Presidental Annual Message on National Reform Efforts
The President outlines plans for stronger federal control over interstate commerce and railroads, updates on currency, antitrust reform, labor injunctions, public health, and finance. He calls for cooperation with states, modernization of the eight hour day, postal savings, and a robust navy while addressing inflation, taxation, and economic stability.
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Congress
Department of Susties
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
Railway Commission
National Interstate Commerce Comission
Tts
Bureau of Corporations
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
United States
Treasury
Canada
Bea
Supreme Court
Names Short for Cyrus and Hezekiah Told in Rural Talk
A humorous dialogue from a country setting exchanges bits of humor about nicknames and full given names. Aunt Matilda explains how names like Cyrus Hezekiah Josiah and Obadiah become Cy Cy and Zi, with locals quipping about other nicknames and a final exchange ending with a playful punchline. Also notes a brief comparison of turbine engines and steam turbines in ships and mills.
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Aorth
Aunt Matilda
Hiram
Cyram
Cyrus
Josiah
Jokiah
Ilia Nama
Hezekiah
Hez
Jeremiah
Jerry
Li Googgina
Nii
Disha
di Slocum
Tan
Fire Company
Obadiah
Ananias Stone
Golf ball kills fish on Devon River
A solicitor driving to the fourth green at a Newark golf course sent his ball into the River Devon. The ball killed a two pound fish. both ball and fish were found together with injury marks on the fish.
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Newark
Devon
England
Attempting the Impossible and the Plague of Green Flies
A cheeky quote about wealth and happiness quotes Carlyle on work. New York declares a vast 67 billion gallons of water stored in its mountain reservoir. Leeds experiences an extraordinary plague of small green flies filling streets and causing discomfort for passersby.
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New York
Leeds
England
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Department of Ustice
Chicago
District of Columbia
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Lhasa
Panama Canal
Oklahoma
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Bureau of Mines
Secre
Vicksburg National Park
Permanent Census Bureau
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International Bureau of American Republics
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Be Mide Vommienstitute
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
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Necktle
Ti Haswell
Holla Road
Titus
Ri Dunstan
Uriah
Hipha
Levi
Nick
Hephzibah
Puck
Lusittania
Chicago News
Carlyle
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