New York's Summer Topics By James A. Edgerton
New York's Summer Topics covers the reformist mood in the city with talk of a nonpolitical committee of one hundred, suffrage debate in Gotham, notable figures like Mayor McClellan and Maurice, and social concerns from temperance to Armenians. It blends political opinion with society notes and local color.
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Tammany
New York
Jack Munroe
Elk City
McClellan
Wes
Maurice
Canad
Turkey
Horrors of Turkish Atrocities Describe Armenian Suffering
Rev Dr Thomas D Christie of Hartford recounts brutal cruelty against Christians in Turkey. He writes of Adana massacres, burning, and corpses in streets and rivers, comparing scenes to Shiloh and Vicksburg, and notes Adana as a city now destroyed.
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Turkey
Thomas D. Christie
Hartford
Adana
Shiloh
Corinth
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Cabell Named U S Internal Revenue Commissioner
R C Cabell succeeds John G Capers as United States internal revenue commissioner in New York. The post falls under the secretary of the treasury and could gain importance if a corporate tax is enacted. Cabell, a former army inspector general in the Spanish War, is the son of a noted officer.
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London
New York
John G. Capers
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
RK. C. Cabell
Department of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Commissioner Cabell
California oil sand as roadbed material tested in Tulare County
Two hundred tons of rich black oil sand from Sunset wells in Visalia, California will be used on Tulare county roads this summer. Superintendent Twaddle notes the sand and oil separate in the sump, leaving sand usable for road binding. The byproduct could reduce a nuisance for heavy oil producers and create revenue.
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Visalia
Cal
Tulare County
California
Twaddle
Adeline
Maricopa Road
Gate City
Kern River
Tulare
Value of Good Roads to Farms
The piece asserts that good roads connect farming areas to bustling towns and drive active business, well kept farms, bright houses, and prosperous outbuildings along the routes. It argues road quality reflects and supports local economic vitality and community wellbeing.
The Average Man and His Ordinary Life
A poem-like social reflection on the average person living a routine life. It traces waking, work, meals, travel, comforts, illnesses, family, and schooling as the census and everyday effort shape the notion of the average existence. The piece muses on limited advancement despite striving to be more.
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Metropolis
Gotham
Daffy
Indulgent Father and Cunning Confessions Revealed
A witty exchange exposes a generous father and a sharp woman who sees through attempts to fool her. The speaker notes she was not born yesterday and recalls the first confession witnessed about her age.
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Committee of One Hundred
James A. Edgerton
Jeffries
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Goshen
Edward Wood
Chicago
Michigan
Testatrix
Henneker, N. H
John Curran
Thomas Quayle
Quayle
Curran
Sing Sing
Richard Croker
Croker
George B. M'Olellan
R. C. Cabell
Katherine Elkins
Abruzzi
Europe
Lapland
Antwerp
William Hitt
Congressman Hitt
Illinois
Hitt
Miss Elkins
Himalayas
Atlantic
Mr. Hitt
Napoleon
England
St. Helena
Carter Harrison
Carter
Congress
Lor Gurney
A. Star A. Transfer Co
Employmant Offices
JOS. Farrell & CO
East
Wishkah Street
Aberdeen
Wishkah Shingle Co
North Aberdeen
Seneca Filter Co
Seneca, Mo
Fred Redinger
Heron Streat
E. Wishkeh
East Hume
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co
C. E. Murray
Aberdeen Carriage Company
Peter Ibsen
General Blacksmiths
Eas
Wishkah
The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle, Wash
Warsaw
Stowers & Kopzinski
Harper
Kentucky
Fred Hev Humboldt
South F Street
Aberde
Pol Aloon Ven
Wash
Patterson A Locke
General Insurance Agents
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