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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1914
Page
4
Charles L. Swain, Ohio Assembly speaker, declares his bid for the United States Senate. He endorses the legislative program enacted with the help of Governor James M. Cox and notes the challenge ahead from those who would oppose such a handicap.
The Cleveland Leader criticizes Cox machine push for Mills bill allowing cities to issue bonds for utilities. It argues such schemes shift tax burdens, harm private property, and build political machines in big cities. It calls for a referendum or initiative to decide the issue.
The American announces a new daily serial novel on divorce titled Divorced Life by Helen Hessong Fuessie. It will appear on the women's page starting next Monday, following Marion Winthrop through trials and triumphs in a vivid narrative about a pressing social issue.
A Seattle woman has been ordered to pay alimony while reports from Mexico reveal revolutionists insisting they need arms. The commentary notes some fighters may be more in need of legs than weapons.
Editor Lincoln Wirt argues Alaska offers greater long term wealth from farming than gold mining. He highlights subsoil thaw cycles, 24 hour summer sun, and unirrigated yet productive soils. Wirt cites Fairbanks experiments and Yukon cattle homesteads to show diverse crops and animals can thrive in Alaska’s frontier.
A broker recollects patrons who speculated and lost and must now accept consequences. He likens the punished to a fish hauled aboard and declares that as the area is made, they must lie upon the gaff until fate runs its course. The piece uses a cynical, moralizing tone about reap what you sow.
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts William J. Bryan’s early law career at Lincoln. He rehearsed a sharp introduction for a political meeting, and a lawyer’s reply emphasizes taking the business risks and standing the gaff. The tale then shifts to a vivid, brutal Florida sea hunt illustrating the peril of the gaff.
An elderly Jamestown resident recalls a parson who preached the same funeral sermon for two mourners, Comrade Jeb Sutton and Aunt Jane Priddy, in the same week. John Wells at Buffalo awaits his lecture hour as the conversation notes the sermon’s exact wording and a missing Jane’s war record.
A young woman picks up a home telephone to hear a neighbor boasting about beans cooking for dinner. She tries to wait for the conversation to end, then interrupts as the other woman ignores her call. The exchange ends with the intruding caller exasperatedly breaking into the chatter.
A discouraged boy tells his mother he will stop attending school because he believes he can never master spelling as the teacher keeps changing words.
Dialogue notes a joke being new to print and credits Noah with the oversight. The exchange frames the joke as fresh and unseen prior to publication.
A frustrated candidate laments the current state of politics asking what successors can do differently from their predecessors. The exchange hints at a longing for past methods and standards.
Mr. Hoyle regrets his son's lavish habits and contrasts youth spending with his own modest finances. He suggests asking grandfather for help as tensions arise over daily demands for funds.
The piece shifts through humorous vignettes about happiness and gloom. Uncle Abner and Hank Tumme critique chasing joy, noting contentment comes from within and steady cheer attracts well being. It also parodies quirks like collar fashions, vaudeville dreams, and memory fragments from childhood.
Copenhagen is portrayed as a large Danish capital with a booming dairy supply and cheap fresh eggs all winter. The piece notes its archipelago growth, bridges, famous residents like Thorvaldsen and Hans Christian Andersen, and a light self deprecating pride about royalty amid democratic life.
The article outlines how initiative and referendum allow voters to petition for laws or submit them to the people for approval. It lists states such as Oregon South Dakota Arkansas California Arizona and Ohio as adopting these processes. It also touches on offers to heirs and mortgage foreclosure for overdue notes.
An exchange shows Gibbs and Another discussing ego and self-promotion versus denigrating others. The Boston Transcript records one side of a playful debate about confidence and public image.
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