Taft to Attend Irrigation Congress in Spokane
Officials announce Taft will join the 17th National Irrigation Congress in Spokane in August with a 5000 to 6000 attendance. A Woodmen oath ceremony and banquet are planned, while a 5 billion bond proposal funds drainage, irrigation, roads, forests, and waterways nationwide.
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National Irrigation Congress
A. BR. Talbot
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
United States
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Texas
Joseph Cannon
Illinois
J. W. Blackman
Kansas University
Lyman Abbott
The
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Early 1910s US Politics Rumors and State Debates
Readings discuss 1912 VP talk for ex Governor Glenn of North Carolina, re election bid by Congressman Anthony, and anticipated debates in the Washington legislature over state government misengagement. Virginia Republicans plan a Newport News convention for reform minded platform. Hilary Herbert to arbitrate Georgia Railroad strike. Maryland primary costs set 17 dollars for Isidor Raynor. Bryan predicted for Senate seat in Nebraska. New York City must pay the mayor’s court order.
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Virginia
Newport News
Maryland
United States
Isidor Raynor
Recount Battle Costs Hearst Backed Mayor Expenses
The court orders the mayor reimbursed 8300 000 largely for legal fees amid the mayoralty recount fight. Henry G Worthington, longtime Nevada representative and Lincoln pallbearer, is noted as a Capitol figure now elderly. Democrats of Ohio plan a July gathering to back Gov Harmon as 1912 presidential hopeful with Gov Johnson of Minnesota Gov Marshal of Indiana Rep Champ Clark and Judge Parker among invitees.
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Indiana
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Alton B. Parker
New York
Beauty’s odd magnetism for the ugliest men in history
A recounting of famed ugliness attracting charm and marriage across eras. John Wilkes, Mary Mead, and Parisians Bailly and Marat are cited for fascinations with unattractive looks. Cases include Lady Mary X. who wed the ugly Mr Mudford, and a beautiful heiress who married “the man monkey,” an infamous figure in traveling shows.
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John Wilkes
London
Wilkes
Mary Mead
Beauty and the Beast
Potter
Jean Paul Marat
Parig
Marat
Paris
Bailly
France
Mary X
Mudford
Mary
Man Monkey
Courtship In the North Eskimo Romance
A narrator recounts an Eskimo family scene in which the father asks his daughter Aurora to pick a suitor named Manu. The young man is described as lingering so long that he seems frozen to the snow settee, illustrating a playful courtship moment in Succeses Magazine.
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Aurora
Manu
Succeses Magazine
Poet Apprentice Wins Narrow Victory in Cincinnati Star
A young aspiring writer answers a great editor with quiet resolve claiming past hunger as proof of potential. The strange interview unfolds in a Cincinnati setting as the editor questions the youth while the daring claim evokes a vivid sideshow image.
Woman the Waitress and the Wise Widow Exchange
A humorous exchange notes a widow saying a woman is always waiting for a husband. The interested spinster asks how, and the widow adds that if not married she waits to get one and for him to be home. Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Awkward Letter From Butcher Prompts Humorous Quip
A London Graphic item recounts a devout Christian butcher who always includes a Bible verse with business notes. A lady asks him to slaughter her pigs and he replies he will call on Friday to kill them without fail, signing with a pun on Be ye also ready.
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London Graphic
Father and son dinner quip from London Mail
A brief exchange shows a father teaching table manners and his son replying with wit. The line ends with the son noting the father only leaves the table after finishing meals.
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John
London Mail
Ruskin Quote on Life’s Nobility and Consistency
A Ruskin line highlights that the nobility of life rests on consistent purpose and quiet, ceaseless energy. It emphasizes steady effort and clear aims as essential to a meaningful life.
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