Minnesota tale of John Johnson the country editor turned governor
A long, era-spanning account argues Minnesota native John Johnson rose from a Swede immigrant family in St Peter to editor of the Herald and then to governor, aided by his humble beginnings, a tough early life aiding his母. Johnson’s campaign tactics and the boomerang circular about his father are recounted as key moments in his ascent.
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John A. Jonson
America
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St. Peter
Henry Essler
Johnson
State
John Johnson
Min- Neweta
Pann
Sellast
Johlnson
Dunn
Asylum For the
St.aul
St. Paul
Minnesota Press
Gustaf Johnson
Sweden
Caroline Haden
Gustaf
John
Joli
Johnny
Herald
Roosevelt
John Albert Johnson
State Capitol
Boomeran
Gove
Gover
St. Veter
Johnn
Johnson Governorship Profile Shapes Minnesota Politics
The article praises Governor Johnson for conservative leadership during the Mesaba iron mine strike and tax shifts. It notes mine valuations rising from 38 million to 194 million, doubled taxes on railways, and his personal mediation with strikers to avoid militia deployment. It contrasts Johnson with Lincoln while endorsing his plain, honest governance.
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Johnson
Mesaba Range
Tie
John Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Abe
Fifth Avenue
Newport
Innatic
American
Ghostly plea and poultry raffle tale from New Jersey
John Hickey, leaving a West Caldwell raffle with three turkeys and four geese, is haunted by a white figure begging him to give to the poor. The phantom pursues him along the road, vanishing when spooked, until Hickey tosses the fowls and hurries home. In daylight he finds two birds on the veranda and one more of each remains undistributed.
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John Hickey
West Caldwell
N. J
Little Falls
New York Times
Hickey
Joan
Praise for His Nerve in Congress
A New York Times Washington report laughs at the Congressional Record for humor and notes Representative Wallace of Arkansas used three speeches in one minute. It records fake applause remarks though no applause occurred.
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Congressional Record
Washington
New York Times
Wallace
Arkansas
House
Arkansan
Portugal Reports Stability Amid Graft Crackdown Dictatorship
In Lisbon, U.S. minister Charles A. Bryan says Portugal shows no sign of civil war or revolution. He notes general tranquility, while observers call this a historic era marked by anti graft action and a rise of Senor Joao Franco as a reforming dictator.
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Lisbon
Charles Ase Bryan
Portugal
Carlos
Associated Press
Bryan
United States
Rebeiro
Senor
Joao Franco
University of Coimbra
Mrs Glyn in America sparks clash at Pilgrim Mothers dinner
The visit of English author Elinor Glyn to New York prompts criticism of her novel Three Weeks over its morals. At a Pilgrim Mothers dinner in a New York hotel, suffragist leader Mrs Cobden Sanderson refused to sit with Glyn. Glyn later tours Chinatown on a slumming excursion where she encounters Bowery character Chuck Connors who remarks in broad slang about her, joking about her weight and hair.
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Elinor Glyn
United States
Feading
New York
Cobden Sanderson
Terri Ble
Perils of the Magellan Strait and Admiral Evans voyage
Rear Admiral Evans leads the Atlantic fleet through the Magellan Strait in a voyage recalled from A Sailor's Log. The account details sublime glacial vistas, icy seas, narrow channels, and the dangers of shoal waters as the fleet nears Punta Arenas and proceeds toward Callao and Magdalena.
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Strait
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New York Times
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Yorktown
Baltimore
Valparaiso
D. Appleton & Co
Cape Virgin
Sandy Point
Tropics
Smyth's Channel
Smyths Channel
Moglish Narrows
Strait of Magellan
Trenton
Punta Arenas
Hampton Roads
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Callao
Magdalena
Chest Transmitter Turns Talking Into Body Contact
A St Louis discovery shows a chest mounted telephone transmitter can carry sound, reducing lip contact. Two young women and Washington University professor Calvin Woodward discuss the principle, with citywide experiments and reports of talking from various body locations.
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St. Louis
Central
Calvin M. Woodward
Washington University
North East Kansas Shucking Champion Proclaims Challenge
Horton correspondent reports a shift in corn husking lore as yields rise. William Liogd of Powhattan claims northeastern Kansas top honors after husking 16 bushels in eight hours and averaging 125 to 140 bushels per day, issuing a formal challenge to all comers.
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Horton
Kansas City Star
William Liogd
Powhattan
Kansas
Morgan Fooling Rain Joke Delights Wall Street
J Pierpont Morgan, dubbed the slump annihilator by friends, told Norman and Ream a humorous story about asking his father when the rain would stop. The elder Morgan answered that only one rainstorm never stopped, and the joke ends with Morgan chuckling at the drizzle over Broad Street.
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J. P. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Norman &. Ream
New York American
Mr. Morgan
Texas peanut boom eyed as rival states yield
Farmers in Texas push peanut cultivation and a Terre factory processes about 1,500 bushels daily as Texas challenges Virginia Tennessee and Georgia for peanut leadership per the Galveston News.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Cieorgia
Galveston News
Terre
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