Consular Civil Service Policy and Mobile Hobson Visit
Secretary Bryan states the civil service will govern consular appointments with merit exams and internal promotions. The piece also critiques Captain Hobson’s Mobile visit as a political move, noting Bienville square restrictions and city officials’ reactions to the politicking.
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Wilson
Bryan
George W. Sheldon
Chicago
National Business League of America
United States
Currency Reform and Tariff Ties in Wilson Era Debate
New York June 20. General Webb argued that tariff reform and a sound currency system must advance together. The article says President Wilson favors simultaneous tariff and currency legislation, with Roosevelt Taft and Aldrich in various views on banking reform and political implications. It notes Britain’s Bank of England as a model and discusses regional reserve and elasticity aims for a practical currency system alongside the Underwood tariff.
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New York
James Watson Webb
Horace Greeley
William H. Seward
Indee
Webb
Woodrow Wilson
Financial District
Wall Street
Wilson
Congress
Taft
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Lincoln
Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
United States
London
Great Britain
Bank of England
England
House of Representatives
Washington
Senate
Illiterate Letters From New York City Teachers Stirs Debate
Archive letters from public school teachers show poor spelling and grammar, prompting debate on whether such illiteracy reflects teaching quality or outdated standards. Critics argue competence in modern classroom tasks matters more, while some defend simplified training as adequate for current curriculum.
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New York City
New York World
Elliott
New York
Board of Estimates
Master Builder Yuan Shih Kai Seeks Public Backing
A confidential Yuan Shih Kai letter to U S and European press plus hundreds of Chinese elites outlines a bold loan funded program. It claims foreign money will repay debts and finance modern schools, roads, railways, land surveys, resettlements, mines, water projects, hospitals, and new government buildings in multiple states and cities.
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Yuan
United States
Yuan Shih Kui
Europe
Physical Testing of Cotton Yarns Monograph
The Bureau of Standards reports three years of investigations into testing cotton yarns in its many forms. Cotton manufacture is a major US industry producing threads rope and fabric for global markets. The study seeks practical testing methods usable in producer distributor and consumer agreements. It notes limited yarn samples but promises valuable guidance for manufacturers and consumers.
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Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
United States
Genesis of Men of Straw
English author Mr. Engelbach recounts a curious Westminster Hall custom where men wore a straw in their boot to signal they needed money for false testimony. Attornies used this sign to hire witnesses by enacting a rising fee until memory and memory’s weight satisfied them, giving rise to the term Men of Straw.
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Engelbach
Westminster Hall
Palmyra Creek Sanitation Project Ends Historic Gap
The Hannibal Missouri Dispatch notes that Palmyra Creek once known as Huck Finns Swimmin Hole has been converted into a sanitary sewer. The project closed the last gap and marked the end of a historic tier of Palmyra Creek in Hannibal.
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Huck Finn
Palmyra
Hucklebery Finn
Tom Bowyer
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Palmyra Creek
Navy League aims for bigger navy through active campaign
Washington dispatch notes citizens form the Navy League of the United States led by General Horace Porter to urge Congress toward large naval funding. The group circulates sixty seven quotations from generals and historians to argue sea power secures national wealth and safety, citing Revolutionary War and War of 1812 examples.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Navy League of the
League
Navy League
Horace Porter
Army
Navy
Mahan
Scarborough Head
Paul Jones
George Washington
United States Congress
Oliver Hazard Perry
Great Lakes
Book of Reasons
Europe
Spain
Eda’ Ononey
Tonga
Leese Pn
Chima
Turkey
Tripoli
Francis Drake
England
Philip
A Line o' Cheer Each Day o' the Year
A poem by John Kendrick Bangs opens with a threat as the speaker vows to seek his foe and challenge him to a duel. The stanza describes a confrontation where gloves come off and a fist is clenched before a possible handshake.
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Wil
Della Fox, Star of Comic Opera, Dies in New York
Della Fox a longtime musical comedy star died in New York on Sunday. Born October 13 1872 in St Louis she appeared in The King's Fool Castles in the Air and The Mikado before rising as a solo actress and vaudeville favorite. Her career spanned from 1879 debut through later stage appearances with ill health since 1900. Mobile greeted the news with regret.
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Della Fox
New York
Miss Fox
J. D. Levy
Sarah Sykes
St. Louis
A. J. Fox
Dickson
Sketch Club
Augustus Thomas
Editha
Champion Officeholder Retires at 87 After 179 Elected Terms
Eben K. Long of Omaha is named to office 179 times and elected 180 times, never urging votes but drawing a public salary for 55 years. He finished a long career amid fraternal and civic posts, aging 87, with a record of persistent public service.
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Eben K. Long
Omaha
Mr. Long
Bee City
Judge Long
Neb
New York
Jubilee Edition Details Birmingham Age Herald History
The Age Herald celebrates twenty five years of service with a silver jubilee issue detailing Birmingham's rise from a downturn in the nineties to its current industrial prominence in the South. William Ryan writes the lead piece on the city’s growth and significance.
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Age-Herald
Birmingham
Alabama
Nymph 13 Daphne Normal School Yearbook
The Daphne Normal School publishes Nymph 13 edited by students and serving as a high grade keepsake. Illustrations and classwork showcase the year’s efforts while reflecting the woodland setting. The laundry note adds a humorous aside about fat men’s laundry.
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NYMPH
Daphne Normal
Daphne Normal School
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