The Vice President's Death and the Taft Ticket
The piece argues no constitutional provision fixes how a vice president is chosen after Vice President Sherman’s death. It explores options including national party committees or presidential electors selecting a running mate, noting Taft may run alone and lose, making a running mate unlikely.
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Sherman
United States
Marshall
Wilson
Jefferson
Cowll
Taft
National Committee
Republican Party
And Still They Come: Proposed Federal Bureaus Upset
The piece mockingly notes plans to create two new federal bureaus a bureau of patronymics to Anglicize foreign names and a criminal laboratory to study criminals anthropologically psycho physically and socio Baverlorically Senator Culberson is cited as connected through the senate judiciary committee the writer suggests the uplift efficiency drive will continue regardless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Patronymics
Smith
Culberson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dawsonizing Cuba and US policy debated in Havana riot
The piece argues US officials may be accused of Dawsonizing Cuba amid Havana street violence and Cuban liberal charges of US collusion with conservatives. It notes Dawson's 1910 Nicaragua role, questions any Cuba bias, and frames US as Cuba's foster parent while warning against overreach and harmful politicking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
State Department
Havana
Nicaragua
Dawsonize
Menocal
Uncle Sam
Debate over criminal laboratories and public governance
A long opinion piece critiques a proposed criminal laboratory and the role of experts like Arthur McDonald. It argues against federal bureaus for crime anthropology, questions the costs of assassinations’ mental impact, and warns that Wilson’s election could reshape government functions and U S policy toward Cuba.
Editorship Clash at Collier’s Weekly Spurs Public Discourse
The dispute between Norman Hapgood and publisher Collier over Theodore Roosevelt and the third term issue highlights tensions between editorial independence and business interests. Hapgood’s stance against the publisher’s support for Roosevelt leads to a split, signaling broader questions about the duty to readers and advertisers in a public media enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier's Weekly
Norman Hapgood
Collier
Hapgood
Collier’s Weekly
Collier's
Theodore Roosevelt
Hapgood-Collier
Mr. Hapgood
Collier’s
Roosevelt
Public figures face risk from calamitous paranoiacs
In a Medical Record excerpt the author argues that no shield can fully protect public figures from assassins driven by paranoia. They compare threats to Garfield and McKinley and note punishment like solitary confinement fails to deter such cranks. The piece lauds Roosevelt's luck in surviving an attack and urges cautious guarding rather than preventive confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
McKinley
Mr. Roosevelt
Women Voters Push Roosevelts Campaign Across Six States
The six states with women suffrage California Colorado Idaho Wyoming Utah and Washington hold 1 346 000 voting age women per the 10 census. Jane Addams and other Progressive leaders campaign for Roosevelt and Johnson marking the first time women voters play a prominent role in a presidential race.
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Ste
California
Colorado
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Washington
Jane Addams
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Johnson
New York Sun
The Lioness and the Astral Cat Mystery
A narrator recalls a day at a traveling menagerie where a blind four day old cub and a ferocious lioness provoke fear and awe. After a tense encounter with a taunting tamer, the lioness calms, but later the narrator and his dog glimpse the cat’s phantom presence guiding them to a fatal confrontation with the man who captured her. The tale blends haunting impressions, possible astral phenomena, and unresolved questions about reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Beauty
The Story of Rubber History and Its Electrical Role
The article traces rubber from its New World origins to global commerce and patents. It highlights key figures like Goodyear and Hancock, vulcanizing breakthroughs, and the shift from leather to rubber goods, ending with rubber's paramount use in insulating and protecting electrical conductors.
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America
Spain
New World
Europe
Herissont
Priestley
Magellan
J. Howison
Penand
Roxburgh
Assam
Samuel Peal
Thomas Hancock
Charles MacKintosh
Glasgow
Manchester
Ludersdorf
Nelson Goodyear
Nathan Haysard
Goodyear
United States
Hancock
Haywood Rubber Company
England
Islands
Alexander Parkes
Halkett
Michelin
Dunlop
Chinese Fashions This Season Give You Art and Beauty
Margaret Hubbard Ayer records Viola Allen discussing Ming and Manchu styles inspired by the Century theater production Daughter of Heaven. Allen explains differences in dress, notes Ming Directoire influence and Manchu waistless lines, and describes ornate fabrics, shoes, and the actress’s acting context.
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Viola Allen
Margaret Hubbard Ayer
Century Theater
Miss Allen
Daughters of Heaven
Ming
Paul Poiret
Comfc
Mis Len
Hat in flight on plaza ends when car tires halt chase
An elegant hat in a gust of wind sails away from its owner near the post office. The hat dodges puddles, the crown separates, a street urchin joins the chase, and a car wheel finally squashes it on the plaza. The owner shows little appreciation for the accident.
Sheffield Taxi Tariff Sets Fares and Meter Rates
Report notes Sheffield England taxi tariffs with a first mile cost of 1 shilling and 6 pence per quarter mile after. A fixed 3d luggage charge applies outside, meter advances every minute, and longer trips use a special 1 cent per mile rate with no charge for stops. Chicago proclaims a new top hotel costing 8 000 006 dollars.
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Sheffield
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McDonald
Lincoln
Komiczecovitch
Republic
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the Light's Daily Story
the Lioness
Elsie Norris
Atlanta Constitution
Heavy
Chicago
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