Ship Canal Battle Draws Indiana Michigan Attention
Discussion of a Great Lakes to Ohio River ship canal continues with two routes under study. Indiana route via Maumees and Kankakee rivers argues lower elevations and no water drain from the lakes, while Ohio route fans favor Toledo to Cincinnati access. Prof Campbell asserts feasibility with minimal excavation. advocates hope for action beyond talk. Also: Miss May H Ashworth heads a five-woman typewriting staff in Parliament and demonstrates rapid, multilingual dictation and transcription.
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Great Lakes
Ohio River
Ohio
Toledo
Cincinnati
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Kankakee
Monon Creek
Tippecanoe
Logansport
Fort Wayne
Defiance
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Ampbell
Wabash College
Lake ‘Michigan
Lake Erie
Michigan
May H. Ashworth
House of Commons
Miss Ashworth
Spanifest destiny and Cuba as a protectorate aim
The piece argues that Cuba should become a U S protectorate as a natural continuation of American influence in the Caribbean. It insists Spain must yield for strategic and humanitarian reasons, warning that an impotent colonial rule harms both Spain and Cuba and urging decisive action by the United States.
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Tuba
Florida
Spain
Iuba
Andi St
United States
Hadn't Had Mo Washington Capitol Education in Street Talk
A humorous exchange near a wheeled eating stand shows the value of education. A neat colored newsboy argues over dialect with a ragged youth, debating how to say lassies and whether to use more words than he has learned. The street scene underscores contrasts in schooling.
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Washington Capitol
Back Bay Notes The Tet Pog and Domestic Nonsense
A fragmented society sketch notes Mrs Van Cruger Gardner sipping coffee, a breakfast scene, cautions about shouting orders from high windows, and social etiquette on suitor cards. Mild ironies target Washington society manners and parental reassurance amid urban minutiae.
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Back Bay
van Cruger Gardner
Sally Manger
Washington
FARMS AND FARMERS CARE FOR THE ORCHARD Tending and fertilizing advice for fruit trees
The article urges farmers to inspect orchards now, replace dead trees, prune disease knots, and burn infected cuttings. It stresses regular cultivation and fertilizer, warns against overuse of nitrogen, advocates bone meal and potash, and guides careful handling of nursery stock and planting to prevent losses.
Incubator Advice for Beginners in Poultry Yard
The article warns beginners that incubators require serious care and outlines key impossibilities in incubator work. It emphasizes outside runs for chicks, balanced temperatures, and attention to comb color as a health gauge. It notes large comb breeds may frost in cold climates and highlights Leghorns as frost-prone.
All Aloney and the Mother's Cheerful Call
A child, Little All Aloney, toddles through a hall as his mother runs to hug him. The poem recalls a mother’s guiding voice, blessing the boy with reassurance as he grows, facing future sorrows, and longing to hear her spirit call, All, all alone.
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Eugene Field
Floyd's Theory and a Wedlock Warning on a Chicago Train
On a late night trolley ride in Chicago two young men discuss a radical theory that women are controlled by marriage. A passing flirtation with Miss Lyons, and plans to travel west, reveal how the idea shapes choices. The car later returns to workmen repairing a broken rail as a newspaper lists Floyd Carson marrying Lois Toons.
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Chicago
Brown
Lewis
Miss Lyons
Arson
Huyler
Mr. Huyler
Floyd Carson
Lords of Creation
Ahrug
Floyd
Washington
Paris
New Jersey
Maryland
Bloyd
Jie
Lois Toons
Third Street
Why the War Lasts So Long
The piece argues Cuba’s protracted war stems from a conflict between Spaniards and men of Spanish blood. It recalls 17th century exploits where a single schooner terrorized Havana, extracting ransom by threatening destruction, and notes that a few bold leaders could seize seaports and threaten cities to force concessions.
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New York Times
Cuba
Havana
Napoleon Russia clash foreseen by Davy at dinner in 1807
The article recalls Sir Humphrey Davy predicting Napoleon would meet Russia and trigger destruction. It mentions New York stores allowing employees to buy goods at discounts before opening hours. It also notes Mrs. Anna M. Harkness's $50,000 gift to Western Reserve University for a biblical literature chair in memory of her daughter, to be named Florence Harkness foundation, with Rev. Dr. Hiram C. Hadge as first professor.
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Humphrey Davy
George Beaumont
Napoleon
Russia
Haydon
New York
Anna M. Harkness
Woman's College
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Florence Harkness
Hiram C. Hadge
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Alaska
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