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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1915
Page
4
Washington Times argues Wall Street cannot dampen vast national wealth gains. It cites record wheat and corn output, full steel mills, thriving mills and railroads, and a booming foreign trade balance around seven million daily dollars as proof the country holds unmatched financial power.
Champ Clark advocates defense without price. He backs doubling cadets at West Point and compulsory army officer detail to colleges. He supports a well equipped national guard and mobilizing two million disciplined men at minimal cost as essential insurance for the nation.
Enyland and Germany stress that much commerce hinges on knowing the foreign customer language. The United States, long reliant on tariffs and a vast home market, has neglected building a foreign sales force and must remedy this to claim a proper share of global business.
The Philadelphia Record reports a sad blow to Republicans as the income tax is expected to yield about ten million dollars more than earlier estimates, signaling stronger revenue prospects and political implications.
Miss May McNamara returns from Chicago to her mother's home for recuperation. Gust Melstrom named distributor for Regal Motors in the Upper Peninsula. Miss Emily Niemi visits Duluth Iron River and Chisholm formerly. Geo Beandette becomes county agent for American Electric Sign Co and orders gates from Steve Wozniak and Atto S. Terrell Cafe and bakery at Sessemer. Wozniak sign to read Gogebic Hotel with two foot letters. Wakefield real estate and population surge, with 50 new houses built this year and rising architectural quality, tied to mining industry growth. Daly's Hay sold as good smoke.
Dr. Carlo Savini of New York reports in the Medical Record that minute sharp foreign bodies found in the appendix may cause the initial lesion of appendicitis. He recovered microscopic coal slivers with iron in several cases, suggesting foreign matter as a potential trigger.
A World correspondent rails against the persistent sameness of magazine cover art and the repetitive interiors long familiar to readers, lamenting the stale conventions that endure year after year.
A compact compendium of quotes on resilience and leadership. It discusses the habit of never admitting defeat, the shaping of events by persistent leaders, and the dangers of narrow moral teaching. The piece interleaves a courtroom exchange about humor with reflections by Burr and Mazzini on duty and nation.
A historical note asserts women die suddenly far less often than men, estimating about one woman per eight men is liable to sudden death. The remark highlights gender differences in sudden fatalities and would have been cited as a medical or statistical observation.
A historical note explains extremely small amounts of toxins can affect large beings. One thousandth of a gram of tetanus toxin could affect a 1,300 pound horse many times over. similarly, a milligram of tubercular toxin could trigger a response in a 132 pound person many trillions of times its weight.
A historical sales note touts Champlain's Liniment as speeding recovery from a sprained ankle when directions are followed. Sold by Sergeant & Co.
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