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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1913

Page

8

Wilson's Opening Speech Urges Currency Reform in Congress

President Wilson addresses Congress outlining policy priorities including currency reform and anti trust concerns. He condemns Huerta’s Mexican dictatorship, urging constitutional government for Mexico and warning against recognizing illegitimate authority while pressing aims to restore peace and stability in the region.

Views on Currency Bill and Rural Credit Reform

The speaker urges urgent action on a banking and currency reform to aid farmers. He cites agricultural credit needs, praises a pending currency bill for leveling access to capital, and calls for fast, practical legislation. He warns against relying on extraordinary expedients and stresses partnership between farmers and government.

Senate

Alaska's Path to Statehood and Resource Development

A long discourse urges Alaska receive full territorial government and be developed as a storehouse with government built railways and ports. It argues resources should be used, not locked away, and calls timely policy on maritime labor and conservation.

Alaska Union

Fragmentary Congressional Request to Study Senate Subjects

The writer urges careful study by committees and members of Congress of subjects set forth by heads of several senate committees. The text stresses the importance of these topics as the substance of business and requests thoughtful attention from lawmakers.

Primary nominations for the presidency urged nationwide

A call to enact nationwide primary elections for presidential nominees. The proposal favors retaining party conventions solely to declare primaries verdicts and write platforms, with conventions composed of current nominees and party leadership to ensure accountable platforms.

United States Leads in Peace Treaty Efforts

The article extols U S leadership in international negotiations and treaties, praising the United States for its openness to arbitration and commitment to global peace. It notes broad assent to treaty negotiations from many nations and emphasizes honor and duty to world peace as guiding standards.

United States Senate Department of State

Business Monopolies and Law Reform Call

The speaker urges strengthening anti trust law and adding explicit legislation to aid enforcement. He shifts focus from agriculture to urban business and factories, arguing the nation must curb private monopolies more effectively and that thoughtful observers will support this aim.

President Wilson Urges Currency Reform to Aid Farmers

In his annual message President Wilson urges immediate currency legislation to safeguard farmers, improve rural credit, and prevent government deposits in southern and western states. He argues business needs hinge on new laws and highlights the current credit difficulties faced by farmers financing crops.

Agricultural Department Treasury United States Congress Europe Senate House Department of Agriculture Wilson

Call to preserve but clarify Sherman Act through new legislation

The speaker urges keeping the Sherman Antitrust Act intact while narrowing its debatable ground with explicit laws. A supplemental bill should clarify provisions, ease administration, and improve fairness to all, making antitrust policy the central topic of deliberations.

Direct Elections for Presidential Nominees Proposed

A speaker urges prompt federal primary elections across the nation to choose party nominees for the presidency without conventions. He says conventions should remain only to declare primary verdicts and draft party platforms, to be composed of current nominees and key party leaders.

Congress Senate United States Seel

Philippines Independence and Self Government Policy

The speaker argues for ultimate Philippine independence while guiding gradual self government. He stresses trusteeship, fair treatment for Puerto Rico and Hawaii, and using resources responsibly. Steps include expanding native representation, devolving local government and schools, and shaping a regulation-based, widely acceptable framework.

President Outlines Philippine Policy Aims at Independence

President Wilson expresses a phased Philippine policy urging development toward eventual independence. He notes progress with more natives joining the Philippine commission and stresses readiness for self government in time, while guiding current steps to advance the islands.

Porto Rico Hawaii Philippines Hawaiian Islands Tiei Congress Islands Commission Wilson Philippine Islands Philippine Commission

Employer's Liability Act urged for miners and railroad workers

A speaker argues for an employer's liability act to protect miners and railway employees, calling for stronger mining bureau powers, safer and more productive mines, and social justice through law. The message emphasizes conservation of human life and energy as a priority alongside economic reform and political change.

Bureau of Mines

Honest or not a boy’s honesty tested by pennies

A New York Post tale describes a merchant testing four applicants by giving a grocer a half dollar to buy cakes and return change. Two boys returned exact change, one kept a cent, and two overpaid. The examiner ultimately dismisses all four, arguing honesty is absolute.

New York Post

Mystery of the empty bottles in the cellar

A playful exchange cites jokes about sociology and garbage, as two unnamed speakers clash over an empty bottle mystery. Quips from the Philadelphia Ledger and Chicago Tribune frame the dialogue.

Philadelphia Ledger Henry Chicago Tribune

Whimsical Choice Prefers Walking Over Risky Ride

The Galveston News weighs a humorous comparison between riding with a drunken chauffeur and being shaved by an intoxicated barber, concluding that walking is the safer, more sensible option.

Galveston News

Humorous Chatter and Quick Wits From 19th Century Clips

A collage of witty exchanges and quips from period sources. The lines poke fun at social manners medical advice rent troubles and endless jokes about marriage money and travel. The snippets reflect a breezy urban humor tone and city newspaper quick takes.

News Circulation Through Eras and Regions

The piece traces ancient and medieval methods of delivering news from Austronesian and Sumerian practices to Persian relay systems and Athenian gossip culture, noting relics of early communication networks and hilltop beacon messages across civilizations. It contrasts speed and reach with evolving technologies in urban centers like Cairo London and Argos.

New Guinea South Africa Cairo London Esther Persia Empire Aeschylus Troy Argos Attica

Nature's Perfect Hinges Move Through Neck and Hip

The article explains universal joints in the human body, noting seven neck vertebrae with the atlas and axis as key hinges. It describes hip joint structure with ball and socket, lubricating fluid, ligaments, and powerful thigh muscles enabling multiple directions of movement.

New York World

Origin of the Canard Word in Ward Gossip

The Gazette de Hollande ties the term canard to Dutch sailors from Greenland rumors of a shell born fabulous duck. It notes the likely older origin among English sailors and a Shakespearean allusion in The Tempest to barnacle superstition.

Gazette de Hollande Greenland Westminister Gazette

The Power to Be Calm by William E. Channing

A mid nineteenth century reflection on inner strength. The mind yields to God in trials and stillness may demand more power than action. Composure becomes the highest proof of power as one faces loss and adversity with calm, patient duty to Providence.

William E. Channing

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