Woodrow Wilson as a National Leader Candidate
An essay argues college presidents deserve political roles and cites Woodrow Wilson of Princeton as a model. It notes his education, law practice, economist work, and desire for executive accountability, advocating a cabinet with direct legislative interaction and unified departments to energize national governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Edgerton
America
Andrew D. White
James B. ‘Angell
Congress
United States
James A. Garfield
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Boen
Wilson
Senate
McCosh
Princeton
Evangelical Alliance
Brethren
Walson
Vassar College
Tommy
Virginia
Thomas Woodrow
Mel
Robert Bridges
Edward Parker Davis
Thomas Hall
Mahlon Pitney
Robert McCarter
University of Virginia
Atlanta
Georgia
Ellen Louise Axson
Savannah
Johns Hopkins
Bryn Mawr College
Wesleyan University
George Washington
Grover Cleveland
Fort Ridgely in 62 A Fort Story At State Fair
New Ulm school children may compete to depict the Fort Ridgely siege with a theatrical reconstruction at the Minnesota state fair. Eighteen prizes range from ten dollars to season passes, with judges from St Paul and Minneapolis. Submissions must be original, inked, one side, under 1000 words, and mailed to C N Cosgrove in Hamline.
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New Ulm
Minnesota
Fort Ridgely
State Fair Management
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Jones
C. N. Cosgrove
London’s Safety Valve: Trafalgar Square Blows Off Steam
The Philadelphia Bulletin describes London’s Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park as open forums where crowds hear diverse speakers on religion, politics, reform, and more. Sunday gatherings fill the space with red flags on poles and improvised platforms, seen as a healthy release for public venting.
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Trafalgar Square
London
Porson
Hyde Park
Tors
House of Lords
Philadelphia Bulletin
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh at all stages a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. The advert touts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 reward for any failure to cure with testimonials available by mail from B J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists with Hall's Family Pills.
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B. J.cheney & Co
Toledo
Take Hall
The Ring Finger Tradition Explained
The article explains why marriage rings are worn on the left hand and on the fourth finger. It cites a 1788 British Apollo note claiming this finger is least used and less prone to ring damage, and cannot extend fully alone, making it practical for ring wear.
Voltaire Built A Church In Ferney With Inscription
The New York American notes Voltaire did not deny a deity but rejected revealed religion. He is described as a deist who valued God's visible creation. In Ferney Switzerland he erected a church with the doorway bearing the inscription Erected to God by Voltaire.
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Voltaire
Ferney
Switzerland
God
New York American
Consolation in Dialect Echoes from a London Opinion
A brief London Opinion snippet records a child’s farewell as a father consoles him after news of a brother’s death. The colloquial exchange captures a somber moment of bereavement and quiet hope in a city voice.
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George Harvey
Harpers Weekly
Dr. Wilson
Harvey
Tr. Wilson
Trong
Wi. Fob
Johns Hopkins University
New York
Scribner's
J. H. Porster
Hylo
Emil
Wicherski
Hummel Bros
Hennessey
Mr. Dooley
Mr. Hennessey
Istipanion
Billy
Fader
Brudder
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