Panama Canal protectorate plans and dental health concerns
Summary of a 1913 Long Branch bulletin noting US interest in Nicaragua and Honduras for canal rights, naval bases, and loans, plus commentary on health dangers of poor dental care. It cites Dr. E H Baker and relates to broader political discourse and social issues including lynching, savagery, and the impact of autos on church attendance.
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Monroe
Panama Canal
United States
Nica. Fagua
Foreign Relations Committee
United States Senate
Nicaragua Isthmus
Forgien
Nica
E. H. Baker
Modern Health League
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Reactionary ad fails to sway progressives in Newark Star critique
The Newark Star denounces a political ad as insincere and manipulative. It argues the appeal to young men to lead party management is empty and cites government data on rising corporate wealth and rail earnings to fault the claim that public investments have shrunk.
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Newark Star
Old Guard
Pride of Ferdinand fades as fortunes shift in Balkans
A commentary notes Czar Ferdinand's abrupt humility after Roumanian capture of his capital and loss of influence in the Balkans. It contrasts his earlier defiance over Turkish territories with current vulnerability and appeals for mercy, citing the adage that pride precedes a fall.
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Ferdinand
Balkans
Cummins Attacks Democrats Over Tariff Bill Tactics
Senator Cummins decries Democrat caucus methods in handling the tariff bill. He accuses Republican leaders of secrecy and contrasts Democratic cooperation with Republican pledges. He downplays partisan risk, saying the country’s good outweighs party fortunes.
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Cummins
Bathers Without Stockings Problem at Atlantic City
A Herald headline notes Bathers Without Stockings Problem at Atlantic City. The editor questions whether this is a real issue or clever advertising for the resort as Washington news looms.
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Atlantic City
Call to arms for Republicans rings hollow in Jersey City editorial
A Hoboken Observer column critiques a Republican call to arms in New Jersey as historic yet lacking energy. It contrasts past wartime resolve with present party maneuvers, noting skepticism about the youths leading the party and the old guard's influence in shaping the platform.
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Republican Party
Progressives
New Jersey
Wilson
Roosevelt
Old Guard
King
Washington
Mulhall
Major McClare
Editorial comments on laziness suffrage and policing morals
A collection of editorial excerpts lampooning public figures and policies. It cites the Atchison Globe on laziness, the Philadelphia Ledger on suffrage, a Toronto Mail quip about fleas, Newark Star on tariff fear, and Pittsburgh officials mocked for policing women's dress.
A Fool There Was and Her Folly in Public Life
A historical column laments a woman's political ambition described as folly and public manipulation. It contrasts her desire for fame with the consequences of misleading the public and the social backlash that follows, framing it as a caution about public life and gender. The piece cites poems and proverbs to underscore the critique.
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Rudyard
Florence
Goff Schwarz
Cobden Warns England on Confederate Privateers
Fifty years ago July 22 Richard Cobden urged the House of Commons that arming Confederate privateers in England would provoke war with the United States and strain relations with the northern government.
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Richard Cobden
United States
House of Commons
England
Dream Theory Says Ambidextrous People Ream Differently
Dr. W. E. Scripture of New York argues ambidextrous individuals never ream while right-handed people ream with the right hemisphere. He contends the left brain governs conscious thought and notes modern science knows little about dreams compared to early sleepers.
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W. E. Scripture
New York
Doubling Human Life Since 1866 in New York
In 1866 public health in New York left inhabitants averaging 30 years of life. By 1912 health conditions improved and the average lifespan rose to 66 years. The value of human life, measured by time, more than doubled in under fifty years.
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New York
Dreams and prophecy in cultural belief through history
The text notes a shift from viewing dreams as foretelling future events to treating omens as superstition. It mentions early beliefs that dreams guided conduct and location of lost articles, contrasted with later sophisticated views that reclassify dreams as non predictive.
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Daily Record
Benj. Boisseau Bobbitt
Long Branch
Mal Gelivery
FM. Taylor Publishing Co
Chas. L. Kapapo
Telephone
Ragua
Honduras
Central
Americ
Replic
Trentopron
The
United
Booker T. Washington
Fie
Kansas
Bank of Personal Service
Citizens
National Bank
Long Branch, N. J
Washington News
Pittsburgh
Times
New York World
James Smith, Jr
Bill Bryan
Abe Naar
Supreme Court
Mark M. Fagan
Jersey City
Prudential
Smith
Woodrow Wilson
Essex
White House
Hoboken
Philadelphia Ledger
Gaynor
David Harum
Toronto Mail
Governor Foss
Foss
Massachusetts
Canada
Congress
Director of Public Safety
Pittsbugh
Frank A
Earth
Newark News
You and I
Augustine
First National Bank
N. J. Ory
Rohe
New Jersey Mortgage & Trust Company
NEW Jersey Mortgage & Trust CO
R. R. Rogers Ice Cream and Dairy
Regard
Pearson
H. Willard Wiseman
Emory Street
Wesley Lake Ridge
Asbury Park
My Undra
Willard 9. Wiseman
RED Bank Trust Company
Ps Eet
Monmouth County
RED Bank
Utick Mills
Cook
Cookman
N. J
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