Suffrage Waning in England and Panama Canal Talks
The article reports on English suffrage progress, noting a decline in support after 1913 protests and the Dickinson bill defeat. It also covers proposals to send the battleship Alabama through the Panama Canal as the first vessel, with supporters citing symbolism and a Balboa anniversary.
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England
House of Commons
St. Catherine’s
London
Grand Hotel
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
Great Britain
Helen Pollak
Cullman
State Equal Suffrage Association
Gunter
Montgomery
Alabama
Panama Canal
Winn
Birmingham
Isthmus
Memphis
Colon
Balboa
St. Michael’s Day
Meimory
Pacific
Spain
United States
Questions for Social Workers Conference Questions in New York raise crisis in the field
A conference of social workers at the Church of the Ascension in New York discussed more than fifty questions about the profession. The Springfield Republican notes the inquiries show workers fear the futility of their task and reveal dependence on philanthropists shaping their aims and dignity.
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Church of the Ascension
New York
Springfield Republican
Yuan’s Letter of Confidence Urges Protection for Foreigners
The article reports President Yuan’s Letter of Confidence and Brotherhood urging humane treatment for foreigners in China. He notes most outsiders are of high standing in their homelands and warns against harming them, hoping Americans in China will follow his guidance to keep China safe for foreigners.
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Yuan
China
Commoner Magazine Becomes Monthly Edition
The Commoner announces a shift from weekly to monthly publication after thirteen years. The change, due to Mr Bryan's duties as secretary of state, aims to give him more time for personal oversight and to strengthen the paper.
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Mrr. Bryan
Bryan
Old Whistle Tells a Long River Steamer Tale
A whistle carried through steamboat history links vessels from the Eugene to the Tell City. It passed from the Eugene of 1859 to the Larascon, Morning Star, James Guthrie, and Evansville Packet Company era, surviving long after the Eugene was retired.
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Tell City
Louisville
Evansville
Eugene
Henderson
Larascon
Evansville Packet Company
Boneyard
Louisville Post
Everybody Is Running Verses in Montgomery Gubernatorial Field
The Montgomery Advertiser notes mixed signals among factions as Charles Henderson’s announcement stirs questions about allied coalitions. Kolb and Wallace show no quit and push stronger, while dry side candidates remain active and confident, with voters reticent and listening as July approaches.
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Montgomery
Charles Henderson
Kolb
Wallace
Birmingham Ledger
Boy ties bass to string as bait theft defense
A game warden checks a youngster’s catch and finds only catfish perch and suckers on the line. A large black bass weighs down the bait on a string farther down the stream, the boy says he tied it there to keep it from taking his bait while he fished.
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National Food Magazine
A Friend Indeed in a Troubled Note Situation
David Lamar showed a rumored generosity toward Mr. Lauterbach by offering to lend half his fee from a sensational story to cover a $6,000 note owed to Morgan Houston House. The remark suggests repayment links between press money and debt.
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David Lamar
Mr. Lauterbach
House of Morgan
Houston Chronicle
Lake Shore Stock Soars in High Figure Quotations
New York July 14. Lake Shore stock quotes reach 490 bid 500 asked in a record showing for railroad shares as Central Railway dominance looms. The piece discusses potential absorption by New York Central, past Harlem ties, and the unusual, lucrative blocks held by certain investors amid volatile history.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Lake Shore
Northern Pacific
Stock Exchange
New York Central
Lake Shore Railroad Company
West Shore
New York State
Vanderbilts
Harlem Railroad Company
Harlem Railroad
Grand Central Terminal
Lake Shore Securities
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Party
John M. Forbes
Financial panics and currency elasticity examined in 1900s essay
An analysis discusses how panics arise from money shortages or excess, arguing experience and economic theory guide policy. It traces banking fear, cash hoarding, and the role of elastic currency, while recounting early railroad battles led by John M Forbes and the Lake Shore and Michigan Central lines.
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Washington
United States
Boston
Michigan Central
Kalamazoo
Chicago
New York
Lake Erie
Erie Railroad
Dunkirk
New York City
Erie
New England
John M. Forbes
Lake Shore
New York Stock Exchange
Vanderbilt
A Line O' Cheer Each Day o' the Year
A brief poem urges daily cheer and self discovery through solitude. It notes a man who never knew himself until he paused to reflect, then released his talents and found a path to usefulness.
Currency reform sparks bank lending surge and market collapse
A historical analysis argues that a new currency reform bill would allow banks to draw from treasury funds, fueling long term loans and mass construction, risking oversupply, falling real estate values, bankruptcies, and a return to hard coin standards after a cycle of overproduction and panic. The piece invokes scenarios of widespread borrowing, vacant housing, and monetary destabilization.
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Congress
United States
Treasury
Eood Security
Continental Congress
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Hanson
John
O'Connal
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
York
Dail and Gundey
Baitorial
Newe Bell
Atlantic
Leon
Castile
Gryb
Holland
Victor Elliott
John Kendrick Bangs
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