Tragedy of Carelessness Warns Against Slips of Duty
Reverend John Anderson Jayne argues that carelessness defeats progress across life, citing errors in medicine, railways, shipping, banking, and postal services. He calls for an evangel of exactness and thoroughness to end the rise of slipshod thinking and bolster character and efficiency.
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John Anderson Jayne
Pittsburg
Galilee
Apostle Paul
John Ruskin
Atlantic
Tran
Scholare
George
Sal
Bill
France launches largest submarine to date
France unveils the world’s largest submarine at about 243 feet in length with an underwater displacement of 500 tons. A New York inventor patents a simple locking device to prevent unauthorized telephone use. Great Britain imports fresh flowers valued at a quarter of a million dollars in the first quarter. A Dutch scientist says bread stays fresh for days when stored below freezing or above 104 degrees, and a bicarbonate of soda tip helps milk prevent curdling when boiled.
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France
New York
Great Britain
Republicans seek Roosevelt reunion to lead 1916
The New York Sun reports a growing push among Republicans to nominate Col. Roosevelt in 1916 by reconciling the party with the Progressive wing. Senators Sutherland Borah Cummins Jones Kenyon and others discuss his candidacy and the need to adapt the party platform to a more progressive stance.
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New York Sun
Col. Rosevelt
The
Sun
Washington
Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
United States
George Sutherland
Utah
Sutherland
Borah
Burton
Ohio
Sherman
Illinois
Chicago
Cummins
Iowa
Progressive Party
Rosevelt
Republican Party
Senate
Col
Kenyon
Wesley Jones
Republican National Committee
Jones
Congress
Taft
Warren
Wyoming
McCumber
North Dakota
Nelson
Minnesota
Catron
New Mexico
New Light Notes on Inventions and Discoveries
Newest Notes of Science highlights several inventions from the United States and Europe. An Illinois man patents a two wheeled pail carrier with splash reducing covers, while an English dirigible promises space for all machinery and crew to reduce wind resistance. Massachusetts inventors create a hinged tooth powder container for spittoonless brushing, and an Ohio wrist mounted collapsible paddle aids swimmers. France tests freezing fish in ice blocks for transport, reviveable by slow thawing. A copper plate mousetrap uses a lighting circuit to kill rodents on entry.
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Massachusetts
Philippine Bureau of Agriculture
Ohio
England
France
Canals to be completed in 1914 unify coast to coast
The Cape Cod canal near Boston and a Houston Texas ship channel will be finished in 1914, enabling safe navigation and deep-water berths. Government backing and private capital drive the projects, with Cape Cod linking Massachusetts Bay to Buzzards Bay and Houston promising free wharfage to attract trade.
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Statesman
Houston
Tex
Massachusetts
Texas
Erie Canal
Great Terminal Basin
Long Island
New York Harbor
Panama Canal
Buzzards Bay
Massachusetts Bay
John C. Calhoun
President Monroe
Boston
New York
Calhoun
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Tidioute Savings Bank Under New Management
Changes at Tidioute Savings Bank solidified when F. E. Hertzel and W. E. Rice acquired partnership holdings. The board includes Hertzel, Rice, Dawson, Shaw and Hunter with Hertzel as president, Dawson as vice president, and F. C. Parshall as cashier, per Tidioute News.
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Tidioute Savings Bank
Senator Cuming
Hunter Estates
Cumings
F. E. Hertzel
W. E. Rice
Warren
Freeman FE. Hertzel
William E. Rice
William R. Dawson
Fred A. Shaw
J. Livingston Hunter
Freeman E. Hertzel
F. C. Parshall
Tidioute News
Buffalo Bill Boys Not Boy Scouts Say National HQ
The Denver stage set incident involving Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show cast marked as boy scouts was debunked by the Boy Scouts of America. National secretary W P McGuire stated managers faced prosecution for misrepresenting juvenile performers as scouts, urging towns to stop being misled.
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Buffalo Bill
Denver
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
W. P. McGuire
The
National Organization
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