Mayor Browns Plan for Public Works Board in San Antonio
The city council meeting left unresolved the appointment of a city engineer as Mayor Brown proposed a Board of Public Works to supervise municipal improvements tied to a bond issue. The advisory board would lack enforcement power and require an ordinance to create it. The Lieut urges disclosure of proposed members before the bond election and stresses accountability to voters, while endorsing the bond issue as essential to San Antonio’s future prosperity.
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San Antonio
Brown
Board of Public Works
Tue Licur
Tm Lieut
Board of the Works
Frisco Railroad Cost Cuts Spark Public Debate
The Frisco receivers cut expenses by removing B F Yoakum, saving about 75000 annually. The piece argues for exhaustive inquiry into mismanagement, calls for transparency on branch line costs and asks European investors to build railroads directly to avoid inflated prices, asserting Texas prosperity hinges on honest railroad expansion.
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Frisco
B. F. Yoakum
Texas
Frisco Road
Superintendent endorses candidate for city engineer post
The superintendent of public works designates the man he believes best suited for the role of city engineer, signaling a clear recommendation and potential appointment path.
McNab Resigns as U S District Attorney in Protest
John L. McNab of San Francisco resigns as United States district attorney for the northern district of California, charging the department with bowing to influence and hindering prosecutions. He cites a case postponed by the attorney general involving two married men alleged to lure young girls, violating the Mann white slave law.
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California
John L. McNab
San Francisco
United States
District of California
Wilson
McReynolds
Caminetti
Cabinet Clash Over Immigration Case Delays Justice
The piece argues that Secretary Wilson and Immigration Commissioner Caminetti gave conflicting statements about a case tied to McNab. It predicts a congressional investigation and notes President Wilson’s push for swift justice. It suggests McNab has the facts to back his position and may resign if justice is thwarted.
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United States
McNab
Labor
Wilson
Caminetti
San Francisco
No Rural Suffragettes in English Papers
The Indianapolis News cites English coverage arguing suffragettes appeal mainly to city audiences. It says rural women, valued as mothers of businessmen and lawmakers, are unseen in the movement and prioritize other concerns over votes for women. The piece notes militant and mild activists are urban, educated, or leisure-focused, and the movement may be fading.
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England
Indianapolis News
Hagen Diesel Engine Vessel Sets Trial Run in New York Bay
The Hagen, the world’s largest diesel powered ship, built for Standard Oil, runs a trial in lower New York Bay. At 400 feet length and 8350 tons displacement it houses two six cylinder two cycle Diesel engines delivering 2400 horsepower at 140 rpm. Steering uses compressed air at sea and donkey boiler steam near port. The ship is electric lit and heated by hot water from the engine exhaust. The test showed about eleven knots.
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Hagen
New York Bay
Standard Oil Company
Scientific American
Free cattle and wheat spark tariff debate in press
The Philadelphia Public Ledger argues against using cattle and wheat in tariff wars and countervailing duties on food. It says freeing cattle while taxing Argentinian imports would be contradictory. It warns of an imminent beef famine and urges openness to South American and Canadian stock imports.
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United States
Argentina
South America
Canada
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Brazil Imports Horses for Army Remount Upgrades
Brazil imports eighty four Arab stallions from Le Bresil Economique in Rio de Janeiro to improve military remounts. Two stallions sold for 150000 francs each, about 30000 dollars. Thirty five animals were shown to the agriculture minister before shipment to the federal farm at Santa Monica.
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Brazil
Republic of Brazil
le Bresil Economique
Rio de Janeiro
Gergian
Rio
Minister of Agriculture
Federal
Santa Monica
Women Suffrage in Chicago Sparks Forecasts and Reactions
Chicago observers predict how women voting in municipal Illinois elections will affect politics as anti-vice factions brace for shifts in outcome. The event draws nationwide attention, with Chicago as a bellwether in the national discourse on suffrage and election forecasting.
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Chicago
Illinois
Nashville
Tennessean
Barrie Made Baron. Forbes-Robertson Knighted
The Houston Chronicle notes James Matthew Barrie has been made a baronet and Forbes Robertson a knight. It argues both deserve honors while lamenting that Shakespeare and David Garrick did not receive titles or accolades.
