War Opens In St Louis With Standpatters Paynes Tariff Push
In St Louis on Monday night the Standpatters launched a campaign to justify the Payne tariff and discredit the Insurgents. Speakers include Vice-President Sherman Congressman Fassett and James E Watson. The fight is seen as a long struggle between the people and vested Interests with the war just beginning and demands for unwavering resolve.
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Sherman
Fassett
New York
James E. Watson
Middle West
Charles E. Brayton
Republican National
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Washington
Cannon
Hale
LaFollette Ideas Move Into Mainstream Republican Policy
A Wisconsin senator’s ideas on campaign finance, direct elections of senators, and railroad valuation gain traction within the Republican Party. The McCail bill adopts campaign finance publicity, direct senatorial elections gain cross party support, while physical valuation gains growing acceptance as a basis for fair rates.
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LaFollette
Wisconsin
United States
Republican House of Congress
McCail
Indiana
Republican Party
la Follette
Editorial Afterthoughts on Insurgency and Politics
A Fort Wayne News style note comments on the Republican congressional committee splitting its work across the north, the national reach of insurgency, and the political jostling around Roosevelt, McKinley, and Hearst. It riffs on tariffs, weather, and stock prices while lampooning candidates and factions without graphic detail.
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Republian
Congressional Committee
United States
Mason and Dixon
Political unrest shapes public welfare in party life
The Rochester Herald notes that unrest in political life has lowered party line discipline as citizens press for public welfare questions. It highlights Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana and Charles E. Hughes of New York as sturdy champions resisting the bosses and pushing reform.
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San Francisco
Philadelphia
New York City
New York State
Hughes
Folk
Missouri
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Rochester
N. Y
Herald
Just a Minute Wouldn’t You Tune of Rooster Hats
A St Louis Star snippet ridicules aging and illness with comic verses comparing preferables to avoiding a certain fashion gag. The lines lampoon youth vanity and the idea of costly, silly headgear, ending with a jab at frailty and social mockery.
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St. Louis Star
Indiana Governors Debate Direct Primary Idea
A Indiana observer notes Gov. Marshall favors trusting the people to govern and questions direct primary limits. He likens Marshall and Hughes in belief in constitutional government and voter empowerment while critiquing party bosses and the insurgent Republican movement.
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Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Charles E. Hughes
Apropos
Indianapolis
Republican Party
Tilden
Sudden Blush at Opening Number Sparks Tense Moment
Miss Varner exclaims with pshaw and impatience as she worries they will miss the opening number waiting for her mother. Mr Sloman retorts, then Miss Varner calls him George and rests her cheek on his shirt front in a charged scene from Catholic Standard.
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Mr. Sloman
George
Grief Inspires Word Play Amid Kitchen Steak Heist
In a quirk from the Chicago Record Herald the poet laments grief as a muse then notes a domestic interruption. The dog from the Williamson household allegedly dashed into the kitchen and snatched the steak meant for dinner prompting a shift from tragedy to humor.
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Williamson
Chicago Record Herald
Guest at a Restaurant Exchange Sparks Humorous Pause
A brief, humorous exchange unfolds as a restaurant guest asks to use the telephone after waiting 20 minutes. The server replies that he is engaged in a conversation with his wife, turning a simple wait into a wry moment of public theater.
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Pele Mele
Paris
Lalande
Academy of Sciences
Just This Once. Nan's Hat and Marle's Dress Tale
A Chicago Tribune quip notes Nan wearing a stylish new lid drawing gazes, with a pessimist spotting a hatpin and an optimist seeing the hat. Marle debuts a new dress praised as just right though her husband complains about the back buttoning.
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Chicago Tribune
Marle
Fearful types and odd habits in a quirky parade
A collected string of snippets from St. Paul Dispatch and Puck highlights includes a woman with long hatpins and a firm conviction, a polyglot man, a baby savoring molasses, a jittery waiter spilling coffee, a barber with St. Vitus dance, and a small boy making a corner stand. It ends with a quip about avoiding paying bills to spare bread from bill collectors.
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St. Vitus
St. Paul
Comet fears and historic panics tied to Halley’s approach
The 1910 discourse surveys long history of comet-induced alarm from Titus siege to 1881 Switzerland and 1832 Biela scare. It notes physicians, historians, and rulers misreading celestial events, cites Lalande, Arago, Kepler, Increase Mather, and Halley’s 1682 apparition, ending with a coastal note on the Grisons ark legend and a New York World attribution.
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Kepler
New England
Harvard College
Increase Mather
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Coira
New York World
MET AT THE DANCE poem analysis by Charles Beresford
A poem surveys debutantes and chaperones at dances, portraying archetypes from the Debutante to the Fast Young Man. It contrasts idealized romance with social scrutiny and hints at attitudes toward gender and courting norms in a Detroit News column quotation.
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Charles Beresford
Detroit News
Minneapolis banquet gaffe ties Nye to famed brother
Representative Nye of Minnesota, a lawyer, spoke at a Minneapolis lawyers banquet. He quipped about lawyers and truth, noting old banter that lawyers have energy and perseverance and that lawyers will do anything to win a case, reflecting on the profession's reputation.
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Representative Nye
Minnesota
BH Nye
Nye
Minneapolis
Iad
Washington Star
Garden Monitors Wayward Green Things
A Detrit Free Press item notes uncertainty about early garden growth as a planter questions whether emerging greenery are radishes or weeds. The column captures cautious optimism and worry over a small plot’s potential, reflecting typical hobbyist concerns.
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Detrit Free Press
Farming’s Future: Son Plans to Return After College
In a Detroit Free Press quotation, a father asks what his son will do after college. The son replies he will return to the family farm where hogs at eleven dollars suggest farming remains the viable path under current laws.
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Detroit Free Press
Piking Around
Puck notes a sharp market maneuver where a boss purchased an insurance company, several banks and a steel plant, with a railroad shipment sent up on approval. The gag hints at a sweeping business move by a powerful figure in Wall Street.
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Wall Street
Puck
Commuter Adjusts Schedule for Country Move
A Washington Star reader notes moving farther from town, timing trips to avoid waiting at the station while the rubber of whist finished, describing the nuisance of always arriving early.
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Washington Evenine Star
In High Society Exchange Over Wed Supper Habit
A brief line from May Young's Magazine shows a witty exchange where a woman teases another about kissing her husband. The reply notes that Wednesday is the night her husband takes his affinity to supper, implying a recurring ritual.
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Redj
Young’s Magazine
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