Hughes Nomination Upsets Democratic Plans in 1916 Contests
The text argues that Democratic factions failed to derail Justice Hughes's Republican nomination and cites past cross-party moves like Parker and Gray. It notes Democratic demoralization, praises the Chicago convention, and claims Hughes’s nomination would end poor management and restore prosperity. It also cites resistance to shoe tax hikes and criticizes anti dumping rhetoric, linking it to protective tariffs.
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Wilson
St. Louis
Charles B. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Alton B. Parker
New York State Board of Appeals
George Gray
Gaynor
New York
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Chicago
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Washington
Repubican Party
Republicans Name Horner and Oves to Lead Campaigns
The Republican county committee re elected County Chairman William H. Horner and chose Harry F. Oves to again head the city committee. Both leaders bring years of campaigning experience and deep knowledge of party work, signaling confident, seasoned campaign management.
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William H. Horner
Republican County Committee
Harry F. Oves
Horner
Oves
Amendment to ease municipal burden from red tape act
A proposal seeks a modification of the existing law to relieve municipalities from the continual annoyance caused by the administrative red tape provisions of the act creating the commission.
Democratic platform pledges and Latin American notes
Telegraph Periscope remarks on the Democrats promising peace in Mexico and fulfilling platform pledges. It jokes Carranza and Villa. notes June weather. and comments on the one term plank and a sharp jab about the Russian bear’s ancestry.
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Mexico
Democratic Party
St. Louis
Editorial Reflections on War Peace and a Hoosier Delegate
A compilation of editorial quotes from Chicago Herald New York Evening Sun and others. It contrasts views on US role in war and peace with a humorous anecdote about a Hoosier delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, detailing a drunken misadventure at the Morrison hotel and Y M C A. Hotel near the Coliseum.
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Chicago Herald
United States
New York Evening Sun
Coliseum
Wabash
Fragmented Voices and Drake’s Drum in Brief
Excerpts reveal contentious talk on media bias and advertising influence, a sardonic portrait of a socialite, and a verse portrait of Drake in a hammock. The passages mix satire on journalism, class, and national memory through quoted dialogue and a ballad-like poem by Henry Newbolt.
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Drake
Plymouth
Henry Newbolt
Im So Happy By Wing Dinger On Merchants Big Day
Poem praises a rainless Saturday boosting town trade and urges the public to spend. The speaker vows to aid the cause by shopping but must leave for a game of golf.
Pennsylvania politics churn as McCormick slated to lead Democrats
The piece surveys Pennsylvania political maneuvering as Vance C. McCormick advances toward the Democratic national chairmanship with President Wilson and Governor Brumbaugh shaping strategy. It notes internal Democratic unity contrasted with GOP friction, hinted cabinet posts, and upcoming appointments amid Pennsylvanian battles over Penrose and party factions.
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St. Louis Dispatch
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Vance McCormick
Harrisburg
Ephraim Lederer
St. Louis
Marshall
Charles P. Donnelly
Old Guardsman
Democratic State Committee
McLean
Palmer
Happiness is a Parable on Money and Paradise
The quote discusses money as a source of responsibility and ambition, contrasting it with Adam and Eve living in Paradise before money. It frames happiness as a mindset rather than wealth and notes money’s influence on imagination and desire. The Silent Partner attributed line reflects on materialism versus contentment.
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Eve
Paradise
Studying the Sun and Its Power to Grow Plants
The article reviews experiments showing plants fail to thrive under continuous electrical light without sun exposure, proving solar radiation is essential. It outlines government solar studies at four sites, methods to measure heat and light, and the potential of sun powered engines and energy storage ideas.
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Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
United States
California
Kimbell
Washington
Madison
Wis
Lincoln
Neb
Santa Fe
N. M
Washington, D. C
Earth
Allegheny Mountains
Unusual School Board Move Spurs Public Debate
A Hazleton board of school directors passes a resolution to force teachers to cash months of salaries, prompting questions on the link between business and education. The item sits amid a string of quirky notes from Wyoming Valley Boy Scouts fundraising to a five foot black snake sighting in Pottsville.
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Hazleton
Boy Scouts of Wyoming Valley
Scout Movement
Pottsville
Reptile
Municipal Quiz Reveals Harrisburg Rotary Members Answers
Harrisburg Rotary Club held its annual Municipal Quiz. The event featured questions such as the 1915 death rate per 1 900 based on a population of 2 575. The piece also ponders the changing view of fathers from Dad to Father as children grow into adults.
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Rotary Club
Harrisburg Rotary Club
Unusual Workmen’s Insurance Lines Touched by Act
The state workmen compensation fund reports wide coverage under the new act, with 13,186 policies issued to 122,659 employes across diverse lines. Elevators, mills, and other equipment are being updated as safety codes roll out July 1, while Bell Telephone tests exclusive wire service linking alumni across the nation for a $50,000 stunt. A Harrisburg scene includes a humorous cherry tree remark from a local caretaker and news of artist John Alexander’s estate, plus a street umbrella fire incident drawing crowds of onlookers.
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Engineers’ Club
Milwaukee
Washington
California
Alabama
Montana
Ohio
Alexander Graham Bell
Orville Wright
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Theodore N. Vail
Michael I. Pupin
Well Known People In State and City Circles
City Solicitor T. K. Saylor of Johnstown drafts a building code from twenty cities. Morris Knowles who met the Pittsburgh Flood Commission here yesterday has long aided the project. Dr. Leroy Weller, Beaver College president, earned a doctor of letters from Waynesburg College. W. B. Kay becomes corporation clerk in the Auditor General's department and was once a newspaper man. Thomas K. Donnally, secretary of the State Red Men, has held that post for over twenty years.
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T. K. Saylor
Johnstown
Morris Knowles
Pittsburgh Flood Commission
Leroy Weller
Beaver College
Waynesburg College
Ww. B. Kay
Auditor General’s Department
Thomas K. Donnally
State Red Men
Harrisburg Nail Factory Heritage in Wisconsin Dairy Areas
Historic Harrisburg notes early industry in the region with one of the area’s first nail factories. The text links Harrisburg to Wisconsin dairy bucket production through regional manufacturing history.
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