Government Supremacy and Labor Conflict Stir Decatur Comments
A local opinion piece argues for government supremacy amid capital and labor disputes harming the nation. It warns against bolshevism, urges settlement, and notes citizen rights, with reflections on debt, France, Morgan and bankers, and a looming risk of renewed conflict.
Band movement urged by Woman's Club in Havelock
A local column argues for backing a proposed band project in Havelock Bradgate by business leaders and the Woman's Club. It urges partnership with local merchants to bring the plan to reality while reflecting on personal choices between wealth and honor. It ends with moral reflections on integrity and the consequences of actions.
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Sham leaders of mankind and their hollow glory
In Harper's Magazine WW. L. George critiques rulers like Louis XIV for vanity and autocratic tact, noting how pomp and self view mask frailty. He cites Lorenzo de Medici Charles V and Charles XII as glittering frauds whose legacies mislead, while praising quieter, real leaders such as Bolivar Lincoln Bismarck Gambetta.
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Bee Time Clock Tests Worker Bees For Truth
Scientists from the United States Bureau of Entomology have built a gate with a meter device at a beehive entrance to electrically record every bee's exit for honey. The system questions age old sayings by measuring actual bee activity and could redefine beliefs about bee labor.
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New York Sun
Stable Boy to Statesman in European Courts
A fragmentary account traces Thomas Ward from a Yorkshire stable boy to a statesman and court figure in Parma and Lucca. He served Prince Lichtenstein, became master of the horse for the duke of Lucca, led confidential missions, aided Austrian interests, and earned nineteen titles before his death carrying many secrets.
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What Makes Great Cities One Word Reveals Truth
A teacher asked students to write on What Makes Great Cities. Marjorie Jones kept a blank page until the end but labeled the outside with her name and the subject. Inside she wrote one word People, succinctly answering the prompt.
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Ancient trees of Europe and mythic olive ages
The Morat lime tree in Fribourg is among Europe’s oldest, dating to 1476 and about 450 years old, protected by a wooden frame. German firs on Wurzelburg peak reach ages of around seven centuries, based on annual growth rings. Ancient myth says the olive at Athens’ citadel remained ancient even in Pliny’s time.
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Chinese view of assassination and Boxer era martyrdom
The passage notes that the Chinese regard the killer of German minister von Kettler as a national martyr. A commemorative arch, imposed by Germany, was seen as a lasting memorial to the deed, but its removal during hostilities led locals to suspect the killer or his family of a crime causing the honor to be withdrawn.
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Earth's Quiet Spots Desert Driest Point Named Coplapo
A New York Herald report describes arid deserts spanning all land divisions with Africa Asia and Australia having the most pronounced desert conditions. It cites Coplapo on the western slopes and beaches of the Andes as an exceptionally dry locality with about 0.4 inches of annual precipitation.
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New York Herald
Probate of Will Notice in Pocahontas County Iowa
Notice that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of J W Phillips, deceased, dated May 7, 1912, has been filed and is set for hearing proof on Tuesday the 29th day of August at the Pocahontas County Courthouse Iowa before the District Court.
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