Railroads Seek President's Aid to Ease Burdens
A railroad executives committee asked President Wilson to urge the nation to support railroads and recognize an emergency requiring additional revenue. They warned of impaired credit abroad, rising costs, and 1914 income down about 15 percent, seeking about $400 million annually for normal development.
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Washington
Wilson
Trumbull
Chesapeake & Ohio
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railways
Civilian Ruler for Mexico Carranza Backs Villa Plan
Washington reports General Carranza has agreed to Villa's election program for Mexico. Proposals include a civilian Provisional government, a constitutional army convention to set election dates, no military candidates for president or governor, general amnesty except for Madero and Suarez killers, old Army officers with clean records joining the national force, and reforms pursued legally. Carranza may resign to allow a civilian to assume power and then campaign for permanent presidency.
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Carranza
Villa
Washington
Paul Fuller
Wilson
Mexico City
General Carranza
Mexico
Congress
Madero
Suarez
Federalary
National Army
State Department
New Record Cattle Price in Chicago Stock Yards
A herd of seventeen Iowa corn-fed cattle sold for 11 cents a pound on the hoof at Chicago stock yards setting a new September price record. The cattle will be shipped to New York for slaughter.
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Chicago
New York
Treasury reports steep drop in customs receipts
Washington customs receipts for Tuesday show the heaviest decline since the war began with 618,326.97 dollars collected, down from 1,064,967.97 dollars on the same day last year. The treasury department released the figures, highlighting a sharp year over year drop in duties.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Memorial to Mrs Wilson Memorial Plan For Mountain Children
Rev Homer MacMillan of Atlanta presented to President Wilson a memorial plan funded by the Home Missions Board to aid education for mountain children of the south. Mrs Wilson was deeply interested. The president offered no objection.
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Washington
Homer MacMillan
Atlanta
Home Missions Board of the Presbyterian Church South
Wilson
South
The Inertle Threat to Future Success
A concise reflection on success, warning that self satisfaction with past wins breeds stagnation. The quote frames the Inertle as a dangerous foe undermining future progress by dampening drive and innovation.
Result of Games Played Yesterday in the American League
At Washington Washington 1 New York 0. Batteries Bentley Vieu Ty Warhop Nunamaker. At Philadelphia Boston 2 Athletics 0 in 11 innings. Batteries Collins Corrigan Plank Schang. Other clubs not scheduled.
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Washington
New York
Bentley
Vieu- Ty
Warhop
Nunamaker
Philadelphia
Oston
Athletics
Collins
Corrigan
Plank
Schang
Baseball scores and standings from early season games
At Boston and Philadelphia first game Boston won 10 to 0 in the first game and 7 to 0 in the second. Batteries for Boston were Alexander Killner Cocreham Crutcher Strand Gowdy Whaling with Boston scoring seven runs. Philadelphia counters with Davis Gowdy TMucup Ruxey Geschger Burns. At Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 4 Boston 1. Batteries McQuillen Coleman Cheney Smith Hagerman Archer Bresnahan. At New York Brooklyn 9 New York 3. Hatteries Pfeffer McCarty OToole Mclean. St Louis Cincinnati not scheduled. Standing of the clubs shows Boston 69-55, New York 68-68, Chicago 69-60, St Louis 67-62, Philadelphia 66-58, Pittsburgh 66-60, Brooklyn 58-56, Cincinnati 66-44.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Alexander
Killner
Cocreham
Crutcher
Strand
Gowdsy
Whaling
Davis
Gowdy
Tmucup
Ruxey
Geschger
Burns
Pittsburgh
McQuillen
Coleman
Cheney
Smith
Hagerman
Archer
Bresnahan
New York
Brooklyn
W. L. Boston
N.york
Chicago
St. Louis
Philada
Na Pittsbro and
Brooklt
Cineinti Ww
L. PC
Baseball scores from Baltimore and other cities in 1920s era games
Game notes list scores of multiple MLB matchups: Baltimore at Indianapolis 6 3 in the first game, Indianapolis 4 Baltimore 2 in the second, Buffalo-Chicago 5 5 in 11 innings under darkness with Lange Johnson Prendergast Wilson Anderson Ford Lavigne Blair as batters, Pittsburgh 7 Kansas City 6 with Knetzer Camnitz Berry, Brooklyn 2 St Louis 1 with Seaton Land Groom Keupper Simon. Standings show Indiana 71 56 559 Buffalo 62 59 5131 Chicago 69 56 585 Kan City 60 HG 47 Brookin 66 58 532 St Louis 56 71 441 Baltimore 64 59 520 Pittsburgh 50 73 407
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Baltimore
Indianapolis
Suggs
Jackitsch
Moseley
Rariden
Mullen
Baley
Jackkitsch
Buffalo
Chicago
Bufffalo
Lange
Johnson
Prendergast
Wilson
Anderson
Ford
Lavigne
Blair
Pitttsburgh
Pittsburgh
St.Louis
Baltmre
Pittsbrg
Wilson Opposes New Income Tax Plan
Mr Wilson opposes an income tax increase as part of a revenue plan for government. Key leaders Underwood Simmons Fitzgerald met him. he said the tax rise would not help the emergency since returns would come next year. The president urged quick revenue sources and a proposal would tax nearly all with $2000 income or $3000 for married couples at 134 percent to raise about 36 million of 100 million needed.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Underwood
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Fitzgerald
House Appropriation Committee
Congress
Democrats
Treasury
Monkeys, curiosity and cowardice, a veteran recalls
A one legged veteran who once ran a monkey house in a zoo recounts how an ape, sized like a twelve year old boy, was kept from returning to its cage. He and a coworker would trick the ape with a dark passage under steam pipes, shouting warnings until the animal fled, only to be duped again next day. The veteran notes the ape’s strong curiosity but weak memory.
