Clawson Family Tears and Water War Over Morals
In a tense ranch kitchen Mrs. Clawson contends with her husband over Mary Long, their son Bobbie, and a planned elopement. She masterminds a plan to manipulate water drainage to disrupt Mary Long’s trench, sparking a clash of pride, family loyalty, and class tension on a remote California homestead.
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Clawson
Evry
Mrs. Clawson
Mary
Mary Long
Maury
Bobble
Mra. Clawson
Mary Lange
Villey
Wice
Mary Lotg
Mrshiowsany
Bobbie
Arige Urea
Mrs.lawson
Mr. Sataiedriu
Long
Myre
Ter
Damocles
Daitoce
San Fran
Nile Boat Launching Fete Ends After Ten Hours Of Strain
In Rhoda on the Nile a large river boat launch becomes a festive yet arduous event. Workmen push the craft down the ways by sheer force as drums beat and dancing girls perform. After hours of back bending effort the boat moves an inch and the crowd groans in unison before finally succeeding amid cheers and banners.
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Rhoda
Nile
The
Khen
Magnitude and labor plans for the Panama Canal project
The article discusses the Panama Canal work at scale with 20 000 to 40 000 laborers and potential use of West Indian American Negroes Japanese or Chinese workers if needed. It notes wages around 50 cents daily and the need for housing for families, sanitation challenges, a large support staff mostly white, and a government role comparable to maintaining a field army. It also covers shipping lines, feeding logistics, and potential private contracting.
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Panama Canal
United States
New York
Colon
Panama
New Orléans
Springfeld Republican
Why Be Good The Paradox Of Education And Delinquency
An urban tenement example argues that a well behaved boy faces limited chances while a bad boy advances through truancy, delinquency school and reform institutions. The piece cites better food, targeted training, and expert pedagogy as means to steer outcomes, though questions remain about true benefits.
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Hayling
Strikes and Settlements in Labor Disputes
A Philadelphia Press editorial notes that strikes attract attention yet settlements are routine. It argues that more labor disputes are resolved peacefully, with both sides listening and sharing gains, signaling a trend toward a just, equitable basis for settlements and fewer strikes.
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Lahr
Philadelphia
War on Consumption Advocates Household Prevention
The Montreal Star argues tuberculosis is curable and preventable by universal exercise of simple precautions. It insists contagion occurs only via dried sputum and that clean, modern care in sanitariums reduces spread, citing Swiss towns with fewer cases after hospitals opened.
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Europe
Montreal Star
Cheerfulness in Adversity Declares True Virtue
The Milwaukee Journal argues cheerfulness under adversity defines virtue not ease. It says enduring poverty, failed prospects, illness, or bereavement tests character more than bravely facing danger, and praises the saver who keeps joy when money runs tight as heroic.
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Milwaukee Journal
The Fountain Pen: It Taught a Lesson
A young clerk and an aldermanial cashier clash over a borrowed fountain pen. The clerk rebukes the manager’s manners while the two work through pride honesty and responsibility. The exchange turns into a mutual lesson on ethics and accountability.
Star of Bethlehem debated as astral sign in new theory
The New York Tribune discusses varied explanations of the Star of Bethlehem. It tracks past guesses from a temporary star to Tycho’s 1572 sighting and Halley’s Comet, noting how Halley’s returns matched predicted orbits and suggesting further connections to ancient events mentioned by Josephus.
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New York Tribune
Perseus
Bethlehem
Tycho
Davies Morbes
Halley
Vorbes
Tosephus
Jerusalem
Por ‘Pey
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Chicago Tribune
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Pheu
Elief
Y. i. Aelf
Hyeughler
Losey
Star OF Bethlehem
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