Fourth Speech of Roosevelt in Cairo Persuades Interstate Waterway Plan
President Roosevelt spoke to thousands in Cairo about the Mississippi waterway project and national control of interstate corporations. He endorsed federal aid, urged avoiding waste, and proposed a coast loop from the gulf to the lakes with an inlet from Cairo to Pittsburg, highlighting the plan’s interstate nature.
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Western Man and Navy Speak at Public Address
The speaker describes himself as a middling good western man and half southern, praising babies as a future stock. He urges a strong navy for peace and warns against boasting without preparedness. He blames politicians less than the people, and likens trust policy to a child fearing the dentist rather than the tooth.
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Ned
Third Term Talk Spurred By Various Delegations
President Roosevelt discourages third term discussions despite several congressmen and governors signaling interest. A flotilla of thirteen vessels accompanied the president toward Memphis for the Deep Waterways convention while two delegations prepared to press for a reply. In Cairo Governor Curry announced Roosevelt supports statehood for New Mexico alone and will back the single statehood bill.
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Roosevelt
Speech on national unity and naval strategy in troubled times
A speaker urges confidence and a sturdy future while outlining a national ideal centered on respectable leadership. He defends a pragmatic approach to a Pacific battleship rotation and critiques industrial regulation and interstate commerce. The talk analyzes democratic ideals, fears over power, and forethought in constitutional design.
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Miho
Ife
Pacific
Athiatic
President's river trip recalls Roosevelt era history
The president spent an afternoon cruising the Mississippi from Cairo to New Madrid, with brief delays and a focus on history linked to Nicholas Roosevelt and the 1811 steamboat era. He did not land, remaining aboard the Colonel Mackenzie with the inland waterways commission as spectators waved handkerchiefs along the river.
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Detroit, Phillies win. pennant chase tightens in AL
Scores from the Detroit at Washington and Philadelphia at Cleveland games show Detroit 0 to 8 in Washington, Philadelphia 4 to 0 in Philadelphia, and Philadelphia leading the pennant race while Chicago and New York posted 0 and 8 in New York. An English joke rounds out the page.
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London Mail
St. Louis delegates back by rail from lakes to gulf event
St Louis gate delegates not taken by boat travel home by rail after the lakes to the gulf deep waterway convention. A resolution urging Congress to appropriate 500000000 for the project is prepared for presentation to the delegates. John Mitchell II remains confined in Indianapolis after an operation wound persists. In St Petersburg the government to dismantle fortresses at Libau Sveaborg Uskolvinsk Kertch and Batoum as they are unnecessary under a smaller navy.
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Parsons Ticket Elected President by County Committee
Parsons ticket won unopposed at a Republican county committee meeting. Arbert Parsons was elected president. New York prints twenty two foreign language journals including Chinese Japanese Croatian Finnish Slovak Lithuanian and Welsh. Chicago ranks second with fourteen. Boston uses Armenian language papers. New Bedford Massachusetts, a port town of about sixty thousand, supports several journalistic outlets.
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Vortneyesa
Plaisantin Passes Suspect Coin to Merchant
The Innocent recounts Plaisantin trading a pill for a gold piece with a suspicious ring. The merchant accuses the coin of being counterfeit, but Plaisantin insists it is genuine, claiming it bears a 1863 date and would have been detected if false.
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Plaisantin
Elere
Digestive Aid Kodol Promoted By Local Vendor
Take something now and then to help the stomach. Kodol will do this. It is a combination of natural digestants and vegetable acids and contains the same juices found in a healthy stomach. It is pleasant to take. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz, 85 Stephenson street.
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Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Fragmented dialogue about hesitation and a sign reading Do It Not
A speaker recalls avoiding hints about proposing to a girl in a plaid blouse. The moment worsens when she sits with a sign Do It Not on the center table, leaving the narrator stunned. The scene shifts to London Express style commentary.
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Nol
London Express
Childless woman tows to suburbs feeds poultry dreams
A quirky Cornelia styled scene shows a childless woman moving to the suburbs to raise poultry. A witty visitor jokes about the day, with a remark about jewels and future plans, as recounted in Lippincott's.
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