Millage plan urged to fund state higher education
At a Saturday joint meeting of regents of the university and agricultural college, support grew for a millage tax to fund higher education. The plan would create a permanent tax per school, ending heavy reliance on legislative appropriations and protection against legislative manipulation.
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Sericultural College
A. C
Jovks
Monmouth
Agricultural College
University and Agricultural College
H. J. Parkinson
Titanic Inquiry Told By A Layman
A layman’s view notes criticism of senate committees probing the Titanic wreck. It cites Scientific American as narrow yet worthy, praising prompt investigation but lamenting a lack of technical expertise among committee members.
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Senate
Scientific American
Public appetite for direct inquiry into ship disaster
The piece argues for a technical, sea‑savvy investigation into a maritime disaster, criticizing a senate inquiry as biased and sensational. It laments public and press prejudice, calls for expert advisers, and insists the inquiry reveal why the ship sped into icebergs, why lifeboats were lacking, and why many passengers died instead of being saved.
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High Seas
Daily Reporter
Senate
Senate Commission
Navy Department
Tadiy
Partiality in Citizenship Ruling by Seattle Judge
Judge Hanford of Seattle cancels socialist citizenship papers, denouncing radicalism among the underdog while tolerating elites who flout the constitution. The piece questions bias, noting Iman Gisen’s citizenship risks and suggesting magnates with wealth also harbor dangerous ideas.
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Hanford
Seattle
Iman Gisen
Alaska
Olsen
Romantic soldier recalls perilous battles abroad
A beautiful woman presses the grizzled colonel for his most terrible ordeals. He recounts fighting Indians and Moros in many battles while clinging to romance and danger. He hints at dramatic memories but doubts her interest, preferring a quiet recollection away from public sight.
Notable Veteran Recounts A Quiet, Unexpected Trial
Owen recalls a tense moment in battle, but his most terrible experience was quieter. He visited a former comrade, who had left the service fifteen years prior, and endured two hours of listening as the man and his wife forced their children to recite poems to him. The scene contrasts battlefield bravery with domestic performance.
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Owen
Advertising Profit And Public Benefit
A writer argues that advertising, though sometimes seen as an amateur effort, can be profitable when professional and well advised. He claims resistance to advertising causes risk, compares advertising to banking in requiring understanding, and asserts that good articles sold via newspapers benefit the public who read and buy advertised commodities.
Votes for Women Gains Across Southern States
The piece notes growing support for woman suffrage in Oregon Kentucky Missouri Maryland and Virginia with San Antonio forming a large suffrage group The South shows progress in clubs and conferences while North Carolina sees conservative leaders and towns already voting women may outpace New England in adopting the vote.
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Oregon
New South
Kentucky
Missouri
Maryland
Virginia
San Antonio
Texas
Equal Franchise Society
Club
Women
North Carolina
South
New England
Business Man Show Advertising Benefits in Leeds
A crowded audience at the Albert Hall Leeds heard Thomas Russell president of the Incorporated Society of Advertisement Consultants explain advertising’s value. He cited lantern pictures of tea being offered in 1658 and argued advertising spurs invention by enabling wider, cheaper distribution.
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London
Albert Hall
Leeds
Thomas Russell
Incorporated Society of Advertisement Consultants
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