Cincinnati Bid for Republican Convention Highlighted
The Republican National Committee will choose a city to host a rehabilitated party meeting. Cincinnati, birthplace of a living former Republican president, is urged as the site with a strong promotional push and telegram campaigns to influence selection. Civic groups and the Chamber of Commerce are urged to present a concrete, money aided offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tainois
Republican National Committee
Washington
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Poison Needle Panic Not Warranted Say Doctors
The piece urges calm amid sensational reports of white slave plots involving a supposed poison needle. Medical opinion attributed to experts questions the reality of such schemes, noting hysteria and imagination fueling most tales while believing most disappearances occur by the victims' own choices.
Making Santa Claus Real For Christmas Charity
A call to readers to donate to the Business Men's Club Santa Claus Committee to fund the city’s poor for Christmas morning. The appeal suggests giving fifty cents or more, noting it costs little and can fill a stocking, urging immediate generosity from all readers.
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Business Men’s Club
Santa Claus
Fixing the Blame The Kenton County jury finds racer Oolin Johnson responsible for Ludlow Lagoon tragedy
The grand jury in Kenton County Kentucky holds Oolin Johnson responsible for the Ludlow Lagoon race accident that killed a racer last summer. It asserts the sport will resume when promoters seek profit and future deaths may be used to assign blame, easing living people’s scruples about killing innocents.
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Kenton County
Kentucky
Oolin Johnson
Ludlow Lagoon
Miscellaneous satirical notes from a 1910s era column
A mosaic of political quips and social jabs covers topics from suffrage to law, crime, and public policy. The brief items reference Senator J Ham Lewis, Connecticut hanging debates, hunting fatalities, policewomen, Huerta and Wilson, and local civic humor about rides and fares.
Army Still Needed Says War Secretary in World Peace Outlook
War Secretary Garrizon in the annual report urges stronger military strength and efficiency. He warns disarmament is premature and the army is a public necessity. He notes border duty on the Mexican frontier, civilian care for the wounded, and the need to popularize and properly place the army in public regard. The report praises the general staff and military training.
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Washington
Garrizon
Mexico
Border Towne
Army War College
Inspiration as a stimulant for effort and creativity
George Fitch humorously defines inspiration as a mental intoxication that fuels work and clever speech. He notes inspiration can come from youth, sermons, or even a stubborn mule, and sometimes requires a brisk kick to awaken effort and drive achievement.
Dinner Stories and Farm Job Tales
A German applicant seeks work on a farm with a humorous exchange over pay and employment. A farmer later is amused by an old man’s reaction to automobiles. A girl receives a bantam egg tale, hoping for an ostrich egg, and finds a note urging persistence. The anecdotes blend farm life humor with gentle misadventures.
Why Not Change Tactics
A letter to the editor urges women to stop complaining about high egg prices and adopt a provident approach by storing eggs. It describes a method of bathing fresh eggs to extend shelf life, claims fifteen years of success, and cites a school reader verse. The piece also includes a separate compliment to The American for improvements and journalism.
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The
McDaffey
the American
New Overcoat Costin Boston Talk Proves Frugal Taste
In a brief exchange between two locals, first says he has a new overcoat worth a fair sum, while the other notes a six month period of wear and a stance against cheap clothes, reflecting a frugal, streetwise mood in Boston.
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Boston Transcript
Huerta Told to Adjust to Wilson's Conditions
The Waco Tribune quips that Victoriano Huerta, a Hispano Aztec blend labeled a Mexican, should understand President Wilson's stance. If Huerta has sense, he will adapt to the conditions outlined by the president.
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Victoriano Huerta
Woodrow
Huerta
Wilson
Waco Tribune
Suffrage Leader Catt Critiques Constitution Likely Reforms
Carrie Chapman Catt, a leading American suffragist, challenged Dr Anna Howard Shaw on altering the constitution, questioning whether its fabric could be replaced with new materials. The exchange appears in a public papers column reflecting debates on constitutional reform and women's rights.
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Carrie Chapman’ Catt
Anna Howard Shaw
Catt
Wilmnington Evening Journal
Teacher Tests Hyphen Rules With Bird Cage Joke
A lower grade teacher instructs pupils on hyphen usage. When asked why we hyphenate bird cage, student Paul replies that the hyphen is for the bird to sit on. This humorous exchange appears in Current Literature.
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Paul
Refined Memphis News Scimitar Cartoon Quip
The Memphis News Scimitar remarks that among refined people swearing has nearly died out but notes concern over what sensitive ears might hear in the sanctum and chapel of the News Scimitar, as echoed by the Houston Post.
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Erk Biine
Americas
Memphis News Scimitar
News
Scimitar
Houston Post
Tragic jump ends with unlikely landing on adjacent building
A man named Jones reportedly fell from his 20th story office yesterday. He did not die in a funeral, as witnesses say he landed on the roof of a nearby 19 story building, sparing a service.
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Jones
Boston
Transcript
Dancing, Fitness Follies and Fat Fight Legacy
A humorous reminiscence blends verse and prose about tango dancing misadventures and a fat man's gym trial. It chronicles awkward dance flair, clingy self mockery, health efforts, and a sudden weight gain after a two day lapse, ending with a wry moral on consistency.
The Handy Werther by Walt Mason
A humorous verse urges kindness over sharp words and grumbling. The speaker laments harsh talk, wishing to vent by the window rather than lash out at loved ones, while joking about the blizzard and a smiling audience.
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the Handy Werther
Walt Mason
Donnerwetter
Brighten Every Day with Kindness and Forgiveness
A motivational note urges starting mornings with joy hope kindness and a warm greeting. It counsels passing enemies, forgiving, and recognizing that personal happiness comes from within. It promotes Leslie's Weekly as a source.
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Leslie’s Weekly
Dyspepsia cure via automobiling claims by Cleveland physician
A Cleveland physician asserts automobiling eases dyspepsia and suggests riding after meals. The note lightly parodies medical tips and wedding reports, with humorous asides about appendectomy costs and poetic wordplay from two newspaper clippings.
Free Legal Department Answers Ohio Corporate and Marriage Queries
A historical column describes a free legal advice service. It lists the minimum five adults to form a corporation, notes the U S Chief Justice Edward Douglass White and eight associates, and answers questions on a wife buying without permission and age requirements for marriage licenses with male 18 and female 16 plus parental consent rules.
Ancient Egyptian Prescription Influenced Medical History
Professor Elliot Smith spoke in London on the impact of mummification on medical practice and Greek anatomy. He presented a 2000 B C papyrus prescribing an ointment to calm a man with acute mania, applied 16 times daily, noting no malicious intent.
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Elliot Smith
London
Royal Society of Medicine
Egypt
Professor Smith
B. C
Smith
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Reso
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Chicago
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D. Webster
T. Edison
Hur Farm
Schmidt's
Roosevelt
Houston Chronicle
Heer
Hlall-Nelson
Diary of A Bonehead
Pela
Tyre
Miss Muffet
Cleveland
Buffalo News
Virginian Pilot
Free Legal Department
Cincinnati American
East Seventh Street
Ohio
State of
United States
Edward Douglass White
McKenna
Holmes
Day
Lorton
Hughes
van Deventer
Lamar
Pitney
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