Call of the Blood and the Insurgency Century
A campaign leader praises young volunteers mobilized for Insurgency, likening them to 1861 soldiers and calling for strenuous effort. He cites energized editorials, the red color of life, and a shift from old party norms toward a global, future-focused movement led by youth and reform-minded figures like the Young Turks.
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Bv Party
Rich
Hale
Odell
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Public scrutiny and rail safety in corporate negligence debate
The Sun faces critique for faulting traction firms after the Kingsland wreck. It argues corporations shield themselves from responsibility for deaths by shifting blame to engineers and unsafe practices. The piece urges strict adherence to safety orders and condemns disobedience that endangers workers and the public.
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Sun
Kingsland
Jast
Wisconsin rail commission study of streetcar delays
The Wisconsin railroad commission investigated streetcar delays to gauge blame for late service. The inquiry aimed to determine how much responsibility falls on each rider or car for wait times and reliability.
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Wisconsin Railroad
We Go Some on Street Cars in Big Cities
The piece notes that major cities including St Louis Denver Milwaukee Detroit St Paul Minneapolis tie to a post for street car speeds. It remarks the study predates the hobble skirt and excludes officials who use passes, warns against boasting of haste amid recent traction line wrecks, and recalls Governor Marshall's line about to trot faster or safer.
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Denver
Milwaukee
Detroit
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Tawney laments defeat in politics as crowding issues grow
The Buffalo News quips about Mr. Tawney after his loss, noting he regrets the political trend but not the country’s direction. The columnist likens Tawney to a man who jokes about liking pink elephants crowding his life.
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Tawney
Buffalo News
Beacons of Unity Sown by Taft at Mourners Bench
The Emporia Gazette reports President Taft making signs toward insurgents to rejoin the reservation and share a slice of the matted calf as villagers join in singing Beautiful Beckoning Hands. The piece reads as a vivid metaphorical appeal echoing political tension of the era.
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Emporia Gazette
The Redeeming Feature
The Toledo Blade predicts a poor football season but says the college yells may lift the game into great excitement, signaling a potential surge in crowd energy and fan enthusiasm despite weak on-field prospects.
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Toledo Blade
Seeing Niagara power boat ride teased for nickel
The Cleveland Plain Dealer hints at a future attraction named Seeing Niagara that may carry riders down rapids and whirlpools for a nickel, signaling a bold amusement concept. The teaser implies an upcoming sensational ride with compact pricing.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Not that Kind of an Ad
A short note from the Ohio State Journal dismisses corset advertisements featuring women whose faces are deemed not intellectual, reflecting a critical stance on advertising imagery.
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Ohio State Journal
Might Try Politics A Youth Refuses Five Million Inheritance
A New York youth who recently inherited five million dollars says the fortune bores him. He asks if there are operatic divas left to seek relief from, in a tone reflecting disillusionment with wealth and fame.
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Roosevelt
New York
Indiana
Ballinger
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Bitter Part of School Life
A Topeka Capitol cartoon notes a boy resents washing his hands before class, portraying the phase of education as an annoyance rather than a duty. The piece critiques routine hygiene practices embedded in schooling.
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Topeka Capital
Works Both Ways Hobble Skirt Riot Mention
The Logansport incident of a hobble skirt sparked a riot with a witty aside from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch noting that a Logansport skirt in Paris would likely cause a riot there.
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Paris
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Merely Renominated In Illinois Primaries
Most legislative boodlers in Illinois appeared renominated at this week's primaries. They were renominated but not necessarily re-elected. The Kansas City Star notes the distinction between renomination and victory.
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Illinois
Kansas City Star
Words versus deeds in insurgency debate
The article contrasts rhetoric and action in insurgency discourse, noting that talk of rebellion often dominates public discourse while concrete deeds lag. Analysts discuss implications for policy and security, highlighting the tension between stated aims and actual violence.
Just a Minute Ma Is Dry and Pa Is Wet
A tongue in cheek rural scene shows Ma supporting temperance while Pa opposes it. The heated quarrel, with dancing and taunts, depicts a family battle over saloon influence and town temperance tensions. The piece notes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as the source.
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jSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
Noted Quips Dont Prove a Charge in Courtroom Gossip
A compact dispatch cites quips from London Telegraph and New York Sun illustrating how jokes and anecdotes about crime prove nothing. The exchange features a witness questioned about a prisoner and a remark on identifying a moose by movement.
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London Telegraph
Cholly
New York Sun
The College Boy
A poem from the New York Times satirizes college youths with turn up pants, fancy socks, hats, and pretentious dress. The speaker recalls his own youth and questions when he became such a fool, criticizing fashion, cigars, and excess in campus life.
Life’s Greatest Tragedy and the Power of Training
The passage argues that wasting ability wastes life. It contrasts respectably large potential with the failure to train and seize opportunity. It urges gripping life with determination and vigor rather than skimming the surface, highlighting the danger of underutilized talent.
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Orison Swett Marden
Authority Intoxicates In The Minds Of Rulers
Quote by Samuel Butler on power corrupting judgment as authority intoxicates the mind. It describes how pompous rulers influence the wise and compel the noble to bow to inferior officials, while fools wield command and cowards yield.
The Strength of Night and Its Comforting Presence
A reflective meditation on night as a comforting force that eases sorrow. The prose contrasts a fretful day with night’s maternal calm, suggesting a higher Presence beyond the night where pain and sorrow become angels of God.
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God
Jerome IK
Jerome
Life's Lesson: A Teacher Grants a Fresh Leaf
A student asks for a new leaf after a stained page. The teacher offers a spotless replacement and a plea to do better. The old year ends as a hope for renewal. The student accepts the new leaf with gratitude, and the lesson echoes in quiet resolve.
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Luther
Australia’s government runs rails and coal for all
Dr. Elwood Meade describes Australia as a case study in public ownership. Railways, coal mines, warehouses, and irrigation are government controlled, with commissions ensuring independence from politics. Rates adjust with public needs, not private profits, and a civil service approach limits corruption.
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Elwood Meade
Victoria
Australia
Meade
Indianapolis
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
Europe
Fnn America
Wyoming
George H. Palmer
Sheridan
Ind
Utopia
America
Collier's
Alaska
United States
Collier’s
Railroad Commission
United States of America
Strength of Being Clean and the Puritan Ethic
Quotation from David Starr Jordan on moral discipline and happiness. It argues that happiness requires self denial and paying a price, warning that broad paths lead to misery and that those who seek easy gains end in failure. The tone urges adherence to strict creed and personal sacrifice for strength.
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David Starr Jordan
Getting Warm at Reception Sparks Fashion Talk
Mrs De Style jokes about her new gown drawing gazes at last night's reception. She quips that onlookers wondered if she shopped in Paris or robbed a bank, reflecting light gossip from the Chicago News crowd.
Eye that is forever fixed upon you line
A narrator quotes Mr Winks instructing Bobbie that an eye watches him wherever he goes. Bobbie answers with a name, invoking a playful mispronunciation of Roosevelt as the source of the eye. The excerpt presents a child, Bobbie, and a domestic-vivid scene with a judge's attribution.
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