Unrest and Corn Promote Unexpected Prosperity in Indiana
The piece argues General Unrest is quieting while money barons fear public anger over laws. It notes Indiana’s big corn crop and rising corn prices, with farmers spending income on autos and builders profiting from higher demand for iron. It predicts continued prosperity as investors seek honest governance, and ends with a cautious wish for Mr and Mrs W F Coats at a Columbus Fairbanks feast.
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Reform
Indiana
W. F. Coats
Columbus
Fairbanks
Indiana gravel rate inquiry eyes railroads and roads
The Indiana Railroad Commission probes gravel and road material rates citing railroads willingness to aid road improvement. Special rates on gravel crushed stone and other materials could aid state progress with low costs for counties. A curious note adds a woman admits she likes Chicago.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Railroads
Commission
Indiana
President and Kaiser Contrast in Foreign Criticism
A visiting critic contrasts Roosevelt with Kaiser Wilhelm, arguing the Kaiser built Germany into a business powerhouse while Roosevelt, though active, began tearing down a prosperous system. The piece questions whether tearing down is justified and what has been removed before rebuilding.
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Roosevelt
Kaiser Wilhelm
The
President’s wartime reforms and Panama canal critique
The speaker argues that prosperity built on unfairness cannot endure and praises the president for destroying dishonesty. He warns that Kaiser Wilhelm would have built only on a wrong foundation and suggests future leaders may need to continue reform. He mocks the canal motto under army management as saying nothing while digging soil.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Army
Panama Canal
Preachers and Things Show Moral Lapses Among Clergy
A editorial critique notes eminent preachers misusing their platform on worldly issues. It condemns Bishop Tuttle, Bishop Berry, and Rev McArthur for supporting law violations and ignoring morality. The piece warns that departures from clerical duty damage public faith in religion.
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Tuttle
Berry
Fairbanks
McArthur
Standard Oil Company
Hearst Declares No Candidacy and Signals Cooled Campaign
A statement from Mr. Hearst declares he is not a candidate for any office, suggesting a shift toward rational behavior and perceived safety. The remark implies a political recalibration as observers note reduced campaigning activity and a calmer public profile.
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Mr. Hearst
Salary Ordinances Draw Council Fire Over City Finances
A city council finance committee reports thousands invested in a City hospital building lacking proper equipment. It argues salary hikes across departments are unaffordable as the city cannot finance necessary hospital work and equipment, urging disapproval of permanent pay increases despite intent to reward public servants.
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Council
City Hospital
Opinion page critique targets Day and oil crowd
The letter criticizes the New York Sun for misrepresentation while questioning Chancellor Day. It accuses Tom Johnson of false praise and calls Day a four-flusher. It mentions Oklahoma and hints at judgments based on a European tour and references the King.
West Virginia Democrats Hint Davis for Governor
A fragment notes Henry Gassaway Davis as a potential West Virginia governor candidate while referencing a larger party dynamic. The brief also mentions Isadore Wulfson as a leading figure and implies a broader Standard Oil conflict with Attorney Kellogg in New York.
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West Virginia
Henry Gassoway Davis
Kellogg
New York
Standard Oil
Isadore Wulfson
Claim ties Garden of Eden to Texas draws sharp rebuke
A provocative assertion that the Garden of Eden lies in Texas has sparked widespread derision. Critics condemn the remark as baseless and offensive while authorities urge careful discussion and respect for religious traditions.
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Texas
War Between Fish and Harahan Echoes in Financier Crimes
The remark frames a conflict between Fish and Harahan as a backdrop to narrative tales of crimes by top financiers. It suggests a passive stance of listening to self-portrayals of wrongdoing by powerful figures.
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Fish
Harahan
Local Oil Managers Question Honesty Policy
A satirical note says Standard Oil managers may learn honesty after more legal experiences. It claims John L. Sullivan and the Kansas City Post support Bryan, leaving 84,999,998 others yet to be heard from.
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John L. Sullivan
The
Kansas City Post
Bryan
Uncle Joe Cannon Declares for a Deep Water Mississippi
Uncle Joe Cannon is on the water-wagon and has at last declared for a deep-water Mississippi. The remark signals a shift toward a hard-edged stance on river interests and navigation policy.
