Wilson Receives Nomination and Defends Democratic Record
President Wilson accepts renomination at Shadow Lawn amid a speech listing Democratic successes and Republican failures. He argues tariff reform, antitrust aims, labor rights, currency reform, and foreign policy restraint have strengthened the nation while defending actions in Mexico and urging world peace.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
White House
Democratic Party
Ollie James
James
National Democratic Convention
United States
Republican Party
America
Spe
Democrats ‘Party
Not for Her Washer Pitch Meets Commuter Wife
A gentlemanly agent touts a washing machine as simple and cheap to operate but a commuter's wife rejects it. She laments loneliness and reliance on a laundress, warns off the salesman, and threatens to unleash her dog if he persists.
Fly Lesson Provokes Quiet Boy in School Nature Talk
In a nature focused lesson a teacher extols birds insects and flowers while students accept the new approach. Robbie May resists the fly discussion claiming a boy could hang by knees like a fly and jokes about Laurie Lee's birth status.
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Robbie May
Robbie
Laurie Lee
Youth
Cleansing Routine Promises Clearer Skin With Cuticura
Advertisement urges use of Cuticura Ointment for pimples blackheads redness and rough skin followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water to prevent pore clogging. Free sample by mail with a book from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Forgetful Winchester Barber Customer Deposits Unpaid Farewell
A former Winchester resident now in California forgot to pay his barber bill in a Winchester shop as he hurried to a lodge meeting and a train home. He said goodbye to friends, left without settling the account, and departed.
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Winchester
California
Indianapolis News
Plantation Chill and Fever Tonic Advert
Babies and growing children need a tonic to tone the system and regulate the liver. Mothers report wonderful success using our Plantation Chill and Fever Tonic. Pleasant to take contains no calomel. Price 50c. Ad.
Way Out of the Difficulty
In court the charge is disturbing the peace by scuffing. The accused claim no scuffle. a mispronounced name led to a fight and a returned hit. The judge discharges them and remarks that disputes over foreign names should be handled by censors, not violence.
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Congress
Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
America
Federal
Department of Labor
Alaska
United States
Europe
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Ad Pros
An advertisement claims Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills have stood the test of time and invites readers to send for a sample to 872 Pearl street New York Ady. It also includes a quip about a flirtatious girl being a counterfeit, lacking the true ring.
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Wright
Pearl Street
N. Y
Dodson's Liver Tone marketed as safe calomel alternative
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant non salivating liver medicine that cleans the liver, relieves biliousness and constipation, and guarantees morning relief or money back. It claims a 50 cent bottle sold by druggists with a personal guarantee and widespread customer use.
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Dodson
Dren
Tam
Ady
No Use For Hearse Here By Dreaming Driver
Carl Blessing, a young farmer near Columbus, saw a hearse slow at his gate with a driver asleep. Blessing woke him and joked no one had died in five minutes. The driver then realized he had dozed and steered the hearse back on course to White Creek.
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Carl Blessing
Columbus
Blessing Gate
Blessing
White Creek
Indianapolis News
Magic Washing Stick Promises Easy Heavy Washing
An advertisement touts a new Magic Washing Stick that speeds up laundry, removes rubbing, and works without a machine or harsh chemicals. It claims safe use on white, colored, woolen fabrics and household items, selling for 25 cents per wash and available from A. B. Richards Co. in Sherman, Texas.
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Richards CO
Sherman
Texas
Who Breaks Pays Says Baltimore American Motto
A brief Baltimore American quip cites a motto about responsibility and finances with dialogue contrasting broken status and payment expectations.
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Baltimore American
Obstacle Dialogue Reveals Family Ties in Playful Exchange
In a quip about relations, a character asks about the link to Miss Darlington. The response plays on kinship by naming the father and mother, highlighting a witty, self-referential moment.
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Darlington
Getting Even in a Low Kitchen Exchange
A sharp-tempered woman rebuffs a seedy peddler selling baking powder. The man, with staggering whiskers, notes the small kitchen ceiling so low that bread cannot rise, provoking a tense, snappy exchange.
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Houston
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Waco
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