Pennsylvania welcomes Liberty Bell tours for suffrage push
Governor Brumbaugh’s forecast that Pennsylvania will approve the suffrage amendment appears on track as over a million take part in bell receptions across the western half of the state. Miners, farmers and many workers pledge support while crowds of thousands gather at night meetings, with Williamsport drawing about 12,000 attendees.
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Stroudsburg
Williamsport
Brumbaugh Declares For Suffrage In Denver Interview
Governor Brumbaugh voiced strong support for woman suffrage in a Denver interview en route to the Panama-Exposition. He asserted that women are entitled to vote and predicted Pennsylvania women would gain the ballot after the next election.
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Brumbaugh
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Gunpowder’s Acceptance in War Through History
The article traces gunpowder from its disputed, humane controversy to its eventual acceptance. It notes early bans on explosive warfare, mentions Constantinople’s 1453 siege, and cites claimed discoveries by Roger Bacon, Schwarz, a Moor, and Chinese rocket use, culminating in broader sanction a century later.
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Roger Bacon
England
Schwarz
Europe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Professional Reticence in Interview Quotation
Senator Sor ghum declines to confirm quotes from a Washington Star interview. He says he knows the content but will not reveal it until he learns how his constituents react to the article.
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Washington Star
The Art of Bait Casting by Warren H. Miller
A vivid portrait of bait casting’s demands and rewards. The author cites practice needed to place a lure precisely at forty to fifty feet and to simulate prey to outwit wary bass. He recalls the thrill of a battle between a five pound fish and a 15 pound man and the exhilaration of beating the fish under challenging conditions.
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Warren H. Miller
A Master of One Art
A comic exchange from the Richmond Times Dispatch shows a bachelor’s degree joke as a suitor claims true purpose is to shed his degree. The girl asks about other loves while the man jokes about kindergarten to college courses in affection.
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Pen and Brush: Allen bachelor in New York and Parker’s baronetcy
Pen and Brush notes James Lane Allen, a confirmed bachelor living near Washington Square New York. Millais earned about £35000 yearly from painting with a possible extra £5000 in one year. Sir Gilbert Parker received one of six baronetcies on King George’s birthday June 8 for his empire services as MP and novelist shaping imperial sentiment.
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Old Washington Square
New York City
Millais
Gilbert Parker
George
Tales of Cities Boosters and Global Living Costs
Chicago forms a booster association while Constantinople swarms with beggars. London houses number about a million. Buenos Aires apartments cost about fifty percent more than in New York, Chicago, or Washington.
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London
Buenos Aires
New York
Chicago
Washington
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