Woodrow Wilson's Early Life and Rise to Presidency
A concise biography tracing Woodrow Wilson born Staunton Virginia December 28 1856 his Scotch Irish lineage and family background in Staunton Georgia and South Carolina. It covers his education at Davidson Princeton Virginia Bryn Mawr Wesleyan and his ascent from governor of New Jersey in 1910 to the 1912 presidential winner and key reforms.
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New Jersey
United States
Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Joseph R. Wilson
James Wilson
County Down
Philadelphia
Aurora
Presbyterian Church
Augusta
South
Wilson
Woodrow
Steubenville
Ohio
Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Jefferson College
Western Theological Seminary
Princeton Seminary
Janet Woodrow
Thomas Woodrow
William J. McCombs
Princeton
Baltimore
Taft
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
President Wilson Is
Joseph R
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Wilsons
Georgia
South Carolina
Palmetto State
Davidson College
Davidson
Princeton University
Bryn Mawr
Savannah
Ellen Louise Axson
White House
Washington
Edith Bolling Galt
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Frances Bowes Sayre
William Gibbs McAdoo
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Municipal Commission
Vast Siberian Rail Line Extends to New Coal Field
The 500 mile extension of a Siberian railway opens a massive coal field hailed as one of the world’s greatest. South Africa builds a large sugar mill to boost cane farming in Zulu land. A portable hydraulic press bends large pipes to any curve without injury, enabling easier fabrication.
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South Africa
Zululand
Visiting Cards From Eggs Spark Courier Journal Wit
Quote from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes a humorous print about people writing their names on eggs as makeshift visiting cards. The remark reflects playful social commentary on personal branding in a light, period-appropriate tone.
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Louisyville Courier- Journal
Did His Best and His Spat With the Woman
A brief quoted exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript shows a spat where one speaker criticizes the other's choice of spouse while the other defends his actions saying he did the best he could. The fragment highlights domestic tensions without broader context.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Famous Bandit Escapes From Prison Again
Report from Rankin, Mississippi, confirms the escape of Harry C. Lester, life-term murder bandit, by digging through hospital flooring. He previously escaped from a Louisville & Nashville train robbery near Bay St. Louis, later captured near New Orleans. A $50 reward offered. Also notes opposition to the fish and game laws and a circulating initiative petition in Calhoun County to move a referendum, with officials promoting enforcement and voter education.
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Jackson
J. J. Coman
Penitentiary Board
S. Grantham
Rankin, Farm
Harry C. Lester
Rankin
Lester
Hancock County
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Waveland
Bay St. Louis
New Orleans
Mississippi
State board to rule on clemency petitions in July
The state board of pardons meets the first Monday in July for the statutory six days to consider all clemency petitions. The state board of health may act on establishing a proposed state sanitarium for tuberculosis, authorized by the last legislature with a $25,000 initial appropriation. A. E. Dugger of Clarksdale becomes levee board member, succeeding D. A. Scott, resigned, per Gov. Bilbo. Bilbo will summer at Biloxi with his family from July 25 to late September after the state encampment of the Mississippi National Guard.
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State Board of Pardons
State Board of Health
Dugger
A. EB. Dugger
Clarksdale
D. A. Scott
Bilbo
Coahoma County
Biloxi
Mississippi National Guard
Ten Days For Encampment Extended Not Approved
Brig. Gen. Eric C. Scales indicates the state encampment period will not extend beyond the original 15 days. Earlier word of a five day extension appears premature as shown by a general order from Gen. Scales. The original dates were September 9 through 24.
