Roosevelt sermons and Addicks ties cited in editorials
The Philadelphia Public Ledger questions Roosevelt's sermonizing on reform and urges deeds over words while criticizing his alignment with Addicks and Delaware politics. It notes Payne's blunders and critiques imperialism, banking policy, and Nebraska 1892 votes amid broader GOP criticisms.
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Roosevelt
Riis
Philadelphia
Ledter
Panie Ledger
Public Ledger
United States
Delaware
William Michael Byrne
Byrne
The
Addicks
Congress
Deeds
Governor Burbin Calls for Active Citizenship in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City Governor Burbin of Indiana argues citizenship requires active support of laws and institutions. He questions why the executive would oppose such duties by aiding Taylor, Kentucky’s famed fugitive. tensions rise over enforcement and loyalty to the law.
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Durbin
Atlantic City
Burbin
Indiana
Taylor
Kentucky
American political tension and reform debates in 1904 steam
A dense 1904 political column critiques Roosevelt and Schley while attacking Democratic strategy. The piece mentions McClellan, Antietam, and Kilpatrick style accusations, notes on labor and steel, and urges local Democratic organization amid national party debates. It highlights Greenville Texas Democratic club reaffirming Kansas City platform support and ridicules critics of Hanna and Morgan.
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Democratic Club
Greenville
Hunt County
Tex
Kansas City
Think Well of Airship May Be Stanley Spencer’s Craft
London dispatch reports great interest in Stanley Spencer’s airship project at the Crystal Palace for a proposed voyage around St Pauls. The craft is the largest of its kind in the country and far more powerful than M. Santo Dumont’s earlier flight craft.
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Stanley Spencer
Stanley
Gas Vessel Sails on The Eiffel Tower Concept
A gas vessel measuring 93 feet with a twenty four horsepower motor reaches about twenty five miles per hour. It weighs roughly 1% of the apparatus total and consumes 30 000 feet of hydrogen gas to lift. The craft has been inflated several times and tested successfully.
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Midaiq
Spencer Alrahtp
Eifel Tower
Swimming In Skirts At Geneva Lake
Two Viennese socialites tested if skirts hinder swimming by diving into Geneva Lake in summer attire except hats and coats. Passers-by feared a suicide attempt and offered help, which they refused. They swam about 100 yards to shore and were taken to their hotel by carriage.
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Vienna
Geneva
Indies
Monkey Causes Stir as Jealous Monkey Climbs Berlin Tree
A monkey carried by a lady in a box escaped in Berlin and quickly reached the top of a tall tree. Crowds watched as neither enticement nor threats moved him. The scene ended when the woman hugged a nearby girl, exclaiming “My sweet Jenny,” prompting the monkey to descend in jealousy.
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Berlin
Jenny
A Dangerous Opponent on the Court and Heart
The piece likens a rival to a dangerous opponent who can serve lob and york ley. It sketches the game of vim and dash as a tense match. The narrator notes not being merry as the rival’s actions give the heart a smash in metaphorical play.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Bryan
Daniel Webster
Bryan
Journal
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Democratic Party
Bacon Society Incorporation at Somerset House
The Westminster Gazette notes Baconians incorporated as Bacon Society registered August 20 with 500 members and £1 liability on winding up. Objects include promoting study of Francis Bacon and evidence of his authorship of Shakespeare, with "limited" omitted from the title by license. Management rests with a council.
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Baconians
Somerset House
Bacon Sociaty, Incorporated
Francis Bacon
Shakspere
Lcense
Board of Trade
Westminster Gazette
Shelton Woman Fined for Intoxication After Spree
A Shelton Connecticut woman was fined five dollars for intoxication. Claims arise that her husband, funded by the sister who paid the fine, used the money for a personal spree rather than paying the penalty.
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Shelton
Conn
Thea
Birth of Striking Twin Daughters in Ferrara
Josephine Martinelli of Ferrara Italy has given birth to twins one with fair white hair and pale skin the other entirely black with distinctive features of the negro race. The remarkable birth draws wide attention among locals and observers noting the contrast in appearance.
