Special notice on carrier duties and a mix of political commentary
Subscribers must promptly inform the business office of delivery issues as the sole way to raise complaints. Special notice: no carrier may collect subscriptions or sell papers. pay at the office or via the regular collector. The rest discusses polite political opinions on suffrage, Mississippi politics, crop forecasts, Taft, Taft era issues, Canada flag burning, King George, Taft, and New Jersey governor Wilson amid party tensions.
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Carrier Bay
Coming of Presidential Primaries
The piece surveys expanding presidential primaries across states with dates for Arkansas North Dakota Wisconsin Nebraska Oregon and New Jersey. It notes Taft’s likely nomination path amid Republican chatter about Roosevelt and La Follette, while Democrats may wage a livelier contest around Harmon Wilson Clark Folk and Underwood with southern votes key. It predicts widespread primary adoption by 1916 transforming conventions into ratifying bodies.
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Arkansas
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
New Jersey
Taft
la Follette
Roosevelt
Harmon
Wilson
Champ Clark
Joe Folk
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Clark
South
Fortifying the Canal to Withstand Attack
The Panama Canal fortification project moves forward with Major General Leonard Wood and Army officers selecting fortified points and fort designs. Big guns are being manufactured as forts rise, aiming for impregnable defenses by the time the canal opens. The United States asserts a peaceable posture while taking necessary precautions to protect this crucial engineering work for global commerce.
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Panama Canal
Leonard Wood
United States
The Humiliation of the Lords and a Push to Power
The British House of Lords voted away its veto power after long pressure from the Commons, deterring any royal creation of new peers to force its line. The move signals a shift toward a more popular government, with implications yet hard to predict for Britain’s constitutional balance.
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House of Lords
Commons
Great Britain
This Date in History and Late 19th Century News
This date in history August 12 highlights events from 1762 to 1904 including King George IV birth and death dates, Gen. Brock’s 1812 arrival at Amherstburg, 1830 Albany to Schenectady railroad completion, 1898 US Spain peace protocol, and Grand Duke Alexis Nicholaievitch born. The piece notes Canadian wheat harvest pressures, American land opportunities, and a Tallulah Falls power plant debate with state ownership concerns. It also recalls figures like James Russell Lowell and Sherman’s 1864 promotion.
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King George IV
Engand
Brock
Amherstburg
Gene
Hull
H. Binney
Nova Scotia
Albany
Schenectady
Nicaragua
New York
San Francisco
William T. Sherman
Regular
James Russell Lowell
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
United States
Spain
Alexis
Nicholaievitch
Russia
Peterhof
Alix
Hesse
Cotton and gun control rhetoric frame early market and policy notes
Market items show New York cotton and Liverpool futures with mixed closes and openings. The piece shifts to moral policy, praising state sanitarium funding and quoting Judge Roan on pistol prohibition, arguing for a contraband ban and destruction of firearms.
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Roan
Stone Mountain Circuit
Wesson
Smith & Wesson
Political figures and party plans in early 20th century races
The report lists Representative George W. Norris of Nebraska aiming for the U S Senate against Norris Brown in 1913, and notes the Prohibition National Committee meeting December 6 to set its convention. It mentions Arthur P. Gorman seeking Maryland governor, James B. McCreary as Kentucky governor nominee from years past, and Charles R. Jones touring the West about a Prohibition convention. Thomas L. Hisgen denies plans to run for Massachusetts governor.
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George W. Norris
Nebraska
United States Senate
Norris Brown
Charles R. Jones
Chicago
Prohibition National Committee
Far West
Prohibition Party
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence League
Massachusetts
Minors Watch: Phillips Heads O P League Batting Lead
Long stream of baseball notes follows minor league chatter. Joe Phillips tops the O P League batting races while umpire Ralph Frary returns to the Northwestern League and several teams shuffle rosters and leagues amid rumors of Des Moines moving leagues and Portland aiming for the Pacific Coast pennant. The Augusta club changes hands to join the South Atlantic League as the Cotton States price tag looms in Mother Ryan's visit.
Boxers Duel Langford McVea for 5000 London Bout
Jae McVea challenges Sam Langford to a 5000 side bout in London. Digger Stanley weighs in on not touring to face Johnny Conlon. New York promoter Pat Powers opposes no-decision bouts and wants a referee to decide every exchange. Dan McKettrick says Willie Lewis is the welterweight champion. Nasal catarrh remedy Ely Cream Balm promises quick relief, 50 cents at druggists or by mail from Ely Bros.
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Pat Powers
New York
Pat
Ses
Ely Bros
War- Ten Street
The Sincerity of Childhood Theme Explored
The article discusses William Austin Smith's reflection in the August Atlantic on childhood. It argues that children are seldom ridiculous and remain unaware of moral judgments, highlighting their honesty, unmasked poverty and wealth, and genuine grief untainted by adults' pretensions.
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William Austin Smith
Christ
Accused of Theft Claims Arnica Salve Heals Burns
Clinton Me resident E E Chamberlain boldly accuses Bucken's Arnica Salve of stealing the sting from burns and the pain from sores boils and piles. He praises it as an equal healing remedy. Available for 23 cents at W J Smith Bro and H R Palmer Sons.
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E. E. Chamberlain
Clinton
Bucken
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Des Moines Woman Recovered After One Dose Remedy
A well known Des Moines woman endured two days of severe bowel illness before being cured by a single dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all dealers.
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Des Moines
Chamberlain
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