Mermaid and the Circus Father's Clash Ended in Love
Van Holden rescues a teen mermaid from a seaside beach and learns her father runs a circus. He confronts the circus owner Moran, evicts him, and later helps place the girl with her aunt and motherly hotel manager. Five years later Holden is settled with a wife he calls mer maid dear.
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Nhe
van Holden
Frank Moran
Moran
Little Mermaid
Mr. Moran
Mermaid
New York
Ant
Marian
Mes
Reenactment Debate on Chinese Exclusion Act
The Galveston News quotes labor views on reimposing the Chinese exclusion act amid wartime draft of policy. It notes 89,800 Chinese in the U S in 1889 with labor shortages in California Oregon Washington and calls for varied worker inflows from Asia and Pacific regions to boost beet sugar, while Western interests lobby Washington to relax restrictions and import cheap Asiatic labor for defined tasks.
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United States
California
Oregon
Washington
Department of Agriculture
China
Japan
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Railways and the economics of freight versus passenger traffic
Three quarters of railway income comes from freight with passengers supplying most of the rest though state laws sometimes add costly specifications. Freight rates vary by freight type and quantity, while passenger rates stay fixed per mile. Freight operations, despite noisy freight cars, keep the line running and shape promotions from freight brakeman to passenger conductor in a democratic system.
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Ohio
Baligat
Giltodge
Golden Age Myth of Workers Hardships Through History
This excerpt challenges the belief in a perpetual working class decline and argues the early republic saw no golden age. It traces worker misery from Yorktown to Bull Run, noting national wealth grew while many laborers faced severe destitution and only late-century gains in comfort.
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Jessen
Republic
Yorktown
Bull Run
Reverence for Respectability and the Ideal Marriage
Julia Hawthorne argues that actual society is corrupt yet maintains appearances for self-preservation. She asserts a real ideal of purity and fidelity and notes that civilization relies on rising generations of innocent children to hold social forms together.
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Juliap Hawthorne
Philadelphia
North American
Saving Things and the Saving Spirit
An old saying warns that three moves equal a fire when saving household goods. The article discusses attic and cellar clutter, urging saving only items with real usable value and applying common sense to banish unnecessary possessions.
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Ani
Disturbing Norwegian Tax Roll Extends Vote Rights
The Norwegian storthing passed a royal-sanctioned bill expanding municipal suffrage to non-taxpayers. It would let non-taxpayers influence tax levies on real estate and income, shifting financial control away from paid taxpayers and risking undue taxation through municipal councils.
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Storthing
Miners Agree to Wage Scale. Strike Averted in District 25
In Kansas City the joint scale committee of operators and miners reached an agreement on the new wage scale, preventing a strike by 6500 miners in Missouri and Kansas district No. 25. UMWA President Mr. Mitchell, who supported the miners, praises the settlement as a victory for the workers.
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Missouri and
Kansas
Kansas City
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
International congress unites machinists in Copenhagen
Never has labor been more organized or Americans more aware of their interests. An international congress of machinists including blacksmiths, toolmakers and patternmakers met recently in Copenhagen. The British Society of Engineers did not attend.
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Induntrial Noth
America
Copenhagen
British Society of Engineers
Bogus soda flavors warned by Massachusetts board
The Chicago Chronicle reports that adulterated beverage flavors deceive soda fountain patrons. Vanillin can be synthesized from turpentine or cloves, costing about $2 per gallon, and is used as a substitute for true vanilla which costs $12 to $16 per pound. Experiments suggest large doses may cause convulsions, though authorities warn that metallic water contamination in a glass of soda is more harmful.
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Oring
Thos
Maskachuetts Board of ‘Health
Massachusetts
Chicago Chronicle
Sporting Parson argues gambling not intrinsically sinful
A London Church Times letter signed Sporting Person argues gambling is not inherently wrong. He recalls betting at Newmarket and university chases, but urges moderation and discretion. He also critiques a dietary fad stressing vital food and fruit, noting extreme regimens and health claims.
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Nordly
London Church Times
Church of England
Newmarket
Hisrienda
Tne
Ito
Xeal
Farmhand pursues Denmark fortune of 11 million
Peter N. Ongue a farmhand near Piedmont 5 D left for Denmark to claim an 11 million dollar fortune. Relatives sought him for two decades. He had dropped his surname becoming Peter Nelson in America. He learned of his wealth by chance aided by papers proving his identity and is linked to Denmark’s wealthy families including army officers. He bought a ticket to Denmark nearly penniless.
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Peter N. Ongue
Piedmont
Denmark
America
Peter Nelson
Hoe
Showman Fined for Faking Raw Liver Act in Wichita Riot
A mob in Wichita wrecked Hick a wild man’s tent for not eating raw liver as advertised. A local police judge ruled the audience’s money justifies seeing the stunt or an explanation. Separately about 10,000 local letters are sent to the dead letter office monthly from Chicago for local delivery.
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Wichita
Kan
Hick
Chicago Postol Fiver
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