Porto Rico: A 400 Year Tale Of Struggle And Growth
A historical sketch reviews Porto Rico from discovery by Columbus to its status as a US territory. It covers population, literacy, land use, agriculture exports of coffee sugar and tobacco, and social progress including roads, schools, banks, and civic life, noting harsh history and slow modernization.
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Porto Rico
Mississippi
South Carolina
Hay
Rhode Island
Porto Rio
United States
Porto
Atlantic
More Money For the Lord In Breach of Promise Suit
An item notes Miss Georgia Jay of Chicago receiving a $20,000 award for breach of promise. The report links the sum to revival fundraising efforts led by Homer Rodeheaver. The piece emphasizes the appeal that “Homer's hutses must be paid for” and frames the payout within the revival context.
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Georgia Jay
Chicago Cour
Homer
Justice and a prophecy on labor law discrimination
An editorial argues that Congress risks weakening a universal labor law by exempting unions from its constraints. It condemns moral cowardice in the House and warns courts will judge the shift as discrimination. The piece predicts a moral reckoning when future historians read this era’s actions.
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Rational House of Representatives
New York Evening Post
Jamonte
Needlona
Tin Evening Post
Fr Pee
Senate
Ft. Lf
America
Angels
Isimor
Tuslire
Final Triumph Slams Director Over Costly Island Trolleys
Morgan’s final triumph comes as New Haven railroad director JamesS. Elton fails to grasp why spending 20,000,000 for Rinde Island trolleys valued at 8,006,000 was wise. He admits to his son that he is “damfoo” and that his head is too thick to understand.
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Jamess. Elton
New Haven Railroad
Rinde Island
Let Us Wear Whiskers 4 St Lonte Man Sheds Beard
A historical note muses on a man who has shaved for forty seven years, calculating time spent shaving in minutes and days. It discusses potential gains in knowledge and activity, with humorous references to presidents and public figures, and ends noting women's say in grooming choices.
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St Lonte
Caven
Andris
Roosevelt
Joseph Pulitesz
Mozes
Jove
Wali Whitten J
Aam Lews
Arts director James E Dilton endorses Morgan in York Herat reading
The arts director at New Flaven 7 reads testimony by James E Dilton and indicates an endorsement of Morgan. The move signals support within the project’s governance as the York Herat process continues.
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York Herat
The
New Flaven 7
James E Dilton
Will Indorse
Morgan
Truth or Illusion on Monitor's Empress of Ireland coverage
A discussion mocks the Christian Science Monitor for soft pedaling the Empress of Ireland disaster. It asserts 400 were saved and 1000 perished shortly after sinking, challenging readers to demand fuller truth amid wartime reporting. Also notes a Methodist Foreign Missions gift of 16,490 dollars from Milas Netlie Yeoward of Sterling Illinois to the board.
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Christian Science
Ireland
Episcopal Church
Milas Netlie Yeoward
Sterling, UL
Miss Yeoward
Naming to the Bromides and the Law of Creation
An essay challenges naming as a barrier to understanding, arguing words trap reality. It cites Nietzche, laments human classification, and urges stripping names to reveal wonder. The writer questions human cruelty to animals, contrasts instinct with moral choice, and recalls prairie chickens and buffalo decimation by people.
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Avery
Cain
God
Christ
Editor
You
Some Thoughts By Silver and Others to the Editor
A reader criticizes bird-killing and advocates humane measures to protect songbirds. The letter argues against humane actions that target individual birds and proposes broader societal penalties for those harming birds, citing historical debates on animal welfare and conservation.
Letter to the Editor on animal cruelty and cat killing remedy
A correspondent from Waterloo on June 6 criticizes slaughter of the innocent birds and suggests drastic remedies. The writer argues for applying a proposed remedy to the male human aggressor and condemns a named individual as a chief killer while advocating humane treatment of the cat and broader ethics.
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Bivés
Oates
Liurans
Slater
Tam
Editor
Ted Kaysetelt
Waterloo
Statewide 1914 primary votes show shifts in party strength
The article compiles state primary counts from last spring and compares them with 1912 totals. It notes a Progressive drop of 396,644 votes, Democratic decline of 159,659, and Republican gain of 55,065 over eighteen months. An ad for Big Furniture follows.
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Republian
Indulgence and Self Control in Daily Life
A discussion on indulgence versus asceticism through Seneca tales and real life examples. It examines how excessive caution and extreme humility can harm happiness, noting how modest self-critique can become self-defeating and urging balanced restraint.
Meredith Pushes East For Support In Iowa Nomination
Meredith supporters cheer the late candidate as he travels east to recruit seventy five eastern men to Iowa. Wm T Meredith of Des Moines congratulates Congressman Connally in a telegram and vows to work for party unity. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald extols his Democratic spirit and calls for allied action in the senatorial campaign.
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Meredith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nick Doggie
Dubuque
Tr. Meredith
BE. v. Meredith
Democratic Party
Telegraph-Herald
Cedar Falls Needs Public Hotel Capacity Improvement
Cedar Falls has grown with new homes and streets but faces a hotel shortage. Visitors and even a Chicago Symphony member note the lack of adequate accommodations. Burr dining room may close unless the Commercial club buys the property and repairs the hotel. The city urges action to attract business and convey a better impression.
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Cedar Falls
Ctty
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The
Burr
Commercial Club
Red Atrangers
Lote
Pennsylvania Primary Returns Shape Future Senate Fight
Washington correspondence notes Pennsylvanias statewide primary results as a gauge of political sentiment. Republican vote totals are shown beside Democratic, reflecting the realigned balance after the contest for the Senate seat and offering a basis for comparing with 1912 presidential tallies, Roosevelt, Wilson, Taft figures.
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Washington
New York Evening Post
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Wilson
Taft
Balance as a rule of life in nurturing strong character
The piece argues balance in virtue and parenting, warning against overindulgent mothers who deprive children of self sacrifice. It cautions that excess kindness can become selfishness and warp a family’s moral development, urging restraint to keep character strong and sane.
Barkeepers Covered by Iowa Workmen’s Compensation Law
Des Moines reports that bar and saloon workers in Iowa are protected under the workmen's compensation act. A ruling by industrial commissioner Warren Garst states that bartenders injured while ejecting unruly patrons, such as being struck with a bottle, qualify for compensation during lost work time.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Warren Garst
A Hint for Coming Maternity and Mother’s Friend
An old promotional piece for a pregnancy aid, praising Mother’s Friend as an abdominal embrocation that eases strain on ligaments and nerves, reduces nausea and morning sickness, and helps prevent breast issues. From Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, urging readers to request the little book.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bidg
Atlanta
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Columbus
Chirago
Cecomd Ascts
Evening Post
Congress
New York World
Seanstress
New York
Board Oforeign Missions
Methodist
Nietzache
Silver
Post Office
Fifth Street
Joe Raymond
Rhy Ruta Cameron
Seneca
Connolly
Roman
Calumet
Gereat
AHL
Chicago
Rance
Alocet Ererr Droga
Drs
Dentists Office
Dormmetrial
Gerrit J. Bennett
Black Ridg
Grant Ave
Ralston
Astror
Syndicate Building
Vail
A. J. Farnham
Black Building
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Ation
Orids
Via
Illinois Central
Denver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone, Mont
Fellowstone Park
Portland
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
Toronto
Fred Austin
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courier
Caway
Lafayette Building
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