Commission government praised then questioned in civic debate
In a critique of commission governments in Des Moines and Galveston, the writer argues good officials can emerge under any system but notes that actual leaders often mirror past flaws. The piece emphasizes public virtue as a factor yet warns against romanticizing utopian governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Des Moines
Austin
Flint Denny
Sun
Commission
A. F. Denny
Mathis
Schramm
Court House
Hammery
Ash
MacVicar
IndianaPolis
Fragmented Editorial Ramblings on Politics and Scandal
Disjointed protest piece questions policing of joyriders, proposes theater seating penalties, critiques Diaz era abuses, and notes New York Union League rebuff of William Loeb. It criticizes prominent politicians and financiers, questions tariff bias, and mocks Lew Shank’s mayoralty and graft in a jumbled, opinionated column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union League Club of
New York
William Loeb
Loeb
Port of
Republican Club
Europe
Executing the Laws and Local Enforcement Struggles in Indiana
A column argues Illinois like Indiana faces weak state control over counties towns and cities. It cites unified bookkeeping, enforcemen t gaps, mayoral power in times of trouble, and the governor’s limited tools to remove recalcitrant officials amid liquor and health law disputes. A call for stronger executive authority echoes through references to Lew Shank and Newark Ohio suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey
Vigo
Indiana
Marshall
Lew Shank
Lorimer case tests senatorial courtesy and public will
The essay argues that delaying access to 1,200 pages of Lorimer case evidence and swift committee action reveal unseen government. It accuses senators Bailey Bulkeley Depew Burrows Heyburn of Big Business ties and warns that passing Lorimer by courtesy would betray the people’s rejection of Senate manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorimer
Senate
Beveridge
Friends of
Washington
United States Senate
Bailey
Wilson’s foes mount as Ike and Smith clash over 1912
In a Kansas City Star excerpt the piece notes President Wilson accumulating “fine, serviceable enemies” including ex Senator James Smith Jr the sugar senator. The forecast hints at political friction as the West could resist Ike’s influence amid 1912 tensions.
A Reserved Seat in Debate on Commission Need
A political note reports Senator Aldrich finally accepting the necessity of a new commission. The text hints at a landslide reaction and references the Geveland Leader as a source, suggesting local opinion shaping the issue.
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Aldrich
Geveland
No Place for Frills in a Perfumed Bath Bag Gift
A humorous note from the Ohio State Journal mocks excessive gift sentiment, urging practicality over frills as it riffs on a homemade Christmas present and a desire for simple enduring items like scent and soap in a playful 19th century voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palladium of Liberty
Ohio State Journal
City Slogans Spark Rivalry Across Towns
The Bovwlsville Post notes New Orleans calls itself The City Care Forgot and predicts Pittsburg will unveil The City That Forgot to Care. The tongue in cheek exchange highlights civic branding in local discourse.
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New Orleans
Pittsburg
Bovwlsville Post
The City as a Family Not a Business Machine
John Hayes Holmes argues in the Survey that municipal development passes from political exploitation to business administration and finally to a social, family-centered model. He urges replacing economy as an ideal with expanded public revenue and social expenditures to serve the common welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Bryce
Richard Croker
John Hayes Holmes
Envy Described As Vile Eternal Ill Will By Bacon
The excerpt presents Francis Bacon's view that envy is a perpetual and active vice, devoid of holidays or relief. Envy is said to injure love and other affections, making a man pine, and is described as the devilish attitude that sows tares by night and harms virtue through subtle, dark methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Bacon
Oh to be young in a world grown old poem fragment
A poetic verse laments a sober gray world where chivalry faded and the Little Folk flee westward to Isles of the Brest beyond the Sunset Gates. The speaker notes a faded queenly face and love laughter and hope withered, as all sweetness leaves with the Little Folk. Isobel A. Fisher in Westminster Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coli
Rea
Brest
Isobel
A. H. Fisher
Westminster Gazette
In Sua or Shade by Louiss Moraan Sill
A memorial ode lamenting a man’s departure from life. The speaker notes the loss to places of affection, recalls blue eyes and white hair, and mentions an apple tree and lilac bushes loved by the departed. The verse affirms the enduring soul that spoke through him and the ongoing echo of his voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louiss Moraan
Just a Minute Swapping Stories
Conversation between Madge and Marjorie quoted by a Judge about romantic claims. Madge denies belief in a lover’s boast while Marjorie retorts with a counterlie about the first kiss. The exchange highlights playful courtroom banter on honesty in love.
Somebody Punished and the Judge’s Dilemma
A courtroom exchange records defense counsel urging probation for the defendant while the court emphasizes a crime has been committed and punishment is due. The judge notes the defendants have been detained for nine weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wei
Louisville Courier-Journal
That man says he would not give a duck a drink
A Central Branch brakeman quips that someone in 80 stingy would not provide a duck a drink even if he owned the river, as quoted by the Kansas City Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Branch
Kansas City Star
Dialog in Court Over Son’s Education
Judge questions Boggs on his son’s schooling. Boggs replies he did not attend school locally, only college, prompting the judge to press for clarity about education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woggs
Boggs
More Than Equal
A stage ad lib exchange shows a servant declaring readiness and confidence while the judge asserts superiority and ambition in a dialogue about work and status. The lines emphasize social tension and class humor through brisk repartee.
