San Antonio urged to back vital railroad bond proposal
A San Antonio Chamber of Commerce committee calls the San Antonio Rockport and Mexican Railroad the most important proposition ever presented to the city. It pledges the community to support a generous bonus to fund a line connecting San Antonio to Rockport Harbor Island and to the Rio Grande region, with San Angelo in the northwest, promising enormous local commercial growth.
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Licut
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Rockport
Automobile Club Plans North Loop Clubhouse
The San Antonio Automobile club advances a plan for a new clubhouse on the north loop. A Saturday barbecue at the site demonstrated members’ desire for a public benefit from a convenient auto rendezvous, highlighting the car as a driver of regional growth and city country connections.
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San Antonio Automobile Club
North Loop
Las
Automoas
Dallas
Roosevelt Faction Aims to Seize Convention From Jump
The Roosevelt group plans a parliamentary fight at the start of the Republican convention to prevent Taft delegates seated by the committee from voting. They expect to dominate the convention unless a better presiding officer than Victor Rosewater is chosen. Taft’s campaign is run by seasoned handlers who won’t be fooled by such moves.
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Roosevelt
National Committee
Credentials Committee
Taft
America
Victor Rosewater
Omaha
Rosewater
Palatial Country Homes Spur Dallas Area Growth
The countryside around Dallas has seen palatial homes replacing small farmhouses as urban businesspeople settle in the country. High priced land expands beyond Dallas, roads become highways, and automobile owners push for better traffic routes. In Bexar County the good roads movement is in its infancy, with the San Antonio Automobile Club planning a northern loop clubhouse seen as key to advancing highway improvements and broader regional growth.
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Dallas
Old City
Bexar County
San Antonio Automobile Club
Bexar County Highway League
Texas
San Antonio
Choosing Delegates to National Conventions Debate
A Chicago battle among Republican factions raises the issue of how delegates to national conventions should be chosen. Roosevelt aides push for clear rules as California’s presidential primary law currently dictates that delegates be elected by voters of the state at large.
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Chicago
California
California Unit Rule Sparks Convention Power Clash
The debate centers on district versus unit rule in selecting delegates. Taft supporters in California claim state law cannot bind the Republican national committee. Critics argue Californias electorate should control its national convention seats. The piece notes the need for a national primary law to reduce confusion at Chicago.
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California
Taft
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Republican Party
Republican National
Chicago
Roosevelt's Chicago campaign harms his standing as former president
A critical editorial denounces Theodore Roosevelt for openly electioneering in Chicago for the presidential nomination. It claims no prior candidate has done so and warns such behavior could aid a Democratic victory unless Baltimore nominates a strong candidate to unite conservatives.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Garfield
Bryan
Roosevelt
Baltimore
Roosevelt Critics Fear Police at Convention
The New York Herald notes Roosevelt supporters warn police club use at the convention. They recall Theodore Roosevelt’s “big stick” as a metaphor for decisive action.
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Roosevelt
New York Herald
Night of the Wolf Pack near Rocca Rosa
In November 1842 a courier travels from Sulmona to Sangro with dispatches. A storm and wolves force a desperate night. a mysterious well dressed companion aids him, they sacrifice horses, seek a chapel survival, and dawn brings cautious relief. The stranger insists on returning north despite exhaustion and hunger studying an inn ahead.
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Sulmona
Sangro
Giacomo Danieli
Rocca Rosa
Up-to-Date Verse From Judge Poem by Waldron
A verse reflects on constant life patterns across politics and society. It notes ongoing work, weather, birth and death, love, and legal troubles despite elections. The piece, credited to J. A. Waldron in Judge, blends whimsy with social observation.
Stranger in the snow reveals Giacomo Danieri as ally
A traveler and a mysterious stranger form a pact in a blizzard. The man admits he is Giacomo Danieri, famed bandit, saving the traveler rather than killing him. He gives a silver ring for safe passage if pursued, then parts ways, never to meet again.
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Giacomo Danieri
Bullets and Bravery by Clarence Hamlin in a Western Camp
Clarence C. Hamlin of Colorado Springs faced a near fatal mob scene in a western mining camp. He stood atop a bench and delivered remarks as shots rang out. His quick quip about being small and hard to hit ended the confrontation.
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Clarence C. Hamlin
Colorado Springs
Clarence
Hamlin
Popular Magazine
Crisis in the Nation and Roosevelt's Rise
A. Maurice Low in Harper's Weekly argues that Taft faces a crisis over Roosevelt's potential nomination. The piece warns that Roosevelt's ambition could threaten the republic, urging sober American judgment at Chicago to prevent chaos and a move toward dictatorship.
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Mr. Taft
Republic
Roosevelt
Chicago
Mr. Roosevelt
A. Maurice Low
Harper’s Weekly
Smallpox Risk Tied to False Hair Imports in Colorado
The Massachusetts State Board of Health warns Colorado women about smallpox danger from false hair products. Despite quarantine and guards, cases rose from 433 in 1908 to 1394 in 1911, with many among the wealthy. Investigations show many products originate from China and samples contained germs, suggesting hair may spread infection.
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Boston Transcript
Colorado
State Board of Health
Street Car Fare Delay Sparks Quip on Pay-Enter Rules
An observant man delays boarding a Houston street car while fumbling for money. The conductor snaps that the car is not a stationary power plant and urges him to board. The passenger complains rules require money ready, prompting a remark about new pay-as-you-enter system adoption on other lines.
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Houston Street
Navy battleship fleet urged to modernize by 1920
George von L. Meyer argues in Harper's Weekly that twelve battleships including the Indiana and Massachusetts are obsolete for first line duty. He urges replacing them with modern ships, planning two new battleships per year to avoid falling to fourth place by 1920, and warns of losing status if Congress builds only one per year.
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Indiana
Massachussetts
Oregon
Iowa
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Alabama
Illinois
Wisconsin
Maine
Ohio
Missouri
Massachusetts
United States
England
Germany
Japan
France
Congress
George von L. Meyer
Harper’s Weekly
Widow Trades Pets in Mourning Substitution
Mrs Jelliffe gives up her white poodle and dons deep mourning for Mr Jelliffe, exchanging the pet Tobey for a black and tan dog as gossip circulates among Mrs Jobson and Mrs Whilliger.
Bring on the Slap Stick in Roosevelt Caesarism Debate
The Philadelphia Record asserts humor as the best antidote to Roosevelt Caesarism, praising the American sense of humor as a coping tool in political satire and public discourse.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia Record
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