Final Step Toward Free Trade and Federal Power
The piece argues that House Rules action on national prohibition and woman suffrage will reveal whether Democrats become centralizers. It warns that federal control could erode state autonomy, citing Postmaster General, Labor, and Wilson proposals, and questions Southern Democrats' stance on expanding federal authority.
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New York World
House Committee On Rules
Congress
Washington
Petrograd
Secretary of Labor
Burleson
Tel
Make It More Than a Vision Says Merrill on Peace
The article quotes William Pearson Merrill urging Japan and the United States to overcome exclusion through Christian fairness. He envisions America embracing peaceful co existence, dismantling fences between races states and classes, and adopting a policy of peace with a strong police force while defending against attack. He argues such a stance could push humanity toward the Kingdom of God.
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Count Okuma
Japan
United States
Thi
America
Christ
Amerea
Kingdom of God
Brotherhood of Man
William Pearson Merrill
Judge rules wife’s savings from household funds stay separate
Justice Blackmar in New York Supreme Court held that savings by a wife from funds provided for household expenses remain the husband’s property unless proven as a gift. The suit by Charles Montgomery Jr against his wife Emma Montgomery and Williamsburg Savings Bank centered on a joint account and a stop order.
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New York
Justice Bieckmar
Supreme Court
Booklyn
Charles 8. Montgomery, Jr
Emma L. Montgomery
Williamsburg
Montgomery
Justice Blackmar
Many Kinds of Macaroni From Gotham’s Diverse Quarters
An article notes nearly a dozen macaroni varieties in Manhattan beyond the common wheat type. Rye, rice, bean, chestnut, cheese, combed Arabic wheat types are linked to distinct immigrant neighborhoods, with combed macaroni selling 25 to 30 cents per pound and cooking differences highlighted.
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Manhattan
Gotham
Italy
Mulberry Plaza
Campaign Hardships in the West A Fat Man’s Waffle Sleep
A western politician recounts campaigning in a South Dakota town where hotel space ran out. He slept on a wire cot with blankets and a sheet, and, being very fat, woke with a waffle like appearance, illustrating the inconveniences of frontier travel for candidates.
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South Dakota
King Laughs During Glasgow Visit Address
During a royal visit to Glasgow the King and Queen heard addresses in the council chamber. McKinnon Wood delivered the royal reply and the King smiled and laughed at an off topic sentence, while the Queen and others joined in. Wood remained solemn and presented another document.
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England
Glasgow
Corporation
McKinnon Wood
Princess Mary
Mr. Wood
Andrew Carnegie’s precept on avoiding resort to law
The reader questions Carnegie’s rule to avoid law and compromise in business. It notes his wealth and power could manipulate litigation and criticizes the idea as impractical. The piece calls for lawyers to explain the precept in terms that honor the legal profession.
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Andrew Carnegie
Brain weight and ego notes from a period voice
The text asserts men have brains about ten percent heavier than women and that after fifty the brain loses an ounce per decade. It laments the illusion of alcohol as antidote to blues and notes Viennese schools using phonographic records to teach declamation. It also warns the egotist that the world rejects his self estimate.
Mexico Ties Kruppa for Mauser Bullets Plant
The Mexican Government completed arrangements with Kruppa to set up a plant for manufacturing Mauser bullets smokeless powder and gun cotton.
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The
Kruppa
Walnut tree falls near Amersham with unusual measurements
A report notes a walnut tree felled at Amersham near Harrow in England. The tree reportedly measured 34 feet in circumference and weighed 10 tons with a trunk girth of 246 inches. An accompanying ad promotes a Christmas gift home rent plan offering a three room cottage in Jeffersonville for $7 per month.
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Amersham
Harrow
England
Jeffereonville
Morgan Bennett Service chief gets two year prison term
William Dennison Morgan formerly cashier of the Aerie National Bank Hartford and head of the Morgan Banners Service Corporation with office in New York was sentenced to two years in prison. He met Mrs Helen H O Coz ner of New Rochelle through Miss Hubbard of Hartford and they handed him 200000 in bonds. They caused his arrest for failure to account for 53000 worth of bonds.
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Hartford
Conn
William Dennison Morgan
Aerie National Bank
Morgan Banners’ Service Corporation
New York City
Pigeons Fail to Deliver Message From Greenbrier to Biltmore
At the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia four pigeons were released by Holland Ball Judkins an Biltmore assistant manager as a publicity stunt to fly a message to the Biltmore in New York. He left White Sulphur Springs for New York three days after beginning the experiment and the birds never arrived. Judkins expressed disbelief and refers to the pigeons in the Italian garden dovecote on the Biltmore’s third floor as he reflects on the mystery of where the birds went.
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New York
Holland Ball Judkins
Greebrier Hotel
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Biltmore Hotel
Judkins
Biltmore
Greenbrier
Mr. Judkins
Celebration Proposal for Nama of Lawn Tennis Inventor
Pearson's Weekly notes 40th birthday celebration for lawn tennis and a proposed memorial to Major Walter Clapton Wingfield, credited with introducing the game to England in 1874. It covers Wingfield's name and early forms, court shapes, equipment changes, and the 1838 formation of the English Lawn Tennis Association.
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Pearson
Walter Clapton Wingfield
British Isles
England
Major Winefield
King George
Wingfield
Phairistike
Enelieh
What Jeffersonville Wants To Know
A Jeffersonville reader, Max F. Kebsch of 527 E Chestnut St, credits Deans Kidney Pills with curing his back pains and urinary trouble after a doctor recommended the remedy. The ad notes the product sells for 60 cents at all dealers, distributed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Jeffesonville
Max F. Kebsch
Chestnut St
Jeffersonville
Dean
Doolitle
Pilla
Kebach
Foster Milburn
Buffalo
N. T
AR Dreae
Scuffle as Lorain Man Foiled in Ten Hour Standoff
Lorain Ohio December 17 An armed Zimmerman Petr oseky barricaded in his home with a shotgun and revolver threatening to shoot anyone attempting to force entry He fought officers for more than ten hours Tuesday Police eventually broke through a back door as deputies and the sheriff overpowered him Henry Noble McCracken was named president of Vassar College at age 34 succeeding James Monroe Taylor with duties starting in February John H McCracken brother of the new president was named president of Lafayette College
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Lorain
Ohio
Ared
Anon Petroskey
Miller and
Jennings
Bevins
M’crackens
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Henry Noble McCracken
Smith College
Vassar College
James Monroe Taylor
McCracken
John H. McCracken
Vassar
Lafayette College
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