War With Japan Would Be a Crime, Says Allied Voices
A collection of editorial opinions from Japanese and American figures denounces any war with Japan as a crime against history religion and commerce. Admiral Yamamoto Viscount Aoki and Rear Admiral Coghlan urge calm and strong friendship, stressing mutual interests and cautions against sensational press talk. They argue for fair play and settled relations to avoid unnecessary conflict.
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America
Japan
United States
Government Railroads Under Federal Ownership Vision
Judge E H Barrar argues the federal power to borrow and tax founded the national banking system and could similarly establish and operate railroads to move mails troops and supplies. He contends constitutional authors intended central control of highways to knit the nation, with roads serving mail first and freight and passengers second.
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United States
Congress
Prayers Before Battle Through Historic Venerable Voices
The article surveys early instances of battlefield prayers from figures such as Childette of Gaul, Atilla’s foe. Childeric’s vow to convert. a Hungarian officer’s wartime prayer in 1849. Les Me the Fighting Bishop in Ireland. Sir Jacob Astley before Edgebidl. Edward II at Bannockburn. D Umphraville’s remark. Cromwell’s public prayers prior to Dunbar. and notes the English prayer book contains sea prayers but none for land engagements.
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Childette
Gaul
Zuelnich
Christ
Attila
Childeric
Hungary
Ireland
Edgebidl
Jacob Astley
Marcel
Edward
Bannockburn
D'Umphraville
Oliver Cromwell
Dunbar
Old Birds Nests Use Across Years Across Species
A bird fancier explains that many birds reuse nests for years, with wrens bluebirds swallows and others often repairing and rebuilding annually. Some birds like hangbirds build anew each season or lay in others nests, while eagles and owls need little maintenance. Some nests remain unused despite frequent discovery.
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Jaime
Ishmaelite of the Plains, the Coyote's Enduring Feaster
James W. Steele, in Outing Magazine, portrays the coyote as a solitary, despised figure of the western world. He describes the animal as an Ishmaelite, a friendless, wanderer whose presence haunts the expanse once crossed by Lewis and Clark. The piece reflects on a vast wilderness and the animal’s stubborn continuation in a changing frontier.
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Plains
Lewis and Clark
J James W. Steele
Outing Magazine
Bautf Taking In London
A fragment notes a habit among some London poor with rambling speech pallid looks and dejected bearing. It claims women in police court prisons display curl papers with snuff for consolation and likens the habit to morphia use.
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Bautf
London
Its Advantage Kaleker Why do you prefer serial stories
Flatter Because it's the only thing on the Installment plan they can't take away.
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Kaleker
Not Very Flattering and Ruskin Quotation Fragment
Fragmentary dialogue compares beauty and brains with playful insult. A quoted line from Ruskin appears, noting a concert remark about puffing a map but failing to prop him up. The text reads as a casual, literary aside rather than a complete news item.
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Hmuma
Lena
A Boy on the Bridge and a Teacher’s Hopeful Heart
Miss Orvis, a compassionate teacher, helps Hardy Andrews, a foundling with no mother, and Reddy Lane, a bridge watchman, find a chance at a better life. As Hardy befriends the girl and Reddy pursues a civil engineering future, love and duty bind them to a shared dream beyond Cherry Street.
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Orvis
Hardy
Hardy Andrews
Wardy
Miss Orvis
Miss Orvia
Reddy Lane
Reddy
Ehardy
Cherry Street
Yessum
Battersons
Misa Orvis
Red
Teacher
Pauline Orvis
Batterson
Foundlings
Chey
Ilda
Mr. Lane
Bowery Crossing
Pauline Or
Chip
Harrison
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W. S. Elliott
Yoara Experiyoce
Equarte
Glenwood
F. M. Shriver Surgical and Mechanical Dentist
Iowa
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Northwest Corner Square
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Opera House Brook
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H. Winkler & CO
Real Estate, Loan and Exchange Agts
Dean Brook
P O. Glenwood
Justice OF the Peace
Carter Bile
Nelinbla Actna Indemnity Company
F. K. Meyers & Son Carpenters Contractors and Builders
W. F. Meyers Merchant Tailor
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North Side Banars
Amos Dean
Carpenter & Contractor
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Europe
D. L. Heinsheimer
KE. M. Buffington
A. D. French
H. A. French
F. M. Suffington
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B. B. Woodraff
A.J. Gettioe
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