A Bluffing Esthete in Indianapolis Music Critique
An Indianapolis critic derides local elite for pretentious music knowledge. They recount Maud Powell and Grieg misconceptions, noting newspapers misidentified encores and arguing true music should be enjoyed, not analyzed by self styled experts. The piece mocks pretension and urges humility in cultural tastes.
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Gadski
Indianapolis
Maud Powell
Grieg
Miss Powell
Mac Dowell
Metropolitan Standard
Mendelssohn
Christmas Shopping Freed From Barriers
Hattie I e Blanc is freed enabling Christmas shopping earlier. A football play requires a restart after offside during Harry Wallace’s kick. Various public figures are urged to donate wealth for peace and public works.
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Hattie I.e Blanc
Public's Mind on Platforms Tracks Conservation and Utilities
Secretary of the House of Governors outlines a survey of this year’s party platforms. Conservation of resources leads, with public utilities next, while trusts remain federally addressed. Good roads and workers’ compensation gain support, plus more direct democracy ideas. judiciary reform remains rare.
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House of Governors
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Muckraker debate and Wick ersham report on trusts and graft
The article rebuts attacks on muckrakers by citing Attorney General Wickersham and his annual report. It details prosecutions of the tobacco, Standard Oil, sugar, naval supplies, and other trusts, plus large-scale land and water rights cases and underhand customs fraud. It frames the fight as people versus corporate interests.
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Wickersham
Chicago
Tobacco Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Powder Trust
Soft Coal Trust
Towing
Great Lakes
Beef Trust
Wholesale Grocers’ Trust
Butter and Egg Trust
Brick Trust
Paper Trust
Window Glass Trust
Bath Tub Trust
Congress
Turpentine Trust
Sugar Trust
Custom
Mediterranean
Western Railroads
Governor Marshall and the Speaker Choice Debate
The Sun notes Democratic discontent with Governor Marshall potentially influencing the next legislature's speaker. The piece argues the governor should actively shape the house to promote good government and counter corporate influence, warning that inaction would place blame on him if the legislature drifts.
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Democratic Party
Marshall
House
Councils of Democracy
Indiana voters urge Marshall to lead, not merely govern
The piece argues Governor Marshall must pursue an aggressive, commanding approach with the legislature or risk failure. It cites Taft as a caution, names Hughes and other governors as examples, and says Indiana wants a complete, well rounded administration to judge Marshall's policies fairly.
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Taft
Congress
Hughes
Folk
Shafroth
Hadley
Stubbs
Cummins
la Follette
Indiana
Marshall
Recall at Work in Seattle Tests Mayor Gill
Voters in Seattle rally the recall against Mayor Hiram C. Gill amid a battle over a broad open town. The Public Welfare League and Seattle Star push investigations as vice promoters and gambling rings are exposed, with petitions circulating for a recall election.
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Seattle
Hiram C. Gill
Gill
Charley W. Wappenstein
Vice Trust
Vice
Col
Jacek Thompson
Col Thompson
Mexico
Col. Thompson
Public Welfare League
Gill of
Alaska
Max Wardall
Wardall
Seattle Star
Gil
J. ¥. C. Kellogg
E. L. Blaine
Government monopoly on parcels post should be restored
The New York Journal argues that the United States parcels post is a government monopoly, historically protected since colonial times. It contends private carriers and express firms wrongfully intruded after 1880, causing post office deficits, and urges Congress to amend laws to cover all mailable matter and reestablish official control.
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Old Colony
Frederick Harndon
New York
Boston
Congress
United States Post Office
United States Parcels Post
New York Journal
Waste savings from rail oil and peat wealth noted
A Rochester inventor John T Schaffer highlights large waste streams in 1910 including rail car oil waste corn cobs and peat. He cites potential recoveries from oily waste amounting to over 1.3 million dollars and peat deposits across several states valued at 38 billion dollars at 3 per ton with uses in gas and fuel.
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John T. Schaffer
Rochester
Schaffer
America
United States
Pulitzer
Black Lake
St. Lawrence County
New York
Virginia
Cape Elizabeth
United States Geographical Survey
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
New England
Noda Steel Works
Sweden
Europe
Ohbio State Journal
Public Streets Deserve Private Profit, Urges Elis O. Jones
Elis O. Jones argues in Life that public streets, though used by millions, yield no profit and should be turned to private financiers. He asserts streets lack securities, risk, or dividends and would soar above par if privatized, contrasting with pensions and stock markets.
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Stock Exchange
Elis O. Jones
Best Civic Beauty
A civic ideal is measured by conduct and order not just streets or buildings. The essay argues that lawfulness, cleanliness, and respectability sustain a city’s welfare, with positive civic life as the true standard of beauty beyond infrastructure.
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Ohio State Journal
December Roses and Mistletoe Mood in A Holiday Panel
Gladys jokes about hanging mistletoe as she ages while De Garry notes some girls never outgrow the habit. Juadge comments on the lingering mistletoe tradition and social playful tension surrounding holiday customs.
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Gladys
de Garry
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