Public a Packers Duty to Public in Meat Industry
The speaker argues that great corporations like meat packers must share public confidence and comply with laws to protect consumers. Rights highlighted include government inspection, sanitary processing, fair pricing, lawful purchasing and sales, and improving facilities and worker safety.
Should Women Pro Pose Why Not A Playful Look at Proposals
A humorous essay argues women should propose as men grow timid. It surveys awkward ladders of courtship from asking to propose to inviting a mother-in-law, highlighting society's shifting norms and the peril of masculine hesitation. The piece uses playful hypotheticals to suggest change in romance dynamics.
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Jack
Charlie
Millie
Milly
Mamma
New York Through Englishman Eyes on Work and Weather
An English visitor contrasts New York and London business life noting New York’s rush and high energy versus London's slower pace. He observes New Yorkers earn and lose fortunes quickly, walk bustling streets, and prefers rain for solitary strolls along wet, muddy avenues.
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New York
London
New Yorker
Mail Order Evil Threatens Country Town Merchants
J P Bell argues against mail order houses in 1906 urging farmers to spend at home to support town schools, churches, and local credit promises. He warns that catalogue advertising drains prosperity and favors eastern capital over local merchants, urging pride in local commerce and better town schools. The piece contrasts local merchant costs and service with mail order prices, claiming community value from buying locally.
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Alfred C. Clark
United States
Smith's
Commonwealths
Youngest Civil War captain hailed from Wisconsin
The article profiles Henry C. Marrau of Chicago and Northwestern fame as Wisconsin born, Michigan raised, who joined Beloit’s Company G at not quite 15 in 1861. He rose from sergeant at Gettysburg to captain by 1864, commanding two companies in the Richmond Petersburg campaign while later serving as Norfolk mayor and Nebraska Loyal Legion officer.
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Charles W. Mott
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Sentinel
Wisconsin
Henry C. Marrau
Chicago & Northwestern
Norfolk
Neb
Marrau
Michigan
Chicago
Beloit
Wis
Iron Brigade
Gettysburg
Richmond
Petersburg
Nebraska Loyal Legion
Beads and a Toy Watch: Beach Day Adventure
In a hot August afternoon Babe Sweet and James Holton slip from care to play by a hotel boathouse. Beads fall into the water, prompting a quest to recover them and a barter for a watch and chain. James finds a tin toy watch, then hides it, remarking it is “just like a girl.”
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Babe Sweet
James Holton
James
Babe
Dolly
Watch That Saved a Soldier’s Life
Two soldiers guard a hospital porch where Captain Holton lies stable after a bullet hits a tin watch worn in his vest. Weeks later a crowd gathers to hear how the keepsake saved his life, the watch becoming dearer as the soldier recalls its growing bonds with duty and love.
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Captain Holton
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J. P. Bell
Western Plain
Peel