Why Not Start Right in Alaska Debate on Rail Debt
Charles Edward Russell argues in Pearson's Magazine that rail debt grows in the United States while Prussia lowers fixed charges, warning Alaska could suffer if private interests take control. He says transportation should be cost of service, not banker profit. There will be music at the Dreamland pavilion Sunday night with talk and song.
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Alaska
Charles Edward Russell
Pearson's Magazine
Prussia
New Alaska
Dreamland Pavilion
Judge Humphries
Pa and Ma Back on the Job in School Debate
The article argues parents are essential to child education and that modern teaching methods exclude home involvement. It cites Peirce, Goddard, Marble, and Breskevith as four councilmen who wouldn't give the people a voice in government, contrasting school progress with parental neglect.
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John Junior
Sara
Jackie
Sallie
Peirce
Goddard
Marble
Breskevith
Whole Wilson Family Takes Vow at Madison Visit
Margaret Wilson visited Madison Wisconsin where women groups offered honors but she declined. She spoke at a democratic social gathering saying the Wilson family took a vow of democracy to serve the people and attend open events. Dave Lamar arrested twice for impersonating congressmen is noted as a lowdown offense.
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Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Madison
Wis
Miss Wilson
Dave Lamar
Our Millions of Unweds HY
A writer questions why millions of American men and women remain unmarried amid plenty. It weighs life expectancy and costs, asking if marriage offers survival or financial stability, and ponders whether individuals should decide debts like a bill owed by a debtor named Jones.
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Bill Jones
Old fashioned man and the reels of life
A reflective note on a man who kept to himself and the busyness that overtakes him as he grows older. The text muses on moving pictures revealing that every real thing will eventually be unreeled, exposing truth beyond illusion.
King George Warns Prince of Wales on Tattoos
King George the current ruler cautions the Prince of Wales against following his father’s tattooing path. Queen Mary dislikes tattooing, and the royal warning echoes a shared motif with the Czar, who bears a resemblance to George and bears similar designs.
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King George
England
Duke of York
Mary
Prince of Wales
Widow's stone inscription ends with missing letter
A widower ordered a grave head stone for his wife with the inscription Lord, she was thine. After completion it was found the stonecutter lacked space for the final e in thine, altering the phrase to an incomplete end.
Polite talk and parlor satire in a brief exchange
A clipped dialogue features Mrs Peters urging politeness after cake and mock concern from a professor about the feminine improving. A joke about thrashings at school follows, and a Tang o gown remark hints at a takeoff. The piece ends with a critique of a character named Jerome facing trouble while an inside straight is referenced.
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New Guinea
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Hogota
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Alaska Pacific Railway & Terminal Co
Wray
Dreamland
Gulfport
Mins
Sept
Achooner J
Curret
New Orleans
Kaseline
Iron
Cateles
Third Ave
Seneca St
Rachael Marshall
Ninno Sacco
Underworld
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Agnes Burton
Sacco
Agnes
Elsie
Salvation Army
Rascal
Jerome
Wisconsin
Seattle Star
Wisconse
Daily Star
Seattle Daily Star
7Th Ave
North Dakota
Idaho
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