Lansing Appoints Robert Lansing Secretary of State
The Lansing appointment of Robert Lansing to Secretary of State is hailed as wise for his diplomacy, knowledge, and efficiency, with praise for promoting internal talent and signaling support for young public servants. Americanization Day plans gain momentum nationwide, urging English learning, civic training, and inclusive celebrations for foreign-born residents on Independence Day. Secretary Wilson’s daughter is named special representative to supervise the Department of Labor exhibit at the San Francisco Exposition.
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Lansing
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Bryan
New York
America
General Committee
United States
United States Commissioner of Education
O. P. Claxton
Harrisburg
Department of Labor
San Francisco Exposition
Department
Free Speech Roar Spars Penn In Re Election Folly
The piece rails at Scott Nearing over his failed re election bid and claims his dismissal is an attack on free speech. It accuses him of using class rolls to promote his writings and branding university rights as suppression while criticizing radical professors.
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Scott Nearing
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Nearing
Tariff Tinkering and Its Ripple Through Small Trades
The piece argues that cheap goods and wage pressures push people to buy less, shifting demand along the supply chain. Shoes, clothing, and painting suffer as each trade trims costs to survive. It blames 1913 tariff policy for inviting European cheap labor and eroding U S workers’ market share.
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Europe
United States
Grandfathers Not So Bad in Wilson’s View
The piece argues President Wilson’s jibe at the Republicans for listening to older men is unfounded. It notes Bryan, younger than Elihu Root, held counsel to the President, showing age does not fix judgment. The author suggests Wilson may rethink his claim that elders lack capability.
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Wilson
Republican Party
W. J. Bryan
Elihu Root
Thaw mocks faith in his sanity and fortune
Telegraph Periscope notes confusion over Thaw claims as Pittsburgh banks cash his checks and bolster belief in his sanity while humor turns to doubt about his wealth. A Connecticut girl kills a four foot rattlesnake after a peenant and other light remarks mix with social quips about men, markets, and a Greene county man named I. M. Kilinger arrested for choking his wife.
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Pittsburgh
Connecticut
League of Domestic Peace
Greene County
I. M. Kilinger
Editorial snippets on justice and society from era papers
Quotes from Topeka Capital Philadelphia Record Washington Star and Philadelphia Inquirer reflect opinions on circumstantial evidence juries international diplomacy and social manners. Brief remarks note neighbors conviction rates, Turkey’s proposals, tough naval exams, and Mexican laborers wearing wooden sandals with unclear meaning.
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Topeka Capital
Legislating Patriotism in Britain Munitions Plants
Parliament weighs a bill to halt strikes in British munitions plants. The piece notes that neither morality nor patriotism can be legislated into a heart that does not burn with conviction.
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New York Evening UN
The Defense Once More Ag ko ee
The article argues the war favors defense over offense, citing the Dardanelles stalemate and the slow Allied push in Belgium. It notes German defensive success, strained populations, and the futility of endless slaughter, predicting eventual exhaustion and questioning war as a dispute solution.
Our Daily Laugh June Weddings and a Night Hop
A playful item notes June brings many weddings and plans for a lively night out. The exchange uses light humor about a giraffe and a kangaroo planning a hop in a cheerful, dated voice.
Nominating petitions open in Pennsylvania counties
In many counties petitions for judicial nominations begin tomorrow under the 1913 act with August 24 filing. Three candidates seek superior court, plus county contests. Notable races include Sylvester Sadler in Cumberland and incumbents Gillan and Swope in Franklin and Adams Fulton districts, while Lebanon Schuylkill factions face division.
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Superior Court
Sylvester Sadler
Cumberland County
E. M. Biddle, Jr
John W
Democrats of
Lebanon
Hartman
Schuylkill County
Bryan
Thomas M. Reese
Lackawanna County
Scranton
Mr. Reese
T. W. Tobies
Blair
F. K. Lorenz
Roaring Springs
John H. Fow
House
Philadelphia
Louis J. Kolb
Robert J. McGrath
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Harry A. Englehart
Cambria
Ebensburg
Morgan Thomas
Lackawanna
Joseph E. Niemund
Mifflin
Bryan not menace to U S by agitation says NY American
The New York American asserts that Mr. Bryan's danger to the United States lies in the audience he attracts not in his ideas. It dismisses his arguments as shallow and endless dogma, claiming his claimed authorship lends divine sanction to his theory.