College motives mocked in a Puck quip
A humorous exchange attributes college motives to family members. The speaker cites mother plans for leadership, uncle for sowing oats, sister for marriage, and father for bankruptcy as reasons for attending college.
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Professor
Willie Rahrah
Bill
Sis
Puck
Suspicious man counts words from dictionary says Courier
Quotations from the Louisville Courier Journal describe a man seen as very suspicious for buying a dictionary last week and counting its words to challenge publisher claims. The brief note highlights curiosity and alleged cleverness in a local scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Cleverton’s Tailor Reveals First Man You See
A brief cartoon caption features Cleverton praising a tailor, joking that the first man you meet as you leave is the wardrobe’s maker, with Waiting and Dashaway delivering playful banter about appearances.
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Dashaway
Cleverton
Li Fe
Angell recalls early south journey before the war
James B. Angell, president emeritus of the University of Michigan, recounts a horseback trip through the South ten years before the war. He and a friend traveled from Winchester, Virginia, visiting Jefferson's estate and noting regional speech, slavery attitudes, and hardships including a mudbound stage ride and a brutal street auction in Quincy Florida. The tale ends with convention updates and remarks by scholars Morse Stephens and Dunbar Rowland.
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James B. Angell
University of Michian
American Historical Association
South
Angell
Winchester
Charlottesville
New England
Thomas Jefferson
Europe
Jefferson
Charles I’. Adams
John Quincey Adams
Fletcher Webster
Daniel Webster
Macon
Quincy
Fla
Quincey
Columbus
Montgomery
Statehouse
Claypool
Association
H. Morse Stephens
University of California
Morse
Aulari
Dickens
Tolstoi
Shaw
Twain
Dunbar Rowland
Jackson
Miss
State records preservation urged by speaker
The speaker condemned current methods of preserving state records and valued volumes and urged state archives with proper care. He called for careful selection of records and better training for history teachers citing local school governance as a cause of inefficiency and recommending German and French systems as models.
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Albert H. Sanford
State Normal School
la Crosse
Wis
Association
Germany
France
French aviator Tabuteau sets long flight record near Buc
Maurice Tabuteau on a Farman biplane exceeded 362 miles in under eight hours toward the Michelin cup and $4000 prize. Legagneaux had held the prior mark with 320 miles. Meanwhile Lieut De Caumont was fatally injured when his monoplane crashed at St Cyr after bidding farewell to his fiancée.
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Buc
Tabuteau
Farman
Legagneaux
Afr
Henri Farman
Lieut. de Caumont
Army Aviation Corps
St. Cyr
Lieut de Caumont
de Caumont
Japanese scare revived with cautious War Department note
Washington reports a cautious confirmation of Manila dispatches on Japanese activity. The War Department said no certain information on arms or explosives imports was at hand and declined further comment, omitting spies references as significant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
War Department
Duvall
Department
Newsboys to be guests at downtown dinner
Scott P. Matthews of the Arkansas lumber company will host a dinner for Indianapolis downtown newsboys at Grace M. E. church in East and Market streets. Tertram Day will address the youths and a class will be organized. Boys with news carrier cards will be admitted.
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Indianapolis
Scott P. Matthews
Arkansas Lumber Company
Newsies
Grace M. E. Church
Market
Matthews
Tertram
Bath Tub Members Plead for Mercy
Indicted members of the bath tub trust seek clemency to avoid jail. A department of justice conference was held Friday on the matter. Detroit district attorney Frank H. Watson and special assistant Edwin T. Grosvenor led the government’s civil efforts.
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Washington
Bath Tub Trust
Department of Justice
Department
Frank H. Watson
Detroit
Edwin T. Grosvenor
Farmer shot by two highwaymen in South Bend area
Roman Taberski, 28, a farmer nine miles from South Bend, was held up and shot early Friday by two highway men who stole $30. Wounded in the stomach, he dragged to a nearby house for help after the assailants left him in the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taberski
South Bend
Chimney Cleaner Tries Shotgun Method in Indiana
Fred Hoefger of Huntington Indiana found an odd solution to a clogged chimney. After failing with known methods he fired a shotgun up the flue and a rain of soot followed but draft improved with no further trouble.
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Hoefger
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Lew
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Chicago Tribune
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Madge
Marjorie
Judge
DR. Angell
Michigan University
Prof. Angell
Staunton
Lynchburg
North Carolina
South Carolina
North
University of North Carolina
Charleston
Companion
Paris
Maurice Tabuteau
Newsboys
Farmer
Huntington, Ind
Fred
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