Self Regulation in Living Organisms and Political Alignment
An overview of self regulation in biology noting perspiration, muscular or skeletal development, and regenerative healing as mechanisms to maintain homeostasis. It cites plant and animal examples, possible teleological explanations, and includes discussion of partisan loyalty and selective allegiance to political parties based on perceived good.
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R. A
France
Y Wildebrand
G. Wolff
How to Become Influential in Politics by Arthur Do Hadley
A Yale president argues for a middle path between strict partisanship and strict independence. He advises aligning with the party whose long term national course best matches a candidate’s views while maintaining independent financial support to withstand defeat.
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Arthur DO. Hadley
Yale University
Iti Te Offees
Polices Antil
Idle Menace to Democracy From Toledo Mayor
Sy S. M. Jones, mayor of Toledo, denounces idleness as a cancer in American civilization. He argues against aristocratic privilege, condemning the worship of status, wealth, and position, urging use of faculties and equal democracy under Christian ideals.
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Sy S. M. Jones
Toledo
The Marriage That Should Be Indissoluble
Rev Dr David Greer argues for separation as a last resort without remarriage. He urges exhausting all options before any separation while maintaining the marriage bond, suggesting a bed and board separation may occur but with no remarriage allowed. He acknowledges wide acceptance may come slowly.
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David 4. Greer
Princely Calculations of Chinese Bank Clerks
An English officer in Hongkong observes Chinese banking methods. A head clerk, using an abacus and a wooden tray with one hundred recesses, performs rapid, exact currency exchanges. The scene highlights speed, accuracy, and cultural practices in traditional banking.
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Hongkong
Sehrott
Typhoid Deaths Drop Sharply in Paris
Typhoid fever deaths in Paris have fallen from 142 per 100000 to 19 per 100000 inhabitants. health officials report a dramatic improvement in sanitation and public health measures.
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Paris
Clara Barton Steps Down as Red Cross Leader
Miss Clara Barton resigns after nearly five decades as president of the American Red Cross Society, succeeded by Mrs. John A. Logan. The article recalls Barton's humanitarian impact from war relief to disasters, and notes distrust over management and her age. It highlights Mrs. Logan's Civil War era striped hospital work and rapid mobilization of aid after Belmont, detailing her decisive emergency response.
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American Red Cross Society
John A. Logan
Oos
Clara Barton
American Red Cross Association
Miss Barton
Red Cross Society
Misa Barton
Red Cross
United States
McKinley
Cuba
Tenta
Mrs. Logan
Cairo
Til
Switzerland
International Red Cross Society
Metz
Paria
Barton
Himpress
Germany
Apierica Miles
Two Women Who Won Hearts With Civil War Aid
A tribute to Mina Barton and Mrs. Logan, longtime Civil War era nurses and Red Cross stalwarts. Barton, Massachusetts born seventy four years ago, served from Bull Run to Metz, helped identify dead soldiers, and earned high honors including the Tron Cross. Logan aided surgeons with anesthesia support and nursing, later becoming Red Cross vice president and a respected successor to the Angel of the Battlefield.
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Mina Barton
Massachusetts
Miss Barton
Bull Run
Barton
Logan
Red Cross
Havana's Golgotha and the burying ground customs
A vivid sketch of Colon cemetery in Havana shows the beauty of the burial grounds and the hauntingly graphic practice of exhuming graves after five years if renewal rent is unpaid. The piece contrasts romantic cemetery imagery with a stark commentary on civilization.
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Havana
Colon Cemetery
German cyclist circumnavigates world on disputed wheel
William Schwiegerhausen, a 26 year old German from Leipzig, began a world wheel journey on June 10, 1899 with two companions. One teammate died in Arabia, another was injured and later continued. Schwiegerhausen collected autographs from mayors, spoke multiple languages, and rode a bicycle dubbed the devil's wagon across vast deserts while enduring long walks and changing wheels from German to French English and American.
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William Sehniererhausen
Leipsic
Germany
Holy Land
Arabia
Schwiegerhausen
Asia
Woes of a Motor Min
A Washington Star interview with an old motorman recalls hardships of streetcar work. He jokes about grave digging and notes cold weather, rail dangers, and employees reporting each other for impertinence as he reflects on preferring his former job to driving the streetcar.
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Washington Star
Jess
Bailing Vessels Pay in Sailor Capital Returns
The Cleveland Leader notes Americans excel in building and sailing big schooners and clipper ships. A group of capitalists recently bought thirty Atlantic coast sailing vessels, self insured, and report every vessel survived with projected profits of 20 percent or more in the first year.
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Atlantic
Cleveland
Unclear words spark talk in Cleveland letters page
The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes fragmented comments about spelling, village life, and marriage motives. Readers discuss editing an unclaimed letter list in a Hussian village and argue some women wed for money, reflecting local concerns and sharp opinions.
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Nan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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