Prosperity cry fuels Democratic optimism in 1916 race
Kansas City dispatch reports Democrats touts prosperity as a stronger campaign slogan than Republicans, while President Wilson gains favor for his handling of affairs and a re election outlook improves. Taft and Herrick falter in Kansas City and tariff remains GOP pivot, with Teddy Roosevelt’s faction uncertain and Wilson favored in Congress.
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Percy B. Lovey
the Herald
Kansas City
Grand
Republican Party
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Taft
Root
Smow
Murray
Myron T. Herrick
France
Herrick
Winona
Tyro
L'G Democrats
Federal Reserve Bank System
Parcel Post
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Terrible Teddy
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Aberdeen Reader Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
Aberdeen Washington residents report relief from kidney and back ailments after using Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs. N. J. Doll describes headaches dizziness and irregular kidney action improving after the first box and continuing with a second. Sold by all dealers price five0 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for the United States. Remember the name Dean's.
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Aberdeen
Dean
N. J. Doll
Second St
Wash
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean’s
Pavlova Graces Grand Theatre in Aberdeen
World famed ballerina Anna Pavlova appeared with her Imperial Russian ballet and orchestra at the Grand on Wednesday drawing a crowd that filled the house. Manager George Nye called the performance among the best ever staged, as Pavlova noted for appearances in the Hermitage Petrograd the Peterhoff Greek theatre and Havana’s National Grand Opera House.
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Mile
Anna Pavlova
Imperial Russian Ballet
Grand Theatre
George Nye
Mile. Paviova
Hermitagé
Hermitage
Imperial Palace
Russia
Petrograd
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Paviowa
Peterhoff
Pavio
Wonderful picture play screens navy life at Grand
The Grand theatre showed a splendid photoplay last night and today portraying the recreative side of U S bluejackets. The film includes battle maneuvers on the flagship Wyomin g and action transforms by Atlantic fleet ships. Scenes show sailors swimming on deck cards and tangoing on the forecastle plus a cash register industry segment and vivid Philippine subjects.
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Wyoming
Lyman H. Howe
Grand Theatre
Philippines
Mome For a Holiday
A humorous note from April Atlantic on home holidays. Men tinker or read little, creating mess and busy rooms while women bear the cleaning load. The piece quotes statistics suggesting women lose as many pounds as men gain during a man’s home vacation.
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Atlantic
Tom Moore and Lalla Rookh deal shocks readers
In 1815 Tom Moore agreed with Longman to publish the oriental romance Lalla Rookh for 3000 guineas. The publisher would pay regardless of changes and could not demand edits, a rare bargain noted by the Pall Mall Gazette.
Acrobatic Feat At Afternoon Tea Display
A Louisville Courier Journal note highlights Percy performing an afternoon tea stunt balancing a plate of salad a cup of coffee and a dish of ice cream on his shoulder showing nimble balance and coordination.
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Percy
Louisville Courier. Journal
Why He Was Late Humorous Yonkers tale in dialect
A Yonkers Statesman humorous short uses dialect to explain why Sam arrived late. The boss quizzes him about how he pursued his hat, and Sam replies that every mile kicked him after it, implying a comic, rambling chase.
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Sam
Yonkers
Nan
Birds Avoid Bright Nest Materials
Birds in nest construction nearly always avoid bright colored materials to prevent revealing their nest location to predators. The behavior suggests instinct to minimize visibility and protect their young.
Buck the Line Buck the Line No Excuses
A football lesson from a high school game recounts a tackle who blames an opponent for holding him back. The coach urges breaking through, calling excuses useless and noting that anyone held should still perform or be sidelined. The message: achievers do not let barriers stop them.
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Hirse
Orter
Rear Admiral William S Beason Named Chief of Naval Operations
Rear Admiral William Shepard Beason, newly appointed chief of naval operations, will head plans for fleet use and efficiency and act as active head of the navy. Born September 2, 1855 in Georgia, he joined the Naval Academy in 1870 and has 22 years of sea service. He commanded ships including the Utah and served as Atlantic fleet division commander, then as commandant of the Philadelphia navy yard since July 1910.
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William Shepherd Beason
Onele Sam
Genera Board of the Navy
Dewey
Bevo
Georgia
Naval Academy
Ixtz
Admiral Benson
I’acific
Utah
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Railroad Wage Arbitrator Named in Settlement
Charles Nagel of St. Louis named a member of the arbitration board which settled the wage dispute for railroad workers. The appointment reflects ongoing labor resolution efforts and ties to the broader wage dispute resolution process.
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Charles Nagel
St. Laws
Pevtral
Board of Arbitration
Naget as Arbitrator Controversy Sparks Congressional Probe
Article reports demands in railroad labor circles for a congressional review of Naget’s appointment as arbitrator. It notes Naget’s ties to Adelphy Beech estate and rail securities, his Missouri roots, education in St Louis, and roles in state politics and the Republican national committee, including service as secretary of commerce and labor.
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Oneers
Umerr
Western Railroads
Commerce and Labor
Naget
Railroud
Inuemnet
Adelphy Beech
Lexas
St. Lantix
St. Lanne
University of Beri
St Lewis
Ists
Patton Reanietou
Etts Comet
Mixseurt
Republican National Committee
Ons
Provident Furt'x
Principles of Order Exhortation From Local Merchant Sermon
George J. Wolff a local dry goods merchant delivers a laymans sermon in the Pythian Record May issue urging E P members and the community to live by Pythian Friendship Charity and Benevolence. He argues true citizenship kind words and timely benevolence matter more than grand deeds or floral tributes.
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George J. Wolff
Pythian Record
E. P
Mr. Wolff
Temperature Extremes in Interior Alaska
Popular Mechanics notes that noon on June 21 in Fairbanks coincides with midnight, with about 130 degrees difference and snow on the ground. It explains winter sun rises near 10 and sets by 2 pm, December temps around 40 below. Summer highs can reach 90 in the shade, yielding a 150 degree range.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Beasts and Wits Clash in Munich Street Exchange
Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, famed journalist, bumped by an irate man at a Munich street corner. The man cursed him as a beast, but Saphir replied with humor saying his own name in reply and turning the moment into a witty exchange.
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Moritz Gottlieb Saphir
Munich
Saphir
Mortgage Marred by Car Rampage in Humorous Memoir
An author recalls mortgaging his home to buy a car, and in a comic twist the vehicle injures the man who held the mortgage. He notes many enemies he hoped to ruin with that same machine, as reported in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
At Our Boarding House Theosophist Quotes Food Theory
A humorous line from the Philadelphia Ledger features a theosophist declaring dieting wisdom and a cheerful idiot remarking on his hash eating for a month. The exchange plays on identity and appetite within a boarding house scene.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Bells credited to Fayptians in ancient percussion lore
Fragmentary note discusses bells as sacred Osiris detes relics and credits Fayptians with early percussion. A quoted exchange from the Philadelphia Ledger questions if a man with twelve children should teach music, implying debate over artistic legacy.
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