Americans to Build Global Merchant Fleet After War
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw argues for a bold policy of external improvement and a vast American merchant fleet. He envisions ships built with American materials and labor, crewed by American sailors, powered by American coal, and flying the Stars and Stripes to dominate commerce. The plan hinges on American wealth and energy, aided by the Philippines and an Isthmian canal, shifting Pacific sovereignty from Britain to the United States.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Liverpool
San Francisco
Cape Horn
New York
Philippine Islands
Isthmian Canal
Pacific Ocean
Young Men Should Rise Through Thrift and Hustle
A moral-essay mix recounts a New York merchant Samuel Brill urging young men to start small, save diligently, and study people to rise in business. It contrasts his own $150 start with rapid growth to a message about frugality, discipline, and ambition. The piece also includes Edith Joscelyn on marriage, love, and managing a husband, stressing balance, discretion, and not spoiling him.
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Samuel Brill
New York
Russia
Tom
Mrs. Smith
Sturgeon
New York Tribune
Canadian diamond fields near Hudson Bay may hide rich belts
Professor W H Hobbs argues in Popular Science Monthly that Canada’s diamond fields could rival South Africa. He notes seven Wisconsin and nearby stones, found along glacial ridges, suggest ancient ice carried gems from a Canadian source as glaciers moved south toward Hudson Bay, implying future profitable mining may lie in barren Canadian wilderness.
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South Africa
Hudson's Bay
W. H. Hobbs
Popular Science Monthly
Hobbs
Wisconsin
Oregon
Kobleville
Saukville
Burlington
Milford
Milwaukee
Professor Hobbs
Hudson Bay
Professor Hobba
Canada
New York World
Government by injunction under attack by UMWP leader
Jona Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, decries government by injunction as a tool of ultra capitalists to harass labor, erode trial by jury, and undermine constitutional liberty. He warns of its growth in labor cases and its threat to unions and associations.
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Jona Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Inks Replace Pencils In Boy’s School Day Tale
A boy leaves school with pride as pencils are taken away and he writes with ink. The poem reflects on youth and the permanence of actions. In the wider life, tears cannot erase wrongdoings once written in ink.
Dropping a Gentle Hint Timid Lover
Mabel Travers confronts love and money as Leslie proposes marriage. Her mother helps her see poverty is relative, noting their own modest beginnings. Mabel resolves to love Leslie despite finances, recognizing gradual change and shared future.
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Abel Travers
Mrs. Travers
Mabel
Leslie
Les-le
Leas
St Orst
Mia Travers
The Primal Swamp Spring Festival Stateside Tradition
Within twenty miles of a major Southern coastal city lies a two to three hundred square mile district famed as The Primal Swamp. Each spring, youth groups travel by flat-bottomed dugouts through ditches to a hidden lake, camp on the shore, fish and dance, then return by a different route, continuing a long standing festival tradition known as Lwesile's.
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George Washington
Lwesile
Josh Lacks Enterprise Puzzles Mississippi Farmer
Farmer Corntessel frets over his son Josh amid debts and looming foreclosure. His wife accuses him of removing all incentives by clearing debts, risking Josh’s motivation to hustle and lift the mortgage burden as the landlord nears foreclosure.
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Josh
Farmer Corntessel
Washngton Star
Colors and Glass in Greenhouses Affect Fruit Quality
The article notes experiments with colored greenhouse glass showing plain uncolored glass yields best results. Violet glass reduces fruit size and delays ripening despite higher counts. Other colors prove harmful across outcomes.
Not Feared by Lightning Redwood Curiosity
The California redwood shows a curious trait as beads cut by lightning are replaced by a new growth. A widow with a 12 year old daughter faces duties and reflection on resilience and conduct, with advice to refrain from complaints.
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California
Indian Territory and Its People in the Dawes Era
The article surveys the Indian Territory under Dawes Commission oversight. It details tribal ownership by the Five Civilized Tribes and white and freedmen residency, lands, and enrollments. It notes resource wealth including minerals and timber, and describes government handling of land allotment, taxation, and law enforcement within a vast, evolving landscape.
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Union
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Congress
Indian Territory
Finny
Boston Mountains
United States
Indiana
Muskogee
Commission
Feld
Theot
Ita
Dawes Commission
Habits of the sturgeon and its feeding prowess
The sturgeon uses a telescopic under mouth and sensitive tentacles to detect clams on the seabed. It sweeps the bottom, unfolds a tube to crush shells, and sucks up clams with gill-bellows. It also plows the sandy bottom with a shovel-like nose, creating long shallow furrows.
Charcoal Eph’s Daily Thought in Baltimore News
A quirky quip from Charcoal Eph argues many people have more hope than prospects, reflecting a streetwise, old strain. The piece blends wry humor with a jab at ambition and time, contrasting with the Philadelphia Fullette’s take on money and effort.
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Charcoal Eph
Mistah Jackson
Baltimore News
Philadelphia
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