Our Mexican Holdings Shows Americans Own Most Mexican Property
A senate statement estimates American holdings in Mexico at about 1.06 billion dollars versus 792 million held by Mexicans and smaller sums by English and French owners. The piece argues Americans pay a large share of Mexican upheavals and urges Washington to protect American property and lives. It also recounts a Balkan war tale tied to a stock gamble and notes President Wilson’s New South speech stressing action and national unity.
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Senator Fall
United States Senate
Republic of Mexico
Mexico
Republic
Fall
Bryan
Marshall
Washington
Nicholas
Montenegro
Paris
Gunsbourg
Saloniki
Trapman
Captain Trapman
New England Society
New York
Wilson
Gettysburg
M. College
Federal
Buncombe
University
A. and
A. and M. College
Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College
How the Balkan War Began
Saloniki correspondent Captain Albert H. Trapman describes behind the scenes in Paris counting houses and adds that neither Monte Carlo nor Wall Street knows much about high finance, shaping a plausible tale of the war’s start.
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Monte Carlo
Wall Street
Albert H. Trapman
Saloniki
Captain Trapman
Wilson Gettysburg Speech Praised Across Parties
Editorials nationwide applaud President Woodrow Wilson's Gettysburg address for its eloquence taste and judgment. The piece notes the speech under difficult conditions and contrasts it with other notable orations, highlighting audience satisfaction and cautious comparisons to Lincoln.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Lincoln
Cooking butcher innovation boosts Cottonwood Falls business
A Cottonwood Falls butcher named Chet Woodring cooked meat for customers at no extra charge and delivered it. He turned part of his shop into a kitchen with a gas range, offering timely roasts by request, which has drawn housewives and increased trade while also reducing customer blame for poorly cooked meat.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kansas
Chet Woodring
Woodring
Pedestrian Billiards Practice Prompts Walking Miles
A Philadelphia Ledger report quotes a billiards expert at the Union League championship saying he walks about three miles per 400 points. He notes shorter walks when his runs are longer and recalls a 100-point run without circling the table, and Jacob Schaefer’s 150-point run without full table laps.
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Jacob Schaefer
Philadelphia Ledger
When Crime Is Finance and Girls Must Be Dodgers
A Boston Globe excerpt notes that a bank official may be deemed a criminal for insolvent handling, while depositors’ numbers affect judgment. It also reports Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that a spectator at baseball assumes foul-ball risk, reversing $825 damages, implying girls must learn to dodge.
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Memphis News Scimitar
Minnesota Supreme Court
Boston Globe
Sioux squaw writes grand opera and other dispatches
A Sioux squaw has written a grand opera a Mexican general says he was offered and refused a bribe of 300 000 pesos and a man near Atlantic City claims to have seen a sea serpent 200 feet long and eight feet broad. More items will follow in our next issue.
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Dog Days
Atlantic City
Beaumont Journal
Texas bond amendment debate raises alarms over state finances
A letter from Comfort Texas urges voters to reject amendments to sections 49 to 52 of article 3 and warns that bond issues threaten Texas finances. It argues the measure increases deficits, diverts funds from the university, adds risky liens, and could boost local borrowing while failing to curb waste. It counters claims about preserving agricultural education and asserts need for broader agricultural teaching across many institutions.
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Comfort
Tex
Texas
University Permanent
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
John M. Duncan
M. College
Medical
Galveston
College of Industrial Arts
State Normal Schools
University At Austin
Supreme Court
Physica
University
Normal Schools
Friends of Agricultural Education
Railroads and efficiency debate in engineering publication
An Engineering Magazine piece argues rail executives face a balance between rewarding efficiency and avoiding costs. It cites a Newark worker who earned five dollars daily before pressure to curb earnings and warns public demand for lean railroading may clash with fair returns. It notes upcoming third international refrigeration congress in Chicago with attendees from around the world.
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Engineering Magazine
Newark
Gettysburg Aftermath Reflections On National Unity
A retrospective piece recalls Gettysburg as a great but not decisive battle. It notes fatigue from Civil War strife, praises Confederate veterans for stressing unity, and argues Americanism endures beyond sectional divides.
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Gettysburg
Confederacy
Union
Robert E. Lee
Noise in a City
A column on urban noise cites inevitable sounds of city life and mocks needless clamor. It satirically lists nuisances from horns to roosters and suggests escaping to the country to avoid such din.
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President Wilson
Henry W. Grady
The
Light
College Station
Railroads and Efficiency
Chicago
Eal
Los Angeles Tribune
Mrs. Trubbell
Harry
Asie Ama
ARS Trubbel
John
Soran
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