Southern homogeneity cited as bulwark against socialism
The editorial notes a 1900 census showing the South as the most homogeneous region, with a white population largely of native stock and few foreign-born residents. It argues this homogeneity deters socialism and anarchy, supports conservative governance, and frames the South as pivotal in national politics if radical parties rise. It also mentions political appointments, weather impacts, tuberculosis battles, and 1912 presidential prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
United States
South
North
Washington
West
Jefferson
Baltimore Area Sees Major City Mayoral and Congressional Fights
In Baltimore a flurry of Democratic nominations surfaces as Col Sherlock Swann’s retirement sparks mayoral speculation. Mahool, Purst, and other figures are named as potential contenders while Charles Coady, John Gill Jr, Linthicum, and others loom for Congress. A crowded primary in the Fourth and Fifth districts promises a hard fought battle with multiple candidates including Bruce, Brown, Goldsborough and Smith vying for renomination or entry.
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Baltimore
Suri
Col
Sherlock Swann
Police Board
Colonel Swann
Mahool
Vrank
Furst
Purst
Friends of State
Charles P. Coady
George Konig
John Betz, Jr
John Gill, Jr
J. Charles Linthicum
Linthicum
Mr. Gill
Gill
William Cabell Bruce
George Stewart Brown
A. S. Goldsborough
Congress
J. Harry Covington
J. F. C. Talbott
David J. Lewis
Allegany County
Messrs. J. Enos Ray
George M. Smith
W. Mitchell Digges
Charles V. Hayden
Edward M. Hammond
John F. O' Malley
Edwin Owens
A. Theodore Brady
Mr. Smith
Sabbath Teachings From Two Incidents In Mark
Two Sabbath incidents from Mark illustrate Jesus honoring mercy over strict rule. Disciples pluck grain on a path hungry, a practice allowed by necessity. Jesus cites David and Shewbread to justify needs, urging compassion over ritualism. A second incident shows healing on the Sabbath, restoring a withered hand and provoking plots against him. The materials urge churchgoing and Sabbath observance as benevolent, not legalistic, in Christian life.
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Jesus
Palestine
Judea
America
God
Corm
David
Tabernacle
Mark
Philadelphia Record
Dr Edmund Halley and Halley’s Comet in history
Dr Alexander Chaplain writes in the Easton Ledger about Edmund Halley the London soap-boiler’s son who became a famed astronomer. The note covers his life from Saint Paul’s to Oxford, his early astronomical work, star catalogue from St Helena, and the 17th century observations. It also details Halley’s Comet’s orbit and tail lengths, with figures from 26 miles per second at perihelion to tail extents and Earth approach in May.
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Chaplain
Halley
Alexander Chaplain
Easton Ledger
Edmund Halley
London
St. Paul's School
Queen's College, Oxford
Cape Good Hope
Mars
St. Helena
Tycho
Europe
Cassini
Paris
Royal Observatory
France
Barnard
Yerkes Observatory
In Memoriam Ruth Abbott Thompson Died April 26 1907
In loving remembrance of our dear daughter Ruth Abbott Thompson who died at age eight after a brief illness. The verse reflects faith and longing as she is recalled as a star in the Holy City. From her mother and family. Mr William J Bryan has been elected an elder of the Presbyterian Church Berry checks at JOURNAL Office.
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Ruth Abbott Thompson
William J. Bryan
The
Presbyterian Church
Berry
Pennsylvania finds canned goods safe and wholesome
Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust says investigations over the past year yield a clean bill of health for canned goods in Pennsylvania and nationwide. Only French peas with copper salts and mushrooms bleached with sulphuric acid were outside compliance. 745 samples of tomatoes, corn, peas, beans, fish, potted meats and soups were tested with no prosecutions for misrepresentation.
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Dairy and Food Division
Pennsylvania
James Foust
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Commonwealth
Blair Lee Urged for Maryland Governor by Easton Writer
Me Nichols of Easton writes to the Baltimore Sun praising Blair Lee of Montgomery County as a stainless statesman and the logical candidate for governor. He argues Lee would listen to the people and resist boss influence, urging Eastern Shore counties to back him when his name is launched. Ridgely notes Armour factory prep for berry season and fifteen carloads of sugar received for strawberry production.
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Nichols
Leo
M. B. Nichols
Easton
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
Blair Lee
Montgomery County
Ridgely
Armour
Armour Company
Berry Pickers Pilgrimage To Farming Communities
Hundreds of berry pickers migrate from cities to state farms as families break up households to answer the farm call. The move empties city streets on Light Street as wagons carry furniture and kin to rough shelters, with outdoor cooking and one room homes ready in weeks. Farmers provide shelter and start work at dawn as bells summon laborers to fields.
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the Sun
Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Denies PA Railroad Ties
In a Baltimore circuit court filing on Saturday the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company denies that it operates as a subsidiary or controlled line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The suit, filed June 28 by Adolph E. Godeffroy of New York, seeks an accounting of net profits for dividends on preferred stock. The railroad says its traffic and operations have always been independent from the Pennsylvania Railroad and its subsidiaries.
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Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Circuit
Baltimore
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company
Adolph E. Godeffroy
New York
Godeffroy
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Caroline County Local Option Law praised for impact
An old verse frames Caroline county shifts under local option. The law reduced illicit traffic in strong drink, though enforcement remained costly and challenged. Many violators have served time, and physicians reported fewer urgent alcohol related calls. Senator Goslin's measure is widely commended for the changes already seen.
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Caroline
Caroline County
House of Correction
Senator Goslin
Philadelphia Record Markets Lead Daily Quotations
The Philadelphia Record prints every day the undoc tored news and actual markets, providing the daily record of transactions. Its market figures guide buyers and sellers, earning recognition as an authority. No other Pennsylvania paper matches its care for farmers merchants and general readers, nor its wide circulation.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State of
Thanking Pallbearers and Friends for Son Charles E. McShane
A note of appreciation from P. H. McShane thanks pallbearers neighbors and friends who attended the burial of his son Charles E. McShane.
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Charles E. McShane
P. H. McShane
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Yorns
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
James Alfred Pearce
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Missouri
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White House
Taft
First District
Ocean City
Crothers
E. Stanley Toadvin
Wicomico County
First Judicial Circuit
Charles F. Holland
Mark Twain
Senator Burrows
Michigan
Schloss Bros. & Co
Baltimore and
James H. Nichols & Son
Big Corner
Denton, Maryland
State and City Politics
Roosevelt
Catholic Universe
Cleveland
Sacred Heart Review
Boston
Vatican
Rome
Susquehanna
Havre de Grace
John Walter Smith
Kirschbaum Cothes, Als
Wes
Bamr Talusaer
Joan L. Evernham
Mother Gray
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
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