The Goose and the Gander
The New York Sun contrasts farmer price demands with workers plight asking how coal miners and others would react if farmers refused work or charged exorbitant prices for bread meat and dairy prompting famine and national ruin among workers.
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The
New York Sun
United States
Public Interest in Industrial Progress by George E. Roberts
An editorial argues that society should not side with capital or labor but oversee both. It critiques labor unions for excess power amid strikes and urges unions to reform, honor agreements, and show public responsibility before seeking more influence. The piece emphasizes industrial peace and responsible conduct.
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New York
Dock Workers
Wisdom on life and toil from Wise minds
The Toronto Globe reflects on knowledge work and tolerance. It states that no single person is indispensable and life should be taken day by day as a mosaic of small acts. The piece emphasizes humility, selflessness, and collective progress beyond personal vanity.
Critique of substitutes for the League of Nations
Arthur Balfour argues that critics of the League of Nations have no viable substitute to preserve world peace. He rejects schemes proposing a return to past violence and arms races, insisting any future system must include the League or an acceptable alternative.
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Arthur Balfour
League of Nations
Present Tendencies in South Dakota Polity
The Milwaukee Journal notes the South Dakota Republican convention’s endorsement of General Wood as presidential nominee is a political straw. It also highlights strong backing for Governor Coolidge as vice president, while pointing out his policies are little known outside Massachusetts. The piece stresses judging 1920 candidates by future aims, not past grievances, and warns trends may evolve before next summer.
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General Wood
South Dakota
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Misleading Names Explained by Pacific Travel Journal
An explainer listing common misnomers such as India Ink from China, India rubber from the Americas, camel hair brushes from Russian squirrels, and genuine French briar root pipes not from briar. It clarifies that silkworms are caterpillars, sealing wax has no wax, heartburn not from the heart, and sweet spirits of nitre contain no nitre. The piece ends noting a centipede never has 100 feet, with the largest only reaching a few feet.
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India
China
France
Central
South America
Aise
Russia Defaults Again In Semiannual Interest
The Springfield Republican notes Russia missed the semiannual 6.6 percent external loan interest due recently, a follow up to prior defaults on the 6.6 percent loan. It covers a $26 million 5.5 percent loan floated by New York banks, maturing December 1, and discusses Russia’s limited U.S. holdings and impact compared with France and Britain, along with potential suspensions of Allied interest payments.
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Russia
Springfield Republican
No Nations City Bank
New York
Cnaneits
France
Great Britain
Superwheat to Boost Kansas Agriculture Yields
A new wheat named denred developed at Kansas State University shows yields over four bushels per acre higher than Turkey or Tharkos varieties. Over eight years the grain produced 4.4 bushels more per acre and offers resistance to black abour rushes. It promises to replace UPKCy Wheat in Kansas and improves winter hardiness aiding Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Colorado.
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Bulletin Agriculture Department
United States
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Otation
Manhattan
Kan
Expe
Turkey
Tharkos
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Labor With Clean Hands. Coal strike era marks mass walkouts
The New York World notes that during the bituminous coal strike more than 700 workers abandoned their posts to press for higher wages and better conditions, underscoring industrial labor's impact. It contrasts radical factions among steel workers and miners with the broader labor movement.
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New York World
Labor unrest fades as workers return to jobs in US
The piece notes minimal disorder amid vast industrial strikes, praising peaceful resumption of work. It cites a WWI era shift with women retaining higher productivity, a Young Women's Christian Association survey of 1000 employers, and comments on British Milner mission arrivals in Cairo and rising tensions underlying calm.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Cairo
Viscount Milner
United States Increases Water Exports Despite Shortage
Commerce Department report shows rising water exports through October amid nationwide shortage. Officials cite ongoing supply adjustments and market demand while domestic supplies remain constrained.
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United States
Commerce Department
Delegates Fail Over Frontier Guarantees Amid Frontline Battles
Nations inside the Lie States conference fail to agree on frontier arrangements and guarantees. Meanwhile Bolacevist forces pound the Narva front, especially the sector manned by General Yudenitel’s troops.
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Bolacevist
Narva
Yudenitel
Copper Miners Strike in Japan Over Pay Demands
About ix thousand copper miners in Japan strike after wage demand rejected. Workers seek higher pay amid rising living costs and industrial tension as labor action disrupts production.
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Japan
Gas in Workrooms May Halt Influenza Spread
The London Times reports a milder influenza wave in England with fewer cases than last year. Research notes inhaling zinc sulphate, nitrous oxide, and sulphur dioxide gases in confined work spaces may bactericidally reduce transmission and offer a new preventive approach.
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England
Gregor
Medical Research Committee
Birth Rates and Immigrant Stock Shape American Demography
The discourse analyzes census trends predicting urban growth and rural decline. It reviews historic birth rates among native stocks and immigrant groups, noting Dutch, German, Irish, Scandinavian, Italian, and Slavic origins. The piece suggests current low native birth rates may shift power away from long-established stocks.
