15 Most Dangerous? Guggenheim Warns of Third Term Push
A Paris dispatch quotes Solomon R. Guggenheim of New York predicting that if Roosevelt is re elected an effort will be made to grant him a permanent tenure. He argues such a move threatens American traditions and could reshape morals to resemble European courts. He notes the wealth of the Guggenheim and Rockefeller groups and warns against oligarchy as more dangerous than monarchy.
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Paris
United States
Solomon R. Guggenheim
New York
Roosevelt
Rockefeller Group
America
Guggenheim Brothers
Counel
Guggenheim
William Jennings Bryan
Taft
Ife
White House
New 2 400 000 Bridge Across Mississippi at Thebes
Record notes a railroad bridge over the Mississippi at Thebes costing 2 400 000 dollars, with a long lead time and high expenditure. The article contrasts public perception of the cost with the reality of the investment and the bridge’s significance.
Thebes Bridge Extends Across Mississippi River
South of St. Louis the Thebes bridge will be a paying investment, with certainty of repaying costs and interest. It links multiple railways on both sides, replacing ferry traffic and flood risks. The bridge, among the largest in the United States, spans four and seven tenths miles with a 2750 foot steel superstructure and long viaducts.
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St. Louis
Thebes
Caveral
Mississippi River
Si Hole Central
Chicago & Eastern
St. Lowry
Raifhoads
Wilnale
Frieco
Tron Mountain
Missouri Aide
Tis
St. Louise
United States
The Joy of Labor in Sweatshop Life
Poignant verse voices workers in mills and tenements, framing long hours, dangerous toil, and health fears under harsh factory life. Harvard president quotes contrast with a girl, a child, and a seamstress lamenting endless labor and longing for rest and nourishment.
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Pres. Eliot
Harvard University
American student in Berlin toasts a corpse joke
A year ago in Berlin an American student woke a German at a lecture with a Twain tale about a man who feared fresh air. After cremation the undertaker heard the corpse request he close the oven door. The German, puzzled, asked how the man could be fond.
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Berlin
Mark Twain
Harper's Weekly
Sketch of Senator Fulton of Oregon
Charles W Fulton born August 24 1853 in Lima Ohio moved with his family to the middle west. He studied law at Pawnee City Nebraska admitted to the bar in 1875 and later moved to Oregon where he taught and practiced in Astoria. He served as state senator from 1878 to 1902 and four years ago was elected to the United States Senate after a long contest.
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Charles W. Fulton
United States
Oregon
Lima
Middle West
Town
Nebraska
Pawnee City
Neb
Astoria
Ufe
Northwest
United States Senate
Lifes Motive and the Aim of Love in Verse
Poem excerpt reflecting on love as origin and end of life. The speaker seeks the beauty of a woman's face as the guiding inward presence. A quotation from Nixon Waterman cited in Times Magazine.
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Nixon Waterman
Times Magasine
Portland Cost of Living Up Sharply in Two Years
The Portland Telegram reports a notable rise in living costs over the past two years with meats, especially beef, at record highs. Veal scarce, fish and oysters pricier, while wages for skilled workers lag behind the increased prices of staple goods.
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Portland
Porthind
California
Awakening of China Aims At Government Mills In Pekin West
Consul J W Ragsdale reports Chinese papers show reforms and growth. A government paper mill at Tung-Chou and printing office at Ching-ho near Pekin are funded to 1 200 000 taels with directors Chenk Ching-tae Liu Shih-Kien to expand exports and machinery. A foreign language school for Kirin is proposed with five classes English French German Russian Japanese, annual cost 60 000 taels. Governor Fei Wei-Yen orders similar offices in Shan-tian after Yuan Shih-kai’s model.
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J. W. Ragsdale
Tientsin
China
Tu-Chih Pu Bhoard
Finance
Tung-Chou
Ching-ho
Wesr
Pekin
Chenk
Ching-tae
Liu Shih-Kien
Taotats Cheng
United States
Tang Shaoyi
Kirin
Central
Manchuria
Chines
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Yuan Shih-kal
Shan-tian
Cleanly Woman Misbelief About Curing Dandruff
An article debunks a woman's erroneous idea that scalp kneading cures dandruff. It argues only removing the dandruff germ works and promotes Newbro’s Merpickle as the remedy. Sold by druggists, sample offers from The Heenicide Co described, with price details.
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Stourtug Ier
Leany
Erin
Newbro
Bilitew
Dretroy
Drugwiete
Bond Joe
Heenicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Trosleow
A. CG. Koeppen & Bros
Pekin Officials Plan Large Loan for Railway Project
A recent Pekin conference of officials gentry and merchants discussed measures to redeem the Pekin- Bankow railway. They planned to obtain a sizable loan from Helgian agents representing European capitalists to finance the project.
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Pekin
Peklo-Boankow
Representative Underwood and the religious convert in business
A northern anecdote describes Representative Underwood of Arn bam as a hard businessman who rented shanties to Negron. Two Black men discuss his conversion, noting religion changes him little in practice, as he still ejects tenants but claims sorrow at disturbing them.
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Underwood
Arnbam
Negron
Worverson
Two in One Grave Sparks Wonder in Village Cemetery
A passerby in a village cemetery reads an inscription on a monument calling it “A lawyer and an honest man” and ponders how two men could be buried in one grave. In Ridgefield Washington, Chris Horn, a mill worker, had his hand mangled at a mill and required amputation.
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Ridgefield, Wash
Chris Horn
Great Digestion Versus Obstacle Bent On Victory
Keno Mississippi resident Leckie R. writes of Peruna curing catarrh and improving digestion. He says he can eat anything and digest it, feeling like a new man. The ad claims indigestion harms nerves and blood and that Peruna restores stomach function.
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Legkie R. KR
Leckie
Keno
Miss
Peruna
Hotel St. George Promoted As Northwest’s Up-To-Date
The Hotel St. George offers a European plan with steam heat modern conveniences and en suite rooms. It boasts a large new sample room, telephone and fire alarm to office, and hot and cold running water in all rooms.
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Bath
St. George
Northwest
Rooms for Rent at One and One Half Dollars
A small ad promises rooms available for one dollar and fifty cents near the depot with a prominent electric sign inviting attention and directing travelers to affordable lodging.
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East Oregonian Publibiting Co
Chicago
Security
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Scrippa News Association
Tole
Pendleton Post Office
Nature
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tom Selby
Senator Fulton
Lifes Motive
Religion and Business
Hikm
Pendleton, Oregon
United States Depository
Levi Ankeny
W. 5
DYERS
Geo, Hartman, JR
T. C, Taylor
G. M. Rice
Leod
The
University OF Oregon
Walter H. Evans
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel
George Darvealu
Rity
Walt
Pendleton
BROWN
Depeta
Amecan
H. C. Bowers
East
Oregonian
Stansberg
Mike Transfer
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