Wilson urges immediate action on elastic currency reform
President Wilson addresses a joint session urging prompt passage of currency and banking reforms. He stresses the imperative duty to modernize the system, ensure elastic credit, and empower free enterprise with government controlled banking. He calls Congress to act now and avoid postponement.
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Washington, D. C
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Con-Greas
Congress
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Huebee
Trouble Ahead for Glass on Currency Bill
Washington reports that C-Chairman Gilus of the house banking committee faces a revolt threatening action on the currency bill. Members served notice on him and opposed a secrecy laden Oil framing, forcing him into new committee confinement with mixed support from Mulkey and Kalh- Jey, while others remain opposed.
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State Hospital Head Exonerated in Ohio Case
Dr A Jh Baber superintendent of the Dayton State hospital is cleared of charges of incompetency immorality and cruelty after a board of administration review in Columbus Ohio. The former assistant superintendent Dr J B och had accused him of misconduct.
Twilight Roses Over the Jungfrau in Harper’s Weekly
The piece explains how yellow and red sunlight penetrate through atmospheric particles to tint mountains at sunset and twilight. It notes the Jungfrau shows a deep rose glow as twilight deepens before night, a phenomenon observed in high snowy peaks.
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Totty
Harper's Weekly
Coca Cola advertising debated in political critique
A political critic argues against attacks on Coca Cola ads and notes a court ruling showing Coca Cola differs from coffee by caffeine content and flavor. The piece links advertising ethics to broader questions about caffeine beverages and public prejudice.
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Coca-Cola Company
Coca- Cola Company
Wireless lighthouse stations could replace sea warning systems
The text envisions wireless lighthouse stations at Brest France sending automaticWARNING signals to ships every few seconds using clockwork timers. Each station broadcasts at different intervals to allow ships to identify the lighthouse who is talking, potentially rendering bells horns and traditional signals unnecessary. Pathfinder
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Brest
Prance
Pathfinder
Ringworm on Child's Face from Stratford Case
A Stratford mother recalls her seven year old son suffering ringworm on the face for three winters. Red spots with rough crusts spread over the face and legs causing severe itching and sleeplessness. After trying many topicals he was cured in about a month using Cuticura Soap and Ointment as advertised.
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Barbara Prim
Cutleura
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Boston
Curious French clock at Petit Palais stays stuck
A Paris clock at the Petit Palais has marked the same hour for 13 years despite repairs. The clock was stopped when the 11 year old Paris exhibition closed, by a busybody official, and it remains off the official list of clocks for the municipal winder to attend to.
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Petit Palais
Convict Keeps Pet Mice Before Transfer in London
Captain Hanson reports a Parkhurst prisoner kept two pet mice. Ordered to another prison, the convict could not take them, so Hanson promised care. The man kissed each mouse, placed them in a lined box with bread and cheese, and said farewell.
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London
Hanson
Parkhurst
Fragmented historical note on attitudes and life complaints
A terse historical fragment questions whether fat thinking men, frivolous girls, and attitudes toward life reflect broader values. It hints at skepticism about people who claim life is not worth living yet take no action to change it.
Milk Stations Grow Across Cities to Aid Mothers
Milk stations provide free or low cost milk to bottle feeding mothers in many cities. A nurse runs the station with a physician on site at set hours, often housed in rooms like a teed box area, store room, or school room.
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Daltimore
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Dayton
Detroit
Hartford
Hong
Inchanapolis
Kansas City
Lawrence
Mane
Loulaville
Lowell
Milwaukee
Newark
New Bedford
New Haven
New Yor
Pearli
Pittsburgh
Providence
Rochester
St. Louis
Sprimefield
Waterbury
Wilkesbarre
Worcester
Yonkers
Utien
Utlea
Right to Tear Down Fence Over Cat Nuisance
A resident complains of a nightly noisy cat on the back fence and asks what action to take. Lawyer Coke Blackstone notes the cat belongs to someone else, while the fence is the owner’s. The dialogue concludes the filer may have a right to tear down the fence to resolve the dispute.
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Neighbor Jones
Young Coke Blackstone
Tyree's Antiseptic Powder advertised for skin relief
The advertisement promotes Tyree's Antiseptic Powder 25c for prickly heat and skin affections with a free sample offer. Written by Tyree, Chemist, Washington DC, urging druggists to stock the remedy.
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Druggista
Washington, D. C
City Plans World’s Highest Tower in Buenos Ayres
Buenos Aires aims to build a tower taller than the Eiffel by 189 feet reaching 1,178 feet with a 1,000,000 candlepower electric light at the summit. The design includes social facilities, cafes, restaurants, library, billiard rooms, gymnasium, a wireless telegraph station and a meteorological observatory.
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Buenos Ayres
Eiffel
Oddest of Jaila in Clifton Arizona Jails
Harper's Weekly describes the Clifton Arizona jail in Graham county as a four apartment stronghold cut from quartz rock. The entrance sits in a masonry vestibule with three steel bar gates. Massive steel bars and fifteen foot thick quartz walls render the structure escape proof.
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Clifton
Graham County
Ariz
Harper's Weekly
Found Ring in Courthouse Nest in Har din County
Joe Cannon deputy auditor of Hardin County Ohio found his ring after it was sent to the courthouse yard and a careful search failed. Janitor Youth cleaning birds nests in the eaves recently discovered the ring woven in a nest.
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Joe Cannon
Hardin County
Yout
What Is Thy Ver of Grat ing Up a Tot of Rouble
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt discusses forgiveness limits amid wartime hardship. It notes London attitudes toward wife beating and the difficulty of prosecuting abusive husbands, with a bruised woman denying her husband’s guilt and a judge remarking on a bitten ear during a court scene.
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Wala
San Francisco Chronicle
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