Senate Foreign Relations Chair Status and Taxing Talks
George Clinton reviews the death of Senator Augustus Bacon of Georgia and the impact on the foreign relations committee. He notes Senator William J. Stone of Missouri likely to become presiding officer, outlines their partisan traits, and discusses President Wilson's approach to foreign policy unity and consultations with the committee. The piece then shifts to labor and employment issues, detailing the federal industrial commission’s findings on unemployment, proposed federal control of employment agencies, and moves to expand the Interstate Commerce Commission amid questions of overwork and new examiner attorneys.
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George Clinton
Washington
Augustus O. Bacon
Georgia
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Bacon
Senator Cullom
Senate
William J. Stone
Missouri
Stone
Wilson
Senator Lodge
Senator Root
Ba von
Bena
Cullom
White House
Federal Industrial Councilasion
New York City
Commission
Frank F. Welsh
Congress
Mr. Walsh
Federal Industrial Commission
Lato
Congress P
United States
Kenyon
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta
Chicago
Kansas City
San Francisco
Ite
Board of Examiner
How
Interstate Commeres Commission
le Dome
Ihde
Ameult
Bees Wade
Arom
House Built in One Day Wins Canadian Centenary Dwell
Yamtiton Ontario celebrates a centenary by building a complete house in 24 hours. Three to four hundred workers labored through the night using arc lamps to lay foundations, frame, brickwork, plaster, and furniture. The 34 by 24 foot house has nine rooms, two stories plus attic, and meets all city building by laws. Admission tickets allowed guests to guess the bottle of beans. a young man with the correct guess won the $3,000 prize house.
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Yamtiton
Ontario
Canada
Citisena
Apedal
Poison of Fatigue and the Restorative Power of Sleep
Article notes fatigue creates a chemical poison in blood similar to plant-derived arrow poison. Experiments show injected fatigued blood can induce fatigue symptoms in a healthy animal. Sleep, described as tired nature's restorer, neutralizes the fatigue poison and restores body and mind to normal.
Ship Safe After Crude Oil Punctures Hull Near Ceylon
Crude oil filling limited water ingress as the steamship rocked near Ceylon and punctured large holes in its hull, allowing the vessel to reach port five days later.
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Ceylon
South Pole Moon: An Astronomer’s Detailed Probing Report
An observer uses powerful instruments to study the lunar south pole revealing a airless, barren world with no life. The article describes extreme cold, darkness, brilliant sunlit peaks, and a silent, desolate landscape beyond Earth’s familiar sky.
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Earth
Antarctic
Africa
Equator
Lunar
South Pole
Coventry Gate Saved From Modern Builders
An antiquated gate in Coventry, the Cook Street Gate, was purchased and presented to the city to preserve it from the encroachment of modern construction. The piece reflects old architecture and evokes tales of Lady Godiva and historic passages through the city walls.
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Uodive
Coventry
Cook Street
Felice O
Old Architectire
Ancient African Customs in Ibn Matute’s Journey
An account from Ibn Matute describes fourteenth century desert travel across Morocco and the Niger, detailing water storage using hollow trees like the Tebeldi, bricked hollows, and rain collection. The Araba fill trees for honey production, with Sudan practices noted as hollow Veske and wud steps.
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Ibn Matute
Desert
Trau
Morocco
Niger
Kordofan
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J. W. Sammon
R. H. Embree
Baerresen Bros
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Cheyenne, Wyo
Cunnington & Hocker
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Cumberland
Diamondville
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Kemmerer Hardware and Furniture Co
J. A. Pohjola
Hoskins Hotel
Enrorean
White Cafe
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D. J. Brown
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