Steckman Named Democratic Publicity Director
Frederick W. Steckman, a Washington newspaper correspondent for twelve years, was chosen as director of publicity for the Democratic national committee. A Princeton Missouri native, he directed the Chicago headquarters in 1912 and pioneered small-contribution fundraising that netted over 100000 dollars. He has long worked with major papers including the St Louis Republic, Washington Post, and New Orleans Daily States.
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Frederick W. Steckman
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Princeton
Chicago
Steckman
St. Louis Republic
Capital
Washington Post
New Orleans
Daily States
Roosevelt Attacks Teuton Naval Leaders in Detroit Speech
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt denounces hyphenated Americanism and calls for universal military service and thorough preparedness. He criticizes the Wilson administration for inaction, urges decisive measures to defend national rights, and argues that only complete readiness ensures strength and moral purpose.
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Detroit
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
Michigan
Pri
Ford
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Wilson
Bridgeport Club Debut Dance Draws 200 Couples
The Bridgeport club held its first annual outside event at the Casino on State Street with nearly 200 couples dancing to Speidel's orchestra. Mayor Wilson led the procession with Miss Harriet O Neil as the escort, and late crowds moved to the club rooms for a midnight menu. The Criterion quartet could not perform due to an ill throat. President Hibben of Princeton attended after Woodrow Wilson's term.
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Bridgeport Club
State Street
Wilson
Harriet O’neil
Speidel
Palma
Oelock
Thomas Douglas
Wesley L. Norton
FH. Christie
Freda C. Kellar
W. H. Lank
Walter B. Wakelee
James Turner
Criterion Quartet
Quadrennial celebration marks Courtland School milestone
The 25th anniversary event at Courtland School drew hundreds of alumni to the residence of Mrs. DeVer H. Warner in Park Place. Founders Miss Mary Miner and Mrs George Holmes Edwards hosted with Mrs Nathan B. Topping and long-time teacher Miss Clara Miner. Entertainment featured dances on the lawn, including Colonial numbers and Mendelssohn pieces, with a large green-and-white cake as centerpiece. Officers of the Graduate Association were re elected: Mrs Edwards as president, Miss Catherine Plumb as vice president, Miss Dorothy Lyon as secretary, and Miss Louise Gould as treasurer.
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Courtland School
DeVer H. Warner
Park Place
Mary Miner
George Holmes Edwards
Graduate Association
Nathan B. Topping
Miss Miner
Clara Miner
Benita V. Slocum
Sally Lavery
Helene Pell
Ma Chase
Mendelssohn
Dorothy Lyon
Dorothy Smith
Lorraine Armstrong
Isabel Pillans
Miss Slocum
Miss Chase
Chosen to Superintend The Military Academy at West Point
Colonel John Biddle of the corps of engineers has been selected by Secretary Baker to succeed Colonel Clarence Townsley as superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Biddle, West Point 1881 graduate, has led major public works and currently serves in Baltimore. He was a military observer with Austria-Hungary in October 1914 and will soon exchange his colonel’s rank for brigadier general's stars.
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Corps of Engineers
Baker
Clarence P. Townsley
Coast Artillery
United States Military Academy
West Point
Washington
Biddle
Engineers
Baltimore
Austria-Hungary
Defense of national unity through universal service rhetoric
The text argues that ideals fail without power, urging universal military service as a core national school of civics. Roosevelt warns against pork-barrel methods, stresses defense as defensive and essential for peace, and condemns foreign influence while uniting Americans across origins under a shared fate.
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Ford
Washington
Roosevelt
Pirit
England
Germany
United States
Memory training expert astonishes YMCA gathering
Victor Werner, a memory training expert, wowed a YMCA audience with feats of recall. He memorized details from U.S. newspaper circulations to presidential birth and death dates, state areas and populations, capitals, and admission dates, and even an octillion-scale number in under a minute. He credited concentration, association, and assimilation of ideas and said knowledge must be instantly available at need. He urged businesspeople to memorize names, faces, numbers, and catalog data.
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Victor Werner
United States
Werner
Memory improvement course attracts eager applicants
The method to acquire a good memory through its use was revealed today. Ten to a dozen men expressed desire to join a class in the subject at once, and Educational Secretary Mr. Keeney said a class may be formed very soon, though not considered before last night.
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Keeney
Sneak Thieves Stage Two Night Raids
Police report two break ins in one night. Mrs. Charles Farley’s home at 1364 State Street was entered and a woman’s gold watch taken. At 8 Smith Street intruders punched Julia Smith from her door. Mel Smith’s screams drew neighbors, and the thieves escaped through a back door before valuables were taken.
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Sneaik
Charles Farley
State Street
O Tuffans
Julia Smith
Smith Street
Mel Smith
Tuberculosis Claims Many Soldier Victims
Stockholm reports the heavy toll of tuberculosis in World War exchanges of disabled prisoners through Sweden by Russia and Austria. A Russian train carried 290 Austrian prisoners with 10 cases of consumption and three deaths occurred in transit. A second train carried 30 Austrians rendered insane by suffering. Three trains run weekly in each direction exchanging prisoners unfit for military service due to disease loss of limbs or mental breakdown.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Austria
Brother of Bishop Brewster Accepts Call as Rector
Litchfield Conn May 198- Rev William T Brewster of Warehouse Point brother of Rt Rev Bishop Brewster has accepted the call to become rector of St Michael church here succeeding Rev Storry Seymour He will preach his first sermon as rector on July 2 He is a Yale graduate class of 1881 and later went West He was ordained a deacon in 18396 A regular carnival of bargains Great price reductions at BH Dillon Co 1108 Main Street Ad. 7.
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Conn
Willam T. Brewster
Warehouse Point
Bishop Brewster
Diocese of
Connecticut
St. Michaelly Church
Storry
Seymour
Brewster
Yale
Fceland
H. Dillon & Co
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