Coal Trust Plans to Hike Prices and Lock In Losses
The New York Times interview with Reading Railway President George F Baer suggests coal mines may close and miners lose jobs due to difficulties selling coal. He praised a pricing plan that kept prices higher for months, drawing criticism for harming union consumers while imports and small coal sizes complicate the market.
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New York Times
George F. Baer
Reading Railway
Times
Reading
Divine-rights
Coal Trust
Washington
Chicago
Baer
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Lroe Company
New England
Pacific Coast
Uts
Congtexa
St George's Church as a Modern Urban Plant
New York's St George's Church at Stuyvesant Square operates as a vast integrated enterprise. Under Rev William S Rainsford a 3000 member workforce runs education trades and social services across Memorial House Dearness House and the Industrial Trade School with extensive real estate and facilities valued at over a million and a half dollars. The church offers employment aid medical relief libraries classrooms and recreational spaces and uses a vast factory like layout to serve religious and social goals.
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New York
St. George's
Stuyvesant Square
David Graham Phillips
Harper's
William 5. Rainsford
St. George's Church
Mfe
East 16Th Street
Dearoness
East 1Th Street
Industrial Trade School
Fnally
Battalon Armory
Ufe
St. George’s
Rand
Jor Snfirmary
Howe
St. George's Charen
The Amateur Scientist and The Triumph of Reason Fragment
A fragment from a fiction piece shows a flirtatious exchange where a woman blushes as she asks what another is thinking. He responds with a playful remark about beauty and commonality of nature, then a maiden sighs over a confession of unworthiness and a shared heart.
A Sailboat From Barrels
The text explains building a barrel boat as quick, cheap practice for sailboat understanding. It notes the value of hands on experience from assembling boats and testing sailing philosophies, with a simple design using a bow barrel, stern barrel, a plank, and an outrigger.
Little Stories and Miscellany for Young Readers
A collage of curiosities and vignettes for youngsters includes scenes of guests devouring wriggling crabs and exotic morsels, notes on table manners across cultures, reading order for Scott novels, how to build a barrel boat, and playful home life sketches. Includes short poems and childlike dialogues.
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Scott
Robert of
Paris
Ivanhoe
Perth
Quentin Durward
Anne of Gelerstein
Amerlet
Columbus
St. Nicholas
Lost Opportunity and The Human Eye Observations
An odd tale features Jol Fox a noted author and athlete who mocks a drummer with a coin. The drummer retorts with pride, and Fox refuses to alter his appearance. The piece then shifts to The Human Eye describing how a young child’s eye resembles water and how aging affects lens clarity and opacity due to tissue changes.
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Jol Fox
Kentucky
Meulus
Mr. Vox
It Opens a New World On the Camera Education Crusade
A contributor's request prompts an editor to defend the camera as a powerful educational tool. The piece argues that photography brings people closer to nature, enhances observation, and enriches learning. It praises the camera as educational recreation, urging parents to support reading and photography rather than fear or oppose it. Daguerre, saluting.
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Sona
Viting Banda
The Art of Letter Writing and Creative Penmanship
A discussion on how true letter writing requires love for the craft and instinctive expression. It notes women often excel at letter writing, and that genuine style emerges from unpremeditated ease rather than rigid form. The piece warns against self doubt dulling the writer and advocates free, flowing penmanship.
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Charu
Ganton
Similar but Different Parental Domicile and Conundrum Theme
A fragmentary reminiscence describes a couple leaving a theater and supper to discuss a conundrum. It references state capitol costs and a comparison of capital cities, plus a note on German lead pencil factories and world gold production. The tone hints at nostalgia and local curiosity in a clipped, public notice style.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Vion
Addrichsew
Hanna
Quay
Spooner
Panama Canal
Nicaragua
Tke Root
China
Fair Aid
George
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Postolfice
Machen
Benyers
Republican Party
Paynne
Nlow
Beelrut
Panama
Olep
Miller
Reavers
Reetsew York
England
Bosnia
Joseph Chamberlin
Europe
Russia
Washington Post
Thussia
Russian Trading and Steam Navigation Company
Odessa
Rusyln
THE
John Bull
Mivenapolis Journal
Business and Religion
Hey
William
Rainstord
Sy Church
ST. Georg
New Caledonia
India
Siam
Turkey
Arabia
Abyssinia
Warren
Joe
Betty
Lippincott's
John Iis
Khoneth
Aglus
Aus
Calfornia Lings
Sacramento
Colorado
Denver
Rhode Island
Providence
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Massachusetts
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Virginia
Minnesota
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