Year of Revolts and Rapid Change Across the World
The text surveys a turbulent 1911 marked by revolts in China and elsewhere, labor clashes, anti Monopol y campaigns, and political upheaval. It highlights the Chinese uprising against the Manchu dynasty, Mexican strife, statehood battles in Arizona and New Mexico, and anti graft efforts. It also notes aviation advances and a global mood of unrest shaping history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
China
Arizona
New Mexico
I. M. Dickinson
Henry L. Stimsorn
New York
Standard Oil Company
Supi
Porfirio Dias
Mexico
Diaz
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court
Winfield
Schiey
Republic of China
Wu Chang
John Marshall Harlan
United States
Eugene Ely
Chinese National Assembly
Winston Churchill
England
Admiralty
Reginald McKenna
Philadelphia Athletics
Joseph Pulitzer
Cardinals
Cal P
Rodgers
Pasadena
Cal
Pacific Coast
Russia
Postal Committee Attacks Second Class Mail Rate Increase
The American Newspaper Publishers association postal committee chaired by Don C. Seitz denounces Hitchcock proposals to double second class rates and curb output by weight and reading matter. The Illinois Daily Newspaper Publishers association objected as publishers cite 1911 figures showing high mail volumes and costs, urging Congress to reject changes as harmful and misnamed a privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Post Office Commission
Illinois Daily Newspaper Publishers’ Association
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Postal Committee
Don.c. Seitz
The
New York World
Post Office Department
House Committee
William A.ashbrook
Express
Hitchcock
Congress
Lincoln No. 1 1012 Brief Entry
A fragment from LINCOLN newspaper notes a brief racing or meeting entry labeled by W. N. U. front page. The text is partial and identifies a race or event entry with limited readable details.
The Lesser Evil Schemes Behind Big Bills
A witty dialogue features Marke questioning his wife’s spending while Parks replies he’d rather face creditors than face her. The exchange underscores domestic financial tension and comic improv about money and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marke
Parks
Early Shopping Trend Sparks Fashionable Debate
A brief exchange questions belief in early shopping and notes that early shopping is fashionable lately. The remark highlights social interest in ahead of season buying and consumer mindset shifts.
Brigand Salin Surrenders to Turkish Authorities
Turkish newspapers publish a London Globe account of Salin a brigand chief in Gambiek mountains near Constantinople who offers his hundred man band to Turkish authorities. He claims to act against Italian brigands and to avenge Ottoman national honor in a grim appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Globe
Salin
Gambiek
Bithynia
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Two Brothers Tower Over Woman in Humorous Meeting
An acquaintance introduces two brothers nearly six and a half feet tall to a young lady. She stares in awe at the towering pair and exclaims that if there had only been one of them the sight would have been overwhelming. The remark captures the humorous astonishment at their height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Gould
Lord Decies
England
New Tae
Archbishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Asquith
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lorimer
Hitness
Senate
Congress
Taft
United States
Mexican’ Frontier
Viterbo
Italy
Hearst
H. H. Hilton
Apawaa Stolypin
Russia
Kiev
West
Cal P . Rodgers
New York
Rodgers
Toulon
Turkey
Tripoli
Austin
Modern Woman Adopts Massage Machine in Public Notice
A compact snippet notes a modern woman embracing a massage machine as a fashionable aid. The fragment hints at timely self care among contemporary trends and a playful line about mail delivery and timely action.
Dyspepsia veteran credits Postum with victory over tea habit
A rural English writer shares a 20 year battle with dyspepsia and giddiness and explains how switching from tea to Postum improved her digestion and blood. After reading The Road to Wellville, she quit tea, felt better quickly, and later could again enjoy milk and other foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Postum
Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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McNamara
Atwood
T. Louis
Redgere
Pa of Representatives
San Francisco
New Orleans
Charles S. Sperry
Triangle Shirt Waist Company
Asch
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
House
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Kwantung Province
Juarez
W. E. D. Stokes
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Vincennes
France
Princeteau
Olympic
King George of England
Sie
Harry N. Atwood
Harvard-Yale
Oxford-Cambridge
Prince of Wales
Henry Clay Beattie
Tates
St. Louis
Jacob Astor
Madeline Talmage
Kyrle Bellew
Shanghai
Yangtee-Kiang River
Caceres
Santo Domingo
Mildred Sherman
Lord Campys
Rome
McNamara Brothers
King George
India
J. B. McNamara
John J
Chicago
Sewavestigation Board
Maine
Briceville
Tenn
George Emperor
Republican National Committee
Bulser
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
John Bigelow
America
Persia
Tabriz
Bulletin From Publishers
A. N.P. A. Gavle
Lincoln
NO. 1
Brigand
Aiso
Patriot
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