Progressive program of Beveridge outlines aims of reform
Chicago August speech by Senator Beveridge as temporary chair of the Progressive national convention expresses the platform. He pledges to revive honest business, curb trusts, reform tariffs, and promote universal opportunity, liberty, and representative government, with a nation led by the people.
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Senator Beveridge
Progressive Convention
Chicago
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Progressive National Convention
America
Old World
New World
Germany
Texas
Great Britain
Ire
California
Holland
Belgium
Progressive Party
Republic
Peter's Dome
Perkoda
Thia
Ita
Interstate Commerce Commission
Canada Faces Vast Untapped Coal and Farm Growth
A Dominion of Mines report suggests Canada holds 73% billion tons of bituminous coal and 461 million tons of anthracite with potential vast deposits in unexplored western and northern regions. It notes annual coal output around 13 million tons, and that good coal could last 6166 years, or 14575 years including inferior grades. The piece emphasizes booming agriculture and immigration to western provinces as railways expand, with large wheat yields and thriving settlements in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Mines
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Tha Leenter
Diplomacy and Uniforms Stir German Court Talk
The gazettes report the German emperor appointing Mon. de Eiderlen-Waechter as major of the Seventy first Thuringian Infantry. Diplomats in uniforms spark satire as M. Polucare is joked about, while Prince von Buelow leads Hussars in the grand review. The era’s diplomatic rogues and zigzag routes amuse observers.
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Germany
de Eiderlen-Waechter
Thuringian Infantry
Conseale
M. Polucare
Thoss
Prince von Buelow
Hussara
Strasburg
Hussars
M. von Huelow
William II
Buelow
Hungry Herbert Seeks Fast Change in Odd Occupation
A humorous dialogue features Hungry Herbert lamenting scarce work in his chosen trade and a housewife asking for his real job. He quips about the galloping horse effect and references automotive theater performances, hinting at a fleeting, whimsical occupation scene.
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Herbert
Unclear text fragment with mixed ad style and jokes
Fragmentary ad style content touts products for washing, cures and cosmetics with quirky humor about an aviary. It mentions Red Cross, Carbolizeive Relves and a pile cure and references free samples at Cole and Co.
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Cele
Cole & Co
Black River
Paxton Peret Co Antiseptic for Catarrh Sold Postpaid
Antiseptic spray marketed as a surprisingly successful remedy for catarrh. Gummed text notes 25 cents a box and availability by postpaid receipt of price from The Paxton Peret Co., Boston, Massachusetts.
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Paxton PeRet Co
Boston
Mass
New Sport Turkeys Take Center Stage
In a humorous exchange cited from Harper's Weekly, Uncle Silas mocks New Yorkers for abandoning traditional boss-racing in favor of turkey trot excitement as a lighthearted cultural note.
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Uncle Silas
Harper's Weekly
Exclamatory Rheumatism Quoted In Humorous Exchange
A humorous exchange recounts Martha the washerwoman describing her husband as suffering from exclamatory rheumatism. Mrs. Mason questions the term as Martha defends it as crying out and constant hollering.
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Martha
Red Cross Seals Printed for 1912 Holiday Sale
Seventy five million Red Cross seals are printed for the 1912 holiday sale in cooperation with the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the American Red Cross. The seal features a Santa Claus head in a three color design with red, green and gray and a Merry Christmas Happy New Year greeting.
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Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
American Red Cross
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