Cuban politics amid annexation debate and Mobile school figure clash
A Chicago Tribune writer reports Cuba's post Gomez transition under Menocal with US ties and nationalist currents. The Item of Mobile rebutts State Examiner Gorman on school funding and county tax accounts, citing a 1911 Brickell ruling and past spending.
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Chicago Tribune
Havana
Cuba
Gomez
General Menocal
Gorman
Brickell
Mobile County
Montgomery
Ala
J. T. Gorman
Mobile
R. C. Brickell
Senator Fall Sees Mexico Intervention Risk and Panama Link
Senator Fall of New Mexico warns that without U S intervention Mexico could endure a half century of civil war. He questions Mexican capacity for self government yet praises General Felix Diaz as capable. The piece notes U S sentiment favors neutrality under Taft and Wilson but acknowledges growing American influence after Roosevelt Panama moves.
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Cuba
Spain
General Menocal
Cornell
General Wood
Menocal
Gomez
Carribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Fall
New Mexico
America
Mexico
Felix Diaz
Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
Panama
San Domingo
Diaz
Ofs
Fish Walk Dances Replace Turkey Trot in Washington
Washington society notes the turkey trot fading as the new fish walk gains favor. Early adopter include Eleanor Randolph Wilson, daughter of the president. The dance features a slow rigid start, a merry whirl, and a few skips, debuted at a ball for Ohio valley flood relief children.
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Washington
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Omaha Rebuilds After Severe Tornado Role Call
Omaha mobilized a $100000 relief push and began immediate rebuilding after a devastating cyclone. About 2000 homes were damaged or lost. 900 are habitable, 650 destroyed. By next October the city expects to be largely rebuilt in its best residential area.
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Omaha
Galveston
Sandon
Immigration bill tempers shape U.S. policy debate
Washington dispatch outlines rising concern over immigration in the upcoming regular session. It notes President Wilson favors restricting immigration, while lawmakers in both parties weigh bills, committee shifts, and potential moves on the Burnsett plan amid pending tariff and currency reforms.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
House
Boston
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Lam
Senate
Burnett
Taft
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
Augustus P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
Gardner
Moore
Immigration Committee
Alabama
Baker
Pacific Coast
Committee On Immigration
Unpopular cry echoes Southern land policy stance
Mississippi representative Sisson backs war over Japanese ownership of California land, following Vardaman's lead. The Columbia State contrasts with California’s role in negro suffrage history and electoral alignment, warning of Southern dominance by Californians and noting the Birmingham News factor.
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Sisson
Mississippi
Vardaman
California
Columbia
S. C
South
South Carolina
Birmingham News
Pittsburg Seeks End to Treating Crusade Amid Cash Scarcity
Amid a cash squeeze, Pittsburg residents launch a campaign against treating while reports say many millionaires have moved to New York. Chicago authorities weigh options as funds shrink.
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Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
How I Learned Music
A autobiographical reminiscence of a child prodigy narrator recounting early musical awakening. The piece details family influence, early piano exposure, lessons, media reactions, and the shift from individual practice to orchestral exposure shaping a future musician.
Secretary McAdoo Targets National Banks for Government Funds
May 7 New York. Secretary McAdoo plans to move large portions of treasury funds into national banks at two percent interest, with many banks already seeking deposits and pledging securities to secure them. Observers say the reform could replace idle treasury balances and strengthen government revenues.
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New York
McAdoo
American Bankers’ Association
Treasury Department
Washington
Se McAdoo
Fucs
Department
Treasury
United States
Congress
Leslie M. Shaw
Shaw
the Treasury
Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou
New York City
Food Savings Bank
McAdoon
Secretary of the Treasury
Man laments poisoning of his bird dog Don in Mobile
In a May 6 1913 letter to The People’s Forum Co W Tompkins denounces a cruel poisoning of his cherished dog Don calling the act contemptible. He urges Gov Johnson of California not to misread the incident and notes public suspicion of authorities.
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Gorman
Mobile
Mobile County
Alabama
Examiner Gorman
City of
W. Tompkins
Spelling in Texas and the Choctaw George Sign
An old Choctaw figure known as George rises to open a San Antonio garage. A passerby jokes at the sigma sign reading Garage calling it the most foolish spelling of George seen.
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San Antonio
Tex
George
Choctaw Georges Automobile Emporium
Popuiag ‘Magazine
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Pulic
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New York Herald
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Washington Comment
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Camille Saint-Saens
Philip Egalite
Berlioz
Hell
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Hayden
Mozart
Liszt
Geraldy
Passage Saumon
Holland
the People’s Forum
Johnson
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