Wilson gains diverse endorsements in push for re election
Edison and Babson back Wilson as support grows among scientists and reformers. Luther Burbank Ida Tarbell Ella Flagg Young Antoinette Funk join, Springfield Republican endorses, suffrage battle shapes lines. Chicago workers form Wilson Working Women's League amid pro progressivism drive. Prayer remark closes overview with cautions on moral conduct.
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Thomas A. Edison
Roger Babson
Boston
Luther Burbank
America
Ida M. Tarbell
Standard Oil Company
Antoinette Funk
Illinois
Hughes
Springfield
Mass
United States
Atlantic City
Raymond Robins
Anna Howard Shaw
Chicago
Wilson Working Women’s League
Good Roads A Personal Responsibility
A civic advocacy urging individual effort over taxes to improve roads. The writer cautions Americans rely too much on taxation and calls for united local action to demand and build better roads, stressing personal duty and neighborhood involvement. The Advocate for printing.
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Gulf
A Plea for Smiles to Brighten Hard Times
The piece praises a simple smile as a healing force for the broken heart and bedridden, offering a ray of hope and warmth. It urges everyone to increase giving of smiles, noting they cost nothing and hold untold value, especially in the Home Circle.
President Wilson's course favored to end coal strike
The text compares actions against the Adamson law and notes the Governor of Pennsylvania urged Colonel to seize mines, while railroads are government arms. It asserts the country supports President Wilson and will reward him for pursuing congressional action to resolve the dispute and ensure justice.
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Colvert
Adamson
Pennsyyvania
Wilson
Congress
Call for World Aid to Belgium Receives Public Support
Citizens are urged to give a million dollars monthly to feed Belgium refugees. The appeal says large gifts should come from the very rich, while the poor man must also feed his own family. The speaker notes extra effort will be made if needed.
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United States
Local Quarrel Ends Without Action
A fragment describes a near confrontation where one person escapes before authorities determine the proper time for punishment. The speaker hints at reconsidering the incident in the future.
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