Features of next Congress Focuses on Wet Eyes and Dry Woes
An abstract note highlights interest in the upcoming Congress noting contrasting concerns. The line points to the tension between visible emotion and fiscal restraint shaping political focus.
European Nations Struggle to Pay Debts but Fund Armies
A critical commentary notes European states cannot meet interest payments yet sustain large military forces. Eighteen months after Senate oil scandal probes, a court labels two leaders as contra bonos mores. Mr Doheney plans appeal. outcome hinges on higher court review or possible new trial, underscoring criticisms of dictatorship.
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Professor lists nine greatest Americans in order
Prof. Wm. S. Myers of Princeton ranks nine Americans as the greatest, led by Washington and Hamilton while naming Coolidge and Stowe among the top. He deem ends some figures like Franklin Lee Webster Grant minor and not meeting his strict requirements.
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Wm. S. Myers
Princeton University
Washii Hamilton
Oeete Coolidge
John
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Charlotte Cushman
Aca Gray
Benjamin Franklin
Robert E. Lee
Daniel Webster
U. S. Grant
Scopes Trial Flares Over Scope of Tennessee Law
The American Civil Liberties Union voices concern about the Scopes trial in Tennessee. Observers expect a brief hearing, perhaps twenty minutes, focusing on whether Scopes taught a banned theory and if the state has the right to try the case. The issue is framed as a legal matter, not a public debate on evolution.
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Scopes
Tennessee
Nebraska shows debt free state building
A discussion praises Nebraska for avoiding debt by funding roads and a $9,000,000 state house with cash. The piece argues unborn generations should not bear future bonds and criticizes debt as immoral and visible fraud.
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Nebraska
Senator Couzens Proposes Broad Tax Reductions
Michigan Republican Senator Couzens, longtime Mellon taxation critic, urges repeal of nuisance taxes, full exemption of incomes under a threshold, and a substantial cut to maximum surtaxes. He also backs eliminating capital gains deductions and simplifying the system to ease the tax burden.
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Couzens
Michigan
Mellon
Hold Its Ancient and Well-Charted Course for Local Self Government
An editorial argues America must preserve local self government and state sovereignty. It warns against vague societal control, urging individuals and communities to govern themselves and uphold liberty, lest federal or external authority impose order and morality.
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America
Restrictions on Newspapers in Publishing What Is Public News
A historical defense of press freedom arguing no congressional power to restrict newspapers. It compares English censorship to American tradition and ties free press to natural rights including speech, conscience, and peaceful assembly.
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Congress
England
Connecticut
Julius Caesar
George III
The Guy Wires of the Mind
The piece compares minds to structural guy wires, arguing that strong support comes from those who are both approving and critical. Perceived harmony with all minds offers no growth, while only opposition harms. the ideal friend is just critical enough to challenge yet friendly enough to support, prompting self‑examination and stronger stance.
Ants with Pink Parasols At London Zoo
A London Zoological Gardens dispatch reports a new nest of umbrella ants found in Trinidad habits near rose trees. The ants carry rose petals over their heads and cultivate a fungus there. The queen's apartments were disrupted during travel but the colony restored order.
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London Zoological Gardens
Trinidad
The Judges Jest
Two young lawyers duel in court with long orations. In a closing exchange one declares they were born on the same day. The judge confirms and quips that it must have been a windy day.
The Right Light For Reading
Excessive illumination strains the eye while too little causes fatigue. The Youth's Companion urges a golden mean in lighting, noting bright sunlight on pages and cheap readily available artificial light tempt readers to overdo it.
First Complete Parliament Under Edward I in 1295
The English Parliament began as a parliamentary government in the thirteenth century. The model parliament was summoned by Edward I in 1295 with spiritual peers lay peers and knights of the shire. It included two burgesses from each borough or city deemed significant by the county sheriff.
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England
Knights of the Shire
Early methods of tanning and leather guilds
The text describes ancient tanning by oiling hides after washing, notes Hebrews introduced oak bark tanning, and explains how European guilds formed among saddlers, cobblers, and tanners as leather industry groups grew in influence.
Advertising the Backbone of Rural Business
Ole Buck of Harvard Nebraska argues that advertising drives success for small town merchants and city stores alike. He cites profits of $300000 yearly backed by consistent, well backed ads and services, urging merchants to dedicate thoughtful, professional advertising to boost returns.
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Focal
Smail
Ole Buck
Harvard
Nebr
Hyperboreans in antiquity and ethnographic usage
The term Hyperboreans, rooted in Greek myth, described a distant peaceful people beyond the North Wind. Classical writers Virgil Herodotus Pliny tied the idea to northern snows, later used by anthropologists for certain northeast Asian and northwest American groups.
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Boreas
Herodotus
Pliny
Asia
America
Rossetti Shuns Paintings After Marriage News
Rossetti who painted the Llandaff cathedral reredos delayed replies to letters and wearying the dean. The Bishop of Llandaff, visiting London, learned Rossetti was absent and heard the maid exclaim he no longer paints because he is married.
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Llandaff
Rosetti
London
Blackfriars
Early Typewriters Timeline Shows Global Innovations
The record notes England patent in 1714 for the first typewriter, W A Burt’s 1829 American typographer, 1844 and 1846 embossing devices for the blind, and Charles Latham Sholes starting experiments in 1867 with the Remington origin culminating in a crude model by 1868.
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England
Charles Latham Sholes
Remington
Food Bill at London Zoo Reveals Huge Annual Rations
The London Zoo spent about 50 000 dollars in a year on feed for its animals. Carnivores received 440 horses weighing 220 tons, walruses fed 4 tons 15 cwt of cod, walrus diet included 35 tons of herring and whiting, plus 1 590 pints from 14 000 tins of condensed milk. Honey 128 pounds, ants eggs 258 pounds, meal worms 77 pounds, onions 150 bunches, lettuce 108 heads, and 218 085 bananas also fed to animals.
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London Zoological Gardens
Keep Sweet and The Yellow Pane of Jealousy
A quotation from the late Doctor Jowett discusses viewing the world through colored panes. It warns that jealousy envy and sour disposition distort perception, making things seem unlovely and bitter.
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Doctor Jowett
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