Pay Money Market Threat Punctured
A 1913 AP report notes money scarcity fears eased as Treasury announces 500 million emergency currency available in June. Banks say they do not need it. call money markets loosen, with New York reserves rising and Aldrich-Vreeland funding under debate. Tennessee debt and refunding bids threaten state credit, potentially impacting governance. Senatorial precedence kerfuffle at White House triggers constitutional debate. Mississippi's James Vardaman touts womanhood statue speech oddly echoed by Ohio veteran.
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Motorcycle Mania and the Danger of Handlebar Riding
A Cincinnati Times-Star report notes three youths killed after a quick crash on Race Street and warns that motorcycle speed and handlebar riding endanger riders and bystanders. It argues for municipal control to prevent more fatal accidents like Cincinnati’s.
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Thought Records Show Brain as Thought Archive
Harvard investigators complete photo examinations of the late Professor Maurice Richardson brain to test his claim that thoughts are recorded as visible patterns on the cerebrum. Dr. E. E. Southard reports at a Minneapolis medical convention that the experiment may reveal how harder thinking leaves stronger brain records.
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Record 1904 long-distance speech broken in Mobile
A new record for spoken word distance was set in Mobile on Wednesday night. Captain R. P. Hobson, holder since 1904 with 28 800 words in three hours, delivered in Bienville square, extending the record and remaining unbeaten as language champion.
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World’s Greatest Port Tops 1912 Trade League Details
The 1912 New York port commerce exceeds London’s 1912 trade, placing New York first among the world’s ports. Data show New York’s total exports and imports surpass leading European ports, with figures for Liverpool Marseille Bremen and Buenos Aires also listed. The piece notes U.S. growth, citing 1862 per capita figures and 1918 exports vs 1912 benchmarks from the Nation’s Business.
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Simple, But Not Simon Fooding the Heathen Grape Juice
A vivid, antiquated scene described by Chicago Tribune wordage where a plain man carries lunches to officials at the state department and to a barefoot boy. The man is imagined feeding grape juice and sharing pie and doughnut as authority moves through grand spaces.
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Alsberg Promotes Modern Food Standards Over Pioneer Traditions
Dr. Carl L. Alsberg, head of the USDA Bureau of Chemistry, advocates modern canning and large scale food production to improve efficiency and safety. He contrasts today’s abundant, safer foods with imagined hardships of pioneer diets and urges faithful adherence to pure food laws.
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A Line o' Cheer From a Year of Rhymes
Poem encourages daily cheer by shifting focus from December to June. It contrasts a gloomier path for a doubtful mind with a brighter meadow at noon when thinking of roses. The verse invites readers to adopt a sunnier outlook through simple mental refrains.
Comic saves crowd in Kansas cyclones by quipping
A Kansas theatre scene during a cyclone saw the roof carry off as panic rose. The low comedian on stage quickly quipped to the leading lady, turning danger into laughter and preventing a possible disaster. The crowd’s response underscored his quick wit and calm under pressure.
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Sherlock Methods and the Mouse Trail Discovery
Blextorn Lake scrutinizes a room and spots heel marks of a woman's shoe on a chair. Sherlock Brexton remarks on scent, but dismisses it as he concludes the mouse emerged from a hole in the room.
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London
Puritan Thanksgiving to Modern Food Purity Debate
The piece contrasts modern canned and dried foods with old farm produces, praising mass production under the pure food and drugs act. Dr. Alsberg argues that large scale manufacture can improve safety and quality, while home cooking remains vital and the rich still eat at home rather than canners or restaurants.
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Banks Conserving Resources By Holland
New York June 19. Leading bankers describe cautious measures to preserve liquidity as harvests loom. They expect funds to move from New York to the farms, prompting heavy discounting of short term paper and limited long term lending to keep assets fluid for fall needs and tariff shocks.
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Yellow Streak Tale Shows A Painter's Greed
A July Popular tale recounts painters in a large auto plant who raised their daily pay for adding a yellow stripe to wheel spokes. The superintendent fires them after they announce the raise, and the firm continues selling cars, saving thousands.
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