Pure Democracy or Representative Government Debate
Chicagoan observer discusses the Republican and Progressive union, the tie to an economic issue or pure democracy. He cautions that the 1912 campaign will hinge on the dominant issue, with leaders guiding opinion but voters deciding the outcome.
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Leah Gale
Lowden
Republican Party
Thost
Snall
United’ States
United States
Reedll
Madison
Hamilton
Greece
Rome
Theodore Roosevelt
Jed
White House
Deneer
Roy West
Evening at the staircase echoes a young man’s farewell
A comic-paper father upstairs at 11:65 p m reproves a young man for delaying good nights while a daughter answers in the hall. The exchange hints at comic timing and domestic humor.
Panama Canal Slide Threat to Navigation Advances
The army undertook a major rock and dirt slide in the Culebra cut. Water fills the cut on both sides as a huge dragline looks on. Officials plan to suck up dirt and move it over the hills to clear millions of cubic yards before the waterway is completed. The Culebra cut slides have long been the canal builders’ greatest obstacle since work began nine years ago.
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Culebra
Illinois Is Poor State For Fire Insurance
The Calumet Fire Insurance Company of Chicago reinsured in the National Union Fire of Pittsburgh leaving Illinois with few home companies. Chicago once had several promising firms but the 1871 fire and investor caution reduced local fire insurers. Illinois ranks low as a home fire insurance field while life and casualty firms show growth.
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Chicago
Calumet Fire Insurance Company
National Union Fire of
Pittsburgh
Illinois
Central National Fire of Chicago
North British
Mercantile
Metropolitan Fire
Federal Union
Peoria
Rockford
Hartford
New York City
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
East
Rpm
Mfe
Traders Fire Insurance Company
San Francisco
Calumet
Tarax
Insurance Brokerage Association of Chicago
Sewo
Eee Jr
New York
Union Men of Chicago Hear "King of Hoboes"
Jeff Davie, president of the hobos union, addressed the Chicago Federation of Labor in Chicago on November 4. He urged endorsement of a plan to declare vagrancy laws unconstitutional, but delegates declined. The speech led to gavel rulings and Davie was told to leave if he did not respect the chair.
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Chicago
Jeff Davie
Chicago Federation of Labor
Jeff
Hobos’ Union
James Eadstiow
Jeff—os
Boa
Parratt
Ohio
Drothera
Seattle
Executive Board
Unseen Bride To Be Married Twice In Cuba Linked Romance
Baltimore reports Dr. Francis W. Hartley, 56, will wed widow Marion C. Arnett, 45, in two ceremonies unseen by the groom. The pairing stems from a Cuba romance aided by a marriage bureau and long distance calls. The two weddings will proceed under Hartley and Hellyer names, with a veil kept down until after the final ceremony.
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Baltimore
Francis W. Hartley
Marion C. Arnett
Philadelphia
Cuba
Hellyer
England
Hartley
Arnett
Ohio Adopts Wisconsin Idea in State University Work
A delegation from Ohio visited Madison to study Wisconsin ideas for university extension and agricultural college outreach. They lauded plans to reclaim 1.5 million acres of swamp land and convert it to tillable acreage valued at about 150 million dollars, highlighting benefits to local people and the university system.
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Madison
Wis
Agricultural College
Ohio State University
C. C. Lyon
Columbus
Ohio University
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
The
Ohio
University of Wisconsin
Illinois Leads in Manufacture of Glucose
Washington data shows Illinois tops the nation in glucose production with Iowa second New Jersey third and Indiana fourth The Census Bureau bulletin notes a 49 5 percent output rise in five years while wage growth was only 2 percent Despite fewer firms the total glucose value climbed to 17 922 614 with a five year gain of 6 669 698 Improved manufacturing methods largely drive the rise.
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Washington, D. C
Ilinois
Census Bureau
Iowa
New Jersey
Indiana
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Undertaker
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East Third Street
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Curacha
Culebra ¢Ut
Morrill
Wall Street Journal
Union Men
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Cincy
Good Roads Congress
Detroit
New Orleans
Benny
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