Japanese Plan Brings 1000 Farmers to Texas Land Seekers
A Formosa agriculturist named Kinzaburo Gada plans to cultivate about 20,000 chobu or 4,000 acres in Texas and bring roughly 1,000 Japanese farmers to settle the tract. Consul Fisher reports the venture aims to profit from large scale vegetable cultivation with favorable rail links and a 4 year projected profit of about 2,000,000 yen. The proposal envisions land priced at 5 yen 2.50 per ton and assumes minimal fertilizer needs for a decade.
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Kintsaburo Gada
Pormosa
Texas
United States
State Department
Fisher
Tamsus
Formosa
Washington
New York Tribune
I*isher
Kinzaburo Gada
Gada
America
Japan
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Anythme
Hawaii
Art for America proposal by Miss Komlosy admired in Washington
Miss Irma Komlosy the Hungarian flower painter, visiting Washington under Austrian patronage, outlines a big idea to create a permanent art capital in Washington. Rich states fund a gallery with annual exhibitions and free duty for world paintings, with state selections by public checks. Her family includes two renowned painter brothers.
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Irma Komlosy
Washington
Hengelmuller
Austria
Marie Therese
National
New York Tribune
Vienna
United States
Miss Komlosy
Egg hunting by auto draws Dover farmer into new trade
Dover's H Ridgely Harrington, acting as agent for soda water firms in New York and Philadelphia, collects fresh eggs in an autocar. Handling as many as 12,000 dozen daily, he notes losses from restless horses. He predicts a pneumatic powered machine will streamline the egg collection and landing business.
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Dover
Del
H. Ridgely Harrington
Dover Dispatch
Philadelphia Public Ledger
New York
Philadelphia
Mr. Hinton
Thirty Thousand Year Clock From Radium Discovery
London dispatch reports a 30000 year clock powered by radium. H G Strutt’s device uses one twelfth grain of radium over an electroscope to charge aluminium wire and ring a bell, repeating indefinitely. Also included is a poetic verse about the Hornet Fleet and wartime imagery.
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London
Philadelphia Public Ledger
H. G. Strutt
Betterera for Indians policy adopted by F. E. Leupp
Francis B. Leupp, commissioner of Indian affairs, plans a busy summer overseeing bids for supplies in Chicago, St. Louis, and New York. He adopts a policy prioritizing quality and fair pricing, using agency physicians and chemists to ensure suitable medicines and goods for Indians, and aims to reduce waste while boosting self reliance through work on reservations. The ration order shifted able bodied Indians to wage labor, with agents reporting improvements in independence and material purchases. Sioux regions and Rosebud saw significant labor spending and acceptance of work over rations.
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Francis B. Leupp
Indian Affairs
Washington
New York Post
Ndtian
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
San Franci
Ile
Leupp
Chicago University
Tolian
John H. Brennan
Pine Ridge Agency
South Dakota
Roosevel
Brennan
Pineidge
Rosebud
McChesney
Lagent
Iira A. Hateh
Cheyenne River Agency
Warry I. Chamberlain
Crow Creek
Lower Brule
Roosevelt
Hibernian Visitor Applies for Three Jobs in Navy Stint
A humorous Puck quip depicts a perplexed clerk and a curious applicant in an insurance office. The visitor asks for all three options while declaring intent to join the navy as a stoker, prompting witty sarcasm from the clerk.
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Pawlivy
Navy
Puck
Permanent Ideals Guiding a Steadfast Life
A quotation about living by permanent truths and eternal laws to stay constant when praised or ignored, emphasizing the value of enduring ideals in shaping character and conduct.
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Ralzae
A Surprise In Store
A humorous exchange shows Sweet Innocence arguing with Papa over marriage costs. Guileful Youth quips that it only costs a few dollars, while Sweet Innocence questions if 30 is meant, highlighting a playful family tension on marriage affordability.
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Papa
Valiant Volunteers in Haitian Revolt Requisition
In a Haiti upheaval the Port au Prince government forces requisitioned Cape Haitian volunteers to quell the uprising. After days of effort the authorities gathered the men and loaded them aboard a ship. A message ordered the commander to send the steamer Saginaw with the volunteers and to return the ropes with which they were bound.
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Tyaiti
Port Au Prince
Cape Tlaifien
Port Au Pirin
Sau
Owielt
No Champagne For Prisoners In Paris War Tale
A fragmentary recounting recalls Eliza Titehed and a French exchange near Paris during wartime, with a boast and a toast to prisoners of war. It notes Sir Isaac Plosden’s claimed link to lucifer matches and the invention’s early reception at a Reading chemistry academy.
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Eliza
St. Peters
Russica
Enilaf
Rachel
Tad
Paris
Champagne
Isaac Plosden
Aigist
Castle Street Academy
Reading
Usel
Holdein Himmself
London
London Mail
Face to face distrust and the marks of deceit
A New York World critique notes that a gibe about eye contact as a test of honesty is flawed. It argues that confident criminals can project calm, while some virtuous people shrink from confrontation. The piece cites Hawthorne as an example of extreme shyness influencing social interaction.
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Hawthorne
New York World
Climbing Parnassus and Sacred Peaks of Myth
The Greek mythic Mount Parnassus hosts Apollo’s Delphic sanctuary on its slopes and the Castalia fountain whose waters inspire poetry. Its highest summit, sacred to Bacchus, honors Apollo and the Muses as poets ascend toward musaic inspiration.
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Parnassus
Greece
Apollo
Castalia
Bacchus
Fruit Growers Trip Excursion To East Texas
A special excursion train for fruit and truck growers will run from St. Louis to East Texas during harvest season to study regional crops. The weeklong trip will include visits to farms, packing houses, and packing supply centers with experts and trade papers provided. Northern growers are invited to join a state meeting and a vegetable garden tour is planned along the route.
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Cotton Bet
Saeetius
Tae Lion
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Neawera Peo Farkive
ART For America
Delaware
Thuan
Hornet
Little Hornet
Little Hornet Fleet
Httla Hornet
Wallace Irwin
New York Glove
F. E. Leapp
The
Southern Railway
Young Men's Christian Association
Arthbert Smiythe
Williem Terriss
Ciaitan
Penavar Etary
Kilmer
Emnent Kulnes
Blulder
Dame
Mil
Nik: & Co
Binghamton
Parker
Balsam
Yourutul Co
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company
Cleveland
Buffalo
City OF
Central Standard Time
Toledo
Detroit
M.S. Ry
Ibis Company
Magara Falls
F. Herman
G. P.A
Ohio
Dalton Stock Farm
Bell Bros
Cur Barns
Dalton
Otters
L.S. Rudy
East Texas
L.G. Schaefer, T. PL
Cincinnati
Harsh Block
NEW York Dentists
Massillon
Warthorst & CO
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