1913 in Review a World of Change and Conflict
A sweeping year in review outlines political upheavals in the Americas Europe and Asia. It notes the Mexico crisis Huerta Carranza Villa and U S stance at the border while recounting assassinations revolts and the rise of new powers. It covers science aviation exploration sports disasters and landmark political shifts at home and abroad.
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Washington
San Francisco
Balkang
United States
J. P. Morgan
Fleury M. Flagler
James KR. Keene
Oreglia
Sacred College
Rampolla
Vatican
Pius X
Austria
New York City
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Congress
Mexico
Rio Grande
Francisco Madero
Pino Suarez
Gustavo Madero
Victoriano Huerta
Felix Diaz
Diaz
Huerta
Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Villa
Wilson
George I
Greece
Salonika
Turkey
Enver Bey
Nazim Pasha
England
Ulster
Edward Cargon
Ireland
Dublin
Jim Larkin
Germany
France
Russia
Standard of! Company
Anandal
James R. Keene
Oreplia
The
Rampello
Luther McCarthy
Alberta
Japan
Nazim Pacha
King Menelik
Abbyssinia
Whitdlaw Reid
Great Britain
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
N. Y
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Charles G. Gates
John W. Gates
Ralph Rose
Timothy Woodruff
New York
Anthony N. Brady
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Floyd
Claude
Allen
Richmond
Allen Court House
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison-Rexroat
Chicago
Bessie Wakefields
Connecticut
Leo Frank
Atlanta
Frank Craig
Indianapolis
Helen Knabe
Woodrow Wilson
Robert W. Archbald
United States Senate
John Purroy Mitchel
Tammany
David I. Walsh
Fielder
Minnesota
Marshall
Senate
California
Ihingis
Johnson
William Sulzer
Martin H. Glynn
Otto
Bavaria
Rufus Isaacs
Poincare
Vansittart Bowater
London
Yuan Shi-Kai
China
Sir Edward Carson
Orangemen
Tokyo
Colombia
Santo Domingo
Mexico City
National Palace
Jis
Madero
General Huerta
Maderos
Juarez
Chihuahua
Francisco
Pancho”) Villa
Havana
Autos Institutes to Teach Iowa Owners Car Care This Winter
Iowa State College launches five day automobile institutes across the state to educate owners on operation and upkeep. Engineer in charge R I Davis aims to reach 25 000 drivers and dealers with demonstrations of universal car features and practical rules for safe use. The program avoids brand emphasis and builds informed purchaser judgment. The initiative accompanies state plans to improve grade crossings and bridge contracts next year amid growing vehicle ownership.
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Des Moines
America
Iowa
Iowa State College
Towa
Automobile Institutes
R. I. Davis
Midland Motor Company
Packard, F. A. T
Nordyke-Starman
State Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Railroad Commission
H.C. Beard
Boards of Supervisors
Sleep a Universal Necessity
The article argues sleep is a universal state across living things, difficult to define sharply. It notes plants also show periodic quiescence driven by darkness, while bacteria and fungi may thrive in darkness, implying sleep-like rest is widespread in nature.
Monument Marks Half Way Point Between Equator and Pole
A small monument near the Eastport Calais road in Maine marks the geographic midpoint between the equator and the North Pole. It sits close to the main road and draws attention as a unique locator.
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Eastport
Calais
Equator
North Pole
One Mineral Not In United States
The document states there are no producing nickel mines in the United States and that domestic nickel output comes as a byproduct from electrolytes of the sar vafinaries.
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United States
Danger in being only child in Freud view
Freud contends that many weak individuals in divorce cases and dissolute circles are the product of being an only child. He says excessive shielding from others and suppression of normal urges warped their concepts of love and marriage, making them pitiful figures.
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Freud
Canal Idea Through Centuries Traced to Champlain
Canal Long Desired. M. de Lesseps was not the original or of the idea of a canal across the isthmus. Champlain, the great explorer, conceived the idea of a ship canal across the isthmus, and Champlain was anticipated by Gomara, who advocated such a project as early as the year 1553.
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M. de Lesseps
Isthmus
Champlain
Gomara
And Pa Knew Quotes on Marriage Wealth and Poor Man
A family exchange centers on marriage plans and wealth with a playful dig at social status. The father notes the joke about marrying rich and responds with a wry quip about the groom’s luck, highlighting class humor in a domestic moment.
Crow Friend of Farmers Says Birds Help the Harvest
The department of agriculture declares the common crow beneficial to crops. Experts note the bird destroys more pests than grain eaten, countering the old scarecrow image and reducing crop losses.
