Hobson Proposes Official Journal In Uncle Sam Plan
The article reviews Richmond Hobson’s bill to create a mammoth Official Journal with Uncle Sam as editor in chief and government staff as contributors. It would circulate 8.9 million copies via the Post Office at a $75 million cost, likely doomed amid partisan pruning and record clutter. It also notes Texas and New Jersey reforms on public health and prison labor, contrasting private initiative with costly federal schemes.
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Arkansas
United States
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Merrimac
Uncle Sam
Post Office Department
Hobson
House
Alabama
Oscar Underwood
County Hospitals Movement Gains Momentum in Texas
A Texas Anti Tuberculosis Association bulletin praises the county hospital movement as it crystallizes and gains momentum. About twenty counties consider care for indigent sick and ten have begun active hospital construction with county medical societies and civic and women’s clubs collaborating.
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Texas Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Texas
Anti-Tuberculosis Association
The
Texas Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Bulletin
County Medical Society
Texas Prison Farm Plan Faces Parole Law Hurdle
The State Prison Commission seeks a commuted sentence farm but the attorney general says only the governor can grant conditional pardons. This clash with parole law may prevent the farm from being self supporting. Similar simple solutions used by New Jersey offer a model for reform. A magazine writer visited a Sussex county convict camp as context.
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State
Texas
W. O. Murray
Murray
New Jersey
Sussex County
Happy as a King is a Poppycock Notion
An American essay questions the idea that monarchs are truly happy. It contrasts unhappy rulers from George V to Wilhelm II with the notion of royal privilege, arguing true happiness comes from within and can exist anywhere including San Antonio, Texas.
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America
George
England
Navy
Gebdrge
Russias
Alfonso
Spain
Manuel
Portugal
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Balkan
Wilhelm
San Antonio
Texas
Buckingham Palace
London
the Light
Letters to the Light on Mayor Brown and City Council
H. Clode of San Antonio argues the editorial Why Distrust Them misrepresented the mayor and calls for voter action. He cites promises on economy, commission government, waterworks, and wages, accusing the mayor of lax enforcement and patronage while urging taxpayers to handle city business directly to gain faster results.
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Brown
Kearney
Callaghan
Light
San Antonio
New Parcel Post Expands Zone and Weight Limits
The Indianapolis News reports the parcel post expansion as of mid month extends the first and second zones to about 160 miles, raises weight limit to 20 pounds, and sets new rates. Local delivery within zones costs five cents per pound plus one cent for each additional two pounds. The change aids merchants and farmers and may lead to further zone modifications. The piece also notes remarks by Sir George Airy on Atlantic cable impossibility and clock accuracy innovations.
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Indianapolis News
Parcel Post
Post Office Department
Sir George Biddell Airy
Sir George
Lord Grimthorpe
Greenwich
The Larger Life and The Value of Hard Work
The article argues that happiness stems from productive toil and self earned success. It condemns lenient upbringings that enable indulgence and argues each child has a right to learn honest effort, save money, and build character through work based on Edison’s view that genius comes from hard work.
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Thomas Edison
Corpus Christi Caller
The Wily Turk and Balkan Peace Delegates Reach Frontier Accord
The Turkish and Bulgarian peace delegates settle the frontier questions with Bulgaria to cede Adrianople and most of Thrace as secured by London, signaling a major shift in the postwar settlement. The article notes the wily Turk’s continued political acumen in turning rivals’ gains against them.
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Bulgaria
Adrianople
Thrace
London
Houston Post
Discovery claim on stuttering politics by Theosophy group
Theosophy experts announce a discovery that lying causes stuttering and penalties in future lives. The writer doubts it but suggests most politicians would become habitual stutterers or tongue tied. The item appears in a Fort Worth record.
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Fort Worth
Boots Show Two Styles For Season In Fashion Note
A fashion note highlights two boot styles for the season. One pair features a patent vamp Louis heel narrow recede toe and rivetted buttons suited to a dressy afternoon frock. The other more practical boot has a welted sole medium rounded toe and a Cuban heel.
Mary's Lamb at Grand Opera House Shows Season’s Return
The Grand Opera House hosted Mary’s Lamb last evening led by Don McGrath with a lively musical comedy tone. Miss Berta Yeoman and Fred Du Bois delivered notable performances though critics urged tighter integration of song and plot.
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Grand Opera House
Don McGrath
Mary
Lamb
Mary Miranda
Mr. Lamb
Bellef
Bathers
Mrs. Lamb
Berta Yeoman
Sylvia Montrose
Betsy
Miss Yeoman
Fred du Bois
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Newton
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New Jersey Prison Labor Commission
H. Clode
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