Exclusion Necessary to Prosperity and Peace
A West Coast oriented essay argues immigration of Asiatics threatens American labor and morals. It asserts assimilation is impossible, advocates strict exclusion of Japanese Chinese and Hindoo workers, warns of future labor clashes and potential war with Japan, and calls for peaceful yet firm legislation aided by press and lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
West
United States
Asia
Washington
Japan
Congress
Abstention Memo Sparks Commons Banter Over Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill
A member in the house of commons abstained on the bill concerning a deceased wife’s sister. When asked why, he quipped about his wife having a sister, prompting light commentary among colleagues. The item includes ad copy for shampoo and a note on color photography pioneers and a Milwaukee insurance firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Bill
John Bull
London Times
Northwestern Life
Milwaukee
Washington Fire
The Step hawks Bumptarara reads future pols with bumps
The article mocks a psychologist and phrenologist Dr Bumptarara as he reads bumps on a prominent Ohio politician named Taft. It jokes about his temperament travel appetite and potential future as a high official amid presidential speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bumptarara
Prof
Taft, Citien
Ohio
Cincinnati
Bumble
That Boy Next Door Causes Haunting Goat Prank
A boy from the neighborhood blamed for scaring his family with attic noises confessed after neighbors searched that a goat caused the disturbance. The intruder goat was spotted in the attic window at dawn, ending the haunting scare. The boy admits to silencing the truth to avoid punishment, insisting the prank was worth the consequences.
Star Dust Josh Wise Notes Old-Timers’ Fatal Climb
Retired climber Josh Wise laments the fate of many seasoned mountaineers who perished seeking improvement, reflecting on risk and perseverance among aging climbers.
Souvenirs of travel and political quips in stray lines
A collage of travel mementos and humorous notices traces Europe and the Vatican with odds and ends from various places. It adds political quips about Roosevelt and Taft, a joke about a fake commercial rating, and a jab at Philadelphia postmortems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolin
Laureville Courier-Journal
Navy Yard
Lady canvasser seeks fortune with Jigga Potato Masher
A narrator describes leaving domestic work to become a door to door canvasser for the Jigga Patent Potato Masher promising fifty dollars a week. She buys ten dollars worth of merchandise at twenty cents each and notes the sales run may be brisk as she hopes to profit. (To be continued.)
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Jiggs Household Specialty Co
Jiggs
The Minute Value in the 20th Century Transport Era
The article explains that minutes in modern transport and finance carry immense value. It cites the New York Central spending 70.9 million dollars to gain six to eight minutes per train, equating to 6 to 8 million dollars per minute, and notes large costs for Salt Lake bridging, Boston depot operations, and Chicago Northwestern savings per day. It also mentions heavy hourly earnings for Rockefeller and high penalties in legal cases connected to Standard Oil.
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New York Central
Harriman
Salt Lake
Chicago
Northwestern
Union Depot
Boston
John D. Rockefeller
Landis
Standard Oil Company
John
Miller
Standard
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Alps
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Grand Opera House
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Sherman, Clay & Co
Second Avenue
Jet
Notre Damne
Windsor
Luther
Bony
Artiat
Vatican
Europe
Rhine
New Yorks
Markley
Philadelphia
John Gay
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Taft
Caugur
Diana
F. W. Schaefer
Dru
PRI
Poly Adi Ag
Emma
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Christy English
Tm Kieanwell
Epecial Varda
The
Quaker Drug Co
MR. Jiggs
Seattle
Axminster
Mennen
Salta
Hamilton-Brown Shoes
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