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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
4
A child questions his grandmother about wearing glasses while helping jam, noting he does not gain as much as expected. The dialogue ends with reflections on nature and March.
Consular Reports describe pommes frites sold on streets in northern France. Vendors operate pushcarts with a coke brazier and large fat cauldron to fry pared potatoes cut into four sided pieces. They sell hot fries in paper cones for a few cents, serving mill workers and passersby throughout the day.
In equatorial Africa the great bull ant is described as a devastating force killing and devouring any creature in its path. Armies crawl two inches wide over vast forest stretches, sometimes twelve hours to pass, with pincers clinging even after deaths.
In a memoir extract a narrator recalls proposing to force her husband into passionate love during a Vistula promenade. He listens then notes the late hour and mentions tiring cousins, ending the plan as they return indoors. The scene highlights themes of romantic desire and social propriety.
A woman asks a policeman on Fourth Avenue to guide a bewildered Italian to Fourteenth Street. The officer replies in Italian and directs him along a wide street for two blocks, a simple exchange ending with grazie.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes De Wooze as a humorist who expects reactions to his jokes. It portrays him as demanding audience laughter and even smashing the bass drum when he delivers a pun.
A quip about a counterfeiter serving ten years in prison and a visitor’s exchange on time and money. The wry moral note contrasts virtue with wealth, ending with a Bacon-esque reflection on plain virtue.
The article portrays Dr Wilson in a characteristic public speaking pose as New Jersey’s governor. It analyzes his oratorical style and the political tone of his address.
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey honors the laboring millions who give America its strength. He states nations watch America for power yet the true might lies in workers who are humble and unseen. He urges statesmanship to protect and nurture workers and warns about corporations without attacking them as a whole.
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey writes that organized labor is both legitimate and essential to secure justice from organized capital. He praises unions for improving workers conditions and wages, while warning against corporate power and urging fair minded citizens to support labor rights.
Woodrow Wilson, speaking in New Jersey, argues citizens are awakening to public questions and breaking labels in politics. He says voters seek the right line over loyalty, and government should benefit the whole country, not be a paternalistic enterprise.
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