Weeding Out the Unfit by Physical Exams Debate
John P. White, president of the United Mine Workers, argues against compulsory physical examinations for wage earners. He warns such tests invade personal life, risk creating a class of unfit workers, and would primarily serve private industry’s profit, urging state administration or wage reform instead. He cites Moxie and Furuseth on speed, strain, and human freedom in labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Moxie
Chicago University
Uoxle
Andrew Furuseth
Gompers Golden Anniversary Banquet Held in New York
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, celebrated a golden anniversary dinner Sunday evening January 28 at the Central Opera House in New York. The event marked fifty years of his marriage and fifty years of active leadership in the organized labor movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Central Opera House
New York
Organized Labor
Alibi For Gilder and Stevenson Snub Tale Recalled
A fragmentary rediscovery recounts Richard Watson Gilder’s 1887 letter about Robert Louis Stevenson’s friendly visits to the Century office. The exchange centers on who might have “fired him out” and recalls comic recollections amid literary circles.
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Stevenson
Robert Lows Stevenson
America
Scrilmer's
Richard Watson Gilder
Talcott Williams
Fred
Europe
Mit Giller
Tania B
Hiewire
Teehard Watson Gilde
Sailors' Psalm Noted in London Chronicle
The text discusses the psalm often called the sailors' psalm known for lines about going to sea in ships. It notes its use in simple Sunday services aboard ships and attributes it to the London Chronicle.
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London Chronicle
Driving Screws Into Plaster Plug Technique
Instructions describe driving screws into plaster walls and reinforcing with cotton string and plaster to create a backing plug. The method aims to secure screws by allowing plaster to fill behind the wall, forming a firm hold when withdrawn and reset.
Short Amendments and Tax Amendments in the U S Constitution
The article notes the eighth amendment as the shortest at sixteen words banning excessive bail fines and cruel punishments. It also mentions the sixteenth or income tax amendment with about thirty words, highlighting concise constitutional changes.
Cremation Reasoning From Pupils Of Hygiene Class
A hygiene class pupil notes cremation is superior to burial, writing that a person might only be in a swoon and if burped cannot recover. The remark appears amid reflections on how small spirits cause more trouble than large ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W York Times
Washington’s Plower and the Matrimonial Yoke tale
A historical note recounts Captain John Posey, once Washington’s neighbor, selling his Ferry farm and land claims to fund debts. Posey faced ruin, his family scattered, and Washington aided a son at Mount Vernon. A quoted letter reveals Posey’s 1778 tensions over remarriage and drink, ending with a count of charity to Posey and a Posey County namesake from one son’s Indiana settlement.
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Washington
Captain John Posey
Posey
St. Lawren
Milly
Mount Vernon
Caprn
Indiana
Posey County
Giant Wolves of the Sea Killers Sail Like Soldiers
National Geographic Magazine describes killer whales as savage, highly organized predators that hunt in packs, cutting the surface with dark fins and attacking large prey in coordinated formations. The piece notes their ferocity, pack tactics, and even myths about wolves at sea, contrasting them with other whales. Included is a humorous aside from Youth's Companion about Aunt Betsy and a trapped mouse incident.
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Alashan
Turin
Vonsider Willers
National Geographic Magazine
Monster Anchors and the shift to steel giant ship anchors
The passage describes a transition from old style iron anchors to modern steel anchors used on large warships. It notes that old anchors were made from serought iron and lacked a stock, while modern anchors feature bull and socket joints. Modern ship anchors for the largest warships weigh about 20,000 pounds each and are stored alongside the ship.
