Economic and social notes from the early 1900s
A compact survey covers cotton acreage gains, sea food experiments at Woods Hole, a humorous epigraph from an East Anglian church, and anecdotes on McKinley, penny press gossip, and fiscal year deficits. Also notes about Persia, Missouri natural gas, North Pole curiosities, Roosevelt era events, and Moroccan sultan’s illness.
England doubts purity of American cigarettes debate
English and American views diverge on cigarette purity with statistics from 1894 to recently showing declining licenses per 10 000 population in Britain. The piece also notes Army singing reforms by Surgeon General Evatt Sugetats aiming to curbcanteen songs and German soldier songs.
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England
America
Evatt
The Ocean Steamer Tale of a Helpless Passenger
A Canadian liner voyage reveals a somnambulist killer aboard, bound nightly to a berth, who steals away in a murderous frenzy. Millicent Harworth nurses a threatened survivor, and a confession pamphlet unfolds a deranged love and hereditary menace that ends with a fatal plunge.
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Enmual
Milliceny Harworth
Neitier
Canada
Millicent Harworth
Millions of readers weigh trusts and city publishers
A plea from a broad press movement arguing that the public must demand truthful reporting on trusts and centralization. It links newspaper circulation to political power, warns against city domination of markets, and urges readers to support country publishers and independent presses to curb concentrated wealth.
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Welf
Congress
City Press
Meat Trust
Insurance Trust
Apgpanke
Repubcan
Eity
Willie
Postal Department
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Hurray
Plansi Wty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mmentenetas
Cattieraser
Ohare
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Silver Messenger
Sweet, Pubtichen
Shalus
Idaho
Sayn
Eayt Angifon
Indy 1
Hit
Universil
Bulletin of the Southern Cotton Assoosition
Woods Hole
Dr. Field
Harvard
McKinley
William
Waller
Persia
Missouri
North Pole
Roosevelt
London
House
Commons
Morocco
Blaene
John Calzeps
Mr. Gorman Grating
Caleeps
Milicent Harworth
Tam
Thay