A Temperance Lesson and the Belgian Drinking Evil
A composite item noting a temperance lesson with verse on John Barleycorn, followed by a discussion of Belgium's alcohol problem. It cites rising drink consumption, public houses, and social harms, plus examples from Belgium and other locales, including brewery policies and prohibition sentiments.
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Belgium
Emile de Laveleye
Europe
Helot
Sparta
Hainault
Brussels
Alcohol as Food Value Draws Mixed Medical Views
The London Lancet review of a commission on alcohol notes alcohol is a true food material in moderate doses but questions its moral and societal role. It cites deadly alcoholism, crime, and poverty as linked harms and argues alcohol offers no necessity amid abundant safe foods. The piece critiques the commission’s focus on food value amid broader health concerns.
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London Lancet
Chicago
Abstinence Suggested as Condition of Trade Union Membership
The Lancet commends John Burns for highlighting the harms of intoxicating liquor and urges trade unions to foster abstinence. It proposes revising admission terms to favor abstainers and forming unions with employers to employ only abstainers, arguing this would show abstinence improves health and comfort among workers.
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John Burns
Manchester
The
Lancet
Burns
Greatest Cure or Saloon Danger for a Young Man
George F. Tyrone warns in the Chicago Tribune that the saloon can ruin a young man’s business prospects. He argues midday drinking leads to nightly temptation, fatigue, and falling behind peers who avoid the habit. He urges discipline to avoid the downward career created by daily alcohol use.
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Chicago
George F. Tyrone
Chicago Tribune
Birmingham Kyrle Hall Opens Five Evenings Weekly Club
Temperance reformers report a new public club at Kyrle Hall Sheep street Birmingham to counter saloon influence. The venue now operates five nights weekly for adults over 18 with billiard and bagatelle tables plus chess and domino games, news access, and a refreshment table offering modest foods and beverages at fair prices.
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Birmingham
Sheep Street
Celestial St Patrick’s Day pageant with Irish harpers
A heavenly St Patrick’s Day scene unfolds as the celestial colony stages a grand Pales Ceall. Olsin Davis Bryn Boru and other luminaries organize music under Patrick and St Bridget's gaze with harpers, pipers, and singers led by Gilmore. Katharine Hayes, O Carroll, Talbot, Lyons, Hempson feature in a reverent, period tone celebrating Erin’s musical heritage and revival.
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Olsin
Thomas Davis
Biian Boru
O'Carolan
Talbot
Lord Edward
Tom Moore
Lyons
Hempson
Katharine Hayes
Symbols of Ancient Erin in flags and regalia
The text notes round towers and the wolf dog as symbols of Erin and the harp as the national instrument. It explains the historic crownless harp linked to Fenianism, Henry VIII adopting the harp for England, and the Red Branch Knights banner becoming the flag of the Irish colony in Scotland. It describes the British standard with the diagonal red and gold elements and England's lack of a distinctive national flag for ages.
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Erin
Tara
Henry VIII
Ireland
Knights of Ulster
Scotland
All Scotland
Edward
England
St Patrick Baptizing Women in Ireland Painting Scene
The passage describes St Patrick teaching and baptizing Irish women during a tide of idolatry. It notes miracles witnessed by the women and references a painting by Etchverry showing Patrick on a rock beside a stream, baptizing two kneeling women in white, with the priest in robes.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Etchverry
Papyri Donated to McGill University from India
A Belfast woman presented McGill University with two Oriental papyri discovered in Madras India. The fragments relate to spins, pain, and hear ascriptions still undeciphered in the text.
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McGill
Krjeh
Belfast
University
Madras
India
Railroads Abandon Wisconsin Extensions Over Anti Bank Sentiment
Wisconsin railroads suspend all new construction and equipment orders citing hostile public sentiment toward Governor La Follette and the legislature. Northwestern and St Paul plan to halt $10 million in improvements, with routes from Lake Michigan to Manitowish and Manitowoc Green Bay cut off or delayed. Other lines may follow as anti-corporation agitation grows in Madison.
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Northwestern
St. Paul
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
la Follette
Sheboygan
Green Bay
Wrughitt
Lake Bint
Milwaukee
Manitowish
Paper trust raises prices in Wisconsin plan
Appleton March 9 the paper trust needs more cash and will tighten by closing mills. With supply cut off consumers must pay higher prices in a short market as the trust turns the screw on the public.
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Appleton
Wis
Paper Trust
Prediction Fulfilled Near Lancaster in Marietta
Misa Ethel Morrow of Marietta, once predicting she would not reach age twenty five, reportedly headed a tuberculosis case in Lancaster area. The obituary notes she was within four hours of turning 26 and had even designated her pallbearers years earlier.
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Lancaster
Misa Ethel Morrow
Marietta
Railroad fault blamed for Clifton wreck tragedy
In Clifton a railroad wreck killed seven and injured thirty two as the engineer of the second train ran past a signal, with Pittsburg reporting that the Pennsylvania railroad company placed the blame on the engineer.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Clifton
Sign of Goring. Reading, Pa. March 9.
Farmers near Stonersville in Berks County report sighting live caterpillars crawling on crops. Local observers note unusual feeding activity and urge caution for early spring fields. Officials advised farmers to monitor plants and protect budding growth.
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Goring
Reading
Stonersville
Congress Closes With Senate Ceremonies and House Honors
Washington reports mark the end of the Fifty-eighth Congress with the Senate’s final reports on measures including pure food and national restoration, and the Fifty-ninth Congress convening in a ceremonial transition. Vice-President elect is inducted as president, while the House caps off the session with congratulations to Speaker Cannon and other leaders.
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Washington
Senate
the Post
Feloney Lilly
McCumber
Anal Academy
House
Frirbanks
Supreme Court of the United States
House of Representatives
Xistrora
Hanks
Frye
Cannon
Williams
Mississippi
Miser Buried Can Of Gold Near Picayune Creek
James Monroe a 65 year old resident of Harrison county, reputed miser and recluse, directed two neighbors to dig near Picayune Creek where they unearthed a tin can containing 2780 in gold coins. He claimed 3000 was buried in Omaha, named L W White estate executor, and left a will benefiting three persons. Monroe, once rich from a Colorado mine, was engaged to a woman who took 15000 and left him, after which he avoided marriage.
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Ferends
Picayune Creek
Woodbine
James Monroe
Harrison County
Omaha
St. Monroe
L. W. White
Colorado
Wounds Prove Fatal as Lynch Dies from December Shoot
Arthur Lynch, shot December 23 by John Blon Martin at Crackers' Neck in Keokuk Mahaska county line, died last night. Martin jailed at Sigourney awaiting trial. Also reports divorce suit for $8000 alimony by Mrs. William Ralls in district court citing drunkenness and abuse. Sheriff attaches Ralfa farm to secure judgment. Supreme court upholds Panora county high school trustees power to call pupils from other districts. Al Beck captured in Burlington with forged checks linked to Murray Ironworks. charged with forgery. Rev Chi Pin Hu and Rev T Sal, two Chinese students at Charles City college, to graduate in June for missionary work. Mrs. Margaret Grubber found dead in Waterloo. Fred Arnbhar, her housemate, related death. A quip about a lunchroom delay and a London hotel clothes cleaning via air pump.
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Hedrick
Arthur Lynch
John Blon Martin
Keokuk- Mahaska County
Martin
Keokuk County
Sigoursney
Tracer
William Ralls
District Court
Ralfa
Supreme Court
Panora
Cass
Bert
al Beck
Hurlington
Havinm
Town 8
Margaret Grubber
Waterloo
Fred Arnbhar
Gon
London
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