Butternut Dye and Wartime Use of Bark in Cloth
The passage notes butternut dye from a bark used to color dyed fabrics brown with varying shades. Confederate jeans worn as uniforms in Tennessee and Kentucky were dyed with this bark. Also mentions a joke about a wife liking a neighbor and a literary punishment quip. Emperor Shun Nung of China reportedly invented the plow and advanced agriculture and medical science in 1200 BC.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Emperor Shun Noung
China
War swept Chios the Historic Aegean Island
A National Geographic report by Ernest Loyd Warris outlines Chios long clash with Turks and its stormy past. It recounts 1822 massacres, island-wide destruction by earthquakes, and years of occupation, trade, and resilience. It notes mastic gum production, windmills, and two-story houses with olive trees, illustrating a vivid portrait of Chios and its fate within Greek and Ottoman eras.
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Aegean
Chios
National Geographic Society
Ernest Loyd Warris
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Lade
Tote
Cieltine
Opis WA
Biog
Baru
Tuulin
Hallan
Greece
Kastro
Wis
Rome
Isliniers
Psard
Aydra
Kasira
Constantine Caimaitis
George Peplies
Canaris
Pasha
Tepine
Pashu
Kastr
Levant
Optimal office heat cited by state health board
A bulletin from the North Carolina state board of health argues for a moderately cool dry indoor climate. It warns 75 degrees is too warm for productivity, favors 68 to 50 degrees for work, and notes heat reduces resistance and increases fatigue. Historical observations from West Point and European practice are cited.
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North Carolina State Board of Health
Europe
Huntington
West Point
Feast of Death and Dreadnaught Satire in Fragmented News
A garbled OCR style piece combines a feasting rite titled Feast of Death with surreal scenes of a queen mother, wind chilled crowds near Burd City, and a misquoted street music controversy. It then threads in a quip about dreadnaughts and a misdated exchange on marriage, producing a mosaic of sensational snippets rather than a single coherent event.
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Stele Stunkoyten
Oll
Queen Mary
Mehlenss
Litteralong
Tie Eyjnee
Burd City
Burslem
Mira
Gatun
Started Early Be When did she begin to fear that be had muri her for her money
The fragmentary text notes a question about fear of deception for money and mentions a London Telegraph payment to a minister. It also includes scattered lines about crabs toads frogs and moral tortures, with a reference to Gautier and a census note, all in a stray, disjointed excerpt.
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Muri
London Telegraph
Power of the Gyroscope in Modern Inventions
Elmer A Sperry's tinkering yielded multiple gyro scope applications once seen as a mere toy. The device brings stability to ships aircraft and submarines, improves gun mounts on battleships, and promises a true north compass for mariners and pilots, boosting naval efficiency and air travel safety.
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Christus
Elmer A. Sperry
Sperry
Detroit
Amooth Sea
Detroit News
Naming a City How It Came About
Fragmentary OCR suggests a Missouri locale with Sedalia Seluly and Sedath references. The piece appears to discuss city naming origins, birthplaces, and local figures, but text is garbled and many names are unreadable.
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Sedalia
Seville
Seluly
Missouri
Fehagin’ Gory
Avite Vasity
Pally Joes Lindigh
Wiel
Sedalia named for a town founder in 1859 test
A fragment from Youth's Companion recounts how Sedalia’s name arose when General Smith approved a suggestion by Josiab Dent of St Louis that the name Ville was common, but Sedalia better suited the new town as inhabitants moved there in 1859. The passage shifts to curiosities and humorous snippets including a physical illusion with a card tube and a quirky tombstone inscription in Blockley, Worcestershire.
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Aude Ui Me
Uanguter Farah
Josiab Dent
St Louis
Ville
Sedalia
Blockley
Worcestershire
London
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Lister
Tte
Wemy
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IBM Persially
Tie Cai
New York World
Betsey
Nelelbor
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Emily
Baltimore American
Aegean Island
Mary
Michigan
Peterainel
Miss
Wla
Ewon Miet Aittar
Pawel
Leeds
Ait Ba Portoris
Greict Faye
Chet Combina Visles
Erlcnlets
Philadelphia Ledger
Gautier
Charie
Tatal
Baxter
Basher
Boston
Union Shop
the Square Tailors
High Street
Holbrock Bros
Voss-Holbrock
Worner’s Cafe
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