Alabama politics and education reforms debated in Alabama
The article discusses Senator Bankhead's view on direct election of U S senators and the potential need for an extra legislative session in 1915. It also covers federal forest land purchases in Polk County Tennessee and critiques overeducation duplication in Alabama, urging consolidation and efficiency at the state university system.
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John H. Bankhead
Birmingham News
Alabama
Washington
United States
Bankhead
O’neal
O'Neal
Polk County
Mt. Mitchell
North Carolina
Tennessee River
Tennessee
Andalusia Star
Tuscaloosa
Auburn
Talladega Mountain
Gettysburg piety urged unity at South Carolina UCV meeting
At Aiken South Carolina reunion of the UCV Gen Irvine Walker urged large attendance at the Gettysburg Celebration. He recounted Confederate and Union valor, urged facing the past, abolishing sectional strife, and consecrating the Gettysburg field as a shared legacy.
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South Carolina
Aiken
S. C
C. Irvine Walker
Gettysburg
Franklin
Fredericksburg
Pennsylvania
Vicksburg
Synod Building Memorializes Morgan and Cutting in New York
The 1912 general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church will meet in New York in the Synod building, a project funded largely by J. P. Morgan and W. Bayard Cutting. Morgan pledged to cover half the two hundred thousand dollar cost and funded annual cathedral endowments, guiding partners to prioritize character over profit. The building stands as a memorial to both men.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church of the United
J. P. Morgan
Episcopalians of
New York City
Richmond
Virginia
Morgan
Synod
Episcopal Church
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
W. Bayard Cutting
Mr. Morgan
Holland
Pleasure in Familiar Plays and the Drama’s Enduring Interest
The article discusses why old plays retain pleasure beyond first night curiosity. It cites O W Firkins and William Archer on dramatic interest, detailing how later appeal rests on detail, craftsmanship, and emotional undertones rather than mere curiosity.
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O. W. Firkins
William Archer
Akron Offered Buchtel College for Municipal University
Buchtel College, forty years established in Akron, Ohio, proposes to transfer its plant and endowment valued at 400000 dollars to the city to form a municipal college or university named the College or University of the City of Akron. The plan envisions free tuition for qualified city students and ties to city government work and broader municipal education. The trustees note the move could support a technical and professional training program and a wider municipal university. Additionally, the national forest reservation commission approves three new purchase tracts in New Hampshire Tennessee and North Carolina to expand holdings for navigable water protection.
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Buchtel College
Akron
Ohio
College
University of
City of
Buckel College
McMicken College
University of Cincinnati
New Hampshire
Tennessee
North Carolina
National Forest Reservation Commission
Tarbell on J. P. Morgan and the Equitable Trust
Ida M. Tarbell discusses J. P. Morgan before the Pujo committee, detailing his self confidence and his purchase of 51 percent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. She notes his stated aim to turn over surplus to policyholders and his belief the deal served mutual life insurance rather than stockholder gain.
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Ida M. Tarbell
May American
Pujo
Samuel Untermeyer
J. P. Morgan
Wall Street
Miss Tarbell
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mr. Morgan
Equitable
Mr. Ryan
Harriman
James Stillman
George F. Baker
Newnae
Mr. Untermeyer
Ryan
Gunns
Paris Duels Before the Movies Raise Public Eye
A historical sketch notes how French duels persist as social custom, aided by press coverage and cinema. An enterprising ground near Champ de Mars hosts staged sword fights daily, with seconds and doctors, then filmed for popular cinema reproductions.
Will-breaking Lawyer Warns for Lunacy
A Chicago Record-Herald tale depicts Mr Leftwitch meeting a lawyer claiming to be an expert will-breaker. The uncle has died and reportedly left his fortune to public institutions, but the nephew resists inheritance and jokes about legal lunacy as a defense.
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Leftwitch
Tam
Chicago Record-Herald
A Poor Provider Dialogue at Breakfast
The daughter of the family has a marriage proposal under discussion at breakfast. Freddie questions the suitor’s helpfulness, noting he has given only seventeen cents in over a year, prompting a paternal smile. Judge.
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Freddie
Duel Preparation and Etiquette in 19th Century Pistols
The account describes four opponents inspecting cartridges, measuring ground, and classic attire from Dumas era as two duelists face off at twenty to thirty yards. After signaling they fire, both stand, seconds intervene, and all depart for breakfast. It notes that many duels end without injuries and claims cartridges often use sham bullets.
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Europe
France
Champ de Mars
Paris
Parc le Prince
Dumas, Sr
le Maitre Des Forges
Mary
New York Times
Bryan and Bryans Host Dinner Honoring Ambassador Bryce
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan and Mrs Bryan hosted a dinner for Ambassador James Bryce who will retire as Great Britain’s representative in Washington. The guests received invitations marked INVITE and served unfermented grape juice and fine spring water.
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William Jennings Bryan
A Neat Little Point by Alfred Noyes in New York
Alfred Noyes noted at a New York dinner that modern literature has grown subtle at the expense of strength. He mocked neat points and cited Baroness Burdett-Coutts and a quip about Angela Coutts and the Duke of Wellington, a remark she reportedly heard with a wry smile.
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Alfred Noyes
New York
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Miss Coutts
Duke of Wellington
Angela Coutts
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Hanson
Eee
Coreney Gis
Mobile
Labor
Ohio City
J.P. Morgan
Bryan
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