Epigrams on virtue and life from classic authors
A compact collection of aphorisms and quotes from Everson Sheridan Thackeray Hugo Farkburst French Oriental Italian Danish German Giles Alcott MacDonald Anonymous Roosevelt and Franklin. The items offer reflections on love marriage liberty and the value of diligent work within a worldly perspective.
Awakening in South Georgia Tied to Cotton Profits
The Atlanta Journal notes that the South Georgia revival may stem from long staple cotton's greater profitability in money markets compared to chin whiskers, signaling a shift in agricultural focus and local economy.
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Atlanta Journal
Chicago coal famine amid garment strike urged to conserve heat
A jumble of editorial quotes notes Chicago may face a coal shortage tied to a garment workers strike, urging residents to stay in to keep warm. Headlines warn the GOP could lose New York’s influence and Teddy Roosevelt’s grip on power, while Ohio and Illinois readers follow local political races and national concerns.
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Garment Workers
Kansas
Difference in Location Noted in Census Padding Claim
Minneapolis proved that no padding was present as census officials mistook chesty appearance caused by the American Association pennant for padding. The Kansas City Star reports the confusion centered on a visual gag rather than any census irregularity.
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American Association
Kansas City Star
Denby Campaign Tract Praises China Work
The Detroit News notes a campaign tract by Congressman Denby claiming credit for aid to China. Latest returns indicate strong support for Denby in China related messaging and electoral prospects.
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China
Detroit News
We Call It Trading in Indiana Politics
In Indiana the so called golden rule gains ground as rival candidates boost one another. The Baltimore Evening Sun reports a shift where opposing candidates publicly praise each other.
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Indiana
Baltimore Evening Sun
Seattle Promoters Indicted in Alaska Land Frauds
Some of Seattle's leading politicians and promoters face indictments over Alaska land frauds. The items question if these local businessmen are the same figures who periodically meet to exonerate Ballinger, reflecting a pattern of influence and controversy in Seattle politics.
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Ballinger
Maneas City
Pottevilla Jury Tossed Coin For Decision
A Philadelphia Public Ledger note claims a Pottevilla jury used a coin toss to reach a decision. The report suggests the method, while giving justice a chance, may be faulty in reflecting human experience.
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Pottevilla
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Indiana Voter Fight Sees Moral Issue Dethrone Old Machines
An editorial urges Indiana voters to trust the people over insider political machines in today’s election. It frames the contest as a moral issue against privilege, warning against Big Business influence and urging decisive, principled participation by each citizen.
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la Follette
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House of Representatives
Indiana
Different But the Same in Ally Sloper Cartoon
In Ally Sloper's Half Holiday two characters joke about a new dress not buttoning in the back and it buttons down the back, delivering light humor in the comic panel featuring Henry and his wife dialogue.
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Henry
Ally Sloper
Passenger Nav Humor Warns of Peril Above and Below
A lighthearted Baltimore Star quip has a captain assuring passengers that despite a pirate balloon overhead and a submarine beneath, their twenty tons of dynamite pose no danger, aiming to ease nerves during travel.
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Baltimore Star
Furnished rooms advertised with grim price note
A quoted exchange shows a landlady offering furnished rooms at one dollar per night and an eerie addendum of sixty cents extra for suicide by gas, attributed to Puck in a terse, dark witticism.
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Puck
His Forte
A short Life quote about an old man seeking a night watch job after a summer love at Narragansett Pier, explaining he cannot sleep at night due to the affair.
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Narragansett Pier
tLife
Hints for moving picture plays noted by Chicago News
Modern verse notes scribblers life and the hope we may become the craze as future writings serve as hints for motion pictures in Chicago.
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Chicago News
Documentary Evidence Quote Sparks Debate on Age
A fragment from a discussion contrasts a 20 year old girl with a boy of the same age. The dialogue references family background and Bible, hinting at a sentimental or legal argument about age and maturity. The source tone is reflective and archival in nature.
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Landes
Forward drive over fear and indecision
The quote urges gathering viewpoints but then deciding firmly and moving ahead. It contrasts decisive progress with dwelling on past choices, criticizing those who fear mistakes and endlessly doubt their own mind. The author, S. Roland Hall, notes that bold action leaves errors behind and reveals true speed.
