Inches Make the Man Debate Over Height Standards
The article discusses historical views on height and prowess from Napoleon to Balzac and the Russo-Japanese War, then shifts to modern city officials arguing that tall policemen and firemen perform better. Debates continue on whether five feet seven inches should define shortness, with some calling for adjustments while others resist.
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Russia
Japan
Napoleon
Balzac
Boston Globe
Britain launches giant battleship with U S style guns
Great Britain has launched one of the largest dreadnought battleships as the government steadily expands the navy. Details leaked show the guns on the new vessel will be arranged like latest U S battleships to fire in sequence and concentrate power at a point, with builders sharing valuable insights for world use.
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Great Britain
United States
Education at the high school aimed at clear thinking
A Philadelphia Inquirer reflection urges teaching that blends arithmetic rule mastery with legible writing reading and spelling. It argues focused thinking is the great prerequisite of life and should be the chief aim of education rather than overwhelming students with excessive content.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Hobble skirt accidents rise as women on streets risk
Reports of hobble skirt related accidents mount as women who bound their limbs face greater danger on the highway. Even without hindrance, the writer argues many may lack the intelligence to dodge street cars, making the risk doubly severe.
Man Sentenced to Four Years for Five-Cent Looking-Glass Theft
A New York man received a four year prison term after stealing a five cent looking glass. The court condemned the action and urged better use of opportunities.
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New York
Spokane Bank Rolls Back Germs with Sanitary Notes
A Spokane bank adopts sanitary banknotes amid progressive age ideas. The note issue aims to reduce germs and improve cleanliness, while other banks continue with traditional notes.
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Spokanes
Did Washington swear in periodical musings on fashion and machines
A periodical questions Washingtons oath while pondering Martha Washingtons dress buttons and notes a new machine to test operatic voices. The piece mocks the device, suggesting it cannot function if the operator cannot depart after starting it.
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Washington
Martha
Street Car Jumps Track Crashes Into Saloon
A New York street car jumped the track and crashed into a saloon. Officials note the incident as an extreme result of suggestion with the driver likely very thirsty at the time.
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New York
Pigeon Racer Turns Outdated Yet Steady Messenger
The line hints that despite being old fashioned as an aerial racer, the carrier pigeon remains reliable with its motor rarely failing. The remark frames the pigeon as a steadfast, if antiquated, messenger compared to modern racers.
Will of People Law of Land in Wisconsin Republican Platform
Madison, Wis. Senator LaFollette stated at the state convention that the will of the people must guide law and constitutional change. The platform advocates major progressive reforms including cooperative methods, price controls, wage earners and farmers unity, and collective bargaining to reduce distribution wastes and promote home ownership.
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Madison, Wis
United States
Robert M. LaFollette
Committee On Resolutions
Chavez Dies From Alpine Crash Injuries
In Milan a Domodossola communiqué states Peruvian aviator Geo Chavez died at 2:25 pm from injuries after his plane fell 30 feet while crossing the Alps last Friday. He had survived the initial crossing but developed internal injuries and a declining mood.
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Milan
Italy
Domodossola
Geo. Chavez
Alps
Chavez
Taft to Extend Civil Service to All Assistant Postmasters
The Taft administration plans an executive order extending civil service to all assistant postmasters and to place second and third class postmasters under civil service. About 8,000 assistant postmasters would be affected.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Washington
Taft
Hilchreoe
Coroner's Jury Names Crippen in Murder Verdict
London coroner's jury returns verdict of willful murder against Dr Hawley H Crippen relating to the July discovery at the Crippen home of a mutilated body believed to be Belle Elmore the actress wife of Crippen S: the finding follows the discovery in Crippen's home of a mutilated body believed to be his wife Belle Elmore the actress and stage figure
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London
England
Hawley H.crippen
Crippen
Belle Elmore
Sister of abolitionist John Brown dies in Michigan
Mrs. Martha Davis aged 78 in Traverse City Michigan dies at Bendon as the sole surviving sister of John Brown the abolitionist.
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John Brown
Traverse City
Mich
Martha Davis
Bendon
Washington to file antitrust suit against sugar trust
Attorney General directs District Attorney Wise to proceed in New York within a week. A shortened amended petition accuses the sugar trust of Sherman law violations and seeks dissolution and an injunction against American Sugar Refining of New Jersey and its subsidiaries pending redistribution of shares. The case mirrors actions against Standard Oil and the tobacco trust.
