President Wilson Returns After New York Review Trip
Washington notes report President Wilson flew to Washington after inspecting U S at New York and the Mayflower faced heavy gales on the voyage up the coast. Levi Morton, aged ninety one, celebrated his birthday amid congratulations from friends nationwide. The Agriculture Department fights for better farm women conditions with over 1.16 million spent on cooking canning and home economics programs. The US will expand aeronautics with a four month dirigible contract to Connecticut Aircraft Company of New Haven. US horse exports to Europe total 250000 in six months, at 35000 monthly, with little price rise.
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Wilson
Washington
U. S
New York
Levi P. Morton
New York State
Congress
Harrison
Morton
Department of Agriculture
United States
Connecticut Aircraft Company
New Haven
Census bulletin places 1912 national wealth at $187.7 billion
The preliminary bureau bulletin lists the nation’s total wealth at 187,739,000,000 dollars and a per capita amount of 1,960 dollars. Nevada leads in per capita wealth at 4,865 dollars, with the last words noting state rankings and a missing Dakota reference.
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Census Bureau Hall
Nevada
Dakota
Belton Chases Clean Cut Farm Boy Rube Image
In major league chatter the term Rube means the clean living farm boy, not the awkward recruit. Managers seek this persona as the ideal baseball talent, branding the stereotype with pride and ridicule alike.
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Ruber Ellis
Rube
Belton
Rubes
Maj
Ees
Farm Boys in Baseball and Major League Rise
In Farm and Fireside Hugh Fullerton argues farm boys excel in baseball. A major league manager favors farmers for their discipline and growth. The article traces a shift from city-born players to farm and small-town talent over the past decades.
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Springfield
Ohio
Hugh
Fullerton
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
New England
Atlantic States
Prnchet Waddell
Rube’ Marquard
Public Health Lab plans user fees. Bismarck Minot tours noted
Dr. L D Bristol, director, toured Branch Laboratories in Bismarck and Minot and presented a paper on the Public Health Laboratory of North Dakota. He urged charging fees for non public health examinations. AW 20 percent budget cut and rising materials costs prompted consideration of closing labs, but a new fee plan may prevent closure. Walter Belyea, a University sophomore, became assistant observer at the Weather Bureau Station after training at Bismarck. Professor Howard E Simpson directs the Bureau Station work. President Henry Lawrence Southwick of Emerson College read Twelfth Night at the University, in his sixth annual visit, under Stock and Buskin Society.
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University
L. D. Bristol
Public Health Laboratory
Bismarck
Minot
State Medical Association
Public Health Laboratory of
North Dakota
Gare
Walter Belyea
Weather Bureau
Bismarck Station
Offessor Howard E. Simpson
Henry Lawrence Southwick
Emerson College of Oratory
Boston
Stock and Buskin Society
The Young Man and the Young Maiden
A satirical depiction of a young man dressing in flashy clothes and pursuing a maiden. The tale contrasts the man’s showy attire and brash courtship with the maiden’s bold, costly appearance and flirtatious nightlife, ending with family appeals and social expectations.
ode to the editor and a wheat milling note
A playful tribute extols a local editor for grit and service, praising news coverage and town boosterism. The piece hints at a recurring page three note about the Whole Wheat Milling Company and a reference to Fish appearing on page three.
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Whole Wheat Milling Company
Reading at Home Shapes Young Minds in Mount Vernon
A Mount Vernon New York mothers meeting highlights how home reading nurtures taste and character. Miss Hunt of Brooklyn Public Library urges selecting high quality children's books, noting many classics and a few universally best works. She advocates starting in infancy with Bible stories, fairy tales, and Stevenson, arguing nightly read alouds build lifelong literacy.
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Mount Vernon
New York
Miss Hunt
Brooklyn Public Library
DeQuincey
Stevenson
Sunday Papers
Efficient Publicity Versus Gossip Driven Advertising
New York report notes merchants shift from word of mouth to newspaper notices to reach a wider audience. It argues newspapers give broader, faster awareness of store bargains and events. A separate item reports Lillian Pablick arrested in New York for burglary, with recovered stolen items from her home.
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Smith, Jones
New York
Lillian Pablick
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Williams County State Bank
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Kalsemine
Hebron
Jordan
Ship of State
Hector
Piper
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American Tobacco Co
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Whole Wheat Milling CO
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