Pennsylvania Senate Fight Splits Gop Over Pinchot Ware
Pennsylvania politics show Gov. Pinchot weighing an independent Senate bid amid Vare machine woes. Pepper's defeat prompts questions about loyalties and possible split by Pinchot and Ware while Reed and the rest of the governor's circle watch the maneuvering.
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Best Chance for Prohibition Party Revival in New York
The article notes leaders aim to revive the prohibitionist party by fielding tickets in New York and other states to aid wet candidates. D Leigh Colvin, national chair, calls rehabilitation of the party an urgent necessity, but the piece warns of past errors seen in the American Federation of Labor and its nonalignment with labor activism.
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Prohibition
New York
D. Leigh Colvin
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American Federation of Labor
West Virginia
What We Were Doing What We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today
John Crouch a Norfolk and Western brakeman was killed at Eckman while throwing a switch. Grand Chief Engineer W S Stone was the guest of Norfolk and Western locomotive engineers here. Co P Claytor and family moved from Fairmont to Bluefield.
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Norfolk and Western
Eckman
W. 8. Stone
Norfolk and Western Locomotive Engineers
Co. P. Claytor
Fairmont
Bluefield
Thomas J. Heslip
Shaneville
Nora A. Compton
Carl B. Earley
First National Bank of
Welch
National Bank of Commerce
Williamson
Laura Gilversleeve
Tazewell
R. C. Cofer
Bedford, Va
Prohibition Revival Debated and Honor System Flaws
An editorial decries a revived prohibition party as ineffective in West Virginia and urges supporting dry candidates within existing parties. It also condemns the Illinois honor system for prisoners, calls for stricter justice, and notes various social and political observations including promoters in Florida and a Portugal king’s potential future.
Platform proposals for Bluefield area development and safety
The platform calls for quarterly tax payments to city county and state with a federal style system. It urges mine safety regulation enforcement and operator miner education. It proposes barriers on roads to save motorists and a gas line tax to fund levies while eliminating personal property licenses. It envisions a new Bluefield passenger station to ease rail streets congestion and better parking. It proposes an advancement association for Southern West Virginia counties and Sunday elections stressing sacred self government. It also calls for uniformed deputy sheriffs and constables.
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Booth Tarkington predicts skirt disappearance in fifty years
The editors across the country debate Booth Tarkingtons forecast that within fifty years the skirt may disappear. Critics doubt a fixed rule in fashion unity, citing shifting styles and evolving gender attire from knickers to trousers, while some say women will retain graceful dress regardless.
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Weather and politics mix in a scattered roundup
Brief, punchy clippings note cooperative weather aiding political campaigns while quips about exploration, deportation talk, and humorous contrasts pepper the era. Various city papers joke on drafts, souvenirs, and oddities as public discourse and culture intersect.
Tom Sims Telegraph Ticklers
A collection of witty quips and rhymes on daily life and public affairs. The notes urge thrift, time value, and personal ambition while poking fun at politics and hats, bills, and humor in public discourse.
Debate Over Vote Buying Roils Senate Session
The exchange between Caraway and Bingham over campaign costs and vote buying flared during a Senate discussion on senatorial primaries. Caraway teased Bingham's views while suggesting spending scales, with both sides debating limits and per-vote costs. Monkeying with Senator Caraway proved costly for opponents.
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Caraway
The Soul's Hour in a Busy Mill
A speaker leaves the grinding mills and urban clamor to sit in a dark room and summon memories of love and beauty. He recalls passion flowers and vanished days, experiencing a fleeting rise above the market's gold dust before returning to pursuit and lust at dawn.
Wheat Harvest Drama As Machines Replace Human Labor
Editorials compare the Kansas wheat harvest to a dramatic, historic procession. Huge machines replace ground crews, moving grain to market as fields turn yellow and the season fulfills yearly hopes. Some opinions urge balance between money making and higher ideals, seeking compromise.
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Oklahoma
Wichita
The Duty of Health by Dr Hugh B Cumming
Editor's note introduces a series on public health work by the U S Surgeon General. It discusses how public health informs individuals as state members, the complexity of the human body, and historical shifts in medical understanding including vaccination and smallpox mortality. Text ends with a wry remark about taxes at the end.
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United States Public Health Service
Harvey
Jenner
United States
Clash Between Nature Lovers and Power Interests at Hot Springs
A heated police meeting at Hot Springs debated whether Nature lovers or industrial power interests should govern park and scenic lands. Some argued for public scenic use only while others favored balanced development, with concerns over preserving beauty amid utility.
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Industr
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Better Health
A Cleveland Ohio woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after severe weight loss and illness. She reports gaining from 38 to 116 pounds and returning to housework after using four bottles. The notice frames health as wealth and happiness as tied to well being.
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Nelson Ave
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Hermit of Broadway Retired Photographer Dies in Hospital
New York reports a long time Broadway recluse known as Old Joe, once a famed theatrical photographer with a fortune, living in a modern hotel while spending little on food. He traveled to Italy after retiring, met a voodoo doctor, and faced a strange fate amid rusted padlocks and pigeons in his room. A clipping notes the death of a circus sword swallower from indigestion.
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