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Eric C. Scales
Scales
Mississippi News Items From Natchez to Meridian
Mississippi brief items report Natchez elects Richard F. Reed as chamber president Corinth plans a June 27 28 or 29 picnic in Overton Park West Point police arrest Lula Williams of Stonewall for stealing a ride on the M and O railroad University to fly Stars and Stripes at Ole Miss Canton struck by lightning destroys Williamson barn with seven mules and a horse Itta Bena fatal auto accident injures J W Ellis and W J Chandler Meridian Ed Johnson and Alice Gordon held on bonds for defrauding Lauderdale county colleges Come Ethel Mansfield shot fatally near Flora electric lighting and sidewalks planned Flora June 20 Jackson bonds of 130000 for road connections in Hinds county Lena cyclone debris found Jackson magnolia boys hurt in car crash Greenwood Leflore to issue 600000 highway bonds for permanent roads leaders travel for highway study and construction.
Party of Monopoly Shapes Republicanism and Power
The piece argues the Republican party is a property party aligned with Wall Street and big business. It criticizes leadership like Penrose and Gallinger as true links to financial interests, asserting any GOP candidate will be a property administration and that reform is unlikely within the party.
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The
Tribune
New York World
Woodrow Wilson
Penrose
Barnes, Gallinger
Democratic Party
Wilson
Republican Party
Penroses
Barneses
Gallingers
Old Guard
Hughes
Root
Roosevelt
Burton
Harding
Fairbanks
McCall
Chicago
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
the Tribune
President Wilson and the limits of popular initiative
The piece argues that President Wilson is not bound by initiative referendum or recall, challenging stories that he is displeased with certain policies or acting only on public demand. It states he rejects being a messenger required to enact a four year old will regardless of changed conditions.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Democratic Advantage in Party Leadership Emphasized
In a political opinion piece the author argues the Democratic party is vastly stronger than the Republicans. It praises Mr Wilson as the ablest living Democrat and the party’s foremost leader, asserting the Democrats eagerly follow his guidance.
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Wilson
Time's Changes Social Shifts Around a Colonel
A fragment hints at a Colonel who once boosted a presidential primary, then shied away from it as times changed, reflecting shifting political support and reframe of allegiance.
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Bard
Hanford Bal sam used as leg wash for horse care
The ad claims Hanford's Bal sam keeps horse skin in fine condition and should cure lameness. Trainers use it as a leg wash, with the speaker noting onion cures and a proverb about keeping the wolf from the door.
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Hanford
Ady
There Is No Art In Taking Medicine Ady Ad
An ad touts Plantation Chill Tonic claiming to banish chills without calomel and to leave the liver healthy while priced at 50 cents. A brief joke notes Miss Oldgirl as obliging after a rude remark.
Railroads’ hidden profit in commuter service
The quotation argues that railroads can afford low commuter rates because their real earnings come from staff and transient workers who continually enter and leave. The exchange highlights a belief that the workforce and其 turnover subsidize cheap fares for riders.
Hunting Trouble on Breckinridge Street
A quarrel between Casey and O'Brien on Breckinridge street near Barrett avenue escalates as a bystander voices calm. Casey retorts with a theatrical taunt and the crowd grows, turning a simple dispute into a scene described by the Louisville Times.
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Mike Hogan
Casey
O’brien
Breckinridge Street
Barrett Avenue
Louisville Times
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United States Supreme Court
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John D. Minor
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Renick
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Calhoun
Capitol
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Brantley
Pardon Board
Natchez
Richard F. Reed
Supreme Bench
Corinth
Memphis
Overton Park
West Point
Lula Williams
Stonewall, Miss
University of Mississippi
Powers
Canton
H. B. Williamson
Williamson
Itta Bena
J. W. Ellis
W. J. Chandler
Chandler
Meridian
Ed Johnson
Alice Gordon
Lauderdale County
Ethel Mansfield
Arthur White
White
Mansfield
Tom Mansfield
Gulfport
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Flora
Hinds County
Lena
Magnolia
Frank Wren
Sterling Holmes
Greenwood
Leflore
J.-L. Haley
8. I. Brown
M.S. Wilson
J. L. Montgomery
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Detroit
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Party OF Monopoly
Libby
McNeill & Libby
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G. Elias & Bro. Inc
Buffalo, N. Y
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