Evening Courier and Associated Press Fragments
A jumble of newspaper staff names, rates, and distribution notes. The text lists personnel at the New York Tribune and Evening Courier, press offices in Europe, advertising charges, and postal classifications with scattered place names and offices.
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Ces
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Europe
Waterloo Erening
Den
Trafalgar
Horth
Ponberi
Avcone
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Tnd & Ha
Dawe
Steamabtp
Unter den Linden
St. Petersburg
Nevary Prospekt
Republicans Form Steering Committee for Progressive Legislation
A Senate steering committee forged by Chairman Gallinger includes stalwarts Oliver Root Smoot alongside progressives Cummins and La Follette. They will push a program covering presidential primaries campaign finance reform railroad valuation trust control currency reform resource conservation and a tariff commission. The move signals a bid to revive the GOP with primaries and reform, dampening Smoot-type opposition and restoring Lincoln and Roosevelt era progressive links. Public sentiment may soon limit boss power, but loan shark regulation in the District of Columbia remains under close watch.
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Gallinger
Committee On Committees
Oliver
Root
Smoot
Smoot and the Progressives Cummins and
la Follette
Cummins
Chicago
Repubican
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Congress
District of Columbia
Iowa
Dubuque
City Acts to Widen Falls Avenue Road and Add Sidewalks
The city council by a two thirds vote approves widening Falls avenue road through Black Hawk bottoms to include sidewalk and greater width. The measure aims to improve safety and appearance, reducing danger and potential suits for residents and workers in neighboring additions. Citizens Hagerman Down Galloway West feta and hundreds of factory workers praise the plan as timely infrastructure.
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Falls Avenue
Hawaii
Cru Til
Addi Tons
Hagerman and
Down
Ing
Galloway
West Feta
Mullan Avenue
A HERO S END AND POLITICAL NOTES
A reflective sketch on Amundsen Shackleton and Scott ending in praise of Scott's fate. The piece laments court procedure and predicts benefits from abolishing petition method of saloon consent. It notes a legislative vote in Iowa and the reelection of Cummins in 1910. It closes with a nod to the ongoing Mexican problem.
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Amundsen
South Pole
Shackleton
Scott
Captain Scott
Oregon
Iowa
Cummins
Spirit of the Iowa Press snapshot highlights Iowa items
In brief notices from Des Moines to Mason City and Sioux City the papers comment on local and national issues. Topics include parkersburg pride, New York police mix ups, a 1 mill levy for permanent roads, Knute Nelson’s Senate career, cabinet patience in Wilson administration, and projections of auto tax growth in Iowa with rising factory output and automotive investment.
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Mason City Globe-Gazette
The Clarionet and Its Virtues in Brass Band Play
A humorous feature describing the clarionet as the most agile brass instrument. It outlines its construction, playing technique, finger work, and breath control. The piece notes the instrument’s lively role in concerts, Wagner’s cruelty to clarionetists, and that a skilled player might earn about $40 a week.
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Market
Dave
Wagner
Cedar Rapids Gazette Letter Critiques Tax Use and Civic Upgrades
A Cedar Rapids Gazette reader questions the use of auto tax revenue to fund one third of hard surfaced roads and mocks metropolitan pretensions. The writer notes wealthier taxpayers deserve returns and derides a city pulmotor as a costly novelty for emergencies.
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Cedar Rapids
Stalk breaking urged to save Iowa soil and cattle feed
A Iowa discussion notes breaking corn stalks in mild weather with rails or harrows, predicting major losses from waste. Professor Kennedy cites six to eight dollars per acre lost, while European practice saves fertility and feeds hundreds of thousands of cows, urging conversion to silos and shredders.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Kennedy
The
State College
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Summer school sessions reach six hundred in 1913
More than six hundred summer school sessions are listed for 1913 in the educational directory published by the United States Bureau of Education. The directory details programs across various states and institutions, highlighting expanding opportunities in summer learning.
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United States Bureau of Education
The Evening Chit Chat on Class and Compassion Notes
Ruth Cameron reflects on how some women show tenderness within families yet lack empathy for those in lower classes. She recounts a washerwoman’s illness and a matron’s reliance on maids, highlighting narrow personal circles and expectations across social classes.
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Madame de Stael
Tam
Elas
Ptay
Twister
Musterole Promises Quick Relief Beyond Mustard Plaster
Musterole is a white oil based ointment marketed as a modern substitute for mustard plasters. It claims fast relief for pains in the back joints muscles and chest colds and is sold in 25 and 50 cent jars with hospital use touted. A testimonial from Fred Gentner of Piqua Ohio supports its rheumatism relief claims.
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Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Poatage Oran Aid
Musterole
Fred Gentner
Piqua
Musterola
Hypocritical Kindness Cited In Local Memoir Tale
A narrator condemns a woman praised for pity toward family while lacking empathy for outsiders. An expressman recalls her callous remark to avoid getting her wall paper dirty, noting the principle that true feeling should extend to all people.
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Expressman
No Graduation Frills In Paullina Schools
Paullina Iowa February 11 1913 the Paul ling school board ruled away graduation frills for the class of 1913. Graduates will wear simple cap and gown with the board supplying caps and gowns. The New York School Lunch Committee serves about 2000 children daily with penny lunches in seven public schools in New York City.
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Paullina
Paulling
New York
New York City
Incomes of State Universities Rise Across the Nation
A U S Bureau of Education bulletin reports 87 state universities and aided institutions received about 36 million dollars in the past year. Federal contributions reach about 6 million, state funds about 18 million, with regular income from public appropriations around 400 million. Illinois and Minnesota lead in individual totals. several campuses exceed one million. Delaware and Maryland show mixed federal and state support.
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United States Bureau of Education
United States
University of Ilinois
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
Cornell University
Ithaca
University of Michigan
Ohio State University
University of California
Iowa
Illinois
Uncle Sam
Delaware
Delaware College
Maryland
Agricultural College
New Hampshire
State universities rely on diverse funding sources
State college receipts show 277 816 total income with Vermont contributing 26 000 and the state university receiving 80 000 from the federal government and 60 958 from private benefactions. In larger state aided schools tuition and private endowments supplement public support, exemplified by Vermont and MIT amid mixed funding trends.
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State College
State of Vermont
State University
United States
University of Vermont
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornell Receives Major Funding From Fees Funds and State Aid
The national government relies on student fees and private funds for most of its income. Cornell University reportedly collected nearly half a million dollars from three sources: student fees, productive funds, and state appropriations.
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Jand
Cornell University
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