The High Purpose of International Arbitration
The speaker reviews progress in peaceful dispute resolution through arbitration, noting Russia's shift toward this policy. He stresses widening acceptance and scope, warns against pursuing arbitration for material gain alone, and urges forbearance as strength. Honesty in methods and purposes is essential.
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Russia
The Vacation System and Business Prosperity
The summer vacation system benefits workers and business alike. Salaried clerks gain motivation and job retention while employers enjoy rested, productive staff. Travel by vacationers stimulates demand, aiding railroads and towns developed by visitor commerce. The system, though not widely adopted, has proven its merits where tried.
Luxuries of Life Beneficial and Essential to Civilization
The text argues that luxury is not evil but essential to modern life. Wealth enables endurance, liberty, and better material conditions, elevating the masses. Art science and knowledge are luxuries that enrich life, and one should seek to obtain and enjoy all one can, as prosperity sustains civilization.
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Lfe
Does Your Back Ache Dean's Kidney Pills Help
A user reports back pain and fatigue eased instantly by Dean's Kidney Pills, claiming lasting relief. The testimonial notes the product sells for 50 cents a box through Foster-Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Be Pleasant Every Morning Until Ten Oclock
A riddle tale in Vineland shows a Pennsylvanian seeking a lawyer. An old negro misremembers that the man “ran for lawyer once,” prompting a quip about mistaken identity. The piece shifts to a health advertisement praising simple living and whole wheat diet from Back to Nature and free book offers from Egg-O-See Co.
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Pennsylvania
Vineland
Cash
First Street
Quincy
Egyptologist and Assyriologist Debate Wireless Telegraphy
An Egyptologist and an Assyriologist argued over ancient progress. The Egyptologist claimed remains show wires and understanding of wireless telegraphy, while noting no wires found in Assyria. This stray anecdote illustrates a humorous clash of scholarly pride.
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Farconi
Assyria
Different Kinds of Friends in Politics Discussed
A political exchange notes that a lawmaker needs friends who will act for him rather than just request favors. Senator Sorg hum remarks that true friends are those who want him to take beneficial action, suggesting a test of political alliances.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Unclear fragment hints at harbor fire fears and debts
Fragmentary text warns of fires near North Bend Harbor and mentions Red Cross Ball Blue. Contains a proverb about debt and trouble and stray words about doors and houses. No clear event, date, or attributable entities emerge from the legible portions.
Trade of Egypt opens field for American exporters
Egypt invites foreign buyers and promises favorable terms for energetic exporters. Foreign capital has surged since 1882, expanding the Egyptian trade field. American manufacturers begin to move, despite distance and transport costs, leveraging quality and production strengths to seize a share of Egypt’s growing market.
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Egypt
Jacob
Palestine
Joseph
Suez Canal Company
Atbara
Birds Shun The Deep Sea
Frank Chapman of the New York Museum of Natural History discusses England’s birds, noting more species there but fewer varieties than in the United States. A London Outlook writer says birds rarely cross deep seas, with the Madagascar Straits impassable, and only sparrows perhaps common to both nations.
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Frank Chapman
New York Museum of Natural History
England
London Outlook
Madagascar
North Seas
Godwill
Nile
Norfolk
Bein Doubles the Mail Weather delays blamed on women
A postal official says bad weather and rainy days double mall mail flows. He claims women stay home during rain and answer correspondence, keeping to desks when weather is pleasant they go out less and men work overtime to manage the workload.
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Bein
New York Doctors Push Cash-Fee Practice Start
Physicians in New York pursue a cash-fee medical system with several already adopting it. The concept, said to have originated in London by a specialist, aims to redefine patient charges and practice standards.
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New York
London
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