Plan to Resume Railway Inquiry After March 4th
Washington reports the Congressional Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce will resume hearings on government regulation of transportation after March 4th. The group seeks a unified federal framework while balancing public protection with railroad needs, backed by shippers investors and railroads.
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Washington
Congressional Joint Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Commerce Committees
Wilson
Newlands Committee
Newlands
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Industrial Traffic League
Motion Picture Stars and the Musical Mood in Film
A Philadelphia Press report notes directors use phonograph music to cue actors facial expressions on set. It describes how songs like I Hear You Calling Me help register emotions when camera work and sets create pressure, highlighting music's role in enhancing movie drama.
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Philadelphia Press
Passing of the Buffalo in Fur Trade Era
The author Emerson Hough argues the buffalo decline was an accident of civilization driven by railroads and market slaughter. He notes Indians’ prayers for northern buffalo but sees only a nation seeking wilderness and water from its ruined plains.
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Emerson Hough
Great Plains
The Japanese Empire and Its Vast Island Realm
The Japanese empire comprises four main islands Nippon Shikoku Kyushu and Yeddo plus about 3 300 small isles many uninhabitable. It covers roughly 156 000 square miles about equal to California. Population ranges from 45 to 60 million with most in agriculture and fishing. Arable land totals about 9 000 000 acres, similar to New York state.
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Nippon
Shikoku
Kiushu
Yeddo
California
Formesa
Korea
New York
New York American
Shakespeare In France Quotation From Achard
A French tale by Achard renders a Shakespeare line as Fragilite c est le nom d une femme. The remark challenges the gendered phrase with a French twist.
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France
Achard
Franty
Stravuss
Trolley Official Offers Free Ride After Collision
A Birmingham Age-Herald report notes a trolley official aboard a car that struck a woman and dragged her for a block. The official pledges no charge for the ride and provides a transfer, claims the corporation has a soul.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Let Your Wife Lead Says Kansay City Journal
A Kansay City Journal quip notes good advice for marriage with humor about wives taking the lead and husbands following, contrasting guidance on navigation and control in a domestic dynamic.
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Kansay City
We must expect everything and fear everything from time and from men
Vauvren argues that people should approach life with caution and vigilance, acknowledging uncertainty and danger in both time and human affairs. The statement frames a philosophy of guarded awareness and existential worry as a necessary stance.
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Vauvren
Wool Cleaning in Aleppo Echoes Ancient Syrians Practices
A Blackwood's observer describes wool cleaning in Aleppo using a violin bow like instrument. A man sits cross legged, strikes strings with a mallet, producing rhythm that rids wool of dirt creating a white cloud. The process, seen in many bazaars, feels conjuring and ancient in Eastern spirit.
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Aleppo
Blackwood's
Syria
Phonetics Lesson Sparks Dusty Demonstration
The Arabic teacher struggled with a student over P and B sounds. Dr Bliss of Syrian Protestant College used chalk dust to illustrate the difference by blowing dust away with P and keeping it in place with B. The visual aid left the student enlightened.
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Bliss
Syrian Protestant College
The
Christian Herald
The Bagpipe Loudness Across Highland Heritage
The Highland bagpipe is noted as the loudest instrument, originally designed to cheer clansmen in battle. A skilled piper can project sound about six miles, up to ten miles under favorable conditions. The Duke of Sutherland’s bagpipe, from Prestonpans about 200 years old, reportedly carries sound to eight miles.
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Duke of Sutherland
Prestonpans
London Globe
Must Have the Chuffeur in Chilean Cars
In Chile two seated runabouts are rare and typically carry a small rear seat for the chauffeur. Custom requires the owner to always have the chauffeur present, even when driving, to handle tires or cranking if needed.
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Chile
Hard Hearted Wife Forces Purchase After Broom Incident
In a feisty exchange, Trivvet says Bickers has a hard hearted wife. Dicer asks what happened. The wife reportedly struck him with a broomstick and then made him buy a replacement at the store.
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Bickers
Trivvet
Dicer
Method In Hie Madness in London Sketch
Dialogue from London Sketch features Sandy and Maggie debating a loan and marriage. Sandy resists, while Maggie teases social pressures and future plans within a Scots dialect sketch.
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Sandy
Maggie
London
Quote exchange on riches and creditors in Detroit humor
The Detroit Free Press records a brisk quip about wealth and debt with the line Riches have wings and creditors have bills. The brief exchange underscores a playful take on money and finance in the period.
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Detroit Free Press
Believe in the Better Side of Men Motto
A concise ethical maxim urging optimism as a saving force. It credits belief in humanity to personal resilience and societal progress.
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Howard Newberg
Ore
Undertakers
Hodson & Elliott
Palate’ Office
Parlom
Offeé
de. H. C. Dixon
H. M. Massey
P. F. Hawkins
First National Bank
John 8. Rankin
E. E. Daniels
Clarence Butt
Cote
R. W. van Valin
U. S. Natl
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhil County Abstract Co
McMinnville, Orngpoor
Newberg
P. S. Timberlake
Prop
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
Phonograph Music
Buffalo
Liberal
Newberg, Oregon
Spaulding
C. K. Spaulding
LoneFir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
C.H. Schunter
Rexall
Lynn B. Ferguson
First Street
J. L. van Blaricom
John Gower
E. L. Evans
1St St
Oregonian and Graphic
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