Trade secrets bill risks paint makers' formulas and secrets
The piece argues state and national bills to require inspectors and disclosure of paint ingredient formulas will expose trade secrets. It notes Representatives Spradley and others push the measure, while the object harms manufacturers by revealing years of research and costly formula development. The author sees little consumer benefit and vast potential injustice.
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United States
Californiaa
Spradley
The Passing Friends of the Quiet Quakers in Gramercy Park
A reminiscence on the once numerous Quakers or Friends from the North and East, noting their plain gray dress and bonneted women. The article recalls a seventeen year gap since the last wedding at Gramercy Park’s meeting house and reflects on the sect’s fading influence and peaceful, unobtrusive ways.
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Friends
Society of Friend
Gramercy Park
New York
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Don
Spine stifled secretary and Mexico policy critiqued
The writer condemns Secretary Knox for flawed warnings on Mexico and blames them for endangering Americans amid Madero’s death. It argues for decisive intervention or quiet abstention, noting international press support for a strong U.S. role and criticizing bureaucratic restraint.
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American State Department
Francisco I. Madero
Republic
Knox
State Department
Mexico
United States
Salazar
McCormick
Madero
The Quiet Life and Legacy of the Quakers
The piece reflects on Quaker influence in the United States since the Civil War, noting their nonresistance and plain lifestyle. It laments fading sect presence, praises moderation of speech, and admires the serene, untroubled complexion attributed to Quaker patience and restraint.
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United States
Friends’ Meeting
The Useless Correspondent in the Balkans War Report
By a veteran observer the piece reflects on war correspondents sent to the Balkans. Journalists gather in Sofia and other unpronounceable towns far from battles, blocked by censors and slow telegraphs, learning the hardships of reporting a modern war.
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Balkans
Chaist
Mr. Dooley
Russell A. Alger
Chauncey Depew
Sofia
Balkan war shrouds details as front correspondents restrained
The piece notes that modern warfare limits battlefield access for reporters due to telegraph and wireless delays. Balkan editors see scarce news from front lines while Mexican reporters near the Diaz Huerta clash transmit firsthand accounts before censorship tightens.
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Sofia
Balkan
Mexico
Balkans
Monument Thrust Under Mossback Memorial Sparks Outcry
After a parade failed, a Mossback monument bearing the Move on and the world is with you inscription was moved to the Chamber of Commerce hallway. A humorist slipped a copy of the San Antonio Express beneath the stone, prompting expected renewed talk of sacrilege.
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Methuselah Mossback
Chamber of Commerce
The
San Antonio Express
Henry Lane Wilson A Career Diplomat From Indiana
Henry Lane Wilson born Crawfordsville November 3, 1857. He served in the diplomatic corps as minister to Venezuela in 1897, minister to Belgium 1905 10, and ambassador to Mexico since 1910, after earlier roles as editor and lawyer. His wife was Miss Vajen of the city.
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Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Crawfordsville
James Wilson
Lew Wallace
Congress
Venezuela
Henry S. Lane
Lafayette Journal
Spokane
Harrison
Chile
Belgium
Vajen
Indianapolis News
Washington DC Commission Plan Questioned
The Hartford Courant questions the Saturday Evening Post idea of a five to six member commission for Washington DC. It notes Congress as the city’s current council fails to satisfy even itself. It worries many voting age citizens may be unable to elect capable commissioners.
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Saturday Evening Post
Washington, D. C
Congress
Washington
Hartford Courant
Psychology of Drinking in America
A Memphis News-Scimitar commentary contrasts efforts to curb alcohol use. Prohibitionists seek to ban manufacture and sale, white ribbon activists urge moral restraint, and churches call for divine grace to resist temptation. The piece notes drinking is deemed evil yet historically praised and practiced.
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Memphis News-Scimitar
Joaquin Miller's Place in American Letters
The Los Angeles Tribune notes Californians faced bias in judging Joaquin Miller and he drew both extreme adulation and sharp criticism. Despite flaws in private life, dispassionate reviews credit him with flashes of inspiration that earn a front place in American letters.
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Joaquin Miller
Mille
Los Angeles Tribune
Trial of seven amber dealers to begin in Berlin
Berlin dispatch reports the preliminary investigation in the defrauding of the Prussian treasury by seven amber dealers who allegedly stole 250000 dollars. The four year inquiry produced four hundred pages of evidence according to the New York Tribune.
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Berlin
New York Tribune
The Judge and the Jailbird of San Severino
A new judge in San Severino befriends Signor Capano who lets the judge live on his villa top floor. Capano repeatedly commits minor offenses to serve a week in jail yearly due to his wife Angelina’s temper but explains the pattern to the judge, who then confronts the peculiar case in court.
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San Severino
Signor Capano
Capano
Angelina
Naples
A Modern Eve at Grand Opera House Delights Audiences
The Grand Opera House staged A Modern Eve a lively musical comedy with dancing and singing. Caroline Dixon shines with a sweet voice while Maude Potter delivers graceful dance, and Frank Deshon anchors much of the comedy as the curtain rises on flirtation and mock modernizing schemes.
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Grand Opera House
Eves
Adams
Cupid
Caroline Dixon
Maude Potter
Frank Deshon
Mother's view on corporal punishment in schools
Mrs. Weber, mother of three, disputes Professor McMurray's plan to restore corporal punishment in public schools. She argues women shape schooling, prefers love over force, and says a strong will with mercy guides children, not physical punishment. She cites equal parental influence and praises maternal guardianship in child welfare.
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Weber
Jessor McMurray
Columbia
Frank H. McMurray
Columbia University
Robert G. Weber
Killing Men in the Coal Mines
The article notes the 1907 to 1911 fatality rate in U S coal mines averaged 4.02 per 1000, with 13 873 deaths over five years. It cites Hoffmann’s 1 5 per 1000 threshold and reports 3 73 per 1000 in 1911 as the best five year rate except 1908, urging reforms and highlighting Belgium 1 06 and Great Britain 1 29 as lower benchmarks.
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Frederick L. Hoffmann
Labor Bulletin
Bureau of Mines
Belgium
Great Britain
Geraldine Farrar Questioning Matrimony’s Value and Role
Geraldine Farrar says matrimony is serious and separate from love, arguing marriage pressures a woman to choose family over artistry. She notes singers become erasable as mere gramophones and warns eternal bonds chill love, suggesting the whole plan of marriage must change for happiness.
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Geraldine Farrar
Prisoner Capano Sees Hope After Release
The scene unfolds as Capano exits his cell and meets the judge, declaring he is cured and that a year of happiness outweighs a week of trouble. He reflects on the eight days in jail and the long night that led to this moment of relief and new resolve.
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Mmon
Capano
Hailstorm Drives Wildlife into Laurel Heights Clubhouse
After golf members faced golf ball sized hail at Laurel Heights Golf Club. Rabbits and two striped animals sought shelter beneath the gallery as a peculiar odor and panic spread among spectators. A bystander warned against harming the creatures as the storm subsided and the scene calmed.
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Laurel Heights
Club House
The Most Beautiful Word Prize Report
James Hendry of Scotland won the prize for critiquing Grenville Kleiser’s beautiful word list. He argues Life is the vital spark and ultimate word, connecting faith hope charity achievement devotion and death, eternity, heaven, and opportunity.
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New York World
Grenville Kleiser
James Hendry
Scot Land
Mr. Kleiser
Mr. Hendry
Heaven
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