Farmers National Grain Dealers association to meet in Chicago
The Farmers National Grain Dealers association plans its annual convention at the Hotel La Salle in Chicago on December 2 and 8. The group featuring 4,000 farmers elevators and 600,000 stockholders handles about a billion bushels of grain yearly with $100,000,000 in investment and $250,000 in annual fertilizer and related sales.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Farmers’ National Grain Dealers’ Association
Hotel la Salle
Chicago
Ohio
Tilnels
Iowa
Indiana
Oklahoma
Meredith
H. R. Meisch
Argyle
Minon
National Association
John Miller
Gala
Frank M. Myers
Fort Dodze
South Dearborn Street
Why We Must Finance Foreign Trade
The article explains how restricting foreign credit worsens domestic conditions and promotes a need for a large financing mechanism. John McHugh chairs a committee to form a $100,000,000 foreign trade financing corporation under the Edge law, with a Chicago meeting on December 10 to organize it.
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John McHugh
Mechanics & Metals Bank
McHugh
McHugh Committee
Chicago
Admiral Sims and the Medal Controversy
The New York World reports Admiral Sims refused the distinguished service medal awarded nearly a year ago and will keep it until he sees fit. The Navy records confirm the honor, while Sims may regard display as displeasure. The piece notes postwar navy jealousy and public dissent in honors.
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New York World
Sims
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Admiral Sims
Winnelf
Serre
Right to Happiness in Harper's Mail
In a fragmented Harper's piece Ernest Dimpet critiques American mothers urging daughters to deny happiness while the nation pursues it. He warns against overprotective filming of virtue and cautions that a rigid Puritan view distorts true happiness.
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Ernest Dimpet
Harper's
Randor
Remarkable Horse Trade Sparks Rural Curiosity
From Louisville Courier Journal readers note a curious horse trade among two farmers. The discussion centers on unusual trade details and a claim of a spiral staircase as part of the exchange. Observers describe the scene with wary humor and practical curiosity.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Accwent Golf Finds Skeleton on Kin Island Remains
A 60,000 year old human skeleton was found on Kin Island. Excavations continue with no remains of tools or grave goods yet uncovered. Local officials and researchers discuss future digs and preservation of the site.
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Bontilo
Armyiabire
Bool Jand
Delaware whipping post debate shown in Springfield Republican
The Springfield Republican discusses Delaware’s whipping post as a stubborn relic of punishment. It notes 30 to 50 annual lashings, public observation rights, and a 60 to 2 legislature vote to abolish the instrument, with proponents calling it brutal while many voters see limited crime deterrence.
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Springfield Republican
Delaware
New England
Subduing Dread Disease and Parisian Tales of Suffering
The article discusses dramatic declines in Chicago tuberculosis deaths and notes optimistic views on eradicating or reducing the disease. It cites Duclaux on limits of eradication and looks ahead a century. It also recounts Eugene Sue’s Paris stories describing extreme poverty and TB death in a garret.
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Goldbrg
Chicago Municipal
Valse
Chicago
Goldberg
Duclaux
Pasteur Institute
Eugene Sue
Paris
Poe
O. Henry
M. Worel
Morel
A Prophecy From a Prohibition Seer in the South
A column from Colllern' Wonkty presents a prophecy by a bishop noting that when a town goes dry for three years, bootleggers profit and arrests drop. After three years the local supply vanishes, prices rise, and law enforcement loses credibility. In major cities the wealthy will still drink, but at great expense.
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Colllern
Min
Celle
Anyinnly
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Waste In Public Service and Representation
The piece argues the United States wastes experienced public men due to the constitutional system and habits. It notes defeated long serving senators or representatives become unusable, presidents turn to writing or teaching, and cabinet officers lose public life roles. It suggests allowing public figures to represent constituencies in any state to reduce waste if cultural barriers change.
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Springfield Republican
United States
Congress
Queer Twista in Words from The Detroit News
Time has long shown how words change meaning. The piece lists examples such as whalebone meaning a horny substance rather than bone and camel's hair brushes made from Russian squirrels, with origins traced to older terms and usages.
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Detroit News
Wormod
Mosquito Theories From Early Sanitation Experiments
The article discusses methods suggested to reduce malaria via mosquito control. It cites French researcher Roubaud proposing livestock barriers and animal bait to lure mosquitoes away from humans, comparing malaria prevalence in malarial versus nonmalarial regions and noting historical ideas like eucalyptus plantings and using animals as mosquito bait.
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Roubaud
Canal Zone
Gorgas
Cuba elects president as American voters sail to Havana
The Cuba election concluded with the liberals backing Jose Miguel Gomez and conservatives backing Dr Alfred Zayas. Gen Enoch Crowder oversaw ballots under Marquis of Queensberry rules with army supervision.
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Kansas City Star
Cuba
United States
Havana
America
Jose Miguel Gomez
Alfred Zayas
Enoch Crowder
Marquis of Queensberry
Poverty and Vice in Paris Observed by Huneker
James G. Huneker critiques Parisian vice in Scribner's, contrasting dull high society with vibrant street life. He notes young Americans chase a glamorized image while older individuals suffer life’s revenges, observing scenes from Moulin Rouge to Montmartre and the Jardin de Paris.
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James G. Huneker
Scribner's
Paris
London
Piccadilly Circus
Jardin de Paris
Marigny
Huysmans
Manhattan
Manitoba
Boulevards
Montmartre
L'Aris
Every Boy's Chance
A Des Moines Tribune piece notes that 14 future U.S. presidents are alive now and a child born this year could become one of 15 presidents. It argues any boy or girl may aspire to the presidency, citing history and odds of 12 from 116 million.
