Senate Should Be Made More Representative
The piece argues that the Senate current structure gives a minority of states power over national policy. It proposes keeping two senators per state but adding population-based representation for larger states. Reapportionment and Senate remodeling are urged to create a government that truly reflects the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Senate
United States
House of Representatives
United States Senate
Strawn Commission and US Role in China Policy
The PAW HE report argues twelve nations including the United States claim the right to shape China’s conduct through treaties. It warns such meddling risks coercion and harms US prestige, recalling Hay’s 1900 handling of the Boxer uprising and urging a friendly, non-coercive approach. The piece champions John Hay’s spirit as a guide.
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Strawn Commission
China
United States
Strawn
Germany
England
France
Japan
Hay
Philippines
John Hay
Careful upbringing shapes self view and childhood confidence
The text argues that negative impressions in early childhood cause lasting self-doubt. Wise parents guard a child’s self image to prevent lifelong handicaps from believing they are dull or inferior. It cites Pascal on formed minds and the harm of unwise remarks.
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Pascal
Annual Accidents Toll and Call for Prevention
A 1928 feature cites U S data: 25 000 automobile deaths, 17 000 in burning buildings, 10 000 in rail accidents, 5 000 from elevators, totaling one death in twelve from injury. It urges vigilance, fatigue management, basements clean, first aid education, and citizen involvement in accident prevention.
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United States
Wommepody
Tabor
Ioana
Their First Jobs by Philip Nowlan
Henry Eberard Farrell rose from fourteen as an office boy to rail executive in Pittsburgh. He spent a decade in minor railroad roles before becoming a commercial agent for St. Louis and Southwestern. Twenty four years later he was vice president of freight, then president of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway and VP of West Side West Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
St. Louis and Southwestern Railway System
Ad West Virginia Railway Company
West Side West Railway Company
Henry Eberard Farrell
Yilght
Bonehead Brothers and the national war prep movement
A fragment cites the Bonehead Brothers and a call to early saving of civilian food as part of a broader national preparedness effort for war. The text references support for a movement aimed at mobilizing resources and readiness.
Queen's Counsel and a Wartime Bath Time Tale
The narrator reflects on viewpoint bias and personal comfort during war, recalling a German maid Elise who prioritized the queen’s bath over safety as Zeppelins hovered. The anecdote exposes self centered priorities and the difficulty of universal unselfishness.
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Elige
Sideshows of Science Paradox Frog Grows Backward
The Paradox Frog of South America grows to two and a half inches as an adult while its tadpole stage reaches ten inches, with seven inches being tail. Tail reduces as maturity approaches, creating a backward growth phenomenon.
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South America
King Features Syn., Inc
Of What Use Are Parties
A 1926 McClure Syndicate piece questions party divides in elections. It notes Hoover and Governor Smith campaign rhetoric, cites Elihu Root and Wilson, and observes voters’ confusion and the desire for participation. It compares religious fervor in denominations to party loyalties and ends with copyright notice.
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Campaig
Hoover
Smith
Elihu Root
Wilson
Angs
London
Peeple
Montaigne
Michael Angelo
Franceis Bacon
McClure Nonspeper Syndicatu
Elderly woman with vast family in Capper weekly photo
An 88-year-old great grandmother cradles one of her many descendants. The caption notes her hands show hard work, her family size includes 56 grandchildren and 66 great grandchildren, and she has done her duty. The piece highlights dignity in aging and family legacy.
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Ferent
Senator Capper
Anna Pietzman
Mind Your P S and Q S
The article explains the origin of the phrase mind your P and Q due to alehouse tallies of pints and quarts with D s and t s used for settling accounts. It notes the modern use of the expression when correcting behavior and mentions the early belief about drink tallies.
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