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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
3
William H Taft emphasizes the Supreme Court as the high interpreter of the U S Constitution guiding all branches and guarding life liberty and property. He compares state courts and urges clearness in decisions to help lower courts and reduce violence through love and justice.
The essay argues life centers on love not self. loving others fails due to impermanence, so one should love God and love for love’s sake. It urges devoting life to strengthening love within and accepting the world as ordained, ending in a call to act and believe.
Andrew Carnegie argues for conserving coal for the future noting that 2.5 trillion tons of coal may vanish in about two centuries. He criticizes wasteful use in power plants where only 5 to 10 percent of coal’s energy is retrieved and urges advances to convert potential energy directly into mechanical work.
President Wilson of Princeton urges belief in genuine sentiment over a rigid, practical age. He cites men attending church out of habit, arguing true feeling sustains leadership and keeps the world of affairs alive.
Joel Chandler Harris known as Uncle Remus died at his Atlanta area home. Born in Eatonton Ga on December 9 1848 he rose from a printer's devil to a famed writer of Southern tales and negro character. Harris published Nights with Uncle Remus Mingo and Other Sketches Free Joe and Other Georgia Sketches Blue Act? cave. He loved children and domestic life and left two sons in the newspaper business.
A scientist serving Uncle Sam in Washington is described as a strict taskmaster to both official aides and his domestic staff. The item notes his exacting habits and a single incident where he requested detailed accompaniment.
The passage traces Joel Harris in New Orleans and Savannah then Atlanta during a yellow fever outbreak. It notes Harris becoming a Constitution staff writer, adopting the Uncle Remus pseudonym, and gaining reader traction with the dialect sketches. It mentions a fictional scientist inviting a world cruise and a humorous travel exchange from Harper’s Weekly. The text ends with a remark on social gatherings and parties.
The New York Press quotes a professor and inventor discussing how facial muscles, especially the lips and mustache, betray truth. They note that eyes are concealed more easily than the mouth and describe how lip movements expose nervousness in moments of exultation or fear.
Two women lingered over purchases finishing with a plan to buy hats. One boasts she will choose between a Merry Widow and a Son Kiss style while the other opts for an ice cream soda and home, her friend insisting she’s too tired to change.
The piece reflects on personal courage and self-reliance, noting how confidence steadies others when danger looms. It praises resilience and the idea that individuals can be their own heroes in the face of adversity.
A collage of brief notes covers fashion trends such as thin woolen garb and flannel belts, odd court mentions, wagers, suffragette quips, population shifts in Tokyo, a piano writing contest, carbide production in Argentina, a train wreck anecdote, and a notable thyroid graft surgery in a medical report.
The Philadelphia Inquiry argues bank directors are notoriously stingy with wages while handling vast funds. It calls for living wages and merit based raises, warning that poverty tempts theft and urging broad reform across banks. A related note cautions readers against risky matrimonial advertisements as a lure to ruin.
The piece contrasts sensational matrimonial scams in the West with warnings from Chicago teachers about literacy and arithmetic deficits. It notes cases of women using fake ads to target victims, then reports a survey of 146 Chicago teachers in grades five to eight: many spend little time on writing or spelling, courses are crowded, and spelling results are worrisome.
A New York Tribune report notes Canada tests all potential immigrants, including English, as Ottawa tightens controls on Southern and Eastern Europeans and Orientals. Salvation Army arranged fifty prospective workers from London slums, held for government investigation amid rising demand for unskilled labor.
In Chicago Daily News style reflections on a household sale show neighbors reacting with pity and disbelief as families auction their possessions after misfortune. Women discuss attachments, regret, and the impact on the Brent family while noting prices and scarce bidding.
A London Express writer notes King Edward as a nearly five decade enthusiast of agriculture. His Shorthorns Shire horses Thoroughbreds Hackneys and Southdown sheep excel on Sandringham farm due to deliberate breeding. Despite duties he supervises stock and farms, with praise from inspectors and stockmen for best in the kingdom.
King Edward shows a passion for horse breeding and livestock, with shire stallions like Premindor winning at Chicago and high prices for bulls such as Pride of Sunshine. His leadership in the Royal Agricultural Society and Dairy Farmers Association boosts English farming nationwide.
A faded tale from Scarborough recalls an American sea captain lost in the China Sea after his ship vanished. A portrait found off the African coast bearing his name connects to the missing vessel, revived by a late 19th century tracing effort.
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