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S. Roland Hall
Perfection in Craft and the Spirit of Progress
Leigh Mitchell Hodges argues that true perfection lies in the soul behind skilled work. He lauds a Philadelphia book binding of the Hafia of Shiraz owned by Charles Sessler, praising its intricate toolwork and expressive fidelity. He calls for patient, devoted craft across all pursuits to bind our lives to noble, fearless work.
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Hafia
Shiraz
Charles Sessler
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Mr. Sessler
Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Insurgency drives campaign toward 1912 goals
The Washington Times analyzes the Tuesday vote and the insurgent progressive wing within the Republican Party. It argues that strong showing by insurgent candidates could undermine standpatism, influence state outcomes, and pave the way to control the next national convention and presidential nomination.
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Congress
Washington Times
It Gets Late Early in Autumn Verse Fragment
The Chicago Post poem reflects on late autumn mood with frost, wind, fading light, and quiet city sounds. It contrasts waning summer with a hushed sense of time passing as leaves turn, stars rise, and trains whistle across miles. The piece frames a melancholic, half-dreaming reflection on season and life.
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Chicago Post
Work of the Crowd and the Rise of Individual Insight
The passage contrasts amorphous crowds with individuals and deliberative bodies. It argues crowds are morally and intellectually inferior, capable of moral fervor but not illumination. Progress arises from gifted individuals or deliberate groups, not anonymous mobs, which merely raze outdated institutions while proposing nothing better.
Quotes on crowds and liberty by Edward A. Ross
Not a news item but a historical quotation noting that crowds destroy despotisms but fail to create free states or lasting beneficence. It argues crowds are archaic and sterile, ranking as the lowest form of human association.
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Edward Alsworth Ross
Silent Voices Poem by Winifred Thompson
A reflective verse depicts a twilight voice guiding a child to rest under stars. The speaker recalls a lifelong call that links past play to a future, with themes of memory, guidance, and eternal welcome.
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Ivied
Winifred Thompson
Orator vs Morning-After Headache Motive
A quotation from the Atchison Globe notes that persuading a man with a strong inclination to go to the devil is hard. It suggests that even a powerful argument rivals a morning-after headache in effectiveness, offering a wry take on rhetoric and self-control.
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Atchison Globe
The Successful Life by Richard C. Cabot insight
A quotation argues every person requires three channels to life blessing responsibility recreation and infection work play and love for happiness amid sorrow and pain. The author contends these elements sustain success despite failures across all walks of life.
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Richard C. Cabot
The Lord's Hand in Nature A Poetic Reflection
Elisabeth Rundle Charies contemplates divine governance within the natural world. The poem contrasts mechanical production with a living spirit guiding creation, urging reverent awe at nature’s true author amid seasons and garden growth.
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God
Elisabeth Rundle Charies
Will White Kansas journalist and employer of Emporia
Will White is a Kansas writer and newspaper man who prefers Kansas life. He rejects riches to stay in Emporia and continue chronicling Kansas life, cornfields, cattle, and grain. He built and runs a respected local paper, writes late at night with wife Mrs White approving each piece, and remains a staunch Kansas American with strong muckraking roots.
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Kansas
Central West
America
White
Emporia
Gazette
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Kansas City
New York Sun
Free City and the Fight for Justice in Denver
George Creel argues in the Denver Post that Denver must be free through broad equality of opportunity. He decries corporate capture of politics, denounces party loyalty as a veil for corruption, and urges honest public service over partisan control in a bid to ensure justice for all.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
George Creel
Denver Post
Matter of Conscience at Wedding Sparks Quiet Reactions
A short exchange hints at social norms as wedding guests keep their distance after the ceremony. The Philadelphia Bulletin notes the lack of congratulatory remarks among several men, speculating they abstained due to their own marriages.
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Bessie
James
Philadelphia Bulletin
Election Day Buckboard Rush Sparks Ward Voter Frenzy
A political boss in a western city sped his buckboard along the main street on election morning calling his son to rush to the Fourth ward where voters were assembling. The scene captures heated anticipation as locals vote amid a charged atmosphere on the eve of a political contest.
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Johnnie
Success Magazine
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