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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1913
Page
4
A Cincinnati political column argues Civil Service should govern appointments, warning Republicans against reckless removals. It notes the mayor aims to protect civil service workers and cautions party leaders to avoid triggering opposition before 1915 elections.
The article explains the term Indian summer as a warm spell amid falling leaves and cold nights. It notes similar phrases in other cultures and marks Indian summer in Southern Ohio as arriving around late October and departing with a North wind blizzard after election day.
A chaotic European scoop teases Dr Friedman’s return amid jokes about prize fighting, taxes on alimony, and a temperance week in Columbus. Jabs at Huerta, Japanese commander, California laws, hash judges, and No Man’s Land baseball draw a colorful panorama of oddball opinion pieces and stray sports chatter.
Rachael Crothers argues in favor of cautious trial marriages, noting they emerge from a revolt against conventional norms. She asserts love must justify marriage, warns of moral chaos if freely adopted, and urges high moral caliber from participants.
An early 20th century column describes international commerce in beneficial insects to battle pests. Ladybugs are shipped from the United States to Italy, Spain and the British West Indies to control orange crop scale, while gadflies menace livestock and provoke humorous rural scenes.
The article details gadfly attacks on camels and the introduction of the digger wasp to Algeria to curb pests and disease. It notes Texas native ticks carrying parasites, Portuguese and U.S. parasite introductions, and moth control efforts in New England with imported parasites and fly larvae to combat moth outbreaks.
A reminiscence of a Mississippi journey with shanty boats and Dixie imagery. The narrator contemplates labor and wealth against the Mississippi scenery, noting red and yellow woods, a singing woman, and a longing for Dixie land as the season changes. The piece credits wetlark McAdams Clark McAdames in St Louis Post Dispatch.
A newspaper column offers free legal answers for concise propositions mailed or printed in the paper. Signers' names are confidential. A reader asks about signing papers related to a father's estate and administration. The column cautions against signing if trust is lacking and notes administration payments come from the estate.
A satirical plea urges relief from fashionable garments as winter nears. The writer notes silk outfits and the Dame of fashion as causes of discomfort and cold winds, asking for compassionate easing of outward vanity for women facing harsh Northwest weather.
A passage from Lippincott’s Magazine mocks leguminotherapy a vegetable diet theory claiming specific foods shape character and behavior. It lists peas carrots potatoes string beans and cabbage with humorous attributions to temper artistry and work ethic, concluding with a skeptical note on the idea.
The Washington Star notes U S Army needs about 2000 horses yearly and up to 60000 in wartime, with cavalry demanding half. It cites high price tags per horse in New York Police Dept and outlines ongoing horse breeding programs led by George M Rommel and others at Morgan home farm Vermont Fort Royal Virginia and Fort Collins Colorado.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports that German newspapers harshly criticize the United States over Mexico and the Panama Canal Exposition. It notes envy of American trade power and political independence, linking German hostility to past actions like Scott's army in Austria and fear of U.S. influence in Latin America.
The Executive Committee opposes altering the national anthem with the centennial next year prompting preparations. It insists the standard version in words and music be preserved as the Army and Navy national anthem by executive order. Some find lines odd yet the song inspires reverence beyond technical merit.
A federal investigator notes living costs in the Kansas City region rose 59 percent in ten years while skilled labor wages grew 26 percent and unskilled wages barely rose. Public schools push comforts for children of the poor, fueling demand for fairer distribution of labor gains and contributing to feminist statistics. Divorce waits are three-fifths of marriage licenses. women file 80 percent of suits, with 80 percent for seemingly trivial causes amid lean living and self denial.
Judge Gary asserts the nation’s rich soil, vast rail mileage, and population advantage drive wealth beyond rivals. He warns that harmony between labor and capital is essential to sustain progress and denounces ongoing hostility to business enterprise as a hindrance to future prosperity.
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