Hitchcock conservative forecast muddles party prospects
Frank H Hitchcock reports to the Republican National Committee on his Midwest tour. He lists states as certified, doubtful, or probably Republican, with many normally Republican states placed in doubt and only a few Democratic-leaning ones uncertain. The analysis implies a conservative, possibly pro-Democrat interpretation of the outlook.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Middle West
Hitchcock
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Utah
Idaho
Missouri
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Kentucky
Mr. Hitchcock
Ohio
Montana
Tve
North Dakota
Michigan
California
Oregon
Washington
Indiana
South Dakota
Rooseelt
Oblique Plan Aims to Stimulate Republican Activity
The colonel claims expertise on The Winning of the West and agrees to a plan. Hitchcock seems to push conservatives to spur the Republicans toward greater effort, seeking results over boasts and urging actual achievements.
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Middle Western States
Hitchcock
Still Fights Within Progressive Movement Across Parties
The piece notes remaining unregenerate Progressives across factions led by figures like William Allen White who briefly aligned with Republicans. It questions whether November eighth will spark renewed Progressive protests or a new Bull Moose secession, while critiquing the party’s inconsistent history and limited voter enthusiasm.
Cutting Costs at College Cooperative Plan at Penn
Fourteen University of Pennsylvania students form a living co op to cut living costs to eighty five cents a day each by renting a house buying groceries wholesale and running a managed operation. The plan shows meals and tobacco allowed with six dollars a week compared with ten to fifteen for others. The article argues pooling funds and cooperative buying as a practical method to fight high costs in a democratic modern university setting.
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University of Pennsylvania
Resourcefulness and independence praised for AF affairs
Fragmentary text notes the value of independence and adaptability in the field of AF affairs, highlighting how such traits are recognized as valuable assets in professional and global contexts. It emphasizes the balance between self-reliance and collaboration.
Building Our Own Ships and the Profit Question
The Arizona’s completion in a government yard saved several million dollars versus private bids and original estimates. The article urges expanding government armor plate factories to further cut costs, noting profit persists through raw materials, labor, and capital, and may only be reduced by government ownership of all inputs. It weighs the likelihood of total profit elimination and argues for broad economy if private industry is deprived of profits at multiple stages.
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Arizona
Congress
Navy Department
Department
Europe
Birds or Pests in Farmer Lament and Pest Loss
The Austin American notes farmers observe dwindling field birds over decades as hunters target small birds while larger pests persist. It highlights birds like larks robins killdees black birds and doves as friends to farmers until insects multiply unchecked.
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Austin American
Rail officials must answer ICC questions on political contributions
A District of Columbia judge rules Louisville and Nashville railroad officials must respond to Interstate Commerce Commission inquiries into their political donations. The court rejects the carrier defense that the ICC cannot probe political activity, holding contributions influence rate reasonableness. The railroad plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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District of Columbia
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Beaumont Enterprise
Border voting sparks election fireworks along Rio Grande
The Houston Post reports states passing emergency laws to allow soldiers on the border to vote in the coming election. It quotes a Washington correspondent predicting Roosevelt will push the doctrine of war for war's sake among border troops, while a loud-speaking advocate harms Hughes's cause more than conservative voices can repair before the vote.
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Rio Grande
Post
Washington
Roosevelt
Hughes
Central States
Houston Post
Auto Facts and License Fees in Early States
The Boston Globe notes one car per 44 people in the U S and varied per state ratios. It cites average auto license fees at 7.46 dollars nationally versus 18.11 in Vermont, 9.50 in Massachusetts, and 0.60 in Minnesota. It reports 1915 auto fees totaling 18,245,713 dollars, mostly funding roads, and last year covering about seven percent of road-building costs.
