A Mistake or Worse: Smith's View on Slavery War Claims
The piece debates Mr Fr Hopkinson Smith's claim that Mrs Stowe's novels sparked the Civil War. It cites Smith's shifting stance and in contrast highlights Booker T. Washington’s address praising Black progress since emancipation, noting gains in Virginia Alabama and Tennessee and urging continued support for education and enterprise.
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Hopkinson Smith
Caleb Wyatt
Mrs Line
Smith
Tony
Stowe
Mr. Smith
South
Lichmond
Virginia
Hampton
Academy of Music
Rich- Wand
Tom
Booker T. Washington
New York City
Central
A Peaceful Victory and Filipino Self Government Report
George FP Berker after ten months in the Philippines says Filipinos are not yet capable of independent self government. He claims independence cries come from a small clique seeking office. He praises American officers and notes improved disposition in Taft‑led commission findings in the province of Tarlac. The report highlights greater native understanding and avoidance of agitation.
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Givorge FP
Berker
Philippines
Tarlac
Manila
Taft
Laws and Morals in Kansas Judge Dale's Nation ruling
Judge Dale holds Mrs Nation for trial for malicious destruction of property in a case that frames the Kansas saloon-smashing issue. The decision asserts saloon property is protected by law and that private warfare cannot replace court action. The piece notes possible juror challenges and wider moral questions for Kansas as debates over prohibition continue.
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Dale
Naton
Dings Dale
Nation
Kansas
Mrs. Nation
Wichita
Jingo Dale
4 Shore
Winfield Friends
Oe Supreme Court
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Justice Brewer Urges Reform Of Jury System At Yale
Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court addresses Yale students on jury reform. He laments jurors being treated like criminals and paid little, calls for seating jurors as gentlemen and paying them like businessmen, and favors verdicts by a reasonable number of jurors.
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Justice Brewer
Yale University
Supreme Court of the United States
Unmasked author of An English Woman's Love Letters
The revelation identifies Mr Lawrence Houseman as the creator of An English Woman's Love Letters. Critics distressed by the disclosure are numerous but currently hard to locate, while the book has enjoyed phenomenal vogue especially among women who applaud a writer who grasps and records the full emotional mechanism.
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Lawrence Houseman
Southern Vindication and Notable Court Actions
Historical column recounts W Edward 8 Ellis praise of a US history, Georgia figures burn lasered histories to protest lynchings, Chicago business stamps scheme gains approval, Croker enjoys country life while ruling NYC, Inter Mountain praises A J Davis Jr for securing 2,000,000 property title after lengthy litigation.
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South
W. Edward
Ellis
United States
Georgia
Inter Mountain
Chicago
Lyon
A.J. Davis, Jr
Transcontinental roads bring home-seekers to Montana
The Missoula Democrat-Messenger laments that although two transcontinental railways pass through Montana attracting hundreds or thousands of eastern home seekers, only a few actually settle in the state, with Montana receiving some yet most do not stop here.
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Missoula
Fusionists Pledge Reforms Yet Circle at Ballot Remains
Royal Republican argues Montana fusionists discuss redeeming platform promises including removing the circle atop the ballot but signals indicate the circle will stay. The piece blames democracy for tolerating the device and asserts transocracy will act in its own interest despite public demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Republican
Montana
Tranocracy
Question for Workmen in Montana Mines
The Comanche wine at Butte is legally shut down awaiting higher court ruling on an injunction. Closing the Comanche mine causes ore shortages at the Boston & Montana smelters in Great Falls and idle smeltermen. The piece urges harmony between capital and labor, condemning any use of labor to bludgeon rivals and warning against a fight driven by might.
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Butte
Boston & Montana
Great Falls
Montana
Hathaway shell collection boosts Syracuse university archive
Charles H. Perry of Syracuse as executor of Mary B. Hathaway of New Bedford Mass has donated a large shell collection to Syracuse University. The Mary B. Hathaway collection includes several thousand shells gathered over 35 to 40 years worldwide. Smaller sets came from Mrs Betsey Hobart Mrs Newton A Wells and Mrs Emma Everett.
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Charles H. Perry
Syracuse
Mary B. Hathaway
New Bedford
Mass
Newton A. Wells
Champagne, Il
Emma Everett
Hion
Her Triumph and a Spiteful Marriage Question
The Chicago Times-Herald notes a woman's happiness and wonders if she wed for love or money. The answer, according to the snippet, is neither motive but a plan to spite a number of other girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times-Herald
The Spice of Life and a Foretelling Scam
A fragment shows a chaotic scene with a fortune teller overcharging a customer at 30 cents, later demanding a dollar for thoroughness. The dialogue touches on church, monuments, and a public memory, with sharp, era-specific newspaper tone.
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Detroit Journal
The Wonders of Peat and Fancy Verse Showcases
A London Leisure Hour piece extols peat fibers as durable, warm textiles and paper precursors from Ireland, citing Zschorner in Vienna and promising peat’s potential to enrich Ireland’s resources. Also includes Henry W. Longfellow’s poem Footsteps of Angels, reflecting on departed loved ones visiting in dreams and memory.
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Zschorner
Vienna
Ireland
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