Republicans Claim Victory After Primaries in Taylor County
The June 6 1912 issue notes the primary results in Taylor County with Republicans solidifying control. It urges voters to unite behind the ticket, praising the shift from old ring rule and criticizing past conventions and delegates. It highlights a 50 000 statewide majority against Taft delegates and calls for new tactics in county conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Taft
Senator Young
United States Senate
Taylor County
Lafe Young
Bedford
Cummins' Stand on Tariff Reform Draws Praise and Debate
The Review of Reviews highlights Senator Cummins as steadfast in tariff reform during the presidential campaign. He pledges to push Senate action on tariff bills from the other house and seeks immediate treatment of sugar, wool, and cotton schedules. He criticizes executive overreach and vows to keep the party on its 1908 main track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Cummins
Congress
Washington
Cummins
Senate
House
Republican Party
Taft
Senate tariff fight and tobacco trust clash in politics
Senator Simmons of North Carolina says Democrats on the senate finance committee aim to press action on every tariff bill before adjournment. The plan is to back the Underwood bill with possible modifications from progressive Republicans while conventions shape Congress. Cummins scored a victory for independent tobacco firms challenging the trust's reorganization, with appeals possible to the Supreme Court and state officials joining in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Cummins
Taft
Tobacco Trust
Department of Justice
United States Circuit
New York
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Boards of Trade
Standard Oil
Curious Work of Penance in San Francisco Notebook
A 18 by 7 1 2 inch sheet in San Francisco holds 126000 words by Kobo Taishi a Japanese Buddhist from 1100 years ago. He created the Japanese alphabet from Chinese characters as penance to purify his spirit. The eight Buddhist Bible books copy is kept as a sacred heirloom, in a white wood box wrapped in green silk inside lacquered containers.
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San Francisco
Kobo Taishi
Japan
Pepsin's 50 Year Impact On Medical Remedies
The introduction of pepsin as a medical agent revolutionized treatment of dyspepsia and related ailments. Fifty years ago John Carrick produced the first pepsin in the United States, building on European work by Dr Corvisant of Paris, though early European quality limited use.
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John Carrick
United States
Europe
Genoa Nut Seller Memorial in Straglieno Cemetery
A Genoa woman who earned a living selling nut strings commissioned sculptor Luigi Orengo to carve a life size marble portrait of her as she appeared in the street. The statue was placed in Straglieno cemetery, famed as one of the world’s largest.
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Straglieno
Genoa
Luigi Orengo
No Field for Their Work in a Poker Bluff Tale
A San Francisco bible class teacher travels home as a Massachusetts Sunday School delegate. On a Union Pacific train in Ogden he meets three Boston men at cards, suspects a sharp game, and exposes their con to warn them that California Sunday schools have lessons for them. The tale ends with a sharp warning to quit as they cross the Grand Canon.
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California
Eli Perkins
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Ogden
Boston
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
No More Sprees For Him In Western railroad office
A Kansas City Journal item recounts a west bottoms stenographer trusted by his employer who began slipping after pay law changes. A plan used a temporary typewriter repair to alter letters, causing an embarrassing error after payday. He admitted fault, took a day off, and during his sobriety period the keys were restored. The incident, six months old, did not lead to dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bottoms
Kansas City Journal
Novel Use for Aviation: Aerial Flight for Colonial Propaganda
The account describes Aviator L Hammond flying at the request of a Philippine governor to prove white superiority to Igorette hunters. The chief of the tribe, cautious yet curious, rode in the flying car and returned from a high flight over a leper colony with belief in paleface dominance reinforced.
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Darius Green
Philippine Islands
L. Hammond
Islands
Varied Uses of Pearls Across Eras and Regions
The passage traces pearl use from Roman times to medieval periods, noting their value among fashion elites, shift to ornamenting inanimate objects after Rome's collapse, and renewed personal adornment in medieval England by the fourteenth century, with widespread depictions by artists across cultures.
