Architect Solon Beman and the Pullman Town Legacy
Chicago architect Solon Beman helped build the Pullman town near Chicago commissioned by George M. Pullman. The piece notes Pullman’s paternalistic plans clashed with workers who rejected company loyalty and patronage, leading to town decline and a Supreme Court ruling limiting the company’s powers. It recalls a cruel joke that harmed Beman and the project’s outcome.
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Soion Spencer Beman
Chicago
Beman
George M. Pullman
Pullman
Mr. Beman
Pullman Company
Supreme Court of the State
Roman
Solon
Pullman’s Bite of Humor in Town Name Lore
A humorous anecdote about the town name Pullman and its founder Mr. Pullman. The narrator recalls Mr. Beman’s habit of joking about the name and notes the enduring humor placed in the town’s name, even after Pullman’s death.
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Pull
Mr. Beman
Mr. Pullman
Pullman
Newtons Law Upset By New Gravitation Theory Claim
The article reports Prof. T J J Lee US government astronomer at Mare Island announcing a discovery that gravitation is an electrical force driven by recoil of invisible particles moving at light speed. He says two bodies form a screen reducing outer recoil, preserving cosmic equilibrium and redefining gravity beyond Newtons law.
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T. J. J. Lee
United States
Mare Island
Sir Isaac Newton
Anteapple
Lee
Professor Lee
War Rations for Editors at Texas Press Club Banquet
A UT Austin Press Club meal for Texas college editors mocks regional journalism styles with buttermilk and pot-licker as symbolic dishes. The banquet followed the National Editorial Association meeting and features cornbread and greens on the menu.
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Mexico
Colorado
West Virginia
Uncle Sam
Press Club
University of Texas
Texas College
Austin
National Editorial Association
Taft
Milky Way
Texas
Board of Strategy
Texas University Press Club faces frugal wartime rations tale
The passage describes how prospective Texas newspaper editors were subjected to austere meals to simulate wartime scarcity. The club replaced meals with cabbage sorghum molasses and buttermilk, while debating grape juice as a safer option. National Association members left Austin before the greasy pot-licker aroma spread.
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Texas
University Press Club
National Association
Austin
Distiller Letter Claims Sell 50 000 Whiskey Customer Names
A Kentucky distillers group allegedly offered to sell Keeley institute managers 50 000 whiskey customer names with the line Our customers are your patients. The claim, though doubted, swirls in Prohibition rhetoric. By contrast, Russia debates using vodka proceeds to fund temperance groups while government liquor sales spur reform.
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Kentucky
Keeley Institute
Russia
Count Witte
Distillers’ Association
Trouble Started Small and Led to United States Action
The Utica Observer notes that trouble grew from small beginnings and that Huerta courted conflict with the United States. It argues a Mexican war presented an opportunity for national unification, and that Huerta sought trouble, forcing drastic U.S. action.
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United States
Mexico
Huerta
Utica
Congress Ends Mileage Graft In House and Senate Action
The El Paso Times notes a reform showing Congress curbing mileage payments. The House eliminates travel allowances, saving about $100,000, while the Senate removes per diem seed graft from the agricultural supply bill.
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Congress
National Congress
Washington
House
Senate
el Paso Times
Prohibition Stand At Issue In Denison Editorial
The Denison Herald outlines Colonel Ball as favoring statewide constitutional prohibition while opposing national and statutory bans and the five and ten mile laws. It notes his silence on female suffrage and questions how other prohibitionists align with his views.
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Colonel Ball
Anti-Saloon League
Dr. Cranfill
George W. Carroll
Gambrell
Denison Erald
Advisers to Carranza Named by Worth Record
The Worth Record says Venustiano Carranza lists Samuel Belden an American Texan as his chief adviser. Belden reportedly resides in San Antonio when not advising Carranza. Villa’s adviser is described as an “ad senses” with connections to Lovemee and Fears, all noting Mexican context.
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Elden
Venustiano Carranza
Samuel Belden
Belden
San Antonio
Carranza
Villa
Adsenses
Dinner frock in cotton with delicate machine embroidery
A fashion note describes a cotton dinner frock that rivals fancier fabrics. It features new batiste machine embroidery in an all over and edging, pink velvet trim, cotton net with a narrow lower band, and a dainty shepardess tied with a pink belt.
