Demand For Brains In The Nation's Call To Greatness
A call for superior intellect and steadfast character argues that real progress comes from brains unshackled by error and vice. It cites historical figures like Washington and Franklin, and urges skilled, principled men across farming, mining, and industry to lead, endure adversity, and guide the country from turmoil to prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Prescott
Hugh Miler
Starr King
Goldiers
Cromwell
Frederick
Adolphus
Wellington
Washington
Valley Forbe
Franklin
Monroe
Keep Step With Your Times Says Frank Crane
The piece urges steady adherence to family, community, and mutual support while resisting extreme individualism. It warns against distancing from kin and advocates keeping pace with contemporary thought and friendship, citing Frank Crane as the source of the counsel on living with others and current times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crane
Pope’s Relatives at Vatican Stir Debate Over Veil Customs
The narrative recounts the Sarto family in Rome and their ties to the pope, including the role of secrecy and the Vatican’s early rules on papal privacy. It notes recent visits by relatives, shifts in etiquette, and a change in practice as the family adopts formal headwear while the pope contemplates abolishing the solitary state custom.
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Rovite
Rosa Sars
Slater
Vhs
Cyviele
Maria
Hig
Placa
Nother ‘Waler
Teresa
Deby Giogaratt Battista
Poskaena
Rebs
Shinldy
Gilda Parolin
Rome
Tosie
Vatican
Alaters Sarto
Poutim
Urban Vith
Pius X
Urban VII
Sarto
Eternal City
Gomtient
Toilers and the Man Who Do Things Walt Mason Poem
A poem praising the laboring class and the value of action featuring lines about plow, sow, weave, and grind. The piece extols sturdy workers, their burden, and the rewards of merit, as echoed by Walt Mason in Colley’s Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
Coltiey's Weekly
Say No Tree Is Exempt Report On Lightning Strikes
Washington department of agriculture released findings from a thorough survey of lightning activity across the country. The report rejects old beliefs that certain trees resist strike and notes that Colorado and surrounding regions show high strike frequency. It concludes lightning is a prolific factor affecting forests in the western wastelands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Departmentry of Agriculture
Colorado
Gore Offeh
Need for Auctioneers In Demand Says Veteran Review
A seasoned observer notes that auctioneering requires many qualifications and ethical standards. He argues the trade has been abused by some, but remains a respected profession if judges values accurately and conducts fair sales. The piece reflects lessons from years of study and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacome
Parton
Auctioneers and the rise of professional credentials
In this historical piece the author discusses auctioneers across specialties such as live stock art jewelry and real estate. It highlights the need for qualification and notes a scarcity of thoroughly trained auctioneers, while contrasting foreign markets and American practice and mentioning fortunes made by some practitioners.
Notes of Science Highlights Inventions And World Trends
A survey of early 20th century tech notes covers an electrically powered wood splitter, Jamaica’s population growth, electrolytic etching for steel dies, China's coal output, a Liberian wireless station project, rapid photobook printing, easier window pane removal with a hot poker, and the cost to halt a train. Also notes London’s motor omnibuses, Spain's coal mines productivity, a Madrid hydrology congress planned, New York store sterilizing for returns, oldest heavens map from 600 B.C. in the National Library at Paris, copper output by Arizona and Montana, Berlin’s popular electric cab, cleaning gold lace with Burne alum, immigrant housing in Buenos Aires, and an English clergy-consecrated automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
China
Preach
London
Spain
Madrid
New York
Onina
Parla
Arizona
Montana
United States
Berlin
Parsons
Buenos Aires
Mrrat
England
New York Pawnbrokers Union Adopts Tool Pledge Card Rule
A New York ruling by the Pawnbrokers Association requires each mechanic pledging tools to present a union card. The measure takes effect immediately, aiming to verify membership and deter improperly pledged items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Memibers
New York Pawnbrokers’ Association
Women in Muncie Court Ordered to Shake Hands
Ada Steed and Clara Tartar faced multiple mutual charges in city court. Special judge A. H. Starr ordered them to shake hands and forget their differences, remarking that city court is a place for women, especially good fooling ones, like you.
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Muncie
Ada Steed
Clara Tartar
A. H. Starr
Slim jailbird frees himself from Pottsville jail
A prisoner named Bogden escaped from the county jail between midnight and dawn using a rope of stockings and a tiny window lacking bars, dropping 12 feet to the street and climbing a lightning rod to safety. He faced a two year sentence for receiving goods and had served part of his term. The manhunt yielded no trace of his whereabouts. The second piece discusses how true strength and refinement align, using the iron hand and velvet glove symbol, and argues the core of humanity is energy blocked by laziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Stiney Borden
Shenandoah
Bogden
Itz
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Laggard
Keer
Pope
Shiaile
PIL Grime
the. Toilers
Horwitz
S. Third St
Department of Agriculture
C. H
Hamilton
Dan Iaru
Tor
Alineelf
Sonik
Hughly
Badkivard
Negra
Cialize
Foreien
Notes OF
Slim Jailbird
East Avenue
Col
Walnut Streets
Bell Phone
O. W. Katz
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