Railway to Mecca Advances Through Desert to Medina
A planned Damascus to Mecca railroad will reach Modine by September with two more years needed to complete to Mecca. Funded by Muslims across British India and Africa, the line aims to ease pilgrimage and may shift regional power dynamics for the Ottoman sultan. The project’s scope includes low costs per mile and rapid track laying, signaling broader political and religious implications.
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Mecca
Damascus
Modine
British India
Africa
Turkey
America
Medina
Mussulmans
Arabia
Bargain Unt Automobiles Sell To Noted Figures
The firm of manufacturers reports selling a 1907 second-hand automobile to a vice-president of a large transcontinental company, a president of a national bank, a prominent real estate dealer, a Wall Street operator, a popular man of self sale, the head of a great commercial enterprise, and an attorney of a hated corporation. They note this class of buyers, who previously would not consider used cars.
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Wall Street
Brave American Sailors Rescue Mission At Sea
Rear Admiral Evans commends four seamen for risking their lives at Punta Arenas Chile to rescue two midshipmen after a dinghy capsized. The act shows Yankee coolness and resourcefulness under danger. An New York educator attacks female influence on boys and war views. Belgian breeders must record cattle with ear tags and engraved trade numbers.
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Evans
Washington
Punta Arenas
Chile
Belgium
Woman's Sphere Enlarged by Mrs Humphry Ward
Endicott novelist Mrs Humphry Ward argues in favor of extending women's influence beyond the home. She supports voting on educational matters and local governance while acknowledging limits in military or industrial roles. She cites recent London gains for county councils and envisions women contributing widely to schools hospitals and charities.
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Army
Navy
United States
England
London
American Parents and Their Children Analysis of Democratic Parenting
A discussion argues that American parents and children mirror democratic ideals with questioning and independence. It notes overindulgence and calls for systematic discipline, referencing education of parents and Dr. G Stanley Hall. It asserts love and fear as guiding forces in juvenile conduct.
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Europe
G. Stanley Hall
Girls Who Are Utterly Useless
The writer criticizes modern urban girls as utterly useless, noting lack of useful skills like baking, hat trimming, or dressmaking. She laments vanished old fashioned home life and questions the shift to women’s clubs as substitutes for a family home, observing women seek private, social tavern-like gatherings.
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New York
Editor in Limuel Jacklin's House Sees Hungry Tales and Tea Rolls
Col Shang W Mowlett visits old Limuel Jacklin, delaying a printing delay for taxes and advice on politics. The home scene spills into vivid country dining talk with kitchen gossip, roasted pigs, sparrow grass, and a grand garden of pigs and hens. Limuel hints at a forthcoming news item about Groggin’s barbecue, while Mrs Tucklin arrives to usher the editor to eat.
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Shang W. Mowlett
Limuel Jacklin
Old Lim
Brown
Servier
Judy
Fill Atcherson
Bill
Moseley
Tilly
Wan Haungry
Opie Read
Advertising scheme from a lumberman to boost paper sales
A business man named Wino, owner of a sawmill with abundant sawdust, plans to market a molasses and sawdust health food. He hires an advertising man who proposes a bold move to buy every page of the Daily Howler for a month to capture attention and boost circulation.
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Wino
The
Daily Howler
Lord Ust Fad Prompts Mass Public Demand and Surprise
A parable-like tale describes an imaginary paper Daily Howler printed with only the name and price, no politics or crime, provoking curiosity and a rush of subscribers. An advertising man fuels demand by withholding sale for months, then unveils Lord Ust as a breakfast cereal, driving a nationwide frenzy and profits before the scheme ends.
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Daily Howler
Lord Wat
of & Treck
The
Dally Howler
Mr. Wise
New York
Manhattan
Lord Ast
James Pott & Co
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