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Des Moines Tribune
United States
Wilson
Franklin Pierca
Wood Denies Any Deals In Chicago Convention Debacle
The piece asserts General Wood rejected deals suggested at Chicago and notes his delegates largely failed. It credits Wood and Senator Johnson for standing firm against trades offering vice presidency or cabinet posts in exchange for withdrawal from the presidential race.
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Boston Transcript
Mark Sullivan
Leonard Wood
Cuckoo Press
Chicago
Harding
General Wood
Senator Johnson
Secretaries Taken Care Of From the New York Times
The article notes the tradition of presidents providing for a private secretary after service ends. May Tumulty is expected to receive an office from President Wilson, a practice followed by New York governors and past presidents. Senate partisanship aside, Tumulty’s cross party ties may ease confirmation to a post such as the court of customs appeals.
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Ord
White House
New York
Benjamin Harrison
Taft
Senate
Wilson
Tumulty
Court of Customs Appeal
Cabinet Ladies Use Your Head
A Los Angeles Times editorial criticizes the push for a separate women’s cabinet department arguing it would create a parlor diplomacy rather than genuine equality. It cites Senator Medill McCormick’s praise of a public welfare department and questions the demand for new, costly offices for women.
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Los Angeles
Medill McCormick
Wireless telephones to aid Shanghai fire brigade
The Shanghai fire department will be equipped with wireless telephones to keep in touch with its men during fires. The system aims to improve coordination and efficiency as crews respond to blazes in real time.
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Bhanghai
Italy shuts out foreign cars to shield industry
The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports Italy has barred all cars of foreign make to protect its motor industry amid competition from Ford. The policy, likened to a quarantine, risks cutting foreign trade and echoes a broader push to shield workers from perceived pauper labor abroad.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Italy
Germany
United States
Europe
Song to a Hawaiian Playmate
A poem fragment describes an intimate scene with Lehua and a broader reflection on race and aging. The speaker contrasts youth and love with the broken promises of history, touching on colonial hurt and cultural decline amid a shifting era. The fragment ends with a distant New York setting and fading image.
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Ming
New York
Fragmentary chatter from diverse papers sparks confusion
A jumbled OCR montage cites phrases about a motorcyclist, a bin man, a juror and a world’s fair in Reykjavik next June, with scattered lines attributed to the London Telegraph Edinburgh Scoteman and New York Sun. The garbled text shows no clear event or coherent report.
Muscle Shoals plant would not produce complete fertilizer
The plan to convert the ammunition nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals into a fertilizer operation would yield only ammonium nitrate and later sulphate of ammonia and cyanamid. Farmers expect cheaper fertilizer from government sales, but actual price cuts depend on manufacturers who buy these materials, with uncertain savings for over a million farm families.
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Chile
Niagara Falls
Muscle Shoals
The
War Department
Congress
American Federation of Farm Bureaus
Future Source of Capital
Dr. Charles Aubrey Eaton argues for a broader wealth distribution and the need for wage earners to save and invest. He says banks should recruit 1,000 depositors each and provide personal leadership to new savers to support industry and government, despite challenges.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton
Leslie
Labor's Stake in Ships in the U S Economy
The Chicago News argues labor gains rely on a strong export-led system and a robust merchant marine. It asserts war-driven demand boosts production, wages depend on keeping shipbuilding and exports high, and foreign markets require tariffs and a capable American merchant fleet to preserve wage levels and economic power.
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Chicago News
United States
Tachor
Americas
Had a Job In Ming Answers London For his daughter
A father tells his daughter about a gentleman who has been visiting weekly in the dining room. She reveals the man is unemployed and the father considers his prospects as a potential companion to a young lady, weighing the social fit and future.
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London
Nighty misheard tale mentions roof noises and father
The fragment describes a child frightened by a roof sound as his mother reassures him while noting the father is home late. It mentions tuberculosis care costs to the public ranging from 15 to 25 million dollars annually per the National Tuberculosis securation.
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Pako
Communal Life in Japan From a Western Viewpoint
The piece discusses Japan's public behavior and social rituals as described in Harper's Japan real and imagined. It contrasts communal bathing and group etiquette with personal privacy and public appearances, noting cherry blossom celebrations and crowds at stations alongside private social norms and taboos.
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Japan
Sydney Creenbie
Harper & Bros
Wilich
Dt Tome
Unknown Soldier and the Weight of War Beds Across Nations
A fragmented analysis contrasts international comfort in beds used by soldiers and travelers. It notes Americans and British as least comfortable, with French, Germans, Italians, Japanese, and others preferring specific supports such as couches, pillows, or down coverings. The passage reflects on fatigue, travel hardships, and the haunting image of an Unknown Soldier amid battlefield weariness.
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Omaha
Roupengnee
Italia
Goma
An Effective Compromice From the Poston Transcript
The dialogue depicts a chaotic scene after a family disruption with a hostile stranger, revealing tensions between a father figure and a wife and the children. The transcript fragment shows abrupt shifts, misheard lines, and a sense of domestic conflict.
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Matt
Arizona
Gale
Raplee
Bourne
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Dubuque
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Pereyd Sand Wey Ayan
Udebog
Queer Twista
Meta
Inettute
Peter
Hinev
J. Roubaud
Francs
New York Times
Detroit
Nowgut
Dile
Lehua
London Telegraph
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Edinburgh
Cleug
Fred
Sede bin Jury
Bunton
New York Sun
Mo Aroon
Eimerson
Reikjavik Lesland
American Legion
Bobbie
Denny
Land of
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Wien
Allwarth
Gil Earth
Mel
Bone
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