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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1913
Page
6
Editorials condemn the rural school funding shift as urban tax dollars being diverted to rural districts. The piece warns of added state commissions and offices, urging the movement to die instanter and noting burdens on municipalities already strained by taxation.
Column denounces the president’s opaque stance on Mexico. It mocks the scholar’s demeanor and questions why the public is kept in the dark about policy, urging clear, decisive leadership and accountability.
A Bloomington chamber crowd lauds James Whitcomb Riley as a rare national figure uniting sign painters past to a heartfelt poet. The speech extols Riley’s human warmth in verse and notes his lasting impact on children and women.
A story of William C Nixon rising from Burlington bridge carpenter earning $3 a day to president of the St Louis & San Francisco Railroad shows the power of energy, study, patience, and hard work. The Nixon plan urges young men to pursue steady self-improvement rather than assuming no chance without capital.
Old verse extols the handwritten note to a mother from a son away at sea or college. It contrasts romantic letters to lovers with the treasured letter to mother, read in a quiet corner, its words stained by tears yet cherished as art.
An amused exchange features Thor and Mott Osborne praising Auburn prison food as fresh and wholesome. They compare it unfavorably with a Paris eatery Chat Mort offering a rabbit stew and seven course dinner at low prices, while a waiter defends the chicken dish with changing daily offerings.
A quirky Albany speech by Senator Frawley features a boast about going in deep as he recalls a boy with a curious obstacle course. The tale blends memories of swimming and a watermelon as a humorous aside about water in the ear.
A London Lancet defense of the quick lunch argues three meals a day is optimal for health, but a short midday meal may also sustain high productivity if digestion is allowed. It notes continental habits, work pace, and the rise of quick lunches among Americans, with mixed health implications for different eaters.
Ohio readers are invited to submit concise legal questions for the Free Legal Department. Topics covered include mortgage priority, fixtures versus real estate, corporate formation limits in Ohio, river and creek encroachments, and cross state landlord lessee garnishments. Responses will be confidential and mailed or printed.
A composite piece contrasts the editor’s reforming zeal with a cub reporter’s pushback on editorial polish. It also discusses quick eating’s health costs versus hurried dining habits among professionals and commuters.
The speaker warns that prolonged conditions will continue to annoy and bewilder people. Preparations for a necessary task must proceed without interruption as military efficiency is raised. Regeneration is essential. democracy cannot stand without liberty and patriotism as pillars of Mexican civilization.
Dr Alfred Russell Wallace argued against pessimism in a New York talk on Sunday, condemning unhappiness caused by inequality and urging collective duty to improve society. He attacked culture as futile and criticized those who oppose civilization, calling for faith, hope, and action to progress mankind.
The late Mayor Gaynor remarks on hypocrites who condemn social ills and hunger. A man on an all day fishing trip loses his lunch and encounters a well fed tramp who claims he found nothing and could not have eaten it.
New York sociologist Frederic H Robinson defends The Guilty Man saying it will not be pornographic like Aphrodite. He warns critics who seek explicit content to avoid loud, raucous reactions and compares their sensibilities to a fat man in a library asking for David Harem.
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