Politician Ballots Grow Longer in Many States
A Christian Science Monitor note explains voting ballots have expanded with growth of government and more elected offices. It cites Massachusetts short ballot efforts, moves to appointive judiciary in several states, and debates over seven foot ballots in Chicago and five foot ballots in St. Paul.
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Christian Science Monitor
Massachusetts
Ohio
New Hampshire
Middle Western
Pacific Northwestern
Iowa
Supreme Court
St. Paul
Chicago
New York State
Senate
A Cheap Appeal Over Panama Canal Free Passage
President Wilson seeks to settle the Panama question within international duty and diplomacy. The coastwise shipping lobby pushes for free canal passage under the banner of American rights, while the president argues to block private subsidies for national honor and peace. The debate centers on who pays for canal privileges and whether treaty obligations are at stake. Hearst papers inflame with jingoism and sensationalism, aiming to skew congressional votes and threaten international stability.
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Wilson
Panama
Congress
England
Hearst
Triangle Waist fire settlement ends with $75 per life
The Triangle Waist tragedy settlement yields $75 per life for 23 administrators from Employers' Liability Insurance, ending a case that claimed 148 lives three and a half years after the disaster. Taft criticized justice delays as harmful to the poor while the men behind the tragedy walk free.
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Triangle Waist Company
Employers’ Liability Insurance Company
Eugene V. Debs
Bill Haywood
William H. Taft
Triangle Fire Settlement
Ballot Reform Moves Through Wind of Change
A fragment notes ongoing ballot reform in the United States tied to voting methods. It mentions adoption of an Australian ballot system as a milestone and hints at further reforms affecting franchise exercise beyond mechanical voting processes.
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United States
Ideas of a Plain Man Reflects on Morals Power
A passage argues that waste emotion and unexpressed religious feeling corrupt character. It warns against dilettantism in morals and insists that any ideal must be expressed through concrete deeds. It urges transmuting art and emotion into active, everyday actions to sustain virtue.
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William Jameeanya
Wealth and Necessities Define True Riches in George Fitch
The piece argues wealth varies by individual needs not just money. Some live modestly on small sums, others spend large fortunes. true wealth includes knowing how to spend, not merely accumulating. It contrasts affluent waste with poverty amid abundance and suggests trimming luxuries to gain security.
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Europe
New York
Lot
Paris
Cummins Will Return to Senate Says Iowa Press
Reports across Iowa portray Senator Cummins as assured to go back to the United States Senate. Political observers cite his strong persona and proven ability amid Republican infighting and Democratic resistance as key factors in his renomination path.
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Cummins
Anamosa Dureka
United States Senate
Sorghum
Iowa
Washington
Weather cycles and political opinions in Iowa clippings
A Des Moines Tribune note discusses government climate observations showing no long term change and cycles of weather. It also critiques Democratic tariff policy as beneficial to American workers, cites Eureka on Maurice Connolly, Des Moines Democrats and Cummins, and Cedar Rapids Republican commentary on a theatre outing with McAdoo, reflecting era political discourse.
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Freeman-Tribune
Iowa
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Mc'Adoo
Washington
New York
Tha Oro
Opposed matchmaker grieves over 22 year old daughter
The piece notes a father’s distress as his 22 year old daughter seeks marriage to a man aged between fifty and three score. It cites Wilson era papers and press associations avoiding publication. It also mentions McAdoo and Elbert Hubbard as former Cedar Rapids newsboys, Hubbards’ age ~58.
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Washington
New York
McAdoo
Elbert Hubbard
Mr. Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Hope for Waterloo Daily Name Sparks Consolidation Debate
The Cedar Rapids Gazette voices hope that the combined Waterloo daily will avoid a hyphenated title. It criticizes the trend of too many hyphenated newspaper names and urges a straightforward naming choice.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Reporter-Courier
Courier-Reporter
Consolidated
Waterloo
The Passing Pedestrians in a Slipstream of Ice
A collection of quips and brief exchanges from various papers. Comical lines touch on watching pedestrians on slick ice and a wary view of business gains. The fragment preserves humorous observations and a playful tone from multiple city newspapers.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Thief Pleads Guilty Over Stolen Dentist Teeth
An Oakland case reports a burglar named Wlor Roche who stole false teeth from a dentist's office. The teeth, held as evidence, were damaged and the thief offered to plead guilty so they could be returned for repair.
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Oakland
Cal
Wlor
Roche
The Evening Chit Chat by Ruth Cameron on small sins
In this column Ruth Cameron discusses Dora Melegari’s creed that happiness or unhappiness defines sin. She gives two examples of overlooked acts: a shopkeeper failing to note a widow with three children seeking work, and a college student helping herself through manicuring by asking boarders’ guests if they want services, where one hostess declines to help.
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Dora Melegari
Sally
Sim
Time to Plan Your Garden: Beauty and Usefulness in Any Space
The Milwaukee Journal urges readers to plan a garden even in small spaces. It extols fresh homegrown vegetables and flowers for beauty, solace, and uplift, linking gardening to moral cultivation and daily joy across all ages and circumstances.
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Francis Bacon
Jone
Milwaukee
Journal
Deportation plan cited in Prussian Poland case
A 1904 scheme alleged in a forthcoming book by Francis Salesius Krysiak claims the Oatmarkenverein influenced the Kaiser against Polish subjects and sought to move German Poles to Canada. It reportedly alleges steamship agents aided the effort and stirred Polish-Austrian tensions. Also notes Atchison Kansas electric cooking rate at five cents per kilowatt.
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Canada
Francis Salesius
Krysiak
Berlin
Chicago
Oatmarkenverein
Atchison, Kan
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