Prohibition Debate Shapes Oregon Legislature Fight
The Daily East Ocepumien reports on liquor politics in Oregon with editorials urging rigid enforcement of liquor laws and governor support to oppose repeal efforts. It argues state wide prohibition by legislative action harms the liquor trade, warning of consequences if home rule ends and urging stronger law enforcement.
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Gregori
Mquor
Silence vs Truth Inspires Public Stand Poem Snippet
Quoted lines by James Russell Lowell urge speaking out rather than remaining silent. The verses condemn those who fear being morally right with a few and describe them as slaves to silence.
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James Russell Lowell
Four Indians Murdered in Local Reservation Conflict
A report details at least four Indians killed via a hunting ground and liquor routes with bootleggers blamed. It condemns officials for lax protection and proposes a factory site, public health efforts, and a bill empowering special sheriffs to enforce laws, aiming to curb gambling, road houses, and organized vice.
Cubs Manager Evers seeks rule forcing walks to advance runners
Chicago Cubs manager Evers proposes a National League rule to advance all baserunners when a pitcher issues four balls to a batter, potentially allowing a walked runner from third to score. He argues walking a strong hitter is unsportsmanlike and should be barred. The rest of the passage notes Senator Warren’s re election in Wyoming, Senate scrutiny of membership, and branch hospital needs.
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Chicago Cubs
National Baseball League
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Wyoming
Lorimer
Senate
Faust in the Century Theater Ends in Laughter
The audience filled the Century Theater as Faust and Marguerite faced heaven and hell. A stage trapdoor malfunction caused Faust to appear half concealed while Hell was crowded, leaving the rest of the performance to be met with laughter.
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Gov Wilson speech in Chicago appeals for business aid
The New York World says Governor Wilson's Chicago address was not a threat but a call to business leaders for honest counsel and cooperation. He framed a partnership to reestablish economic freedom and warned Big Business that refusal to help could hurt its own interests.
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Chicago
United States
Common Council
Shoe sizes for height in historical measurements
The text estimates foot length relative to height, noting a man of about six feet would need a shoe around No 10.5 to 11 for comfort, while a woman five feet three inches tall would require around No 6 for comfort or No 5.5 at the limit. The discussion treats gender differences as similar to modern proportions.
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Harper's Weekly
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Restores Color
Sage tea and sulphur reputedly darken gray hair, banish dullness, and stop dandruff. A ready made Wyeths Sage and Sulphur bottle sold for six fifty, claimed to restore natural color by morning after dampening a strand at a time.
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Climate and Cabbages in a Cornish Encounter
An American visitor in Cornwall asks a grower how chrysanthemums thrive and is told it is all down to climate. The farmer then pivots to cabbage and a joke about rapid urban growth in New York. The exchange ends with the punchline that skyscrapers rise due to climate.
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Cornwall
New York
The Feminine Foot from Harper's Weekly
The article discusses historic foot size comparisons between classical sculpture and living figures. It notes Greek sculptors favored larger feet, averages across several countries place masculine feet around 12 inches, and ancient feet exceeded modern restrictive measurements. An argument begins relating foot size to height.
New York salesman runs into Western town snootiness
A traveling salesman boasts he is from New York and遭ingly tries to show a new line to a Western merchant. The merchant coolly asks who runs the town hotel, exposing the New Yorker as a pompous, self important outsider. The Philadelphia Telegraph notes the encounter as a light tribal clash.
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New Yorker
Philadelphia Telegraph
Ohio workers teach German staff about living standards
The New York Times reports forty or forty four workingmen’s families from an Ohio city toured Germany to instruct a German factory’s staff. They compare living standards noting that meals with meat and dairy, common at home one or two times daily, are unaffordable for many German workers, highlighting price and wage differences.
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New York Times
Ohio
Germany
German Diet Compared to Ohio Home Standards
German comrades endure a daily diet of black coffee oleomargarine cheese sausage and vegetables with meat possibly on Sunday. Ohio families find it impossible to reduce their home standards to such a level and are correspondingly discontented with their lot here.
Birth Announcement for Miss Omegs Handy
A daughter was born to the wife of George Handy of Toliver on Tuesday January 7. The birth marks the fourteenth child and is presumed to be the last.
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George Handy
Toliver
Omega Named By Physician In Hazel Green Chronicle
Dr. A C Nickell, the attending physician, named it Omega representing the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Mrs Handy, a hale and hearty 40 year old, contrasts with her liege lord who has passed the annual annunciator 42 times in Hazel Green Kentucky.
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A. C. Nickell
Post, Parcel Name? Baby Name Choice Delights Mrs Post
John Post announces he has a fine boy born Monday night and considers naming him Parcel if Mrs Post consents. The note appears in a Shelburne Pa Times item reflecting a light family announcement.
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Mra. Post
Shelburne
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