Two Border Towns Set Example With New International Bridge
Editorial praises Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras for shared growth and peaceful relations. It notes mutual cooperation, no cross border shooting during tensions, and the bridge's role as a symbol of friendship. The piece highlights a clean, self supporting Piedras Negras and its fertile 100 mile region, urging continued growth across both nations.
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Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
United States
Mexico
Tia Juana
Rio Grande
le Pass
Piedras Negros
New International Bridge
Why Quarrel over Man's Descent from Apes
A contemporary note says recent New York scientists claim evidence supports human descent from ancient apes. The writer urges readers not to worry about this debated theory, given present civic and social duties and the lack of definitive proof.
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New York
Europe
Asia
Col Harvey to Pen Memoirs of a Long Tumultuous Life
The article previews Col George Harvey preparing to publish memoirs that span a lifetime of political influence and public attention. It notes his roles as king maker and alley gang member, his broad circle of notable contacts, and his knack for ink making and pens, with Arbor Day as a playful forecast for newspapers and statesmen eager to read.
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Col. Harvey
America
Col
George Harvey
Public Hygiene By Royal 8 Copeland
Through improvements in public health the death rate has fallen and life expectancy has risen about twenty years in the last fifty. Emphasizes personal hygiene, cleanliness of skin body and clothing, and regular bathing as essential to health and longevity.
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Royal 8
Copeland
Do unto others as you would they do unto you
A speaker critiques the motto of liberty fraternity and equality as impractical. He argues true liberty and equality clash with neighborly rights, using garden, house, and family as examples. He cites Christ's law of do unto others as a standard that can be lived.
Their First Jobs by Philip Nowlan
A Nevada banker rose from modest beginnings to lead multiple banks and mining finance firms. George Wingfield, born in Fort Smith Arkansas, allied with Senator George Nixon, then led Reno National Bank and many others. He also owned the Hotel Golden, illustrating a rapid ascent in finance and business.
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Nevada
Fort Smith
Ark
United States
George &. Nixon
Nixon
Reno National Bank
U. S
National Bank of Winnemucca
Carson Valley Bank
John S. Cook and Company, Bankers
Churchill County Bank of Fallon
Goldfield Consolidates Mines Company
Bank of Nevada Savings and Trust Company
Tonopah Banking Corporation
Virginia City Bank
Golden
George Wingfield
Reno
Lincoln and Napoleon Ambition Reflections From a McClure column
The piece compares Abraham Lincoln and Napoleon, outlining their stated ambitions and how those aims shaped their legacies. It quotes Lincoln on esteem through worth and Napoleon wishing to turn the Mediterranean into a French lake, then discusses ambition as a virtue or vanity.
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Abraham Lincoln
Sangamon County
Lincoln
Napoleon
Mediterranean
Philip Sidney
McClure Newnspaper Syndicate
Fashionable Ideals evaluated by Mrs Lydig on social life
Mrs Philip Lydig criticizes the fashionable rich and their ideals as false and disastrous for America. The article contrasts two portraits of Mrs Lydig and argues that true ideals differ from costly social life and idle pursuits. It asks what constitutes an ideal beyond superficial status.
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Philip Lydig
Charles the Fifth
Austria
Spain
Mrs. Lydig
Lydig
America
Voltaire
Yourdren
Demeyer
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Hatlo
Cal-Ifornia
Floiweirs
Ane
Trey
Mel
Madame
Wui
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Enao Clea
Queen’s Counsel
Philip Nowlan
Bonehead Brothers
Hellen
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