A Statue to Butler Stirs Massachusetts Legislature
Massachusetts lawmakers split over the measure to erect a statue to Benjamin Butler amid years of debate. The issue ties to Butler as wartime leader and later governor, with opposition noting his infamous associations and critics arguing for greater figures.
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Old Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Benjamin F. Butler
Butler
House of Representatives
Ben Butler
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Greenback
Texas
National Capitol
Washington
Advertising Audit Association Forms In Chicago
A new group named the Advertising Audit Association unites advertisers agencies and publishers with plans to include local advertisers soon. With pledged funds of 120000 the body aims to study advertising medium values and curb illegitimate practices nationwide, harming only dishonest publishers.
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Chicago
Advertising Audit Association
Williams refutes Texas railroad rate rise claims
W D Williams of the Texas Railroad Commission debunks railroads' bid for higher freight charges. He cites a long view showing Texas railroads profitable over 1900 to 1914 and argues that farmers merchants and workers would shoulder the added tax, while lean years are normal business fluctuations.
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Williams
Texas
W. D. Williams
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Railroads
Exas
Reverend disruptor at Calvary Church sparks near riot
Rev Dr Bouch White a socialist preacher interrupted a Calvary Church service in New York provoking a disturbance. Police ejected White and his followers. he received six months for disorderly conduct. The author argues such disruption threatens religious freedom and orderly worship.
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Bouch White
Calvary Church
New York
White
Colorado
Church of the Social Revolution
Calvary
Temple
United States
Bailey Question Rampant in Texas Campaign
The Hamilton Herald editorial argues Baileyism and anti Prohibition stances shape the Texas race. It contends Bailey followers align with big business and pirate rights, urging scrutiny of leadership and the proposed direction for state government.
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Texas
Bailey
Hamilton Herald
Huerta Criticized Over Lobos Island Lighthouse Incident
The Brownsville Herald reports Huerta sought to turn off the Lobos Island lighthouse, claiming darkness endangered navigation for all ships and the relighting could be seen as a wartime act. The protest portrays Huerta’s action as childish and a breach of truce.
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Lobos Island
Brownsville
Crald
Lawson Vindicated In High Finance Allegations
Lawson vindicated as Charles S. Mellen confirms Lawson’s claims. The former NYNH&H president corroborates Lawson’s charges on high finance and traders, noting railroad stock traded at 10 cents a pound. The Fort Worth Record calls the era piracy and condemns it under the Wilson administration.
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Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Wilson
Fort Worth
Letters to the Light require signed byline for publication
The Light states that letters intended for publication must be signed. Names are not published unless desired. anonymous letters are not published. Typewritten signatures or stamped ones are treated as anonymous, and publication does not imply endorsing the views of the publishers.
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Light
Anarchy in San Antonio Draws Letters to Editor
Citizens debate law enforcement on Sunday amusements and the role of ministers and laypeople. An American cites the need for majority-backed laws, urges regulation over bans, and condemns anarchist liberty while praising lawful restraint. The issue touches the Law Enforcement League, church funding, and moral entertainment standards.
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San Antonio
Texas
American Union
General Grant
Rio Grande
Mexico
Law Enforcement League
Frock by Paquin Highlights Green Willow Taffeta
Daily fashion note features a Madame Paquin Paris frock in green willow taffeta shown in America. It emphasizes a skirt flare influenced by modern dance with flares gores frills and other devices to widen the foot.
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Madame Paquin
Paris
America
Paquin
At Last, ashed stockings ignite new fashion trend
A witty note proclaims that worn or holed stockings are suddenly fashionable. It humorously asserts that patience yields style as women embrace holes in hosiery as the latest fad.
Cubist Artist Reveals Model for Brookside Portrait
The cubist artist explains using a soap box as a model while presenting a painting featuring a young girl beside a brook. The dialogue emphasizes the unconventional method behind the work and the subject’s poised stance.
The Ways of Thrift and Vanderbilts Garden Rise
The article recalls Cornelius Vanderbilt rising from a garden boy to a vast steamboat and railroad empire. It links thrift and gardening in youth to economic growth and cites the American Society for Thrift advocating school gardening to boost home revenues for millions of children.
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New York City
New York Harbor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Hudson River
Long Island Sound
van der Bilt
Holland
American Society For Thrift
Vanderbilt
Claxton
United States Bureau of Education
Simon W. Straus
Thrift Society
Uncle Sam as judge in elections across the nation
The Kansas City Star argues Congress should place control of all elections under federal officers, creating national supervision. It predicts states would resist but would seek efficiency, fairness, and honesty through federal oversight, likely aligning election days only via national standards.
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Kansas City Star
United States
Mexico
Congress
Six Chinaman heroes save missionaries in China 1913
Des Moines Register recounts six Chinese rescuers who freed American missionaries from bandits in inland China in 1913. The United States sent six gold watches as thanks for bravery and sacrifice. The piece suggests using government power and money to recover loot taken by Americans during the Boxer rebellion.
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Des Moines Register
China
United States
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