Pity the Poor Liar in The Brooklyn Times Opinion
The Brooklyn Times questions Dr. Louisa Burns of Chicago claiming she can detect lies by pulse readings. It mocks the method as a parlor trick and warns of widespread use harming trust, while noting doctors seek popularity and Burns may never see broad acceptance.
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Cuba Election Frauds Highlight Grand Ballot Controversy
Dispatch from Havana raises concerns over voter turnout and inflated results in Cuba’s last Sunday elections. Figures suggest less than 10 percent participation in Havana province produced about 1.2 million votes, casting doubt on universal suffrage and the islandwide tally amid claims of fraud and a fragile democratic capacity.
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Cuba
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Presbyterian mission to fund Taiwan education efforts
A Presbyterian mission plans to establish a school in Formosa Taiwan with a project cost of $60,000. The initiative highlights global education ambitions despite regional challenges.
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Formosa
Taiwan
The Home Label debate in Atlanta ads
Two Atlanta Constitution ads urge buying locally to keep dollars in the community and criticize shipping local goods away for foreign labeling. The paper notes such arguments echo a common uneconomic practice, citing Alabama’s yearly import of grain and beef despite local production potential.
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
Alabama
Rapidly Reviving Industrial Activity Across Regions
The week shows widespread revival as mills shops and factories rehire thousands idle for months. Domestic demand and foreign orders lift agriculture and industry in New England New York New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania and the South. Cotton exchanges reopen in New York and Liverpool boosting cotton and southern conditions.
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United States
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
South
Liverpool
Cyprus an Island With A Storied European Role
Cyprus with Mount Olympus in its south and a history of domination by Egyptians Greeks Byzantines and English. Siege of Nicosia in 1570 cost many lives. Modern control settled after the 1878 agreement. The island spans about 3600 square miles with copper wine and various minerals as notable products.
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Cyprus
Mediterranean
Europe
Mount Olympus
Egypt
Athens
Rome
Apostle Paul
Mark
Barnabas
England
Knights Templars
Jerusalem
Nicosia
Turkey
Golden text misquoted by boy in Sunday school
Mr Ormond walks with son Austin to Sunday school and teaches the verse Whatsoever a man soweth. Austin repeats correctly at home but in class misutters Whatsoever a man sews always rips. The anecdote, attributed to Harper's Magazine, notes the humorous mispronunciation.
Gas-Electric Cars Expand Service on Rail Lines
The Illinois Central Railroad orders four gas electric cars for supplementary service on connecting lines. St. Louis Southwestern installs eight gas electric cars for short line service. Spokane Portland and Seattle plans one car for Portland to Rainier. All cars by General Electric of Schenectady. A large number of gas electric motor cars operate across the West and Midwest, ideal for light traffic feeder lines. In California a street railway company uses motion pictures to instruct its workers on safety.
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
Portland
Rainier
Oregon
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Middle Western
Electrical Motor News Service
Peoples Railroad Exonerated in Post Office Probe
The Item reports that the Peoples Railroad of Fairhope was investigated for using the mails to defraud investors. Chief Inspector Joe P. Johnston states the case was reviewed with the U.S. attorney in Mobile and no fraud order issued. President E B. Gaston asks for publicity to repair damage from prior reports.
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Peoples Railroad
Fairhope
Post Office Department
Post Office
Frank S. White
Frank
White
Birmingham
Ala
Peoples Railroad Company
Fair«hope
United States
Joe P. Johnston
E. B. Gaston
Prest. Peoples Railroad Co
Conservative and Radical Forces in U S Politics
The Florida Times Union opines that democracy faced radicalism from Coin Harvey to Roosevelt and Bryan, then shifted as Wilson era approached. It argues conservatives and Republicans will curb radicalism, warn against socialism, and urge prudent governance shaping a peaceful, industrially developed United States.
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Ocala
Richmond
Washington
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Bryan
South
United States
France
Germany
Florida Times- Union
Eggs as a remedy for nervous prostration and malnutrition
The Kansas City Star explains that eggs aid nervous systems and malnutrition due to lecithin. Because eggs digest easily and supply brain-nourishing lecithin, patients should consume extra eggs, ideally raw, three times daily between meals with milk or sherry, for several weeks to gain weight.
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Kansas City Star
Trouble Ahead in the Morning Departure
A Cincinnati Enquirer line notes a bad day looming for the man who exits home in a gruff mood and slams the door as he starts his day. The quip captures everyday tension in a tongue in cheek warning about misfortune.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Palm sap fuels most Philippine alcohol production
The text notes that over 90 percent of alcohol and alcoholic beverages in the Philippines come from palm tree sap. It also includes a humorous aside about Pancho and a Washington Post quote, but the core fact centers on palm-derived drinks dominating local production.
