A Comparison of the Mills Operatives North and South
In the north skilled labor is abundant and migration to southern mills is deterred by wage offers. The author argues the south cannot compete without driving down wages, citing the lengthy training of spinners in England and the scarcity of skilled help in the south. Northern spinners are often foreigners or descendants of foreigners.
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England
New England
North
Old Country
South
Living Without Meat A Modern View On Diet Change
The piece argues that living without meat is possible and beneficial. It cites high meat prices as a trigger for reconsidering diet, outlines health and social advantages, and notes humans are not carnivorous by anatomy. It envisions a shift to herbs, nuts, fruits, and vegetables with inventive cooking.
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Bright
G A R Creed Emphasizes Fraternity Charity and Loyalty
The text extols the Grand Army of the Republic as nonpolitical and vital to the republic. It declares members bound to defend the nation, combat insurrection, and educate youth in loyalty. Fraternity, charity, and loyalty are highlighted with duty to veterans and widows.
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Republic
United States of America
CG. A. R
Pretty good world, a lyric of hope and toil
F L Stanton writes in the Atlanta Constitution about a world of contrasts. The poem speaks of daylight and darkness, thorn and rose, sorrow and song, yet ends with a hopeful note that light remains in the skies and life is worth singing.
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F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Be strong in warring soul and dream the great dream
Duncan Campbell Scott writes from Atlantic about enduring truths. The speaker urges strength amid toil and fury, urging the eagle spirit to rise after darkness to burst into a boundless morning.
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Duncan Campbell Scott
Atlantic
Walk in the light and rise above doubt to life
William P. Merrill of Chicago exhorts readers to choose the sunshine and the light to fear no evil. He urges building on the heights and living near to God for strength, peace, and enduring joy.
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William P. Merrill
D. D
Chicago
Questioning the meaning of success in a modest inn’s shrine
Florence Earle Coates reflects on wealth and worldly gods. A cottage near Grasmere, once a humble wayside inn symbolized by a dove, is praised for simple frugality and gratitude. Time reveals that true success lies in spiritual consecration rather than excess.
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Grasmere
Florence Earle Coates
Seventeen to Twenty Three Love Then Aged Disparity
A speaker recounts a courtship where the beloved remained twenty three while he aged from seventeen to thirty five. He describes longing and frustration as time stretches the gap between them. The piece reflects unrequited attraction and social age constraints over years.
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Edwin L. Sabin
Leslie
Little While of Sun and Snow in Washington Star Verse
The Washington Star prints a lyric noting sunny days fade to wintry gray. It contrasts brief summer charms with coming snows and shifting shadows, urging to savor pleasure and bear sorrow as time moves on.
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Washington Star
No, Not to Smile Through All the Days
Brief verse by S E Kiser in the Chicago Record Herald urges sharing joy and offering help to those in need. It notes joys are brief and many could rise with small aid, urging a helping hand.
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S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record- Herald
No Twice upon a Time in New York Sun verse
A poetic nostalgic piece contrasts a mythical Once upon a Time with present reality. The author laments the impossibility of returning to a moral, fairy tale era while reflecting on virtue and punishment in a bygone literary mood.
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McLandburgh Wilson
N, Y
Sun
One word in all the fierce debate
Poetic couplet praising a tender word that makes life better, signed by Rev. Frederic Rowland Marvin D D in the New York Observer.
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Frederic Rowland Marvin
D. D
N. Y
Fourteen Die In East Side Tenement Fire Tragedy
A five story double tenement fire on the East Side killed fourteen people including four women, one man, and nine children aged from 3 months to 12 years. Twenty were injured, among them five firemen, as balconies collapsed and escapes failed. Fire started around 3 am and delays in alarm hindered response.
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New York
Attorney Street
Sole Survivor of Black Hawk War Dies in Illinois at 88
William H. Lee of Shobonier Illinois born November 17 1815 is noted as the sole pensioner of the Black Hawk war and possibly the last survivor of the clash between Illinois settlers and the Sac and Fox. His frontier life included early relocation to Vandalia trade work, three grain trips to New Orleans, and later California gold fever journeys. He returned to Illinois and managed his farm until recent years. he left no living children.
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St. Louis
William H. Lee
Shobonier
Illinois
Mr. Lee
Col. M. C. Wetmore
Tury
Cayuga County
N. Y
Lee
Alleghany
Ohio
Shawneetown
Salem
Vandalia
Elder Lee
Lees
New Orleans
California
Bell Elected Governor in Vermont Vote
Returns from 283 of 246 towns show Bell for governor with a 46 242 tally to Porter 13 663. Foster wins First District and Haskins Second. Republicans keep legislature. Proctor expected to be reelected. Balloting extended in Burlington Barre Rutland due to multiple ballots.
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White River Junction
William W. Stickney
Stickney
Senter
Bell
Porter
Senior
David J. Foster
Burlington
Kittredge Haskins
Brattleboro
Redfield Proctor
Barre
Rutland
Priest Defies Mob to Lead Mass at Allegheny Church
Rev. Father Bekavac of St. Nicholas Croatian Church held early mass after forcing entry with an ax as about 500 protesters gathered outside. Police protection of 50 officers cleared the crowd and escorted him to the parish house while eight mob leaders were detained at Central station.
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Pittsburg
Father Bekavac
St. Nicholas
Allegheny
Bekavac
Central Station
Seven Die as Shuttle Train Hits Suburban Car at St Louis Crossing
Seven people were killed and 19 injured, two fatally and nine seriously, when a Wabash shuttle train returning from the world fair collided with a suburban electric car at the Sarah street crossing. The street car was struck and torn apart, with tracks knocked loose and portions of the roof carried far down the line. The report also lists daily world’s fair attendance figures for the last six days and cumulative totals through August.
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St. Louis
Sarah Street
Union Station
Climbing the Pyramids and the Pyramid Limp
In Cairo the pyramid limp is a common ailment among visitors who attempt the ascent. The high steps force climbers to rely on others for support and often leave them with strained muscles, drawing jeers from locals when they discuss their pain.
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Cairo
Egypt
Wabash Train Wreck Near Pendleton Kills Seven
A south bound Wabash passenger train left Des Moines for St Louis Tuesday near Pendleton Missouri. Seven people died and more than 30 were injured as the day coach derailed and plunged down an embankment while other cars remained on track. About 500 were aboard and many deaths occurred among coach passengers.
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Moberly
Des Moines
St. Louis
Pendleton
J. E. Nichols
Macon
Henry Folcht
Huntingdon
C. H. Graves
la Plata
Edna Patterson
Henderson
Anna Brenner
Miss Hebler
A. F. Hebler
Wabash
Strike Averted As Subway Workers Win Pay Concession
In New York a five hour bargaining session produced a three year agreement between the Interborough Rapid Transit Co and engineers firemen and other employees. Motormen on the subway will be paid 3.50 dollars for a ten hour day, with the company yielding 50 cents and workers conceding an hour. Other seniority and transfer rights granted last Saturday become part of the pact.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Co
Odell Declines New York Governorship renomination
Governor Odell declared at a Republican conference that he will not be a candidate for renomination. He said he does not want the job and will not accept the nomination under any circumstances, reacting to a leader's suggestion.
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New York
Odell
European Parliaments Guests Visit West Point
At West Point on Sept 7 the Inter Parliamentary Union members from England and European legislatures were welcomed by the United States and toured the country. About 185 delegates arrived after a Hudson River voyage from New York aboard revenue cutters Mohawk and Gresham.
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West Point
N. Y
Inter-Parliamentary Union
England
Europe
United States
Military Academy
Hudson River
New York
Mohawk
Gresham
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