Roosevelt and Tariff A Campaign Task and Standpatters
The article argues Roosevelt used the tariff as a campaign issue but avoided a frontal attack to preserve his administration. It credits him with guiding progressives, weakening Standpatters, and preparing the ground for downward tariff revision, while criticizing successors for misusing his assets and opposing progressive policies.
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Roosevelt
Roosender
Uestion
Pew
Tariff
Editorial Afterthoughts on Fall Politics and Roosevelts Move
Editorials discuss defense of Roosevelt amid Gore's corruption charges and Roosevelts openness to veterans of reform. It notes Lodge commission findings on cost of living, tariff implications, and labor wages. The piece mentions Pinchot La Follette and other leaders, detailing Roosevelts reception of critics and party dynamics.
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Lodge
Necyne
Insurgents blame Diaz tactics as party harmony tested
The piece argues Insurgents led by Kealing Hemenway and Watson exposed Diaz methods of voter coercion to secure re election in Mexico. It notes opposition leaders like James R Garfield and Beveridge, and predicts Republican campaigns will clash over Insurgent strategy and discipline.
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Diaz
Mexico
Joe Cannon
James R. Garfield
Interior
Beveridge
Hostages of Fortune in Bacon Quote
The passage cites Bacon on how marriage and children can both hinder and drive great public works. It argues that unmarried men produce the best works while acknowledging fathers must protect future generations and pass on their pledges.
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Bacon
Inheritance Brings College Star Athletes to Campus
The college gained rights to a famed star catcher a spitball pitcher and a skilled pinch hitter from the inheritance. The heirs remained bitter over the bequest while the school now claims the sports talent as part of the estate.
Two St Louis Youths Travel to Indiana for Wedding
A St Louis Times brief notes two young residents journeyed to Indiana to wed, aiming to start their life together in a romance reminiscent of Bobbs-M Merrill novels.
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Ideal
St. Louis
Indiana
Bobbs-Merrill
Hope That Fails in a Poem by Joaquin Miller
A reflective poem on fading youth and deferred dreams. The speaker laments unfulfilled promises of glory and wealth, noting worn hearts, weary hands, and a buried hope. The verse contrasts long effort with scant reward, concluding in cold disappointment.
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Joaquin Miller
Proving the Butter with a Cowhair Trick
A brief joke exchange shows a waiter admitting a hair in the butter and joking that it is a cowhair served to prove the product is real dairy rather than margarine.
Illinois unlikely to enter GOP convention with Lorimer boom
The St. Paul Pioneer Press notes doubts about Illinois backing its favorite son Billy Lorimer for the national convention. The Atlanta Georgian adds that Secretary Ballinger appears aged and near retirement, suggesting strain and waning capacity.
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Illinois
Billy” Lorimer
St. Paul
Ballinger
Atlanta Georgian
Practical wisdom from Detroit News on life and fishing
The Detroit News notes that practical living requires mixing time and virtue. It adds that in fishing patience helps, but worms improve success, blending temporal pragmatism with small practical tools.
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Detroit News
Patriotism and Duty in Crisis for Every Man
A fragment urges rising above self and sentiment to perform duty. It argues that singing about patriotism without action is not true patriotism and emphasizes concrete deeds over words.
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Ublic
Bride Refuses Kiss at Church Wedding Ended With Fee Cut
A bride-to-be told her fiancé to warn the clergyman she did not want a kiss after the ceremony. The clergyman replied that without the kiss he would charge only half the usual fee, a compromise agreed upon by the couple.
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George
A Shining Example at the Briquet Night
A Detroit Free Press note recounts Jones delivering a speech after a major hit at the briquet and being asked to speak but declining. The item reads as a brief, humorous column excerpt.
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Jones
Briquet
Detroit Free Press
Emerson Quote on Independence in Crowded Times
A nugget of wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson about maintaining inner independence amid social pressure. The speaker contrasts living by popular opinion with solitary integrity and praises the great person who preserves independence with sweetness despite the crowd.
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Emerson
Habit the Deepest Law of Human Nature
A reflection on habit and imitation as primary drivers of behavior and learning. The passage cites Carlyle to claim habit governs actions, guiding repeated paths and shaping all practice and exploration. It emphasizes how easy established routes become our default and source of routine.
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Carlyle
Covetry Cousin Show Draws Stares In Box Party Scene
The Cleveland Leader notes the audience reacts to a stage show with women in scandalous attire as curtain time nears. The piece captures lively, party atmosphere and box seat chatter.
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Heck
Cleveland
Wall Street Gambler Confesses Earnings To Judge
In a courtroom exchange the clerk accuses a young man of gambling on Wall Street. The man admits to making $500 last week, prompting the judge to question the source of the information.
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Wall Street
Lost Chance Amid High Opera Prices
A fragment from Browning's Magazine notes the moral of missing a chance as it laments the inability to afford opera seating, illustrating social contrasts through a witty quotation about value and access to culture.
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the Opera
Browning
The Usual Thing in Toledo Bindery Sketch
A fragment from the Toledo Bindery humorously portrays a doctor asking about necessity. The quip has the doctor resisting a procedure while the patient notes it is customary, reflecting light streetwise wit.
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Toledo
Smallpox Sanitary Blessing Challenged Vaccination View
A discussion by W B Clarke of vaccination critique cites Edwardian era debates on smallpox. The piece argues vaccination has not reduced mortality, cites cases from Minnesota Utah California and New York, and explains why smallpox epidemics may lower overall deaths through hygiene and behavior changes.
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William White
Minnesota
Utah
Supreme Court of
Santa Cruz County
California
New York State Department of Education
Watt
Creighton
Haygarth
Malthus
Malthusian
Robert Watt
Glasgow
Willam Farr
England
Board of Health
George Gregory
London Smallpox Hospital
R. H. Bakewell
Trinidad
House of Commons
J. Garth Wilkinson
London
James Y. Simpson
Edinburgh
James I
Lodge report pins blame on farmers for rising prices
The Lodge investigating committee finds tariffs have not driven price hikes and blames farmers for higher costs, alleging eggs bacon ham and flour rose sharply. Critics argue the report favors manufacturers and rail interests while mocking the idea of a policy shift toward mass naval buildup and industrial power.
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Lodge
Aldrich
New England
New York Railroad
Baltimore Sun
President Brown links battleship costs to farm demonstrators
In a St Paul address President Brown of the New York Central railroads argues that spending one battleship's cost could fund two robust agricultural demonstration farms in every state. He claims intelligent execution would raise farm product value significantly within ten years.
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St. Paul
Brown
New York Central Railroad Lines
Jeffries Religion and Gillett Ban on the Big Fight
The Des Moines Register and Leader questions Jim Jeffries stance on religion as Gary Gillett of California bans the big fight. It satirically notes Jeffries objected to gambling and crime investments while implying his judgment on religion may have faded from his youth.
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Jeffries
Gary Gillett
California
Jim Jeffries
Alsc
Jim
Des Moines Register and Leader
The Ultimate Act in Business Sparks Trust Alarm
The Ultimate Consumer said trusts control everything after discovering prices had doubled while purchasing a few congressmen in the regular course of business. He claimed despair and blamed market manipulation.
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Harry Thaw
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James Garfield
Medill McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
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Burkett
Madison
Pinchot
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Taft
Sherman
Wisconsin
la Follette
Washington
Willie Jones
Wellson
Hever Again
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James A. Hemenway
James B. Watson
W. B. Clarke
Indianapolis
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