Labor Day Significance in Cambridge Sparks Community Debate
In Cambridge the Labor Day celebration rises as a symbol of worker unity and social reform. The piece rails at wage levels and corporate selfishness while urging the organized labor movement to demonstrate power, urging support for the Cambridge Relief Hospital building fund and reform.
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Cambridge
Cowper
Houghton
Prospect Street
Charles H. Thurston
Augustine Daly
John B. Whoriskey
C. B. Seagraves
Joseph Noera
Central Trust Company
Relief Hospital
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Our Aldermanic Ticket Urges Unified Party Effort
The editorial urges Democratic party members to back a unified slate for the city council and mayoral race. It argues loyalty to the party mandate, condemns personal ambition, and calls professional and business leaders to compete for nominations to strengthen the party and win the next election.
Non-Partisan Doubt Casts Hypocrisy on Cambridge Leaders
The piece denounces the Non-partisan party as hypocritical and insincere, accusing its members of duplicity and of using grand phrases to mislead, while criticizing Mayor Wardwell for lacking independence. It highlights effrontery as a rising flaw and questions party leaders' loyalty and tactics.
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Cambridge
Norris
Dickens
Democratic Party
Mr. Barnum
City Hall
Lincoln
Wardwell
Tions
Historic Highway Began With Zane Land Grants
A tale of early travel and a frontier road between Wheeling and Limestone. Judge Brown, visiting Wheeling, vowed a marked road to Limestone in return for land grants from Congress. Ebenezer Zane received three tracts in Ohio, later confirmed in 1800, with towns named Annesville Fairfield and Chillicothe.
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Judge Brown
Kentucky
Wheeling
Ebenezer Zane
Zane
Limeston
Maysville
Congress
Muskingum, Hocking
Scioto Rivers
Muskingum
Hocking
Scioto River
W. Va
United States
Isaac Anne
Northwest Territory
State of Ohio
Annesville
Fuairfield
Chillicothe
Scioto
Brown
Pocahontas in History and Legend Across Hemispheres
A historical sketch recounts Pocahontas born 1595 as Powhatan’s daughter, detailing her reception in England is court life and theater, and notes her longing for her forest homeland before dying at Gravesend aboard the George.
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Pocahontas
Powhatan
Virginia
Elizabeth
England
Queen Anne's Court
London
Globe Theater
George
Gravesend
Wiliam Ordway Partridge
Circle Magazine
Lives of Old Violins
The New York World notes the long lifespans of Italian violins like Stradivarius and Guarneri, which rest in cases or enchant listeners before being passed to a new owner who begins a new chapter in their storied lives.
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George Lehman
Strad
Gunarnerinus
New York World
Calcutta's Jungle Villages Described By One Observer
Calcutta is depicted as a vast string of jungle villages along the Hooghly river bank rather than a true town. The description emphasizes low huts, dense population, and its marginal commercial and political role despite its size.
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Calcutta
Hooghly
The Number Tale Echoed by a Quiet Child
A subtle family scene unfolds at a meal where a quiet boy, Tommy, listens through the courses as the host spins a story and the dessert round draws a gentle laugh before the son asks for another tale.
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Tommy
Papa
Puzzle on endings and publishers in Tit Bits
A brief dialogue notes a reader seeking how a novel ends by checking the publishers on the title page. The exchange questions whether peeking at the last page or the title page reveals the conclusion, highlighting reader curiosity about publication details.
At Cross Purposes in College Humor
A Cleveland Main Dresser gag shows Ole Penghorn straining to lift a bar while quipping he is doing his best to be expelled, reflecting campus mischief and Benny’s playful rivalry in a college humor panel.
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Ole Penghorn
Cleveland
Mercenary's Claim on Fame Sparks Advertising Debate
A Washington Star quote contrasts fame's lure with business needs, arguing poetry now favors successful advertising as a path to recognition.
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Washington Star
Extension of Federal Power Is Dangerous
Judge George Gray argues against expanding federal power, warning it would erode state sovereignty and self government. He cautions Congress could misuse powers to intrude into internal state affairs under the guise of regulating commerce and centralize authority, threatening individual liberty and local governance.
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Supreme Court
Congress
America’s Hope Lies In The Common Schools
Benjamin Ide Wheeler argues education is the nation’s cure for social ills and sustains democracy. He asserts universal schooling and its faith shape public government, urging preservation of common schools despite persistent questions about what and how to teach.
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America
Umawn Society
Railroads Do Not Pay Fair Returns
Justice David J. Brewer argues railroads fail to provide a fair return on invested capital. He contends investors deserve a reasonable rate of interest, criticizing practices that grant favors or misprice stock while the sector supports national growth.
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John Brownrigge
The
George Gray
United States Circuit Court
Benjamiin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Justice David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
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