National First Aid to the Injured Field Meet in Arsenal Park
The United States government to host a field meet at Arsenal Park near Pittsburgh for mine rescue and first aid, with Taft and Interior officials attending. The event features volunteer Red Cross and mine operators, rescue cars, oxygen helmets, and devices like the Pulmoter, aiming to save lives after mine disasters.
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Ncle Sam
Taft
Arsenal Park
Pittsburg
Wmmmers
United States
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Congress
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
American Red Cross
Red Cross
U. S
Uncle Sam
Ars
Pennsylvania
The Danger of the Inferior
A discussion on the lure of inferior pleasures and the risk they pose to the soul. The piece warns that what satisfies can degenerate taste, tempt people to abandon higher ideals, and dull the desire to reclaim one’s birthright. It argues freedom carries risk of downward drift if one adopts easy, unworthy comforts.
No single standard for all in moral judgment says Froude
James Anthony Froude argues that people differ in upbringing and nature and thus cannot be judged by a single law. He states crime is only assaults arising from idleness wilfulness selfishness and deliberate choice of evil over good. He notes judgment should reflect what each person has received.
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Wach
James Anthony Froude
Diary of a 19 year old widow’s daughter ends with a hidden confession
Ethel Hyland keeps a diary in which she notes a mysterious young man with a dyed mustache she suspects of crime. After a series of encounters and a river rescue by Claude Rathbone, he returns her feelings. The diary is found years later with a final twist revealing a confession of affection.
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Ethel Hyland
Sam
Ethel
Mollie
Thirty-fourth Street
Jet
Brother Sam
Claude Rathbone
Rathbone
Mrn Rathbone
Mr. Rathbone
Eunie Pattie
Ee Ae
War Reporter to Tramp Tale in Manchuria
A trimmed dialogue recalls a war correspondent from Manchuria who drifted into poverty after years of doing nothing. The snippet contrasts hardship with a veteran’s lingering identity as a correspondent.
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Manchuria
Skin Disease Cure Claim by Cuticura Remedies
A Kansas man recalls severe back pimples and sores lasting three years, finding relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He reports great improvement within two weeks and near cure after four months, praising the products and offering free samples through Cuticura, Dept. 27 K, Boston.
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W. A. Armstrong
Corbin, Kan
Mercury Season Brings Hot Brokerage Chance
A broker complains of dull trading during a 100 degree heat wave. A friend responds that the heat creates a rare chance to sell mercury, turning the weather into a buyer’s opportunity. The quip appears in the Boston Evening Transcript.
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Mercury
Scott
Boston Evening Transcript
Hewitt’s Easy Task Soap Claims Sink Cleanliness
An advertiser touts Hewitt’s Easy Task Laundry Soap as a white pure cleaner that banishes mustiness from sinks bathrooms and pantry shelves. The copy emphasizes its spry roach repellent effect and easy task performance.
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Hewitt
Immortality and Happiness Reflections
A fragmentary quotation notes immortality and a joke about a hen whose son never sets. The text then ponders that happiness is social, thriving on communication and dependence on others, attributed to Stevenson.
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Stevenson
Lydia E Pinkham Remedies Save Women From Operations
Letters from Peoria and New Orleans praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for easing inflammation and female troubles. Mrs Reed of Peoria reports avoidable surgery and restored health after two years of symptoms. Mrs Peynoux of New Orleans confirms a long illness with doctors recommending operation, then recovery with the remedy.
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Peoria
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
New Orleans
Lirty Peynoux
Kerlerec
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