Global upheaval marks 1911 with revolts and reforms
The year 1911 is seen as globally turbulent with revolts in China and elsewhere, battles between labor and capital, and moves toward popular government. Aviation advances highlight a year of dramatic change amid graft campaigns, statehood gains for Arizona and New Mexico, and rising calls for reforms.
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Far East
China
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
McNamara
Atwood
St. Louis
New York
Rodgers
Pasadena
Cal
Juan Estrada
Presiment
Nicaragua
Taft
Estrada
W. E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Fieet Postal Savings Banks
Elkins
West Virginia
Tobacco Trust
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Panama Canal
Arkansas
Camden
N. J
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Insurance Company
House of Representatives
San Francisco
New Orleanne
Charles 8. Sperry
Vivian Gould
Lord Decies of England
Archbishop Ryan Philadelphia
Asquith
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lorimer
Senate
Mexican
Viterbo
Italy
Triangle Shirt Waist Company
Asch
APUL
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
House
David Jayne Hill
Germany
McNamera Brothers
Chicago
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Jay Gould
Annie Douglas Graham
Hawaii
Bangor
Kwantung Province
Steel Trust
Juares
J. M. Dickinson
Henry L. Stimson
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Ditasz
W. EB. D. Stokes
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Britfeb
Vincennes
France
Princeteau
M. la Martin
M. Lendran
Olympic
King George of England
Cornell
Deaf passenger and German band cause a stir on a late ride
A small town car carries a deaf man and two giggly girls as a German street band irritates residents on a side street. The fat man mocks the deaf man, who repeats music to signal hearing loss, prompting laughter from other passengers and a late realization from the fat man.
Nature’s giant sun dial marks time on the Aegean coast
Aegean shores boast the world’s largest sun dial carved by nature. A 3,000 foot promontory rises from the sea, its shadow tapping hour marks built as aligned felanda across the water as the sap swings round.
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Aegean Sea
The Lesser Evil in a Credit Dispute
A brief, sharp exchange reveals a husband choosing to tolerate a wife’s large bill to avoid trouble with credit, illustrating domestic financial strain and the era’s attitudes toward marriage and debt.
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Marke
Parke
METHOD OF KEEPING YOUNG
Advice to ward off aging through dignified living. Emphasizes legitimate preventives, avoiding youth cosmetics, staying engaged, and maintaining simple, graceful dress. Encourages kindness, sympathy, and avoiding envy while aging with true affections and interest in daily events.
Bluing and satire mix in a quirky old column
A shuffled blend of patter on Bluing with Red Cross Ball Blue, a jokey exchange about suffrage and a jab at medical advice. Includes the Cleveland Plain Dealer quip about gentler truths and a breakfast room misstep with a baby.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mr. Littlerest
Mother Grays Sweet Powders Advertised For Children
An old advertisement claims Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders cure colds feverishness teething disorders and stomach troubles by moving the bowels and destroying worms. The copy touts years of use and notes the product is pleasant for children to take and lists an address in Olmsted LeRoy New York. It ends with a remark that making both ends meet costs money.
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Caceres
Santo Domingo
Henry Clay Besttie
Mildred Sherman
Lord Campys
England
New York
Rome
McNamara Brothers
King George
India
Congresa
J. B. McNamara
John J
Taft
Congress
Chicago
Investigation Board
Maine
Ericaville
Tenn
George Emperor
Sulzer
Russia
House
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Margaret McKim
London
Curtisa Guild
Senate
John Bigelow
America
Persia
Goveror
Tabris
Fletcher
How He Found Out
A convention delegates’ floor vote limits nominating speeches to one minute each. The motion passes 47 to 45 amid protests. The delegate who proposed the motion says it reveals there are 47 ambitious orators in the group.
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Sont
Cure for Eczema Claims Remarkable You Might Try
A 1911 testimonial from Mrs G A Selby of Redonda Beach California describes eight years of eczema on hands and chest that vanished after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad notes free samples by mail and praises Cuticura as inexpensive yet high quality for skin relief.
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G. A. Selby
Redonda Beach
Cal
Cuticura
Dept
Boston
Sore Throat Remedies and Public Warnings
An assorted wartime style notice warns about worry and gray hairs from work. It promotes Ham lina Wisard Oil for sore throat and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething while cautioning about drifting suspicious behavior.
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Jolys
Harry N. Atwood
Conneau
Andre Beaumont
Belgium
Holland
Harvard-Yale
Oxford-Cambridge
Prince of Wales
Henry Clay Beattie
Manchester
N. Y
Col
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Talmage
H. H. Hilton
Apawamis Links
Stolypin
Kiev
West
Cal P. Rodgers
Liberte
Toulon
Turkey
Tripoli
Trocs
Austin
Winfield
Schley
Republic of China
Wu Chang
John Marshall Hurlap
Eugene Ely
Macad Ga
C. V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Frand W. Sandford
Holy Ghosters
Portland
Chinese National Assembly
Winston Churchill
Reginald McKenna
Philadelphia Athletic
Joseph Pulitzer
Les
Cardinals
Kyrie Bellew
Shanghai
Yangtse-Kiang River
Pacific Coast
Ambassador Guild
St. Petersburg
W. Morgan Shuster
Mexica
United States Circuit Court
Kier
Bluing
Putnam
Gretel
Mike
Beare
Carter
Fort Wayne
FT. Walaa
Wayne Hote
Peeks & Supplie Bins
Rayo
Rayo Lampe
Lanterne
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