Republicans split over people and corporations in a fractured party
A historical critique argues that the Republican party cannot reunite due to a gulf between its "people" wing and corporate interests. It cites West liberalization versus Southern machine control and East industry influence, with Bridgeport as a focal example where corporate owners dominate local leadership and oppose municipal public ownership. The piece warns unity requires a shift unlikely to occur.
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Roosevelt
West
South
East
Middle States
Republican Party
Bridgeport
Bri
United States
Farmers Voice Tariff Talk On Wage Cuts
The Bridgeport Farmers edition discusses tariff revision and the risk of wage cuts triggering a factory strike if reductions are made. It notes Secretary Redfield’s view that the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce aims to be constructive, studying industry needs and offering efficiency improvements to help manufacturers compete with foreign rivals.
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Seeeeel Ducin
Bridgeport
Turer
Farmer Publishing Co
Fairfield Ave
Redfield
S. Bureau of Foreign
Com- Saitoma Merce
The Human Procession and Notable Elders in Public Life
A digest of birthday profiles and career milestones: Rev Percy Stickney Grant born in Boston marks fifty three, Thomas Rees publisher of the Illinois State Register born in Pittsburgh turns sixty three, William Butler Hornblower tied to the Supreme Court amid New York club walking, Gabriel Faure turns sixty eight and reflects on Birth of Venus concerts, plus a note on Japanese pupil dominance in Hawaiian schools and education financing reforms since 1900 improving teacher numbers and salaries.
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Percy Stickney Grant
New York
Boston
Fall River
Church of the Ascension
Thomas Rees
Ilinois State Register
Springfield
Rees
Pittsburgh
Iowa
Keokuk
Illinois State Capitol
State Register
Illinois
Europe
Spain
Cuba
Mexico
Illinois Good Roads Commission
William Butler Hornblower
United States Supreme Court
Cleveland
Ambassador Choate
Gaynor
John ©. Parsons
Andrew Carnegie
Hornblower
Paterson N. J
Gabriel Faure
Paris
M. Faure
Saint-Saens
Faure
Claude Debussy
Dukes
Vincent Dindy
Wallenstein
Pamiers
France
Sacred Music
Niedermeyer
Saint-Saene and
Dietsch
Walter F. Frear
United States Bureau of Education
Frear
Hawaii
Dinner Sets Sale In Various White and Gold Designs
An assortment of 12 piece and larger dinner sets in white and gold, rosebud, and blue underglaze patterns offered at sale prices from 10.00 to 25.00. Includes Blue Willow imitation, English earthenware, Colonial landscapes, and multiple plate and cup assortments with decorative borders and breakfast, tea, and dessert ware.
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Bluew Marine
Gozfan
Iroo Jase
Alarm Over New Charter for United Electric and Water Company
A 19th century editorial warns of a charter for United Electric & Water Company seen as granting broad merger powers and private control of public property. It accuses unknown insiders of loot and predicts a clash between old electric monopolies and reform-minded citizens. The piece notes assembly secrecy and urges vigilance as the controversy unfolds.
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United Electric & Water Company
General Assembly
Burglary Report With Sledge Hammered Safe Escape
A clumsy burglar opened an unlocked safe with a sledge hammer and fled in a gasolineless automobile. The incident highlights misused energy and hints at the potential for greater wealth through constitutional and financial reforms.
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General Assembly
Administration Means Business in Tariff Inquiry
The Secretary of Commerce, backed by President Wilson, plans a broad investigation by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce into how tariff revision affects industry. The goal is to uncover true facts through careful study of books, methods, and trade conditions, rather than accept claims from protected interests. The effort aims to inform Congress and protect workers by revealing actual impacts of proposed tariff reductions.
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Secreary
Redfield
Wilson
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Ee Ee
Religious divisions mark Atlante Presbyterians meeting
In Atlante Georgia free divisions of the Presbyterian synod gather for their annual general assemblies beginning tomorrow. Leaders seek unity amid liberal and higher critical debates on biblical doctrine including the virgin birth and the Pentateuch. The Alliance of Reformed Churches links three Atlanta bodies to broader global groups. doctrinal tensions mirror wider Protestant splits.
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Atlante
Presbyterian Synod
Presbyterian Church
North
Presbyterian Church, South
United Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
Alliance of Reformed Churches
United States
Presbyterian Church In
Canada
North America
Mexico
Reformed Presbyterians
Amercan Association For the Advancement of Science
New York
Read Company offers stamped sewing items and lessons
D. M. Read Company advertises with Miss Alden directing weekly art section sessions and teaching stitches. Featured stamped pillow cases 24 by 36 inches 29 cents per pair, cross stitch and lace items 39 cents, crash bags 69 and 50 cents, nightgowns 49 cents, lawn and voile waists 39 to 49 cents, silk skeins 20 cents a dozen, and new Japanese towel patterns.
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Miss Alden
Hawaiian school system and growth outlined
The D. M. Read Co describes Hawaii’s education system with three similar schools, the Normal School, the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, two high schools, and 151 elementary schools. Around 30,000 children attend, with a 38 week school year and compulsory attendance up to age 17. The Territory spent 582,536 on education last year plus counties 47,799. College of Hawaii on a separate site has graduated its first class. Attendance averaged 86 percent, and Hawaii’s system is praised as comparable to leading U S schools.
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College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
College of Hawaii
Honolulu
Hawaii
United States
Sale of assorted fabrics at discounted price
Radford B Smith offers several kinds of fabrics at $1.00 each. Some are Fruit of the Loom Muslin with tucks, others neatly trimmed. Ready for delivery, customers pay car fare to have their own packages sent out.
Millions Wasted In US Natural Gas Each Year
Oil experts from the United States Bureau of Mines report vast losses of natural gas nationwide. In Oklahoma 100 million cubic feet escape daily worth 20 000 dollars per day and 7 300 000 annually, while Louisiana loses 75 million cubic feet daily valued at 15 000 per day or 5 475 000 yearly, with coal resources lacking locally.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Mines
Joseph A. Holmes
United States
Ralph Arnold
Frederick G. Clapp
Oklahoma
Louiae
California
Louisiana
Gas Waste in Oil Fields Cited as Stark Losses Across States
The state allows gas to escape as citizens pay for distant coal while wells in the Caddo field waste vast gas daily. Three principal wells caused most waste. two closed, one left burning and venting gas for years. California fields also wasted valuable gasoline in gas accompanying oil, with losses estimated at millions. Industrial waste endangers future supplies, experts warn, urging conservation and better recovery methods.
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Caddo
Mr. Arnold
Clapp
California
Mrn Arnold
I. C. White
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Tees
Canvas Shoes For Tennis And Yachting Purposes
Canvas shoes priced at 2.00 dollars offered for light flexible wear suitable for tennis vacation and yachting needs.
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Csirabic
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