Economy and efficiency in Taft era government report
President Taft submits a Senate and House report on economy and efficiency in the federal government. The commission on economy studies organization, personnel, methods, accounting and budgeting to cut waste, abolish redundant offices, and push labor saving devices, with a proposed annual budget and public accountability.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Treasury
Revenue Cutter Service
Ecomemission
Commission
Ite
United States
Legislative Branch
Partiermore
Noisy Blinker Debate Cited From German Press
A garbled excerpt cites a German paper on blinkers usage and related policing. It mentions cities like Düsseldorf Aachen Koenigswberg and Darmstadt and notes Hamburg restricting certain cases. The text includes references to individuals and colors with unclear context.
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Bertin
Wesseldorf
Aachen
Koenigzuberg
Castel Io Darmstadt
Hamburg
Electrical cow milking device exhibited shocks readers
A pew proofreader notes a misread line about an electrical cow milking device on display. The garbled wording suggests confusion or a mental stumble as the phrase appears in the performance context.
Wash All Dishes Under Tabie
Doctor a wife just home to Paris. Fragmentary note notes chores and travel context with no clear dates or events.
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Tabie
Paris
Fragmented Muse Commentary on Aging and Beauty
A reflective passage questions why society honors youthful bodies over aged figures and wonders why generous lines in elders are less admired than youthful proportions. The author contrasts beauty across ages, pondering value and perception.
Fragmentary OCR Note On Historical Text
Incomplete readable lines reference a male figure and a mysterious source text. The fragment mentions a faith, magecoad, and a figure possibly named Kh with uncertain meaning. No clear event, date, or identity can be confirmed from the snippet.
Meandering Mike and municipal talk in a satirical scene
A Saturday Evening Post passage depicts Meandering Mike and a hall audience debating work, stockholding, and city politics. A speaker compares citizens to roots and branches of a municipal tree as another man jokes about coal.
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Mike
Saturday Evening Post
Consumer price dispute over coffee famine claim in 1911 remark
Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes that prices spike due to alleged famine while yields remain high. The piece argues consumers pay more for coffee than the rest of the world and questions a remedy amid market manipulation by planters.
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Seattle Post-Inmtelligencer
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