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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
2
An item notes that another American ship has been torpedoed and sunk, reflecting wartime naval losses as reported in the Sierra County Advocate.
Baye Victor Berger, a socialist congressman, blasts the eight hour law as buncoed by Congress and claims it cannot be enforced on private railroads. He argues the public bears the added wage costs plus $5 in profits and interest per $1 of increased wages.
The article argues war will spur Russia’s industrial rise and present a vast market for US goods. It states Russia will need farm tools rail equipment electric machinery and textiles, with Portland as a prospective export hub to Asia and Russia, urging study of Russian language and customs. It notes employment potential for Portland youth if they learn Russian law and language.
The Portland Oregonian notes that Russian will become a key business language for exporters. Familiarity with Russian will soon be as useful as Spanish and German for foreign trade activities.
Joseph Choate recounts a Lenox dinner anecdote about a workman who claimed left eye blindness after an explosion. A judge tested him with colored lenses and a chalkboard, then dismissed him as an impostor after the man read the line with his left eye while the right eye was blocked.
A tale from the era features President elect James Buchanan near Lancaster Pennsylvania and Abraham N Cassel a close ally who ran a turnpike. Tolls rose as crowds gathered to greet the candidate and after the election Cassel faced pressure to ease or raise tolls for visitors.
A Baltimore newlywed, ignorant of hourskeeping, rejects the ashman’s call with elegance. She hears Ash-cost and, puffed by domestic lessons, tells him she does not care for any today. This humorous vignette reflects urban married life in Uppincott's.
A memorial to the Swiss government from the League for the Preservation of Scenery calls for halting new Alpine railway concessions. It notes growing public sentiment against further construction, arguing railways spoil Alpine beauty and deter mountaineers who prefer footpaths over carriage routes.
An apparatus and method claim to sterilise milk without heating or preservatives. Milk flows as a thin stream under electric light where ultraviolet beams act on bacteria. The ozone formed under light is cited as the cause of the effect, demonstrated recently to Hollerd.
A year after moving to Rye New York Sewell Ford learns a neighbor is Simeon Ford. A telephone call shows a meat bill dispute turning into a barter over debts with Simeon running a betel business. The pair haggle over who will pay whose bill, but no agreement is reached.
The article observes that prize steers, while visually impressive, yield tougher meat due to venation and fat seams developed during competition breeding. Range-fed steers, not pampered for fame, may provide better steak or roasts.
A Washington Star dispatch notes deadly gun accidents in Brockton Maya and Bangor Me where children found loaded firearms. It argues most accidents are preventable by common sense and storing loaded guns out of homes with children.
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