate who chokes rivals, noting a recurring cycle where cooperation curbs rival efforts yet annual competition remains entrenched, stifling tactics like price manipulation.
Earl Ferrers Murder Trial A Grim 1760 Tale
The 18th century case of Lawrence Ferrers, fourth Earl of Ferrers, is recounted. He killed his secretary Mr Johnson at Stanton in 1760 amid claims of insanity. Ferrers defended himself, was found guilty, and executed at Tyburn after a somber march from the Tower of London.
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Ferrers
William
Lawrence Shirley
Berrers
Earl Ferrers
Stanton
Johnson
Johnsen
Leicester
Tower of London
London
Tower Gate
Yybucn
Bread and Encouragement: A Motif by George Matthew Adams
A short piece extols encouragement as vital to the soul, likening it to bread for the stomach. It argues everyone craves encouragement, urges daily practice of uplifting others, and notes that giving encouragement also strengthens the giver. The author humorously suggests one person can lead an encouragement effort alone.
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Encouragement Society
Tilly
Honest Swinglew Grocer Provokes Cautious Praise and Doubt
A landlady praises Swinglew for returning seven cents overcharge, while a skeptical boarder warns that ostentatious honesty is a marketing ploy. He cites three cent cigars and cotton-waste goods, arguing true honesty does not advertise and urges Mrs Jiggers to switch grocers, noting a contract dispute over a half-sized pie.
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Bir
Swinglew
Swinglow
Jiggers
Jisgers
Meriden
Conn
California
Tigger
Fairness in Politics in The Tacoma Tedge
The piece lauds President Wilson for broad reforms and rare civility toward opponents. It notes bipartisan praise, including from Republicans like Minority Leader Mann, and argues the nation benefits from his restrained, principled approach amid tariff and currency debates and the Mexican crisis.
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Tacoma
Wilkea
Morsigi
Ordin
Bryar
Lensta
Chin
Menor
Pernay
Mann
Mr. Main
Gore
Hvern
Washington City
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Consolation for Hawkins from the London Tit Bits
An odd exchange in a prison pits Hawkins death against a chaplain and warden. The midnight passing is noted as the officer explains delaying notice, while the wry banter touches Heaven, Ork kin, and providence in a terse, cryptic dialogue.
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Hawkins
London
Orkins
Orkinds
Orkin
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