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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
4
Salon-gleaned musings on politics and Louisville pastimes
The column pools reactions to the Lorimer scandal and senate maneuvering, noting public sentiment on popular senate election, Cable and state railways, and Taft appointees. It lampoons Boss politics, celebrates hospitalities, and recalls Indianapolis city hall graft-free boast with brash humor.
President hails Payne Aldrich law as great money getter
In his message to Congress the president calls the Payne Aldrich thrift law a great money getter for the treasury and notes it is also a strong vote getter for the Democrats. The remark appears in the Front Royal Impartial Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Treasury
Front Royal
Centralia Woman’s Farm Output Highlighted in OCR Fragment
In an unclear clipping a Centralia farm woman is noted for large harvests and family activity. The fragment mentions corn and pumpkin yields, a husband, nine children, and an extensive farm operation across eighty acres, with references to a Gay Courter.
New Jersey Fight Highlights Wilson and Boss Reform
The piece traces New Jersey politics as Republicans purge corrupt influence and Democrats nominate Woodrow Wilson a progressive scholar. It chronicles James Smith Jr. the boss backing Wilson, Martine's bid, and the push for popular election of senators amid machine pressure and reform rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Wilson
James Smith Jr
Smith
United States Senate
Democratic Party
James E. Martine
Pennsylvania Railroad
Prudential Insurance Company
Ross Smith
Martine
United States
McDermit
Smith Machine
Hughes
New York
Illinois
Roger Sullivan
Lorimer
Chicago
Senatorial Luxuries and Senate Office Purchases Highlight Expenditures
The secretary of the senate report reveals vanity items and comforts bought for lawmakers at government expense. Purchases include velour sofa pillows, apollinaris, telegraphing costs, lemons, sugar, toiletries, bromo seltzer, brushes, soap, whisk brooms, pharmacy items, snuff, and decorative flowers for a luncheon in the military affairs committee room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Senate
Senate
Apollinaris
Senators
Senate Chamber
Beveridge Sees Tariff Reform Driven by Public Demand
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Senator Beveridge faces a mixed reception as congress debates a non partisan tariff commission. His push for a commission free from corporate data bottlenecks gains strength despite Indiana voters sending a rival to the Senate. The piece argues the Beveridge idea mirrors national will and deserves legislative enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
Congress
Washington
Indiana
Senate
Cleveland Plain Dealer
When to Go Home Says Scrap Book Advice
When tired out go home for rest. For consolation go home. To show reform go home and let family know. To present best self go home and act there. To be liberal practice with wife and children first. To shine with brilliancy light up the household. Good Housekeeping.
If Love Were Laughter Poem Verse Compare Grief and Joy
An early 20th century verse by Ancie Johnston Crim published in Century. it contrasts love and grief as opposing forces. The speaker wishes a life of laughter and happiness for a beloved, then acknowledges that grief can accompany joy and both leave blessings over the years. The poem muses on eternal cycles of tears and balm between love and sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancie Johnston Crim
Santa Claus Returns in a Child’s Hopeful View
A Houston Post item recalls a child’s faith amid poverty and rising costs. The speaker rejects his mother’s doom pessimism and argues Santa Claus remains real for him, predicting a season of gifts despite hardship. The piece centers on family strain, economic stress, and enduring belief in gift giving.
The Dream of Millions and the American Ideal
The Rocky Mountain News essays on Max Teich and Col. Richard H. Southgate, contrasting a foreigner’s wealth to the American dream. It argues average Americans pursue wealth as an idol, dreaming of millionaires while neglecting discipline and higher aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Teich
Chicago
Richard H. Southgate
Col. Southgate
Mr. Teich
America
Day Dream
Rocky Mountain News
Quiet boy becomes naturalist apprentice in Tit-Bits item
A short comic anecdote about a shy, studious boy apprenticed to a naturalist. He works slowly feeding a canary for two hours and asks what comes next, with the master suggesting he take the tortoise out for a run.
