Brooklyn Woman Credits Morning Routine For Longevity
A 101 year old Brooklyn woman attributes her long life to waking at 6 each morning. The piece jokes about youth and aging referencing habits and authorities. It notes Harvard Professor Sargent on flowers reforming bad boys and Kansas State Professor McKeever on practical wisdom. It also mentions St Louis providing farm homes for aging city horses as a public spirit gesture.
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Prohibition in Alabama Faces Shift Toward Local Option
The editorial notes Alabama’s brief statewide prohibition followed by a repeal and local option. Four counties have voted on licenses, with Mobile and Montgomery backing licenses by large margins while Jefferson County waits amid a Birmingham stronghold for prohibitionists. Observers foresee further county shifts and debate over an extra legislative session and primary law efforts.
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Next Presidential Election Centering on New York and Ohio
An August North American Review excerpt argues the next election hinges on New York and Ohio with New York carries Democrats gaining large electors. It questions party leadership figures like Bryan Clark Underwood George and Murphy and warns against radicalism or vague critique without a clear constructive program.
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Champ Clark
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Intellectual blindness and service in education debated
A newspaper discussion cites a professor of plant pathology who resists answering a public inquiry framed to aid general human welfare. The piece argues education should serve daily life, criticizes a pure science focus, and notes educators and researchers increasingly aligning with human needs.
Across the country and oddities of daily life
An essayish column surveys cross country flying challenges and feats by aviators like Vedrines while noting related curiosities from Boston to New York. It mentions a Massachusetts school using batting averages to spark math interest, a New York miser's suicide, women-only rail cars, Madison Square Garden valued at 3.5 million, a Chicago gum shortage, coeds at Chicago University, a violent New Yorker, and a Boston streetcar conductor finding a 5000 dollar necklace.
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That Extra Session Outside of a few politicians who are apparently scoring for advantages there
A fragment notes an extra session with mentions that a small group of politicians seek gains or advantages. It suggests partisan maneuvering but provides few specific names or dates. The passage lacks full context or concrete actions.
Hays Hammond Chosen Representative for London Coronation
The article notes Hays Hammond will serve as Taft’s representative at the London coronation, praising him as a representative American of wealth made by himself and unspoiled by success or flattery. It references President Taft and a prominent U S figure.
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United States
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