Yard Stick Lunacy and Double Standards Debate
The St Louis Journal of Agriculture editor attacks a rival who defends a double standard in weights and measures. He parodies single standard yard and bushel concepts with comic anecdotes and cites Abraham Lincoln, Horace Greeley, Blaine, and Mark Hanna. The piece also critiques health official appointments and calls for reform through elected, fixed terms.
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St Louis Journal of Agriculture
Bryan
St. Louis Journal of Agriculture
Read
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Horace Greeley
Jas
G Blaine
Mark Hanna
Rven McKinley
Missouri
Ville
What O14 Glory Means
Mr. Bryan explains how the flag’s meaning shifts by region, contrasting citizenship and jury rights here with military rule abroad. He cites financial, religious, and political defenses for intervention, then argues the cost of subjugating 8,000,000 Malays over 7,000 miles makes any claim of duty untenable.
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Mr. Bryan
Philippine Islands
Bryans Vision of Money Returning to Exploit Islands
William Jennings Bryan argues that money collected from the people would be returned as organized to exploit the islands. The remark reflects economic and imperial themes amid debates on how funds should be used and distributed among the populace.
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William Jennings Bryat
Rockefeller's Way and the Fight for Railway Liberty
A damaged excerpt presents a protest speech praising national railway ownership to curb Standard Oil. It recalls 19th century battles for transportation rights, notes hardships under monopoly, and compares U S limits to Germany. The speaker urges government control of rails to secure equal rates and cheaper oil for Americans.
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Olf
Pennsylvania
Baal
Thia
Congress
Germany
Standard Oil Company
America
Standard Oi
Room For All to One County Claim on Global Population Space
Fragmentary OCR argues you can fit all people in the world into a single county, state, or region with specified square-foot allocations, illustrating a speculative population density idea and referencing Rhode Island and Cherry County Nebraska. The text emphasizes vast population numbers and hypothetical living space comparisons without presenting a concrete event or outcome.
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Rhode Ialand
Cherry Count
Nebraska
Orld
United States
Mississippi River
Silks and Song: Payne and the Silk Industry discussed
The article covers John Howard Payne and his song Home Sweet Home, detailing his life from New York to London and back, plus a lengthy analysis of the silk industry in the United States. It explains raw silk supply from various nations, the throwing process, and how silk work supports related trades, with notes on state production in New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania. It also mentions a North Carolina mill using young negro labor and immigration trends led by T W Powderly, highlighting foreign-born workers and wage effects.
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London
Careens
Milwai
Covent Garden
Mies Ann Maria Tree
Glen
Charles Mackay
Henry Bishop
Henry
Mackay
Nears
John Howard Payne
United States
Ot Tunta
Duke Cemetery
Washington
Fnstantry
France
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Spain
China
Japan
India
Levant
Ani
Sim Ameyny
Bates
I 110
Fitre
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
New Milla
New York City
Fayetteville
N. C
Ashley & Bailey Manufacturing Company
Comox
T. W. Powderly
Ascal
Europe
Stallang
New York Bureau of Labor Statistics
McMackin
Hicconan
Josep Powderly
Federal Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Florida
Labor unrest and wage shifts sweep early 1900 unions
Philadelphia reports 195 trade unions while St Paul painters push for shorter hours and Chicago mechanics demand four dollars a day after April. In Boston and Wilkes-Barre workers gain wage increases, Pawtucket strikers resist replacements, and San Francisco yards face crowded orders. Denver bricklayers threaten 8 hour day plus 62 1/2 cents per hour while Philadelphia plans an eight hour law enforcement agent.
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Tnauseriat Noten
Philadelphia
St Paul
Minn
Chicago
Boatom
Maas
Loulteville
Kynton Carpenters
Acamilla
Wilkenbarre
South Carolina
Pawtucket
R. I
Berwine-White Coal Company
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Mnion
Denver
Col
Philadelphia United Later League
Wants to Go Around Jsrre-Deay Meeting Why Aren't You
Fragmentary dialogue shows Jsrre-Deay asking Why not for expedition as another character objects to staying at home. They discuss expanding and having somewhere to go, with a focus on movement and hesitation.
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Johngan
Shana
Watering the Land in Idaho Irrigation Growth and Settlement
Retitled account on irrigation in Idaho from Boise, Idaho. Explains how western farmers manage mountain meltwater through canals and laterals, with cooperative water shares or company schemes. Describes irrigation companies, land sales with water rights, and government acts guiding settlers. Highlights Idaho’s immigrant influx and outreach to eastern farmers, urging action to claim public land.
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Boise
Idaho
Nile
Salt Lake City
Kansas Professor Criticised Over Whispering Notice
A Kansas University English professor posted a note urging students to whisper to themselves. The next morning a rival wrote on the board that today tale to yourself in whispers as much as you can.
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Kansas
Kansas University
Dog funeral cards spark church flap in modern society
In a scandalous trend some fashionable ladies began funeral cards for deceased dogs, with services held at home. A titled lady’s card reached a bishop who condemned the practice as a travesty on Christian service, prompting a public rebuke and a wider controversy.
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Paris
Pittsburg
M Tiracle
More EMoscious Then OS Nets Proposed for Wave Relief
The new device by Baron D Alesandro floats on the sea surface to restore motion and force of waves. It is claimed to be more efficacious than all prior methods for the same purpose.
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Baron D'Alesandro
Effective Intrenchments in Boer Trenches and Fire
Boer prisoners report English artillery has limited effect due to trench design. The pattern, borrowed from Basuto methods, favors irregular lines over straight European layouts, offering greater protection and maneuverability for defenders.
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Health Board
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Labor and Industry
Woodbine
Burma
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