Kenyon Critiques Spendthrift Government In Chautauqua Address
Senator William Kenyon Republican from Iowa successor to the late Dolliver delivered a forceful chautauqua address praising conservation and warning against wasteful federal spending. He attacked entangling river and harbor bills, garden seed grants, and campaign mailings as fraud on taxpayers, urging support for reforms and a temperance moral awakening to curb the saloon. He urged avoiding war if possible and envisioned postwar republics arising in Europe.
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Wilson
United States
William
Kenyon
Iowa
Dolliver
Chautauqua
Assembly
Washington
Mississippi River
Europe
Remedy Claim for Dr. James Headache Powders
A vintage ad promises fast relief from headache and neuralgia with Dr James Headache Powders. It urges readers to send someone to the drug store for a dime package, claiming relief in moments and a return to normalcy.
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Dr. James
James
Chautauqua Program Highlights and Notable Speakers
Senator Kenyon urged national unity and support for President Wilson while praising the American character as the nation’s greatest asset. The program featured Signor S Bellino the Accord ion King delivering acclaimed operatic numbers, plus Gilbert Eldredge the impersonator and Birdsong artist Jessie Braman Dageet, with orchestral acts and a Ladies Orchestra.
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Kenyon
Wilson
Horace Greely
Eorge H. Wilson
Warsaw Dispatch Warns Of High Risk In Defense
London reports a Warsaw dispatch stating the general news is unsatisfactory as Germans concentrate attack at chosen points with overwhelming superiority in ammunition and troops. After months of resistance the Russian line faces great risk, with evacuation of Warsaw seen as better than risking disaster by holding the city.
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London
Warsaw
Times
Narew
Russia
Becker to Face Death as Whitman Refuses Pardon
In a grim prelude to Becker’s execution at Sing Sing, Gov. Whitman refused a reprieve after Becker’s wife Mrs. Becker, with attorney John Johnston, pressed for clemency. Becker’s visitors included his brothers Jackson and John Becker and sister in law Mrs. Katherine Gelligher, with doctors and officials noting his composure amid the looming death sentence.
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Viser
Jackson
John Becker
Katherine Gelligher
Becker
Leon C. Weinstock
Cats
Cap
Samuel Haynes
Patterson
Putnam County
N. Y
Father Curry
Becker’s Crime Story of Rosenthal Murder in 1912
New York reports Herman Rosenthal a gambler murdered July 16 1912 before a police corruption case could proceed. Becker head of the Strong Arm Squad faced graft charges from Rosenthal and was later indicted for murder after gunmen recruited by gang leaders were arrested. The case drew intense city attention as witnesses like Vallon and Webber testified linking Becker to police protection money and a plot to kill Rosenthal. Governor Whitman faced pressure over Becker’s fate as appeals for a third trial were denied and clemency considered.
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Edgar M. Cullen
Charles Andrews
Nelson House
Becker
Johnston
Charles Becker
Whitman
Poughkeepsie
Rosenthal
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Metripolean
Forty-third Street
Broadway
By. Rosenthal
Louis Shapiro
Louis Libbey
New York City
Bronx
Jack Rose
Criminal Courts
Harry Wallon
Webber
Rosé
Rose
Vallon
Grand Jury
Biz Jack’ Zelig
Zelig
East Side
Horowitz
Louie” . Rosenberg
Dago Frank”. Ci
Timothy D. Sullivan
Supreme
Justice Philbin
Perkins
Supreme Court
Ford
Justice Ford
Austrians Driven Back Near Nowo Alexandria
A dispatch from Innsbruck via Paris reports Austrian forces retreating about ten miles from their positions at Nowo Alexandria, southeast of Ivangorod, as of July 29. The move follows earlier advances and mirrors shifting frontline dynamics in the region.
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Geneva
Paris
Tribune
Innsbruck
Nowo
Alexandria
Ivangorod
War as a Commercial Conflict Says Berliner Courier
The Berliner Boers Courier argues in July 29 report that modern war is a commercial conflict. English actions, it says, target wealth and trade, with cables and mail controlled or blocked to favor British business. It highlights confiscation of trade secrets, selling assets below cost, and interning civilians as abuses in wartime economics.
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Berlin
Berliner Boersen Courier
Ivery Transatlantic
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Switzerland
Speeding Up Notifications To Germany On Ship Sails
The State Department and Ambassador Gerard consider rapid cable and telephone notices to Berlin to warn Wilhelmshaven of American ship sailings. The plan aims to rush news the moment a ship leaves New York for Liverpool, reducing warning time before submarines could respond.
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Washington
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
State’ Department
Ambassador Gerard
Gerard
New York
Liverpool
State
Department
Berlin
Wilhelmshafen
Berlin German Peace Mediation View Sparks Doubt
Washington dispatch reports Roeimache Zeitung comment on American peace mediations becoming impossible, echoed by Germany. Official German figures claim 22 weeks of submarine losses misstate US British and 95 neutrals, with destroyeds and contraband ships corrected.
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Berlin
Sayville
Roeimache: Zeitung
Washington
Viva Dispatch
Germany
Audh
German War Office
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