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W. C. Rossiter
Censue Office
Lecyclopedia Britannica
New England
Suitaly
Ireland
America
van Buren
Roosevelt
What Is Initiative
A short meditation on initiative contrasts those who act without prompting with those who wait to be told. It notes some people only act after being urged twice while others respond only when necessity forces them.
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Mikert Hubbard
Everybody But China in Asia Magasame
The article recalls early 20th century Chinese concessions and William F. Carey’s five grant projects in Peking around 1912. Carey, entering as a concessionaire, learned map politics from a Russian envoy who labeled regions by colonial spheres and prompted Carey to quip about China’s place.
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China
William F. Carey
Siems- Carey Railway & Canal Company
Peking
Carey
Saginaw Infant Health Survey Highlights Conditions
The 1914 survey by the Children's Bureau in Saginaw Michigan details infant health, birth registration gaps, and high baby death rates mainly in the first two weeks. It notes respiratory diseases surpass bowel illness, calls for better maternity care and improved milk supply, and recalls the city’s past smallpox response.
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Mich
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Children's Bureau
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District of Columbia
Indignon
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Wisconsin
Poetic Justice From the London Chronicle
Admiral Bir Montague Browning faced a Navy court martial after allegedly breaking leave by over 100 hours. The captain asked for a defense and Browning replied that to err is human to forgive divine, prompting a fourteen ninety day detention suggestion.
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London Chronicle
Bir Montague Browning
Browning
Shakespeare
Asbestos Clothing Promises Lower Living Costs
Scientists promise everyday asbestos wear to cut industry costs. The plan envisions clothing that can be burned to eliminate laundry, reduce soap use, and lessen elbow grease. A new era looms if science delivers.
Laughing caller seeks husband in playful coupon exchange
In the Loulaville Courier Journal excerpt a bashful caller claims she saved coupons to obtain a husband. The punchline unfolds as he softly asks what she is trying to gain, prompting humorous exchange.
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Loulaville Courier-Journal
Medical Pill Prank Ends With Knee Shake
A medical corpsman gives a patient a pill for any ailment. A burly army chauffeur swallows a tiny white pill and immediately shakes his knee as if trying to move the pill downward. The humor highlights obedience to medical advice and a playful misunderstanding.
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Senate
Champ Clark Finds Bow Leg Cure Reported
The Los Angeles Times notes Champ Clark discovered a cure for bow legs though there is little demand. No one recalls a bow legged woman and men afflicted claim meeting it while riding cavalry horses in the Argonne charge.
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Los Angeles Times
Champ Clark
Boston Transcript Riddles Playful Marriage Scene
In a light verse from the Boston Transcript, Mrs Thricewedd Well asks how to fire a new papa and Fisie answers that marrying men like him costs a whole dollar, revealing a whimsical domestic moment.
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Boston Transcript
Eisie
Fisie
Lost Dog Reward Trial Calls for 1 Shilling
A London Weekly Telegraph cartoon caption depicts a tramp asking a householder for news of a missing terrier. The householder replies with a 1 shilling reward and the tramp requests a small advance as he searches for the dog. The dialogue highlights a humorous exchange about compensation for assisting in the find.
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London Weekly Telegraph
Hello Gap! A quirky exchange in Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star features a humorous exchange with Gap Johnson of Rumus Ridge Arkansas. The dialogue imagines a playful hunt with a character called Bearcat while noting a reckless plan to give him caster 41.
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Kansas City Star
Gap
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Bearcat
These Harsh Days From Judge
Mrs White-Why reports her husband did not return last night and fears he is starved to death after taking only H with him. Mrs Green concerns for her spouse's safety amid the same distressing circumstances.
Pleasing His Customer at the Butcher Shop
A Houston Post snippet shows a woman asking for meat without bone or gristle and no fat. The shopkeeper responds with a piece of beef while a shopman calls for eggs, highlighting a terse, humorous exchange in a market scene.
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The
Houston Post
John
Question for Bryan from the Public Ledger
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes renewed curiosity about William Jennings Bryan and asks whether he has ever managed to square things with Mrs. Champ Clark. The query hints at personal political rivalries and potential reconciliation.
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Bryan
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Champ Clark
Preparedness from McGraw's Equipper on parenting quirks
Speaking of women having more sons than men the author notes a baby's growth and the urge to abandon the baby carriage as children mature. A playful domestic observation framed as a broader preparedness theme.
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McGraw
Traffic Officer Confronts Woman Over Parked Car
A traffic officer orders a woman to move her car as she explains she cannot drive with a baby and a husband in a store. The exchange highlights roadside frustration and caregiving duties delaying the vehicle.
