From Newsboy to Vice President A Brooks Career
An American story of H. K. Brooks rising from a newsboy on railroads to vice president and manager of the American Express Company. He started as a clerk in 1882, moved from Milwaukee to Chicago, then to New York, and now holds the second highest post in the firm. He is also active with financial institutions and has written works on foreign exchange.
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America
H. K. Brooks
American Ress Company
Brooks
Busicf
Empire State
Milwaukee
American Express Company
Chicago
New York
Heroin as a Public Health Threat Advances in Illinois
Maj. L. C. Funkhouser spearheads a movement at a Chicago police conference urging a state law to empower authorities to close drugstores selling heroin without a physician prescription. Mayor Funkhouser argues heroin sales are especially reprehensible and dangerous to youth, noting the drug’s tendency to spread through users seeking company.
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Maj
L. C. Funkhouser
Chicago
American Institute of Banking
Northwestern University
Funkuser
Movement For Securig
Christmas Paper Highlights Gulf Coast Life and History
The Biloxi Daily Herald Christmas Edition surveys the Mississippi gulf coast, celebrating ongoing industry from crabbers to oyster shuckers and tourists. It preserves both Bohemian Biloxi history and modern Gulfport progress, presenting an enduring portrait of coastal livelihood.
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Mississippi Gulf Coast
Times
Biloxi- Daily Herald
Biloxi
Gulfport
Cincinnati Audubon Society Cats Extermination Trays
Cincinnati Audubon Society promotes humane action to control cats to protect birds and conserve wildlife. The group urges humane methods and education as part of its conservation mission.
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Cincinnati Audubon Society
Is the Individual Sovereign Across Body and Mind
The text debates whether an individual is sovereign over self or subservient to others. It cites the U S Constitution granting religious and political liberty while not excusing lawbreaking. John Stuart Mill argues that intervention is only for preventing harm to others, leaving personal liberty over self absolute.
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United States
John Stewart Mill
Library instruction in universities colleges and normal schools
The bulletin notes 91 of 446 higher education institutions offer definite library courses and 93 of 166 normal schools report library methods instruction. Separate library schools exist at Simmons College Western Reserve University University of Wisconsin Syracuse University.
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United States Bureau of Education
Henry R. Evans
Bureau
Simmons College
Boston
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
University of Wisconsin
University of Illinois
Syracuse University
New York
Kansas State Agricultural College
University of North Dakota
Ohio State University
Oregon Agricultural College
Pennsylvania State College
Utah Agricultural College
University of Washington
Bulletin
Cost of Tuberculosis and Typhoid
Economic losses from typhoid fever and tuberculosis in Minnesota are estimated at 21,958,940 and 66,583,320 respectively for six years, totaling 88,542,260. Using values for professions and labor, the figures imply an annual loss of 14,757,043.
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Irving Fisher
Minnesota
Taxation and Revenue Systems of States overview
The Montgomery Journal reports on the Tax Reform League of Alabama led by Judge Charles Teasley. It outlines a census bureau digest of state taxation laws up to 1912, noting local discretion yet aiming for uniform levy and collection, with municipal provisions excluded unless nationwide.
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Alabama
Tax Reform League
Charles Teasley
Montgomery County
Teasley
Bureau of Census
Montgomery Journal
Open Season for Friendly Greetings Causes Editor Alarm
The Tuscaloosa Times Gazette editor advocates a yearly open season on a different class of men after a painful greeting left a bruise and requiring medical attention. He warns such assaults deserve akin consequences and urges readers to support a law limiting friendly physical welcomes.
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Tuscaloosa
Choice About His Eats In Jail Triggers Exchange Tale
Alexander Murphy, a negro, held on opium for smoking pur poses, mutters a complaint about jail fare to District Attorney Charlies F. Clyne. The DA had hoped for a confession in an alleged opium ring, but Murphy shifts topic to coffee and bread.
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Alexander Murphy
Charlies F. Clyne
Mr. Clyne
Murphy
Business Not Afraid at Tariff Convention
A Buffalonan and old-time Republican observed at a three day convention of business representatives from across the country that delegates showed indifference to the Underwood tariff duties. He noted strong optimism among western delegates about improving business conditions.
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Buffalonan
West
Buffalo
Dentist’s Skilled Hands Please, Boy Scout Nickname Grows
A playful verse from the New York Tribune praises a dentist who quickly cures jaw pain with decisive work. The narrator affectionately calls him Boy Scout for his zeal with drills.
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New York
A Mild Protest Between Grocer and Customer
A grocer Mr. Skinner disputes a customer's remark about an off-hand way of doing things. The customer asks what remark, and the grocer answers by recalling a comment about sugar. The exchange unfolds as the customer requests clarification.
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Mr. Skinner
Chronicle-Telegraph
German Raids Hit North Sea Coast Towns
German raiders attacked Redcar Scarborough Whitby and Hartlepool as distant shelling reached the York area. Two German cruisers bombarded Whitby injuring residents damaging the Abbey and the Grand Hotel while reports of casualties and evacuations spread from coastal towns toward Hull.