All Flesh Is Grass Beefsteaks Spurred by Disgust
A bizarre dialogue set among diners ends with a windowed glare and a toss of the knife as one narrator riffs on mortality and a barred meadow of meat. The exchange, reported by the Boston Transcript, blends wit and dark humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Etiquette Lesson At Dinner Provokes Tea Comment
A remark on dining manners follows a sharp exchange about tea sipping versus gargling. The speaker defends quiet behavior while another criticizes the force of the hot drink and the swallowing pace, prompting a brief social rebuke in a domestic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
A Matter of Opinion
A literary vignette from Harper's Bazaar where Mary and her father debate a young man's bedtime. The young man notes it is 11 40 and frames going to bed as a matter of personal preference, suggesting sleep when sleepy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Father
Papa
George
Harper’s Bazaar
March of Progress in New York Site Work
A Baltimore American quote notes a twenty story shack torn down in New York to clear a site for building. It mentions last year’s Dreadnoughts being used as targets, highlighting wartime activity and urban redevelopment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baltimore American
Christmas Shopper's Load From Toy Store List
A night scene on a busy street shows a shopper bearing a selection of toys. Woolly lambs trains of cars dolls paints jumping jack animated monkey flying machine another doll air gun toy piano tin automobile and about a dozen more bundles listed in the Los Angeles Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iano
Tin Automobile
Los Angeles Express
Keokuk Dam Project Poised to Harness Mississippi Power
Chicago financiers back a $25,000,000 Keokuk dam to develop 200000 horsepower with a 5800 foot reinforced concrete structure. Work on the Illinois side progresses and Iowa side began December 1. The project aims to create a 30 mile long lake improving navigation from Keokuk to Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Keokuk
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Mississippi River
Burlington
Shorter Bombay Route Aims to Cut Asia-Europe Travel Time
The International syndicate builds a Russo British backed Persia to Baluchistan railroad promising seven day London to Bombay travel, 5700 miles by Rus sia and British routes. Persian section priced at 75 million dollars with international company control. German aid uncertain but promoters expect financing with or without Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Persia
Baluchistan
London
Bombay
Brindisi
Suez Canal
England
India
France
Germany
Baku
Caspian Sea
Resht
Teheran
Kirman
Balthuistan
Nushki
Alexandrovo
Rostoff
Strange Street Car Feud Is Ended
A feud between Buffalo steel plant employees and the Buffalo & Lake Erie traction company over rush hour seating and a nonsmoking rule ended after steel plant officials intervened. The first protests began when groups demanded car change with $1 bills, causing the conductor to scramble for change and replenish at nearby saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Steel Plant
Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Company
College graduates invited to consular service exam
Washington December 22 another opportunity for college graduates to join the consular service will be offered January 30 at the state department for candidates as consular assistants or student interpreters. Consular assistants earn 1000 dollars annually. A student interpreter bound for China Japan and Turkey receives 1000 dollars with 125 dollars tuition allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
China
Japan
Turkey
Suffragists Plan Secret Vote Bid in Kansas
In Kansas on January 11 suffragists will give legislators a chance to vote in secluded dance corner meetings. The plan favors the best looking suffragists to present the case, avoiding militant tactics and aiming to win votes through discreet charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peka
Kas
Kansas
End of Alfonso's Reign Looms as Spain Faces Revolt
Madrid reports a powder keg situation since Portugal's revolution with risk of a simultaneous uprising in Spain. Republicans favor a federal union with Portugal, giving home rule locally but a single president and congress for the group. King Alfonso faces potential military disloyalty. a nationwide revolt could topple the throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Ben
Manuel
Spain
Alfonso
Portugual
Portugal
Congress
United States of America
Nomentins
Dope Congress to Convene Soon For Global Drug Control
Washington reports the Netherlands preparing preliminaries for a world conference on international control of habit forming drugs. The plan follows Anglo Chinese opium reductions and aims to accelerate global drug restrictions with broad power from participating nations. The conference is expected to convene within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Der
Congress
Netherlands
China
England
Celsaial
United States
State Department
Fin
Oklahoma Bank Deposits Surpass 106 Million
Oklahoma bank deposits climb to about 106 million dollars by December, with an estimated 20 million rise from September to December and a ten week gain of roughly 17 million. The surge is attributed to the state's record 800000 bale cotton crop driving deposits higher than January 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Aeroplane School Not Yet Started Near Paris
Paris December 22 The 100000 dollars yearly offered by Henri Deutsch to the Sorbonne for a school of aeroplanes has not yet been accepted The money would fund a building for an experimental school near Paris with devices tested under a technical committee including Bleroit Barthou Beaumes Lieut Col Bouttieaux and M Deutsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henri Deutsch
Sorbonne
Academy of Paris
Council of State
Bleroit
Barthou
Aero Club of France
Beaumes
Col. Bouttieaux
M. Deutsch
Also Mentioned on This Page
THESS
SUN Building
East
Ohio Street
R. G. Leeds
Indianapolis
Ind
Boston
New York Herald
John W. Kern
Roosevelt
Sherman
Champ Clark
Pennsylvania Avenue
Champ Will
Diaz
Dr. Cook
Charles Bookwalter
B. H. Meyer
Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
Revolutionary State Railway Commission of
Wisconsin
la Follette
Railroad Commission
City Hall
Joseph G. Cannon
New Jersey Society
Philadelphia
Santa Claus
Judd Lewis
Houston
Post
Speedy
Ekeokkuk
H. L. Cooper
Niagara Falls
Consular Service
Collegians
Dope Congress
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