Price Increases Across English Agriculture Reported
A board issued white paper notes England and Wales show higher selling values across corn livestock and farm produce since 1908 19 rising by 163 percent overall and 142 percent for Ib items Beans and peas lead gains up 48 percent with fruit vegetables also up. Farm products especially sheep wool potatoes hay and butter show notable price increases.
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London Times
Board of Nnnoman and Fisheries
England
Wales
Wis
Discouraged counsellor tests judge on justice day
In a San Francisco Argonaut note a counsellor tells the court his client is unlikely to receive justice until judgment day. The judge replies he will plead for the woman then, prompting the counsellor to warn the judge of troubles on that day.
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San Francisco
Californians Urged Against Delegation for Johnson
The piece argues California supporters should drop plans to back Johnson at the national convention. It warns such delegation efforts would misrepresent the state and party and hinder Johnson’s presidential hopes, likening the move to selling a dead mule to the convention.
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California
Johnson
League of Nations
Seaman QGunner and Zululand Cargo Tale
The excerpt hints at a seafaring crew and a cargo run from Zululand. It references letters parcels and a housing problem with a gunner and crew discussing next actions amid a muddy cargo.
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Qgunner
Zululand
Rail equipment plans amid wary public funds debate
A garbled passage notes a bid for around 2 billion in railroad equipment over the next years, with mentions of EMioll, president of Hallread Company, and a family dinner exchange about judgment and standing up for someone, reflecting mixed public concern and corporate activity.
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Sh Hallread Companie
Beaton Transcript Snippet Hints Wedding Wit
A fragment from the Beaton Transcript shows a quip about marrying Miss Swift and a playful exchange praising wood taste and good sense. The lines suggest informal social banter rather than a formal report or event with clear dates or participants.
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Beaton
Miss Swift
Reading Aloud at Home in Spokesigan Review
A review notes the season of evenings invites reading aloud at home as a meaningful use of indoor time. It recalls youth and midlife memories, urging a return to sharing stories aloud with family to revive a sense of companionship.
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Spokesigan Review
Tax of Idleness Franklin Fragment
A fragment discusses taxation on idleness and government spending on idle employments and amusements. It argues about the costs of sloth and unproductive work and questions what should be taxed or regulated. The text reflects a historic critique of public spending tied to leisure activities.
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Franklin
Red Tyranny in Riga Describes Hunger and Arrests
Woman in Red Riga recounts mass food shortages as red troops seize property and impose decrees. The author details bread card chaos, daily executions, looted homes, forced relocations, and brutal nightly visits by red soldiers and Amazons.
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London Times
Itiga
Alexander Street
Bourgeoiee
Jane
Hovre Fm
Nevera
Bourgoles
Red Guard
Prince Meshersky
Kleff
St. George
Liberty and Classes in American Life
An Indianapolis News column argues liberty rests on individualism and universal suffrage. It warns against class rule by plutocrats or organized labor and cites Root on individuality, stressing that government must be by and for all the people or it ceases to be American.
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America
Colely
Root
Mr. Root
Congress
New Use For Yap From Commerce and Finance
A historical写 excerpt critiques deportation and proposes impractical self rule for Yap. It laments traditional deportations by Britain and Russia and imagines a world with no government or law where people live freely, shaking coconuts for lunch. It references terms like polsheviats and mentions Yap as a dreamlike democracy.
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England
Scotland
India
America
Matcontenta
Olbillat
Polsheviats
Syndicariats
Reds
Russia
Feds
Parliamen
Pacific
Calla
Living in a Coal Mining Section in Pittsburgh Kansas
Readers in the Pittneburgh Kansas district find advantages to life in a coal mining area as the ship vile presence is noted. The fragment hints at local attitudes toward mining work and its social environment but is incomplete and stylized.
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Kansas City Star
Pittneburgh
Kan
Coal Digging by a Family in a Miners Shaft
The passage describes a family coal operation with a man and his wife digging from shallow to deep shafts using a bucket and windlass. They haul coal to a wagon via a loaded chute, then reset for more work as needed.
Fragmentary Diner Scene with Jumbled Speech
A garbled OCR passage shows a rapid fire restaurant scene with a hungry customer demanding items like French fried potatoes and sliced tomatoes. A waitress trained in a railroad boarding car eyes the moment while a voice calls to the cook and a band is referenced briefly.
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Kansas City
Rapid Fire
Baldy
Kayner
Comet
Fragmentary note on materials and uses of Hinduet products
The fragment discusses Hinduset byproducts besides paper, mentioning osalic acid made from it and its uses in packing and smoking Meh. It notes car venived and better Miter than ordinary ermere, plus mentions boxwood and jewelry, weed seoaning and artificial Be. The text is incoherent and garbled with several likely OCR errors.
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London Chronicle
Hinduet
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