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Redcar
Tees Bay
Hartlepool
Tees
Scarborough
Whitby
Helgoland
Admiralty
Three Cruisers Seen at Redcar
Heavy firing was heard off Redcar as three warships loomed from the haze and artillery flashes lit the coast. Crowds gathered on the promenade but were driven back by military authorities as cannonading continued for over half an hour and several gun flashes were observed in rapid succession.
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Redcar
York
Eng
London
Redcar Promenade
Tees Bay
Hartlepool bombardment kills nine civilians
Nine people are reported dead and others injured after German cruisers bombarded Hartlepool this morning. The attack lasted about twenty five minutes as shells rained over the town, with damage described as considerable. A shell struck a gas tank causing a fire.
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Hartlepool
Hull
London
River Tees
Scarborough Bombardment Eyewitness Accounts
Eye witnesses describe the Scarborough attack after German bombardment. James Harvey Scott reports smoke from a shell on a house, damage to Balmford Hotel, debris near the railway station, torn roofs and broken windows, and a downed chimney at a brick works. authorities prepared coast defenses as casualties were not yet tallied.
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Hull
London
James Harvey Scott
Scarborough
Balmford
Father Who Killed Babe When Shooting at Wife Is Jailed
William Jackson a merchant of Theodore Alabama jailed after Henry Goodman a Negro is charged with murder and assault to kill for shooting at his wife Anna Goodman and killing their ten month old child. Goodman awaits a hearing before Judge Chamberlain in the inferior court this week.
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Babe
William Jackson
Theodore
Ala
Henry Goodman
Anna Goodman
Goodman
Chamberlain
Turkey Festival Wednesday at Knights of Columbus
Wednesday evening at 8 o clock a turkey festival will be held at Knights Of Columbus hall. The organizing committee has purchased many turkeys and other fowl and invites members to bring friends for a general good time.
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Knights of Columbus Hall
Psychology class delayed by Christmas postponement
The psychology class of Rev. T. H. Johnston at All Saints Church was postponed from Wednesday evening to the following Wednesday after Christmas. In naval news, British patrols along the North Sea coast have kept German warships in check near Wilhelms Hafen and the Elbe mouth, with few reports of German capital ships breaking the line.
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T. H. Johnston
All Saint’s Church
Edly
North Sea
Wilhelmshafen
Elbe
German naval activity feared as Kiel Canal could funnel fleet
Dispatches from Germany suggest preparations for naval moves, with Kiel canal enabling Germany to concentrate fleets in either the Baltic or North Sea. British strength in the North Sea remains large and uncertain, while Mediterranean ships may be aiding the south Atlantic patrols against German cruisers.
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Kiel Canal
North Sea
Baltic
Germany
Pacific
Atlantic
Gery
Great Britain
Mediterranean
South Atlantic
Scarborough and Hartlepool Described as Important Coastal Towns
Scarborough, a seaport and fashionable Yorkshire resort with a 40,000 population, boasts the spa, aquarium, museum, and promenade. Hartlepool, a Durham seaport of about 25,000, anchors shipbuilding and marine engine industries with a vast dock system and Baltic trade history.
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Scarborough
Yorkshire
North Sea
York
London
Hartlepool
Durham
Scarborough Bay
Comte de Bar
William the Lion
Maryland Rep Smith proposes Alaska Panhandle cession to Canada
Washington dispatch reports Representative Smith of Maryland urging Joint Resolution 376 to cede the Alaska Panhandle to Canada. He argues for a model liberty based exchange, contending Canada would pay 50 million dollars and grant rail and canal rights while reshaping Pacific seaboard access and revising treaties including Hay Pauncefote.
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Washington
Smith
Maryland
Canada
Panhandle
Alaska
United States
Pacific Coast
Seaboard
Alaskan Panhandle
Russia
Yukon Territory
Dominion
Lower California
England
Panama Canal
Great Britain
Mexico
Central America
British Honduras
Yucatan
Lower
California
Magdalena Bay
Encouragement in Breeding Fur Bearing Animals
Washington reports early experiments in fur bearers at Prichard Idaho and the National Zoological Park show mink breeding success with promise for martens. Plans include adding raccoons skunks and possibly foxes while studies abroad inform fox rearing and future bulletins. The mole and skunk findings highlight economic potential with moleskin garments and annual skunk skins worth millions for trappers and farmers.
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Washington
Prichard
Idaho
National Zoological Park
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
New England
Europe
United States
Bureau of Biological Survey
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Noted Housekeeper Claims No Flies In Her Home
A past generation housekeeper proclaims she never has any flies. A visitor notes a few in the dining room, but Aunt Augusta dismisses them as neighbors' flies that come in occasionally, insisting they never have any of their own.
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Augusta
The Opposite
Farmer Corntassel laments an annual drought causing trouble in Washington Star report. He notes rainier days would bring prosperity, contrasting common belief that rain hurts savings. The piece reflects skeptical views on weather and wealth in local farming.
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Corntassel
Washington
Star
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