The Steed Barometer Indicates Steel Orders Rise
Pessimists about a panic should note United States Steel reports about 20,000,000 tons of unfilled orders, the largest since 1917 except during wartime. Orders rose nearly 600,000 tons last month, signaling sustained demand. Independent steel firms face similar prospects as production speeds up, easing transportation bottlenecks and potential price pressures. The national market remains robust if fair dealings prevail.
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United ‘States Steel] Corporation
Steel Trust
Safe Vacation Kit Aids Health Yet Warns Against Overkill
An article cautions against overstuffing a summer trip with medical supplies while endorsing a lean, handy kit. It lists Todine, collodion, plaster, gauze, cotton, Vaseline, laxatives, paregoric, boric acid, and three Seidlitz powders with simple directions from physicians or druggists. Serious injuries require a physician’s aid.
The Gloomy Professor Attacks Pessimistic Graduation Speeches
A New York Times writer rails at baccalaureate addresses that denounce modern society as decadent. He argues promising graduates face a world shown as selfish and cowardly, urging courage and action rather than doom.
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New York Times
Debate on the aura of mystery around modern women
A columnist cites a female writer defending traditional womanhood against charges that youth and mystery have faded. The piece argues for unchanged core values like outdoor and indoor companionship, courtesy, and respect between the sexes, noting generations share healthy social bonds and nobler hopes. The writer favors this wholesome view over the professor’s critique.
Foreigner in Court Over Alimony Payment Misread Money Order
A nonreader immigrant faced a court charge for not paying $200 alimony. He believed a post office money order covered the debt, but kept the blank form, thinking the post office would handle everything. The incident, echoed as a cause of radicalism, urges teaching reading and simplifying business instructions.
The Wind-Swept Mind Coping With Heat
A reflective piece urges using wind-swept imagery to ease heat discomfort. It suggests the mind can stay calm by envisioning windier spaces, trees bending in the breeze, and distant waves, rather than dwelling on sun baked surroundings.
Decency as a standard for newspaper content
The piece argues for curtailing scandalous details to avoid poisoning readers. It defends reporting murders without lurid life histories, noting morbid minds may seek sensationalism while many prefer concise, wholesome news. Brevity is praised as wit and moral.
Montreal convention fights rise in Samuel Gompers salary
Conservative business men oppose increases at a Montreal convention. They say Samuel Gompers fought to keep his salary from rising from $10,000 to $12,000 a year.
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Samuel Gompers
Montreal
Dama Ferid Pasha Warns on Treaty Life
A quotation from Dama Ferid Pasha, the Sultan’s brother-in-law, claims the treaty would leave Turkey unable to live five years if enforced as is. The world responds with a sharp, unsettled question about the claim and its implications.
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Turkey
Dama
Ferid Pasha
Mexico's General Obregon Claims One Party Remains
General Obregon declares there is only one party in Mexico and says that party is the one in power. His comment signals dominance of the ruling faction amid political tensions.
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General Obregon
Mexico
Mite Infestation Harms Idaho Wheat In Idaho
Severe wheat damage from a new mite pest spreads across Bannock Franklin and Oneida counties with sightings as far as Madison County. Extension entomologist Chiude Wakeland notes the outbreak is unprecedented in US history, but growers can reduce harm by dry farming, plowing stubble, summer fallowing, and cleaning up waste patches.
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Idaho
United States
United States Bureau of Tntontology
Chiude Wakeland
University of Idaho
Wakeland
Franklin
Bannock
Oneida
Claypsia
Madison
Recommendations for grain growers to control mites on dry farm land
The article advises immediate plowing of stubble land after harvest, practicing summer fallow or cultivated crops before reseeding to wheat, and keeping ground deeply cultivated to reduce mite food sources. It urges cleaning weeds along fences and waste patches, notes mites on native grasses, warns against overplanting for high wheat prices, and stresses moisture conservation and adherence to proven dry-farm practices to avoid future losses.
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Hest
Idaho
Swedish Expedition Sets Sail for Kamchatka Survey
An expedition funded by the Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography has departed Yokohama for Kamchatka to undertake at least a two year study. Scientists from the University of Stockholm will conduct zoological botanical ethnographical geological and geographical surveys under Wiven Bergman. Collections will go to the Swedish Geographical Society and the University of Stockholm. The peninsula’s flora and fauna are rich yet largely unknown, with southern relatives among Arctic species and similarities to Alaska.
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Yokohama
Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography of
Stockholm
Kamchatka
University of Stockholm
Wiven -Bergman
Swedish Geographical Society
Kamehatka
Alaska
London teachers push drive to eradicate cockney dialect
London school teachers began a campaign to eradicate the cockney dialect they call a language disease caused by poor breathing and voice. Several secondary school teachers note many elementary teachers use cockney speech and mispronounce words like paid, explaining the vowel distinction with a dot. No plans were made to extend the effort to cockney adults outside schools.
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London
Ogre
Robbers Take $10,000 From Armourdale Messenger
Kansas City July 16 three men were arrested in a bank robbery involving Trank Vassar a messenger for Armourdale bank who was held up as he entered the bank with no satchel carrying $10,000. Police say one suspect owns the getaway car stolen earlier in the day and used in the escape.
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Kansas City
Trank- Vassar
Armourdale
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