Self ties and liberty in modern life
A Dickens quotation is used to illustrate voluntary self bondage in modern society. The piece contrasts a demented eight year old tied to a stake with adults who enslave themselves to drink superstition fashion money and office. It calls for mental emancipation and industry as the path to prosperity.
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Babes
New Jersey
Notes From Washington Speculation on cabinet changes and conscience fund tales
The piece discusses rumored reshuffles by the President and possible resignations of Aldrich Cannon and Ballinger. It notes Hitchcock eyeing a Senate seat, and describes the conscience fund and a fraud case involving a falsified pension claim and a letter promising to send more money when troubled.
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Aldrich
Cannon
Ballinger
Congressional Investigating Committee
Congress
Hitchcock
Senate
Arizona
New Mexico
Treasury
Rhode Island Faces Senate Succession Fight
Rhode Island seeks a successor to Senator Aldrich with two leading contenders, Henry F. Lippitt a cotton manufacturer who helped shape the tariff schedule and Colonel Samuel P. Colt tied to the rubber trust, while the U S senate will soon face the same duty in choosing a new member.
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Rhode Island
Aldrich
United States Senate
Senate
Henry F. Lippitt
Samuel P. Colt
Lippitt
Cult
Rubber Trust
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By Edwin A. Nye
Dickens
Washington
Hershey
Pennsylvania
Hershey _ Improvement Co