General Horace Porter Remembered For Service And Diplomacy
General Horace Porter is honored for a career spanning Civil War staff work with Grant, a railroad executive role, and a notable diplomacy as McKinley’s ambassador to France. He funded the Jones body recovery, refused congress’s reimbursement, and remained a polished after-dinner speaker. He died at an advanced age, leaving a legacy tied to Appomattoxtree memory.
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Turner Porter
Grant
Ufe
McKinley
Frante
John Paul Jones
America
Congress
Forter
Gio
France
Depew Ani
Wilsod
Appomattor
Let’s the Law Handle Bnites
The piece denounces Charles Bouth White as a depraved clergyman and disloyal in his treatment of his wife. It recounts his Paris marriage to a French woman, his move to Merlboro New York, and the community’s reaction including beating him with carbolic acid and tar. It urges legal punishment for flag desecration revenge and domestic abuse.
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Charles Bouth White
Paris
Merlboro
New York
Ennter
Harvey-Lodge Plot Against Hughes Stirs White House Clash
The piece argues President Harding rebuked Ambassador Harvey for a cynical view of war aims and accuses a senatorial clique of plotting to control U.S. foreign policy. It links Harvey and Lodge to a broader fight over the Versailles treaty and Secretary Hughes, warning of potential impeaching shifts in the State Department and administration if Hughes or Hoover fall.
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New York
Harding
Harvey
Hughes
Lodge
White House
Senate
League of Nations
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Wilson
Versailles
England
State Department
National Cemetery
Hoover
St. James
Brazenl
Legal Action Sought Against White Under Law
A statement asserts there is no justification for mobs in America and urges using existing laws to dealing with degenerates like White. The speaker stresses courts remain open and that White should be prosecuted through proper legal processes for his punishment.
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America
Haywood rhetoric warned workers against Bolshevik plots
A vehicle for Haywood toils over Bolshevik fear mongering, depicting Russia and U S workers as victims of capitalists. The piece argues that factory closures worsen unemployment, crops rot to raise prices, and that Bolshevik propaganda would sap workers' will, leaving capitalists free to profit.
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Haywood
Russia
Bss
United States
Imbor
Lenine
Park barrel stench resurfaces in senate graft fight
The editorial lambasts renewed pork barrel spending in Congress after promises of government cost cuts. It cites a massive naval appropriation and a San Francisco Bay project as real estate graft and accuses both parties of trampling taxpayers. It warns Charleston may face park funding slur as partisanship persists.
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Senate
Hi Johnson
San Francisco Bay
Bo- Tal
Park
Charleston
Bryan Enters International Law Field with Washington Firm
The article notes William Jennings Bryan joins a Washington law firm to specialize in international law. It compares Bryan with past secretaries of state and famed international lawyers, suggesting he will face inquiries about expertise but likely attract clients in global affairs. It discusses former officials, their careers, and the lure of public service versus private practice.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Lansing
State Department
John W. Foster
China
Japan
Knox
Senate
Root
Miney
Bryan
Congress
Noted New England Senators Split on Blair Confirmation
A Boston transcript argues that four New England senators oppose Blair’s internal revenue post, while many rank and file voters hold higher ideals than their Washington representatives. The piece frames the vote as a test of honesty and clean politics across the region.
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New England
David H. Blair
Internal Revenue
New
The Parable of the Outdoor Art Gallery
The piece discusses literary bargains with the devil across Faust Dorian Gray Jekyll and Hyde and notes the theme of selling souls. It argues many people unconsciously strike deals for lesser rewards and previews a forthcoming scandal story illustrating the peril and swift collection by the devil.
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William E. Barton
Satan
Oscar ‘Wilde
Dorian Gray
Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hide
Faust
Judas
Marguérite
Debate on Senate votes and employment stance in New England
The piece questions why New Englanders repeatedly elect certain senators while accusing the administration of coercion in confirmations. It praises intellectual critics who condemn the confirmation and hints that the administration used a steamroller tactic. It also questions treatment of job seekers as society’s enemies amid unemployment and cites the Fort Wayne plan as not yet adopted.
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New
Senate
Boston
Mts
Hughes
Fort Wayne
Thirty Criminals Arrested After Train Thefts
Thirty men arrested early Saturday and jailed for three days faced a crowded celling scene. Officials describe them as would be criminals endangering peace, saying they rode freight trains to steal rides while claiming to seek work.
Will Hays Readmitting the Literator Sparks Press Debate
The News argues whether Will Hays acts rightly in readmitting the "Liter ator" to the mails and whether praise from liberal weeklies exposes Wilson and Burleson. It notes the war's end and questions ongoing wartime powers and civil liberties in peace.
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Will Hays
Wilson
Burlesbn
Weir
Hays
Mr. Hays
Burleson
Four Winds Temple Yunnan China In Ancient Lama Temple
An evocative scene from Yunnan Province portrays the Four Winds Temple with generations of lama priests in yellow robes reciting rites. The chant endures beneath grey stones, carved wood tables, and the ever-silent passing of teachers and prayers with the wind in cedar branches.
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Cwi Thompson
Asia
Yunnan Province
China
Gautama
Noisy river journey to a sacred site by the Great River
The narrator wanders toward a distant sacred complex beside a calm river, describing willow lanes, decayed posts, and a brotherhood store. He envisions temples, lamasery gardens with jade terraces, marigold roofs, and yellow leaves priests, dreaming of reading the Diamond Sutra. A new moon rises over mountains guiding the river’s edge.
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Prichta
Three Classes of Unemployed and the Agency Leader
T C Hart, superintendent of an employers association employment bureau, reframes job seekers into three classes. The first are diligent workers willing to take any available job to support families. The second seek specific kinds of work and refuse unsuitable tasks, even at personal cost. The third, seen as the source of trouble, are chronic job hunters who pray for work they won’t accept. Additional groups include chronic daters and the physically unfit.
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T. C. Hart
Lestie’s
Employers’association
Spring in the Bronx Paradise of a Laboring Matron
A poem by John Ludlow depicts Angelina, a Bronx matron, gathering dandelions and greens for a thrifty meal. Antonio, her husband and patriarch, returns from a muddy trench to a home where labor becomes banquet. The piece celebrates family love, pride, and a hopeful urban paradise.
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Antonio
Angelina
Bambino
Antorito
Tasso
Petrarch
The
Bronx
Paradise
John Ludlow
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