Preceding Chapters Synopsis Reveals Engagement Turmoil
Tom Hale travels to Baltimore to settle a debt for his cousin Relph while Edith Haley frets over Tom missing their engagement dinner. Ralph, a popular friend, plans to visit the Hale residence to cheer Edith, but she suspects Tom of hiding something. Constance Medford supports Tom as Edith questions his absence and Ralph arrives.
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Rom Morten
Hadith Hale
Europe
Relph
Tom
Baltimore
Ralph
Song
Edith
Hale
Homewood
Constance Medford
Quiet Evening at Hale's Sparks With Conflicting Feelings
Constance observes Edith and Ralph in a late night conversation after a lively dance. Edith's weariness and uncertainty hint at unspoken trouble while Constance weighs marriage and compatibility. Ralphs hushed, abrupt remark suggests a volatile underlying tension.
Edith and Connie Clash as Edith Faces Love and Fatigue
Edith confesses weariness and doubts about love for Tom while Connie consoles her. Ralph departs after a near quarrel and Edith admits a wish to flee from people. Connie reassures and urges Edith to remember Tom’s goodness and devotion. TO BE CONTINUED.
The Peasant Girl Who Saved France
A historical sketch recounts Joan of Arc rising from a young peasant girl to lead French forces, lifting sieges and turning the tide of the war. It notes Orleans' relief by May and the coronation at Reims, ending with her execution in Rouen on May 30 1481 and her enduring fame.
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Orleans
France
Jergeau
Troyos
Patay
Rheims
Rouen
Joan
Napoleon
Joan of Arc and the Orleans Siege Turn the Tide
The article recalls Joan of Arc rising during the Orleans siege to rally France as Charles VII, a weak king, faced collapse. It notes Mary of Anjou and Agnes Sorel pushing for a stand at Orleans while Joan set out for a rescue mission amid national despair.
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Joan of Arc
Orleans
France
Charles the Seventh
Lotre
Mary of Anjou
Agnes Sorel
Joan
Tip System on Ships Sparks Industry Backlash
A Des Moines Register letter criticizes shipboard tipping as coercive blackmail. Steamship workers protest and argue tips are non compulsory while travelers are taught otherwise. The writer contends tipping shifts wages to travelers and can be halted by employers anytime.
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Des Moines Register
Bennett
Wilson ends words on Mexico with hard edge
Milwaukee Sentinel quotes President Wilson about Mexico, but the piece challenges the sincerity of praise. The article argues 13 million Mexicans are unwanted in U S borders and warns against perceived admiration for Mexicans as a public policy. It suggests domestic unrest and anarchist concerns persist.
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The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Mexico
Wilson
Fiesta Association thanks Letter to editor for Fiesta publicity
A letter signed by SMIL FRANK, President, Fiesta Association, extends thanks to the newspaper for publicity before and during the 1914 Fiesta, praising the event as highly successful and attributing much of the success to the paper's efforts.
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The
Fiesta Association
Smil Frank
Wireless telex boom shapes U S military reach and secrecy
The Christian Science Monitor notes that since 1898 wireless telegraphy has become essential for U S military and police operations. It highlights government control of forty stations, self funding in peace, and reduced telegraph costs, with future expansion planned including Darien Tutuila Honolulu Manila and San Diego. A Boston commercial operator recently linked with north China, showing extended range.
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Christian Science Monitor
United States
United States Army
Navy
Washington
Spain
Darien
Canal Sone
Tutuila
Samoan Islands
Honolulu
Manila
Point Isabel
Texas
San Diego
Cal
Boston
China
New Haven Stockholders Ratify DOJ Dissolution Pact
The New Haven railroad stockholders approved the agreement with the U S department of justice to dissolve their monopoly, though many spoke as if coerced and called the department inj justice. The piece notes the case dates to the Roosevelt era and implicates Morgan interests.
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New York World
New Haven Railroad
United States Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Department of Injustice
Boys in War Reflect on Youthful Warriors in Battle
The piece notes that many U S soldiers in Mexico were born after 1888 and seem very young. It compares them with Civil War soldiers aged about 24 at Bull Run to Appomattox and questions war’s appeal to the inexperienced. It ends predicting a national eugenics congress in New York in September.
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New York World
United States
Mexico
Republic
Bull Run
Appomatox
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