Defiance Evening Edition notices and West travel essay
The Defiance Western press announces daily evening edition and weekly press details with carriage and mail rates. A World’s Work essay contrasts life in Arizona and New Mexico territories with Harte era fiction, praising towns, utilities, schools, and sanitation in Prescott.
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West
Arizona
New Mexico Territories
California
Bret Harte
New York
Chicago
Prescott
Ariz
Laundryman on the Line at Niagara Falls
Pong Bow a Terre Haute Chinese laundryman travels to Niagara Falls and strays into Canada missing his train. He faces a $500 head tax to reenter Canada, with immigration officials denying relief and political appeals up to the White House. Canada offers to waive the tax if Roosevelt requests it, leaving Bow in limbo on the line.
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Pong Bow
Terre Haute
Ind
Niagara Falls
Pong
Canada
America
Uncle Sam
Pony Bow
Bow
White House
Ottawa
Sargent
Congressman Holliday
Indiana
Roosevelt
State hospital plan to combat tuberculosis proposed
The article argues for a state hospital for consumptives as part of winter legislative measures. It compares tuberculosis to pneumonia, noting physicians often fail against pneumococcus and that recovery hinges on the patient maintaining good health long before illness strikes.
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Iowa
Moral revival spreads through communities nationwide
The text describes a broad moral awakening among Americans where collective conscience boosts demand for cleaner streets, honest officials, and stricter law enforcement. It asserts reverence for law grows as people seek higher standards and reduced tolerance for vice. This revival varies by place but shares a common core.
Indians entertain guests at New York dinner
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish hosted a dinner in New York where five southwestern Indians performed in the ballroom. A Moqui man named Shungopavi wore full costume and shared stories and songs, followed by four other performers including a squaw and three bucks dressed in ornate attire.
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New York
Three Thorn Dale Sisters Tie Century Marks
In a home two miles south of Thorn dale Pennsylvania three sisters born there remain alive aged 97 88 and 86 Their combined ages total 271 years the two younger sisters Miss Esther Steel and Miss Dorothy Steel reside in the birthplace house with Mrs Hannah Wilmire now of Philadelphia all three surpass ages of contemporaries reported.
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Thorndale
Hannah Wilmire
Philadelphia
Esther Steel
Dorothy Steel
From Marshall Field to cautious capitalists
The passage recalls Marshall Field as an old fashioned merchant never using credit or risky financial moves. It notes that others have not been able to avoid such practices either, implying a contrast with modern financial behavior.
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Marshall Field
Tokio professor seeks English books from top authors
A Tokio university professor appeals for English books by the best authors and several writers have already sent a complete set of their works in response.
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Tokio University
Snake spotted in streetcar in Louisville
A snake was observed aboard a streetcar in Louisville, prompting crew to halt service until it was removed by authorities or animal control. Passengers remained safe as staff coordinated a safe removal.
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Louisville
Speaker Cannon Opposes Tariff Revision To Preserve Prosperity
The Denver Republic quotes Speaker Cannon advocating no tariff overhaul to avoid disrupting booming business. He warns that revising the tariff could trigger plant layoffs, freight slowdowns, and a return to stagnation, urging lawmakers to let well enough alone.
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Cannon
Congress
Denver Republican
Mark Hanna
Reckless Opposition Against Tariff Reciprocity
The piece attacks Democratic sincerity on tariff policy, accusing them of vague talk on reciprocity and no concrete plans. It cites past scores, including a 67 cent per ton coal duty suspension, to claim Democratic opposition harms business. It notes shifts from revenue tariffs to reciprocity and claims the South supports protection alongside Republican prosperity.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Democratic Party
Bryan Accepted as a Datto by Filipino Title Debate
The Washington Star notes Bryan’s mock Filipino title as a datto reflecting past rejections in 1896 and 1900. It questions whether he can claim the honor without Congress, cites the Philippines as American territory and the Moro organization as Spanish-era inheritance, and jokes about impractical uses of bolos and brasses on Bryan’s Nebraska estate.
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Mr. Bryan
United States
Congress
Burgess
Texas
Philippines
Bryan wary in Philippines despite talks of independence
The Troy Times notes that while crowds in the Philippines see him as a champion, William Jennings Bryan speaks cautiously and makes no promises on independence. Observers say ground realities differ from distant impressions.
