Sharks to be turned to sale items by Canadian firm
The Consolidated Whaling Company plans a reducing plant on the Alberni canal to transform sharks into oil medicine lamp fuel and fertilizer. Livers yield oil, fins become gelatine, membranes into gloves, and skin treated for leather. Immigrant aid booklet from Canada promotes citizenship and warns on firearms and adaptation.
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Huntted Columbian
Consolidated Whaling Company
Alberni Canal
Bie
Health and the Canal Workforce in Panama
The Panama Canal Zone health report notes rising death rates among workers over seven years, with malaria declines due to mosquito control and drainage projects. It describes protective medical measures, sanitation efforts, and pest control, including quinine prophylaxis and larvicide spraying, plus pasteurization of milk and garbage disposal methods.
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Canal Zone
United States
Panama
Margareta Road
Fanama
Fragmentary 1920s notes from Hirwningham Age Herald
Snippet cites marriage dissatisfaction and a joking remark about wealth and obligations. Mentions lawyers and potential tension within factions. Allusions to foreign policy and arming nations with loans backed by U S treasury.
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Hirwningham Age-Herald
The Blundering of the Politician in Sperling's Journal
Mackay Edgar critiques postwar American policy in Sperling's Journal. He Faults Congress for economic missteps, warns against protectionism and immigration limits, and argues Britain benefits from American political missteps while urging freer trade and debt collection abroad.
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Mackay Edgar
Sperling
England
United States
Congress
Washington
American Congress
America
King James Decree Spurs Tobacco Debate Across Town
An old editorial cites King James I’s royal ban on tobacco and notes how curiosity and rule following backfired, increasing smoking. It offers six self care tips for smokers and mocks readers who think laws apply only to others. Bee cultures replace shipyard noise at Hog Island as beekeepers move hives there. Newspapers hype fifth ball game while global fears loom unseen.
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New York World
Niagra
Joba
Harding
John Smith
Juvenal of Tropical Medicine
James
England
Helium Limits Lift for ZK-2 Balloon Findings
Prof H P Cady of the University of Kansas says non exploding helium, sourced from Kansas Oklahoma and Texas natural gas, would be inadequate to lift the ZK-2. He notes no perfected reduction process exists to produce bellumin from regional gas. A San Francisco psychologist links the color black to crime, predicting a winter crime wave.
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H. P. Cady
University of Kansas
Kanes
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
San Francisco
Rotterdamer Golf Wager and a Dutch Tale
A seventeenth century Rotterdam inscription recounts golfers wagering on rounds and holes with ducats and drinks. Hendrik taunts an elder, bets his daughter, and Katrinka's theft of a fine ball changes the match. The tale ends with a cautioned caution on wives’ wit.
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Rotterdam
Katrinka
Hendrik
Fairfax Davia Downey
Milwaukee Journal
New York Heads Toward Rent Tax Clarity
New York has set 10 percent as a rent return for landlords but confusion remains over the base value for assessing the rate. A new ordinance on Paul Street restricts horse drawn vehicles from Coret Street between morning and three in the evening.
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Bf. Pau
Jon Vel
Coretain
Detroit street cars and civic pride fuel a mayoral boost
A Tribune view lauds Mayor Couzens of Detroit ahead of renomination, praising city owned streetcars and humane transit for workers. It critiques corporate power and rail costs, mocks Henry Ford and Torquemada references, and defends public ownership as boosting land value, tax base, and city prosperity.
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Couzens
Detroit
New York
Equitable
United States
Canada
Woman the Home Maker in Pittsburgh Gazette
The article discusses the home maker role as a valued form of labor for women. It argues that motherhood and family care provide nonmonetary rewards, and that many women leave paid work for marriage. It notes the balance between earnings and domestic responsibility.
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Pittsburgh
Making it Strang
A concise note from the London Telegraph remarks on a salty phrase and a humorous take on railway trains and their weight, hinting at unfamiliarity with rail travel and the speaker's quirky style.
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London Telegraph
Parasites and Progress: A Letter From Germany
A New Haven Register letter discusses class tension between capital and labor and notes German shop signs largely in English. It claims tuberculosis cases have fallen by over 100,000 in the past year according to observers visiting Coblenz.
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Social Democratic
Socialist Party
Gerawny
Meat Packers’ Institute
William Ie Ati Il
Doorn
House of Mohensollern
Germany
New Haven Register
Signa
Coblens
Is There Anything in Prayer
A mother faces her child’s illness and weighs prayers as an active art. Prayer is organized desire shaping God’s work through personal will, imagination, and faith, learning from smaller hopes to move life toward healing. The piece argues prayer requires effort and practice, transforming atmosphere and outcomes.
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Sho
Science
Lfe
Alwys
Cox Appeals for League Backing and Democratic Unity
Long letter from James M. Cox to a Southern California Democratic club defends the League of Nations stance, denounces U S policy shifts as un-American, and urges fidelity to principles over expediency amid election defeat. Mentions other notes on politics, science, and cultural topics.
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Cox
Democratic Party
League of Nations
United States
James M. Cox
Jost Fall
Democratic Club
California
Coon
France
Chateau- Thierry
Action and delay in tax bill sparks calls for clear program
A Senate stalemate on the tax bill faces growing pressure to speed up despite warnings against rushing a major measure. Voters seek decisive policy and immediate action to settle unsettled business conditions, with responsibility shared between parties.
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Simmons
North Carolina
Senate
Tve
United States
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the Park
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