Standard The World Needs a Personal High Standard
An essay contrasts Robert Louis Stevenson’s refusal of unearned funds with the idea of personal moral standards. It argues true success comes from self-set goals in both material and inner life, not merely wealth or societal approval. Another excerpt describes pest control using flame throwers, chloropicrin powder, and poisoned bait to target insect larvae with limited collateral damage.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Milwaukee Journal
M. Vayssiere
Italy
United States
Flame throwers used to combat crops pests in France
At a French Academy of Sciences meeting M Vayssiere reported using flame throwers once used in war to exterminate swarms of the Morocco cricket that damaged crops near the Rhone delta during 1918 1919 and posed a severe agricultural threat.
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Rhone
Morocco
French Academy of Sciences
M. Vayssiere
The Way of the World without Garden Harvests
Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones were neighbors with opposite stakes in a drought year. Smith’s garden failed while Jones’s daughter offered sympathy. A widower with means marries her, in a brisk Edinburgh Scotsman style.
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Mr. Smith
Mr. Jones
China Looks to France for Education and Modernization
Wang Tsing wei, founder of the Societe Franco-Chinoise, urges China to study in France during reconstruction. He argues China must mobilize vast numbers of students abroad to observe and imitate strenuous reforms and civilization to up to date its national condition, proposing 100000 students as a goal with the motto Let us have more.
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France
China
Wang Tsingwei
Societe Franco- Chinoise
Deadwood Dick passes at seventy five in Glendale California
The long idol of a small boy Richard Bullock known as Deadwood Dick dies at seventy five in a Glendale California hospital. The obituary recalls his fame and the传奇 of his stagecoach gold hauling days and the mythic hero status granted by generations of fans.
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Deadwood Dick
Richard Bullock
Glendale
Cal
Achilles
Satan
Milton
Siegfried
Lars
Deedwood Dick
Als Snga
Cincinnati Times-Star
Peat Established as Fuel in Denmark Gains Wide Use
Denmark expands peat use across industries private railways and rural districts. In 1918 twelve million peat bricks were cut from marshes with 1919 figures not available. Svendborgs electrical works test peat gas as a petroleum substitute despite boiler size and spark issues. Government price caps hinder production, but peat quality has improved, signaling greater economic role ahead.
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Denmark
Svendberg
New York Sun
Exclusive Fifth Avenue Jewelry House Sets High Prices
A gentleman with a grand French name opens a premier Fifth Avenue jewelry store where nothing costs under 10 000 dollars. Clerks resemble parliament members in frock coats and silk hats. A customer seeking an emerald ring for 1000 dollars is told the shop does not sell that cheap and suggested a cheaper rival further down the avenue.
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Fifth Avenue
Blank’s
New York
Trade In Fish Imports From The United States Since 1915
Since 1915 the first year with customs statistics for imports of conserved fish into the Dutch East Indies are given the United States has held a fair share of the market. Before the war nearly all salmon came from the Pacific coast and in later years when other sources were closed sardines and herring were also imported from the United States.
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Dutch East Indies
United States
Pacific Coast
Ior
Leap year ploy leads to proposal in playful banter
Those Girls Agnes- how did you get him to propose I told him you were crazy about him and reminded him it was leap year.
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Agnes
Madge
Boston Transcript
Administratrix Notice of Cecil J. Hoskins Estate
Mabel G. Hoskins appointed administratrix of Cecil J. Hoskins estate by Yamhill County Court Oregon. Creditors must present verified claims to Clarence Butt, attorney, at Newberg office within six months from Sep 9 1920. First issue Sep 9, last issue Oct 7.
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Mabel G. Hoskins
Cecil J. Hoskins
Yamhill County
Oregon
Clarence Butt
Newberg
Administrators' Notice of Final Settlement
Administrators of the estate of Christmas Powell deceased notify final account in Yamhill County Oregon. Hearing for objections set for Monday October 11 1920 at 11:00 a.m. at the County Courtroom McMinnville to show cause why the account should not be settled and the estate discharged. Dated September 9 1920. Joseph N Powell and Henry E Powell Administrators. First issue September 9 Last issue October 7
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Christmas Powell
Yamhill County
Oregon
McMinnville
Joseph N. Powell
Henry E. Powell
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Satis
Pacific College
Robert Louis
Churchill & Tyndall
W. W. Hollingsworth Co
Newberg, Gregon
Carey
C. K. Spaulding Logging Co
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Setttledon C
Office
Cor. Ist and
Howard Sts
Hazelwood Co
Christ Nelson
Old Line Companies
White & CO
First Street
NEW Berg
River St
Carpenter Shop
Main Street
E. P. Smith
Maim and Hancock
The
Newberg Transfer Co
S. P. Timberlake
Prop
Yamhill County Abstract
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
ORGO
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