The Strong-Arm Politics of City Elections
Ernest McGathey recounts a corrupt city political culture where higher ups use power to shield crimes and employ "strong-arm boys." He describes ballot stuffing prevented by close ward surveillance, legal fights over libel, and constant street fights and intimidation as routine in lower wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the
Jack
Andy
George H. Wilson
James Street
Smalleys
Smalley
Lincoln
Board of Local Improvements
Board of Local Amusements
Bagatelle
Ernest M’gatfey
Joseph B. Bowles
Secrets Shared Over Lodge Password
A wife berates her husband for keeping lodge meeting secrets. He reluctantly reveals a password with the ridiculous phrase aida borontiphosciphor mosticos, insisting it be spoken only once and rapidly. The wife pleads, torn between curiosity and caution, and ends tearfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tootsie
Aida Borontiphosciphor Mosticos
Itch Cure Claims Bold Relief for Perpetual Eczema
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a fifty five year struggle with severe eczema. After trying many medicines he used Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills for eight months and declares himself cured. Nelson R Burnett of Tipton endorses the testimonial as truthful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Notion of Indians in Hunting Sparks Banter
A brief exchange shows humor over hunting and Indians, with Willie teased about going out to hunt sparrows and the other character affirming the expectation of hunting Indians in a wild stereotype context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Fielding, pitchers, and a Boston broker’s quip
A Boston broker recalls Fielding as important yet secondary to strong pitching in a humorous exchange with women graduates. A rain soaked streetcar scene follows with a pink bearded man occupying a drip seat and a wife questioning extra fare for a reserved seat, met by the conductor’s quiet grin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fielding
Harper’s Weekly
Sporting Offer in Oyster Stew Challenge
A sharply dressed man in a restaurant tries to stir a wager by claiming a dollar he can swim between two oysters in his stew. The landlord hurries as the sporting fraternity member prepares to prove his bold claim with the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Genevieve
Largest Rock Crusher in Operation in Tennessee Cement Mill
The world’s largest rock crusher began operation in a South Pittsburg cement mill. It handles 806 tons per hour with 60 percent of output under four inches and 30 percent under two inches. The crusher stands 19 feet tall, weighs 425000 pounds, and consumes 29 horsepower.
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South Pittsburg
Tenn
Fine Y M C A Building Planned in Philadelphia
An eight story Philadelphia Y M C A building costing over a million dollars will open this fall with Walter M. Wood of Chicago in charge as secretary. The drive aims to recruit 4000 members to extend the benefits of the new home, viewed as among the world’s finest alongside New York’s Twenty third Street and Chicago’s central building.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Philadelphia
Walter M. Wood
Chicago
Twenty-third Street
New York
Central Building
Newspaper counts by region including colored press note
The article lists global newspaper totals by region. It cites 12 500 US titles with about 1 000 dailies and 120 run by black editors. It notes 3 000 Asian periodicals mainly in India and Japan with 1 500 in Japan. Africa has 200 titles, 30 in Egypt, the rest in European colonies.
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United States
Asia
British India
Japan
Africa
Egypt
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John
Cuthura
the Centaur Company
Bears
Castoria
California
A.N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
W. Adams St
Boyd
Kittanning
Sige
Carter L
Dee
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
Mass
THE
Paxton Toilet CO
Coe Kinmonth
Cis
H.S. Kinmone
Bury Park
N.J
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