Harmonizing for Democratic Victory in New England Meeting
Democrats rally under New England auspices stressing harmony as the path to victory and party unity. Key speakers, including Bryan, highlight tariff and trusts as central electoral issues. They urge minority acceptance of majority will to sustain organization and press these questions in the coming campaigns.
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Democrats of New England
Bryan
Bailey
Columbia
5. C
Boston
Crowninshield Apologies Ignite National Laughs
A Modern Gaudissant frames Crowninshield as a gallant sea dog whose court of inquiry absolved him and his officers over Illinois grounding. The story compares him to Balzac's Gau dissant and notes his swift rise in the Navy Department, likening him to Sir Joseph Porter for stubbornly staying at his desk and wielding power.
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Gaudissant
America
Crowninshield
Navy Department
Owninshield
Navy
Joseph Porter
Comaj
The Illustrious Crowninshield Roams Royal Waters
A vivid sketch tracks Crowninshield rallying a premier squadron to impress Britain at its coronation and Sweden, then crashes Illinois on rocks near a Swedish coast. He blames the ship, dodges blame, and rebuts disaster with unflappable confidence. The tale frames him as America’s gallant tar reborn.
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Atlantic
Britain
Italy
Crowninshield
Cowes
Sweden
Navy Department
Illinois
Gaudissant
America
Questioning McLaurin ethics in declined judgeship
The Baltimore American and Republican allies critique Senator McLaurin of South Carolina for declining a judgeship he ardently sought. They question whether his refusal signals independence or merely fear of Senate confirmation, seeking the real motive behind his action.
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McLaurin
South Carolina
Baltimore American
South Caroline
Washington
Oyster Bay
Senate
Case of Miss Taylor tests civil service law in court
Secretary of War Root faces a mandamus case in the District of Columbia Supreme Court as Miss Rebecca J. Taylor seeks reinstatement to a War Department clerk position. Taylor argues she was discharged for writing letters against the administration, a move she says violates civil service protections. The dispute centers on limits of political dissent and government employment rights under Roosevelt era policy.
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Miss Taylor
War Department
Washington
Root
Roosevelt
Schley
Navy
Sampson
Civil Service
Press Comment on Americanizing China and Clergy Demands
A string of brief excerpts from the press discusses Wu Ting-fang's plan to modernize China with American methods in education railways and journalism as well as questions about church sermons by telephone and fashion observation. It includes notes on Adolph S. Ochs purchasing papers and calls for Democratic unity with Bryan Vilas and concerns about census figures and bachelor statistics.
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Charleston
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Manila cigarmakers strike for higher wages
About 7 000 cigarmakers in Manila strike demanding a material wage increase. Ross Douglass, formerly Cebu island treasurer, is found guilty of embezzlement but awaits sentence. Belgrade dispatch reports Servia cabinet resignation after defeat in presidential election. J S Morgan Co denies reports of delays in purchasing steamship shares by the shipping combine.
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Manila
Ross Douglass
Cebu
Belgrade
Servia
Skuptshina
Ational Assembly
J. S. Morgan & Co
London
J. P. Morgan & Co
Shippite Combine
Livingston on Trusts in Democratic Strategy
Washington correspondent reports Representative Livingston of Georgia urging a Democratic House to push Roosevelt trust ideas. He campaigns in Maine, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and West Virginia, urging use of taxation to curb trusts and oppose tariffs on raw materials and exports on trust products. He argues monopolies grew under tariff but can be checked by fiscal policy.
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Livingston
Washington
New York Times
Roosevelt
Democratic House of Representatives
Georgia
Democratic
Maine
Indiana
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
West Virginia
Compulsory education for boys on the farm in Georgia
R Blanton argues for compulsory agricultural education to boost farming in Georgia. He decries neglect of rural schools, cites dilapidated facilities, and warns that without farm focused training the state risks agricultural decline amid rising urban literacy and northern funding for other pursuits.
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Georgia
Congress
Georga
South Georgia
R. Blanton
Tariff Revision and Trusts Policy Proposal
The speaker argues against tariff protection and calls for a revenue based tariff benefiting the masses. He advocates abolishing duties on imported raw materials and imposing export taxes on manufactured goods to counter trusts and combines, aiming for broader government support and fairer burdens across industries and regions. He stresses government must remain in charge and pursue comprehensive reform.
Suppress Him From The Washington Post Commentary
The Chicago Tribune cites an evangelist in northern Witnois offering forty dollars weekly and fifty conversions guaranteed with money refunded. The piece condemns the plan as sacrilegious, urges Christian reform, and cites Christ driving traders from the temple as a model. It questions church affiliations tolerating such preaching and mocks the evangelist’s methods.
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Washington Post
The
Chicago Tribune
Witnois
Tinois
Egypt
Illinois
Northwest
Folkloric and political mockups clog 1900s papers
The excerpt compiles noisy commentary from Southern papers on politics and public life. It references Tennessee, South Carolina, and French affairs with satirical asides about candidates and religious orders, plus a colorful anecdote about a thief in Kent County and a sailorish “Young America” casualty note.
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Memphis Scimitar
Tennessee
Birmingham Age-Herald
Hanza
Jake
Knoxville Sentinal
Panama
Young America
New Orleans
Tracy
Esperado
Ftao
Maryland
Sal! Pond
Kent County
Charlotte
James Talbert
Jim
James
Anie Sam
Memphis Gelmitar
Pari
Cotton Season Anticipates Dawcon Market Rush
Dawcon braces for the cotton harvest as bales roll in and markets awaken. Warehouses, merchants, buyers, and hawkers prepare for the fall sale while banks and lenders plan on payments after cotton moves to market. The region links cotton to broader industry, trade, and economic activity as King Cotton returns.
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Marion
Sheriffs
Oregon
Tracy
Augusta Herald
Harry Tracy
Tristan
Statesboro News
Savannah Press
Knonville Sentinel
Cuba
Savannah News
Cotton Buyern
King Cotton
Atlanta News Reflections On City Efforts And Crimes
The articles discuss Roosevelt visiting Macon with potential invites, depot questions, and political figures like Mayor Mims. They praise Atlanta for fountain projects for horses and mules, note Wells of Atlanta’s grim act, commend southern business coalitions and fire insurance efforts, and mention Savannah’s long-standing water fountains reducing heat prostration among horses.
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Macon News
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Macon
Hanna
Savannah News
Augusta Herald
Bobby Walthour
Brunswick News
Carter
Mims
Dawson News
Walton News and Messenger
Wells
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Savannah
Spares From The Wires Report Wide Doings Across Regions
Texas fever hits southern Kansas cattle with over one hundred deaths in days. Mexico’s Vera Cruz bank agrees to take entire issue of state bonds amid water works and sanitation plans. The New York Bouncelist will merge with The Christian Work under Rev. Dr. Halleck, first issue August. Mexican cattlemen unite to protect mutual funds. sugar region planters push national combination. Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad progresses with bridges toward Aldama. New York transit expansions face franchise votes and stalled tunnel projects.
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Dexter
National Bank of Mexico
Vera Cruz
New
Mexico
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
Republic of Mexico
Chihuahua
Aldama
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