Clemency for Frank governor weighs public sentiment
Georgia Governor Sato has received more than ten thousand letters urging executive clemency for Leo Frank as he seeks a new hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. Public opinion outside Georgia sees him as wrongly convicted under mob pressure, a view that underscores the tension between law and popular sentiment.
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Leo
United States Supreme Court
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Linton
Bryan’s Metaphors on Liquor and Road Paving
The article critiques Mr. Bryan’s wit and phrases while noting a secretary of state speech on liquor. It contrasts calls for reform with metaphors about roads and the nation, suggesting the current approach may misdirect drinkers toward broader temptations.
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Wilson
United States
San Francisco
Pulmotor touted for life saving and drowning rescues
The article highlights the pulmotor as a key life saving device, claiming it revived a baby declared dead in New York after two hours of apparent death and urging rapid use after drowning. It notes a Waterloo fire department contact for access and emphasizes prompt calls for pulmotor aid. It also critiques the idea that realty owners pay taxes, arguing tenants share the burden and that public revenue affects all citizens.
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Firs
New York
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Texpar
Cleanup Week Restores Waterloo Park Grounds
Waterloo enters cleanup week as residents and property owners, including children, remove rubbish and improve the park. Volunteers work quietly, paying attention to residuary messes, with final tasks remaining this week.
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Echnol
Italy joins Allies as Austro-Italian talks progress
Dispatches report Italy agreeing with Hogland and France to enter the war on the Allied side. Berlin notes Austro-Italian negotiations are proceeding satisfactorily. Other items mention Mississippi gambling, prison rides for Michigan City men, Gardner Cowles resigning, and debates over primaries and fortune tellers.
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Wash Day and the Rise of Modern Laundries
An essay on how washing routines reflect progress and gender roles. It contrasts old fashion wash days with modern conveniences like electric machines and motor delivery. The piece notes Ford and other workers adopting new chores and hints at changing expectations for women, including suffrage, as daily labor shifts away from traditional tasks.
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Iire
Ninpant Malls
Buffalo
Henry Ford
Is There Epithet in Our Lane Language About Cowardice
The essay questions whether calling someone a coward is justified and argues courage may hinge on physical condition and nerves rather than character. Imagination, past experience, and health shape fear, and judging others as cowards risks error.
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Guether
Ared
Abletor
Interurban rail news from Ottumwa to Premont
An Ottumwa Ottumwa edition reports a passenger interurban car running between Premont and Ottumwa with fare set at 46 cents. It notes the line’s first invasion and predicts more routes, with expectations of freight shifts and new paving, while speculating on political stances for future candidates.
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Pepper Talks By George Matthew Adlams
A quirky essay extols Men Of Parts as essential yet balanced figures who blend strength and gentleness. It argues society needs diverse traits, noting how such men seize chances to reveal hidden sides of themselves and strive daily for higher efficiency and happiness.
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News Snippet On Lieutenant Governor Talk In Quiet Season
In the dull season whispers abound about a lieutenant governor candidate, with rumors centering on Harding not yet in place. The chatter suggests anticipation but offers no firm action or announcement.
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Till Harding
Political distractions and tariff talks swirl in press notes
The Sioux City Tribune notes governors candidates and pay schemes as textile mills stress tariff questions. The Sheldon Mail pricks at political talk around Harding’s future, while the Marshalltown Times-Republican backs manager plans for public service efficiency. The Sioux City Journal praises genuine heroes over phonetic pretensions.
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Rhetorical defense mocks war talk at Williams College
The Chicago Tribune satirizes Secretary Daniels and President Garfield over milksop defense rhetoric. It likens Garfield to a citadel amid calls to oppose Representative Gardner and mocks reliance on naval boom and peace groups, suggesting complacency in national defense.
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War and the Rach Adverge Case in The New York Times
A fragmentary NYT piece argues that war’s eugenic impact rests on incomplete premises. the author notes the adverge case appeared plausible and that war was not denied as a forceful social influence.
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New York Times
War and the paradox of human life in conflict
The text argues that war, while reducing the quality of the race by killing off the strongest, paradoxically spawns many offspring as the survival instinct kicks in. It asserts that life intensifies when danger is present, a pattern consistent across history, and predicts this will continue as long as war exists.
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Three Mile Limit Extended Says Paul Fuller
Philadelphia May 3 Paul Fuller a New York lawyer addressed the American Academy of Political and Social Science arguing the three mile sovereignty zone along American shores should be abandoned and a much extended safe zone around the western hemisphere be established to deter belligerents from venturing near neutral waters.
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New York
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Americas
Save the Birds in Sterling as Robins Counted
Burlington Hawkeye notes Sterling school children conducted a robin census reporting 2356 robins, while acknowledging census limits and the difficulty of valuing birds. The piece laments people who mistreat wildlife and treats robins as game birds.
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