Goodness or Efficiency Which Shall It Be
The text argues that efficiency surpasses mere goodness for effective government. It asserts intelligent administration, government literacy among citizens, and objective efficiency tests as fixes for waste, corruption, and poor services across tax, schools, hospitals, crime, and charity. It warns good intentions hide administrative sins without oversight.
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Cieney
Bowery
Multiply the God of Sociability and the State
A treatise extols sociability as life and wealth disparity as deadly. It argues for state promoted social mingling and marriage promotion to unite extreme wealth with poverty, breed better humans, and extend sociability through institutions and policy. It likens wealth gaps to evils worse than death.
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Santa Claus
Language Gaps Highlight Buluba Lulua Speech
The Buluba Lulua language shows gaps in terms for young animals colors and family roles. It uses a single verb dila for many actions from cry to lecture, and pronouns indicate gender. A single word often covers divine love and mundane preferences, while strong moral terms lack direct equivalents.
Reformation of Daniel O Beirne
A narrator and Wash discuss Daniel O Beirne and Kathie Fallon amid a missing dowry of drink. They follow a drunken Danny home then intervene as he fights straw stacks and limps toward Kathie’s cottage before a sober reconciliation under the lamp of night.
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Jordan
O'Deirne
Kathle Fallon
Fallon
Kathle
O'Beirne
Kathie
Wash
Danny
Dan
Wall
Ike Kathie
Fatlon
Plumb
Husband waits at Jersey City station for Pinehurst train
Hiram Smith spends hours at Jersey City concourse waiting for his wife Mire as he mistakes the Pinehurst arrival time. A bank call reveals Mrs. Smith already returned by another route, leaving Hiram exhausted and perplexed at the wrong terminal.
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Hiram Smith
Jersey City
Oelock
Turestay
Prepport
Jersey
Pinehurst
Ete
Hiram
Information Bureau
New York
Great Concourse
Hiram KR. Smith
Staton
Mr. Smith
Rockville Center
Mra. Smith
Freeport
Four Brain Classifications by Hausemann and Spitzka
The article outlines Hausemann's four brain classes from sensory stimulants to true geniuses and cites Spitzka's view that eminent exact scientists like astronomers and mathematicians have the greatest average brain weight. It also ranks men of action, and then biologists and geologists among descriptive sciences.
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Hausemann
Spitzka
Lawyers' Speeches Limited in Neuchatel Court
In Neuchatel court a new rule limits lawyers speeches to ten minutes with five minutes for cross examinations. An official timekeeper will enforce the regulation to ensure compliance.
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Neuchatel Court
Proof of Power by Elbert Hubbard
The excerpt asserts that a true leader accepts public ingratitude and the flaws of followers as part of life. It argues that remaining undiscouraged in face of adversity demonstrates real power and fitness to lead.
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Elbert Hubbard
Danger in Elixir for Children Is Alcohol in Doses
Medical Record warns that common pediatric prescriptions may contain substantial alcohol. A teaspoonful dose to infants could deliver a quarter of a teaspoon of alcohol. Recommend using aromatic water or simple syrup as a safer vehicle for child medications.
High Prices for Relics In London Auction
A small silver cup from the commonwealth period weighing three ounces sold for 480 dollars in London. A Charles tumbler with the York hallmark dated 1682 fetched 300 dollars. The sales show strong demand for antique silver near an imperial market.
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London
York
Stradivarius Songe Violin Sells for 2600 in London Auction
The Stradivarius Songe violin, highly regarded by violinists, sold at a London auction for 2600 dollars. The instrument is noted as shorter than typical violins of its make.
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Stradivarius
Songe
London
Quote on peace and war from Tacitus
A Tacitus quotation contrasts peace with war praising the harsh phrases of power. The fragment reflects on civil policy and the world turned to solitude under rulers who invoke peace in imposing terms.
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Tacitus
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