Taft's Peace Drive and Road Plan Highlighted
The column discusses universal peace as a major goal and calls for transcontinental highways across the Americas. It credits President Taft with advancing peace treaties and notes an upcoming meeting in Rome among world powers. It also mentions proposed road funding splits and warns of rising divorce law conflicts.
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Stone Pile and Not Civil Suits For Trust Officials
Senator J. W. Kern of Indiana argues for entencing one trust official guilty under the Sherman law. He asserts thirty days in jail would better disrupt trusts than civil suits and urges personal accountability and jailed officials to restore competition. He dismisses civil dissolution as a solution and calls for criminal action against responsible leaders.
Cotton in Hold Up By Wool Veto Sparks Debate
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Olive Schreiner predicts women will rule fields of labor
The article cites Olive Schreiner’s book Women and Labor arguing women may outdo men in work from digging ditches to ruling nations. It notes her claim that women could become financiers judges and lawmakers and questions if men will be relegated to dishwashing as women take control.
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New Blouse With Corselet Showcased By Fashion Experts
A French creation blouse titled Corselet Again Modish appears as a fresh design with a matching permo fabric skirt, a little coat, and a girdle using permo. The upper bodice features silk veiled with chiffon, drawing praise from fashion authorities across the water.
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Eyelash Tonic and Courtroom Garb in Odd Headlines
A historical item describes applying a quinine and almond oil tonic to lashes with a camel hair brush, cautioning against eye contact. It then shifts to a courtroom anecdote about a trial where a well dressed woman discusses litigation centered on women's clothing.
Charity Subscription Challenge by Local Millionaire
A community member urges a wealthy donor to sign for a charitable subscription. The millionaire flatly offers to support without a fee, calling it a slight service, while a woman pleads for a hundred dollars despite his generosity. The scene highlights local generosity and social dynamics.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sarcastic professor tests student with sly writing task
At a university a sarcastic professor conducting an oral examination bluntly challenges a handsome student who seems ignorant of basics. After a string of questions yields no intelligent reply the student laments the professor never asks what he knows. The professor quietly hands him a slip saying write all you know with plenty of time.
What Rhymes With Babe A Poetic Word Riddle
A compact reflection on rhymes for the word babe noting Swinburne and the poem A Rhyme and the boundary of time with a sweet subject. It mentions the word Silence as unrhymable and cites Mrs Brown ing’s assonant stretch with islands for creative effect.
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Oddities About Alphabeta and Native Languages
A Blackwood's Magazine excerpt recalls Portuguese explorers disdaining Brazilian natives for lacking certain letters in their alphabet. It also notes Mohawks rejecting labiary and missionaries’ attempts to teach them to shift, highlighting linguistic misunderstandings.
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