Half a Million Seek Postmaster Jobs in Washington
The article notes a flood of employment requests as Democrats rush to serve under Wilson. Speakers and legislators handle thousands of letters for 37 postmasterships, with 1,004 or more applications for Texas posts and 1,100 for others.
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Washington
Senate
House
Champ Clark
Congress
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States
W. R K. Smith
FE Paso
Texas
Representative
Tom
the Treasury
South
Whison Tates
Henry
Waco Sodecine
Clifes
New Wireless Law Increases Ship Safety After Titanic
A new law requires every vessel with fifty or more people aboard to carry wireless equipment. Shipmasters leaving American ports or navigating the Great Lakes must install an auxiliary power plant apart from the main system. The act strengthens the 1910 law and targets both American and foreign ships.
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Great Lakes
Missing a Caribou A Humiliating Rifle Misfire Tale
The narrator recounts a failed caribou hunt from The Journal of a Sporting Nomad. Johnny, his Indian guide, signals the caribou as the hunter fumbles shots at close range, the rifle misbehaving and nerves failing. He describes repeated misses, mounting frustration, and eventual blame on himself and the equipment.
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J. T. Studley
Johnny
White on black vs black on white readability in signs
A Scientific American explained why white letters on a black background are harder to read at a distance than black letters on white. It notes the retina mosaic effect at the vision limit causes white areas to appear wider and black areas narrower, urging legibility through stroke weight and lighting.
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Scientific American
Kean Stars as Brutus in Brutus or the Fall of Tarquin
In a two scene performance Kean played Brutus to his son Titus with booming profits over 300 pounds in the house. Kean, refreshed by a holiday, delivered strongly and moved the audience with the line Pity thy wretched father. Charles aided him admirably as the audience roared and Kean whispered We are doing the trick to his son.
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Kean
Brutus
Titus
Tarquin
Charles
Armstrong
James I Rewards A Nurse’s Son With Baronetcy
The king bluntly offers to make the nurse’s son a baronet to please her, asserting he could not easily grant gentility to others. He notes he started baronets in 1611 and quips about his limits in elevating wives of law lords. A Berlin encounter reveals transcontinental chatter and a crossed exchange about a doctor.
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James I
No Chance and the anti-noise movement dialogue
Fragmentary quotes from the Washington Star mention anti-noise themes and a public reaction. The text notes reactions to noise advocacy and includes a marriage reference drawn from Portuguese sources.
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Washington Star
25,000 Miles for Giant Peach
Frank N. Meyer, explorer for the U S Department of Agriculture, undertakes a 25 000 mile trek to Shantung and beyond to obtain the Feit Ching peach for the United States He aims to bring back fruiting stock and study crops for windbreaks and transportable plants during a three year eastern expedition in China and Russia.
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Frank N. Meyer
Shan-tung
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Manchuria
China
West China
Meyer
Shantung
Luther Burbank
London
Orient
Bureau of Plant Industry
Russia
Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Congress
Mandan
N. D
United States foreign trade nears 4 billion in 1912 totals
The Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce reports ten months of 1912 show imports at 1.511 billion and exports at 1.871 billion, forecasting full year totals around 4.1 billion. Domestic product exports may reach 2.25 billion while foreign merchandise exports near 87.25 million in 1910 figures.
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United, States
United States
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
Perilous open boat voyage off Korea's rockbound coast
Jack London recalls eight tense days in a sampan off the west Korean coast. Japanese fishermen, a treacherous tide up to sixty feet, and a narrow channel amid breaking seas test nerves as they bail, patch sail, and avert swamping before a near miss at the rocky shore.
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Korea
Jack London
The
Yachting Monthly
Sampan
Scratched Rocks and Glacial Clues Across North America
In Harper's Weekly, readers learn how scratched rocks mark ancient glacier paths from the Atlantic to Kentucky. The grooves imply a vast ice sheet moving southward, carrying boulders and shaping the landscape as glaciers did in Switzerland. Also included are notes on life expectancy tables and a string of light humor jokes from Pittsburgh and New York publications.
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United States
Atlantic Ocean
Kentucky
Agassiz
Alps
Switzerland
America
Harper’s Weekly
Thackeray Dines Alone at Star and Garter
The novelist Thackeray preferred solitary dinners at the Star and Garter in Richmond near London. Illustrator Harry Furniss recalls an occasion when Thackeray, unseen by others, enjoyed an elaborate solo repast with imaginary companions Becky Sharp Pendennis Colonel Newcome and described it as a delightful evening.
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Thackeray
Ster and Garter
Iichmond
London
Harry Furniss
James O'Dowd
Star and Garter
O'Dowd
Becky
Pendennis
Lieutenants and fathers share a joke on big lies
A restaurant scene features two young officers debating who is the biggest liar. An elderly father reveals he is Arthur Blank’s father and, with a wink, says if his son is the biggest har, you cannot have met his other son Richard. Also notes on origin of the phrase to the bitter end from a nautical anchor context.
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Arthur Blank
Arthur
Richard
London
New York Sun
Boy Confesses Can Tug Led Dog’s Flight for Dollar
Mrs. Smith reproaches her son Robert after he admits tying a tin can to neighbor Mrs Hayes's dog's tail. The dog fled and presumably died. Robert says he did it to gain a dollar from Mr Hayes. Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the incident.
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Robert
Aleb
Mr. Hayes
Cleveland Plain Dealer
First Fox Hunters and Gloucester Club Founding
The Gloucester Fox Hunting club formed in Philadelphia around 1766 by about 125 gentlemen. Its first meeting occurred in December at an old Philadelphia coffee house. Members included future notable figures, and during the Revolutionary War Samuel Morris and 21 others formed the First City troop, with the Gloucester club continuing until 1812.
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America
Gloucester Fox Hunting Club
Philadelphia
Samuel Morris
Gloucester
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