Peace and Trade: The Merchant's Hope Across Empires
FRANK D. La LANNE argues that peace enables unprecedented commerce shaping civilizations. He cites the Phoenicians and the Hanseatic league, praises a modern navy as a “Squadron of Peace,” and endorses the Hague peace efforts toward an International Court of Arbitration with potential U.S. diplomacy to resolve judge appointments.
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Frank D. la Lanne
National Board of Trade
Europe
Baltic
Hansetic League
Hanseatic League
Panama Canal
North
South America
International Court of Arbitration
Root
Wasteful Coal Use Threatens Nation's Welfare
The essay argues coal is the earth’s solar energy store and cannot be regenerated. It condemns waste in production and consumption and highlights mining safety risks. Citing 190,000 tons per miner killed and overall mine fatalities, it urges reflection on the human cost behind material wealth and national progress.
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United States
Honor and Motherhood in a Changing World
A reflective essay honors motherhood as the apex of selfless service and describes how heredity and environment shape the mother’s role. It warns of population growth, finite resources, and the need to guard national wealth as demand expands and land is strained.
Science Revealer of God and the Unseen Life
The text argues that belief in an indwelling supreme intelligence explains nature. It cites four core facts: natural stability, intelligibility, practicability, and a mystic harmony linking nature to humanity. Prophecy and ongoing discovery may reveal divine secrets and end human mortality.
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Herschel
Americans Enjoyment Styles and The Purpose of Marriage
The author argues Americans excel in sport and spiritual life but lack culinary and artistic relish. He urges marriage as a permanent social bond oriented to character growth and race welfare, with partners guiding each other toward higher manhood and womanhood. It stresses understanding, and child welfare as central to marital purpose.
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America
Woman's Standard Lowering and Public Morality
The piece argues that a decline in women's standards signals broader social decay from intemperance and gambling. It urges empowering women politically to enact and enforce deeper reforms beyond prohibitions on smoking or saloons, claiming men rely on women to drive a higher moral framework for society.
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Nniversal
United Mine Workers of America
Earth
Professor Shaler
Canada
A. H. Stephens
D.D
Chicago
Quiseppe DE Marco
Jamei Railroad
J. Hill
Channeler
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