Ohio Campaign Voices Civic Righteousness and Roosevelts Qualms
An excerpted column critiques Ohio Republican strategy for 1912 ballots, arguing harmony among candidates harms civic righteousness, cites J. P. Morgan ties to Judson Harmon, and questions Ballinger and Roosevelt critiques. It also discusses Bryan’s Indiana comeback effort and Kerns relationship to party bosses amid farm and hogs imagery.
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Ohio
Judson Harmon
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Guest on his way too soon will go
A fragment notes a guest who will depart soon and not return. The lines imply an impending loss and absence, using solemn phrasing about blood and departure.
Indiana voters face Beveridge Kern choice in final week
The piece argues Indiana should reelect Albert J Beveridge to continue insurgent reform in the Senate, contrasting him with John W Kern. It traces Beveridge’s record, the rise of progressive politics, and calls readers to evaluate trust in honest public service amid party pressure. It cites Roosevelt era reforms and press endorsements.
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Albert J. Beveridge
Beveridge
John W. Kern
United States Senate
Kern
Roosevelt
Senate
Millionaires’ Club
John Kern
Ward Heeler
Chicago Tribune
John Callan O’laughlin
Washington
Republican Party
Union
Success Magazine
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Cummins
A King's Lesson From A Royal Sermon by Morris
The king laments the craft of ruling while the captain bluntly says rulers live by robbing the poor. The king muses on rebellion as a single noble craft, to work for oneself and live merrily, but fears to preach it. The captain vows the sermon will be preached though few heed it.
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Carle
William Morris
Indiana voters face test of civic righteousness in Beveridge race
The piece argues Indiana must back Albert J. Beveridge as a sign of national reform against corruption and old political machines. It frames the election as a referendum on progress, integrity, and the nation’s moral order, urging readers to vote for the candidate who kept pledges and opposed the Payne Aldrich tariff.
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Beveridge
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
Kern
Oliver P. Morton
The Bible in Literature as the Fountain of Power
The Scrap Book surveys the Bible in literature, noting its near springs of life and universal laws shaping human inward and outward life. Henry Van Dyke extols its narratives poems allegories meditations and letters as giving the book first place among world books for currency and greatness.
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Henry van Dyke
Gold and Love Anacreon Translation Echoes Wealth’s Toll
A Cowley translation of Anacreon laments gold’s corrupting power in love and society. It warns that ore, refining, and coinage seed envy, strife, and betrayal from individuals to families, linking wealth to social ills and failed affection.
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Anacreon
Cowley
True Friendship and Love in La Rochefoucauld’s Insight
The excerpt argues that self driven taste guides friendship and that preferring friends over self defines true friendship. It claims distrust is more dishonorable than betrayal and notes we seek admiration in friends, not just equals in love. Lucretius style insight on happiness from ignorance.
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Lo Rochefou
Falstaffs Song Fragment Reflects Dying on Wednesday
The fragment evokes a dead figure tied to midweek fate, asking where he lies and noting his burial beneath a tailor’s yard. It contrasts Wednesday's coffin with Sabbath deaths and hints at time’s decay, mentioning a score of years and the grave’s turf.
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Dea
Love is a terrible thing in meadow and hollow
A pair of verses explore love as a consuming force. Grace Fallow Norton pleads to earth and sky about a home light and fear, while S E Kiser recounts a comic chase and wallow in a Chicago Record Herald curling with the refrain Love is a terrible thing. The pieces contrast tender longing with slapstick mishap.
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Grace Fallow Norton
Century Magazine
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Leeton Times warns of grim retribution over paper ban
A Leeton Missouri note accuses a quarrelsome man of harsh tactics and predicts dire personal consequences if the Times does not stay silent. The outspoken speaker vows future memory of the incident, referencing a black hearse and a rising moral reckoning.
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Leeton
Progressive Era Beliefs On Public Power And Corporate Control
A speech by Gifford Pinchot and associates advocates direct nomination and recall, full campaign finance transparency, prohibition on public servants tied to interstate corporations, and mandatory lobbyist registration. They urge ending special interests in politics, expanding public control over resources, and government run for human welfare over profits.
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Congress
United States
Oregon Voters Show Disciplined Judgment In Direct Legislation
Senator Jonathan Bourne states that since Oregon adopted initiative and referendum voters have approved 23 measures and rejected 4 referred laws. He notes large, complex bills passed by public vote, demonstrates home rule for cities, and cites gross earnings taxes on rail and telecom firms. Costs for 32 measures totaled about 25 000 dollars with favorable outcomes overall.
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Legislative Assembly
United States
Legisla
Tures
State University
National Guard
Grange
Jonathan Bourne
Lisbon stability urged as cabinet threat looms
A Kansas City Star style note and various editorial jabs reference Lisbon politics with threats of resignation. The piece mocks quick fix tactics and jokes about oiling flies to prevent them from alighting on frames, while commenting on farmer prosperity and black hand imagery in a satirical mood.
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Lisbon
Kansas City
Kansas
Ohio State Journal
Literary Contest Drawn By Eastern Magazine In Dakota
Eastern magazine stages a literary contest among students from the agricultural department at a North Dakota college. Entries showcased varied works, highlighting youthful talent and regional themes.
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Agri‘cultarat Epartamese
Rth
Dakota
Unclear Ode to City Life Sparks Debate in Ledger
A Tacoma Daily Ledger note questions the belief that residence in a city is required to "weite." The remark hints at broader urban identity and linguistic play, prompting discussion about place and belonging in local culture.
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Weite
Tacoma Daily Ledger
Merely a Recess and Public Memory of Ballinger
A Kansas City Star note says Secretary Ballinger should not infer the public has forgotten his case despite quiet coverage. It urges attention to ongoing issues and cautions against overconfidence from absence of headlines.
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Ballinger
IK Kansas City Star
Minne sota Sophomore Proposal Record Questioned
The Baltimore Sun questions whether the Minnesota sophomore who proposed to twenty three girls in one day set a college record. The rumor's veracity and context remain uncertain amid sparse corroboration.
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Minnesota
Baltimore Sun
Oversight: Woman's liabilities soar beyond assets in New York
A New York woman faces liabilities of 37 684 dollars with assets totaling 7 dollars, a contrast few would explain. The Baltimore Sun notes. A Washington man leapt from a foot bridge to recover his hat from the river, underscoring the era's high cost of living as highlighted by the Times.
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