Roosevelt and Wilson clash over steel trusts in campaign
Republicans and Democrats swapped charges on United States Steel behind Roosevelt's trust plan. Wilson warned in Pueblo and Kansas City that steel interests shape policy, while Roosevelt demanded proof. Wilson countered that steel leaders back a favorable regulatory framework, urging broad reform to curb monopolies and lower prices.
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Woorlrow Wison
Colorado
Steel Trust
Roosevelts
Judge Pather
Wilson
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Albany
United States Steel Corporation
Perkins
George Perkins
United States
Titbits of the Ancient Greeks and Romans on Food
A quirky glimpse into ancient cuisine describes Greeks eating young foxes robins sparrows and moonlit fish and a comic cook bragging of a perfect fish fry. It notes Trojan pis stuffed with eggs artolans and thrushes while Romans savored giant snails and lavishly fattened shellfish.
Star gallery in doubt as letters fade away
A husband and wife exchange lines about love and memory, questioning whether the wife remains the central star of his life as past romantic notes lose their shine. The playful domestic exchange hints at changing affection and affectionality.
Action from youth advice from middle age prayers from the aged Healed
A fragment reflects a proverb about generations offering guidance prayers and resilience. The line suggests youth initiate action, middle age offers counsel, and the elderly provide spiritual support, ending with the word Healed as a possible outcome or state.
Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway Life Facts Revealed
The article notes Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife, born Hathaway was from a Stratford area family. They married when he was nineteen, she twenty six, and her father was a local craftsman. Hathaway died August 4, 1623, age sixty seven, while Shakespeare died at fifty two.
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Shakespeare
Anne Hathn Oy
Stratford On Avon
Anne
Mutlige
Shahkestcare
Shikespeare
Stratford
Skespeare
Learned the Lesson in the Philippines Igorretes Greeting
Alice M. Kelly describes her November 1901 visit among the Igorretes as part of early Philippine school teaching. She faced fear at an American woman and used repeated Good morning greetings, influencing locals and even courtroom appearances as authorities addressed her respectfully. The school she found became the Bua school.
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Philippines
Alice M. Kelly
Mrs Kelly
Mrs. Kelly
Nelly
Kelly
Bua School
Finding New Friends
A meditation on early friendship, noting that a worthwhile new companion should advance both souls, deepen empathy, and awaken fresh faculties. The author compares the thrill of new connection to dew on a meadow and the excitement of discovering a new continent.
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Frances EF. Witlard
Handling a Rifle in Field Use from Outing
The passage discusses rifle handling for rapid firing, emphasizing shotgun weight balance trigger pull fit and quick catching hand alignment. It describes a coordinated action with the left arm pushing forward and the right hand drawing back, guiding the finger by transfer of force to the trigger rather than deliberate finger crooking. The aim is immediate readiness as the head covers the mark, with the Lutich underway regardless of the outcome.
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Ats
Remington Amc
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Broadway
New York City
Poet Trolls Modern Science Nonsense In Mock Latin Tirade
A fragmented mock dialogue parodies scientific prose as a poet derides researchers Tarek Darvin Thiley and others for unclear writing. A speaker opens a pocket rotcboo and riffs on cathode rays and orthocathodchar, veering into pseudo technical jargon and absurd phrases to lampoon pretentious science writing.
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Tarek
Darvin
Pences
Thiley
Hiton
Oysters and Appetite at Versailles Dining
In a London Chronicle recounting Brillat Savarin and M. Laporte, Brillat Savarin notes Ossiers and dining with a man who loved oysters. Laporte, invited to dinner, eats through more than thirty oysters, then pauses as the feast ends with a vigorous appetite.
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Oystes
Versailles
Wistes Brillat-Savarin
M. Liperte
Lerenwiriel
Laporte
London Chronicle
Natural fortress Inhe world of the rock tribe
A rugged northern fortress named montroma, called the natural fortress in the world, is occupied by a wild people. The enormous rock is about 1,000 feet high and a square mile in area. Its cliffs are so sheer no natural climb exists and the sole entry is via a subterranean passage.
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Vadsynsear
Montroma
Ated
William the Conqueror’s son Robert offered Normandy governorship
A fragment recalls William the Conqueror’s reply to Robert’s demand for governorship of Normandy during his father’s lifetime. He answered dryly that it was not proper to clothe him before he was ready to lie down.
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William the Conquerers
It Had Been Read First Jeweler Burglary Note
It had been read. First jeweler says advertising brings results. Second jeweler asks how. Dirt jeweler recounts a burglary last night after advertising for a waterman. his shop was ransacked during the rent.
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Leudon
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