Education and Farm Life The Future of Rural Work
The piece argues farmer education should center on life work. It notes high urban unemployment strains and potential farm labor shifts, urging rural schooling to teach agriculture, seed testing, and practical skills to link city needs with farm viability. It cites Columella and Bishop Berkeley, and predicts eastward rural migration amid land trends.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Farm Journal
Move to Lower Freight Rates for Texas Ports
Texas aroused over rising freight costs following an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in San Antonio. A movement seeks to reduce Galveston and Texas town rates to encourage water shipments, arguing Texas ports would grow while shippers gain lower rates. Colquitt reportedly backs the plan while other commissioners oppose. sentiment grows for a water and rail route to develop Texas ports, countering northern and eastern railroad dominance.
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Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
San Antonio
Galveston
Colquitt
Interstates Commerce Commission
Flattery in Swift's Satire
A brief excerpt notes an old maxim from the schools that flattery feeds fools and even witty men stoop to accept it, illustrating social behavior through Swift's satirical lens.
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Swift
Supreme Court Limits Probe Power in New York Case
Justice Holmes but Justice Day dissents on the ruling that E. H. Harriman and Otto Kuhn should not be compelled to respond as part of an investigation in New York. The decision hinges on interpreting the interstate commerce law powers and limits on inquiry.
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Washington
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States Today
E. H. Harriman
Otto Kuhn
New York
Justice Day
Train stop tale of a corpse that isn’t dead yet
A railway general superintendent in Oklahoma received a telegram to stop a fast train to pick up a corpse and mourners. The stop occurred as requested, but the platform had only a boy who revealed the message meant tomorrow. The conductor called for the mourners, yet the corpse remained alive.
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Oklahoma
Man’s boast of honor blamed as flawed principle
Fragmentary OCR reads as a critique of a man who flaunts his sense of honor, arguing the principle misleads and obstructs sound judgment. The line suggests a moral fault in self righteous boasting rather than a concrete event or outcome.
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Jerusalem
Bureau of Agriculture
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Secretary of Agriculture
Berkeley
Flattery
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Washer Bros. Co
San Antonio, Texas
Southwest Texas Telkomspepeeg and Co Co
Antonio Telxas
Union Depot
Kan
The
Allison-Richey Land Co
Veteria el Campo
Spovorde Texas
Supreme Court
Interstate Commercce Commission
GEM
Panam
Prairie Ave
Houston, Texas
Dr. Terrill
J. H. Terrill
Conroy
Terris Medical Institute, Inc
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