Wheelbarrow praise and steel labor clash in public views
A cafeteria piece extols the wheelbarrow as a symbol of progress linking Erie Canal to modern transport. It condemns E H Gary and the twelve hour day in steel, arguing workers suffer while profits rise and urging public action to favor labor.
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Answers to reader questions from The Times
The Indianapolis bureau provides brief factual Q and A style entries on topics from business and science to history. It includes figures on WWI troop movements, Alcock and Brown flight time, anaesthesia practices, aluminum production, the 1665 Great Plague death toll, golf player counts, Oklahoma meaning, names meanings, legal term usage, candle etiquette, and Confucius Golden Rule origins.
Heroes' Hidden Fears Across Frontline Valor
NEA Service feature profiles three heroes from different walks who confront private fears despite public courage. Major General Adrian Carton de Wiart, famed for survival from multiple wounds, admits a cowardly fear of cameras even after decades in battles from the Boer War to World War I.
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Courage and leadership amid war and bravery honors
In a WWI tale, General de Wiart forms a rescue group to save cut-off British units and is wounded on withdrawal. A photographer’s nervousness is noted as humor. Mary Buhner, 20, wins Carnegie and Red Cross bravery awards for rescuing a friend from a shark attack in Tampa Bay. Joe Swedock, 16, the “pluckiest boy,” overcomes loss of legs in a train crash to support his siblings with a plan toward becoming a lawyer.
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Tomb of Pocahontas Is Vacant
Americans visiting Gravesend on Memorial Day found the grave believed to hold Pocahontas empty. The famed princess of Virginia had been honored after saving early settlers, but church fire reportedly left her body unaccounted for. A US movement plans exhumation and possible Arlington burial.
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Quotable Witty Lines From TOM SIMS
A collection of aphorisms and playful thoughts attributed to Tom Sims. The lines cover optimism doubt humor and social observations about effort luck and personal fortune. The excerpt blends light humor with cautionary notes on pride and resilience.
Benefit organizers bring in crowds despite rain
Organizations staged benefits and Joe expresses happiness yet fears rain as a factor that could hurt business.
Smoke Stacks Collapse After Fracture Fight Incident
John McGinnis, 49, was critically injured after a quarrel with an unknown man at Ohio and Illinois Streets. He suffered a skull fracture and facial bruising. an argument preceded the assault. Separately, steel smoke stacks at Chapman Price Steel Co. on Shelby Street and Troy Avenue fell, releasing steam and triggering late alarms.
Traps For Travelers In Polani
Warsaw reports warn travelers to beware passport sharks selling forged American passports. A fake document costs $8 versus $10 from official channels and can mislead weary migrants from Poland Latvia Lithuania and Russia seeking to reach New York, risking detention.
June Gladness Poem by Berton Braley
A lyrical piece titled June Gladness portrays June as a lively, dizzying season stirring romance across ages. It humorously links moonlit nights to flirtation and social scenes, noting couples forming and wary drivers easing with romance. The poem is credited to Berton Braley and dated 1923 NEA Service.
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