Land value and public works favoring landowners debate
The Rolfe Arrow criticizes Belgium land buyouts and praises public works funded by national forests. It argues improvements near forests will raise land values captured by owners, not the public, warning this mirrors railroad land grants. The piece calls for ending special privileges and keeping nature’s gifts for all people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
National Forests
Congress
Socialist zeal versus individuality in an Appeal to Reason
A reader critiques the Appeal to Reason socialist stance from Kansas. The piece argues socialism miscolors land and capital, favors collective wealth over individual initiative, and warns against surrendering individuality to a machine driven by labor and government. It cautions socialists about losing faith in God and urges wiser leadership to preserve personal sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reason
Kansas
Peple
Manhood and access to gifts of nature for all
The passage argues that people should not be denied by a failing system and that strong spirits seek equal access to natural gifts. It asserts relief from present ills without surrendering manhood and calls for a chance to walk, not societal burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Brown
Murray St
New York
N. Ye
Capital, land, and labor argue for fair taxation
The Ottumwa Courier argues towns must support capital without granting favors. It contends land monopolization taxes excess rent, calls for taxing land value to fund public costs, and warns current taxation hurts both capital and labor, risking landlordism and loss of economic independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamtramck
Ottumwa Courier
Chicago Schools Crisis Tied to Catholic Parochial Pressure
Mrs Ella Flagg Young testified before a state senate committee on pressure from Bishop Muldoon and five priests to block a plan by Superintendent I G Cooley. They warned the public normal school could close within three weeks if his reform to limit parochial graduates’ admission proceeded. The issue centers on parochial schools flooding the normal school with graduates via entrance prep and cramming, affecting public school entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Catholic bishops push for parochial school influence in city
In a discussion on public schools some argue Catholic authorities seek to place parochial school graduates into public schools. The senate investigation in Chicago is noted as revealing long-hidden matters, with expectations of a broader light and a dawn of reform. A lesion described as more widespread than other diseases is mentioned, followed by an advertisement for Hall’s Catarrh Cure claiming a constitutional remedy and a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Chicago
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. Cheney & Co
Oio
Hulls Family
Pierce
The Umbrella and the Boxer Era Guardian Tale
A young American, Hugh Worthington, in Peking befriends a Chinese mandarin, saves him from robbers, and receives an umbrella with a warning about future anti foreign sentiment. Years later during the Boxer uprising, Worthington uses the umbrella to shield Emma Preston and her family, revealing a hidden commander’s message to protect them.
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Hugh Worthington
United States
Peking
Worthington
China
England
Europe
America
Preston
New York
Emma Preston
Hmself
Bosers
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Pella
Iowa
Marion County
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Rica
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Wanamaker
Belgium
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Yotava
Rock Island
Howell Station
Pasenger No
Kiabley
Parks & Son
Douds-Leando, Iowa
DCU
Triton
Rae Sere
Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
Adidents Invalids
Buffalo
Knoxville
R.R
Church
Knoxville Land Co
Knoxville, Iowa
Keables
Puritan Drug Co
Vander Linden
Heerema
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