Brumbaugh Inaugural Urges Open Government and Reforms
Harrisburg Jan 19 Governor Martin G Brumbaugh pledged open government and keeping the people in his confidence In his inaugural address he urged a county local option law licensing road supervisors abolishing toll roads enabling a vote on woman suffrage and stronger workmen compensation and child labor laws He called for vocational training and resisted new laws while criticizing the agriculture department and urging highway policy reform.
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Department of Agriculture
Frank B. McClain
Senate
Dr. Brumbaugh
Front Street
Tener
Brumbaugh
William J. Swigart
Huntingdon
J. Hay Brown
State Supreme Court
America
Governor Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Progressive platform advocates limited new laws and reforms
The excerpt outlines a broad platform urging minimal new legislation, county option in liquor licenses, better road funding and state aided roads via county units, civil service reform, vocational agriculture education, women’s suffrage, prudent appropriations, natural resource preservation, reforestation, workers compensation reform, updated liability and child labor laws, housing improvements, and greater municipal self government.
Striking Sentences In Governor S Address
Voters of this commonwealth deserve full fulfillment of the commission given. The administration calls for reform of lawless excess and wiser budgeting for roads and education, with emphasis on farming needs and limiting child labor under sixteen. The people shall know what this administration stands for and will steadily act.
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Commonwealth
Taft Sees World Arbitration Through War
Former President William H. Taft told Indiana legislators that the European war could lead to future settlements of international disputes by an international court of arbitration. He urged economy and the adoption of private business methods in government enterprises.
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Indianapolis
William H. Taft
Indiana
Taft
Baby born in White House to Mrs Sayre
A son was born at the White House to Mrs Francis Bowers Sayre, Wilson's second daughter. Both mother and child are reported well. The 7 1/2 pound baby arrived at 4 30 p.m. and was announced by Secretary Tumulty.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Francis Bowers Sayre
Wilson
Tumulty
Williamstown
Mass
Sayre
William G. McAdoo
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Bryan
McAdoo
Grayson
Esther Cleveland
Cleveland
Births in the White House Through 1915
Record lists royal lineages and presidential connections with children born at the White House. Entries include James Madison Randolph in 1806 and Esther Cleveland in 1893, noting relationships to Jefferson, Adams, Jackson, Tyler, Grant, Cleveland, and Wilson. The list spans 1806 to 1915 and cites notable descendants and guardians.
Francis Named for White House Baby Born at the White House
Washington reports Francis will be the name of President Wilson's grandson born at the White House last Sunday to Mr and Mrs Francis B Sayre. Some family members favored Woodrow Sayre but the President preferred an individual name for the child.
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Washington
Francis
President Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
White House
Mr. Sayre
Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Woodrow Sayre
Clever Swindle by Comely Maiden Moves Onlookers
The Corry Journal recounts a tale of a stylish young woman who alighted in Union City, leaving drummers and passengers agog with her velvet bonnet and sparkling elegance. Harold Clark, baggage handler, is moved to tears as the stranger claims distress and Oklahoma origins, aided by a sympathetic conductor to reach Westport.
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The
Corry Journal
Pennsylvania
Union City
Harold Clark
Harold
Fair Land
Oklahoma
Erie
Journal
Hughy Rooney
Bill Brown
Westport
Religious Revival Grips Warren Third Week Under Jordan Party
The Warren religious revival led by the Jordan party enters its third week as residents discard reserve and embrace renewal. Daily prayer meetings grow, organizations host events, and factory workers show strong support with seven plants sending delegations. Opponents exist, but large crowds at the Tabernacle signal broad community backing.
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Warren
Jordan Party
Tabernacle
Odd Fellows and Daughters of
Rebekah
Mitchell
the Tabernacle
Jordan
Vice Consul's Letters Cause His Recall in Nottingham
John L. Cutright, newly appointed American vice consul at Nottingham, failed to begin duties and returned to London after Nottingham officials deemed his newspaper letters pro German. He previously served as vice consul at Coburg, Germany, and is son of John Cutright, editor of the Lincoln Star.
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Nottingham
Eng
Lincoln
Nebraska
John L. Cuttight
London
Cutright
Coburg
Germany
Mr. Cutright
John Cutright
Lincoln Star
William
German Airships Make Attempt on King's Palace
London dispatch reports German airships raid England last night aiming at Sandringham Palace. Zeppelins or planes attacked Yarmouth Cromer Kings Lynn and Sandringham with bombs. casualties and damage occurred in Yarmouth and Kings Lynn while royal residence remained unharmed.
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King’s Palace
London
England
Sandringham
County Norfolk
George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
North Sea
Hunstanton
Yarmouth
Kings Lynn
Cromer
Sbringham
Beston
Boston
Royal Palace
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Harrisburg
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Public Schools
Philadelphia
MR. Taft
Mrs. Sayre
James Madison Randolph
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Jeffer
Mary Louise Adams
John Quincy Adams
Andrew J. Donelson
President Jackson
Stumps
Glee
France
Flanders
Verdun
Pont-A-Mousson
Perthes
East Prussia
Poland
East
Prus
Garesian
Lower
Vistula
von Hindenburg
Petrograd
Vistula River
Plock
Lt Fark
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