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Cail Crow
Department of Agriculture
Drills Said to Be Affected by Magnetism in South Africa
Investigation notes that deep wall holes in South Africa commonly deviate from perpendicular toward the north, leading to the conclusion that the drilling tools were influenced by magnetism.
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South Africa
No Hope Died Intestate as Doctors Prepared to Operate
A fragment quotes a Puck joke about Mr Millions dying intestate and a daughter lamenting. The dialogue hints at a death and an expected medical operation, reflecting humorous newspaper style.
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Minuit
Puck
Removal of the Tonsils in Children Warned as Serious
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal reviews a discussion on tonsil removal and warns it is a serious operation not to be taken lightly. The article urges discretion during a season when tonsil irritation and inflammation are common in children.
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Panama
Gamboa Dike
San Francisco
New York State
William Sulzer
Sulzer
State Assembly
United States
Johnny Bull
Francis Ouimet
Brookline
Mass
America
Gustave
Sweden
Stockholm
Jim” Thorpe
Coss
State Capitol
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Fur Rug Cleaning Method Explained
To clean fur rugs lay the rug fur downward on wet grass or burlap, allow it to become well moistened, then hang to dry on a line. Beat lightly on the wrong side and brush the fur in its natural direction for best results.
Love Awakening in a Quirky Prose Note
A humorous observation on teenage infatuation defines love as a girl’s idealized image of a burly man with bristly chin and pipe scent, labeled by a playful misattributed quote from Cincinnati banker era prose.
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Cincionat
Bnauker
Delegation Protests Drainage of Four Mile Lake
Estherville businessmen traveled to Des Moines to press the Town executive council to halt the drainage project at Four Mile lake west of Estherville. State game and fish warden Hinshaw suggested damming and dredging to preserve hunting and fishing use. County representatives from Palo Alto Buena Vista Cerro Gordo Dickinson Emmet and others urged legislative action to maintain lakes for public enjoyment and regional wealth.
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Estherville
Des Moines
Four Mile Lake
Hinshaw
Iowa
Governor Clarke Signs Capital Extension Warrants Deal
Governor Clarke’s signature converts blanks into paper valued at 200000 dollars. First issue of capital extension warrants will be delivered to George M Bechtel Company of Davenport upon payment of 200000 dollars in cash.
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Clarke
George M. Bechtel Company
Davenport
Board of Control Ends 1915 Visits in Anamosa
State board of control members concluded their 1915 official visits at Anamosa and will wrap the year with a final stop at Fort Madison. W. J. Dixon and A. M. McColl traveled to Anamosa with the group and chair J. H. McConslogue was expected to join them there.
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William IV
Barry
Indianola
J. WH. Howe
Greenfield
PD. C. Mott
Marango
Board of Parole
Iowa
Wart Jones
Corning
Senator Berry
Jones
Des Moines Teamsters
Orville Devinney
Richard Hampton
William Gaston
State Board of Control
Anamosa
Fort Madison
W. J. Dixon
A. M. McColl
J. H. McConsJogue
Judges seek nomination blanks for Farms naming project
Judge A J House of Maquoketa and Judge J E Craig of Keokuk applied to the secretary of state for nomination blanks titled Naming the Farms Farmers in Iowa have long named their farms and now record the names under state law The practice adds sentimental value and practical benefits such as easier event advertising and a more professional stationery for letters
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A. J. House
Maquoketa
J. E. Craig
Keokuk
Seventh District
First
Secretary of State
Iowa
Efficiency Report Delayed by Legal Conflicts
Efficiency engineers have submitted a report to the retrenchment and reform committee of the last General Assembly. Delays arise from ensuring recommendations do not clash with statutes. The engineers have worked without pay since Sept 13 after finishing the state offices survey.
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General Assembly
Moosers Plan Progressive Conference in Des Moines
The statewide progressive conference convenes January 8 9 at the Y M C A auditorium Des Moines with opening address by Won Basin bridge Colby two New Jersey attorneys and major speakers W I Cadmus national organizer and Mrs Antoinette Funk will deliver principal addresses January 9 B O Aylesworth state organizer is in Des Moines coordinating preparations for the event
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Moosers Plan
Won
Basinbridge Colby
New Jersey
Des Moines
B. O. Aylesworth
W. I. Cadmus
Antoinette Funk
Ynnols
Parole Hearing Sought for Ed Jaeger in Dubuque Case
Ed Jaeger 19 seeks parole after eight years of a life sentence for assaulting a Dubuque woman. Board hears claim others guilty were spared longer than 30 days. Allan J. Kane filed on Jaeger's behalf. Boise seeks re election. judge of Twenty first district applies for nomination. Patents listed for Iowa residents Bittle Bowers Gongales and others.
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Ed Jaeger
Allan J. Kane
Dubuque
Jaeger
Kane
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