Northwest Labor Strikes End as Railroads Win and Wages Rise
Switchmen’s strike in the Pacific Northwest ends with railroads still running freight and a three cent an hour wage increase for returning workers. Seattle hotel men plan political action, invite eastern hoteliers, while Frank P. Goss seeks the Forty-fifth district seat. A Washington state inquiry urges one university and one experimental school, noting fruit industry growth and colonist travel beats prior records.
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Northwest
Frank P. Goss
Seattle P.I
Seattle
Goss
P.I
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
State eyes refunding bonds to cut school debt costs
Washington holds nearly one million dollars in cash for school bond investment and will loan money at four to five percent to districts issuing refunding bonds. If districts refinance, taxpayers save about thirty to forty thousand dollars yearly on existing eight percent obligations. The state plans to use funds from lands and timber to support current expenses and fund investments. May 1 will bring more cash from the general fund to retire borrowed money. Big cities have benefited from bond sales, but now rural districts may access cheap funds.
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Washington
State Board of Finance
Board of Finance
Woman in disguise foils enlistment at Walla Walla
A young recruit named John Hutchinson attempted to enlist at the U.S. Marine Corps station in Walla Walla but balked at strip tests. Sergt Chamberlain noted the soft voice suggested a woman, believed to be the sweetheart of a man recently enlisted and bound for San Francisco.
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Sergt. Chamberlain
United States Marine Corps
Walla Walla
John Hutchinson
John
Hutchinson
Marine Corps
San Francisco
Banana curious herb with tree status in Eden lore
The banana is described as an herbaceous plant with tree status, sometimes thirty feet tall, lacking woody fibre, and producing heavy bunches. It yields far more food per acre than potatoes or wheat, is insect and disease immune, and remains a notable curiosity of the vegetable kingdom.
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Garden of Eden
Abolition of the Ducking Stool in England
The ducking stool or tumbrel was a chair swung over water used to discipline women. It was common across England, with Liverpool ending the practice in 1776, noted by historical accounts and poets including Gay.
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Gay
England
Liverpool
London
Circumspect four year old resists revealing all she knows
A cautious Philadelphia girl of four entertains a caller in a parlor. When asked to recite the alphabet the child stops after a few letters, explaining that she mustn’t say all she knows as her mother instructed her not to reveal everything.
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Philadelphia
Marie
Marble Polishing Process in Quick Five Minute Steps
The article outlines marble finishing from sawing to polish. It describes placing slabs on a revolving iron table, brushing away rough particles, emery wheel work in three grades, successive felt polishing, and final treatment with oxalic acid and oxide of zinc before packing.
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Packer
New York Press
Field and Nye Curiosities Reveal Bookish Wit
The piece notes Eugene Field a famed book lover and collector and mentions a slip of paper in Field handwriting begging a buyer not to purchase the book for personal gain. It also cites a Nye book preface rhyme praising a small booklet bearing an honored name and traveling widely.
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Eugene Field
Field
Bill Nye
Castor Oil Origin and Varieties Across Regions
Castor bean native to India. U S produces coarser oil while Italy supplies the finest. Common oil is greenish and bleached in sun. Italian oil is clear when first cold drawn. Cold drawn oil comes from crushing fresh seeds between steel rollers. Plant grows as an annual in England. in southern Italy it grows into a twenty foot tree.
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India
United States
Italy
England
Very Like a Bull
A house head has been ill for months and loses appetite. The mistress laments her inability to please him as the maid, a new arrival from the old country, complains that invalids want nothing yet reject what is offered. The brief exchange captures domestic strain and caregiver fatigue.
Theft Alleged in Art Deal Between Two London Artists
In London scraps the tale of two artists, as Mr Struckoyle offered Mr Dobley a hundred pounds for a painting yesterday. The second artist recounts how the first did not grab it but sought time to consider, while the other mocks him for conscience troubles.
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Struckoyle
Dobley
London
Doctor Faces Dilemma Over Self Treatment And Fees
A physician, unwell himself, contemplates his options as he lacks confidence in peers and complains his charges are too high. The reflection centers on self care and professional adequacy.
A Cruel Retort in a Riches Clash
A witty exchange follows a marriage where a discontented wife taunts her husband about former suitors now wealthier than him. The husband retorts that is why he never faced those rivals.
Where Three Empires Meet
A vignette from a colonial perspective shows Kaffirs visiting a civilized south and reacting to paying for food. A hungry man without money could starve, the men laugh, and the scene underscores differing economic norms in the region.
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Sahib
Censorship in Russia Suppresses Poems and Passages
A Frankfurter Zeitung analysis notes czarist censorship with striking examples. Lines praising happiness under strange skies are banned while others insult and critique the regime are blotted out. Suppressed poems and Greek myth references reveal official limits on literature and the godly prose sanctioned by the state.
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Russia
Frankfurter Zeitung
Sumarokov
Karen
Mars
Czar
Siberia
Fifty Courtesies of the Table from a Milan Manuscript
In the Ambrosian library a thirteenth century manuscript by Fra Bonvesin of Riva reveals table manners of the era. It warns against filling the mouth too full and soaking bread in wine, praising cleanliness and especially forbidding head scratching at table.
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Ambrosian
Milan
Fra Bonvesin
Riva
Lightkeeper’s Cunning Rule At Lorn Cove Lighthouse
A Cornish bay tale recounts an old lighthouse keeper who explains his light stays off after midnight to keep boats safe. An officer questions the erratic light while the keeper smiles, claiming all boats are in by midnight.
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Coast Guard
St. James
Nature as a Healer and the Physician Paradox
A compact reflection cites Nature as a primary healer, noting that over 90 percent of diseases are curable if not hindered, with a proverb about forty and wisdom. Woods Hutchinson, M. D., is quoted on Nature’s intelligence beyond age.
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Humanity
Woods Hutchinson
Job on a newspaper quote from Louisville Courier-Journal
A quotation about for a newspaper job where one applicant has no journalism experience yet offers to provide excellent advice. The Louisville Courier Journal attributes the remark. The exchange highlights a humorous take on qualifications for media work.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Marriage Chance in Money Rich Old Man
A brief Chicago Record-Herald item notes a person weighing a proposal to marry a wealthy older man. The suitor is described as free of bad habits and from a long-lived family, prompting curiosity about the match.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Witty literary exchange sparks debate on hero’s fate
A young author laments a hero's death in the middle of a novel while an editor argues the death is a grave mistake. The exchange, cited by the Atlanta Constitution, touches on readers' engagement and narrative timing in fiction.
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Atlanta Constitution
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