Enormous Cost of Smoke Clouds
The San Antonio Light notes smoke costs daily life and property in the U S, citing wasteful coal use and pollution. It argues imperfect combustion creates smoke and praises mechanical stokers to reduce pollution, urging municipal action and plant reform for economy and health.
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San Antonio
United States
H. M. Wilson
United States Geological Survey
Patiligan
Pat
The Great White Way Lights Up Felix Street St. Joseph
In St. Joseph Missouri a three block stretch on Felix street is illuminated as a trial for a larger lighting plan. Samuel Stone spearheaded the project with the Felix Street Improvement association funding via front foot assessments and a city wide grant. The system uses 14 foot posts with a large globe and four pendant globes, powered by a flat rate with St. Joseph Street Railway. maintenance funds and trustee management are organized through First National Bank.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Samuel Stone
Felix Street
First National Bank of St. Joseph
St. Paul
The Glory of Work by Henry Van Dyke
A poem praising honest toil as holy service. It depicts workers across craft and labor—masons quarrying, woodcutters, rafters, and laborers—marching in service to God and triumph of productive effort.
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Henry van Dyke
No Peace for Him in Tit-Bita After-Dinner Tiff
A light domestic squabble ends with the husband aiming to flatter his wife by noting dresses will be worn longer this season. She counters with a sharp jab about sheet iron instead, and the quarrel resumes.
Following a Lead From the London Nowa
A fragmented tale describes Andy who was married a month, receiving mantels and gifts, and telling a servant about Saturday dinner. A girl asks about birds, a mistress questions, and the scene hints at a household mischief with age and manners themes.
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Nowa
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The Wooing of Miss Victoria
Victoria spurns Mrs Winstanley’s efforts to groom her for Lord Scarsleigh while secretly courting Freddy Lester. Lord Scarsleigh lingers, hints at a proposal, and Victoria reveals her engagement to Lester triggering a swift exit by the suitor and a shocked mother.
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Mrs. Winstanley
Victoria
Lord Scaraleigh
London
Flora
Cowes
Mrs. Winstanley Sas
Win
Scotland
Italis
Mary Lester
Tie
Lord B Scarsleigh
Freddy Lester
Vic
Toria
Mummie
Auf Wiedersehen Poem Reflections By James Russell Lowell
A lyrical fragment contrasts farewell lines in German and English with memory and longing. The speaker recalls a moment at a gate and a distant, wistful farewell, then shifts to a reflective note on turning over a new leaf and the effort required for a real start.
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Auf Wiedersehen
James Russell Lowell
Did as He Was Told From the Bluejacket
A historic sea tale recounts Captain Spooner aboard the Yankee schooner Sally Ann guiding a near collision with mud flats along the Connecticut river. Mate Comstock confronts the captain, then orders the anchor to be let go as the vessel luffs and comes to a stop.
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Untitled dialogue fragment from Loston Transcript noted
Dialogue fragment features a looping exchange about secrets and promises between Bob Rosa and Bhe Bhe. It includes fragmented statements on telling and not telling, followed by a dubious moral remark about marriage and choosing a partner.
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Mammoth cave of California found in lava beds
Klamath Falls reports an explorer’s claim of a vast cave system in Modoc lava beds near Tule Lake. A three person party describes a two story cave with a 600 foot corridor, a lower floor, and icicles six feet long.
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Klamath Falls
Portland
Oregonian
Modoc
California
Klamath County
Tula Loke
Mammoth Cave
Klamath Falla
Indifferent Colorado Women Vote in Legislature Reflections
Alma V. Lafferty the lone woman in the Colorado legislature criticizes the voting mindset and urges full citizenship duties. She reflects on her three months in office, noting warmth with colleagues, personal growth, and belief that outcomes will prompt progress for working women in Colorado.
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Mis
Alma V. Lafferty
Solorado
Time to lick the Japanese after settling debts and laws
The text notes settled scores and taxes, with Detroit payments and naval programs arranged. It proclaims time to confront Japan, implying a wartime directive or propaganda stance. Local tone references Hicks and Wariff's grocery, and immigration law changes are mentioned as part of the broad agenda.
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Wariff's
Detroit
Fragmented guide mixes politics and kitchen lore from old text
The passage blends quarrels over city hall location with digitized verse and odd household hints. It features a satire on Hicks and various dated instructions for cleaning suede, removing stains, making sandwiches, and using bread crumbs in omelets.
New Bogey Man Calls Boy Inside House
A Chicago Tribune item describes a frightened child named Willie who ignores a looming threat and a woman who urges him to come inside. The scene hinges on a tense family moment as a political figure is referenced and a warning is given.
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Chicago Tribune
Willie
William
Bryan Simpson
Benator Abe Drivi
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