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United States
Massachusetts
Iowa
Alabama
Vermont
Minnesota
Boston Globe
A Clean Gospel and the Sanitarian Ethic
A Beaumont Journal editorial links cleanliness to civilization and moral uplift. It argues daily hygiene boosts self-respect and civic virtue, while dirty surroundings breed crime. Clean towns foster good business, thoughts, and happiness, contrasting with unkempt areas as crime hotbeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont Journal
Majestic Delivers A Top Tier Theatrical Bill
The Majestic opened a standout season with four musical acts and a comedy playlet plus novelty dancing. Rita Maria Orchestra and Jan Rubini violin impressed. Diane d Aubrey and Swan and Swan drew attention. Matinee at Grand Opera House features Emma Bunting in Grace George's A Woman's Way with further matinees announced.
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Monkey
Dog
Honey Boy” Evans
Honey Boy
Rita Maria
Jan Rubini
National Board of Censors
Diane d'Aubrey
Swan
Helen Beresford
Hashhouse
Derkin
Miss Bunting
Emma Bunting
Grand Opera House
Grace George
American Commissioners Safe in Persia
American commissioners at Hammadan and Kermannshah Persia are safe and well provided for according to a cablegram from the American embassy at Constantinople received by the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian Church.
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New York
Hammadan
Kermannshah
Persia
Constantinople
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Villa Commands Forces in Cusihuiriachic Raid
Villa personally led his men into Cusihuiriachic on Tuesday of last week seized supplies and remained in occupation of the place last Saturday according to passengers arriving from the district.
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EL Paso
Tex
Cusihuirjachic
Stockingless duo wed in backstage romance at Majestic
Jan Dubini, famed violin virtuoso, and Diane D Aubrey, the stockingless beauty, marry quietly after a whirlwind courtship. They appear separately on the Majestic bill this week while Diane teases audiences with her bare feet in high heeled sandals as Jan performs.
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Jan Dubini
Diane D’audrey
Majestic Theater
Diane
Jan
Jan Rubins
Zee
Diane D'Aubrey
Zen
Hospital may be ready December 1
The Robert B Green Memorial hospital could be ready for occupancy December 1, a month earlier than earlier expectations. The flooring issue caused delays as suppliers and mixing formulas changed. A new contractor will finish flooring by November 12 and furniture and fixtures by December 1.
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Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
H. N. Jones Construction Company
Aaron Pancoast
Jones
Germany
California
Charles X. Gutzeit
Police Tells Orders to Block Prosecution in Chicago Case
Chicago Oct 19 Police Captain W P OBrien testified at Hoynes bid for arrest warrants of Chief Healey that Healey issued written orders to captains to impress public and to nullify with verbal orders He claimed the public message urged strict enforcement while privately ordering no arrests for Sunday closing violations and to report violations to him.
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Chicago
Ill
W. P. O'Brien
Hoyne
Healey
O’brien
Johnson
Thompson
Boy Scouts to Hike In Overnight YMCA Outing
The YMCA troop and extra boys plan an overnight hike Friday and Saturday led by J Floyd Smith and Assistant Scout Master Willard Boone. They meet at 5 PM Friday at the YMCA and march six miles to Salado Creek camping grounds for tents, supper, semaphore signaling, and a night of stories and songs. A rotating three-boy guard will watch all night. Saturday begins with a 5:30 AM swim, then a field meet with relays sprints jumps and a quarter mile run, plus patrol contests, returning about 4:30 PM.
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Boy Scouts
Association
J. Floyd Smith
Willard Boone
Salado Creek
Alamo Dressed Beef Plans $50,000 Plant Expansion
Contracts let for a November 1 start on a $50,000 addition to the Alamo Dressed Beef Company plant on Roosevelt avenue. The upgrade will raise capacity by 200 cattle daily and modernize cooling plants and other departments, reflecting growing demand from militiamen and meat consumption in the San Antonio area.
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Alamo Dressed Beef Company
Roosevelt Avenue
San Antonio
Art Day for Rotarians at weekly luncheon
The Rotary Club will hold Art Day at the regular luncheon with J. W. Cones Fred Hummer t and C. W. Archer sharing the joys and sorrows of the trade. Herbert Barnard will be toastmaster. A display of photographs paintings and other art by Rotarians will fill the banquet hall. The organizers aim to make it one of the most interesting events yet.
