Pensions and Promotions in the Department of Commerce
The Washington Post reviews Secretary Nagel's report urging compulsory retirement for disability or age and a pension system. It argues merit-based promotion, current staff evaluation by superiors, and Civil Service tests for new entrants will improve efficiency and accountability. The piece lauds administrative genius and the nation's need for capable administrators.
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Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ile
Justica
Shell
Anatomy of Wit by Francis Bacon and its Elizabethan roots
A London author revisits Bacon's first work Euphues the Anatomy of Wit, published December 1590s under the alias John Ugly. The piece blends love experiences, a Plutarch education translation, and divine discussion, foreshadowing Elizabethan wit and brevity in a fragmentary self‑reflexive fin de siècle critique.
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Francis Bacon
Parker Woodward
London
Bacon
Humorisn
John Ugly
Plutarch
Botonia
Francia Bacon
Anthony
Voltaire
Piton
The Shortest Possible Letter From Voltstre
A fragmentary note recalls Voltstre saying he was bound for the coun try with Borus replying in Latin. Piton’s reply conveys playful wit as Victor Hugo delights in the sales of Les Misérables and the publisher responds with evident enthusiasm.
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Voltstre
Piton
Victor Hugo
Kla Pubd- Usher
Philippine disclosures spur restrictive policy on Japan
The piece details intensified Japanese activity in the Philippines seen as an open secret, including wireless stations along the coast and clandestine arms shipments to Manila. It argues a commercial motive driven by thrift and racial sentiment, fearing native uprisings and possible international complications, and notes potential diplomatic action if Tokyo is pressed.
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Philippine
Philippines
Conalgnees
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Manila
Pasadena
California
Mexico
Woodpecker as Washington state emblem praises pest control
The piece argues Benjamin Franklin favored the turkey but the eagle prevailed. It lauds Washington state choosing the woodpecker as an emblem, praises woodpeckers for insect control, and urges conservation of insectivorous birds including sparrows to aid farmers and tomato growers.
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Benjamin Franklin
Washington
Pacific Coast
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Immigrant policy debates and political banter on rigidity
The piece surveys a spectrum of views on immigration control and liberalization. It cites fears of alien influence in colonies and cities, critiques of ban on the Le Blanc girl, and notes on German sentiment, plus commentary on Commander Sims and a string of political digressions about trusts, tariffs, and elections. It references a New York immigration conference proposing a national federation for sane laws and liberal interpretation, with questions about education of the foreign born and proper distribution of immigrants. It closes with assorted observations on political posts, labor disputes, and international concerns.
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A&b
Federation
le Blanc
United States
Brooklyn
New York City
National -American Federation
Irishmen at the Polis and Cork Election Turmoil
A vivid account of Cork crowds at the election showing 6000 to 10000 supporters escorting candidates, shillalahs in use, and faction cries like Up with the Moles and All for Ireland. Redmond and O Brienites feature, with humor, priestly influence, and a Chicago anecdote about press deadlines.
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Ireland
Bret Harte
Cork
William Hedmond
Augustine Roache
William O Brien
Maurice Healy
Redmoniires
Molly Maguires
O'Brienites
Mr. Redmond
England
London
Willie” Redmond
Tury
Wexford
John Redmond
America
Chicago
Chicago American
George V seen as art expert and coronation plans
King George V and Queen Mary are praised for art taste shaping royal acquisitions. Calcutta and Delhi are debated as coronation sites with the king set to wear crown jewels, including the Koh i Noor, in a grand durbar amid fears of theft and widespread symbolic power.
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George
Mary
Princess Louise
Duchess of Argyll
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
George V
Calcutta
India
Delhi
England
Earl Lytton
Queen Victoria
Lord Curzon
Edward
Kaiser-T-Hind
Harker
Hindustan
Durbar
Africa
Tower of London
Hamaels
Victoria
Uma
Orient
Marquise DE Fontanoy
Brentwood Company
Edison on the Future Predictions From Thomas A Edison
The New York American quotes Thomas A Edison predicting aerial navigation will become practical for mail and small-item transport, private firms will lead, remote regions like Alaska will gain access, and new electrical, cement, and photographic innovations will transform homes, construction, and entertainment through speaking pictures and color photography.
