Fathers Letters to Son in College Reflect 1912 Election Split
The author recounts the 1912 election split in the Republican Party with Theodore Roosevelt leading the Bull Moose ticket and Taft heading the regular ticket. Wilson wins the presidency amid a divided party, while Roosevelt and others push for bold reforms and critique Wilson’s stance on foreign policy and Mexico. The narrative frames Wilson as "too proud to fight" and blames passive leadership for early wartime challenges.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Bull Moose
Taft
Wilson
United States
Roosevelt
Sddiems
Democratic Party
Congress
England
France
Russia
Belgium
Germany
Lusitania
Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Mexico
Diaz
Madero
Gen. Pershing
Villa
Pershing
Washington
M H Smith Seeks Vote For Coroner Post
Dr M H Smith is the Republican candidate for coroner, a role he has held for the past two years to general satisfaction. The coroner serves an important function, and voters are urged to support Smith for the office.
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M. H. Smith
Republicans and Bonds Boost Market Hopes for November Victory
The piece predicts a Republican win in November and notes Liberty Bonds rise in value on market optimism. It argues administration quality will influence government securities and asserts bonds may return to par under Republican leadership.
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Maine
Big Western Power Program Marks Shift in Water Resource Use
The water power act signals a major shift to western development, promising vast horsepower from state resources. California and other western states are listed with large potential outputs while coal shortages threaten eastern operators and factories, highlighting a decade of congressional delay.
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Congress
West
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Pinchot School of Conservationists
Warning on labor unrest and political radicalism in crisis
The piece links the New York explosion to past outrages in San Francisco and Los Angeles, accusing labor and radical movements abroad and at home of pressuring for prisoner releases. It warns that journals and preachers of discontent threaten public consciousness and the government and suggests the New York catastrophe might awaken voters in a critical presidential year.
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New York
Financial Center
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Great Britain
Canada
No Further Strangulation of Western Power Growth
Secretary urges end to restrictive rules and urges liberal land occupancy plans for hydro electric plants. Commission should attract global capital and accelerate Western industrial expansion, arguing delays and red tape threaten vast untapped horsepower and national progress.
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Congress
Federal Power Commission
Bureaus Need Cleaning Out Says Senator Harding
The piece argues taxpayers would save millions weekly if department heads followed a watch us save motto and if a proper budget system guided government activity. Senator Harding is quoted urging thousands of clerks be sent back to farms and productive industries.
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United States
Department
Republican Party
Harding
Washington
Poverty used for a mask in political fundraising critique
A national weekly prints ten pages of advertising at $6,000 per page totaling $60,000, accusing the Democratic Party of hypocritical poverty while spending heavily on publicity. The piece questions the party’s expenditures and labels it plutocracy.
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Democratic National Committee
Article 23 Covenant Limits U S Morality Standards
The league covenant Article 23 allows the league to supervise agreements on trafficking in women and children and in opium and other dangerous drugs. It implies the United States would surrender its right to set its own moral standards if it joins.
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League
United States
Edison Tone Test Demonstrates New Edison Voice
Thomas A. Edison introduced his famous Tone Test on September 18 at Rex theatre. Glen Ellison sang live beside the RE-CREATION of Edison’s voice by the New Edison, leaving music lovers unable to distinguish the recreated voice from the living artist.
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Glen Ellison
Thomas A. Edison
Rex Theatre
Edison
Guish
The Phonograph with a Soul Promises a Great Discovery
The New Edison invites listeners to hear the identical instrument used last Saturday evening. Experience the famed phonograph with a soul and make the great discovery for yourself.
Nadler's Drug Store Tone-Test Instrument Price
The Tone-Test uses a regular model selling for 295 dollars, an exact duplicate of Edison’s Laboratory Model created after three million dollars in experiments. The court may weigh such traffic, while noting Persia remains a nation with evolving practices and debates on moral standards among nations.
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Mr. Edison
Persia
League
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A. W. Tagg
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Republicans and Bonds
BIG Western Power Program
Nadler
Wyo
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Simmons Coil Springs
Comort
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