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Mr. Bryan
Philippines
Bryan
Philippine
Troy Times
Fall of a monarch of the Swiss forest oak
A grand oak near Burgdorf Switzerland was felled, its trunk at 16 feet high measured four and a half feet in diameter. The tree, planted about 1600, showed 311 concentric growth rings, revealing its great age and stature.
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Burgdorf
Switzerland
Measuring Raindrops by Dough Pellets
The largest raindrops reach about one fifth of an inch in diameter. They are measured by letting drops fall into flour, forming dough pellets. These pellets are then compared with samples from drops of known size to gauge their diameter.
The Origin of Dreams Satirical Debate
Phrase from a New York Sun cartoon cites a wife dreaming of a hat after a supper with the men. It features a humorous exchange about whether meals affect dreams and the idea that food shapes subconscious imagery.
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Bocker
N. Y
Farmers Stand Firm Against Tariff Critics, Says Chronicle
The Portsmouth Chronicle argues farmers resist tariff changes while asserting strong growth in farm wealth. It notes Secretary Wilson's report showing farmers' rising wealth, banking roles, and a 33.5 percent increase in farm value over a decade, with 56.4 percent of inputs from abroad.
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Portsmouth
N. H
West
Cummins
Iowa
James Wilson
Wilson
Pointed Paragraphs Reflect Tariff and Trade Views
A compilation of sharp political quips on tariff revision free trade and prosperity. Notable mentions include Roosevelt as a Red Man Tillman on irrigation and Iowa farmers tied to the Dingley tariff. Conflicting opinions appear from Kansas City Star Chicago Daily News and others.
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Bryan
Tillman
Irrigation Committee
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Chicago Daily News
England
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Iowa
Arlington
N. Y
San Francisco Chronicle
Williams pushes tariff bills to place Republican on record
Albany Evening Journal quotes that Representative Williams, minority leader, has introduced several tariff tinkering bills to show the party on record. It says the GOP is on record and will act when it suits the majority’s wishes, urging Williams to focus on more useful work.
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Representative Williams
Congress
Republican Party
Williams
Albany Evening Journal
First Stereotyper Charles Craske Dies at 83
Charles Craske, once of St Marks Avenue, died in Woodbridge New Jersey at 83. He pioneered newspaper stereotyping in 1852 at Horace Greeley's suggestion, transforming printing practice over years. He spent over five decades in stereotyping and electrotyping in New York whose Pearl Street firm carried on the craft.
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Charles Craske
St. Marks Avenue
Woodbridge
N. J
Horace Greeley
Craske
New York
Pearl Street
Women Campaigners Stir British Election Drama
In England during a bitter general election women actively campaign from platform to parlour. Countess Warwick and Lady Randolph Churchill are noted spellbinders, while others ride potato carts to reach workers. Rowdy meetings and cross questioning mark the campaign, with leaders like Balfour and Chamberlain subject to heckling and verbal volleys.
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Worcester
Bartlet
Old England
Edmund Talbot
Edmund
Countess of Warwick
America
Helmsley
Willoughby de Eresby
Churchill
George Cornwallis West
Randolph Churchill
Winston Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Countess Howe
Duchess of
Apostle of Protection
John Burns
Chamberlain
Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Manchester
Enraged wild deer attacks automobile on public highway
Emmet Fairbanks of Boston leads a hunting party in Maine territory when a deer attacks their auto along a deserted road. The buck destroys the headlight and a tire, rips at a fur robe, and wounds a passenger before the men shoot and kill the animal and report the incident to a game warden.
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Berlin
N. Y
Emmet Fairbanks
Boston
Stage
Fairbanks
Greatest Hide Consumption Outstrips Europe in Skins Used
The Shoe Retailer notes the country is the world's top consumer of hides and skins, using 48 million goat skins, 24 million sheep skins, 16 million hides, 9 million calf skins, and 2 million other skins annually. It imports goat skins worth about 25 million dollars and over 190 million dollars of hides, totaling more than 50 million dollars in hides and skins. Germany buys about a third less, while England and France import half as much.
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Germany
England
France
Man with iron nerve loses suit after railway legs case
Edward Samuel May known as the man with the iron nerve sued the Taff Vale Railway for damages claiming a train knocked him onto the rails and amputated both legs. The jury found for the company, and May lost the case along with both legs.
