American silk gowns and labor relations in industry
Secretary Wilson notes many Porongy regions adapt to silk industry and argues the department will supply eggs and mulberry for silkworm production. A class of laborers works for board, seeking stable lodging and wages. Japan shipped over 3200 dollars worth of products last year. other nations also rely on laborers in this sector.
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Wilson
Japan
Staats Uver
Tia van
Wrutten
Thuy
Glia
Life History of a Silk Worm
Readable text outlines the life cycle of the silk worm from egg to larva to cocoon. It describes the larva enlarging, eating on mulberry leaves, then aging about 20 to 21 days, appetite waning, and the larva seeking a place to spin a cocoon.
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Oder
Carnegie Denies Interview Claims on Carnegie and Silk
An old newspaper excerpt dismisses a Trever attributed quote from Andrew Carnegie denying a death disgrace. It discusses U S labor and the idea of American silk production led by Mrs Roosevelt and Secretary Wilson, detailing silkworm growth, mulberry farming, and a plan to fund a large Arlington cemetery bell from obsolete cannons.
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Trever
Andrew Carnegie
George Wastington
Willian Tell
Switzerland
Jeterson
Capitol
Carnegie
Grand Army of the Republic
Yank Home
Army of the Confederacy
Arlington Cemetery
Robert BE. Lee
Washington
Potomac River
Col. Hume
Hume
Grand Army
Wita
Watervliet
Wea
Thoos
Silk Culture in United States Aims at New Industry
Secretary Wilson after visiting the South urged improving conditions for the extremely poor, especially the colored race, by promoting silk culture. Congress funded investigations with $10,000 and later appropriations, with hope for silk centers and mills in the United States to save hundreds of millions spent on imported raw silk and products.
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United States
Vireloin
South Carolina
Georgia
New England
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
South
Congress
Wade
Europe
Sute A Lon
Tan Ia
Department
Italy
United By
Perry’s War Vessels Sunk in Thames River Sought for Detroit
Reports say three British war vessels sunk near Lake St Clair during the 1813 Lake Erie clash with Commodore Perry have been found after a century. Divers have located them two to six miles upriver from Chatham and plan to raise and present them to Detroit as memorials amid international protest and debates over ownership.
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Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
Thames River
Lake St. Clair
Detroit
Put-in-Bay
Derry
Proctor
Lake St Clair
Fomteo
Thames
Teenmsel
Suide
Chatham
Armencan Belzaire
Otmin
Man Without a Pull Elevates Hitchcock to Top Post
The rapid ascent of Frank J. Hitchcock from a subordinate clerk in agriculture to First Assistant Postmaster General is chronicled. Once handling mice and skulls in the Cope Bank, he moved through the Post Office and Government Printing Office roles, earning praise from Secretary Wilson for industry and leadership, and is described as a indispensable administrator.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Frank J. Titeueoct
Department of Agriculture
Cope Binnk
Agdemore
Ultehneur
Ube Post Office Department
Luci Ubi Sip Lik Bad
Duvesit
Washington
Hitchcock
Doubtiese
Department of Commerce and Labor
Blagnare
Wonta
Cortelyau
Roosevelt
Ultchanck
Jlitehenek
Tony
Wilson
Department of Agricutture
Hivebcoc
Zebra Lesson Sparks Whimsy Among Pupils
A quirky classroom exchange turns on a writer’s joke about zebras and stripes. The teacher questions a student on a “fiata algebra” phrase while describing a zebra as a white mule with bold stripes, prompting giggles and creative mispronunciations among the elves.
Legislators Question Railroad Favors as Congress Debates Mileage
Articles note widespread disapproval of free railroad passes and telegraph courtesies for lawmakers. It cites recent extra-session mileage allowances, highlights declines in acceptances, and points to a growing push for consistency and reform among Congress and state legislatures.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Muselves
Senate
Meners
Pasatt
la Follette
Econ
Farce Crops and Cheaper Rates Across Railroads
Northwest farmers cheer large crops plus transport cuts as grain rates drop from five cents per hundred pounds to half a cent near St. Paul and the head of navigation on Great Lakes. The change covers two transcontinental railroads and is seen as a deflation of railroad receipts, offered by all roads in the region.
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Northwest
St. Baud
Poiute
St. Paul
Groit Lakes
Byasness
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Silk
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Wison
Ethel Pritchett
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Haskell
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Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Meatnuel Jacqueline
St. Louis
Times Sunaday
Thiatorn
Globe
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New York
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