Do the Work Today to Rise Through Honest Effort
A 1913 motivational piece urges workers to perform duties with full effort, avoid wasting an employer’s time, and take pride in every task. It warns that half measures and asking for guidance on routine matters undermine career prospects, while gratitude and self-reliance cultivate character and future advancement.
Has Anybody Yet Made a Motor to Do Farmwork?
A column stirs debate on automating farm labor with a single multifunction motor. It contrasts existing steam and tractor ideas, seeking a inventor who has or will produce a machine that roots stumps, plows, harrows, and cultivates crops, while powering sawmills and threshers.
The Sacrifice of District Attorney Is Not Enough
President Wilson's rebuke of Northern District of California DA McNab over his public letter and the ensuing public-spirited pushback raises questions about the handling of the Diggs Caminetti and Western Fuel cases. The piece argues that McNab's actions helped avert delays and protects court procedures, while criticizing Attorney General McReynolds for indiscretion and urging congressional pressure to restore public trust.
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California
Grand Jury
McNab
Wilson
Louis D. Brandeis
Dainty business girl of the Georgian era questioned
The Georgian editor ponders where the neatly attired business girl has gone. He notes many women entering business now dress like they are heading to an afternoon tea, implying a shift in professional appearance and norms.
See Ourselves as Others See Us Verse
A young woman notes her earnings of 18 dollars weekly while supporting a mother and longing for affordable frills. She urges peers to consider Burns poetry about self-perception and the folly of costly vanity.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Doing Your Work Well
The writer urges readers to value every occupation as the foundation of success. She declares the first step is to do one’s work well and not despise any task.
Gone by William F Kirk I Is a Word All Men Must Hear
A short elegiac poem reflects on death and absence as figures pass beside a bier. It laments losses from childhood to youth and the swift passage of life, urging contemplation before action as the word gone carries weight.
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