Land Value Tolls Explain Cost of Living Rise in Boston
A Boston land parcel once bought for 160000 by a man known as John Smith rose to 767000 through time. The heirs hold it in trust while trustees push higher rents, shifting costs to tenants and ultimately to consumers as rent becomes part of business costs. The piece argues the system transfers land-created value to a privileged few and affects everyone in the economy.
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John Smith
Boston
Smith
Back Bay
Hte
Prisoners Wage For Destitute Wives And Children
A Washington measure would require counties to pay destitute wives of inmates up to 1.50 per day for each day their imprisoned husband works in prison or road gangs. The article argues the punishment harms families, condemns the system's cruelty, and urges protection of wives and children by providing support.
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Washington
Your Move Gentlemen History as profitable review
A compact polemic recalling Sen. La Follette’s long stand against Aldrich in 1908 and critiquing the current Senate power plays. It argues progressives under Wilson must push for a new deal, cites Taft and Wilson inaugural plans, and lampoons political maneuvering and municipal concerns as days grow turbulent.
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la Follette
Senate
Vreeland Aldrichy
Aldrich
Cascarens Advertised Laxative Claims Bold Health Promise
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for biliousness and constipation. It claims torpid liver and bowels cause indigestion, headaches, yellow skin, and bad breath, promising a 10 cent box will cleanse the insides by morning and keep users cheerful for months. It also urges parents to use it for children’s insides too.
Jon Washington's Social Fence Closed at Joe Mailey's Bawl
Arranged by Nea wT and Mar SH LOLS ert Pfr a, the piece notes Jon Washington attending a single social event. It cites Joe Mailey's annual bawl as the complete closing social fence, reflecting Earth customs through a SkyGack from Mars observing wireless notes.
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Jon Washington
Joe Mailey
Absurd Toasts and Jokes Span a Rural Paper Page
A collage of humorous quips and class notes from a rural 1910s issue. Bits on cigars, tooth polish, home cosmetics, a Pleasant Ridge church gasoline light, and light social anecdotes mix with witty wordplay about politics and local life. Names include Herry W. Savage and Bud McClellan, with echoes of Lane Recorder tone.
Beeleyspert's machine shop and tobacco trade noted
In Flemingsburg Kentucky the Plumbers Landing Car column reports Beeleyspert runs a machine shop with visible work and notes more than 600 acres of tobacco valued around the O. L. Histon store in the past ten days.
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Beeleyspert
O. L. Histon
Plumbers Landing
Flemingsburg
In the Air and Townsfolk Speak on Language Issue
A reader excerpt notes confusion over Tommy’s language and blames an amateur wireless station in town. The remark hints at broader divides as several men are described as belonging to everyone in town but their own families.
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Tommy
Wasteful talk and comic asides in a curious column
A miscellany of humorous quips and short anecdotes on topics from cleaning piano keys with alcohol to alimony in ancient Babylon. It riffs on social mores, language slips, and a rural newspaper voice highlighting oddities like a dog at a mailbox and fashion predictions about hoop skirts.
Old Fashioned Spelling School in Town Hall
Archbold Advocate notes an upcoming spelling school at the Town Hall. Various town residents are mentioned in brief items including Mr. Paul Mohr preparing firewood and Mr. Seth Shord ill with fever. Other notes mention local workers and humorous quips reflecting period life.
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Archbold Advocate
Paul Mohr
Seth Shord
Gougy
Rob Gotahotk
Heumeser Butcher Shop
Latherman
Westoven
Money to Lend on First Mortgages Advertised
Advertisement in the New York Times seeks lenders with funds to back mortgage loans. The notice suggests a call for capital for real estate financing and outlines the opportunity for secured lending through mortgage agreements.
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New York
N. Y
Times
Best Short Stories of the Day Collection
In Missouri a theft case on trial yields a split jury with the judge offering help to resolve doubts. A Topeka teacher reads humorous exam answers, including misdefined terms. A Glasgow roofer’s fall prompts a bystander to revive him with spirits, and the injured man misdirects the rescuer.
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Missouri
Bst. Paul Dispatch
Clara Evelyn McHugh
Topeka
Miss McHugh
Slater
Glasgow
The Grandfather Before Adam Unearths A Low Brow Brute
London’s Feb 11 report details Dr W P Pyecroft at the British Museum re constructing a cave dweller found near Bushes England. The skull suggests a short muscular man with fire use and flint tools, not an ape, ancestor of modern Britons 260000 years ago. The piece then imagines future descendants with a bulging brain and shrinking ribs and teeth, drawn by The Star artist.
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W. P. Pyecroft
British Museum
Buesex
England
Braine
You
Woodrow Wilton
Pyecroft
A. F. la Double
Tours
France
Skull of the Man Found in Sussex to Human Skull Today
A correspondent reports on the discovery of a skull in Sussex England, detailing its condition and implications for studying ancient human remains. The piece discusses the skulls’ age, significance for anthropological comparisons, and potential links to future human evolution research.
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Earth
Flora
Sussex
Eng
Future Man
Editor appeals over industrial insurance costs and government mining
Letters from Jules Deret Ellensburg question industrial insurance benefits for workers after a serious injury. A second letter defends government coal mining in Williston as efficient, safe, and supportive for irrigation projects, detailing wages, housing, and mine safety. A Bend Oregon note and Rainier Valley civic concerns follow with brief remarks on local politics. A final line notes a Dreamland dance tonight in Columbia City.
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the Star
The
P. L
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Williston
N. D
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TIE Schiprs
Northwest League OF New Storms
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Line Publishing Co
Taft
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Cudihee
J. W. Roberts
Wray
Nordskog
Jacob Furth
Bellingham
Hughes
Worth
Boxegany Drug Store
Mars
Earth Customs
Pleasant Ridge Church
Pleasant Ridge Car
Pandora Times
Herry W. Savage
R. J
Tom
Marshal
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Misa
Josh Wise
Cynthia Grey
Inquirer
Eve
Babylon
Catman
Tite Holden
Crab
London
New York Evening Papers
BY MacDonald
Ayrz
Adam
Ing
Man
Woodrow Wilson
Industrial Insurance Commission
Asphalt and Paving Co
Ellensburg
Insurance Commission
Jules Deret
Department of the Interior
Wiliston
Buford-Trenton
Interior Department
Renton
Evta
Mobile
Bend
Ore
Meyers
M. L. Hamilton
Roberts
Cudihee Furth
Bend, Ore
Star
Rainier Valley
Engoe
F. X. Hall
B. RB
Columbia City
Dreamland
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