I Married You for Money and Found Love in Time
Bibbs Sheridan confronts a tangled aftermath of poverty and romance in a family-ruled business dispute. Mary Vertrees reveals a sacrifice made to escape a loveless match while Bibbs grapples with sentiment vs. practicality as he presses to shut down unsafe buildings and push the Realty venture forward. The drama unfolds around the Sheridan household and their expanding empire.
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Mary
Bibbs
Jim
Sibyl
Father
Miss Vertrees
Sheridan
Mrs. Sheridan
Edith
Roscoe
Jackson
Abercrombie
Krivitch Manufacturing Company
Lubin backs Wilson re election with business like praise
David Lubin a California farmer and founder of the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome joins Edison Burbank and Ford in urging Wilson’s re election. He argues America lags in business distribution methods and politics have been captured by special interests while praising Wilson as fearless practical and idealistic.
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David Lubin
International Institute of Agriculture
America
Wilson
Thomas A. Edison
Luther Burbank
Henry Ford
California
Rome
American Chamber of Commerce
Lubin
Europe
Italy
Germany
Republican Party
Robins declines debate with Mrs Funk over Hughes vs Wilson
Raymond Robins, former Progressive National Convention chair, refuses Mrs Antoinette Funk's public debate challenge on why Progressive voters should back Hughes while Wilson runs. Funk, Chicago lawyer and Progressive leader, urges debates to resolve the Wilson vs Hughes question during the 1916 campaign.
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Raymond Robins
Chicago
Antoinette Funk
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Mr. Robins
Junk
Roosevelt
Mr.Robins
Ilinois
Funk
Progressives
Democratic National Campaign Committee
Hughes
Robins
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic laws that help farmers of the era
The Nebraska Farm Magazine editor extols Wilson era reforms benefiting farmers. It lists Currency Reform, Rural Credits, Good Roads, Agricultural Extension, Cotton Futures Act, Warehouse Act, Grain Standards, Crop Moving funds, and improved marketing. It argues these measures save money, improve lending, and promote fair labor and markets.
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Uncle Sam
Wilson
Department of Labor
United States Employment Service
Sam
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Oregon Journal of Portland
Portland
Federal Employment Service
Congress
Federal Reserve
Cderyl
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasury Department
Office of Markets
Rural Organization Service
Department of Agriculture
Wicon
What the President Did to Avert Strike Disaster
President Wilson recounts pushing for an eight hour day in railway labor negotiations. He states he proposed Congress authorize a commission to observe results and report costs of the experiment, a plan rejected by rail executives but enacted by Congress. He notes strong legislative support, including Republicans in both houses. From Shadow Lawn speech Sept. 23.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Wilson
New Jersey
Shadow Lawn
N. J
Train Correspondents Describe Hughes Voice as Firm
Several newspaper correspondents noted Hughes spoke with a very firm voice in Ohio, contrasting sharply with other utterances that remained similarly firm.
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Ohio
Hughes
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Tarrington
Auteur Beaucaire
Canaan
Nose
Krivitch
Mr. Hughes
Gat Till
Harper & Brothers
President’s Standard
Mrs. Funk
Federal Employment Bureau
Frank G. Odell
Nebraska Farm Magazine
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