Ports Rush Ahead in Public Waterfront Ownership
A Commerce bulletin credits five years of port growth to national economic expansion, the Panama Canal, and federal harbor aid. It notes New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Tacoma can dock giant liners at any tide, with several inland ports highly connected to ocean trade. Public waterfront ownership has risen, led by Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, and others, while New Orleans and San Francisco showcase fully public terminals and belt-line rail coordination.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Panama Canal
Congress
Airworld
Grosvenor M. Jones
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
Tacoma
Boston
Seaboard
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Philadelphia
Delaware Bay
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Brunswick
Hartford
Houston
Jacksonville
Mobile
Port Arthu
Tex
Portland
Oregon
Richmond
Sacramento
Savannah
Washington
Wilmington
Del
D. C
United States
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Ohio River
Great Lakes
Los Angeles
San Diego
Oakland
Stockton
Atlantic
City of
Port of
Commonwealth Pier
Western Hemisphere
Pacific Ports
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
William Penn
Northwest Territory
Graduates of St Mary's College to Hold Exercises in Beethoven Hall
The sixty fourth graduating exercises of St Marys College will be held in Beethoven Hall Tuesday evening June 13. The article lists graduates and notes on port policy and the Interstate Commerce Commission powers to connect rail and water carrier lines, plus a new report titled Ports of the United States Miscellaneous Series No 33 with 431 pages, maps and appendices.
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St. Mary's College
Beethoven Hall
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
United States
The
The Cramped Night of a Family in Distress
Helen and Warren Curtis rush to save their sick child Winifred in a tense home emergency. A distant doctor arrives, uses steam tent treatment to relieve croup, and the couple adapts to the crisis, yielding relief and fatigue asWinifred begins to recover and calm returns. An unrelated radio ad ends the piece with travel offers to New York, Memphis, and Chicago.
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International News Service
Helen
Davenport
Warren
Winifred
Dr. Marshall
Mrs. Curtis
Elise
Bradley
Dr. Bradley
Marshall
Beresford Abbot
Peace Appeal From Spanish Intellectuals Urges Armistice
In Madrid a pro German peace group of about thirty thousand professors judges lawyers artists editors and priests has sent a letter to King Alfonso urging joint neutral powers action to stop the war. They say Germany is ready to end slaughter under acceptable terms and propose Belgium reconstruction with guarantees while colonies are evacuated and neutral freedom of the seas is vital for all neutrals.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Germany
Belgium
Estate donation to crippled soldiers colony near Waldsee
Prince Maximilian of Weldburg donated a 600 acre estate near Waldsee in Wuerttemberg to the committee creating colonies for crippled soldiers. The land will be divided into sixty farms of fifteen acres each to aid rehabilitation and settlement.
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Stuttgart
Prince Maximilian of
Weldburg-Wolfegs- Waldsee
Germany
Waldsee
Wuerttemberg
Russia to Build Autos Factories in Russia
PETROGRAD June 10 The Russian government will devote 50,000,000 roubles to the construction of a government automobile factory. Until now most cars in use were purchased in America.
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Russia
Petrograd
America
Will Go Kodaking In Duches sa d Aosta Club
At the last meeting of the Duches sa d Aosta Club held at the Gun ter it was decided to hold a kodaking party June 25.
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Duchessa d'Aosta Club
Gunter
Great Nominations In Single Sentences
A historical reflection notes the varied impact of convention nominating speeches from Lincoln to McKinley era. It highlights crowd reactions, famed lines, and the two thirds rule shaping nominations, mentioning Depew, Blaine, Cleveland, Bryan, Roosevelt, Hadley, Taft, Clark, Van Buren, and Garfield as figures in a broader pattern of political oratory.
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Illinois
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Ilinois
N. B. Judd
Lincoln
Chauncey M. Depew
Harrison
Minneapolis
Blaine
Maine Statesman
James G. Blaine
Chicago
Bourke Cochran
David B. Hill
Grover Cleveland
Henry M. Teller
Bryan
Denver
Roosevelt
Ferbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Taft
Baltimore
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Clark
Martin van Buren
Robert G. Ingersoll
James A. Garfield
Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech Not Used for Candidacy
The excerpt notes that William Jennings Bryan's famous cross of gold speech marked the start of his notable career, though it was not delivered to support any specific candidacy.
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William Jennings Bryan
Love Wants Arbitration On National Committeeman Post
Tom Love asks Judge Poindexter to refer the San Antonio convention’s selection of a national committeeman to arbitration or to the Democrats of Texas in the upcoming primary. The piece urges direct voter input, arguing the masses should decide if Love should hold the post and questions the ballot’s accuracy and pledge methods.
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Houston Post
Tom Love
Poindexter
National
Post
Democrats of
Texas
San Antonio
Notice to owners of automobiles for hire June 1916 deadline
Notice to owners of Automobiles for Hire states licenses expired May 31 1916 and all operators must renew with licenses and tags by June 1 1916 with enforcement after June 10 1916. James F Garland Commissioner of Taxation announces compliance required.
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James F. Garland
Adv
Dearest Foot Quip Courts Saving on Hoote Price
In a flippant exchange she recalls “dearest little foot” while he quips that paying $10 for hoote would shake his belief in lovey-dovey talk. This light dialogue hints at affection and bargain humor in a Birmingham Age-Herald style snippet.
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Hoote
Birmingham Age-Herald
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