Sentiment for Single Presidential Term Dominates Congress
The February 24 1913 Mobile Item reports leaders in both houses backing a single presidential term. It notes plans to craft a constitutional amendment, harmonize views, and possibly start all terms on January 1. The piece discusses effects on Wilson Roosevelt and Taft, and potential changes to congressional sessions and election timing.
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House
Senate
Congress
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Washington
Electoral College
Theodore Roosevelt
Pension Proposals Raise Alarm Over Expenditure
The piece notes Garfield’s 19th century cap on annual pensions, then details a 153,590,456 year and a proposed 181,300,000 bill passed by the House 219 to 40. It cites Champ Clark voting for the bill and the Nashville Banner calling the move an outrage, urging funds for needier uses.
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Garfield
Congressman Sherwood
Ohio
Congress
Champ Clark
Representative Press
House of Representatives
Senate
Democratic House
Nashville
Treasury
The Fatal Return of Ellinor Cavendish
John Cavendish after years of success becomes obsessed with his first wife Ellinor. He poisons her with morphine, remarries Madge Brayton, then on a night of terror returns to Ellinor’s room to confront his past, dying by a revolver as a shroud marked with blood is found on the wall.
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John Cavendish
London
Ellinor Ward
Nin. Com
Criterion
Drury Lane
Holloway
Ellinor
Charles Freeman
John
Europe
Ibsen
Park Lane
Norfolk
Continent
Ritz
Princes
Savoy
Bowstreet
Old Bailey
Madge Drayton
Daldy’s
Footlights
Madge
Ellinor Cavendish
Madge Brayton
Switzerland
Tennessee High School Growth Shows Sharp Increases
The state report notes Tennessee spent almost twice as much on high school purposes last year as the prior year and welcomed more buildings. Enrollment rose 46 percent and daily attendance 47 percent, with a ten day longer average term and teacher growth at 65 percent, while monthly tuition fell from four to 3.96 dollars. Mobile county school authorities will gain valuable Tennessee insights.
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Tennessee
Mobile County
Young Women’s Association Plans $200,000 Edmonton Building
In Edmonton a new $200,000 building for the Young Women’s Wan Association is under construction in the far North area. The organization aims to provide facilities for local young women. A Mexico exhibit car titled Seeing Mexico will tour Mobile showcasing agricultural products.
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Mie
Young Women’s Wan Association
Edmonton
North
Beau Parlors
Mexico
Advocates Equality of Indians By Brigadier General Pratt
Brigadier General R. H. Pratt urges rapid action to elevate Indians to full citizenship. He proposes a non clerical commission to study tribes, gauge education potential, and craft an emancipation plan, arguing Indians deserve social and economic participation on equal terms with others. He notes ongoing race prejudice.
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United States
R. H. Pratt
Sheridan
Miles
Pratt
Carlisle Indian School
Rural Problems Spur Business Leaders Conference
Business leaders nationwide support helping rural areas by funding development of agricultural resources and better schooling. The Louisville Commercial Club funds rural education statewide, while Duluth’s Commercial Club uses an agriculture superintendent to train farmers. The Education in the South conference invites bankers and merchants to Richmond in April to study the issue and plan action.
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Louisville Commercial Club
Commercial Club of
Duluth
Conference
South
Richmond
Crisis in Mexico Sparks Editorial Feuds Across Papers
A compilation of editorial quotes from the Cleveland Plain Dealer Detroit News-Tribune Philadelphia Ledger Houston Post Montgomery Advertiser and Richmond Virginian arguing that intervention may be looming. They debate Tafts firmness jingoism and American risk as violence rises and Mexico edges toward chaos.
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Taft
Mexico
Detroit News-Tribune
The Child That Toileth Not Portrait of Major Dawley
Thomas R. Dawley Jr whose book The Child That Toileth Not draws intense attention is profiled as a wanderer and investigator. His varied life spans cattle ships to Spain and Cuba war reporting to civil reform efforts. His book stems from investigating Southern cotton mill labor and Appalachian poverty before a disputed federal resignation.
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Thomas R. Dawley, Jr
Major Dawley
Liverpool
Florida
England
London
New Orleans
Case
Guatemala
Department
Dawley
Spain
Cadiz
France
Leare
New York
Mexico
Central America
Cuba
Harper’s Weekly
Serite
Hernandez Y Velasco
James Creelman
Mark Tapley
Bradley T. Johnson
Kidd
Morgan
Moro Castle
Weyler
Maximo Gomez
Washington
War Department
Miles
Bureau of Military Information
Santiago
Alger
Shafter
Havana
Century Magazine
Cervera
Puerto Real
Murcia
General Toral
Appalachians
Federal Bureau of Labor
Heflin Opposes Woman Suffrage Debate Refusal Criticized
The Washington Star condemns Representative Heflin of Alabama for refusing a joint debate with a woman challenger on suffrage. It argues his stance questions women's grasp of political questions and notes his insistence on debating only on his own terms. The Chattanooga News predicts swift, pointed rebuttals when Heflin speaks on the issue.
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Heflin
Alabama
House
The
Washington Star
the Star
Mr. Heflin
House of Representatives
The Absence of the Jingo
An editorial argues against war with Mexico citing American deaths and property losses there. It condemns jingoism, praises public restraint, and criticizes Taft for handling the Mexican situation as if unchecked by public opinion.
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Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
Mr. Taft
Married Life The Second Year
In this installment Helen confronts a friend Alice Brooks about an unhappy love affair. Alice admits loving Dick Fairchild who is married and unreliable, while Helen counsels caution and warns that such a liaison could ruin Alice’s life before she realizes the danger.
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Helen
Alice Brooks
Alice
Mother
Dick Fairchild
Philadelphia
Irene Voris
CIA
Warren
Pen
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