Ticket Will Appeal Strong in High Places for 1912 Vote
The Republican ticket is praised for strong geography and trusted leadership. Hughes strengthens New York, Fairbanks carries Indiana, with both candidates enjoying broad support and loyal party backing. Fairbanks is portrayed as a steady, partisan Indiana statesman with a calm, practical address.
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New York
Indiana
Hughes
Fairbanks
Hach
Roosevelt
Taft
Sherman
Indiana Statesman
I am all kinds of a Democrat says Wilson at Philadelphia
President Wilson declares at the Philadelphia convention that he embodies many Democratic traits. He describes himself as a single term Democrat, then a double term Democrat, an antipreparationist, a preparedness advocate, a watchful watcher, and a war wobbler.
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Wilson
Philadelphia
Democratic Leaders Push Tariff Out of Politics
The Kansas City Journal notes Democratic leaders favor removing the tariff from political contests, aiming to have it settled before the campaign opens. It argues Mr Hughes and Mr Wilson have no direct involvement with party conventions beyond following orders.
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Hughes
Wilson
Kansas City Journal
Strong Appetite for Pork in Democratic Spending Plans
The piece argues that while critics label Republican taxes as wasteful, a Democratic congress pushes $284 million in projects including highways, ship owning, flood control, rivers and harbors, a nitrate plant, armor plants and public buildings. It accuses Democrats of hypocrisy, claiming they oppose extravagance in opposition but revel in pork when in office.
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United States
Democratic Congress
McAdoo
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Congress
Baltimore
Tariff Protests and Rising Living Costs
The Democratic platform of 1912 blamed high prices on tariff laws and trusts. A May 29 labor department report shows staple food prices up one percent from Feb 15 to Mar 15, and an eight percent rise for March 1915 to March 1916. The dollar’s purchasing power remains well below early 1915 levels as prices keep climbing.
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Republican Party
Department of Labor
United States
Flaud
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Pressing Burdens Pushed Onto American People
The piece criticizes the Wilson administration for an unstable government theory and proposes that the public bear the burdens of increased executive taxation to salvage the administration and national affairs. It portrays deficits as a threat and calls out the administration’s approach as failing to run the nation smoothly.
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Wilson
European War Chronicle A Year Ago This Week
A recap of events from July 31 to August 5 1915 noting Austrians occupying Lublin Russians evacuating Warsaw German submarine sinks Iberian eight British trawlers Humber troops and other actions across the Eastern and Western Fronts including Chelm Blonie line Hill 213 Riga and Monte San Michele with Allied notes on blockades and a prize court ruling on Dacia.
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Lublin
Warsaw
von Mackensen
Chelm
Hindenburg
Blonie
Hooge
Tyrol
Trentino
Carnla
Argonne
Dacia
Vistula
Artois
Forest of Apremont
Suvia Bay
Gallipoli
Monte San Michele
Goritz
Technological Shifts and War-Era Inquiries Across Nations
Electricians in Philadelphia create a portable pipe threading device powered by car batteries. Brazil modernizes railroads with oil burning locomotives while Uruguay switches to petroleum in its Montevideo powerplant. Government railways plan to convert two river steamboats and 50 locomotives to oil at coal shortages. Global Jewish population tallies exceed ten million with many in Russia and the US. Silk industry employs over 100,000 workers. New Zealand loses thistle and caterpillar rivals to English sparrows. US locomotives burn record oil volumes, up 18 percent from the prior year. A factory smoke collector uses petroleum gas from a catalytic flow. Moscow hosts a flax research station. X-ray science is described as extreme rays at the ultraviolet end.
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Philadelphia
Brazil
Uruguay
Montevideo
Russia
Austria-Hungary
United States
Census Bureau
New Zealand
Moscow
Dehorning Calves With Caustic Potash Stick Method
Veterinary guidance advises early dehorning of calves using caustic potash in stick or pencil form. Apply after horns are felt. clip hair, wash, moisten caustic, and protect fingers with paper. If needed, repeat once after scab falls to ensure horn tissue is killed.
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E. H. Lehnert
Value of Purebred Heifers
A newspaper editor bought two Jersey heifers at a sale. One cow produced excellent milk but was injured and may be known later. The other yielded over 10 000 pounds of milk and 480 pounds of fat with her first calf, bought for $50. The piece argues cheap purebred calves may become herd foundations.
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Jersey
Herds Prove Bloodline Worth Despite Public Doubt
On the same day, more than one herd of purebred cattle thrived despite initial crowd skepticism. The evaluation showed solid gains and potential profitability, validating breeder claims.
Use of centrifugal force in cream separator
The Scientific American describes J. A. Falk of Stacyville Iowa and his improved cream separator using centrifugal force. The device arranges movable parts to achieve near positive separation and prevent mixing of cream with heavier milk portions after separation.
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The
Scientific American
J. A. Falk
Stacyville
Iowa
Feeding calves in wooden stanchions
Instructions recommend feeding calves in wooden stanchions to separate milk from grain and reduce ear nipping. Specifications include height 3 to 3.5 feet, width 18 to 24 inches, neck space about 4 inches, built like traditional rigid stanchions. Calves should be fastened during meals and loosened after grain. Place pens on the barn's south side for light.
Ladies Are Learning and Suffrage Fund Meeting Demand
Quotes criticize speeches at a Woman's Suffrage party meeting where Miss Mary Garrett Hay urged cutting speeches as clerks recorded subscriptions for the new campaign fund. The New York Sun notes Boss Buckley’s pre election funds remark about preferring results over talk.
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Mary Garrett Hay
Woman’s Suffrage Party
Buckley
San Francisco
New York Sun
Cuticura Advertises Scalp Care and Free Samples
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for dandruff crustings and Cuticura Ointment to soothe itchings and irritations. Claims these emollients are economical for all ages and offers a free sample by mail with a book from Boston. Also includes a brief humorous exchange from War Officer and Outpost in London Opinion.
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Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
London
Castoria Ad Warns Careful Bottle Inspection
Public health notice urges mothers to inspect each Castoria bottle for CS Usha signature, noting the product has been in use for over 30 years. The ad emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and reminds caregivers that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Castoria
Little Matter of War Contracts and Shoes
A Washington Star quip notes a captain of industry praising war contracts for honesty while recounting a club tale. The contractor boasts no palms to grease yet laments commissions on five million pairs of shoes sold to the army at inflated prices.
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New York
Washington Star
Camp life memories amuse Mayor Mitchel in New York dinner
Mayor John Purroy Mitchel recalled camp life as pleasant and joked about drill scenes in Plattsburg. He quoted a broker-sergeant challenging a banker with a pun about removing a hump, and the banker retorted with a quip about hair growth. The text notes army horse values and another name, Chinn Ta-Tsing-Kwo.
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John Purroy Mitchel
New York
Plattsburg
Wealthy suitor vows revenge with wedding car scheme
Marcus Pell, a wealthy rejected suitor, watches Harry Harrison the village blacksmith embrace Ruth Roberts. He vows vengeance planning to gift a wedding car then watch them mortgage the smithy to pay for gasoline.
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Marcus Pell
Harry Harrison
Ruth Roberts
Love and Law Jokes from the Houston Post
A humorous clipping notes that love blinds the eye to a wife’s messy fried chicken spread, and jokes that a lawyer may rise by standing on a chair, reflecting lighthearted newspaper humor from the era.
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Houston Post
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Vane
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M‘neill & Libby
Chicago
Western Canada
Denver
Western
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Ottawa
FKL
W. S. Nethery
Sta. Bidg
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