The Price Of Progress In Air Travel
A harsh editorial on the conquest of the air notes the high cost of progress with the deaths of Ralph Johnstone and a French Alpine flier. It argues aviation demands sacrifice and money but will bring a blessing when aerial travel becomes practical. The piece likens ongoing danger to Prometheus and frames death as flesh offerings to progress.
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Oakland Amends Charter to Fund City Advertising
Oakland California becomes the first American city to set a steady annual advertising fund of 20000 dollars. The amendment limits yearly advertising expenditures to two and a half cents on each hundred dollars of insurable city property. The move followed a hard campaign by the Chamber of Commerce and business leaders and aligns with wider efforts to amend charters in other cities.
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Oakland to gain funds from large valuation proposal
The assessment places the valuation near 126 million dollars, yielding about 30 thousand dollars annually. Oakland is expected to receive more benefit from this revenue than from any other minor expenditure.
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Oakland
Asquith in clash over Lords veto and budget
Premier Asquith vows to force a showdown with the House of Lords between now and Christmas. He denounces the Lords veto as a farce and says reform is needed to prevent rule by snobbery and to place the rights of the people ahead of a weakened royalty.
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England
Learnin' to Celebrate a Wife in Simple Joys
A rustic speaker praises his wife Carlotta, promising happiness and easier days. He plans a small gift and a feather bed to ease her load, expressing pride in her work and love as a year of marriage passes, with a hopeful toast to shared life.
They Should Be Lawyers Circuit judge candidates debated
The letter argues for merit over political payment in appointing circuit judges and district attorney for Tunatilla and Morrow counties, noting the upcoming two year terms and stressing lawfulness over party service while contrasting riot reports with a football game scrimmage.
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East Oregonian
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Pendleton
Tunatilla
Morrow
One Cent Postage and Parcel Reform Proposal
The editorial argues for one cent postage on letters and expands the parcels post to eleven pounds, claiming it would cut rates, curb express profits, and lower costs for merchants and consumers. It notes current foreign-rate parity for eleven pound packages and urges Congress to allow cheap cross country mailing to match international rates.
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Truce Exchange Hilarious Condensed Milk Bargain War Tale
The article describes a stale battle scene where defenders hold while attackers press. A supposed truce request leads to an unexpected exchange offer: two privates for a can of condensed milk. The moment veers into dark humor amid weary operations.
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Chicago Packers Luck Surges as Landis Refuses Trials
Landis states he cannot try their cases, leaving Chicago Packers in luck. The comment signals a procedural hurdle for ongoing legal matters, with the team benefiting from the absence of Landis in court proceedings.
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Chicago Packers
Landis
Isis Unveiled and modern tariffs in Inland Herald opinion
The Inland Herald critiques Madame Blavatsky's Isis Unveiled, deeming ancient Egyptian mystery a hoax exposed by common sense and high school reasoning. It likens tariff policy to bunkers on a golf course, arguing the public pays while others profit, and notes American writers testing truth versus mystique.
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Nile
Man
Inland Herald
Constipation relief with Syrup of Figs and Senna Elixir
Advice promotes forming regular habits with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a permanent aid. It claims these laxatives act without disturbing natural functions and keep internal organs healthy, recommending the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product sold by leading druggists.
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California
Fig @grep Co
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