Hearst Papers outline postwar peace and reforms
The document lists proposals including equal status for English-speaking peoples to maintain world peace, proportional Senate representation, separate defense departments under a national secretary, federal action to abolish literacy, January presidential inauguration, a federal sales tax to cut other taxes, a thirteen month calendar with Saturday holidays, and the Nicaragua Canal. It also suggests acquiring French and possibly English West Indies as part payment of debts.
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Congress
Nicaragua Canal
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French West Indies
English West Indies
France
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Texas Abolition Debate Urged With Escape-Proof Penal System
A Texas debate on capital punishment argues for life imprisonment without parole as a safer deterrent than the death penalty. Advocates warn current prison escapes undermine justice, urging reform and tighter pardoning powers to secure society. The piece notes notable escapes like Bob Silver and calls for an escape-proof system to end fatal incentives.
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Texas
Bob Silver
Pete McKenzie
Chief Street
Citi
Manual Signal Babel and the Rise of Sign Language in Traffic
The article notes Theodore Roosevelt once spoke in sign language to Native Americans and argues sign language is becoming an art alongside writing and speech. It describes one arm driving and four key phrases left turn right turn slow down stop, plus cautions about misreading left hand signals in traffic.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Ideal Weather WAT as a Question of Welfare
Thomas Arthur Blair in Typos-Rochester argues ideal weather for human welfare includes a daily mean around 64 degrees with moderate day to night variation and sufficient change, moderate humidity 60 to 75 percent, brisk air movement, and abundant sunshine though not monotonous. He notes San Seldon’s weather does not fit this moderation and variety.
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Thomas Arthur Blair
Typos-Rochester
Detian
Conference Idle Talk and The Need for Decisive Leadership
A critique of endless committees and delayed decisions in government and business. It argues progress hinges on bold individuals making prompt, clear choices rather than collective dithering, citing historical leaders and contrasting past and present governance.
Broadway Glamour and Street Life in Evening New Yorker Echoes
A reminiscence-length portrait of Broadway's glow and the Street scene. The piece praises Broadway's dazzling lights and theatrical culture while noting its gaudy afterglow and the metropolis mood seen from a New Yorker’s perspective. It references performers like Billy Ticree and Ada May along with bustling theaters and clubs.
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New Yorker
Cohan
Long Talis
Will Wiil
Fifth Avernue
Billy Ticree
Virginia
Broadway
Hla Tuginning
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Sroudwas
Zelma’ O'Neal
Delroe
America's World Gifts Shows Old World Roots of American Crops
The piece argues Columbus opened contact with an ancient world and highlights American crops adopted worldwide. It cites Re. Berthold Lauter on maize, potatoes, tomatoes, cacao, and other products likely originating in America and later spread globally. It notes Indigenous cultivation predates European colonization and underlines the high regard for early American agricultural ingenuity.
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America
Calumbus
América
Scientific Monthly
Re. Berthold Lauter
Laufer Aggert
Dumeraia
Inteacnational
Care in Infancy May Insure Health
Dr Royal Copeland argues infancy care shapes lifelong health and may prevent insanity. He warns against neglect or excessive indulgence and urges steady parental guidance to manage eating habits hygiene and environment to reduce hereditary risk.
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Copeland
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Onsen
Whaling in England: tables and uses in fifteenth sixteenth centuries
Short note outlines that certain whale parts were valued and served in England during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It mentions how whale meat and parts appeared at tables and the popularity of the tongue and tail among favored portions.
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England
Science Sideshow on Sea Squirts at Tide's Edge
Fragmentary science notes describe sea squirts seen at the shore as tides recede. The garbled text mentions globular feathery bodies, waters, and references to strange forms and origins, with unreadable proper names and locations.
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Rome
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