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James Matthew Barrie
Forbes-Robertson
Shakespeare
David Garrick
Houston Chronicle
French governess helps a spy escape on Rhine excursion
A French governess traveling with German hosts and guests helps Lieutenant Regnier, a French spy, escape by disguising him and guiding him toward Metz and Paris. She furnishes clothes, money, and a telegram plan, then fears discovery as the master learns of the escape drive.
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Rhine
Niederwald
Regnier
France
Mile
Gerard
Caneht
Metz
Paris
Marie
Spy at Niederwald Threatens Paris Flight
The narrator recalls a tense period as a spy is believed to remain at Niederwald, raising fear of arrest if caught. A telegram and a Paris draft follow, and later a sister’s letter commends action while Lt. Regnier earns the German government’s apology for innocence.
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Niederwald
Paris
Marie
Regnier
Buenos Aires Drug Stores Strike Over New Taxes
The New York Times reports a 400 plus druggists strike in Buenos Aires over finance minister taxes on medicines and perfumes. Stores locked up as regulations sparked harassment concerns while public dispensaries offered cost prescriptions, prompting talks to form a committee to redesign tax collection.
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New York Times
United States
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Public Assistance Department
Republic
Railroads Favor Valuation Move Over Talk in Press
Philadelphia Bulletin notes railroads, after debates with the Interstate Commerce Commission, support physical valuation as a resilient step, arguing capital is not overly inflated and that valuation would boost public confidence while clarifying the industry’s finances. It says carriers are cooperative and seek clear facts about the railroad business.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
la Follette
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Figures of Speech as Literal Realities in London News
A humorous rumination on how phrases lose their metaphor when life imitates art. The piece ponders the clash of idiom and action with vivid, comic examples such as a father bursting in with a knife and a woman shouting at a doll, illustrating the impracticality of language becoming fact.
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Illustrated London News
Papa
Norway
Joseph
Fee splitting condemned by Indiana physicians debate
From the Indianapolis News, the Journal of the Indiana State Medical Association urges suppression of fee splitting in medical practice. It argues physicians must stop sharing fees with referrers or risk public sanction and legal action, warning piracy harms the profession and patients.
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Indianapolis News
The
Indiana State Medical Association
Fort Wayne
Council of the Association
Stite
Keeping Out the Sforeigner
The Oregonian notes wool in Oregon at two to three cents lower than a year ago while wool in London and other foreign markets is two to three cents higher. It laments the Underwood bill and free wool agitation and mocks the free trade drive in Congress. The House added wool flour lumber to free list and the Senate aims to remove more from producers by freeing wheat cattle hogs and more.
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Portland Oregonian
Oregon
London
Oregonian
Expositor
Grand Congressional
House
Senate
Hats 500 Years Old From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The article traces hats back to 1449 Rouen after Charles II's entry, noting the king wore a silk lined hat with plumes and that observers were astonished. Soon hats spread as fashion, with elaborate headpieces showcasing effort and status, initially costly but gradually affordable for all classes.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Charles II
Rouen
Prices of Meat Rise as Supply Drops in 1913 Report
Savannah News notes the government shifts focus from meat trusts to shrinking beef supplies. A new Agriculture bulletin warns prices will keep climbing unless supplies are conserved. Cattle numbers are down about 20 percent in six months and 18 percent under U.S. inspection in early 1913. Imports last year exceeded exports for the first time.
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Savannah News
Meat Trust
Department of Agriculture
United States
Worse Than the Lobby Exposed by Senate Tariff Stakes
From the New York World an exposé notes senators with financial interests in the pending tariff bill. It argues such lawmakers speak and vote on the issue while personally vested, likening them to judges or referees biased by self interest.
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New York World
Washington
United States Senate
Suavity and political moves in Panama canal governance
The Mansfield News notes Mr. Wilson appointing Mr. Bryan as secretary of state and naming Editor Metcalf of the Commoner as civil governor of the Panama canal zone. The piece questions whether these actions aim to undermine Mr. Bryan.
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Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Metcalf
Panama Canal Zone
Mansfield News
Roosevelt to Visit Brazil for Coffee Origin Ties
The note recalls Colonel Roosevelt planning a visit to Brazil, highlighting the country as the source of coffee. It mentions that three cups are taken there, reflected in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s brief remark.
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Roosevelt
Brazil
Philadelphia
Inquirer
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