Insurgent senators face pressure as Indiana election looms
Washington observer notes president plans a fight on insurgents led by Beveridge Cummins and Dolliver, while Indiana leans toward Democrats. The piece argues Wall Street and party bosses maneuver to control votes, urging voters to back trustworthy representatives despite party labels.
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John Callan O’laughlin
Washington
Chicago Tribune
Cummins
Dolliver
Beveridge
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Indiana
Iowa
Des Moines
Middle West
Publican Party
Senate House
Women Praise Kern as Democratic Senatorial Candidate
A Linton Call editorial extols John W. Kern for sharing strong family values and love over political glory, urging men to emulate his devotion at home. It contrasts marital affection with public ambition and laments neglect of affection in marriage. The piece ends with a dated quotation and a civic-voice flourish.
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Linton
John W. Kern
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
John Kern
Mr. Kern
Just a Minute Always In Bad and Set in His Ways
A Philadelphia Record joke recounts Mayor Magee of Pittsburg describing a stubborn man as set in his ways. It parables a Civil War era planter blown from a steamboat on the Mississippi who asks where he is after rescue, quipping about landing in a prohibition state.
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Washington
Cannon
Aldrich
Governor Marshall
Senator McCarty
Mayor Robinson
Sheriff Blue
Engle
Charles B. Landis
Delphi Journal
Congress
Taft
Magee
Pittsburg
Mississippi
Iowa
Philadelphia Record
Beginning of a Famous Law and a Maid Bitten Nose
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a maid in a garden when a black bird bit off her nose, prompting the claim of an employer's liability act to the queen, framed as the start of a notorious tale or move.
A Poem for Today Home by Leigh Hodges
A poem extols a personal heaven near home rather than a far city. The speaker finds comfort in a humble domestic heaven framed by motherhood, friendship, and quiet, shared burdens. The verses praise daily peace, love, and the spiritual warmth of home.
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Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Philadelphia
Educating Women for Farm Life by Milo Hastings
In The Sun, Milo Hastings argues for city girls to attend land grant colleges in the central west. These coeducational institutions offer domestic science as regular curricula, with courses in food chemistry sanitation nursing and dressmaking. He envisions women entering technical farm roles and emphasizes education over traditional homemaking.
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Central West
A Growing Menace by Bolton Hall
Essay argues against waste and idle unemployed as social danger, urging public policy to stimulate work. Advocates using idle land for truck gardens to reduce unemployment and taxes, warning that idleness worsens crime and poverty and that wealth must serve the people.
Beating Sunrise With Morning Chorus and Bribery Heat
A playful regional column mocks morning crowing and breakfast eggs while lampooning Illinois graft politics. The item juxtaposes a hen’s cackle as a symbol of sincerity against assemblymen voting themselves into power amid bribery accusations.
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Christian Screnge
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