Julia Ward Howe Century Note Honors an American Immortal
A centennial tribute to Julia Ward Howe honors a leading suffrage figure and author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Born in New York, she moved in literary circles with Longfellow and Bryant. She helped found reform groups, led suffrage efforts, and lectured as a pioneer Unitarian voice.
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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 Responsibility
Excerpt discusses how excuses replace reasons in business life. It defines the disease as shifting blame, noting initial excuses avoid responsibility and entrenched avoiders seek to place fault on others. The piece warns that this habit undermines decision making and accountability.
Pass the Buck and Risk Promotion Says Dayton Journal
The Dayton Journal argues that avoidance and dodging responsibility harm efficiency. It says bosses favor workers who endure large doses of medicine and show willingness to make decisions and take responsibility. The habit of passing the buck undermines career advancement and accountability.
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Dayton Journal
Outlook for Sugar Industry and Beet Prices
The article discusses the sugar beet industry facing fixed beet prices and uncertain future sugar prices. It notes the need for surplus capital and reserve funds as fixed charges and market conditions pose risk, while laborers and farmers bear none of the factory losses. World trends suggest fair prices may persist, but beet farmers could lose if sugar costs rise.
National drive calls for a ten year road building program
The article argues that the nation must adopt a national system of highways to unlock vast undeveloped western lands near railroads. It compares roads to a business lifeline, suggesting Congress should fund a decade long effort to employ thousands and spur state and local action.
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West
Congress
A Square Deal for the Est and Pacific Shipping
The piece urges a western merchant marine growth with fair rail rates to seaports and Pacific shipbuilding protection. It notes England seeks world shipping, Atlantic coast absorbs Pacific ships, and calls Pacific coast firms to unite to defend and advance shipping interests critical to western commerce.
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West
Pacific Ocean
England
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacifi Coast
New York
Puget Sound
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sober Sooty Society Founded in Allentown 1805
A fragment notes a historical society linked to temperance, mentioning a 1805 founding in Allentown and a plan to discuss department status and patron input. The text is garbled but centers on a temperance organization and civic procedure amid a three week abeyance.
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Kemirtek
Allentown
Abandoned Dogs Drive to Halt Savage Packs
In Phoenix on May 26, Mexican dogs abandoned as owners fled south of the border have joined wolf packs and prey on Arizona cattle. M. E. Musgrave of the U S Biological Survey says a major drive is under way to wipe out the menace with traps and reduce wolf packs. One hunter reportedly killed ten wild dogs last month.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
M. E. Musgrave
United States Biological Survey
Musgrave
Greenlee County
Predatory
Wyoming Lamb Crop Report Promises Abundant Flocks
John Petrie, livestock agent for Burlington, notes a bumper lamb crop in central Wyoming with many flocks reporting 90 to 100 percent or more. Ewes are in good flesh due to early grasses, Casper division shearing continues, wool buyers pay 50 to 55 cents a pound, with some sales as high as 60 cents in Montana. Cattle range conditions are strong, signaling strong beef production this year.
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Omatia
Neb
Wyoming
John Petrie
Burlington
Omaha Drovers’ Journal
Casper
Montana
Spring Fever and Common Sense in Health Advice
A reader note from Unadilla, Georgia recommends Foley Cathartic Tablets for tiredness, biliousness, headaches, and digestion, stating quicker relief than anything tried. The note cites common health symptoms and endorses the product sold everywhere. The passage also mentions the 1874 formation of the National Woman’s Temperance Union.
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B. Howard
Unadilla
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Cheyenne
The
Leader Publishing Company
Randolph Leon Albert Hearst
Mai
Carey
Associated Press
Washington
Sepalor Kendrick Haw Tar Peanrved’ Eplied
the Post
Archantas
Bun
Betdeale
McMurtry
Steve Ay
Continental OM Company
National Woman's Temper ii Union
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