Women on Houston school board urged by The Item
The Item endorses including women on the Houston city school board arguing women bring practical insights into sanitation and education. It cites prior mobile advocacy for female school officials and stresses keeping both sexes on boards to relate to teachers and students, especially girls. The piece also notes broader tariff debates involving chemicals influencing consumer goods.
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Congress Receives Large Batch of Reform Bills
The new Congress opens with over three thousand bills aimed at reform. Proposals include interstate corporate regulation by Roberts and Morgan, a tariff board plan by Lodge Mann and Campbell, a labor dispute settlement replacing the Erdmann act, negotiable bills of lading, river regulation funding, and a Panama canal toll repeal. Additional measures cover banking reform, campaign finance publicity, civilian government liability, employers liability, and a U S bureau of government supplies.
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Wisconsin Moves To Censor Moving Picture Exhibits
A proposed bill in the Wisconsin lower house would require moving picture show proprietors to obtain annual licenses from the state industrial commission for five dollars. The commission could revoke licenses for immoral or corrupting displays, barring violators from operating in the state. Inspectors would travel to film venues to enforce the law as the measure reaches the assembly this week.
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Child and State: Georgia Reform School Case Sparks Debate
A Georgia case sending a child to a reform school for eleven years over a five cent soda bottle draws nationwide attention. The Chicago Tribune calls for broad review of laws and institutions affecting children, urging states to move beyond blame and improve youth protection, praising Chicago’s role in child conservation.
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Oriental Warning Warns of Moral Decline Worldwide
Reverend Yutaki Minakuchi, a Japanese missionary, told a Chicago audience on Sunday that the world and the United States need social reconstruction. He warned that people chase wealth and education while ignoring moral laws, and that intellectual progress without moral growth is a curse. He foresees dire results if religious training is neglected.
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Walking Arm in Arm Sparks Fashion Debate in Paris
The Paris Excelsior argues walking arm in arm is outdated except for fathers guiding daughters. It contrasts past gentle intimacy with modern rigid grips, noting the trend toward arms kept in muff and hands behind backs. London Mail adds critique of the flaunted arm linked to social control.
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Howells Master of English in Granada Review
The Nashville Banner praises William Dean Howells in the North American Review for To and in Granada as a master of English whose travel writing charms with realistic, vivid description. It suggests Howells’ best work lies in sketchy travel prose rather than novels.
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Heroism at Naco Ends in Ojeda Surrender
The New Orleans Times-Democrat lauds Ojeda’s stubborn defense at Naco and Captain Figueroa’s sacrifice. It calls the stand the most inspiring chapter in Mexico’s war, noting the insurgents’ desperate reinforcements and suggesting better federal support could have altered outcomes.
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Underwood and His Work At Washington
The New York Herald interviews Oscar Underwood, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, describing his tariff efforts. He aims for businesslike, non doctrinaire action and says the country is braced for changes with limited disturbance to business. The piece notes his openness to reciprocal tariff schemes and a cautious approach to consumer relief. On opening day, 1,500 private pension bills were introduced.
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Lotus Flower and the Hindoo Girl’s Tragic Love
A Hindoo Kathak dancer falls for a Muslim muezzin and seeks absolution at the Ganges. Immersed in holy water, she drowns as crocodiles feed and the city’s rituals and divisions endure, while the bass singer’s faith remains unshaken.
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Taking the Rest Cure While Working
A May Harper's Bazar article by a woman who found rest a practical health plan. It argues nerves need rest not diversions or stimulants and outlines creating a quiet sanctuary, whether at home or outside, then limiting daily demands and strenuous activity for recovery.
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Progress in the Philippines and Carnegie Hero Fund
The Philippine Commission report, released by the War Department, notes vast progress in education sanitation agriculture and trade under American tutelage while describing still wild and uncivilized natives and the head hunter race as not extinct. It argues against immediate independence as a crime against civilization. Since 1904 the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission has issued 723 bravery medals and 1 0455 million in awards.
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Pennsylvania Railroad stock offering mirrors U S transport growth
The April report discusses a forty five million dollar Pennsylvania Railroad stock issue and its reflection of U S transportation expansion. It compares track mileage and tonnage with Great Britain, notes high capital needs for expansion, and predicts U S railroads must enlarge terminals and trackage to handle future demand.
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Twain Gives Dictionary After Sermon Compliment
When Mark Twain heard Dr Doane preach in Hartford he told the rector he enjoyed the sermon and possessed a book with every word. The rector doubted the boast, Twain insisted, and the next day Doane received a dictionary as a playful reward for the compliment.
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Palatial Animal Hospital Planned by Women’s League
A New York City project by the Women's League for Animals proposes a grand hospital for dumb animals. It will feature an operating room for dogs, padded horse stalls, sick cat quarters, a kitchen for animal meals, and a roof garden for recovering patients to enjoy fresh air.
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