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The
Philippines
Collapse of Germany's Polish Campaign Tugs at Russian Armies
A historical report details German and Austrian forces facing eight Russian armies led by Rennenkampf Sklyinsky Mpistchenko Gilinsky Von Plehwe Ewert Dmitriev and Broussilow. It lists corps counts and troop totals totaling about 1.35 million as of October 25 with ongoing reinforcements.
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Rennenkampf
Skiginsky
Mpistchenko
Hindenburg
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Gilinsky
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Fifth
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Sixth
Ewerth
Seventh Army
Radkow Dmitriev
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Broussilow
Phantom Bride Prompts $10000 Breach Suit in Chicago
Miss Beatrice King sues Edward A. Barrymore western representative of the Newark Telegraph for breach of promise claiming the romance began with a story he wrote before meeting her. She alleges a phantom wedding planned for Sept 29, 1913, postponed to Nov 1 awaiting money from home.
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Chicago
Beatrice King
Edward A. Barrymore
Newark Telegraph
Edward
Miss King
Ned
Rifle practice by Mobile and Bay Minette units begins in Montgomery
Three military companies from Mobile and one from Bay Minette arrived in Montgomery to a four day rifle range practice near Pickett Springs. The first two days focus on War Department instruction, the final two on a contest to designate rifle experts and marksmen.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Bay Minette
Pickett Springs
War Department
Major Robert Snodgrass Dies in Montgomery
Major Robert B. Snodgrass died at his Montgomery residence after a two week illness of paralysis. A long time figure in local politics he served fifteen years as city clerk. He lost an arm in the Confederate army and is survived by a daughter Mrs. F O Hawkins. Funeral services were held at his home by Rev. E E Dobbs of St Johns Episcopal Church.
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Robert B. Snodgrass
Snodgrass
F. O. Hawkins
E. E. Dobbs
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Clubwomen Debate Home Life At Ohio Convention
About 500 delegates to the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs discussed modern life strains on families in Youngstown. Miss Lutie E Stearns blamed travel and social pleasures for unstable homes and urged abolishing beefsteak style households. Miss Mary Parker urged thrift and budgeting in homemaking and the need for a Gost system to curb small financial leaks.
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Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Lutie E Stearns
Miss Stearns
Mary Parker
College For Women, Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Miss Parker
Miss
Governor Expected Back About Monday
Announcement from the executive offices says the governor will likely return to Montgomery by Sunday or Monday after attending a governors conference in Madison Wisconsin. While away his duties have been managed by his son and secretary Kirkman O Neal and recording secretary John Moffat.
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Montgomery
Ala
Madison
Wis
Alabama
Kirkman O'Neal
John Moffat
U S Commissioner Caminetti Expected in Mobile Visit
United States Commissioner of Immigration Caminetti is anticipated in Mobile after writing to H C Brownlow, local inspector, about an upcoming visit following his tours of southern migration stations.
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United States
Immigration Service
United States Commissioner of Agriculture
A. Caminetti
Caminetti
South
H. C. Brownlow
Mobile
Tulips and Holland Bulbs Planting Guide for Fall and Indoor Culture
A Washington department specialist outlines bulb planting in late fall for tulips hyacinths and narcissus with timing by region. Plant tulips four inches deep and bulbs six inches for others, cover beds with coarse manure to prevent winter stress, then remove mulch in spring. Indoor culture favors separate pots or pans with cool dark rooting then gradual warming for several weeks.
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Holland
PENSIONS Plunge From Record Levels After War Burdens
The Washington Post notes pension disbursements have decreased after peaking last year. Total payments since founding exceed three and a quarter billion dollars, with 785,229 pensioners and 395,750 survivors from Mexican and Civil Wars. Average age about 71, life expectancy eight years.
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United States
Washington Post
A Derelict at Sea From the 1912 War
The Brooklyn Eagle notes a derelict Roosevelt destroyer that fired a torpedo at the Republic an 1912 battle. The Republic narrowly escaped foundering and was repaired to fight again. The Roosevelt, damaged and rudderless, may have sunk or drifted as a navigation menace.
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Republican
Brooklyn Eagle
Capitol figures attend ballad charity event in cloakroom
Uncle Joe Cannon plans to smoke his favorite five center in the capitol cloakroom while Congressman Nicholas Longworth attends to represent the association of men who love a ballad titled Although I'm Long a Married Man No Youngster Calls Me Pa. The snippet captures a whimsical political cultural moment from the Houston Post.
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Joe Cannon
Capitol
Nicholas Longworth
Association of
Houston Post
Public Library Ships Books by Parcel Post
The Buffalo New York public library offers parcel post service to borrowers, delivering books by mail and extending access beyond the library walls. The move reflects a broad hope for greater reader reach.
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N. Y
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