Senate Control Hinge On 1917 Elections In Congress
Campaign rounds up for the Sixty-first Congress with 33 Senate seats to decide. Democrats hold 56 of 96 seats. 18 are Democratic and 15 Republican among those up for election. Major battles loom in Florida Texas Tennessee Indiana and Maine among others.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Senate
Indiana
Thomas Taggart
Benjamin F. Shively
Flenry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Nathan P. Bryan
Florida
William B. Catron
New Mexico
William E. Chilton
W. Va
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
Clarence D. Clark
Wyoming
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
Henry A. du Pont
Delaware
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Charles F. Johnson
Maine
John W. Kern
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Lake Lea
Tennessee
Blair Lee
Maryland
Henry F. Lippitt
Rhode Island
Henry C. Lodge
Massachusetts
Porter J. McCumber
N. Dakota
Geo. P. McLean
Connecticut
James E. Martine
New Jersey
Henry L. Meyers
Montana
James A. O'Gorman
New York
Geo. T. Gliver
Biias
Pennsylvania
Carroll
Page
Vermont
Key Pittman
Nevada
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
James A. Reed
Missouri
Geo
Mississippi
John D. Works
California
O. P
Virginia
West Virginia
Bryan
Park Trammell Beeing
Lea
McKellar
David I. Lewis
Frank B. Kellogg
Trust Busting
O'Gorman
Worths
Oliver
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Why the Earth's Speed Does Not Cool It Off
A historical explanation contrasts a man in hot sun with a car ride to show wind cools a body by removing heat. The earth's motion through space encounters no atmospheric wind, so solar heat remains constant. At cosmic speeds a resisting medium would heat or burn, not cool, the planet.
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Earth
Space
County Trustees Postpone Enforcing New Education Law
Bexar county trustees defer compulsory attendance enforcement to December 1 after R B Binion explains the law. He notes two months of school attendance required, truancy options, and need for complete records. A school grading plan based on facilities and conditions received endorsement.
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Bexar County
R. B. Binion
Professor Binion
P. F. Stewart
Champe G. Carter
General Board of Trustees
W. F. Doughty
Professoruighty
Austin
Unty
Board of
General Trustees
Comnof
Carter
Deshiell
Back
Proessor Binion
Austin Jasight
Airman
Binion
County Public Schools
Bexarunty
Car
Mtry
Stewart
Board of General Trustees
Dixie Night at Atlantic City to Highlight Suffrage Push
Pixie’s Daughters mobilize for Equal Suffrage as Dixie Night at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in Atlantic City on September 7. Carrie Chapman Catt says speakers from Texas Mississippi Virginia and Kentucky will address Southern progress while President Wilson and Mr. Hughes are invited to speak.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
Atlantic City
Solid South
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Association
Dixie
B. J. Cunningham
Texas Woman Suffrage Association
Edward McGehee
Mississippi Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lila Meade Valentine
Virginia Equal Suffrage League
Eugene Reilley
General Federation Women's Clubs
Guildford Dudley
Tennessee Equal Suffrage
Boy Sleeps Hidden in Trunk After Night Search
Edward McBride an eight year old boy in Portland Oregon crawled into a trunk at 427 Tenth Street and slept a while. His parents searched for two hours before discovering him behind the trunk where he had settled on a soft pile of clothes. He said he was tired and only wanted a nap.
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Portland
Ore
Edward McBride
Tenth Street
Mr. McBride
Edward
Snails as Food in Paris and the Roman Table
The article argues snails can substitute for oysters and be raised in America. It notes Paris consumes vast quantities, mentions escargots, and cites Roman taste for snails. It discusses raising Helix pomatia in California and potentially the Mississippi Valley, plus snail and slug biology and eating habits.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Paris
France
Italy
Journal of the
American Medical Association
America
California
Mississippi Valley
Portrait of a Grand and Glorious Republic Debate
A Birmingham Age-Herald columnist quotes a critic who warns that grand rhetoric signals a speaker seeking support for himself. The exchange frames concerns about self-serving endorsements under a republic’s banner.
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Republic
Birmingham Age-Herald
See back page society item with prize money
A brief society note hints at money to be earned from a back page feature. It mentions opportunities linked to readers seeking rewards or cash incentives in social columns.
Feille Couple Celebrates 25th Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Feille of 1605 Ave B marked twenty five years of marriage. The Louise Schuetze Lodge of the Hermann Sons hosted a surprise silver anniversary party Tuesday night with numerous relatives present. Jane selections were by Miss B Wesp readings by Mrs. O Schultz and Mrs. E Schulz. A bowling contest and many presents followed the celebration.
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Paul L. Feille
Ave. B
Louise Schuetze
The
Hermann Sons
Jane
Fire at Stock Yards Destroys Shed and Offices
A fire at the Union Stock Yards late Saturday night destroyed a large horse and mule shed and two small office buildings. Losses total about $2200 with partial insurance. Buildings owned by Union Stock Yards Company and leased by Bob Greeven. Fire started in the hay loft, blamed on trespassing tramps. shed contents included wagons harness and hay.
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Union Stock Yards
Union Stock Yards Company
Bob Greeven
Greeven
The Light's Movie Contest Sparks Society Buzz
Readers are invited to enter The Light's Movie Contest as society pages tease an entertaining back-page feature. The notice hints at prizes and community participation, with details to follow in the back section.
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