Denny Voices Temperance Rally in Tuscaloosa County
Newspaper reports describe a June 10 1912 mass meeting in Tuscaloosa County Alabama opposing saloons. Dr George H Denny president of the University of Alabama urged neighbors to refuse to legalize liquor citing historical leaders and social harms.
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
Ala
University of Alabama
George H. Denny
University
Tuscaloosa
Commonwealth
Washington and Lee
William E Gladstone
England
Jobn Morley
Too Much Impure Sweets In The Fatal Penny
An extract from Mary Heaton Vorse in The July Woman's Home Companion argues penny candy harms children. It notes high sugar content, gaudy shapes, and dye colors, urging mothers to inspect their child's diet until age ten to prevent stomach upsets and minor illnesses linked to improper feeding.
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July
Mary Heaton Vorse
Fair Play for Mr. Bryan in Baltimore Convention
The New York World argues Mr. Bryan is not seeking a nomination and would not attend as a candidate. It notes his public urging of progressive delegates, his past nonchase of the nomination in 1896 and 1900, and contrasts his decorum with Roosevelt, asserting his mere presence should ease fears.
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New York World
der Strats
Baltimore
Bryan
Ohio
Chicago
Nebraska
Mr. Roosevelt
Byrd to Quit Politics After Baltimore Convention
Speaker Richard BE Byrd of Winchester, after eight years in the House of Delegates, announces retirement from politics following the Baltimore convention. He will lead the Wilson delegates from this state and will practice law full time. He will not seek re election and will lay down the Speaker's gavel after three sessions. The street committee aims to improve business district cleanliness for greater comfort, while thrift is noted as a marks of stinginess.
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Richard BE. Byrd
Winchester
House of Delegates
Baltimore
Wilson
Byrd
House
State Instructors Grade Certificates Issued
Virginia State Board of Education eases certificate rules for public school teachers. First grade renewals require teaching success and reading five state books or passing two exams, including History of Education, with summer school or institute or exam. Second grade renewals need one year of prescribed reading or twenty days summer study plus course completion. Third grade minimums drop from 65 to 60 percent, and minimum from 50 to 45 percent.
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Virginia
State Board of Education
Kansan blue laws limit tobacco use in Iola
A Kansas town enforces a tobacco ban with arrests and fines for smoking or chewing. Citizens addicted to the narcotic protest, while doctors refuse prescriptions to restore tobacco use. Subscriptions for the Galette cost one dollar.
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Iola
Kansas
Taft Sherman Nominees At 15th Republican Convention
Taft of Ohio and Sherman of New York were renominated Saturday night at the fifteenth Republican National Convention. Taft secured 561 of 1 078 votes, a slim edge over the majority as Roosevelt delegates abstained. The convention adjourned sine die at 10:30 with no Roosevelt walkout, their reaction a silent protest.
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Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Ohio
James Schoolcraft Sherman
New York
Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Sherman
New Hampshire
Medals Awarded to UVa Veterans at Commencement
Forty one or older veterans were honored at a UVa commencement week ceremony for their service in the Confederate era. Dr John W Mallet called the roll as each veteran stepped forward to receive The Gift of Alma Mater to her Sons. President Alderman spoke amid loud cheers and Judge George L Christian of Richmond replied for the group.
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University of Virginia
University
John W. Mallet
Soch
Alderman
George L. Christian
Richmond
Governor Mann Lauded Yet Silent on Virginia Liquor Issue
The Virginia Issue official notes Governor Mann as a good man who earned temperance support and election promises. It claims he has not spoken on the liquor power and has shown limited movement against measures opposed by the movement that elected him.
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Virginia
Anti-Saloon League of
Mann
Apple and Peach Crops Statistics From Virginia
Walter Whately reports Virginia crop rankings by year for apples and peaches. Virginia's bearing apple trees reached 7,005,000 with U S totals showing declines from 1900 to 1930. peach bearing trees were 1,813,000 in 1910 with national production around 35.47 million bushels in 1909 and 94.5 million bearing peach trees in 1910.
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Walter Whately
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Virginia
United States
Sheep as a Great Money Maker
The Virginia Bulletin argues sheep are the best semi annual money makers for farms. With good sheep and proper feed and care, farmers can quickly recoup investments and grow profits. It urges Virginia to increase its sheep and overall livestock to improve land use and rural wealth.
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Virginia
Bulletin of Virginia Department of Agriculture
Third Leg Is Amputated From Hunter Fingerald
A 17 year old boy from Blackstone Virginia had a third leg removed by Dr Stuart McGuire at St Luke s hospital Richmond The operation left no ill effects and the leg was identical to his other two though smaller The event drew local attention as a rare bodily anomaly and the patient chose surgery for personal reasons The closing line notes domestic troubles do not bother a man who lets his wife have her own way.
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Hunter Flingerald
Blackstone
Stuart McGuire
St. Luke's Hospital
Richmond
Fingerald
Roosevelt Nominated to Head Third Party
Former President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for President on an independent ticket amid the dying hours of the Republican National Convention. Organizers in Orchestra Hall pledged support and sought to build a temporary national party, with state conventions starting Monday and a possible national convention in August. Roosevelt said he would step aside if the new party preferred another candidate.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Orchestra Hall
Iinios
Col Roosevelt
The Proud Mother Verse on Dress and Social Pressure
A mother compels her daughter Mary Ann to imitate neighbor girls by applying heavy makeup, decorative clothing, and refined styling to gain attention. The poem mocks social status and gendered expectations, noting the loss of childhood play in pursuit of outward appearance and acceptance.
Girls surpass modesty of former times in dress report
Miss Euelah E Kennard told the National Conference of Charities and Correction in Cleveland that girls today are less modest than in Louis VII’s era. She warned that reduced parental control leaves youth unprepared to regulate emotions, risking race welfare, and urged stronger safeguards beyond dance halls and amusements.
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Louis VII
Euelah E. Kennard
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Cleveland
Ohio
Miss Kennard
A Woman of Maidstone by Robert Shackleton
Review notes Shackleton's account of an English woman born blind who lived thirty six years in darkness and then first viewed the world. The piece in July Scribner highlights the sympathetic portrayal and vivid sensory detail.
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Robert Shackleton
Maidstone
July Scribner
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Sodike
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