Eight Hour Labor Ideals and the State's Role in Britain
H W Massingham surveys eight hour labor as the modern ideal, tracing its rise from Australia and the miners, and weighing laissez faire versus collectivist influence. He notes railway labor rules under Gladstone era, the need for state example as employer, and potential battles over overtime amid union and employer shifts.
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Australia
Gladstone
Board of Trade
England
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Commons
Thunder Distance Debates Across Distances
Reports on lightning distance differ. A French astronomer says thunder is audible no further than 10 miles while an English meteorologist records 130 seconds between flash and sound, implying about 27 miles. Some say visible light travels 150 miles, leaving debate over actual range.
Engine Kills Weeds On Missouri Pacific Lines
Section man reports weed control on the Missouri Pacific Kansas lines by a locomotive-attached chemical sprayer. The device reportedly does a hundred miles of work daily, improving track cleanliness but increasing job instability for section crews.
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Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Keeping House in the Army Service Corps
The army service corps sustain the fighting force through logistics work. Drivers bakers butchers and wheelwrights form the non combatant corps who might fight if necessary. The piece details transport animals compressed rations emergency rations cooking ranges and the need for versatile all round tradesmen.
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Army Service Corps
Commissariat
Philippines
Brend
Hedge Tactics in War Supplies Provoke Contractor Scrutiny
The training outcome will appear as vast purchases abroad force enterprising contractors to face famine pricing. War driven by profit motives pushes suppliers to offload dubious stocks amid global procurement pressures.
Chinese Emigration Figures and Trade Roles Across Asia
The article surveys Chinese migration from the early compass era to modern times, noting wages attract workers abroad. It catalogs Chinese populations by region including Canada, Hawaii, Singapore, Siam, and Australia, highlighting trade dominance in many locales and political measures like New Zealand's labor poll tax. It contrasts laborers versus traders and cites substantial communities in the Straits Settlements, Johore, the Philippines, and other territories.
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China
America
Arabia
John
John Chinaman
United States
Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver
Cuba
Porto Rico
West Indies
British Guiana
Chile
Peru
Bugur
Hawaii
Queensland
India
Straits
Singapore
Coast
Johore
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Siam
Victoria
South Australia
New South Wales
New Zealand
Literary Prescriptions From A City Star Roster
A compact list assigns authority to classic authors for clearness logic action conciseness sublimity imagination elegance common sense simplicity smoothness and humor. Named sources include Macaulay Burke Bacon Homer Scott Stevenson Kip Shakespeare Virgil Milton Franklin Burns Whittier Bunyan Austen Chaucer Cervantes Twain Keats Tennyson Emerson Thoreau Walton Kansas City Star.
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Macaulay
Burke and Bacon
Homer and
Scott
Bacon and
Pope
Mil
Mark Twain
Keats, Tennyson and
Emerson
Shakespeare
George Eliot
Thoreau and Walton
Kansas City Star
Napoleon as Counterfeiter Secret Print Shop Discovered
Paris police, led by prefect M Pasquied, found a night printing office where workers produced counterfeit Austrian and Russian notes. Barricaded house was breached, men arrested, notes seized. Savary reprimanded subordinates. Napoleon allegedly ordered and funded the operation for the Russian campaign.
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M. Pasquied
Savary
Napoleon
Lip biting harms girls with ugly mouth habit
A fragment warns that continual lip biting disfigures the mouth and stems from a dimple possession. It urges girls to break the habit to avoid unattractive appearance.
Band Spoils Sound By Sand In Plaster Rooms
The article reports acoustic damage in theaters and music halls from sand mixed into plaster, harming reverberation and musical tone quality. It notes the problem's effect on sound clarity and architectural acoustics.
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Breakeh
H. W. Massingham
Woolwich
Astute
Kryanowsky
Corps D'Armeee
London Daily Mail
Atures
John Ghinaman
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