New York Polo Grounds Riot Sparks Debate on Law Abidingness
In a biting critique the writer argues Americans prize law and order but differ from aliens in enforcing rules through ordinary channels. He cites a 10,000-strong mob at a polo grounds baseball game where Pinkerton guards fired warning shots to protect umpires, reflecting on American love of fair play and national self-perception.
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Submarine Advances Promise Stealth Attacks and Seafloor Sensing
Recent experiments show non diving submarines can travel unseen through narrow passages to fortified harbors while lookouts remain. Submarines may plant mines under guns, and new sighting gear allows diving with a surface-extended instrument for quick observations. Government criteria from 1893 stress safety and submerged performance, with 24 recorded accidents, some fatal.
Two Vital Things for Greatest Progress at Home
A civic essay argues that strong homes are the nation’s foundation and that education and home preservation form the path to progress. It urges safeguarding homes near good schools and towns, promoting loyalty to home, state, and nation for a robust republic.
The Hind of Proposal That Wins
A humorous piece on courtship norms, praising men who pursue decisive, committed matchmaking. It contrasts bold, single minded suitors with cautious rivals and suggests women prefer a man ready to commit without theatrics. The piece attributes popularity to genuine, decisive pursuit.
Who Makes the Town in Coyle Oklahoma
The editor asks who makes the town and argues it is not the man earning wages locally and spending elsewhere, the farmer sending money to Chicago mail orders, or the preacher funded by business interests who props up outside grocers.
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Coyle
Okla
Express
Chicago
The Dangers of Investment Fraud and Public Involvement
An editorial urges citizens to stay informed through newspapers and magazines to guard against fraudulent schemes in mining oil and insurance. It warns that careless investment pursued by promises of high returns benefits schemers and underscores the need for prudent scrutiny and political participation.
Let Us Play That the World Is Bright
Poem by S. E. Kiser envisions a bright world of kindness and joy. A boy and a laughing maid vow fearless journeys, shared happiness, and simple desires, urging a life where misfortune fades and love and play define the day.
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S. E. Kiser
Fate and Love Align in Classical Chicago Verse
A nostalgic column pairs an urban lament about work and distance with a light verse on fate guiding two lovers. The first piece contrasts a money driven city life with longing for tranquility beyond it. The second celebrates destiny and inevitable romance ending in mutual love.
Evolution and Conflict Across a World of Predators
A compact poem notes the predator prey cycle from sea to sky and land. It expands to humans chasing power as history repeats ancestral urges. The piece ends with universal peace hoped for amid ongoing evolution and conflict in Washington Sta.
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Washington Sta
Folk Talks Home Trade Growth for Cities and Country
Governor Folk urges balanced growth for towns and cities. He says he supports city merchants while wishing country merchants to prosper and rejects the mail order citizen, asserting a locality is good enough for living and earning money and spending locally.
Home Trade and Its Impact on Agricultural Towns
The text argues that trade is vital to towns and warns mail order systems erode local commerce. It links remote shopping to loss of employment, schools, churches, and town benefits, claiming home markets support land values and community vitality. It urges farmers to value home trading to prevent catalogue house patronage decline.
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Catalogue House
A Mournful Verse From Harper's Magazine
Mary Coles Carrington writes of a somber retreat in a meadow grave where a spirit seeks calm after heartbreak. The speaker offers three costly gifts a withered hope a betrayed trust and a broken heart to love at parting, amid tears and dimmed stars.
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Mary Coles Carrington
Harper's Magazine
My Uncle Jim Speech Echoes Through Time
Poem reflects on an oratorical appeal by Uncle Jim and the lasting impact of words. It contrasts the power of the pen with spoken rhetoric and notes opponents leveraging money outside the moment.
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Jim
Misfits In Songs Read Tonight
A character discusses seeing a new American play by an English author and jokes about English authors dominating American drama. The dialogue shifts to a quip about English songs and a chorus recalling a line about Cotton fields in Old New Jersey.
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New Jersey
Worthy Cause The Need For Good Roads
The piece argues that good roads bring economic benefits. It notes boggy, impassable roads hurt business and that initial road spending pays off through reduced wear on wagons and horses. It claims towns with solid roads attract farmers who will travel farther for better access.
Just behind the hill a path to healing and peace
A poem fragment in which the speaker asks for a cure for mental distress and seeks a Port of Dreams. The answer, chanted by a chorus of masters, promises a sacred house of perfect peace just beyond a hill. Clinton Schollard credits the New York Sun.
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Clinton Schollard
New York Sun
It is Nice to Have Money but My Honey
A Baltimore Sun verse echoes the value of love over wealth. The speaker prefers true affection and the beauty of spring and fall over money, praising the lips of true love and the glory of love's story.
Killing the Small Towns and Rural Decline
The piece argues mail order business erodes small towns by reducing local commerce. It says farmers face poor markets and weaker schools as town services decline, while farm values drop due to the shift away from local business.
Adulterated Coffee and Food Goods Warned by Officials
Chemists in Missouri and South Dakota tested samples from a premium giving concern and found coffee extracts and canned goods heavily adulterated. Goods sold at high prices through mail order houses and premium schemes. health conscious buyers urged to avoid such products.
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Missouri
South Dakota
Be a merry failure said in New Orleans Times-Democrat
A poem-like line from the New Orleans Times-Democrat urges embracing failure with humor and song. It contrasts ambition with contentment and suggests troubles can yield mirth through art. The quip invites resilience and a cheeky stance toward fortune.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
A Stylish Little Frock Pattern No 5777 for Girls
This Pattern Department note presents a blue and white plaid dress design for girls ages 4 to 12. Features include a body lining blouse, waist belt, full sleeves with deep cuffs, elbow sleeves with turned back cuffs, shoulder bretelles, and a plain straight skirt. Material options include linen, pique, chambray, gingham, Henrietta, serge, and albatross. Requires three yards of material for eight years old. Pattern costs 10 cents and is sent on request with size and pattern number.
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Bretelles
Pattern Department
A Princess Wrapper Pattern 5633 for 44-inch fabric
The graceful princess wrapper pattern No. 5633 features curved seams to shoulders and invisible side closing. Full sleeves gather into narrow bands. Reproduction uses figured challis but China silk cashmere flannel and albatross are suitable. Medium size needs 6 7/8 yards of 44-inch material. Sizes 32 to 44 inches offered.
Prince Edward's Noted Singing Talent and Choir Selection
The eldest son of the Prince of Wales, Prince Edward, is praised for a fine singing voice and has been selected as a member of the choir at the Royal Naval College where he attends school.
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Prince
Prince Edward
Prince of Wales
Royal Naval College
Not Yet but Soon Harry Proposes Divorce Hint
The Chicago Tribune notes a Friday evening call where the subject of divorce was raised. Nan Has Harry reportedly did not propose at that time, with comments suggesting possible plans in the near future.
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Harry
Chicago Tribune
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