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Cardiff
Wales
Edward Samuel May
Taff Vale Railway Company
May
Child Cuts Off Brother’s Hand in Whiteside County
In Sterling Illinois, Floyd Maxwell six-year-old son of Cleo Maxfield, residing in Portland township, Whiteside county, attacks his four-year-old brother with a hatchet during play. He pulls the hatchet from the younger boy and severs the left hand with a single blow.
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Sterling
Floyd Maxwell
Cleo Maxfield
Portland Township
Whiteside County
Floyd
Indiana girl kills fox with broom at Wheatland home
A 14 year old girl, daughter of O S Roberson of Wheatland Knox county, used a broom to kill a large red fox trapped near the house. She seized the weapon, chased the animal, struck it dead, and carried it home.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
O. S. Roberson
Wheatland
Knox County
When Greed Doesn't Pay in the City
A Chicago Record-Herald quip contrasts a philosopher's ethic with a get-rich-quick artist who argues against waiting to cash in once the community is nearly stripped of cash. The exchange frames earned wealth versus opportunistic plunder.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Bates Named New Chief of Staff Gen Bates Receives Distinguished Service
Maj. Gen. John Colt er Bates is named chief of staff with a career spanning the Civil War through the Philippine campaigns. He entered service in 1861 and rose from lieutenant to brigadier general and later major general. Bates served under Meade at Gettysburg and led units in Cuba and the Philippines, negotiating with the sultan of Sulu and shaping drill and firing regulations.
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Second
United States Infantry
Bates
St. Charles
Mississippi
Santiago
Department of Santa Clara
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Philippines
Pacific
Sultan of Sulu
Eighth Army Corps
Department of Southern Luzon
United States
Luzon
Mindanao
Acting President Judson Named At University Of Chicago
Dean Harry Pratt Judson, 57, longtime educator and scholar born in New York, is chosen as acting president of the University of Chicago after Dr. Harper’s death. Judson has served as history professor and dean, guiding administration and publishing works on Caesar’s Army and American history. He also co edits the American Historical Review.
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Harper's
England
Gladstone
Bryan
Yale Boys
America
Balfour
Downing Street
Great Britain
Harper
Dean Judson
New York State
Williams
University of Chicago
Judson
Troy
N. Y
University of Missouri
Chicago
University of
Harry Pratt Judson
Europe
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
American Historical Review
American diplomat Henry White to represent U S at Alger ciras
Henry White, Baltimore born diplomat long in service, is named to represent American interests at Alger ciras in Spain. He has served as secretary and charge d affaires in London, minister to Italy, and has attended major international conferences including the 1887 88 sugar bounty abolition council.
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Henry White
Italy
Algerciras
Spain
Mr. White
Baltimore
France
Margaret Stgvesant Rutherford
New York
White
London
Vienna
Cleveland
McKinley
United States
Missouri's Aggressive Young Attorney General Hadley
The profile portrays Missouri Attorney General Hadley a 34 year old fighter who has battled boodlers and built a strong reputation. Analyzing his inquisitive talent and blunt courtroom style the New York Herald notes his plain Missouri open work approach and piercing gaze. He vows to wake Missouri from its Rip Van Winkle slumber and keep it vigilant against corruption.
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Mr. Hadley
Missouri
H. H. Rogers
John D. Archbold
William G. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Group
New York Herald
Hadley
Daniel
Herald
Lincoln Steffens A California Writer in Washington Sketch
This sketch explains Lincoln Steffens as a California born writer of McClure's since 1901 known for exposing graft in cities and states. It covers his education at California and European universities, early New York newspaper work, and his ongoing series on Washington men and government morals.
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Steffens
West
California
McClure’s
Lincoln Steffens
University of California
Berlin
Heidelberg
Leipsic
Paris
New York
Henry Watterson
New York Evening Post
Commercial
San Francisco
London
Josephine Bontecou
Washington
Missing link hunt advances with Warrnambool footprints
Scientists chase a supposed missing link after marks on a Warrnambool sandstone block were cast and sent to Germany. A German expert now regards the imprints as genuine human footmarks, supplementing unusual skulls in the Warrnambool museum.
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Warrnambool
Australia
Germany
Warrnambool Museem
Mild Winter First Orange We Don’t Seem to Be Ruined Yet
A brief New York Sun item contrasts a mild winter with commentary on orange crops. It notes a snow crop failure and hints at continued resilience rather than disaster.
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N. Y
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