Ponderous Personages GENERAL BOULANGER My George Pitch
A compact sketch of General Georges Boulanger, a 19th century French military figure and politician whose rise to Napoleonic ambition sparked great tension in France. The piece traces his youth, military career, ascent, clash with government, and eventual downfall ending with his suicide in Brussels in 1891.
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General Boulanger
George Pitch
France
George Ernst Jean Marie Boulanger
Germany
Ware
Geenany
Houlanger
Mae
Paris
Rhine
Cologne
Berlin
United States
Boulanger
Brussels
Prosperity Seen From War Trade Tides and Banks
A Newark area piece notes Dun's Review shows ocean traffic stabilizing and U S ports resuming smooth flow. The opening of the federal reserve system quickened economic activity with Chicago banks lending millions. Reemployment rises in Gary and Chicago Heights while demand for farm equipment and meat grows. The article urges Waterloo to support optimism and community effort, citing John M Glenn on mutual boost and bank stability as keys to sustained prosperity.
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Dun
United States
Federal Reserve System
Chicago
Chicago Stock Exchange
Toaluy
Gary
Ind
Chicago Heights
West
Waterloo
John M. Glenn
Tminois Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
A Freak Proposition About Taft Leadership and Republican Faction
The Baltimore American argues against Taft as a mere reactionary with no original impulse and mocks Taft boosterism as a freak proposition. It views a shift away from Rooseveltism and Bryanism as returning to Penrose and Cannonist ideas, noting Taft’s lack of leadership as president.
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Baltimore
Iowa
Baltimore American
Greater Iowa and city manager plans spread across states
The Short Ballot Bulletin notes Ash tabula drafts a charter for a city manager with Prof Thos H Reed of UC shaping a San Jose charter. Newburgh NY Nasa Taxpayers league urges Plan OC under NY law. Norwood PA will use a five member select board and hire a town manager. Kansas Municipalities favors city manager option. Iowa lags. Taft’s 1912 vote echoes amid progressive governance chatter.
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Ashtabula
Thos. H. Reed
University of California
San Jose
Cal
Newburgh
N. Y
NASA Taxpayers and Rent Payers League
New York
Norwood
Mars
League of Kansas Municipalities
Lawrence
Greater
Iowa
A Joke A Day by John Kendrick Bangs on What Is Funny
In response to The Times appeal John Kendrick Bangs ponders humor across views from Cape Neddick Maine. He notes that what one person finds funny differs from another and that jokes about politics or personalities vary with perspective. He argues that measuring what is funnier would require a standard that cannot be fixed.
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John Kendrick Bangs
The
Times
Cape Neddick
Progressive Party
the Times
Chesterton
Bernard Shaw
Altho
Admiral Peary
Chillier
Desler
To the Heart of the Matter on Spanking and Civility
A humorous essay argues adult snappiness needs a public spanking as a corrective. It likens moodiness to a torrent of vile impulses and critiques corporal punishment while sharing jokes about discipline, then closes with light anecdote about a German farmer and a horse.
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Fcilors
Fragmented critique of modern thought and progress
In progressive days leaders of thought refuse to engage with anything reactionary and valueless. The writer notes that the sum total of human experience deems past ideas foolish and present ones wrong, acknowledging further unsettled varieties of opinion.
Pass the Plate for Starving Belgians Appeal
Letter to the editor urging support for the Dollar Christmas Fund for Homeless Belgians to prevent starvation this winter. The fund collaborates with the London Shiling Fund, has raised nearly $400,000, and will send all contributions to Europe before December 30.
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Rockefeller Foundation
London
Europe
Evidences of Increasing Trade From the Chicago Herald
Trading activity surges as foreign buyers order hundreds of thousands of goods. Automobiles, shoes, clothing, and sheet iron tents flow to France, Germany, and Russia while Chicago packing houses struggle with stockyard quarantines. French and Swiss buyers push large sums, beans and other staples flood the market, and overall contracts run into millions.
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Chicago Herald
Ata
Nealhy
New York
Chicago
Frai
Germany
Chicaso
France
Russia
England
Dear Old Iowa By Arthur Edward Weld
A nostalgic poem extols staying in Iowa, contrasting harsh northern and western climates with the comforts of home. It urges readers to remain in Iowa, criticizing travel to the east west and south for discomforts, fauna, floods, heat, and parasites, while praising local ties and community support.
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Ev'ry Knoll
Iowa
Hetter
Dollar Christmas Fund for Homeless Belgians Appeal
Heads of families and boarding houses promise to pass the plate for Belgian homeless relief before Thanksgiving. The plea notes the immense needs of a grievously struck nation and urges gifts as personal sacrifice. Henry Clews, treasurer, appeals from 15 Broad St New York, with contributions routed via Hoelling Courier and Reporter.
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Turkey
Henry Clews
Dollar
Broad St
New York
Hoelling
Foot and mouth scare denied by department of agriculture
Washington report says sensational claims that foot and mouth disease was being spread to disrupt exports have no basis. The Agriculture Department traced the tale to a Lincoln Nebraska individual and noted no government involvement. The department continues to investigate though the story appears uncredible.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Department
Lincoln
Neb. Althe
Officials Relieved After DuSeless Allegations Cleared
City department announced it has satisfied itself that the allegations are DuSeless, and officials are greatly relieved by the conclusion.
Laughs to Remember in Ruth Cameron Essay
The piece explores how laughter signals varying emotions and social signals. It contrasts sneering laughs with warm, tender ones and notes laughter can settle or inflame disputes while reflecting character and mood.
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Molly
Laughter as social mask and personal contradiction
The passage discusses different laughs and their social meanings, from flattering laughter used by the clever to nervous laughter that betrays anxiety. It notes laughter's ties to joy and tears to sorrow, and questions whether true happiness always accompanies laughter, citing Byron and Kipling to illustrate contrasts in mood and perception.
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Lord Byron
Supreme Court Session Opens Tomorrow in Des Moines
Des Moines November 23. The supreme court will open a short session with Judges Ladd Preston Evans and Weaver on the bench. The court will try to dispose of the clerk and reporter selection amid many candidate letters and endorsements. The court aims to decide on merit, likely without Withrow or Salinger.
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Des Moines
Ladd
Preston
Evans
Weaver
Iowa
Withrow
Salinger
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