Corkery Campaign Speech Targets Rural Credit and Prohibition
Republican candidate Tom Corkery told farmers at Rice in Stevens county that Congress enacted a rural credits law he had urged two years ago and urged further amendments to aid tenant farmers. He endorsed national prohibition and said he would push for a constitutional amendment banning alcohol. Corkery spoke 29 times last week in Spokane Stevens and Lincoln counties ending in Odessa, with Rice drawing one of the largest overflow crowds. This week he campaigns in Chelan, Okanogan and Douglas counties culminating in a Waterville rally Saturday night.
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Roosevelt Urges Hughes Victory Over Wilson
Col Roosevelt appeals to citizens to elect Mr Hughes and reject Mr Wilson, arguing Hughes embodies faithful service and courage while Wilson relies on rhetoric and political maneuvering. The speech, delivered at Battle Creek Michigan, advocates choosing deeds over evasive eloquence.
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Battle Creek
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Eagle Creek Social Planned At School House
Eagle Creek residents recount visits from Mrs. Bjork Mrs. Schroll and others. Mrs. Reynolds and Bernice Sharpe visit Seattle. Sunday school hosts a 10c social at the school house Friday evening with a short program and cake and coffee for all.
Sketching a Mephistophelean Model and a Windfall Portrait
Ryerson, an American youth studying art in Florence, sketches a poor Englishman with a cruel gaze. The likeness helps trigger a £200 reward for Cecil Manchester, leading to Manchester’s reunion with his family and Ryerson marrying Manchester’s younger sister and finding lasting fame as a portrait painter.
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Florence
Italy
Mephistopheles
Daguerre
America
Genoa
Cecil Manchester
London
Lucerne
Rascals
England
Wanderer
Devonshire
Ced Manchester
Gallant Turkish blockade thwarted by a Greek officer
During the 1897 Greece Turkey war, a young Greek officer disguised as a shepherd chained a battleship to a rock off Gala Krini in the Gulf of Arta. The impressive ruse trapped the vessel in the landlocked waters, hampering Turkish fortification of the strait while a Turkish regiment advanced.
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Hassan
Strait of Arta
Arta
Hughes National College League Sees Major Alumni Enrollment
The Hughes National College League reports thirty thousand alumni enrolled at its New York office. Rev. John Hunt, Brown University’s oldest living graduate at ninety three, recently joined, as did other Brown and Princeton alumni. Members urge independent audits of enrollments and comment on political discontent tied to the Mexican border situation and national leadership. William Moody, son of the evangelist, advocates action from Northfield Massachusetts with concerns over a national policy crisis.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
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John Hunt
Springfield
Ohio
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Woodrow Wilson College Men's League
Princeton
National Guard
League
William R. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody
Hast Northfield
Mass
Kickapoo Worm Killer Promises Quick Worm Relief
An advertisement urges parents to treat worm infections in children with Kickapoo Worm Killer. It claims worms sap vitality and cause sleeplessness and fretfulness, and says the remedy kills worms and gently expels them through mild laxative action. Sold by druggists for 25 cents a box.
Public Speech by Hughes on Government and Justice
Mr Hughes argues that government rests on legislatures to investigate and decide what is right and that public opinion forms through discussion. He says government should consider justice and merits before acting, discounting the idea it must act blindly.
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Portland
Maine
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