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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
6
A collage of quips on wealth and virtue From Boston and Georgia to New York cartoons and Bible readings It notes public charity temperance laws destitution privacy for relief seekers and a banker’s notes counterfeiting claim plus immigration views and a judge’s stance on women’s rights.
The piece argues for restrictive immigration measures while acknowledging the potential value of aliens who become citizens. It contrasts the usefulness of university graduates with unskilled labourers, noting Roosevelt's 1905 remarks and asserting educated natives who train at institutions are especially valuable, with many graduates willing to start at the bottom.
A New York Herald correspondent reports baseball thrives in the Canal Zone with two main leagues the Isthmian and the Atlantic. Games run January to June with strong government employee participation, fast competition, and admission priced from 50 cents to $2 in silver.
John Mitchell at the Civic Federation convention in Washington cautioned about overvaluing mental work, noting that even the woodpecker uses its head and is a major bore in the business, implying practical effort matters.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a wry line about Rockefeller foundation and shows how a showman’s prominence can dominate a show. The remark critiques influence and public attention in philanthropic circles.
A sermon-like piece warns that flirtation undermines the home and scars marriage. It cites temptations in fashionable restaurants and flirtatious behavior as dangerous first steps, using biblical and classical references to warn readers about moral decline and lost virtue.
Essay notes that historical pushes of individualism gave way to growing cooperation as steam railways ships and telegraphs shrink distances. It argues that worldwide population growth and economic forces push toward collectivism and international labor organization, with nations uniting beyond borders to fight oppression and profit.
A brief line notes that a final cooperative commonwealth faces significant upcoming conflict before its successful establishment.
A little girl dies on her sister’s grave while a mother in need collapses from hunger. The piece contrasts luxury trends and wealth shows with poverty, urging affluent girls to learn from those suffering hunger and heartache rather than chase latest fashions. It cites a Chicago Examiner quote on social disparity.
President Wilson argues the church should not pity or merely relieve suffering but empower individuals to reclaim integrity. He places the church at the center of philanthropy education science philosophy politics and life, guiding spiritual relations to grand world processes and life’s plan.
The article reflects on the dangers faced by switchmen, old frontier imagery fading, while praising industrial age workers. It notes peril from slips, ice, and signals, with the risk of instant death or lifelong disability from a single mistake.
The article honors switchmen as essential yet perilous workers in the fast moving freight economy. It likens them to aviators and divers, noting constant vigilance against fatal accidents from toppled coal cars, stuck pins, or being crushed between cars on sharp curves.
A New York Times feature quotes a hair tonic salesman claiming Italian barber shop proprietors never have bald barbers. He asserts German and American barbers often lose hair, yet remain employed, and praises Italian shops as full of hair. The piece notes loyalty of shop bosses to staff.
A London Globe report says a museum will open in the Conciergerie prison famed for Marie Antoinette relics. The Salle des Girondins will house items from the doomed queen including the chair she sat in during detention the lamp lighting her cell the carved crucifix she kissed before execution and two portraits of Marie Antoinette at communion and in her cell. Health honesty horse sense and hard work form a strong alliance against weak rivals.
London faces growing traffic as a result of unplanned expansion. A large survey aims to map future needs and build major arterial routes to link center with outer districts. 1897 1908 growth figures show rising passenger totals and new street construction.
The George Fleming, a British tramp, reached Boston from Calita Buena and Iquique with 57 000 bags of nitrate of soda after an encounter with Patagonian cannibals who boarded the ship at night near the Straits of Magellan. The visitors, including women with babes, were invited indoors for warmth and entertained the crew with songs and dances before departing with clothing donated by the crew.
The piece recounts Teo Pointed and Mr. Howard a man of few words as he buys the words of an opera for his sister in the Mikado libretto guise. It contrasts Howard's quietness with a clerk's confusion over the term and adds a separate sketch of Roscoe Conkling’s harsh courtroom style describing a witness as a fountain of falsehood.
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