Julia Ward Howe Centennial Highlighting a Suffrage Icon
A centennial tribute to Julia Ward Howe marks her birth in New York City and her enduring role as a suffrage leader, abolitionist, preacher, and author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Her work with the New England Woman’s Club and Massachusetts federation leadership frames a lifetime of social reform.
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Julia Ward Howe
America
New York City
Queen Victoria
Atlantic
Julia Ward
Longfellow
Bryant
Boston
Samuel Gries Howe
Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs
Never Pass The Buck In Business Misconduct Discussion
The article discusses how excuses replace reasons in business life and defer responsibility. It warns that delaying decisions and shifting blame undermine organizations. It cites common patterns of avoidance and urges accountability to prevent systemic holes.
Pass the Buck Destroys Responsibility in Work
The Dayton Journal laments workers who shift problems to the Boss to avoid dealing with issues. It argues promotions go to those who take medicine without complaint, face large doses, and shoulder responsibility, while those who pass the buck remain unpromoted and inefficient.
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Dayton Journal
Sugar industry outlook and beet price risks
The article warns beet sugar producers face fixed raw material costs and uncertain 1920 sugar prices. It argues factories must build surplus capital and reserves because workers and farmers bear none of the losses. It notes world indicators suggest a fair sugar price for years, but beet farmers at fixed prices risk buying back sugar for less than cost.
A National Occupation for Roads and Jobs
The nation must build good roads to unlock vast western land near rail lines and markets. Roads are essential to farming and business, linking producers to the world like a telephone. Congress should create a national highway system, employing thousands and guiding state and local efforts over the next decade.
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West
Congress
A Square Deal for the Est and Pacific Shipping
The piece argues for developing a western merchant marine with proper rail rates and Pacific coast shipbuilding. It blasts English dominance and Atlantic grabbing ships, notes Pacific ports like Puget Sound Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles lack fair chances, and calls on Pacific coast operators to unite for mutual protection and growth of Western shipping interests.
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West
Pacific Ocean
England
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacifi Coast
New York
Puget Sound
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ambiguous Historical Notice on Department Access and 1805 Temperance Origins
The fragment discusses a Bo course not open to the department, an office discontinuation, and a three week abeyance. It mentions Senator Kemirtek ready to meet the department and patron statements. It notes 1805 founding of the Sober Sooty temperance society in Allentown with unclear details.
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Kemirtek
Abandoned Dogs Revert Savagery in Arizona
Phoenix, May 26. Homeless Mexican dogs abandoned after owners fled south of the border have joined packs of wolves and prey on Arizona cattle. M E Musgrave of the Biological Survey says a large trap drive has begun to reduce wolf and dog packs, with one hunter killing ten wild dogs last month in Greenlee County.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
M. E. Musgrave
United States Biological Survey
Musgrave
Greenlee County
Predatory
Wyoming 1919 Lamb Crop Shines in Central Range
Wyoming reports a bumper lamb crop with 90 to 100 percent weaning expected in many flocks. John Petrie, livestock agent, notes ideal conditions, early grass, strong ewes, and robust beef outlook as range cattle feed improves. Wool prices hold around 50 to 55 cents with Montana reports as high as 60 cents.
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Omatia
Neb
Wyoming
John Petrie
Burlington
Omaha Drovers’ Journal
Casper
Montana
Spring Fever Remedies and a 19th Century Tablet Endorsement
A reader from Unadilla, Ga endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets for relief from heaviness, bilious symptoms, and poor digestion, claiming quicker effect than prior remedies. The note references common ideas about spring fatigue and mentions the National Woman's Temperance Union founded in 1874.
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B. Howard
Unadilla
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Betdeale
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McMurtry
Steve Ay
Continental OM Company
National Woman's Temper ii Union
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