Industrial youth and shifting era in America
A long miscellany piece discusses rapid industrial growth and a lean toward younger leaders in U S manufacturing, citing Stevenson Institute exercises and President Morton on graduates rushing to professional roles. It cites curious cases, social notes, and economic reflections on labor, waste, and prosperity, with brief items on postage delays, penny pies, and Texas ore riches.
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America
Wailing
Witte Burgh
Menem Bakela
Mlewleny
Wen
Stesens Institute of Wennalogy
Poker
Murton
al Giles
Yer
Morton
Pune
Barrows Urges Golf Before Business for Health
President Barrows of Oberlin urges adopting outdoor athletics and golf first to form a healthier nation. He claims that prominent American leaders should adopt this habit for longer, more successful lives. Chicago anthropologist Starr notes over 50 people in Chicago have extra fingers or toes and will be studied. General Gomez says the Cuban patriots loudly claiming action have seldom smelled powder.
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Barrows
Oberlin
Beliven
America
Chicago
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Philadelphia Witiniley
Tiler
New York
Evry
Fenet
Eve Ehird Bork
Oura
Uma
Atlantic
Dir
Bicknell
Lake Michigan
Moe
Iby Clty
Weather extrem es and the heat's heavy cost
A long, dense screen of items discusses the impact of extreme heat on crops and commerce, noting drought, financial losses, and the endurance of staples like corn and cotton. It contrasts male labor value with the need for strength in surf contexts and features multiple vignettes on society, advertising, and public life.
Outlandish Tales and Civic Notes From a Century Ago
A jumble of early 20th century clippings covers child welfare outings to the country, milk purity court rulings, whimsical mosquito chats, a comical Pennsylvania coat claim, California women aging tricks, a Hagerstown policeman ousted over alleged marble theft, and other quirky vignettes. The piece blends social commentary with light humor and local anecdotes.
Ancestry claims and oddities touch titans fortunes
A New York gossip item mocks pedigrees of the rich while noting teachers and professionals rising in women’s roles. It cites supposed ancestral castles for Rockefeller and Astor, a French estate linked to Washington, and a satirical survey of modern lineage and status amid social change.
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Europe
Chicago
William Waldorf Astor
Astor
D'atirgas
Meduh
Toekee
Pennsylvania
New York
Languniloe
France
Rockefellers
Roquefort
Rockefeller
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Pratt City
Robert Irving
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Irving
Colby
Kan
Smith
J. E. Mleckley
Civingia Supreme Court
Endervil
University of Georgia
Prof. Moreno
Stanford University
Mount Washington
Morrisville
Ira Fitte Tors Thay
Philadyliia
Charles I. Horner
Mount Holly
Ned
Glenwood Nurseries
John Arbuckle
Atlee
Texas
Dumble
Cherokee
East
Gen. Gomez
Patreota
Shaun
Ives
Lown
Hhiyself
Witter Thal
Eumln
Atlantic City
Philadelphia Press
Harnest
Sheridan Park
Northwestern
Conway Springs
Pratt
Rhode Island
Hanner
Anacreon
Heaven
Key
St. Louis
Wu Ting-fang
Wichita
Georgia Tower
Perdition
Greenwood
Tole
Rogues’ Gallery
Lowa
New Britain
Conn, m
Kansas Town
California
Mike
Hagerstown
Bowton Herald
Trip
London Times
William E. Curtis
George Washington
Banbury
England
Sulgrave
Hanbui
Pittston
Camden
N. J
Heston
Arnold
Zyzick
Schreckenberger
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
Charon & Hospital
Kansas
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Hainois
Brass Land
Fort Hamilton
Long Island
Ottawa
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