Washington Tussle Over Warships and Paper Trusts
The article surveys Congress rebuffing the President over four warships, fiscal savings on pensions, and a push to curb the International Paper Company. It notes Taft’s potential nomination,冲 discussion of naval strength versus Japan, and calls for action on the print paper trust with Attorney General Bonaparte’s slow progress.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
White House
House
Philippines
Tabak
Oaen
Speaker Cannon
International Paper Company
Bonaparte
Cannon
Payne
Dalzell
The City Environment Shapes Dreams and Minds
A passage from Taylor Trotwood Magazine reflects on how urban environments mold human thought and happiness. It contrasts luxurious city life with moral restraint, noting powerful corporations and railways as threads of civilization while warning money can dull noble impulses. It includes a vignette of a society queen and a telegraph note about a husband’s death with low insurance.
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Artivity
Taylor Trotwood Magazine
Civic pride urged for town improvements and employment
A local appeal urges residents to support home growth by spending locally and investing in ventures that create jobs. It stresses that diverting money away weakens the town and calls for acceptance of proposed improvements even if they are not at one’s door.
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Japan
Washington
Tokio
Yokohimen
Wiote
Longworth
Courage of a Woman Heroic Defaulter’s Daughter Pays Off Family Debt
A Lynchburg News reassesses female courage through Miss Marguerite Barton of Los Angeles who, as a stenographer, paid the former city treasurer Henry Barton’s deficit to Muncie, Indiana. The piece lauds patient, unflinching sacrifice and argues women show supreme bravery in enduring public disgrace and self sacrifice.
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Lynchburg News
Hartford Times
Henry Barton
Muncie
Ind
Los Angeles
Hartford Currant
Barton
Indiana
Miss Barton
Marguerite Barton
Peyea
Cain
Maple Scale on Trees Warns Salem Town Closes Plants
Editor Salem and Sentinel reports on maple scale affecting sugar and silver maples in town streets. Many trees show damage with dead tops and split limbs. recommends thorough spraying and spacing of 40 to 50 feet for permanent trees, mixed with faster growing varieties. Also notes Salem Foundry and Machine Works amid recent contracts and a large iron lathe installation.
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Salem and Sentinel
Salem Foundry and Machine Works
Rex Milling Company
Drapé
Julian Winfrey
Summerfield
N. C
J. P. Lee
Rocky Mount
R. Watson
Bedford City
Poage
Cannibalism Reported Among Remote Tribes Worldwide
A historical account describes ongoing cannibalism among Solomon Islands tribes and other cultures. It cites the 20th century killing of a Presbyterian missionary, ritual cannibal feasts, and the persistence of this practice in parts of New Guinea, the Philippines, the Congo, Haiti, and Nigeria, arguing colonization will eventually eradicate it.
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Solomon Islands
New Zealand
Onehunga
New Guinea
Philippines
Manila
Mindanao
St. Mathias
South Seas
New Hebrides
New Britain
Congo
Central Africa
Haiti
Nigeria
Dahomey
Cameroons
Saint Christoval
Santa Anna
New South Wales
Admiralty Islands
Tanna
West Africa
Gulf of
Calisfornia
Liberon Island
Queer Old World Reflections On Lust, Justice, And Money
A fragmenting vignette contrasts lives: a man seeks justice while another flees it, one saves for a home as another struggles for cheaper housing, and a suitor showers gifts hoping for marriage while a neighbor pursues a divorce. Varied habits of reading, paying, and pistol ownership reveal a topsy turvy world.
Protect Our Town and Support Local Prosperity
Town advocates urge local protection to boost growth and land values. They call on residents to buy dry goods groceries hardware and services at home, keep printing blacksmithing shoe making local, and emphasize that a united town strengthens farmers markets and property worth.
Death Claims W P Barksdale
Richmond Virginia April 22 William Peter Barksdale of Halifax county died at his home after a long illness at age 43. A Virginia Military Institute graduate, he spent his life in the state and two terms in the state senate where he was a noted speaker and debater. He authored the pure election law now in state statutes.
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Richmond
Peter Barksdale
Halifax County
Virginia Military Institute
Senate
Napoleon’s boyhood debt repaid by emperor’s mercy
An old Brienne tale recounts Napoleon meeting a fruit vendor who trusted him to repay 2 crowns. Years later, as Emperor, he restores the small dwelling, pays the debt in full with 1,200 francs offered by a visitor, and vows to care for the woman’s children. The story closes with a critique of hardship rhetoric.
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Napoleon
Brienne
Italy
Egypt
Paris
France
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National Affairs
Taft
Chicago
Tam
W. L. Nolen
Salim
Naples
Woolford
Conrad Pharmacy
Jaen
W. P. Barksdale
Virginia
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