Abuses in Politics and Daily Life Noted Across Nations
The piece surveys corporate political influence in the United States and England, cites opinions from Harper's Weekly and the Indianapolis Star, and discusses telephone etiquette, hen costs in agriculture, public profanity, and a Harvard medical school leadership change. It also highlights Pima Indians along the Gila River as civilized and industrious.
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England
Sydney Brooke
Harper's Weekly
United States
America
Span of concrete Henry Hudson bridge hailed as engineering triumph
The Henry Hudson memorial bridge would span Spuyten Duyvil Creek with a 7083 foot concrete arch, the largest yet proposed in the world. It would connect Manhattan to the mainland with a double deck design for highway, rapid transit connections to be added later, total length 2840 feet and an estimated cost of 3.8 million dollars.
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Spuyten Duyvil Creek
New York Sun
Niagara
Hell Gate Bridge
Manhattan
Grunwald
Isar
Munich
Walnut Lane
Hudson Memorial Bridge
Cabin John
Washington Aqueduct
Apan
Adda
Luxemburg
Plauen
Henry Hudson
Toeing the Mark Origin of a Common Phrase
The expression toe the mark likely comes from military drill where soldiers were commanded to dress by tracing a line on the ground. It evolved to mean standing up to a challenge and has persisted in place names where youths duel by drawing a line and demanding the other to toe the mark.
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The
Boston Herald
Boston
Great Britain
Aeroplane Pioneer Henry Farman Predicts Fast Flights
Henry Farman, famed for aeroplane experiments, says pilots will fly 50 to 100 miles within a year. A 30-year-old son of a noted English journalist, he previously excelled in French cycling and motor racing, winning Parla and Nice in 1902 and top honors from Paris to Vienna before a crash ended his motor career.
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Henry Farman
Farman
Parla
Nice
Parle-to- Vienna
Are those dogs here to eat up subpoenas
A witty visitor notes $6,000 bulldogs on a multimillionaire's estate and asks if they are there to eat subpoenas. The owner quips they are meant to eat subpoena servers, sparking a sly exchange about legal papers.
Brooklyn Committee Urges Building Action on Third Floor
A Brooklyn tenant on a standing committee calls for action in the building, urging residents to address concerns from the third floor. The note emphasizes organized effort and collective responsibility among neighbors.
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Brooklyn
Poison from viper yields serum for world decades
New York reports a historic operation at the Bronx zoo extracting venom from the lance-head viper. Dr Ditmars and others captured the reptile, obtaining less than a third of a teaspoonful of serum. The venom's power is immense, and the serum could treat insanity and malignant diseases for up to fifty years worldwide.
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New York
Bronx Zoological Park
E. W. Runyon
Amazon
Raymond L. Ditmars
Park
St. Clair Smith
Charles F. Snyder
Reptile House
Runyon
Snyder
Brazil
Hat money for church drives Easter debt payment
In Chillicothe Missouri the First Methodist Episcopal church Ladies’ Working Society raises 700 dollars by urging members to skip Easter hats and bonnets. Members pledged to forgo spring millinery, attending services bareheaded to show their sacrifice and repay the church debt.
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Chillicothe
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Ladies’ Working Society
Derby
Will West Women Found Adamless Colony for Suffragists
Mrs T Vernette Morse leads twenty Chicago women from the Arts Craft Institute to found a women only town in Wyoming or Idaho. Men will not be allowed at the outset as the colony plans farming, carpentry, and weaving while the men work an Eveless town nearby.
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Chicago
Wyoming
T. Vernette Morse
Arts-Crafte Institute
Manlesa
Rosser
Lynch
Miller
Bootblack Becomes Greek Class Critic at Shurtleff
Alton boot black Thomas Kalends aged 18 wins praise from Dr. D. G. Ray, Shurtleff College Greek professor, for mastery of ancient Greek. Kalends, Athens High School graduate, serves as weekly Greek pronunciation tutor in exchange for English language lessons.
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Alton
Thomas Kalends
D. G. Ray
Shurtleff College
Athens
Greece
America
Dove Brings Cake From Mumps Case Home
A Waterbury man Gilbert Wakelee reports his farm dove returned with a plate of cake found in a neighbor’s yard where a child had mumps. The cake was abandoned by the sick child, and the dove carried it home.
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Waterbury
Conn
Dent
Gilbert Wakelee
The Foolish Rich and Their Impact on Social Order
A critical essay argues that wealth hoarding, underpaying workers, and extravagant displays by rich individuals provoke mass discontent and bolster socialist and anarchist sentiments. It urges laws to enforce fair dealing and sane spending by inheritors or self-made fortunes to prevent social unrest.
Pension for Every Mother
Essay argues for economic independence for women and critiques traditional marriage roles. It advocates state regulation of marriages and divorces, co education, and stricter engagement norms, while urging recognition of love as a foundation rather than mere affinity. It emphasizes mothers deserve support regardless of wealth and warns against treating women as property.
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Heaven
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Beane, Publisher
Indianapolis Star
Congressman Olmstead
Agricultural Committee of the House
Reginald ‘Heber
Hersey
Harvard Medical School
Gila River
Poyses
Indiana
Henry Hudson Memorial
VIPER
Gotham
Bootblack
Shurtleff
Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
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