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New York
Thomas A. Hdison
Hdison
Edison
Mr. Edison
Alaska
Rockefeller Institute
Col. Roosevelt
Weather Prophet Predicts 1911 Seasonal Extremes in Chicago
Uncle Obadiah the Western weather prophet predicts a harsh 1911 with a deep January cold snap to 16 below, February rain and sleet followed by a mid February cold wave, a late January to February freeze that could ruin Florida oranges, March easing, May cool with a major storm, a hot July then storms and fogs, a 98 degree September and rapid fall to near freezing, and an extremely dry October.
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Obadiah
Chicago
New York Times
Florida
Great Lakes
Roosevelt expedition yields Roosevelt shrew and bird discoveries
Smithsonian reports describe a new insectivorous shrew named Roosevelt velti with six inch length, brown gray underside, long tail, and Roosevelt’s interest noted by Edmund Heller. Mearns catalogs ten new African birds from the expedition, none named for Roosevelt. Washington dispatch recounts Gen Keifer receiving roses with a peace inscription after a House committee box incident.
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Roosevelt
Washington Dispatch
New York Times
Smithsonian Institution
Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelti
Edmund Heller
Col
Heller
Gen. Kelfer
Turkey waking up
George E Miller reports in the Detroit News that the Young Turks rise signals rapid modernization across the Turkish empire. consuls in Aleppo Bagdad Saloniki describe cities preparing electric lighting streetcars sewers water works gas plants and loans for municipal improvements as authorities curb speculation and require proven technical and financial qualifications for concession bids.
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George E. Miller
Detroit
United States
Mediterranean
Aleppo
Bagdad
Saloniki
Turkey
Spring Song and Blind Brother Poems in the Forum and Success
In the Forum Witter Bynner presents Spring Song with images of gray, rain, and May, juxtaposing a wedding day with graves and renewal. In Success Jeanette Marks’s Blind Brother portrays a beggar outside a gate seeking love, contrasting the narrator’s sight with the brother’s blindness and a shared longing.
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Witter Bynner
Gray
Jeanette
Too Complimentary from Baltimore Sun
A boy delivers whisky bottles as Christmas presents to a saloonkeeper in Northwest Baltimore calling them “best customers” and asking recipients to explain to their wives. Wives now search for the boy while some customers seek to verify the gesture and intent.
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore
Blink
The Game Went Wrong at Prom Lipdiscyu Card Game
Sagebrush Sam protests a crooked card game as a stranger lays down four aces and takes the pot. He brandishes a gun while insisting the hand wasn’t the one he dealt, claiming foul play and a staged deal.
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Sagebrush
Sam
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A satirical roundup on money, beauty, aging, and marriage with wry lines about insured wealth, graceful looks, and the limits of wealth. It jokes that charm fades without vision, birthday counts, and a man’s flattery before churchgoing habits.
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The
Chicago News
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A humorous column from the New York Press essays on marriage flirtation and domestic life. It notes a man’s pride at winning a suit even when rewarded a dollar and jokes about prayers for a husband to wear Tubbers, with playful lines about generosity and ungenerosity in marriage.
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New York
West Virginia senatorship fight looms in legislature
West Virginia Republicans and Democrats debate possible outcomes as the party caucus may deadlock over Nathan B Scott's successor. McGraw and Watson lead GOP chatter while Democrats ponder unified action. Observers say a nonmentioned candidate could emerge if caucus fails. sentiment shifts toward barometer of party power and regional influence. The scene shifts to Washington where society commentary and political opinion mingle with reflections on the South, New York politics, and looming 1931 theater prosperity.
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West Virginia
United States
Nathan B Scott
McGraw and Watson
Charles F Teter
Phlipps
Raleigh
McGraw
Watson
Whosen
Scott
Judge Girard
Depew
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
New York
Mr. Ziegfeld
W. J. Trimble
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ebbitt
South
Jorest
Tenneanee
Mr. Trimble
Frank Somes Ober
Washington High School
Washington
Ober
Empire State
Wiliard
Edward M. Sheppard
Guy Sheehan
Francis Burton Harrison
Senate
Harrison
Democratic Party
Goy Dix
Gaynor
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Pape Barone
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Sims
Great Britain
Coghlan
William
Germany
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Pbath-Tub Trust
Beef Trust
John D
John D., Jr
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New Orleans
Carnegie Peace Fund
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Adams County
Ohio
Post Office Department
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Juarez
Rio Grande
Mlany @ man ig
West Point
Montana
Col Astor
Polis
Ateres
C B Davenport
Popular Science Monthly
Baltimore American
Wizard of Electricity
Young Turke
Bund Brother
Baron Carle de Geer
Paris
Richmond
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