Tarnowski An Able Diplomat In Austro Hungarian Service
Austria-Hungary named Count Tarnowski ambassador to Washington. A Pole by birth, he is a patriotic Austrian and one of the era s top diplomats. He helped ease Austria-Hungary Germany Polish questions, showing cool deliberate skill and strong bearing. Countess Tarnowski is Princess Czetoyertinska, Russian Polish, accomplished and beautiful, with limited English and no prior time in America.
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Austria-Hungary
Count Tarnowski
Washington
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Countess Tarnowski
Czetoyertinska
Ninoner
America
Rhode Island's New Senator Peter Gerry's Rise in Politics
Rhode Island electee Peter Goelet Gerry, a wealthy polo playing social figure, built his political career from 1912 as a Democratic delegate and organizer of Wilson clubs. He won in a district with factory workers and later defeated Senator Lippitt to join the U.S. Senate, continuing a family legacy dating to Commodore Elbridge Gerry.
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Peter Goelet Gerry
Rhode Island
Gerry
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Mrr
United States
Senator Lippitt
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry
Elbridge Gerry
Madison
Harvard University
Supreme Court of the United States
Mathilde T. Townsend
Richard Townsend
City marketing expert leads case for cheaper food distribution
Miss Achsah Lippincott heads the agriculture department's city marketing investigations. The Philadelphia native and University of Pennsylvania graduate is the country's only woman in government marketing research. Her work, based in Washington, extends to various public markets nationwide.
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Department of Agriculture
Achsah Lippincott
Miss Lippincott
Washington
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Watson Loses Vote Appeal in Indian Campaign Stop
United States Senator elect from India James EL Watson made a campaign appeal for Republican support at Jt Wayne. An audience member shouted for Watson to win votes. Watson asked for the reason. the man replied it was impossible to vote for him due to a stated state prejudice.
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James EL Watson
United States
India
Jt. Wayne
Jim
Watson
Mlina
Counterfeiter H St Wilken Faces Penitentiary Term
Washington reports H St Wilken, age twenty nine, faces up to fifteen years for counterfeiting after a Santa Cruz tip and San Francisco arrest. He allegedly produced nearly perfect $1, $5 and $10 bills, eluding the Secret Service for years and leaving a trail of suspicious cash across the country. Weds Hartford childhood sweetheart at Hartford.
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Cal
Secret Service
San Francisco
Flynn
Wilken
Treasury
Santa Cruz
Radicals and Conservatives as Checks on Government
Former Senator Chauncey M. Depew argues that free governments require opposing parties to balance reform and stability. He cites Hamilton and Jefferson as foundational thinkers, with Washington harmonizing their influences. Depew views radicals as necessary for progress and conservatives as brakes that prevent excess.
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Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Wilson
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton
Jefferson
George Washington
Washington
Right to make own mistakes under democracy
The piece argues that democracy rests on the people’s rule and consent of the governed, not absolute perfection. It notes the right to err belongs to the public, warns against aristocratic power, and stresses that self-government requires deliberation and belief in collective judgment.
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Bancroft
Clay
Mad Race for Wealth Reducing Life Span
Dr William H Bain warns the mad rush for wealth and shift to sedentary living is shrinking the average lifespan after forty. He notes life expectancy gains come from lower infant mortality and fewer infectious deaths, but degenerative diseases like heart and Bright's disease hasten aging. The piece cites Sweden as a contrast and laments nervous overstrain amid a largely inactive muscular class.
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United States
William H. Bain
Debus Mb
Bright
Sweden
Nature
Planting and thinning for profitable corn yields
The article explains how to prepare seedbeds for early planting, adjust row spacing to 3.3 feet, and select kernels for uniformity. It compares drilling, hill planting, and checkrowers, discusses proper depth from soil moisture, and stresses thinning to maintain optimum stalk density for high yields.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Prairie States
Conserving soil fertility questioned by western farmers
The discussion warns that soil reserves are dwindling as crops are harvested without returning fertility. It argues that artificial fertilizing will become necessary to maintain yields, stressing the urgency of restoring soil health to avoid future losses.
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