14 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1907
Page
1
An overview of dark skinned women across ancient to early modern times. The essay highlights primitive female labor, crafts, and rights, then profiles notable figures such as the Queen of Sheba Semiramis and Arab women in early Islam, emphasizing their varied roles and influence within their societies.
The piece reflects on Pocahontas and other Indigenous women shaping early colonial history. It contrasts Pocahontas’s fame with broader Native women's influence, noting intelligence, charm, and roles in sustenance, dress, and domestic life that aided early settlers and civilizational narratives.
The piece argues leisure remains rare in the early twentieth century amid faster life, noting repeated laments across eras. It contrasts modern conveniences with continued shortages of free time, suggesting leisure is an earned art of having time rather than a natural gift.
In a Pennsylvania town two storied years ago a smaller husband clashed with a larger wife Betsy who often revolted after provocations. He described himself as nagged and pestered, recalling that when neighbors judged the quarrel he claimed his actions were simply done “in all pleasantness.”
Melbourne Life notes immigrants from Scotland are of high quality and bring wealth, urging Canada to accelerate migration. It argues New Zealand and Australia offer more opportunities than Canada and predicts a steady flow of hardy, savvy newcomers with substantial means.
The Minnesota game and fish commission car will arrive in St Paul next week after the side track to the flesh hatchery is finished. The Burlington road will install sidings, a storage hut will accompany the 70 foot orange car, with a 832 foot long compartment for fish cans and a front tank for fresh water. A refrigerator with ice will store the water and keep the supply cold.
A new rail car concept features a 200 can water supply with a roof tank and interconnected piping to replenish water, plus an engine room for air, kitchen, toilet, heater and a park compartment with five berths and a dining room. Six wheel trucks are specified by engineers for passenger coaches to improve efficiency along one road line.
A forty three mile rail route from Tuxpan in Jalisco to Colima faces a cost over two million gold due to volcanic hazards. Eruptions of Colima volcano shape the path with lava flows and vast barrancas, requiring ponies and mule trails, rope rescuers, and arduous workmanship by Mexican laborers to move steam shovels and gear through rugged terrain.
Years ago the Lehigh Valley Railroad bought new box cars of a pattern and three disappeared. One turned up in Chicago after seven months and had made two trips to San Francisco. A second car was found a year later, well worn, and months later the third car was recovered as kindling after a wreck. Observers question railroads over poor car returns during shortages.
From official railway returns in London it appears British railway capital last year rose by only £3,500,000 the smallest increase since railway construction began. Total capital invested equals £1,286,000,000 with an average interest of 3.46 percent, not a large return.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad widens its link to future shipper needs by growing trees. It selects eucalyptus for its quick growth density and durability and plants 700 acres within a 9000 acre ranch in southern California for eucalyptus seedlings.
Curtis Guild Jr wins a third Massachusetts governorship by a landslide plus a decade of public service. He is described as a decisive, sentimentless leader who declined clemency for Tucker and for a long solitary prisoner, while maintaining aristocratic tastes, elite memberships, and ties to Roosevelt. Born 1860 in Boston, Harvard graduate and editor of the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
David Lloyd George, aged 44, president of the British board of trade, and M P Richard Dell of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants brokered arbitration to prevent a nationwide railroad strike. The article sketches Lloyd George’s rise from provincial obscurity to parliament, his appearance, and duties including trade regulation, emigrant welfare, railway and factory safety, and advisory role to the government.
May soon lead Tammany Thomas Foley, district leader and sheriff elect, is a born New Yorker with long political stint since 18. He built wealth in the saloon trade, aided families with loans, and annually treated district women and children. Known for memory, warmth, and Irish savvy, Foley beat Paddy Dwyer in patronage disputes and is poised to become Tammany's leader.
Maximilian Harden, famed as the enemy of the kaiser, edited Die Zukunft and opposed imperial rule with sharp satire. He faced prison for years yet kept publishing, shaping criticism of the emperor and supporting Chancellor Bismarck ally Prince Bismarck’s era. His bold stance helped steer German political and racial discourse.
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