Protest Against Tobacco Ads In Beacon Stirs Debate
A Vassar avenue subscriber protests tobacco advertising in The Beacon and questions a newspaper’s duty to print ads that encourage harmful habits. The piece catalogs various ads from gum to corsets, shoes, and firearms, arguing many commercial pitches tempt readers toward vice and vice costs, urging editors to limit such promotion or risk moral and financial decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar Avenue
Beacon
Pax Beycun
Ping
New York
Jane Addamg
Hag
Popular Mechanics July issue highlights and features
The July Popular Mechanics includes C C Grey's illustrated piece The Fishing Fliers on European airmen lessons for aircraft and a piece on how an English Channel tunnel would aid allies. It also lists many other articles, war pictures, editorials, shop notes, and a large spread of topics from submarines to color filming. The July Woman's Home Companion presents letters on marriage and numerous articles on Oratory in the Home Better Films thrift country women opportunities camping vacations and female fashion and home topics with fiction from several authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
C. C. Grey
London
English Channel
Windsor
Dolars
Tts
Colon
Celilo Canal
Woman’s Home Companion
Mary Heaton Vorse
Helen Duey
Mrs. Larry
Anna Steele Richardson
Frank A. Waugh
William J. Albin
Albert Lee
Grace
Richmond
Mary Hastings Bradley
Owen Oliver
Mary Brieht Pulver
Margaretta Tuttle
Fly Campaign Time Urges City Fly Control Plan
A letter to the editor from the Civic League secretary calls for a city fly control program. It recommends sealing garbage in tight boxes, weekly hauling, and daily spraying when volumes are large. A solution of arsenite of soda molasses and water is cited as effective against maggots, with safety precautions. The note ends with a quip about conceit and strength of the smallest onion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civic League
Bryan's Resignation Poised as National Test of Policy
The Milwaukee Sentinel argues Bryan's resignation reflects a clash with President Wilson over policy toward Germany and submarine warfare. It credits Wilson for steadfast leadership and portrays Bryan as a political wildcard whose departure strengthens national unity and the President's stance against evasive German replies.
Three Years of Romance in a Hammock Tale
A fragmented local section traces a relationship path: Pretty Maiden and two men with notable mustaches face marital and emotional trials. Time moves from three years to two years, then another year, with scenes of marriage, discord, and a widowed arc referenced in scattered, garbled lines.
Jingoes Shed No Blood and Warn Against War
A Stanley Republican editorial urges Americans to set aside party bias and support President Wilson's cautious approach to war. It argues the sacrifice will fall on ordinary citizens if war comes and calls for a just cause before any intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Stanley Republican
Modern Fables Morality About a Longevous Usurer Unveiled
An old man famed for spotting money and avoiding costs pursues wealth to the end. He robs debtors and hides from barber and laundry bills until illness lands him in a hospital where his death saves more money for others. His heir soon converts the estate into a limousine and a cemetery picnic, prompting a blunt moral about wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Physii
Kate
Bryan as Drawing Card Aims to Cash In on Lectures
An amiable but avaricious figure, Bryan’s lecture circuit exposure at the state department prompts debate. A lyceum manager estimates Bryan could earn over 128000 yearly by capitalizing on his notoriety, while noting potential damage to public standing if he resigns now. Count von Bernstorff’s knowledge hints at broader implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
America
Germany
United States
Tne
Bai
Bryan
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
State Department
Mr. Dryan
Woodrow Wilson
The
Republic
Milwauked Sentinel
Avarie
Lyceum
Count von Bernstorff
Roosevelt’s Valor Praised Despite 1912 Election Talk
The Louisville Post argues that if Roosevelt had won in 1912 the U.S. would have faced wars to defend Belgium China and Mexico, praising Roosevelt’s bold reputation likened to Falstaff and noting Hoard’s paper’s stance. This reflects editorial transfer and historical wartime sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Louisville Post
Germany
Belgium
Japan
China
Mexico
Wilsone
Chattanooga Times
Falstaff
Hoard
Oddball notices from Oil City and beyond collapse into a bizarre roundup
A jumble of short items covers unusual people and events from across the U S and Canada. Highlights include Pat Anna Chellon a 700 pound circus hitch in wheel chair travel, Sheboygan to Oshkosh 63 miles in 15 hours 20 minutes, a horse with a wooden leg in North Adams, a San Francisco divorce over front seat policy, a dog reuniting with its owner after a rabbit-hunt dig, a Red Wing hobo’s pantry discovery, and a mineral report touting iron formation with township maps and free state geologist mailings from Madison requesting 20 pages worth of data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Pat Anna Chellon
Sheboygan
Wis
Seymour
Oshkosh
North Adams
Mass
Fred Harris
Pownal
San Francisco
Califir
Frank Rose
Frank
Graham
Miazenovia
Wallace Robertson
Red Wing
Minn
Jim Sullivan
Madison
Wisconsin to survey iron ore area over two million acres
The Wisconsin legislature backed a state geological survey to map a vast iron ore region. The first report will cover about 2,000,000 acres traced by a line from Cameron to Holcombe via Spooner Hayward Cable Morse Park Falls Minocqua Prentice Phillips Winter Ladysmith. About 90 townships would be surveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
State Geological Survey
Cameron
Spooner
Hayward
Cable
Morse
Park Falls
Minocqua
Prentice
Phillips
Winter
Ladysmith
Holcombe
Liberal Citizens And The Debt Weights
Some folks view themselves as liberal citizens due to having paid debts. The remark hints at moral labels, and the text metaphorically imagines debtors as colored ghosts who are mere shades of virtue.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bepeeae
Times Office Armory Building
Wichita
Kas
NEW Magazines
Pretty Maiden
Brook
Van
Ir Us
Mustache
Holy Moses
Alweya
San Juan
ISCO
Ansco
Cyko Paper
Sexton's Prescription Store
Queer Quires
New Wisconsin
Rexall Ordertien
R. J. Straues
Louis Pfahning
Carl Aad
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!