Forward Trade Drive Aimed At Global Markets
Congress and business leaders rally behind expanding foreign trade and a stronger American merchant marine. A 30 member foreign trade council will coordinate industry to seize new opportunities from Panama Canal opening and tariff changes. Allen B. Johnson calls for a bold export push as a new era dawns in U.S. commerce.
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Congress
Wilson
Foreign Trade Council
Panama Canal
Allen B. Johnson
Philadelphia
Association of
Foreign Exporters
United States
Clouds Lifting Signals Bright Business Ahead
Trade Journal notes rising public buying and hopeful signs across the country as prices and profits look up. It says money is easy, crop prospects are encouraging, and financiers are optimistic. With summer near, individuals are urged to seize the next two months as a harvest.
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Congress
Trade Journal
Close of Travelogues in Cheyenne Delights Audience
Dr. Vosburgh wrapped up his travel lecture at the Parish House with a final trip through Japan. The evening showcased pictures and lectures praising Japanese healthfulness cleanliness and good taste. Local spectators including Japanese viewers praised the lecturer and the State Leader for an uplifting educational entertainment.
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Japan
Cheyenne
Vosburgh
Freedom of Expanding Trade and the Underwood Tariff
A county debate notes a new push by manufacturing and commercial interests to extend trade to foreign markets. It praises the decline of tariffs, credits the Underwood law for opening coasts to world trade, and reports a congress of exporters with over a hundred delegates planning coordinated efforts to win global markets.
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United States
Congress of Exporters
Harmonica Spoon Elevates Soup to Cabaret Style Dining
A Nebraska State Journal notice celebrates a fictional harmonica spoon that would add music to meals. The piece humorously weighs this as a grand invention, comparing it to silencing guns and noting human appetite and social dining noise as longstanding issues. It parodies Edison era tech optimism while praising whimsy.
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Thomas A. Edison
Nebraska State Journal
How Ships Find Position at Sea in Simple Terms
Travel Magazine explains dead reckoning and celestial navigation. It describes shooting the sun at noon to determine latitude and using chronometer readings to find longitude, then plotting the crossing of latitude and longitude on a chart to mark the ship’s position.
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Greenwich
Travel Magazine
Spartan Flogging and Diet Reform for Soldiers
The article describes ancient Sparta enforcing military discipline from age seven, mandating a single garment year round, communal dining from age twenty to sixty, and strict fatness limits enforced by magistrates. Fattening beyond norms could lead to flogging as punishment for nonconformity to military standards.
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Aelian
Naueus
Polytus
Ephors
Sparta
A Literary Coterie Dinner Faux Pas
Gubbins introduces a guest at a dinner in his living room library. A young woman at the door greets the guest, and the host presents him to his daughter. The guest bows and the attention shifts to another person named Homer, while an outlandish misdirection sparks humorous confusion.
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Gubbins
Misa Gubbing
Gubbine
Homer
New York Post
The Place of Come with Us to The Place
A fragmentary note invites readers to visit a location referred to as The Place. It lacks dates, actors, or clear events, offering only a terse cue to accompany someone to a destination described in vague terms.
Changed His Shape Effect of Open Air Life on Business Men
A New York Tribune excerpt notes a shift in the appearance of American business men from a fat, soft figure to lean, athletic, open air driven physiques. It attributes this change to exercise, golf, and motoring, citing measurements of chest and waist differences since 1800.
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Queen Alexandra
New York Tribune
Ancient High Finance in China and the White Deer Skin Currency
In ancient China the first banknotes era saw skin as cash as officials once covered faces with skins. Emperor Ou Ti ordered skin usage restricted by decree, limiting faces to white deer skin from Rov el parks, establishing negotiability of notes through custom and decree.
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China
Ou Ti
Wyoming’s High Peaks Highlight Western Ruggedness
The Washington Star notes Wyoming has nine peaks above 13,009 feet, with three near 14,000 feet: Gannett Peak at 18,785, Grand Teton at 13,747, and Fremont Peak at 13,730. Cloud Peak stands at 13,730 feet, with thirty-one other named summits above 12,000 feet and many unnamed giants. The piece contrasts Western ruggedness with the Appalachians and mentions Colorado’s even taller counts.
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Wyoming
United States
Gannett Peak
Grand Teton
Fremont Peak
Cloud Peak
Colorado
Stones and Glass Houses origin tale from royal court
A historical anecdote explains the origin of the saying those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. It describes London during the England Scotland union era, drunken Scotch men breaking windows of Buckingham's Glass House, and King James I’s reply to Breenie Steenie urging caution when flinging stones.
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England
Scotland
London
Buckingham
Glass House
Breenie
Steenie
Feeding on Gunlight Major Miramond de la Roquette
A fragmentary note references Major Miramond de la Roquette of the French expeditionary force, mentioning a crest or event titled feeding on gunlight. The text is sparse and may reflect a stylistic or OCR artifact from a historical page.
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Miramond de la Roquette
Sunlight and Diet Linked in Observations in Algeria
Observations in southern Algeria suggest sunlight directly powers the body's radiant energy. Researchers note natives in sunny climates show lower nutriative intake yet rely on sunshine to compensate for the deficit. The claim contrasts higher quality nutrition in less sunny regions with the apparent physiological use of solar energy.
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Algeria
An Extraordinary Man
A dialogue from the Chicago Record-Herald features a wife praising her husband as extraordinary. She recalls telling him where something was in a closet and him finding it, sparking a lighthearted exchange on marital cleverness.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Beth Cautious M D Ponders Price Of An Operation
Fragmentary lines present a dialogue about surgery and cost with cryptic phrases. The text references a medical professional and a question about whether one would need an operation if the price were known, ending with a reflective note on overcoming grief through resolution.
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Beth
M. D
Zacatecas Capture Seen Within Hours Says Carranza
Durango May 29 General Carranza's headquarters announced the constitutionalist forces would seize Zacatecas City in a matter of hours. Panfilo Nater and other commanders received verbal orders as Carranza entered Zacatecas state. The capital hosts about 38,000 federal troops under General Medina Barron. Reports say the garrison is discouraged and demoralized after desertions.
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Durango
Mex
Zacatecas
Carranza
Panfilo Naters
Republic
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