Third Term Dreams in 1880 and 1912 Elevate Roosevelts
The piece recalls Ulysses Grant leading the 1880 balloting for 36 votes before a dark horse Garfield derailed renomination. It compares Roosevelt who after McKinley’s assassination won one term, faced third term pressure in 1907 and 1912, then bolted the Bull Moose ticket.
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Dark Horse
James A. Garfield
Ulysses Grant
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Ulysses S.grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Grant
New York Herald
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Pennsylvania
Rutherford B. Hayes
White House
Julia Dent Grant
Washington
Roscoe Conkling
Hayes
St. Louis
Conkling
James G. Blaine
McKinley
Alton B. Parker
Taft
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Bull Moose Party
Woodrow Wilson
Western Newspaper Union
Orrin Questions Wife Run for Congress
Orrin jokes about running his wife for congresswoman, while Fred asks why. Orrin attributes her strength to her skill at introducing bills into the house.
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Orrin
Fred
House
Glaciers Gone For More Rocks In Swiss Mountain Ride
A group of American tourists ride a Swiss mountain road. The driver explains the rocks come from glaciers. When asked where the glaciers are, he says they have gone back to fetch more rocks.
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Switzerland
Embroider Bouquets On Your Bedspread Pattern 6656
Portable Colonial style bouquet designs with simple stitches. A transfer pattern includes 18 motifs from small to medium sizes with stitch illustrations and color schemes. Order information directs sending to the listed address.
Working Day Life and the Path to Action
A concise reflection on how a day of work frames our choices. It notes that effort can lead toward wrongdoing, while inaction cannot produce virtue, framing idle time as a driver of ethical risk.
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Hannah Moore
Paraphrase of Carlyle on debt and industry force
A compact reflection citing Carlyle that two main paths exist to grow wealth: raise income through productive effort or increase expenditure by laying out capital. The quotation frames economic growth as choice between investment and expense.
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Carlyle
Is This Why You Are Constipated
An advice note suggests dietary changes for constipation. It recommends increasing bulk through foods like All-Bran cereal. It emphasizes cereals as natural helpers and advises consulting a physician for chronic conditions.
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Battle Creek
Lincoln on daily growth and wisdom over time
A concise musing attributed to Lincoln notes that a man should improve each day and be wiser today than yesterday. It frames growth as a steady, personal aim rather than sudden leaps.
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Lincoln
Burbridge Reflection on Faith and Cold Morning Musings
A fragmentary note ties Burbridge to a saying about faith as the pencil of the soul that pictures heavenly things. The text appears as a short, reflective snippet within a broader cold weather context.
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Burbridge
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Teddy Roosevelt
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OUR Comic
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Mrs. Gabber
Mr. Gabber
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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