Suffrage and liquor examined by Christian Befence Monitor
The article argues that women seeking the vote are motivated by moral and social reform rather than personal power. It notes reform efforts in states with suffrage, highlighting aims to curb liquor traffic and protect the home, and warns that woman’s political influence signals a shift toward uplifting individuals and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Befence Monitor
United States
Soclal
Thea
The Kangaroo A Curious Tale From An Early Piece
The piece catalogs kangaroo traits with humorous, dubious claims about jumping, tails, feet, and feeding. It notes the animal’s pockets for young, its import to Australia, and comments on farming, flight, and extinction in a satirical voice with many archaic spellings and informal asides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Australia
State Welfare and Morality Debate Focuses on Institutions
A fragment discusses the essential role of institutions for the state's welfare and warns that neglect would promote immorality and social and racial retrogression, signaling a policy-centric, era-specific debate.
Smoke consumer saves Philadelphia firm fuel cost
One Philadelphia company reports saving 107000 dollars in fuel from a 250000 dollar coal bill by adopting a smoke consumer. Other manufacturers estimate savings from 2 to AZ percent in their bills by the same means. A campaign to discontinue the smoke consumer and revert to dirty smoke would fail and be mobbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Untermeyer nails anti trust talk as buncombe abuse
A harsh critique targets Samuel Untermeyer and anti trust rhetoric. The Courier and Reporter editor exposes a letter urging lawmakers to curb legislation by appealing to business interests, calling the approach chaotic and misleading. The piece ridicules the idea that restraining government action is the sole cure for the era’s business distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Untermeyer
Mr. Untermeyer
Onbie
Courier and Reporter
Suffragists and Militancy Debate Reaches Premier Asquith
A writer notes reform draws lunatics and argues suffragists suffer most from militant action. Old John Bull appears pressed, while Sylvia Pankhurst wins a hearing before Premier Asquith, questioning whether constitutional suffragists might have progressed further without militancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
Sylvia Pankhurst
Asquith
Major New York stores plan Saturday closed week long
Seven of the city’s largest mercantile houses Wanamaker’s Lord and Taylor Alman’s McCreery’s Bonwit Teller’s Franklin Simon’s and Vattine’s will close every Saturday from next month through September 1 to give workers two days off for rest. The plan aims to concentrate six days of trade into five while offering clerks weekday recreation time amid heat, with Sabbath observers among its strongest backers and Rome cited in the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wanamaker's
Lord & Taylor's
Alman’s McCreery’s
Bonwit Teller’s
Franklin Simon's
Vattine’s
Iowa
Rome
Supreme Court upholds inter state rates ruling over Texas policy
Federal decision bars discrimination by states against others in freight rates. Louisiana contests interstate rates and the U S Supreme Court reaffirms national authority to prevent unjust rate favoritism. The ruling underscores federal supremacy in railroad rate matters and inter state commerce policing. A New York drive to convert vacant lots to playgrounds is noted amid other local items.
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Shreveport
Texas
Dallas
Houston
Railroad Commission
Louisiana
Interstate Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Cnd
National Tribunal
New York
Undertaker’s Ad Boosts Editor To Success In Western Town
William Long, a veteran undertaker in Manson California, recounts a tale of a starving editor saved by an advertisement placed by the undertaker. The decisive moment came when the undertaker walked into the print shop and ordered a full month of ads, triggering the editor’s collapse from gratitude and shock.
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Manson Democrat
William Long
Ronscintie
Monganit
Muhy
Asicn
Fragmented Talk and Odd Observations in Old Pieces
A collection of humorous scraps and anecdotes from old newspapers, including a wavering courtly dialogue about war in Mexico, a maid named Jane with a lover in the army, a misread map clue of Duranceville, a rural judge’s quip about a witness, and reflections on opposites in society. Also notes on railroad officers and an advertisement for Ralph A. Dunkebberg at 4054 West Fourth Street opposite Union Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Dunkebberg
West Fourth Street
Union Station
Psychology and driving dangers linked to pedestrian accidents
The piece argues most street collisions are avoidable and stem from driver psychology. It cites driver reluctance to slow or stop, human inattention, and instinctive panic near moving vehicles as key causes. If motorists treated pedestrians with same caution as livestock, city accidents would drop and the phrase it could not be avoided would be rare.
Eugenics Marriage Law Criticized in Dissent
Madison Wis June 23 Justice R D Marshall of the state supreme court published a dissent criticizing the eugenics marriage law for unduly casting suspicion of immorality and criminality on any man seeking marriage. He argued marriage is a natural right and the law imposes an oppressive burden without necessary public interest.
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Madison, Wis
R. D. Marshall
Supreme Court
Justice Marshall
To See Things One Must Walk In Life and Independence
A Dr Frank Crane essay argues walking reveals nature and ideas better than horse or car travel. He compares following political or religious trains to train travel, urging independent thinking and occasional solitary exploration despite times needing collective action. He cites Hamerton on convention-changers who move from one creed to another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land of Ideas
Hfe
Hamerton
Irving
Citrolay Citrolax Advert for Constipation Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Citrolay Citrolax as the best remedy for constipation and related discomforts. It promises quick, painless relief, a pleasant lemonade flavor, and prompt flushing with no nausea, sold by all druggists.
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Ticht
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Mexico
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Rastus
Colorado
Richardson
Saginaw
Gu Amy
Raom
Enneylvania
ABC
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Dr. Frank Crane
D.D.D
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4Th St
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Syndicate
Veranda
Daul Day Day Goods
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Boston
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Washington
Seashore Resorts
Canada
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Chicago
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Fren
Peneaytvania
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Omaha
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
California
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Gardiner
Cody
Yellowstone
Wylie
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Gardiner and Cody
Glacier National Park Station
Denver
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Comendo
Salt Lake
Aj Omaha
HU and
Burlington
Hillings
West
L. W. Warkeley
Farnam St. Omahs. Nebr
Gerrit J. Bennett
Grant Ave
John E. O'Keefe
Harry W. Brown
Alfred 4. Hoffmann
O'Keefe
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Hoffmann
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Dentists Office
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Black
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Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue
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