Government ownership of telephone story sparks political clash
W Cabell Bruce argues against David J. Lewis on government control of telephone service. The piece attacks Lewis's plea for Post Office operation, claiming foreign systems show limited rural reach and inefficiency. It cites U.S. superiority under private management and criticizes bureaucratic models abroad.
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W. Cabell Bruce
United States Senate
David J. Lewis
Maryland
treasury
Lewis
Postoffice Department
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russian
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Spain
Famous Sermon Stirs the Men in Baltimore Tabernacle
A Billy Sunday Sunday service in Baltimore drew about 20 000 as he urged personal work for Christ. He attacked novel reading and urged Christians to active outreach including writing letters and questioning workers about faith. Sunday defended his zeal and warned that without repentance hell awaits.
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Baltimore
Billy Sundey
Rody
America
tabernacle
Dallimore
Billy Sunday
Colorado
the tabernacle
Mr. Bunday
tims
Sunday
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Sermon Echoes on Liquor as National Threat
Sunday sermons attack alcohol as ruinous to health and society. Preacher denounces the saloon, calls for nationwide revival to end liquor traffic, and contrasts high and low class establishments while urging church alignment against drinking. He claims liquor harms business and moral order.
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hell
pricatsa
America
Interesting notes from a Palm Beach colony census
A census reports 20 dogs for eight babies in a Palm Beach colony. A drop of petrol kills a wasp instantly but is ineffective on bees or flies. Domestication does not always increase animal size, with cats sheep and turkeys as exceptions. An average wild sheep weighs about 100 pounds more than a farm yard sheep. A woman jokes about servants, noting her maid, cook, and laundress, while a male companion explains the hired girl is a “lightning change artist.”
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United States
NEW YORK CITY
CHICAGO
GREAT BRITAIN
IRELAND
FRANCE
PHILADELPHIA
BOSTON
LOS ANGELES
ITALY
PITTSBURGH
HUNGARY
Europe
London
Paris
Berl
tve
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Lewis
Kansas
Detroit
Extrema Ennul Quote Shared in Kansas City Journal
A Kansas City Journal excerpt presents a weary remark about a hopeless case. The speaker notes the subject is tired of everything including visiting doctors, highlighting a sense of despair.
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Kansas City Journal
Sugar deal leaves Bacon firm on the rocks
A clipped Boston transcript notes Bacon suffered heavy losses in a large sugar transaction, steering him away from speculation. The remark suggests sugar as the cure for overreach, while the piece hints at broader malevolent forces affecting industry and effort.
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Boston
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Dentonational Bank
DENTON NATIONAL BANK
Hhae
T. C. West
SAMUNHLG
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DENTON
MPD
SAMURI
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Telephone Building
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New Zealand
Ar. Lewis
SWETZERLAND
MR. LEWIS
ENGLAND
St. Paul
Budapest
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Omaha
Tokio
Rochester
Amsterdam
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Rotterdam
New York
Philadelphi
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W. Cabell Hruce
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Fourth street
Isaac D. Anderson
Jacob Cohen
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ALtOrMoon
reese
Palm Beach
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