First Voter Should Stand by Taft and Republicans
A caustic appeal urges the first voter to evaluate parties by records and platforms. It champions the Republican party as a constructive, liberty‑preserving force from Lincoln to Taft, warning against third parties and Democratic opposition as hindrances to national progress and prosperity.
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United States
Babylon
Greece
Rome
Republican Party
Patriotic League
Lincoln
Taft
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Washington
Horace Greeley
Farmers’ Alliance
Democracy and Disaster Under Democratic Rule
A critical portrait argues that during the Democratic party's single term national debt rose by over a million dollars per day while foreign trade fell and farm values dropped by hundreds of millions. It portrays factory closures, bank failures, rising unemployment, and widespread poverty as consequences of that era.
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Democratic Party
A Chance Meeting Reveals Elsa’s Brother
Kenneth Craig, home from years abroad, sits beside Barbara Page on a city car. Misread signals and a stranded purse lead to a reveal that Barbara is Elsa Craig’s roommate and Kenneth’s potential sister, unfolding a developing family bond.
Ten year old Julia aids stranger believed to be God
A Kansas City Star item recalls Julia a Sunday school pupil who gave 50 cents to a man at the back door after a lesson on entertaining angels unawares. The mother discovered the missing pin money and Julia tearfully explained she handed it to a man thinking he might be God.
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Julian
Julia
God
Kansas City Star
Satirical Tales and Oddities From The Era
A collage of light anecdotes including Mulai Hafid signing autographs for three singing sisters at Les Arboisieres in France, a witness speech misfire, a Russian kissing crime in Odessa with sentences and fines, and a Navy bookkeeping error miscounting $1.8 million for Florida and Utah gun installations.
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Sultan
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Vichy
France
Les Arboisieres
Napoleon III
Les Ardoisieres
Miles
Paulette
Clotilde
Gabrielle
United States Navy
Florida
Utah
On the Honeymoon and Blue Solution Ad Copy
A fragmented ad copy mix references a sea voyage line about looking at the person rather than scenery. It includes a note about Ligue blue and Ball Blue cooking blue dye. The piece ends with a quip about wisdom of the late Mr. Solomon.
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Ligue Blue
Ady
Mr. Solomon
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Kenneth Craig
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Elsa Craig
Barbara Page
Elsa
Brazil
Misa Page
Tramp
Russia
Odessa
Edward
Fraserie Vanes
Willie
Prince of Wales
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Absorbine, JR
Nature
W.f.young
P.C.F
Temple St
Springfield
Maes
Liggett &’ Myers
Duke
Virginia
North Carolina
Liggett & Myers
Ligget & Myers
Duke’s
Hors Shoe
J.T
St. Louis, Ma Nay
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
Hocanen
SOC Mare Saben
W.L. Douglas
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