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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
2
The Journal argues that many men waste time at work by talking and smoking, earning pay they do not deserve. It urges workers to do more than required, insisting that true progress comes only when individuals sacrifice and act beyond duty. Unselfishness is the cornerstone of reform and social justice.
A Wisconsin School for the Deaf student named Anna Johnson, born deaf and blind with one leg, will graduate this week. Entering at age 13 with limited education, she learned via touch to excel in history, literature, seam stress and basket making, and will deliver her commencement essay by spoken word.
The Leader denounces foreign price dumping while noting Democrats in the Senate show no objection to the same practice by foreign producers. The Underwood Hill bill, as it left the House, included a clause on merchandise imported at prices lower than U.S. standards.
The piece argues a proposed Senate move to weaken a tariff barrier that protects American industry from foreign dumping. It suggests lawmakers, especially in the finances committee, are ready to allow more dumping when it benefits Democrats, labeling tariff tinkering as illogical and politically driven.
Advertising men gathered in Baltimore stress truth in advertising as a guiding principle across business. The piece argues railroads must publish frank reasons for actions to ease public hostility and boost community progress through fair dividends and better service.
General Leonard Wood plans a summer military camp for 17 year old school and college boys at Monterey. The five week program costs about 16 dollars, includes tents, blankets, meals, and four hours daily of military instruction. Afternoons and evenings are free under continuous discipline.
The Postoffice Department will implement C O D parcel post on July 1 allowing sellers sending four parcels to collect payment from buyers at delivery. Carriers can collect the amount and transmit it to the seller, with insurance up to $100 for an extra ten cents, per the Eagle report.
The Merchants Association calls for ending zones reducing parcel post rates abolishing special stamps and adopting approved retainers for fragile goods. They push for COD, prompt action and simpler rules so farmers can ship 11 pounds of butter eggs or berries without confusion seeking government led efficiency ahead of foreign rivals.
A critique of college degrees in democratic America outlines how tinsel titles have crept in. It notes dubious universities granting degrees for money and reading eight books while urging merit based lists to curb the trend. It laments poets derive poetry from real study yet desires a waste list to expose sham institutions.
A town resident recounts a butcher's remarks about beef costs, noting parcels of 2% pounds priced at 72 cents and another 2% pound portion for a child’s soup. The butcher cites rising rents, labor costs, and two delivery teams as factors, plus a government report showing 11 percent population growth and 40 percent cattle decline, suggesting inefficiencies in the provision trade compared with dry goods merchants and advertising.
The passage argues that a few merchants could generate larger trade through advertising to attract customers and encourage parcel transport, which would reduce delivery work, cut overhead, and allow cheaper sales by consolidating practices.
The article argues against narcotic abuse including cocaine, opium, and alcohol, noting rising usage among a small but growing segment of society. It proposes a simple federal licensing system to regulate habit forming drugs under internal revenue supervision, with license revocation and close distribution oversight if purchases or explanations raise concerns.
A national survey shows rising living costs and stagnant teacher wages push many into supplementary work. Across Atlanta Hamilton New Haven Cincinnati and Denver women grade teachers earn average salaries from 565 to 893 dollars with extra income averaging 28 to 94 dollars from outside jobs. Some teach ers umpire games write movie plots or do dressmaking while others serve as bookkeepers or cashiers.
A fragment describes diverse local women working in summer hotels as waitresses, a pastor, a chauffeur, a chicken raiser, and a woman who provides expert advice to a manufacturing firm.
The United States posts record May exports surpassing 1912 and 1910 figures by large margins while imports fall below last year. The export surplus exceeds 61 million, signaling robust foreign demand and potential global market expansion for American manufactured goods despite tariff uncertainties.
The Stamford rear-end collision marks a national signal of rail risk, showing railroads struggle to replace vigilance with devices. It argues that engineers and brake faults, not signals alone, drive wrecks, noting four men reinstated after suspensions and three more killed in 18 months. The piece stresses the brakeman role and warns against overreliance on torpedoes.
