Hogs in Chicago advance to 22.40 and Iowa hogs value
The Los Angeles Times financial page notes hogs in Chicago rising to 22.40, linking Iowa hog numbers to major California growth. Iowa's 10 9 25 000 hogs are valued in millions, equaling large annual mine and copper outputs, illustrating hog wealth’s broad effect.
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Los Angeles Times
Times
Chicago
Iowa
Los Angeles
Long Beach
California
Towa
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Wall Street Journal
United States
A Railroad Man’s Advice Favors National Policy
Former Union Pacific president Robert S. Lovett argues for federal action to restore railroad capital and service. He urges exclusive federal regulation of securities and rates, a transportation department in the President’s cabinet, and consolidated national oversight to quickly mobilize resources during emergencies.
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Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad System
United States Railroad Administration
Rairoads
Congress
Mr. Lovett
Lovett
Committee of
Railroad Executives
Senate Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Railroad Committee
Department of Transportation
United States
Levitt
Trees as Wireless Stations from the Scientific American
The article notes trees can receive and emit wireless signals like aerials. During World War I signal corps tests showed trees as effective receiving stations with messages from European sources, using simple methods to attach wires to treetops and connect to receivers. Weather affects trees similarly to man made aerials, isolation or forest setting irrelevant.
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Scientific American
Signal Corps
District of Columbia
Nauen
Germany
Memory and childhood on a sunlit turf slope
A fragment recalling sweet memories of youth and playful scenes on a grassy slope. The speaker imagines acting with childlike delight in collecting flowers and tossing them to the windows, a nostalgic, pastoral reverie from days past.
Prune profiteering cited by Oregon growers
The Oregon prune story claims East buyers pay forty cents a pound while Oregon growers received only a fraction of that, with transportation firms and speculators taking most margins. It accuses profiteering by middlemen and urges government reform and grower-led markets to protect prices.
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Oregon Journal
Oregon
Lila Toll
Prune
Pacifico Coast
America
Pacific Coast
The Land of Plenty in a Public Lodge Speech
A Philadelphia Public Lodge piece argues prosperity depends on plentiful goods not scarcity. It says Americans gain from abundance, immigrants especially benefit from better living, but warns production cycles and social inequity could reallocate wages, leaving the poor with only a minor share unless community effort sustains supply.
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Philadelphia
Columbia adds English Bible to entrance requirements
The New York Sun notes Columbia University has added the English Bible to entrance subjects following a recommendation by fifteen biblical instructors in colleges and schools. The piece suggests the move reflects broader academic interest in religious texts in higher education.
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Columbia University
Aftereffects of influenza misread in Buffalo study
A Buffalo investigation found only about 7 percent of residents had influenza and roughly 9 percent of those infected died. It concludes influenza leaves few lasting impacts and warns the epidemic may recur later, urging continued effort against influenza, pneumonia and bronchitis.
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Grom
Burfald Booth Department
Bright
Buffalo
Chicago
Embellishing Higher Education at Columbia Summer School
The New York World notes 9200 plus students enrolled in Columbia University summer school with potential to exceed 10000. Modernized study features include whirling dervishes oriental dancers phonograph music and a French pension for language immersion.
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New York World
Columbia University
Paris
Juvenal
Farmers Minor Liars
From E. W. Howe's Monthly the author argues reform will come from the country where farmers are steadier and nearer nature. He contrasts farmers with town men noting less extravagance and harsher realism in rural life.
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E. W. Howe
Porous Plaster Pulls Back Old Back Pain Dream
A wild scene unfolds in a dental office as a man demands anesthesia and a dentist explains gas. He celebrates with a burst of joy, eager to have a porous plaster removed. A humor vignette features Newliwed jokes about unpaid bills and a Shaw play reaction.
Jollying Them Along at the Lunch Counter
A brief humor item from the Buffalo Commercial recalls a diner moment where a customer jokes with the server about a plate containing only beans and a quick lunch counter comeback follows.
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Buffalo
Waltreas
Democracy In Japan From the Indianapolis News
An early summary noting views on Japanese railroads and social change. The piece mentions economic justification and public sentiment, with a brief remark on improving car comfort as a social factor. It reflects a cautious, interpretive tone about postwar modernization and foreign policy implications.
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Japan
Indianapolis News
Connecticut town workers test four day week plan
Workers in three Connecticut towns resume a four day week experiment aiming to raise productivity and preserve wages. The program explores shortened schedules and shifted shifts to balance output with living costs.
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Boston
Connecticut
Universal Law of Justice Declared as Eternal and Supreme
The speaker asserts a universal law of justice that applies to all people, places, and times. No senate or public authority can exempt anyone from its obligations, for it is sovereign, eternal, and authored by God, enforcing moral order over humanity.
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Senate
Athens
God
Language spoiling by English troops in France sparks friction
The Stars and Stripes notes English soldiers have left French with phrases such as Giddap and Alloz and the misused No bon and tree been. It cites a French shopkeeper and a gutter-snipe in Ne northern France reacting to soldiers speech noting cultural strain from occupation and a Britons remark that English ruined French for a century.
