Campaign phrase-makers and wartime rhetoric critiqued
A sharp critique of political slogans and rhetorical devices used by Wilson era campaigns. The piece targets the concept of pitiless publicity and watchful waiting, notes how phrases like dollar diplomacy appear, and condemns the sensationalism of the era's headlines and euphemistic language. It also references figures from press and politics, comparing modern slogans to past theatrical and detective exemplars.
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Dodrow Wilson
America
Qoosevelt
Democratc
Wilson
Peter Piper
Charlotte Cushman
Charlie the
Wall Street
Nick Carter
Lily Langtry
Chaplin
Southern
Diamond Dick
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilton
Phro
Hughes Record On The Bench In 1916 Campaign
A campaign review praises Hughes for an unsullied Supreme Court record. It cites opinions on the Illinois child labor and pure food laws, the California eight hour law for women, and contrasts with friction over lynch law. Also notes Brusiloff’s Galician advance and his use of mathematicians and press agents.
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Hughes
Supreme Court
Manc
California
Yustice Holmes
Leo Frank
Tustice Hughes
Ford
Elas
Why I Am For Hughes by James RB Garfield
The piece extols Hughes as a wise courageous nonpartisan leader who would safeguard rights, uphold justice, and support global protection of American lives. It contrasts Hughes with Wilson, arguing Wilson’s record on tariffs, merit, preparedness, and Mexico weakens leadership and public trust, urging voters to back Hughes.
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James RB
Garfield
Hughes
New York
Supreme Court
Congress
Wilson
Germany
Luattania
Maxica
Lan Wilson
Mexico
Senate
Montana chairman dies from wounds in campus shooting
A.C. Thomas, chairman of Sanders county Republican central committee, died in Missoula hospital after a pistol shot by Edith Colby, a reporter. Colby is jailed. The incident stems from a long political feud involving Thomas and Missoula figures.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
A. C. Thomas
Republican Central Committee
Sanders County
Misoula
Edith Colby
Colby
Thomas
Edward Donl
Machine to Record Heart Movements
A machine exhibited in Chicago records every motion of the heart. The electrocardiograph, shown before the American X ray Society convention, can obtain records for later comparison to aid diagnosis of heart disease.
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Chicago
Defiant Stand of Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg
London dispatch reports Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg stating the Somme battle will not break German lines. He argues the war is defense of life and liberty and condemns French and British aims, predicting no peace terms while asserting Germany’s readiness for negotiations since 1915. He questions Briand's peacemaking stance amid Allied offensives.
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London
Somme
von Bethman-Vollweg
Reichstag
Reuter
Amsterdam
Rumania
Entente
Turkey
Bulgaria
Italy
Germany
M. Briand
France
M Briand
Verdun
Bankers Aid Better Farming Campaign At Annual Meet
Kansas City Sept 30 A U S bankers convention discussed agricultural development to diversify crops improve roads and build rural communities. Speakers urged bankers to aid the better farming campaign and continue five years of agricultural commission work. B F Harris urged profits for farmers bankers and businessmen plus militant citizenship. He resigned the agricultural commission chair and criticized railroad strike avoidance and President Wilson.
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Kansas City
United States
American Bankers’ Association
Association
Agricultural Commission
B. F. Harris
Champaign
Wilson
Norwegian steamer Vindeggen sunk by Austrian sub
A Reuter dispatch from Madrid reports the Norwegian steamer Vindeggen sunk by an Austrian submarine. Twenty four crew members were landed at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.
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London
Reuter
Madrid
Las Palinas
Canary Islands
Kidney Pills Restore Energy for Mrs Lartmeister
Mrs F E Lartmeister of Tea Missouri writes that two years of kidney trouble left her unable to cook. After using Foley Kidney Pills she says she feels like a new person. The ad warns of toxins from kidney derangement causing backache dizziness swelling and rheumatism.
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F. E. Lartmeister
Foley
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
The Foolish Quarrel in the Green Forest
Happy Jack Squirrel and Chatterer the Red Squirrel quarrel over nuts shaken from a chestnut tree. Their greed leads to a fight, distractions from the breeze, and the hidden scheme of Striped Chipmunk who steals the nuts. In the end the cousins find nothing.
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Happy Jack Squirrel
Chatterer
Red Squirrel
Green Forest
Happy Jack
Jack
Merry Little Breezes
Sammy Jay
Chipmunk
Striped Chipmunk
Coas
Might
Matin
Fort Edwards Completed at Warsaw Illinois
On September 10 1914 Fort Edwards was completed at Warsaw Illinois under command of Major Zachery Taylor.
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Fort Edwards
Warsaw
Illinois
Zachery Taylor
Republican Round-Up in Chicago Today
Republican politicians from across Illinois gather in Chicago for a state committee meeting to confer with candidates for state offices on campaign plans. Mayor William Hale Thompson will host a luncheon for Frank O. Lowden and other Republican candidates, along with state committee members and county committee leaders.
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Chicago
Republican State Committee
Wm. Hale Thompson
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Injured Woman Improves as Operation Considered
Philadelphia reports Mrs LeDuc, injured Friday, showing improvement. Doctors may operate to remove a steel jacketed bullet lodged between ribs on her left side. Husband Joseph LeDuc says he has received many telegrams praising his support during his wife’s ordeal. Refers to Mrs Harry Belzer, whose involvement in the assault is being contested.
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Philadelphia
LeDuc
Joseph LeDucc
Harry Belzer
Belzer
Hearvor
Automatic asking for big damages
Chicago, Sept. 30. The Chicago Tunnel Company files an $8,000,000 damages suit against American Telephone and Telegraph for breach of contract. The action stems from AT&T failing to complete a purchase deal for the Automatic for $6,200,000, with damages, expenses and interest sought.
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Chicago
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chicago Tunnel Company
Mexican general Blanco sentenced to prison
Gen Lucio Blanco received a five years and nine months term for disobedience of military orders and usurpation of authority. He has been jailed over a year. Blanco was noted as a rebel leader on the border in 1914 and a 1915 Villa forces recruit later captured by Gen Obregon in September 1915.
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Mexico City
Lucio Blanco
Blanco
Mexico
Villa
Obregon
Sloan's Liniment for Rheumatism and Sprains
A vintage ad copy touts Sloan's Liniment as a universal pain remedy for rheumatism gout and neuralgia. It promises easy application without rubbing and quick relief for strains sprains and sore muscles, urging readers to keep a bottle on hand.
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Sloan
Fatty’s Invention Goes Too Far in School Tale
In Our School by Paul West illustrated by Frank Moser recounts Fatty making a crude device to quiet a crying baby, which backfires when the mother and father react, while Fatty accuses Andy of instigating the plan. Genevieve Hicks stands at the post office waiting for letters as neighbors gossip.
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Atty Bellowes
Andy Anderson
Anny
Andy
Fatty
Fanny
Thare House
Genevieve Hicks
Peepul
Genevieve
Bainbridge Colby Plans Coast Speaking Tour
Bainbridge Colby of New York former Progressive leader will tour the Pacific coast next month promoting Wilson and Marshall. He will speak in Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Topeka Kansas City Omaha Denver Sioux Falls and Butte on route to California. Secretary of the Navy Daniels will address Chicago's Sunday Evening Club. The note ends with a wry quip about burglars.
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Chicago
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Progressive Party
Pacific Coast
Wilson
Marshall
Detroit
Milwaukee
Topeka
Kansas City
Oma
Denver
Sioux Falls
Butte
California
Navy
Daniels
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Frank Moser
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