Senior class falters in quick GOP process and campus events
The Athletic Association elected officers with Miss Edna Webster as president. The Senior class held a Thursday dinner at the American house, naming officers and noting slow organization after almost two months of school. A Ray meeting occurred Monday at chapel, while a campus recital featured students like Henrietta Cole and Virgil Mary Livingston. The Advance Society staged a spooky Hallowe en stunt, Philo-Arethians held a chick fry, both chaperoned. Messiah will be staged in Des Moines on November 10, with some students planning to attend.
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Harry Porter
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Mary Livingston
Advance Society
Philo-Arethians
Des Moines
Roaring Twenties Bulletin Notes Taft Roosevelt and Trusts
Rail costs rise as politics lag in Washington. Taft fights tariff vetoes while Roosevelt gains. Morgan taxes cut, Morgan and Hill tips debated amid wide unrest. J P Morgan declines comment. Elitist views split on trusts and democracy. Wireless tech in military use looms amid Presidio maneuvers and Barret tug dialogue.
Wireless Telephone Aids Coast Artillery At Presidio Maneuvers
Sunset Magazine notes a San Francisco electrician’s wireless telephone used by the aeronautical detachment of the California National Guard as the first successful instrument of its kind in military work. After earlier shipboard failures, the San Francisco invention proved its value during Presidio maneuvers and may attract government interest.
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Sunset Magazine
Chicago Largest Post Office Claim and History
Robert Bruce visits Chicago and confirms the claim that Chicago has the largest post office in the world. The 1893 World’s Fair era building handles 1.5 billion mail pieces yearly with 3000 clerks and 1800 carriers. receipts reach 15 million dollars while expenses top six million.
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Youth's Companion Calendar for 1912 release
The Youth's Companion will give subscribers who pay the 1912 rate of 1.75 a beautiful calendar. The cover shows a watercolor New England coast with sea breeze and sunny rocks, eight color reproduction, inviting readers who know coastal life or inland memory alike.
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New England
Publicity Battle Looms Between Wiley and Roosevelt
A publicity contest forms as Dr. Wiley positions himself to rival Mr. Roosevelt in public acclaim. The maneuver signals shifting attention and potential campaign dynamics in the political arena.
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Wiley
Taft
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Dr. Wiley
Mr. Roosevelt
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