Shifts to Republican edge in Wilsonian politics and labor reports
The piece notes Wisconsin’s swing to the Republican column amid stable party voting. It reports Chicago Labor Federation voting to form a political action committee, citing labor victories in San Francisco Bridgeport Ansonia and Hartford. It covers Dunns wheat outlook a 10 15 percent acreage drop and resilient rail traffic. It remarks on Delaware industrial school punishments, and questions Bryan's biblical comparisons about Moses Aaron and Joshua with a nuanced misalignment of his self portrait.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
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Bridgeport
Ansonia
Hartford
Conn
Chicago
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Bryan
Aaron
Moses
Jefferson
Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Promised Land
Joshua
Colonel Bryan
Dan Lamont
How to Estimate a River Width by Eye
A practical 19th century method describes estimating river width using the brim of a hat as a sight line. Stand at the bank, align the hat brim with the far water edge, then rotate to mark the ground behind you. Readings come from the visual angle and leveled ground, enabling a rough width measure.
Measurement of the Driver’s Width Across the River
A remark in Philadelphia North American notes that by careful observation from the ground a person can estimate the river’s width at the driver’s point to within a few feet, using steps as a measuring method.
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Philadelphia
Repeal Urged for Jones Law on Railway Light Costs
Massillon leaders and city officials returned from Columbus to press repeal of the Jones law which shifted electric arc light costs for railway crossings to municipalities. Senator Wilhelm and Representatives Metzger and Pollock backed repeal efforts. Thompson bill seeks to reverse the measure.
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Seaman
Johns
Columbus
Massillon
Ohio Municipal League
Wilhelm
Metzger
Pollock
Thompson
Committee On Railways
Secretary of State
Massillon Market promotes new clothing at Boston store
The Massillon Market announces a broad selection of new men’s boys’ and children’s clothing hats and furnishings at the Boston one price clothing home located at 26 South Erie Street in Massillon.
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Boston
Massillon
Erie Street
Farewell Glimpses of Tax Reform in Ohio Legislature
A Columbus review of the Ohio legislature after eighteen weeks of work notes tax reform, canal policy, redistricting, primary election doubts, and lobby battles. It praises the new tax plan lowering the state levy, confirms canal maintenance, and describes shifts in district lines and various boards. George U. Marvin reports on a busy, weary session ending with passage of the Willis liquor bill and public accounting reforms.
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House
Senate
Board of Public Works and Canal Commissions
Ohio
Congress
United States
Dunlap
Cuyahoga
Franklin County
Guerin
Erie
George U. Marvin
First English Sport Book by Dame Juana Berners
The first English sport book printed was a rhymed treatise titled the Boke of St. Albans by Dame Juana Berners. Her lineage links to Lord Berners, translator of Froissart, and her hawking and angling writings influenced Izaak Walton.
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St. Alans
Juana Berners
Wynkyn de Worde
Lord Berners
Froissart
Edward II
Juliana
England
Izaak Walton
Eating Crow Origin Story From An Ante Evolutionary Tale
A farmer complained after an English regiment soldier shot his pet crow in Virginia. The colonel ordered the crow be eaten, and the farmer watched as the soldier fed himself a portion and then forced the farmer to finish the crow or be shot. This tale explains the phrase eating crow.
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Virginia
University of Athens Echoes German Academic Plan
The University of Athena discusses its ancient origins and German influence in its operations. Professors largely come from German universities and German is widely spoken around the campus aside from Greek. The institution holds substantial property and several chairs are generously endowed by private donors.
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University of Athena
University of Athens
Fashionable Summer Fashions in Blue and Violet
Summer dress news notes new shade blues and violets, flower trimmed hats, ribbons, and laces. Describes chiffon and muslin fabrics, bow trims, lace streamers, and revived shoulder curls. Details waists with violet embroidery, Empire wreaths, and diverse skirt styles including plain, flounced, plaited, and tucked silhouettes.
French Fashion Forecast Emphasizes Toilets and Toques
French models emphasize everyday toilet wear and formal gowns with deep basques and long skirts. Pale blue foulard day dresses feature embroidered chrysanthemums and lace trims, while evening gowns show soft draping, hidden sleeves, and garlands of artificial flowers.
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Foulard
Normandy
Pingpong on ships and rainy day leisure
The article notes pingpong on ocean steamers as a popular parlor sport. New Yorkers hold in season tournaments with side scoring and modest prizes. It suggests benefits for seaside, mountain trips, and semi-invalids, and envisions a ship board caddy to fetch balls.
Potatoes in Pineapple Form Delicately Served
In a recipe from What to Eat, boil and press white potatoes, mix with butter pepper salt and one egg per pint, form into a pineapple shape. Bake on a buttered pan, brush with egg yolk, brown, then garnish with fried parsley. A delicate attractive serving of old potatoes.
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