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Jack Lover
Lover
Chicago Herald
How Hadley Proposed to Yale Governor in Lawful Call
President Arthur Twining Hadley sought his prospective father in law Luzon B Morris governor of Connecticut for permission to marry his daughter. Morris had been elected governor but faced disputes and political turmoil. Hadley’s approach was noted as polite and formal, reflecting his respect for Morris and the governor’s position.
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Hadley
Arthur Twining Hadley
Yale
Luzon B. Morris
Connecticut
Morris
Speed of the Street Song in urban rumor
The piece notes how rapidly a popular song spreads among street children. Initially heard only by a few near the music hills, it soon echoes through barrel organs and Sunday papers, as tiny boys and girls render it with notable accuracy, likened to a rumor in an East Indian bazaar.
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Music Hills
Londoen
No doctor visits due to cost says Louisville reader
A reader in the Louisville Courier Journal notes the toll of medical costs. When asked why not visit a doctor for a cold, the reply is affordability, contrasted with buying needed shoes and the recurring doctor visits. The exchange highlights practical hardship in seeking care.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Cure for Old Age A Hobby as a Lifesaving Cure
Samuel Scoville argues in Lippincott's that mixing open air and a hobby can ward off aging. He cites examples of retirees in rail, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and North Carolina who found renewed purpose through botany, entomology, birding, mushrooms, and astronomy, claiming lasting vitality and joy. The piece urges readers, especially men, to adopt a hobby to stave off death.
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United States
Baltimore
Florida
Philadelphia
Lfe
North Carolina
Sirius
Aldebaran
Ryft
Samuel Scoville
Lippincott’s
Primary Election Notice for Caroline County voters
Notice to judges clerks and voters that the primary election will be held in Caroline County precincts from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on election day. Voters will cast ballots for United States Senator and House of Representatives in the Sixty third Congress, First Congressional District of Maryland, with details on candidate certificates and party nomination. Returns due by noon on the second day after the election to county officials.
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Caroline County
Elock
Welock
Publlic oMeers
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Mary
Jan Tofi
J. Slarry Covington
Mary Inti
Madidac
United States Benatar
Ponty
Ean Dias
Mdiahiey
Republic
Par
Siaty
United State
Mirrvinud
Harry Covindon
Republican Party
Maryland
Circait Gourt
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Wille
Caroline County Officers of Registration Sittings Notified
Voters in Caroline County are informed that the Officers of Registration will sit in each election district from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m on specified days. First District at Stenderon, Second District at Greensboro, Third District First Precinct at Cider making, each Tuesday and Saturday at Whiteleysboro. George W. Steward.
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Denton
Whiteleysboro
George W. Steward
Meagher Meelahs Bold Lunch in New York Chop House
Henry Labouchere posing as the Irish patriot Meagher dined in Muldoons New York for a lavish nine course luncheon after Irish activists suspected him. He avoided payment when the proprietor and waiters recognized him, the bill waived as a pledge for the food cause and Labouchere left with a somber resolve.
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Wille
Washington
Henry Labouchere
New York
Broadway
Muldoon
Walters
Coning
Walter
DT Bee
Meagher
Labouchere
Suilth O'Brien
Australia
Labouehere
Elections Judges and Clerks Named for Caroline County
The Supervisors of Elections for Caroline county list appointed election judges and clerks for eight districts at the Denton Court House. Names include Martin Jensen Republican and H H Goodwin Democrat as first district judges, with several clerks, across precincts in Denton Federalsburg Ridgely and other towns, to appear Oct 15 1914 for examination.
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Supervisors of
Caroline County
Denton
Office of Supervisors of Elections
Court House
Martin Jensen
Henderson
H. Goodwin
Alfred G. Dennison
Alonzo B. Cohee
Mid
Leonard F. Covey
Federalsburg
George W. Towers
Preston
Elbert Edgell
Herbert d. Beauchamp
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Alphonso Mered I v. Bent
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General Assembly
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Husaboro
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Alphonso Meredith
Benjamin
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Edward Weaver
William L. Longfellow
R. W. Emerson
J. Ben Welch
Hobbs
Bruce G. Stevens
William J. Urwin
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George Henning
William H. Brubaker
Wilmer B. Parker
Charles S. Bradley
James H. Corkran
James 0. Wright
William E. Dillion
Choptank
Thomas S. McCrea
G. Hassett
Pedernalsburg
William A. Smith
John N. Wright
Edgar Blanch
William E. Sylvester
Howard Holsinger
Ellwood Fleming
J. M. Haymaker
James W. Simon
William E. Klotz
Harold Fountain
Benjamin H. Johnson
Test
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H. Hirs
Wm. Pepper
Maryland Trust
Hilton
Dr. Nichols
Main Street
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J. R. Downes
Preston, Md
Bank Book
the Peoples National Bank
Denton, MD
Albert G. Towers, Prest
T. F. Johnson
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Denton Marianal Bank
T. C. West
Cashier
Harvey, Cooper
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Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Denton, Maryland
Hunt's
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J. Virgint Moofrei
Tlius Boro
Burrsvilleil
Call Journal
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