Labor Vote and the Monkey Moonshine of Politics
Ernest McGaffey argues the labor vote is a negligible force in U S politics and urges focusing on honest representation over demagogic labor appeals. He recalls personal experience in labor wards and warns against overreliance on unions to determine elections, urging “men, not principles.”
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Ohio
Aly
America
Europe
Bor” Ward
Board of Local Improvements
Bunker Hill
Romulus
Remus
Frank Teuton
Labor
Ruskin
Edward Morris
England
Phelps Stokes
Ernest Crosby
Washington
Congress
Distinguishing Patents and Mechanical Skill in Invention
The text discusses patent law, defining invention as the outcome of skill and knowledge beyond ordinary mechanical ability. It uses iron versus wood machine construction and gunpowder discovery to illustrate that knowledge plus skill, not mere capability, marks true invention.
Peculiar Trees and Their Unusual Products
The article describes various remarkable trees across the world. It notes breadfruit trees in Ceylon, a Barbura tree yielding milk for children in South America, an African tree producing butter, the Sierra Leone cream fruit, candles from berries near Table Bay, and soap and sapindus trees in Africa and Asia. It mentions timing for harvests in Chusan and Park’s praise of butter quality.
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Ceylon
Barbura
South America
Africa
Park
England
Sierra Leone
Table Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Azores
Sumatra
Algeria
China
Chusan
A Bachelor and a Widow Sensitivity Of Ring Etiquette
A widow recounts cautious dating behavior revealed by a bachelor’s fear of appearing married. To spare embarrassment she removes her wedding ring before outings, sparking a meditation on extreme sensitivity among bachelors. The anecdote, attributed to the New York Press, highlights social awkwardness surrounding marriage symbols.
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New York Press
The Flow of Rivers and Water Velocity
The piece explains river flow as slowest at the bottom and fastest at the top. It notes the average velocity of a stream is about six tenths of its depth and that bottom friction slows deeper water more than shallow water, affecting overall movement.
Womanlike Debate on Women’s Club Goals
A Philadelphia Press excerpt debates women’s club aims with Jones arguing for objectives beyond suffrage and Miss Strong insisting suffrage should be the club’s focus. The exchange highlights differing views on women’s civic priorities.
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Jones
Miss Strong
Philadelphia Press
Quotations and Quarrels Highlight a City Column
A reflective piece notes varying opinions and odd sentiments among readers. Notable line references include a Birmingham Age-Herald quote about a man cherishing a mother's slipper used in punishment.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Reckless Expenditure in Boston Transcript Row
Dilver recalls spending nearly $1,000 to fix a place unfit for a dog. Sanson retorts that killing the dog would have been cheaper.
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Dilver
Sanson
Boston Transcript
Not Deliberate Claim Sparks Domestic Dispute
A household argument centers on whether a past story was a deliberate falsehood. One party asserts it was not a lie and laments rushing to judgment, while the other insists the claim was intentional.
Matron Whalen's Suspected Abuse at Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home
A dubious tale from the Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home centers on Miss Miss Whalen the matron of the cottage. She allegedly concealed an orphan boy Frank Pratt for months and attempted to hide the truth after an accident. When confronted she locked him in a closet and attempted suicide by chloroform. The boy remained confined while officials sought him.
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Tanta’ Whalen
Iowa’ Soldiers
Frank Pratt
Pratt
F.o de “Sessions
Whalen
Ife
Foes of the Levees Threaten Mississippi Banks
A Baton Rouge man warns that levees face ongoing damage from living foes such as crawfish turtles terrapins and other burrowers. Holes and hollow chambers weaken banks during floods and low water, causing caving and inundation. No extermination method exists. best approach is to keep pests away from the banks.
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Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Baltimore American
Inquisitive Woman on Broadway Street Car
A fuse blew on a Broadway street car and its trailer car. a passenger asked what would happen if the fuse blew and whether the two cars could be pulled. The conductor blamed the woman for the mishap, calling her a Jonah after an explosion caused both cars to halt.
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A. Jonah
New York ‘Times
Boy in Window Fall Earns Penny Reward
A five year old boy fell from a second story window into the yard but escaped injury. His parents and friends celebrated with pennies and coins. After recovering from the shock he bragged about the money for falling and urged his sister to try it.
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Gladys
Manhood and Self Reliance in Public Thought
The piece argues true maturity comes from self reliance and earning one's bread rather than formal age. It critiques the convention that adulthood begins at a fixed age and emphasizes personal responsibility shaped by broader societal forces.
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Isis
Hereford Cathedral Houses Notable Chain-Bound Library
The famous collection at Hereford Cathedral includes about 200,000 volumes arranged in five book cases. At least 1,500 volumes are secured by chains measuring three or four feet long, each with a swivel in the center.
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Hereford
Bnngland
Fencing With Umbrellas Draws Parisian Comparison
A French publication shows American girls fencing with umbrellas and notes the tactic as a modern, piquant twist on an ancient sport. It credits Mme Guillemot in France for teaching umbrella play alongside sword fencing for hygiene and self defense, suggesting Parisian origins precede an American claim.
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America
France
Mme. Guillemot
Spirit of the Open Life in English Canadian Poetry
The piece extols the charm of scenery and country life as a moral theme surfacing through English literature from Chaucer to Wordsworth and into modern times. It notes how this spirit has influenced Canadian poets like alméstar, who pursue nature in its secret haunts and minutest caprices as Montreal Witness references.
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Chaucer
Wordsworth
Alméstar
Montreal
Fragmented Dialogue on Will and Wind Irish Proverb
A fragmented exchange discusses a will leaving a brain to a hospital and an acknowledgment from authorities. The dialogue includes imagery of the sea rising and falling with the wind and rain and a note about what comes with the wind. The text features a father figure, a son, and a chip of the old block in a stylized, possibly literary frame.
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Briggs
Guggs
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Bogey
Ernest McGaffey
Toiler
Democratic Party
Billy” Brennan
Jagprant
Supreme Court
United States
Supreme Court of the State
Ernest M'Gaffey
Joseph B. ‘Bowles
Is He
Hesita
Fyoming
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