A thousand black singers sang over the graves of 3,000 Northern soldiers as white trustees and speakers looked on at Hampton Institute Virginia. Two colored boys in blue work blouses built a miniature house frame in ten minutes, explaining each step as they worked.
A staged demonstration shows roof building and bed making by a group of black and white participants. A colorful program includes a resilient roof bridge held by two black builders, a model bed by a graceful colored girl, brickwork, cooking, and a life story of a former drifter turned carpenter. Speakers deliver messages of education and farming, ending with powerful spirituals and calls for better schools and farming.
The Wilson men and others fear the pie knife lies in the junior senator's frock coat. Cox and Garber are deemed untrustworthy with it for a moment. Col Bryan leads the saddened group after the home state fight to defeat Judge Harmon and elect Wilson.
Chairman Simmons of the Finance Committee argues a five cent duty on bananas aims to curb a trust dominated trade. He warns tariffs foster trusts and would burden workers, contrasting Republican aims with Democratic ideals of a free breakfast table for wage earners.
Senator Martine, elected by Woodrow Wilson to defeat a New Jersey Democratic opponent, faced censure after a Charleston session of a court for a sovereign state. He reportedly drank three times in thirty minutes, prompting Swanson and a sergeant at arms to remove him. The incident evokes a cautious reading of moonshine and intoxication effects.
The piece critiques tariff policy under Wilson and Underwood, arguing southern influence governs depedents and explains tariff eccentricities. It notes a half cent per pound rice duty spurs local growth yet calls for doubled rates, and contrasts protection for high grade mica from North Carolina with lower grades from the Northwest. The President’s demand for free su...
The text notes a sliding scale tariff granting time for the Louisiana cane sugar industry to decline while predicting a violent end for the wool sector. Southern interests are described as receiving careful consideration throughout the bill.
A town is urged to trust truthful ads as a local merchant’s goods face quick returns if misrepresented. The piece contrasts national campaigns with neighborhood retail, noting that public retribution for false claims compels honesty in newspaper ads and guarantees customer satisfaction.
A satire of the ongoing jockeying for the liquor commissionership notes a swarm of attention and speculation. Multiple figures are rumored to seek the post, with local politicos weighing potential nominees and the political stakes in the city's governance.
The Ohio State Journal shows moments of deep mood when it cannot spare two editorials to boost Gov. Cox. The note implies editorial restraint amid political pressure or fatigue affecting coverage.
A critique argues the law is often tainted by graft, skewing public perception and undermining proper respect for legal institutions. The piece laments corruption’s influence on trust and calls for vigilance against graft in governance.
East Liverpool figure Thomas J. Duffy, now on the State Board of Awards, is favored for Governor Cox's appointment as the labor member of the new State Industrial Commission.
The G A R and socialists clashed in East Liverpool. A resolution is expected today at the G A R State encampment in Washington D C to urge the legislature to ban red flags without the Stars and Stripes. Judge W W Warnock of Urbana leads the race for department commander with officers to be elected today.
In Wheeling yesterday John B. Fritz as receiver got approval to sell Hanover Oil and Gas properties in Ohio to Logan Gas and Fuel Co for 36000 dollars, including pipelines, wells, and other assets.
The remains of John Edwards of Yorkville, a French-born miner, who died Tuesday at Martin's Ferry hospital from injuries in a mining accident, were taken to his Yorkville home yesterday. Funeral services were held this afternoon from the home with the miners local chapter in charge.
J C Ault informed B H Maxwell this morning that Maxwell has been elected National delegate to the G A R encampment in Chattanooga, September. He will represent the 24th district.
Practical farmer D T Smith near Scio has secured a patent for a gas driven power engine claimed to revolutionize the field. The design uses explosive power in the internal cylinder to operate two pistons instead of one, offering potential efficiency gains over conventional engines.
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