Must Fit Party Platform
A political column argues the Republican nominee must align with the party platform. It urges voters to judge candidates by records over promises and notes Johnson’s anti peace treaty stance. It also mentions Senator Colby’s apology to Britain for Irish sympathizers burning the Union Jack.
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Chicago
Hiram W. Johnson
Senate
Lodge
Colby
Washington
United States
Lodge Names Wilson Dynasty in Brutal Campaign Rhetoric
Senator Lodge, chosen as keynote speaker for Chicago, assails President Wilson as leading a dynasty and autocratic rule, warning that Wilson and his heirs must be driven from influence. The speech targets McAdoo and other allies, while railing at imperial pretensions and Republican fears of entrenchment.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Wilson
Lodge
United States
Senator Lodge
William Gibbs McAdoo
Massachusetts Golan
Germany
Imperial Republic of Germany
Better Farming The Intensive Method for American Agriculture
The article argues for intensified farming to raise yields with modest extra costs, urging adoption of scientific methods over hit and miss practices. It notes farmers wasteful with best machinery and highlights weather and cost factors, plus political notes on taxes and incumbents.
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United States
Supreme Court Decision and the Prohibition Clash
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times notes the court’s ruling on the national prohibition amendment and the Volstead enforcement law. It highlights limits on Congress to liberalize the act while enforcing a ban on intoxicating liquors and beverages above half a percent alcohol. Delegates at the Chicago convention may have ignored straw votes guiding them.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Pittsburgh Gazette Times
Labor, capital and politics in labor convention debate
The American Federation of Labor hosts its Montreal convention this week with delegates debating labor gains, political involvement and the limits of labor influence. Editors warn against class division and radical leadership while noting the public interest and overall national welfare.
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American Federation of Labor
Montreal
Canada
Workers of
United States
Samuel Gompers
Congress
Poetic Fragments Amid Ragged Nostalgia and News Bits
A collage of poems and humorous clippings from early 20th century papers. It blends a child’s reminiscence about a fearless mother and brave fathers with epigrams, jokes, and short notices from multiple regional newspapers. It includes the Toonerville Fire Department report and various quips on politics and life.
Tenacious folly and civic stumbles in daily life
A reflective fragment argues men show tenacity only when pursuing self destructive choices. It notes hope steadies courage yet debts remain unsatisfied and duties reveal deaf ears. It laments gossip, punishment limits, and political defeat, ending with a quip about a politician’s fate.
Chinaman's Trade Secret Vermillion Process Revealed
The vermillion making method among the Chinese is described as a guarded trade and family secret passed down through generations. Few people are familiar with the process as it remains closely held within families.
Mud Geysers Rise At Salton Sea In California
Mud geysers have formed over several acres at the Salton Sea in California. The lake lies 265 feet below sea level. ten years ago the area was dry before irrigation runoff created the new water body.
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Salton Sea
California
Uncle Sam profits from lost money says Haskin
Washington columnist argues that when cash goes missing the government gains the face value of bills and notes. He cites shinplaster losses, dollar and two dollar bills, and losses from fires like Chicago, San Francisco, and Baltimore as boosts to federal coffers.
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Washington, D. C
Davy Jones’ Locker
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Federal Reserve
National Bank
Treasury Department
Baltimore
San Francisco
Side Talks by Ruth Cameron on Work and Leisure
Ruth Cameron argues against pure leisure without purpose, praising competitive economic systems and inheritance taxes to better educate future generations. She contrasts empty luxury with the need to work and warns against a life of idle wealth.
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Ruth Cameron
Answers to Yesterday's Kwiz Reveals Broad Trivia
Ferment means upheaval, larkspur comes in blue pink and yellow, Chilean north province rivals Peru like Alsace Lorraine, Mary Pickford called Our Mary, soporific induces sleep, early puppy lesson is obedience, salt is oldest condiment, alewife related to herring. Women's clubs study politics across 13 states.
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Chile
Peru
Alsace-Lorraine
South America
Mary Pickford
America
Charles Culberson 65th Birthday Senate Veteran
Charles A Culberson of Texas celebrates his 65th birthday and is noted as the oldest Democratic senator by continuous service. First elected in 1899 he chairs the judiciary committee and serves on other key panels. A former Texas governor 1894 to 1898 and a Dallas Waco area lawyer, he studied at the Virginia Military Institute.
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Charles A. Culberson
Texas
United States Senate
Culberson
Senate
Judiciary
Dallas
Waco County
Alabama
Virginia Military Institute
A Gem-Studded Atlas Attributed To Russia For France
A lavish map held in the Louvre is described as the most costly in the world with jasper ground work, gold inscribed city names, platinum rivers, and 87 departments in gem setting. Presented by the Czar after the Franco Russian alliance, it is valued at 1 250 000 dollars. An aside notes about 125 native United States asters, with about half in the northeast.
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Treasury
United States
France
Louvre
Russia
Holding a Husband and a Father’s Buried Tragedy
A narrator recalls a tense family scene where her father reassures her while urging secrecy about her husband. Past guilt surfaces as memories of a deserted mother and a long-buried crime emerge, influencing present decisions about safety and loyalty.
Anniversary notes and birthdays span U S history
A dated annals roundup lists events from 1776 to 1918 including Garrick’s last stage appearance 1829 Oxford winning the first boat race 1833 Pauline Cushman birth and death 1893 Dorothea Dix 1861 appointment 1895 Olney 1909 Wright brothers medals 1916 nominations 1918 conscientious objectors. Today’s birthdays mark Randall Parrish Paul Reinsch William S. Kenyon Francis X. Bushman Battling Levinsky and Georges Carpentier connections with ages noted.
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David Garrick
Oxford
Cambridge
Pauline Cushman
Union
New Orleans
San Francisco
Dorothea I. Dix
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Wright Brothers
Perfectors
Taft
Charles Fe, Hughes
Charles ‘Warren Fairbanks
Repulian National Convention
San Antonio Tex
Randall Parrish
Henry County
Paul S. Reinsch
United States
Eeister
Milwaukee
Sd William S. Kenyon
Iowa
Elyria
Francis X. Bushman
Norfolk
Levinsky
Georges Carpent
Philadelphia
Pope
Botter
Fireside Parks Provide Firewood Near Vienna Amid Shortage
Private parks once owned by the ex emperor are stripped for fuel as natives haul logs home. Desperate locals cut trees and transport them on sturdy backs, reflecting wartime fuel scarcity. Belgium reports rapid recovery aided by resolved strikes. industrial output nears prewar levels with new production in the year.
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Vienna
Belgium
Boletus Towart
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