Public ownership of utilities in Seattle wounds taxpayers
Two sides to public utilities ownership are shown. Seattle bought the Puget Sound Electric railroad for 15 million and agreed to pay three fourths of 1919 taxes totaling 690000. Unpaid taxes and lack of earnings push King County to seize Puget Sound Power to cover the bill.
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Seattle
Puget Sound Electric Railroad System
Seattle Municipal Railroad
King County
Washington
Puget Sound Power Company
EPA
Law observance at colleges marked by Volstead act respect
Alumni of Columbia University and Princeton urge scrupulous observance of the Volstead act at commencements and graduations. They contend graduates should express opposition to prohibition through other channels while honoring the law and country. University men are said to show improved spirit over recent celebrations.
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Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Princeton
Inside beauty and character from the soul
A reflective piece argues that true worth comes from inner character rather than outward appearances. It cites Plato and Lincoln to illustrate that beauty radiates from a good heart, not fine clothes, urging readers to seek virtue within before judging others.
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Lincoln
Ancient Egyptian Wedding Customs and Dress Traditions
The article details marriage customs in ancient Egypt including dyeing nails with binha, perfumed baths, eye brow painting, and barefoot days before sandals. It notes early betrothals, dowry exchanges, and two thirds paid by the groom, with a heart-linked belief about ring placement and the left hand. It mentions elaborate headdresses, gold thread on garments, and interfamily marriages to keep estates intact.
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Egypt
Milady
Lower
Straw Hat Feature of Schoolboys at Harrow
A vivid note on Harrow’s famous straw hat worn by pupils during term. The piece describes its distinctive shape, the wearing style with pins and ties, and comments on weather effects and the headgear’s popularity among Harrovians amid evolving fashions.
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Harrow
Herrow
Huttris
Atve
Eton
Westminster
London
Scholboy
Comfort for the Bald Man Aids Hair Health
The passage notes perceived advantages of baldness and cites observations that bald men may resist consumption. A physician is quoted claiming none of FY consumption patients were bald. It also cites causes like poor dieting and damp cold affecting hair roots.
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Maerte
Woman Seeks Housing After Home Office Visit
A Frenchwoman visiting the Home Office spoke Qlussian or another language as she showed her passport repeatedly during conversations with porters and messengers. After a long talk an intelligence officer identified a man once transferred from the French to the north Russian front, then whispered to colleagues that the lady wanted a house or a small flat.
English Nobleman Opens Museum Tavern Duel in Dining Room
An English nobleman bought a historic coaching tavern filled with relics and announced plans to run it as a museum and inn. The first customer balked at an aged cheese sandwich, asking the proprietor whether it was a sandwich or an antique.
Janet Pittman Wins Silent Lap After School Bell
The Pittman children are described as top in various school counts. Tommy leads in reading, Alice in arithmetic, Sammy in sports, while Janet, asked if she is first anywhere, quotes a witty lap line. Janet declares she is first out of the building when the bell rings.
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Pittman Familly
Tommy
Alice
Sammy
Janet
Dust in the Eye From Earth and Sky A Surprising Source
The article explains how foreign particles enter the eye from diverse origins. Meteoric dust, volcanic vapors, lava clouds, desert sand, pine pollen, and butterfly wing scales can lodge in the eye during life. It notes the vast variety reflects universal disintegration forces at work.
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Canada
Explaining the Real Function of the Mind
The piece argues the mind serves to enrich the universe spiritually by adding appearance to substance and igniting curiosity and emotion. It contends omniscience would erase individuality and notes humanity will eventually pass from life, adding a chapter to the tale of things. From Yale Review.
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Lory
Santayona
Yale Review
Top Vision of Career Aspiration by Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie urges the young in business to imagine themselves at the top and never settle for a head clerk or manager role. He emphasizes daily vows to reach high positions with untarnished reputations and to pursue excellence as the guiding star.
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Andrew Carnegie
Jane
Pointer Seeking Visitor Causes Park Concern
A man described as an overty colored visitor lingered near the seal tank at a Southern city's zoological park. The superintendent feared possible harm but the man insisted he meant no evil and asked for pointers after claiming he had been elected grand keeper of the lodge.
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Zoological Park
Menchin
Switzerland Grants Multilingual Status to Three National Languages
The 1910 census shows 2 504 200 speak German 798 200 French and 12 500 Italian in Switzerland. Romansch with about 40 000 speakers receives no official recognition though debates in the federal legislature may occur in the three main languages.
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Switzerland
Ants Brew Yeast from Aphid Juices, Berlin Research Says
In a Berlin institute, Prof. Paul notes that ants raise their own yeast by fermenting milky aphid secretions. They extract nutty digestives, storing ant lye for later use, illustrating sophisticated insect food processing.
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Paul and
Atltute
Berlin
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