The Claypool love feast and political clamor at Indiana capital
A crowded Claypool reception drew many of Indiana leaders including a vice president, two US senators, several congressmen and governors. The event showcased bold booms and trade chatter, with smiles masking sharp political knives as party factions balance deals and future candidacies. The piece ends by noting canal strategy amid Kaiser Wilhelm and Panama transit funding questions.
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Indiana
United States
Claypool
New Year Self Improvement Advice From January First
A reflective column urges readers to abandon resolutions like quitting drinks or smoking but stresses practical steps. It advocates settling debts honestly, honoring commitments, apologizing for past wrongs, and attending worship regularly to foster personal integrity and avoid future trouble. It closes with a political quip about the governor’s office as the year begins.
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Tobacco Trust
Lega
Post Office Budget Faces Deficit From Free Mail Privilege
The post office department runs 320 million annual budget but spends fourteen and a half million more than it takes in. The postmaster general cites the franking privilege as the main cause. Free mail passes include about twenty million dollars in annual costs and one pound of mail for every eight pounds carried. The critique urges reform of the franking privilege.
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Corlelyou
Football controversy prompts state teachers union stance
School editors claim judges would misuse their influence as free state teachers associations debate football norms. They say the game nurtures cheats and gamblers, urging abolition of the football system. Indiana association has not yet adopted the topic.
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Free State Teachers’ Association
Buching
Medy
Ifidiana Association
Riley Whitcomb Riley Hoosier poet honored by Indiana teacher
A tribute extols Janes Whitcomb Riley as a poet who captures boyhood sorrow and universal feeling. The piece praises his vivid portraits of Hoosier life, his courage to reveal emotion, and the impact of his verse on readers and students in Indiana. It mentions Roosevelt’s practical politics and a note on railroad rate legislation in a separate context.
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Janes Whitcomb Riley
Brooke
Riley
Geplus
Rey
Indiana
Y . Roosevelt
Aldrich
Wanted Happiness and a Runaway Girl Tale
An 18 year old girl ran away from home to the city seeking happiness. She was arrested, portrayed as innocent yet misled, highlighting parental strictness and the pain of families when youth social limits are denied. The piece presents a warning about the home as a source of happiness and understanding.
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P the
Gemerona
Fla
Paidon
Governor Hanly and the power to remove officials
An editorial debates Governor Hanly's authority to oust state officials, questioning whether the governor may compel resignations or act beyond legislature and court limits. It urges an open test of the power to clarify duties and consider needed legislation amid a Dominican republic reference and ongoing political upheaval.
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Gov. Hanly
Abolish Holiday Gifts in Indiana Schools
The piece urges ending the practice of teachers giving candy and gifts to students in Indiana schools. It argues salaries for rural teachers are lower than urban, that public funds should cover any essential gifts, and that lawmakers should ensure adequate teacher pay. It notes a broader push to abolish the tradition and restore parity with financier support. It mentions Sarah Bernhardt seeking action against theatrical trusts and critiques civic actions in Missouri and other political entanglements.
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Indiana
City sidewalk space rent questioned by public works chief
Joseph Medill Patterson, a young Chicago public works official noted for relentless curiosity, probes whether sidewalks abutting streets belong to the city and if space used for business should generate rent, a line of inquiry already adding about 21,000 dollars yearly to city revenue.
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Joseph Medill Patterson
Yala
Ct 26
Chicago
Malcolm McDowell
The
Technical World Magazine
Corporation Counsel
Usnrs
Bicknell Scheming for District Chair in Twelfth Indiana
At the Claypool hotel Fort Wayne editor and Republican leader F Bicknell, long associated with Gas City and Terre Haute publications, mingled with politicians and discussed a bid for the Twelfth district chairmanship. The crowd also noted A A Burrier and B F Moore speakers praising Indiana farming schools, with John K Gowdy returning from Paris and commenting on French elections. The Hammond police board member A Knott talked Hammond saloon laws and a Lake County sobriety push, as Whiting voters close their saloons.
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C. F. Bicknell
Fort. Wayne
Claypool
Bicknell
Gas City Journal
Gas City
United States
Lnto
Terre Haute Tribune
Fort Wayne News
Mar Newton Gibert
Alf Mr. Bicknell
Pape
Chicago
Ernest PB. Hicknell
Ilon
John K. Gowdy
Rushville
Paris
Mr. Gowdy
France
America
Restlin
A. F. Knotts
Hammond
Mc Claypool Hotel
Knotts
Hanly Ls
Shipping plans and trade notes from Manila and beyond
The Manila Daily Bulletin reports Gingburg & Co. intends to start a Vladivostok shipping line with government subsidy and a regular Japan Korea China steamer service via Japanese volunteer ships. It cites rival shipping efforts, trade biases, and broader notes on U S Philippines commerce, boycotts, and colonial-era transport.
