Bryan Opposes Federal Ownership of Railways Regulation
In Washington William J Bryan urged the Newlands Committee that states should keep authority over transportation within their borders. He argued government ownership is unlikely but warned that more federal control would threaten state power and competition. The hearing reviewed railroad capitalization and earnings with new data from Alfred P. Thom and Ford Erickson slated to present further details.
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Washington
William J. Bryan
Newlands Joint Committee On Interstate Commerce
Bryan
Alfred P. Thom
Railway Executives’ Advisory Committee
Newlands Committee
Cummins
Thom
Halford Erickson
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Carbon monoxide poisoning details from Yale expert
The article explains how furnace gas and coal dust explosions cause deaths through carbon monoxide poisoning. It describes hemoglobin bonding, oxygen deprivation, and recovery prospects if rescue occurs with fresh air or oxygen. It cites Henderson noting death thresholds at 0.2 to 0.4 percent CO and 2 to 5 percent for rapid death.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Yandell Henderson
Yale University
Henderson
Deaf man mishears and stumbles through a joke
A neighbor teases a growingly deaf man about a supposed “agreeable visitor” a baby boy. The man pretends to understand and misunderstands words turning the exchange into a case of mistaken meaning. He finally claims cherries were meant, leaving the neighbor puzzled.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph
Tombs Let by the Year in Mexican Pantheon
At the Pantheon near Guanajuato Mexico mourners rent vaults in tiered walls to store the dead for five years. The poor risk immediate disposal while a burro carries caskets up the hill to the chamber of horrors where mummified remains line a ghostly crypt.
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Cerro del Trozada
Guanajuato
Mexico
Making Artificial Skies On Stage With Light Dome
The sky and air on stage are created by directing light onto a carefully built concrete dome. The smooth white surface reflects rays in many directions and filtering yields the correct color, simulating an open roof with moving clouds via a projector in the wings.
Hand Weaving In Mexico By Indian Girls
National Geographic Magazine describes Mexican hand woven blankets made by Indian girls earning a dime a day. They work from sunrise to sunset, with flawless color harmony and weaving that has no right or wrong side. A Mexico City blanket bought five years ago remains vivid as before.
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Mexico
National Geographic Magazine
Mexico City
Dinner Neighbor Talk with Mrs Wramper
Narrator endures awkward party chatter trying to spark conversation with Mrs. Wramper. He feigns wit about being different and a new fallen snow, then presses for interest as she dismisses him and a dinner neighbor fades from hearing.
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Mrs. Wramper
Young Crashton
Typical Old Village Church in Berton
Descriptive vignette of the Methodist church in Berton, highlighting its somber weekdays, open Sundays, and the intimate Communion ritual using a common chalice. It contrasts the brown gloom inside with the memory of loving kindness as villagers kneel together, saints and sinners, on the first Sunday monthly.
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Methodist
Berton
Corra Harris
Saturday Evening Post
Oldest Religions Compared By Time Of Origin
The writer argues Brahmanism, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism are the oldest faiths, noting Buddhism Confucianism and Taoism are equally ancient. Buddha is seen as reformer of Brahmanism, with Confucius and Lao-Tse as contemporaries. Judaism predates the sixth century BC, via Exodus and Abraham.
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Christ
Buddha
Confucius
Lao-Tze
Sakyee Muni
Abraham
New Countries Gift Resources to Exploiters
The essay argues that newly formed nations give away natural resources cheaply and accept others’ claims of ownership through a natural rights mindset. It questions the fairness of inherited claims and notes the recurrent idea that there is “as much and as good” for future settlers.
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Easariey
Connor
Gs. R.roll
N. G. Uhas
H. Connor
Sec'y
Rebekah Lodge
Seis
A.F
A. M
G. S. Jameson
W. M. Martin Read
Sec
Rocky Mountain Fire Surance Co
Great Falls
Choteau Land @ Loan Co
Drs. Rhoads & Bateman
Choteau, Montana
Henry D. Robison
PTAS
Robison
Teton County Abstract CO
Montana
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
I’. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Chendy
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
A. C. Warner
U. S
Choteau House
McGregor’s
H. J. McGregor
E. J. Crary
D. D
McDonald
Bakery
South Main Street
A. de Yong
Mgr
DR. Stephens
Radente
U. of M
Ann’ Arbor
Harge Tooth Larsen Boulding Cheter
Mr. Shriggs
House of Worship
Weyman-Bruton Company
Unica Square
New York City
Elmer Genger E Co. (Incorporated
Fairfield, Montana
Fairfield
Ashelot
Dodge Brother
Motor Mart C.O
Agents
Merritt Mercantile Co
Pendroy, Montana
Independent Drag Line
F. W. Currie
Junk CO
Second Ave
Mont
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