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Washington, D. C
Wise
New York
Stimson
McReynolds
Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
United States
Tobacco Trust
Pinchot Urges Re-Taking Mineral Lands in California Oil Fields
Former US forester Gifford Pinchot told the American Mining Congress in Los Angeles that the government should reclaim mineral lands in California oil fields granted to the Southern Pacific railroad. The lands, tied to Harriman holdings, are valued by some at more than the railroad system.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Giffford Pinchot
United States
American Mining Congress
California
Southern Pacific Railroad
Harriman
Advance anti trust suits moved for November hearing
Topeka kansas motion to advance for hearing anti trust suits against the Kansas City Live Stock exchange and Kansas insurers filed in the supreme court. The stock yards case favored the state and the insurance case opposed it. The attorney general urged early hearing on key points and anti trust law enforcement. Communion on State House Grounds in Topeka Kansas international Christian church convention to use the statehouse grounds for a Sunday communion service during the gathering.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
Supreme Court
Stock Yards
State House
International Convention of the Christian Church
Statehouse
Episcopal Rector Commits Suicide at Evanston Home
The Rev. Arthur Wilde Little longtime rector of St. Mark's Evanston Ill shot himself at his home after despondency over his wife's illness. The death is deemed suicide.
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Episcopal
Chicago
Illinois
Arthur Wilde Little
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Evanston
Ill
Next Congress in Chicago selected by irrigation committee
Chicago was chosen as the next meeting place by the committee on permanent organization of the National Irrigation congress. Reno was the only other serious contestant for the location.
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Chicago
Pueblo
Colorado
Committee On Permanent Organization of the
National Irrigation Congress
Reno
Record Flight Beats Distance Mark From Chicago to Springfield
Walter R. Brookins flew a Wright bi plane from Chicago to Springfield covering 187 miles with two stops and a second stop at Mt. Pulaski to shatter the American distance record. The arrival at 4 27 p m. drew about 100 000 spectators as the aviator landed safely after a spectacular flight.
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Springfield
Illinois
Brookins
Haskell Case Dismissed As Prosecution Fails
In Muskogee Oklahoma government cannot prove conscious participation by Governor Haskell and co defendants under circuit court ruling. Judge Marshall states prosecution must show participation in actions before 1909 with acts alleged mainly in 1902.
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McAlester
Oklahoma
Haskell
Muskogee
Marshall
Circuit Court of Appeals
Haske
Warning to Packers in Kansas Lays Out Violations
Dr J C Crumbine, secretary of the Kansas board of health, warns packing companies that evidence shows violations of weights and measures law. After October 15 prosecutions will begin for shipping lard and lard compounds in boxes or cans and invoicing at gross weight, charging retailers the price for the container as if it were the product weight.
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Topeka
Kansas
8. J. Crumbine
Kansas Board of Health
Navy Estimates 132 Million for Budget to Congress
Washington reports that the navy's budget, approved by President Taft at a cabinet meeting, totals about 132 million dollars and will be submitted to Congress on the session's first day.
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Navy
Washington, D. C
Congress
Taft
Pearl Market Breakthrough Claim Shocks Society
Prof Bashford of Columbia University told an American Fisheries Society meeting at the Aquarium Battery Park about a secret pearl growing method. He claimed pearls valued at 200 could be produced for 2 and warned the secret would ruin the market if widely known potentially making pearls nearly as cheap as collars.
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Prof
Bashford
American Fisheries Society
New York
N. Y
Columbia University
Aquarium
Battery Park
Oldest Horse Ancestor Found in Wyoming Skeleton
An American Museum of Natural History expedition unearthed a tiny four toed horse skeleton in Wyoming. The specimen, about fox terrier size, is the oldest horse ancestor yet found on the American continent.
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New York
N. Y
Wyoming
American Museum of Natiural History
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonials
Mrs Ep La Dot of Park Rapids Minnesota credits six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of illness during menopause. She reports gaining 20 pounds and regaining strength to do her own work.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Park
Rapids, Minn
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Wisconsin
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American Sugar Refining Company
Gifford Pinchot
Southern Pacific
Kansas Supreme Court
Packers
Minn
Brookville
Ohio
Lydia K. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Post Garde
ART Post Card Club
Jackson
Kan
United Shoe Machinery CO
Boston
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