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Gingburg & Co
Manila
Bullein
Vladivostok
Japan
Corea
China
Japan Nena
Ufe
Accellent
Typhoon
Stork Brokers
Bucket Abopa
Churehead
M.C. A
Elrous
Grand Opera
Ton Works
Portlind Cement
Tallorn
Elgar
Alngis Dry Goods
Hamburg
Lloyd Shipping Companey
Yangtize River
Canada
Australia
Biltmore Village Created By George W Vanderbilt Near Asheville
George W Vanderbilt founded Biltmore village a model settlement near Asheville North Carolina with fifty cottages stores and public buildings. The complex includes a hospital dispensary parish school an Episcopal church and electric lighting on macadam streets for workers and the community.
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George W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore Village
Asheville
N. C
Villaree Greet and
Protestant Episcopal Church
Debutante in White Proposal Stirred by Doubt
After a two step in a conservatory shadow a man proposes to a young girl she resists saying she is unworthy. He insists and calls her an angel while she argues she would be an impractical wife given his small salary and her wish for a practical partner.
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Elgben
Ram Valn
Ife
Minneapolis Journal
The Song of the Gibbet by Alfred Thompeon
A poetic fragment describes a forest of hanging trees and an orchard of the king with ravens and kites in the wind. The speaker warns pityers to stay away as the ghastly scene signals rebellion punished by execution.
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Alfred Thompeon
A pronouncement warns copper dividends spark talk
A fragmented notice mocks mining firms for raising copper dividends claiming they had the money and urging workers to consider the risks of a halt in mining. It notes the warning will be read in Cairo Cab a and Port Said.
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Thomas W. Jansome
Cairo
Caba
New York Commercial
Christmas Economy Exchange Questioned Gifts
A brief dialogue reflects holiday giving practices as a man asks about gifts for his wife and a companion replies with monetary checks. The exchange hints at domestic economy and humor around Christmas spending in a community setting.
Out of the Drift and Rural Telephone Pioneers
A moral tale contrasts a train collision with a sleigh accident and the grim math of stopping shocks. The Elmwood canning plant plans a million animals this season, cannery by-products expanding to furs, rabbit products, and new tonics. Clay Center positions itself as a world packing hub, amid stock moves and steamship efforts while rural telephone networks grow from local initiative, linking farms to markets and weather data.
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Elmwood
Barton County
City Center
Clay
Beef Trust
Strugenite
Bat Merit
Herverd
Kan
New England
Weather Bureau
Lincoln and the hired man reads and studies law
A tale about Abraham Lincoln as a farm hand who reads while following the team. He is scolded for studying law on the job, provoking reflections on American appreciation of Lincoln. Reid notes Americans still miss his true worth, recalling a dinner with Lincoln’s descendant who admits home talk rarely honors him.
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Lincoln
Lineon
Weming Reid
Abraham Lincoln
Hard Times Mentioned by Farmer Cornsilk
An old clipping notes a farmer and a Minneapolia Journal quote lamenting hard times, referencing past panics in 1867 and 1879 and the associated Wall Street turmoil with dismissive imagery of cigar smoking and clipped mustaches.
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Farmer Cornsilk
Wall Street
Minneapolia Journal
Fragmented prose and political jabs in 1900s papers
A garbled OCR fragment cites opinion from the Buffalo Times and the Powell Intelligencer critiquing a biographer interview and a Senate delay over Panama Canal appropriations. It mentions John Burns, William and Beattie, plus a general sentiment that U S Senate debate wastes time on trivial issues.
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Wala
Ingaratice
John Burns
Buffalo Times
Sharp Wilamea
Williama
Amie
Beattie
United Eistes Senate
Panama
Pairbanks Sweet Tooth and Ice Cream Passion
Vice President Fairbanks craves a sweet tooth with ice cream as his favored finale. His preferred treat blends cherries, chopped grapes, oranges and bucenas in a fruit salad, drenched in Madeira, frozen, and served with whipped cream. Kansas City Journal notes this culinary taste alongside a mock reference to George Ade and marriage hints.
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Fairbanks
Lce
Kansas City
Ain George Ad
Amattrea
George
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