Election prognostications on Wilson and party alignments
The piece argues forecasts are unreliable yet outlines a projected path to the presidency. It lists states and electoral votes for Wilson and Taft, noting Roosevelt’s impact and the Solid South, with Wilson at 199 votes and Taft at 175, pending shifts in pivotal states.
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Progressive” Party
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Wilson
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Wisconsin
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Kansas
Taft
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
San Antonio Golf Links Appeal for Tourist Traffic
An editor argues San Antonio should build and maintain public golf links to attract tourists during months when northern players cannot golf. The piece notes golf’s growing popularity and positions links as a major artificial attraction to offset lacking coast and water access.
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San Antonio
The Wing Skirt Fashion Critique of a Controversial Garment
The piece denounces the wing skirt as a disastrous concept likened to feeding-bag trousers. It mocks designers and warns against its adoption, calling it the most awful and shocking fashion atrocity and even a reason for divorce.
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Milady
Critics Question Columbia Journalism Curriculum Impact
The piece argues Columbia University’s proposed journalism program prioritizes literature and language over economics and social science. It contends the curriculum risks producing many average reporters rather than strong editors, citing insufficient focus on economics, history, ethics, and broad real-world knowledge.
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Journaliam
Political shifts and golf fever sweep early 20th century towns
The piece notes a Democratic trend in several states despite Republican leanings, estimating electoral votes for Wilson at 353 and highlighting states like Maine Massachusetts New Jersey New York Ohio Indiana. It also recounts unusually popular free golf courses in St Louis and Chicago, with thousands queued at dawn, and ends urging San Antonio to capitalize on the golf surge.
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Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Wilson
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Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
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Chicago
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San Antonio
Odio
Eqgigne
Model towns and breeding citizens in social reform debate
Grosvenor Atterbury argues in Scribner that garden suburbs cannot cure social ills without virtuous inhabitants. He warns against overreliance on model towns as a cure all and notes towns reflect the people and the environment shaped by education and environment.
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School of Environment
Grosvenor Atterbury
Scribner
Postmaster Hannum Barred by Drunk Caller
According to the Denver Times the postmaster F Hannum faced a tall drunken man outside the post office. The caller, slurring, asked where the union station was and, after a braced stumble, asked if the question was for him or for the speaker.
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F Hannum
Hannum
Journalism advisory board condemned as amateurish
The writer questions the university's advisory board of eminent newspaper men. He argues the plan seems amateurish and suggests the faculty or the advisory board may be at fault, casting doubt on training journalists in a hothouse approach.
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Chanics
School of Journalism
Alone on Mount Blackburn Awe and danger on a Alaska climb
Dora Keen recalls solitary ascent on Mount Blackburn in Alaska. She describes the vast amphitheater of ice and rock, the sun driven avalanches, and the peril as goat hunters and companions struggle below. The piece reflects on courage, endurance, and the meaning of climbing.
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Mount Blackburn
Mount Reynolds
Kennecott
Mount Regal
Reynolds Glacier
Dora Keen
Double Barreled Escape From a Miner Cave-In
In a Pennsylvania mine a cave-in trapped miner Jack Thornton. Rescue teams reached his chamber by Sunday morning after Friday’s incident. He survived and quipped about losing wages from the saloon keepers on a Saturday night.
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Pennsylvania
Jack Thornton
Hmriday
Jack
Lost in Houston Street Search at City Hotel
A flustered visitor asks for Houston Street near St. Anthony hotel. Clerks explain it is the first street from the hotel, but she remains lost and mentions a jewelry store and a wedding present she had engraved. She worries about the confusing street layout.
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St. Anthony Hotel
Houston Street
St. Anthony
Belasco Plans Acting School To Elevate American Theatre
David Belasco outlines an ambitious experiment in the July World's Work to educate actors as thoroughly as law students. He will run two classes, for men and women, cover all expenses, and invest about 40000 to 45000 dollars over two years. He will aid promising students who must work and requires a three year pledge against joining a theatrical club.
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David Belasco
Woodrow Wilson Says Nomination Brings Solemn Photo Duty
The Denver Republican notes Woodrow Wilson feels solemn when informed of his nomination and again when his photograph is taken. The remark highlights his restrained persona and public image during the nomination period.
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Woodrow Wilson
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