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New York Post
Stars and Stripes
A. EB. F
France
Tommy
Mademoiselle
Promenard
Aberrations of a State on Labor and Politics
The piece cites Michigan’s rapid influx of migrants and radical labor influence, tracing shifts to Prohibition and I W W activity. It notes Detroit’s changing conditions, Samuel Gompers’s warnings, and broader concerns about Bolshevik trends in a dry state. It argues for attention to potential remedies.
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New York Times
Michigan
Burrows
McMillan
Senate
London Fabian Society
Gompers
Socialist Party
North Dakota
South Dakota
The Return of Art Treasures to France and Italy
The New York Tribune reports Austria plans to surrender Benvenuto Cellini’s salt cellar to France and transfer Titan’s Ecce Homo and other artworks to Italy. It notes ancient plunder would be undone while warning some modern looters keep their spoils, with much loot held in neutral countries like Switzerland.
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New York Tribune
Benvenuto Cellini
Francie
France
Austria
Italy
Diana
Cerregeio
Christ
Germany
Switzerland
Narrow Wheat Margin Measures U.S. Stocks
The Seattle Times reports a tight breadstuffs situation for the wheat year ending July 1. Farm wheat on hand totals 19,644,000 bushels, down from 37,413,000 in the five year average and far short of earlier years, signaling continued supply strain and careful market expectations.
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Seattle Times
Tea publicity scheme targets American drinkers nationwide
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports tea producers plan a $100,000 publicity gamble to turn the United States into a tea drinking nation. Shares span global lands with Japan leading at $196,000. the effort centers on temperance era aims and a Lafayatte day observance linked to French allied history.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
America
Japan
China
India
Whitch
Ahienoka
Laly
England
Farm Linguistics and The Daylight Saving Law Repeal
Washington correspondent humorously discusses daylight saving repeal and farmer opposition. The piece likens cow calls to farm language with terms like sook cow and Cope for horses, arguing the New York Evening Post should stay with farm topics and not urban Wall Street chatter.
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Washington
New York Evening Post
Iowa
Towa
Wall Street
Post
Middle West
K of C Plans Boy Welfare Hubs in Brooklyn Queens
Under Bishop Charles McDonnell guidance the Knights of Columbus Long Island chapter forms a social service arm to aid boys under 20. Ten plus community houses will be built in Brooklyn and Queens with gyms baths libraries reading rooms and dormitories. The drive seeks 500000 with rallies planned July 14 to 24 and an open air event in Prospect Park, weather permitting.
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New York Evening Post
Charles McDonnell
Long Island
Knights of Columbus
Knights of Columbus Social Service
Order
James E. Finegan
Brooklyn
Queens
Greater
New York
Children’s Court
Board of Health
K. of C. Welfare Movement
K. of C
America
France
Prospect Park
Fourteenth Regiment
To educate your children In revienes or To live in it
A brief exhortation contrasts education and living spaces with the idea of profiting from them while giving nothing back. It frames a critique of self serving use of resources and suggests a moral evaluation of how one engages with community assets.
Prairie du Chien Forts Marked Frontier Strategy
For nearly two decades after the white arrival along the upper Mississippi, the mouth of the Wisconsin River stood as a pivotal traveler crossroads. Governors and explorers noted Prairie du Chien as key to controlling access to the upper Mississippi, with early forts built by Wuethous, Robert de La Salle, and Nicholas Perrot signaling strategic hold on the region.
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Mississippi River
Wisconsin River
William Clark
Prairie du Chien
Minelasippi
Wuethous and
Paljsant Robert de la Salle
Nicholas Perrot
Persistence and Perseverance Chorus
A verse on relentless effort despite hardship. The speaker vows to persist in a stubborn quest, swats away troubles, and urges continued labor toward a distant goal. It blends humor with resolve in a decisive, period voice.
Joliet and Marquette First Reached the Mississippi River
In a Town Conserva article Althea St. Sherman notes the June 17 discovery voyage by Louis Joliet and Father James Marquette, the pair reaching the Mississippi River at its mouth and inspiring enduring awe in early explorers.
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Iowa's Park
McGregor
Althea St. Sherman
Louis Joliet
James Marquette
Wideconsin
Mireissippi River
Father Marquette
Miradsellyil
Mississippi River
Joliet
Marquette
Frontenac
West
Eajoy
Taxes From Ocean's Floor
The New York tax commission argued that underwater cable space is taxable like surface streetcar rights. The appellate divisions of the New York Supreme Court sustained the contention, with potential city assessment gains around 1,000,000 to 1,000,000,000.
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United States
New York State Tax Commission
New York Supreme Court
Taste in bathing costumes sparks public debate and bans
The Notmuch family provokes social commentary as views clash on bathing dress. Boston authorities debate modest one piece suits versus older styles, with Newark officials underscoring a shift toward contemporary designs. Public officials face mounting cost concerns amid broader fashion and propriety debates.
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Fatty” Arbuckle
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