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Rotary Club
J. W. Cones
Fred Hummert
C. W. Archer
Herbert Barnard
Land Commissioner Urges Tax Reform Toward Equal Valuation
In Austin on October 19 Land Commissioner Robison releases an annual report warning large land holdings hinder state progress. He proposes a system to tax lands at similar rates by class, a per acre tax above a size threshold, a graduated tax, and an inheritance tax with per acre amounts for land inherited by an individual over a set age. He notes several cases where holdings exceed 500000 acres.
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Austin
Tex
Robison
Pensacola Reports Light Damage From 114-Mile Hurricane
A Pensacola survey confirms yesterday's hurricane with 114 mile gale caused unroofed residences and damaged buildings. Plate glass broken and small craft sunk or beached were noted. The waterfront saw light damage as wind shifted with the rising tide, and one drowning was reported from a sunken steamer.
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Pensacola
Fla
Cook
Armored Railway Car Tested At Sandy Hook
A forty ton moving blockhouse style armored railway car designed for patrol work and against mobile troops was trialed at Sandy Hook proving grounds. The first of its kind for the U S Army carries a 38 inch field gun atop and ports for twenty machine guns. Twenty men operate the unit. Test results were not released but reportedly satisfactory to the army board of engineers.
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New York
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
United States Army
Army Board of Engineers
Cement Trenches Guard Chihuahua City Impregnable Defense
Trenches with concrete protection shell proof dugouts and protected artillery emplacements are being built around Chihuahua City under General Trevino and his staff. The fortifications aim to make the city impregnable to troops without heavy artillery and prevent a repeat of Villa’s September surprise attack.
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Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
el Paso
Tex
Trevino
Villa
First Mississippi Arrives in Camp at Camp Wilson
Trains bearing the First Mississippi infantry began arriving Thursday morning and by afternoon most of the regiment was at Camp Wilson with Twelfth division troops. The Second West Virginia infantry reached San Antonio by Sunday. The Second Kansas infantry ships depart October 24. A few state troops remain en route, including Virginia engineers, a Virginia signal company, a Maryland field artillery battery, and a New Hampshire signal company.
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Mississippi Infantry
Twelfth Division
Camp Wilson
Second
West Virginia Infantry
San Antonio
Kansas Infantry
Mississippi
Twelfth
Virginia
Maryland
New Hampshire
Wisconsin Boys Enjoy a Candy Pull at Camp Wilson
The Wisconsin militia men at Camp Wilson will be entertained by the Young Women's Christian Association with a candy pull for 100 soldiers Friday evening at the association cafeteria Invitations to 100 YWCA girls were issued Thursday Morning The Army Young Men's Christian Association No 5 handles male invitations Progressive games precede the event aimed at fostering acquaintance This marks the third entertainment for militia men after a cafeteria dance and a garden party at Mrs G Bedell Moore's home
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Wisconsin “Boys
Christiex Association
Wisconsin
Young Woman's Christian Association
Association
Army Young Men's Christian Association No. 5
Camp Wilson
Government Urges Care for Mothers at Rural Births
Milwaukee dispatch reports Dr Grace L Meigs of the Federal Children's Bureau warning that about 15 000 women die annually from childbirth related causes, with 7 000 dying from childbed fever. She notes the death rate from childbirth has not fallen in 18 years unlike typhoid and diphtheria, urging improved maternal care in rural areas.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grace L. Meigs
Federal Children's Bureau
Washington
American Association For the
United States Children’s Bureau
Elephant Butte Dam Dedicated in New Mexico
The ElephAnt Butte dam, completed at a cost of 10,000,000 dollars, was dedicated in Elephant Butte New Mexico with A A Jones representing President Wilson. About 350 delegates from the International Irrigation Congress and International Farm Congress served on the dedication committee.
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Elephant Butte
N. M
A. A. Jones
New Mexico
Wilson
International Irrigation Congress
International Farm Congress
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Empire
Virginia Pearson
Naomi Childers
Joseph Kilgore
Earle Williams
the Empire
C. N
A. M. Williamson
His Majesty
London
American Commissioners Safe
Stockingless
Salado
U. S. Army
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