WAXING POWER OF JOURNALISTS
An 1890s discussion in Harper's Weekly surveys how journalism's reach has grown since 1890, noting increases in daily and monthly publications, broader readership, and the press’s expanding influence on society, religion, and government including praise from scholars and leaders for the press as a modern force shaping public thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wendell Phillips
Boston
Tate Ev
Richard
Stophy
Brooklyn
National
Parthenon
Forum Romanum
Tiber
Danies
Applied Science
H. S. Nash
Homer Wilbur
Lowell
Bigbow
Court of St. James
London
Dionysius
Eliot
Harvard University
Press
Buipit
Moses A
Humbert
Italy
Henry
Prussia
Germany
Simeon Baldwin
Connecticut Supreme Court
National Bar Association
Harper’s Weekly
Boston Birth-Rate Falls Low Since 1894
The Medical News reports Boston’s birth rate in 1901 at 27.10 with only 4275 population gain. Native whites of native parentage drop to 36 percent while foreign-born make up about one third. Italians Russians and Irish are noted in specific numbers with birth rates highest in poorer wards like Box Bay South End Roxbury West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. three wards show more deaths than births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Roman Relics Unearthed At Fifehead Neville Dorset
Excavations at Fifehead Neville in Dorsetshire under Wingfield Neville reveal a Roman residence likely of a magistrate. A mosaic pavement and bath with intact red tiles, walls, and pottery suggest a substantial settlement and potential for further discoveries in the district. London News notes growing archaeological interest.
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Gland
Dorsetshire
Fifehead
Neville
Wingfield Neville
Sherborne
London News
Convicts Advertise Pardons in New Orleans Paper
A Richmond Dispatch item notes the New Orleans Picayune printed brief notices from convicts seeking clemency. George Thompson and Joe Bell announce petitions for commutation and pardon under a Louisiana law requiring public notice for opposing or supporting applications. The rule aims to allow due process before pardons are granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
George Thompson
John Batiste
Joe Bell
Louisiana
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Meaning of Historic in a Perthshire Locale
A Glasgow Times reader quotes a rural neighbor who recalls the Black Castle as once historic but not now. The anecdote underscores shifting perceptions of what counts as historic in a picturesque Perthshire district.
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Perthshire
Black Castle
Glasgow Times
Exes For England Egg Imports Rise in Past Year
The United Kingdom imported eggs valued at 23 million dollars last year. Denmark supplied 5.5 million, Russia 5.4 million, followed by Germany Belgium France Canada Morocco the United States and Egypt in order of importance.
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England
United Kingdom
Denmark
Russia
Germany
Belgium
France
Canadas
Moroccco
United States
Egypt
Tragic death of college mate sparks tender reminiscence
The writer recalls James Warren, a college friend, killed in a brutal, dismembering railway accident. Amid reflections on life and faith, the piece shifts to a rant about Atlanta strikes and labor conflicts, citing printers, interlopers, and union battles, contrasting labor hardships with past benevolence from industrialists.
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Major Warren
Jim Warren
James Warren
Charley
Philanthropy and taxes in a 19th century sermon
The speaker lauds philanthropic housing for the poor funded by a wealthy man who built cottages, then argues for a graduated income tax modeled on England. He says great fortunes should be taxed heavily and that wealth is a loan to be repaid, echoing Bob Toombs on reinvestment. The piece uses Bill Arp’s voice from the Atlanta Constitution.
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England
Rockefeller
Morgan
Carnegie
Bob Toombs
Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
Persecution of Jews at Kishineff reports brutal attacks
Dr Doroschewski of Kishineff National Hospital describes horrific Jewish victims in an upheaval. He cites Sara Fonarschi with nails driven into her brain, a man with limbs broken and severed extremities, Chariton with lips, tongue and windpipe removed, Selzer with ears cut away, a carpenter with hands sawn off, a girl blinded, a woman disemboweled, children thrown from windows. Forty seven killed on the spot, eighty dying of injuries, three hundred hospitalized, four thousand left homeless and unable to flee.
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Atlanta
Tom Lyon
Recorder
Tom
Houston
Texas
Huntington
Dayton
Ohio
Jene
London
Tom Hood
Kishineff
New York
Doroschewski
National Hospital At
Selzer
Mutiny Convicts Sentenced to Death Aboard Veronica
At Liverpool hearing before Magistrate Otto Mos non Gustave Ray 18 William Smith 30 and an American 29 were found guilty of murder and sentenced to death for the killing of Capt Shaw and seven crewmen aboard the British bark Veronica off Cameria near South America during the Oct 6 voyage from Ship Island Mississippi. They were captured at sea by the ship Brunswick.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Stupendiary
Otto Mos Non
Gustave Ray
Wm. Smith
Veronica
Cameria
South America
Shaw
Ship Island
Miss
Monteviedo
Brunswick
Schweickardt confesses to grand jury bribe exposure
Former State Senator Schweickardt has made a full statement to Circuit Attorney Folk, detailing alleged legislative bribery over six years. He claims to illuminate corruption tied to the transit deal and other legislative crimes in a comprehensive confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Vformer
Schweickardt
Circuit
Folk
Marconi Faces Nervous Collapse After Strain
Signor Marconi, after heavy mental strain in the United States and Italy, is on the verge of nervous collapse. His physicians have ordered a prolonged rest and he will go to the Riviera for an indefinite stay, despite ongoing plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
Rome
Signor Marconi
United States
Italy
Riviera
Seventy Two Christian Victims Reported at Monastir
Official reports place the number of Christian victims at Monastir and the surrounding country at 72, detailing a deadly episode in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Monastir
The Frills Got Sulzer Access At War Department Door
Representative Sulzer of New York forcefully pressed a messenger at the War Department, saying he was ranking minority member of the House military affairs committee. The messenger admitted him and opened the door, allowing Sulzer to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
Sulzer
Secretary of War
Representative Sulzer
New York
Committee On Military Affairs
House of Representatives
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