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England
His New Job Ward Heeler Confession Report
A hotel barber shop shoe shiner sought a government job from Rep Steenerson of Minnesota. He boasted a Pittsburg brother with a political post earning around 1500 dollars annually. When asked duties, the boy admitted he did not know exact tasks. He said his brother had been named a ward heeler.
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Steenerson
Minnesota
Pittsburg
Defending the Guilty Man by a Chicago Lawyer
Frederick A. Brown recounts defending a guilty highway robber in Judge Brentano's court. The convicted man admitted pocketbook possession, faced habitual criminal charges, and accepted a lighter sentence after Brown proposed waiving the habitual count. The man remarked the case seemed easy, joking that more effort might have cleared him.
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Frederick A. Brown
Chicago
Brentano
Thirty-ninth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Darky
Saving plan by trust company girls funds July to June
A group of 35 women in a trust firm forms a savings plan. Each July first Saturday two cents per girl is deposited totaling 70 cents, then 40, 60, 80 cents weekly increases of two cents, culminating in June when each has $25.50 plus nominal interest. Missed payments lose prior deposits, but job loss or marriage allows withdrawal of already paid sums.
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Harper’s Bazar
German Court Balls Strictly Policed by Kaiserin
The Kaiser watches the German court balls but only selected couples are allowed to dance. Fraulein Gasperin trains the dancers months in advance while the Kaiserin critiques performers for any faults. Final rehearsal occurs the night before at an invited guest residence. Royal princesses carry long trains, others manage shorter ones.
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Fraulein Gasperin
Peculiar Western Banks Emphasize Reputation Over Security
A World’s Work excerpt compares Western and Eastern banking norms. Six Seattle banks carried $8.6 million in rent on notes backed by reputations rather than collateral, while New York’s national banks held just over $9 million in similar paper. San Francisco loans exceeded $47 million. The piece argues Western credit rests on knowledge of borrowers, not formal security.
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Seattle
National Bank
New York
San Francisco
Condemns the motor car in London Weekly essay
A writer in the London Weekly denounces the motor car as vainly claiming to aid pleasure and education. He mocks the modern motorist for speed and superficial travel, contrasting with historic journeys and the subtle charm of the countryside and old milestones.
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T. P. O’connor
Sa London Weekly
Enfield
Charles
Mary Lamb
Westmoreland
Christopher North
Loch Toila
New Use for Household Pets Warns Against Despair
Dr Colin A Scott of Boston Normal School told Chicago school principals that caring for a pet can give life meaning and deter suicides. He noted cats and parrots as examples but warned cats may be selfish and that the owner is often the one controlled by the animal. He urged any interest preserving activities to help lonely women and elderly bachelors.
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Colin A. Scott
Boston Normal School
Chicago
New Byron Memorial Planned in Mesolongi Greece
Greece moves to honor Lord Byron with a monument at Mesolongi near the place of his death in April 1824. A surrounding garden and existing Heroon burial site frame the project. Prime Minister Venizelos spearheads the effort praised for his admiration of the English poet and ties to England.
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Byron
Greece
Lord Byron
M. E. Venizelos
A Gardener Called Out for Drinking
Old John the gardener, repudiated by employer Mr. Brown for drinking, defends himself as sober and insists he never was drunk. A heated exchange follows with John retorting that Brown is a hypocrite and quipping about Democratic politics.
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John
Mr. Brown
Rural Financier
A farmer agrees to haul a machine for Boggs in exchange for five dollars for one day of work. Boggs questions the time, but the farmer explains that after receiving the payment he won’t work again until the next day. Harper's Weekly reports the humorous exchange.
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Boggs
Harper’s Weekly
Time Table Pee We Et No. 5 Daily
A concise daily timetable entry noting train No. 5, No. 2, and No. 4 departures. It lists multiple daily services labeled No. 5 No. 2 and No. 4, indicating a schedule snapshot from the era.
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Queer
Benger & Compa
Frank Carpenter
F. Hall
Mr. Goodliver
W. G,mar
Ed H. Sharp
P. M
Bedford C. B
East
Blockton
Nort Bound
Dea
IHC
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Harvester
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