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Josephine Martinelli
Ferrara
Italy
Firet Use of the Dahlia as a Potato Substitute
The dablis was introduced into Europe for the value of its bulb as a substitute for the Irish potato, which it resembles when baked.
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Firet
Europe
Ita
Sculptor's Work Made Easy with Mechanical Bust Machine
A report notes a Naples inventor Sig Augusta Bontempi and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle backing a hydraulic needle drill that automates bust carving. The device allegedly produces as much as two months of handwork in twelve hours, with potential impact on classical sculpture.
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Sig. Augusta Bontempi
Naples
Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan Doyle
W. G. Jones
England
Michael Angela
Doe Waited to Be Shot Near Gloversville Road
Fred Unger a Bleeker Na Y teamster drove along Gloversville road and sighted a large doe grazing by the roadside. After borrowing a gun at a nearby house he returned and killed the deer as it stared at him.
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Fred Unger
Gloversville
Unger
Ancient stone hammers found in Arizona mines
Two hundred stone sledges and thirteen hundred stone sledge hammers were unearthed from prehistoric tunnels in the Troy mines at Leslie Arizona. Made of black hematite with simple grooves, they show where handles were once bound. Some hammers appear to have had two handles for bipartial use. Greenstone and jaspar failed to chip hematite to reveal red oxide paint. The finds suggest war tool usage by ancient peoples.
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Troy
Leslie
Ariz
Lightning Sets Newspaper Afire at Kansas School
Harry Garver a Kansas School for the Hting stableman was struck by lightning while sitting on a box in front of the barn in Kansas City Kansas. He appeared dead then regained awareness as bystanders and Dr Wilkinson treated burns to his right side where the paper he read had ignited.
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Bryan
Weaver
Cleveland
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Gold Bugs
National Committee
Harry Garver
Kansas School
Kansas City
Kan
Garver
Carver
Wilkinson
Star
Fortune Says Eloper Might Profit in Museum Glory
A Chicago publication quips that the man who eloped with his mother-in-law was sheriffly escorted back to Michigan, where he could have secured a profitable engagement in the museum. The cartoon caption frames the rejected hero in his imagined splendor.
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Chicago
Michigan
Conquering Success and other notable literary works
Literary notes review several 19th century titles from Houghton Mifflin. Works highlighted include Conquering Success by William Mathews with themes on health energy and will. The Young Sea Whalers by Winthrop Packard detailing a whaling voyage and Arctic life. Jewel A Chapter in Her Life by Clara Louise Burnham focusing on Christian Science influenced growth. My Own Story by J Trowbridge a memoir of his life and writing career. Sally, Mrs Tubbs by Margaret Sidney about a washerwoman’s ascent to marriage. Gorgo A Romance of Old Athens by Charles Gaines set in Periclean era with a Spartan heroine. Gerga a tale of Theramenes and Gorgo. and a Montana tragedy of a murdered shepherd.
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William Mathews
Houghton, Mullin & Co
Punlishers
Boston
Winthrop Packard
Bering Sea
Arctic Ocean
Alaska
Themelves
Massachusetts
Arctic
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
New York
Lathrop Publishing Co
Sally
Tubbs
Margaret Silney
Margaret Sidney
Sally Plunkett
Abijah Tubbs
Gorgo
Old
Athens
Chas. K. Gaines
St. Lawrence University
Gerga
Laconia
Toler
Theramenes
Sparta
Lysander
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Pittsburg
Hungary
Shaw
Buckner
San Francisco
Pacific Islands
Mrs. Todd
Clarkson
Etect
Cuba
Buffalo
N. Y
Mr. Rocke- Feller
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Dick
Messrs, Hanna and
Herrick
Messrs. Johnson and Clarke
Washington
Oyster Bay
Freuting
Rth
Montana
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