Neglected Candidates Clash Over News Coverage in Texas
The Dallas News and the Fort Worth Record share a common stance on politics while Tom Ball and Jim Ferguson complain of neglect by newspapers. The piece argues that most speeches lack new value, urging press restraint, and notes rail travel noise reforms and Huerta era political concessions.
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Dallas News
The
Fort Worth Record
Tom Ball
Jim Ferguson
Texas
Tom
Jim
News
Record
Ball
Ferguson
Messrs. Ball
Toms and Jims
Sleeper Cars and Train Noise Describe Overnight Travel
The excerpt notes that a sleeper car in a railroad yard evokes the phrase When is a sleeper not a sleeper and describes travelers adapting to train motion and noises before sleep finally comes after hours of occupancy by other passengers.
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Railway World
Northern Pacific Railroad
Joel Miller
Wilson insists on constitutional path as peace conditions
The United States under President Wilson embraces a peace stance that honors the Constitutionalists military gains in Mexico and rejects Huerta as a constitutional successor not chosen through legal channels. Mediation calls for a neutral provisional president, but US firmness may clash with the Constitutionalists over succession and legitimacy.
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United States
Mexico
Niagara Falls
Wilson
Huerta
Cit
Barefoot golf changes Chicago with dawn lake life
The piece humorously observes Chicago at 4 30 in the morning as businessmen roam bare foot on golf courses and bathe in the lake in feminine garb. It notes a city-wide shift toward early rising and a nature driven health movement while warning of red bugs on barefoot play.
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Chicago
Windy City
Richard
Board of Health
Lake Michigan
Langdon Smith
Fog Banks at Niagara Falls Mediation and Mexican Conflicts
The Philadelphia Inquirer weighs a dense Niagara Falls fog metaphor for tense mediation. It questions Huerta’s unrecognized agents, A B C messengers, and a plan of government as Villa and Carranza march toward Mexico City.
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Niagara Falls
Huerta
Villa
Carranza
Mexico City
Philadelphia Inquirer
Real Workers Urged to Seize Jobs Dancer Instructor Critique
Judge Allen B Endicott tells graduate nurses in Atlantic City that unemployed women waste days in folly while husbands work. He says many women mingle with chauffeurs cabmen and other so called instructors of dances, leaving real workers with fewer chances.
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Allen B. Endicott
Atlantic City
Washington Herald
Wilson and Sectionalism in Arlington Remarks
The Philadelphia Ledger argues that sectionalism spurred the president to attend Arlington ceremonies after criticizing the idea, noting his rebuke of critics and emphasizing his respect for national history and the sacrifices of those who fought for the country.
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Wilson
Arlington
Philadelphia Ledger
Thrift as a Way of Life in Early 20th Century Brooklyn
A Brooklyn family keeps a vinegar hogshead and waste scraps for soap and bread puddings, reflecting thrifty habits of a grandmother. A Cambridge widow builds a bakery supplies shop into a stable income, paying debts and saving. Remarks from Simon W. Straus on thrift note wasteful habits like costly funerals and unnecessary gifts among the poor.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Cambridge
Mass
Simon W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
Bristol, Conn
Uncle Joe Cannon Seeks House Seat on Less To Eat Platform
The piece accuses former Speaker Cannon of planning a return to Congress by promoting a platform claiming the Democratic administration has left the average American with less to eat than under Republicans. It mocks his stance as deceitful and unreliable and argues Illinois voters won't support it.
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Pittsburg
Cannon
Congress
Joe
Illinois
Self-Enforcing Liquor Laws Noted in Indiana
The Ohio State Journal notes Indiana’s liquor law enforcement plan where license commissioners and police courts monitor violations. Since January there have been 102 liquor cases affecting 25 licenses, with revocation likely in all. The county attorney will list violations for the commission to revoke licenses, a self-acting enforcement idea.
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Ohio State Journal
Indiana
Auto Abandoned Draws Boyhood High Jinks On Myrtle Street
A car left on Myrtle Street drew a gang of neighborhood boys who pushed and rode it down a slope toward San Pedro Avenue. The auto gained speed and disappeared from sight before the owner returned.
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Myrtle Street
San Pedro Avenue
Mexicans Teach a Lesson in Self-Reliance
The Lincoln State Journal notes Mexican peace envoys at Vera Cruz and Washington declining official perks. They refused a navy transport and lodging, choosing to pay their own fares and expenses to avoid obligations with American givers.
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Lincoln
Neb
Vera Cruz
Key West
Washington
United States
Sleepy Time Tale of the Little White Butterfly
A little white butterfly leaves a tall white lily in search of a new home. She visits two gardens with fountains and birds, then chooses a large white lily as her home where she is welcomed by new butterflies and lives happily.
Roosevelt to Present Proofs of Discovery at London Geological Society
The Baltimore American reports Mr. Roosevelt will address the London Geographical Society with indisputable proofs of discovery. He asserts he will not be deceived by skeptics and notes strong support from Brazil, which backs his enterprise as it pursues U.S. interests in Mexico.
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Baltimore American
Roosevelt
London Geographical Society
Brazil
United States
Mexico
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