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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
6
The piece discusses Matsu Hito as a Japanese poet, praised culturally but deemed second rate in Western literary terms. Current Literature cites elliptical, terse lines with five and seven syllables, praising grave odes and gay stanzas, yet finds Western prose rough and unpolished, deeming his fame strictly national.
Cyrus Northup of the University of Minnesota argues in Collier's that state institutions should educate both men and women in a single setting. He says coeducation aligns with family life and public schooling, enhances manners in men, preserves female refinement, and opposes segregation or isolation of women in education.
Between April 14 and 19 tremors struck four continents. Destructive quakes ruined three towns in Mexico, shook Spain, Russian Transcaucasia, and Constantinople, with shocks reported in Manila and Charleston. Volcanic activity accompanied Chilean earthquakes.
Many cities discuss supplying eyeglasses to children with defective eyesight while parents weigh who should pay. Free dispensaries exist for the poor, but concerns rise over incompetent oculists exploiting school reports to drum up business.
A New York physician was cleared of assault charges by claiming bouts of psychic epilepsy since childhood. The court noted the illness is not clearly defined but could become a convenient argument in criminal procedure.
A writer explores the subconscious mind as a separate inner process influencing thoughts and actions. He cites New York examples, including a Wall Street man tormented by intrusive urges, a garden worker hearing a troubling refrain, and a musician hearing a Wagner line after certain notes. The piece argues brain lesions can alter identity, but subconscious thought persists beyond conscious control.
A speech argues patriotism begins at home and in school not with battles or budgets. It stresses teaching empathy public spirit and gratitude, and defines enemies as disease poverty ignorance and sin rather than foreign foes. Patriotism should be daily citizen duty beyond war drums and medals.
The piece extols American greatness through high ideals and abundant natural resources. It lauds minds and souls as the nation’s true wealth, notes no external enemy, and envisions prosperity as a foundation for enlightened life. It emphasizes using resources to foster happiness, liberty, and culture.
Colorado Day events in Denver. Royal Gorge railroad construction progresses. fuel famine denial. Salvation Army reports 180 conversions in June. Reports of cattle rustling arrests in Larimer County and 31 divorces in Denver this month. Various accidents, including a Grand Junction finger amputation and a fatal gnat bite in Plateau.
The College president cites Mr Kraft's offer of 5000 for a new building to be named Kraft hall. The dean counters that 85000 won't cover the desired building. Kraft's gift depends on securing 10000 from ten other public-spirited citizens.
The New York Life Insurance Company reports more than 70 million dollars in new paid business for the half year ending June 30. Payments to policy holders totaled 21,660,761 with roughly equal splits between death benefits and living policy holders. The firm remains near the legal limit and is seen as a preferred company after the Armstrong investigation. Modern life insurance, the article notes, serves both protection for families and savings for the elderly.
The piece argues daily life shapes character and that selfishness erodes manners. It claims true courtesy is hard at home where ceremony fades between friends, and urges habitual consideration for others to become second nature like a limb.
Abou Ben Adhem celebrates early success while signaling the season is young. He accepts flowers from a fan, then strikes out at the plate, dodges a lemon hurled by a discontented spectator, and returns to the bench.
Two Irishmen lunch together. Pat asks Mike what he is thinking about. Pat wonders how he would wear clothes on wings in heaven. Mike retorts to imagine how a hat would fit over horns in the hereafter.
An article argues for starchy foods over meat for health and links Grape Nuts to quick energy and brain cell rebuilding through pre digested starch and phosphate of potash. It cites mental gains and urges ten days use with the slogan There's a Reason and a nod to The Road to Wellville.
Three millionaires from Sheridan county were found guilty in a U S District Court trial for conspiracy to defraud the government of coal lands in Sheridan county. The verdict came after one hour of jury deliberation with each defendant facing up to 10,000 dollars fine and two years on each of two counts. Judge J A Riner will sentence them.
William January alias Charles W. Anderson, paroled after a pardon driven by a 50 000 signature petition to President Roosevelt, is released from Fort Leavenworth. He plans to return to Kansas City, seek citizenship restoration, and may ask the courts to restore his name to Anderson for his family’s protection.
Idaho attorney general John A. Bagley in New York predicts Harry Orchard will be hanged for thirteen murders outside Idaho even if clemency is offered. He says Orchard has confessed to killings beyond Idaho and that only justice matters as the Haywood trial proceeds.
Kansas moves to set a 2-cent per mile maximum passenger rate on all railroads. The State Board of Railway Commissioners asks the five major trunk lines to adopt the rate voluntarily, with possible compulsory orders if needed. Rates from Denver to St Louis and to Chicago and eastern points fall to reflect Missouri’s 2-cent level.
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