Reorganization talk and fate of the Republican party
The Chicago gathering signals a push for reform on progressive lines but critics warn the movement will fail. The piece surveys past splits, noting most ex Progressive or Liberal Republican factions receded, with the party poised to regain its core strength without new leadership.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Following After Strange Gods Joseph Cannon Eyed
The Muncie Press summarizes Joseph G. Cannon's article in the Saturday Evening Post titled Following After Strange Gods. Cannon reviews recent political events, links progressive movements with insurgent efforts, and predicts the Republican Party will endure without central control by major city groups.
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Muncie
Benjamin Franklin
Saturday Evening Post
Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Republican Party
Des Moines
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Pa Sagiviia
Beer Found Hidden in Ash Pile After Carlisle Raid
In Carlisle on May 9 the Good Citizens League raided Joe Partlow's home seeking illegal liquor. They unearthed 41 bottles of Vincennes beer from an ash pile in the yard, plus 60 empty bottles. Partlow has disappeared and the seized beer will be used as evidence if he returns.
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Good Citizens League
Joe Partlow
League
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Wanted, a Female Companion Advertised in English Town
A provincial English town uses a novel ad method with a shop window photo. The sign reads Wanted, a female companion to the above Apply at this office. The notice offers a wife seeking arrangement through a shop window display.
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England
Plan to Revamp Old Line Party
A Chicago conference of six Republican U S senators and thirty two leaders from nine states discussed reorganizing the party along progressive lines and whether a Republican national convention should be held this year. They planned a formal follow up with former Governor Wadley and touched on credentians for delegates and possible Southern representation cuts.
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United States
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Col. Roosevelt
Albert B. Cummins
L. Y. Sherman
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Wadley
Missouri
Kenyon
Senator Kenyon
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Republican Party
Sherman
National Committee
Hadley
Marriage Licenses List Includes Six Couples
Harry E. Smith and Pearl Wolfe of Paxton. John D. Mills of Terre Haute and Marie By McHenry of Shelburn. Charley C. Gates and Mary Nash of Graysville. John E. Parr and Gertie M. Woner. George A. Blakeman of Paxton and Adelaide R. Brown of Carli.
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Harry E. Smith
Pearl Wolfe
Paxton
John D. Mills
Terre Haute
Marie
McHenry
Noiseless World Foretold By Dr Blake At Harvard
Dr Clarence John Blake of Harvard otology predicts a quieter, healthier future as welfare drives reduce noise in indoor and outdoor spaces. He warns loud noise damages hearing, and lists occupations at risk including mining, stonecutting, engineering, stoking, metal trades, glass blowing, bichromate or lead manufacturing, rags, horsehair, sawdust, matchmaking, flourmaking, diving, wind instruments, and mother of pearl cutting as especially hazardous.
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Cambridge
Clarence John Blake
Harvard
Blake
Boy works his way home from Wilson inauguration
Yonkers lad Leo McGrath thirteen son of Patrick McGrath a contractor of Morris Street left for President Wilsons inauguration in March and was not heard from until returning home along a route past troopers of the Fifth Massachusetts regiment. He earned meals by odd jobs mostly as an office boy and found plenty of kindness along the way.
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Yonkers
Wilson
N. Y
Leo McGrath
Patrick McGrath
Morris Street
Fifth Massachusetts Regiment
Auto Church Dedicated By Philippine Bishop In Chicago
The first motorcar church in America was dedicated on St. Xavier's academy lawn in Chicago by Bishop D. J. Dougherty. The St. Peter's Motor chapel, a gift from a California widow in memory of her husband, will be shipped to Brownsville Texas for use across the southwest next year. A tent on top surrounds the car church, seating 200.
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America
St. Xavier’s Academy
D. J. Dougherty
Jaro
Philippine Islands
St. Peter’s Motor Chapel
California
Brownsville
Tex
Message from the past found in Neenah lake shore
Stephen Brown returns to Neenah Wisconsin and uncovers a moldy telegram hidden under a stone. The note dated fifteen years earlier from Detroit reported Wallace Brown died at midnight, a message that paralleled the death of his father and his mother’s subsequent passing, leaving him an orphan.
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Wis
Stephen Brown
Wisconsin
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George
Wallace Brown
West
Detroit
Drops Law to Be a Farmer in Missouri Farm Move
Kansas City lawyer Benjamin F. White resigns from law practice to pursue farming. He traded his home for a farm in Macon County, Missouri, and is returning to agricultural life.
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Kansas City
Benjamin F. White
Macon County
Why The Courts Fail To Satisfy And Public Trust Decline
Dr Charles W Eliot Harvard president emeritus argues before the Massachusetts Bar Association that bias by scientists and lawyers harms justice. He calls for impartial scientific truth in court and criticizes expert psychiatry for overreaching claims in insanity pleas. He links court faults to short term judges and widespread public distrust.
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Boston
Massachusetts Bar Association
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Eliot
Smallpox Regulations For Alaska Travel
Washington reports that smallpox in Alaska has prompted the public health service to order that all travelers from the United States entering the territory must undergo mandated health inspections and comply with quarantine measures to prevent spread.
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Alaska
Washington
The
Public Health Service
United States
Dawes Plans Down and Outers Hotel Memorial in Chicago
Charles G Dawes president of the Central Trust company of Illinois announces a $100000 memorial hotel for down and out men in Chicago to provide lodging at cost not more than five cents and a free employment agency. He aims to later build a similar refuge for women linking the project to his son Rufus F Dawes who drowned in Lake Greva on September 5 1912.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Company of Illinois
Rufus Fearing Dawes
Lake Greva
Bowery Y. M. C. A
New York City
Young Sidis Promises Harvard Arts Degree at Fifteen
Cambridge Massachusetts fifteen year old William James Sidis, son of Dr Boris Sidis, shows promise of earning a Harvard bachelor of arts next June. He entered Harvard at eleven as a mathematics specialist and already pursues other courses to balance his schedule.
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Young Sidis
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
William James Sidis
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Brookline High School
Tufts
Iceland to Ban Alcohol by Year End under Prohibition Law
Copenhagen reports Iceland will be dry by year end as the anti spirits measure allows selling existing stock only. Officials note per capita consumption justifies strict prohibition to improve public health.
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Copenhagen
Iceland
Quaker City Mayor to Study Political Economy
Philadelphia's reform mayor Rudolph Blankenburg and cabinet members plan a trip to Madison Wisconsin to enroll in a short University of Wisconsin course on political economy. The aim is to better manage municipal finances and governance amid council resistance.
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Rudolph Blankenburg
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Blankenburg
City Club
Tmm
Court Closes When Dog Dies
Judge James Trefoning's terrier failed to answer summons in a suit he was presiding over. Court adjourned as investigators found the animal dead. The judge prepared a coffin for his pet and witnesses and jury observed the morbid moment.
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Hvans
Cole
James Trefoning
Educational Cruise Planned by Secretary Daniels
Secretary Daniels proposes the Atlantic fleet undertake an educational cruise beginning January 1, replacing winter practice at Guantanamo. The plan aims to train sailors in technical industries abroad, with shore leave at key ports and stops through the Mediterranean, aboard battleships including Wyoming Florida Arkansas and others totaling 364 500 tons.
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Navy
Washington
Guantanamo
Cuba
Atlantic Squadron
Sent to Jail by Wife at Ninety in Selinsgrove
Ninety year old David Wertly was jailed in Selinsgrove Pennsylvania on a nonsupport charge brought by his wife. Judge Moser ordered the confinement.
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Selinsgrove
David Wertly
Moser
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