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Joe Cannon
Mississippi
Another Boston protest cited by the Boston Journal
A Boston Journal note questions who has been splitting an infinite lately, highlighting a vigilant public discourse about recurring demonstrations in the city. The comment frames ongoing civic concern and invites reader speculation on persistent protest activity.
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Boston
The
Boston Journal
The New York Sun and President Roosevelt
A Chicago Post note contrasts New York Sun attacks on President Roosevelt with its past vilification of Grover Cleveland. It argues the Sun’s malice has little effect on readers and calls its audacity a long-standing trait exposed since 1884.
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New York Sun
Grover Cleveland
The
Sun
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Dana
Buffalo
Maine
Benjamin F. Butler
United States
New York
Chicago Post
Rich New York Millionaires Boost Luxuries and Travel
The Cincinnati Times-Star notes New York magnates own multiple residences from Fifth Avenue town houses to Long Island estates and Adirondack camps. They travel by car, boast summer Newport cottages, Florida winter homes, and Canada hunting boxes. The Griswolds’ marble pool salon epitomizes extravagant living, making old Roman splendor seem humble by contrast.
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Rome
New York
Fifth Ave
Long Island
Newport Cottage
Adirondacks
Florida
Canada
Jook
Forty-eighth-st
LeGrand
Indiana to the Rescue
Detroit Journal quips about international marriages and jokes that Booth Tarkington would enforce moral satire, claiming the topic has spurred literary intervention and public attention.
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Booth Tarkington
Detroit Journal
If I Could Call Them Back Dear Dead Days Poem
The excerpt laments lost days of love and lists longing to regain a time with Lillian Barker Beetle in Boston. It speaks of returning to cherished moments and offering life itself to a loved one, expressing devotion and the wish to reverse parting.
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Lillian Barker Beetle
Boston Transcript
Paradise
Koalubara
Belgrade
Wealth buys life and smarter hair care in a curious tale
A veteran patient narrator muses on money extending life and better health for the rich, then shifts to a shop scene touting hair oil and a clockwork scarecrow. Interleaved vignettes show jail life’s quiet routines, a tobacconist praising snuff, and belief in seemingly trifling comforts as social signals.
Liquid air cocktails questioned at Fairbanks luncheon
A Washington Herald remark notes the anomaly that juicy claims were served at a Fairbanks luncheon and wonders why no one suggested the drinks were liquid air cocktails in that setting.
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Fairbanks
Washington Herald
British girls seek American husbands in Missouri move
A Minneapolis Journal note says about one thousand British girls head for America seeking husbands. The piece claims Missouri is the place if they can prove they can support husbands properly, highlighting a transatlantic matchmaking notion and migration trend.
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America
Minneapolis Journal
Terrors of Prohibition and odd folk remedies
A Washington Herald note cites Augusta Georgia reporting a correspondent urging a mashed onion poultice with salt for snakebite as an example of the era's prohibition fears. The remark frames prohibition as creating strange measures and anxieties.
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Augusta
Washington Herald
Superstitions Across Cultures and Global Conflicts
The piece surveys beliefs around the number 13 across cultures from Aztecs to Irish statistics, then shifts to demystify Tibetan healing myths, Serbian charms, and a Belgrade killer. It notes 1906 and 1996 German livestock slaughter, Irish crime rates, Rhodesia telegraph disruptions, German southwest Africa costs, Spitzbergen rail, and northern Australia rat and dog nutrition.
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Siam
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Lfe
Missouri
Mexico
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Italy
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Empire
Germany
Ireland
Mayo
Leitrum
Sligo
Cavan
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South Africa
Rhodesia
Africa
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Northern
Australia
Pettis Dry Goods CO
Cravenette
Llad
Uptown
Zink
Bloom’s Money Loan Office
Washington Street
Court House
NEW Grand Opera
Benjamin Chapin & CO
White House
Mr. Chapin
Abraham Lincoln
Ward & Curran
Emma Francis
Anna Doherty
Mayme Remington
Brownies
William Inman & Co
Mlle
Nadgi
Marmuri
Meas
Dajestic
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Holly and
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Amateurs
Belles
Murphy and the Ideals
Genesee Shoes
Mrosenblose
Pennsylvania St
Wonderland
Captain Fox
Human Arrow
Electric Tower
the Union Trust CO
Market St
Miss King’s Art School
Central Trust Building
E. Market St
Metzger
Beat Shonaie
Jacob Metzger Co
Beth Fhones
Hartmann
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