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New York American
United States
Mr. Bryan
Pennsylvania Railroad Exhibit at San Francisco Exposition
Harrisburg author describes the Pennsylvania Railroad display in the Transportation building. A large 42 by 26 foot relief map spans from the Atlantic to St. Louis with state capitals lit in blue, and a New York City map model with illuminated landmarks. Two Altoona built steel passenger coaches serve as an auditorium for moving pictures about the Pennsylvania System and its routes, with 34 reels shown over days, plus side exhibits like Enola Yards and Harrisburg’s Pennsylvanian station. Tickets are partial punches to limit riders to 114 aboard. The tour includes routes from Harrisburg to Philadelphia via Steelton, Lancaster County, Mt Joy, and Coatesville ending at Broad Street Station.
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Pennsylvania Railroad System
Harrisburg
Samuel C. Spengler
Altoona
San Francisco
Spengler
New York City
New York
Pennsylvania Station
Hell Gate Bridge
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Ocean
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Washington
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Mr. Spengler
H. T. Wilkins
Middle Division
Tener
Steelton
Lancaster County
United States
Mt. Joy
Coatesville
Water tactics in old police actions and school polls
A reminiscence describes water streams used by police to dislodge a gunman and unruly tenants, including a 15 year old case where hoses toppled a defender. It also notes Central High School seniors polling favorites in subjects, writers, and amusements, reflecting local civic life and politics ahead of primaries.
Supreme Court Reaffirms Fifteenth Amendment Rights
The Supreme Court unanimously holds that the Fifteenth Amendment guarantees voting rights regardless of race, denouncing grandfather clauses and southern denial of suffrage. The ruling, led by a former Confederate chief justice, extends equal protection to all citizens and marks a renewed living Constitution.
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New York World
United States
Supreme Court
Maryland
Oklahoma
Mason and Dixon
Republic
Panos
American Merchant Marine Sparks Global Trade Debate
The New York Herald reports a US shipping crisis as relaxed vessel purchases under the American flag collide with La Follette's stringent bill. Critics like Robert Dollar and James J. Hill warn the law will cede Pacific trade to Japan, hindering competitive operation of American ships.
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New York Herald
la Follette
Seamen’s Union
Robert Dollar
James J. Hill
Pacific
A B C of Electricity and Plays of the Pioneers
Harper & Brothers publish A B C of Electricity by William H Meadowcroft detailing beginner explanations of terms like ampere and ohm and practical uses of electricity. Constance Mackay promotes community pageantry and plays for towns and schools, noting rising interest in drama and accessible productions.
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William H. Meadowcroft
Harper & Brothers
Harper's
Constance D'Arcy Mackay
Harrisburg Election Attracts Attention Across Cities
Harrisburg's fall election draws expectation among third class cities. The fragment mentions social attitudes, remarks on women, light opera, aviation folly, palm reading, and hypocrisy as humorous maxims reflecting public interest and quips from a local column.
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Harrisburg
Notable Pittsburgh Alumni Leaders Highlight Meeting
Well known figures including W C Coffin of Pittsburgh named president of University of Pittsburgh alumni. HE F Heffner of Lock Haven presides over pharmacists annual meeting. C B Hooper of Erie elected national boiler manufacturers president. W H Crawford of Allegheny College receives stone gavel from Mt Sinai friend. J M Coughlin of Wilkes Barre schools gets Bucknell honorary degree. A B Dunning Scranton engineer to retire in Florida. Judge W H Ruppel of Somerset noted as serious illness. Col Henry Shoemaker Altoona publisher elected director of Pennsylvania Wild Life League.
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Ww. C. Coffin
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
HE. F. Heffner
Lock Haven
C. 8. Hooper
Erie
W. H. Crawford
Allegheny College
Mt. Sinai
J. M. Coughlin
State Board of Education
Wilkes-Barre
Bucknell Univers
A. B. Dunning
Scranton
Florida
W. H. Ruppel
Somerset County
Col
Henry Shoemaker
Altoona
Wild Life League of
Pennsylvania
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Away
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Bryan Not Menace
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Harrisburg, Pa
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Forster Street
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