Which Shall It Be A moral letter on sacrificing savings
A columnist advises a woman to spend her life savings to fund a relative’s life-saving operation. The letters from readers “Which Shall It Be?” frame a moral dilemma about self preservation versus aiding others. The response urges duty to others, rejecting self concern and urging generosity even at personal financial risk.
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Sisters of the Sewng Circle
Euve
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Astater
Power of Bon-Opto to Improve Eye Strain Reported
Doctors and patients tout Bon-Opto as a miracle remedy for eye strain and weak eyesight. The ad claims a physician endorsement, a 50 percent improvement in one week, and availability at Houghton & Dutton's Drug Store in Philadelphia with instruction to dissolve a tablet in water and bathe the eyes twice daily.
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Lewis
Philadelphia
Houghton & Dutton
Doris’s Blue Serge Suit With Red Accents
Doris unveils a blue serge ensemble featuring a coat cut on new lines open at the front. It displays white linen blouse with filet lace jabot, stand-away coat pockets with tabs, a broad red patent belt, and a straight skirt with matching pockets. Red lining appears on coat and hem, paired with a bright red silk parasol.
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Doris
Butter Cutting Trick Shared by Mrs Miles
A Vermont note shows Mrs Ethel M Miles of Barton explains a method to cut butter evenly using a wet thread to yield clean edges. The tip also works for cutting cold mush intended for frying and brown bread.
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Ethel M. Miles
Barton, Vt
Voice of the Western Sea and the Call for Free Kin
A martial lyric voices the winds from Cape Clear as a pledge between free peoples. It proclaims severed bonds healed, friendship renewed, and a vow to stand united across seas, with Shamrock Thistle and Rose and the Star-Spangled Banner unfurled as a warning to tyrants.
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Cape Clear
Senate OKs bill to raise workers compensation
The State Senate yesterday passed to engrossment a bill to increase the maximum weekly compensation for injured employees from $10 to $14. The measure won easy approval by 23 to 11 amid continued opposition.
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State Senate
Senate
Birthday Bio-Briefs: Karl Marx English Life Highlight
Bio briefs recount Karl Marx born May 5 1818 in Treves Germany son of a lawyer. He fled Germany due to political views and lived in Paris and England where poverty rose. He helped form the Social Democratic Party and the Communist League and wrote Das Kapital.
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Karl Marx
Treves
Germany
Modern Socialist Movement
Paris
England
Prussia
National Assembly
Marx
Social Democratic Labor Party
Communists’ League
International Workingmen’s Association
Das Kapital
House actions and bills advance in ethics and public safety
The House passed measures on dog control and investigations, rejected a workmen's compensation wait reduction, and engrossed bills to tax police and fire annuities, regulate railroad mergers, and restrict political ballots. A social welfare bill extending night work for female operators and a prohibition on independent candidates using party names were sent for engrossment.
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State Fisheries and Game Commission
Fish and Game Commission
House
Senate
Social Welfare Committee
Symphony at Final Matinee by Karl Muck
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Karl Muck gave the last Friday matinee in Symphony Hall. The program featured Beethoven Fourth, Liszt Tasso, Strauss Death and Transfiguration, and Wagner Die Meistersinger overture.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Muck
Symphony Hall
Beethoven
Liszt
Dr. Muck
Boston
Richard Strauss
Wagner
Muck
Meister singer overture earns high praise in Boston
A thoughtful observer notes the performance was exceptionally eloquent and the music sounded impressive in Boston. Mack's interpretation of the Meister singer overture is well known, and the orchestra with the conductor rose to acknowledge the applause.
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Boston
Mack
Rose
Call for 100000 Scout Leaders Nationwide
A May 4 report from New York states the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America seeks 100000 men to volunteer as Scout leaders. The appeal targets patriotic men unable to serve at the front as membership surges with 154 enrollments daily over the last two months, lifting total participants to 278193.
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New York
therAx National Council
Boy Scouts of America
U S Court To Hear Appeal Of Arcanum
The United States Court of Appeals for the circuit will hear Royal Arcanum's appeal on May 16. Receiver Thomas J. Boynton was named on April 14 after a petition by Arthur L. Hobart of Braintree, a death benefit certificate holder.
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U.s.court
Arcanum
United States Circuit Court of St Appeals
Thes
Royal Arcanum
Thomas J. Boynton
Arthur L. Hobart
Braintree
New Corn Remover In Big Demand Says Druggists
Drugists report high demand for ice mint a corn remover from a Japanese product. It claims to remove corn roots painlessly, allowing easy removal with fingers. It cautions against cutting corns and promotes safe use in drug stores.
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Dorothy
California
Sunkist
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Los Angeles
America
By Alfred Austin
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Charles W. Hatch
Waltham
Massachusetts General Hospital
Horlick
Strauss
BY Olin Downes
Venice
Dr. Mack
Mother
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Fairbank Company
West Washington Street
Chicago
Ill
National Council
Ats Abe
Kolynos
Kelynes Dental Crear
Tae Kelynes Co
New Haven
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Ralg
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