The Nine Dollar Hog and the Pains of Paynes Move
The piece argues that a $9 hog burdens workers as the Payne tariff raises living costs. It links high food prices to Republican leadership, Insurgency gains, and fears of broader political shifts. It notes packers' profits and middlemen slicing into farmers, urging focus beyond inflated hog prices.
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Wiplican Party
Republican Party
Payne-Aldrich
Kansas
Iowa
Asin
Michigan
Aldrich
Philosophy of Hope Optimism as a humane guide
The piece argues optimism as a rational, open eyed faith that life is worthwhile and that individuals retain value within humanity. It questions self centered isolation and urges a broad, challenging universe that forges character and man making amid a vast, interlinked world.
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Seven Seas
David Starr Jordan
Brass Tacks Merely a Roughneck at Fashion Show
A Buffalo News item notes a roughneck stance toward attending a local fashion show. The piece contrasts the speaker’s dated attitude with modern style, suggesting discord with social elites and a wear of tuxedos cut too low.
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Buffalo News
Rivalries Stir Berlin Over Rings on My Fingers Parody
Berlin erupts over a German version of Rings on My Fingers mocking Richard Strauss. The Boston Journal notes the spoof captures public reaction while the Chicago Record-Herald questions how the wary old guard will respond to Roosevelt's popular approach.
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Berlin
Richard Strauss
Boston Journal
Roosevelt
Chicago Record- Herald
Lost coat on road between Alma and MacFarland
Alma Missouri Enterprise reports a long gray coat missing along the road between Alma and MacFarland. Residents advised to contact the paper if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma and
MacFarland
Alma
Enterprise
Miss Elkins Counts to 100 Before Marriage
Toledo Blade notes Elkins believes in counting to 100 before wedding the duke. The remark hints at cautious dating norms and social expectations surrounding nuptials in the era.
Batting Average of .600 and a Clever Bluffing Man
Albany Journal notes a clever and lucky man who nets a .600 batting average and escapes three bluffs out of five, illustrating his keen nerve and strategic play during the period.
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Albany Journal
Times Change on Hats and Law
Taileyrand's quip about Louis XVIII says he “put all his soul into the lifting of his hat.” The modern parallel sees the earnest lid tipper jailed, as implied by the St. Paul Dispatch.
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Taileyrand
Louis XVIII
St. Paul
Lillian Russell Sued for 5000 Damages in Auto Collision
The Toledo Blade reports Lillian Russell is being sued for five thousand dollars by a man whom she ran over with her automobile. It never occurred to her to marry him. The case underscores the legal action following a traffic incident involving the actress.
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Lillian Russell
Toledo Blade
Truthful Texas note on Titian-haired women
A Toledo Blade quote says Houston would not use poetic terms for Titian-haired women, calling them gi reu headed widows.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Toledo Blade
Georgia political fund costs to seek governor nomination
Hoke Smith of Georgia says he spent 17 thousand 596 dollars and ten cents to gain the democratic nomination for governor. The term is two years and the salary 3000 dollars. A mathematician cannot figure the net gain. Possibly a politician can.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
Louisville Courier-Journal
Woman Suffragists and the Hobble Skirt Critique
A San Francisco Chronicle opinion mocks suffragists who claim women seek more freedom, arguing many still wear restrictive hobble skirts and back-button dresses, illustrating continued self-imposed limits on liberty.
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San Francisco
Uncle Joe Could Struggle For Speaker Edge In 1911 Return
The note suggests that upon returning to Congress in December 1911, Uncle Joe may find it difficult to win the speaker’s attention. The remark reflects cautious political dynamics and potential challenges within the House leadership.
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Joe
Congress
Washington Herald
Investigating Committee Delays Before Disaster
A St Louis Times report notes the investigative committee failed to arrive in time, contributing to the disaster. The piece underscores delays and the systemic gaps in early response and accountability.
Just a Minute Pure Food Item
A lighthearted anecdote from Lippincott's about an old lady frying bacon who defends the meat as grand bacon after a friend praises its aroma. She insists the pig died a natural death and that the bacon is wholesome and natural despite the friend’s remark.
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Lippincott’s
Man’s rash voting splits his cash in town
A light verse from a historic issue recounts a man who first voted Republican then Democrat, losing half his money each time. The anecdote, attributed to Success Magazine, reflects playful commentary on political loyalties and self-inflicted misfortune.
Dennis Inaugural Vote Joke From Success Magazine
An Irishman seeking naturalization wonders if the ceremony will improve his voting, after his papers are signed the judge tells him he can vote. The humorous exchange ends with the immigrant asking if the ritual will help him vote any better than in the last ten years.
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Success Magazine
Dont Be Scrupulous In A Small Way Son
The Modern Polonius advises against small scale unscrupulous acts as a fatherly cue. The son replies All right dad in a concise exchange echoed in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Within the Law in Our Town
A poem from Newark News laments a clever local felon who evaded justice by exploiting legal loopholes. The verse recounts thefts from kin and orphans, mining and corporate fraud, and notes how court decisions repeatedly favored him until a special law was enacted. It ends revealing he authored the law himself.
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Newark News
Woman's Beloved as Nature and Faithful Shelter
Poetic meditation on love equating a beloved to a sunlit dawn and rooted life. The speaker likens him to new leaves, a robin, willow roots, sun over waters, and a sacred altar offering. Later verses reveal themes of redemption, creation, and the transformative power of love amid longing and illness.
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Marguerite Ogden Bigelow
Plain Talks About Health By Dr J H Kellogg
Dr J H Kellogg argues modern civilization harms health by confining indoors. He cites rising chronic disease mortality, declining birth rates, bottle feeding deaths, and deteriorating life expectancy. He calls for a national health department, open air living, outdoor schools, and reduced meat and stimulants to reverse race degeneration.
Political revolutions reshape senate balance this year
The piece notes sweeping changes in the senate with one third of seats up for renewal in two years and marks several long standing leaders as unseated or retiring. It argues progressives will replace reactionaries while predicting no progressive senator will lose a seat this year. It also discusses air quality and health, urging attention to fresh air over mere temperature.
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James J. Hill
Hill
Yench
Senate
Aldrich
Hale
Piles
Flint
Burrows
Kean
New Jersey
Warner
Missouri
Depew
New York
Carter
Montana
Topeka
All Are Insurgent Wall Street Journal Editorial
An editorial declares insurgent currents in national life and finance, noting Wall Street’s shift from old guard to a conservative progressive party. It argues against naming critics as agitators and endorses moral critique of business practices despite fearing the label insurgent.
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Wall Street
Wall Street Journal
The Endless Chain in Rate Investigation
The Philadelphia Record critiques the Interstate Commerce Commission's rate logic, linking higher traffic to higher costs and dividends, fueling capital needs and more rates. It likens the argument to a circular parable about drinking and spilling wine, concluding that increased rates sustain the cycle.
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Interstate Commerce Commissions
Philadelphia Record
The Closed Window And Winter Breath
The article argues that warm weather prompts openness to fresh air while cold seasons lead people to keep windows shut. It notes that thermometer guidance replaces medical advice in hot weather and urges more consistent lung exposure to life-giving oxygen during winter for better health.
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Washington Times
The True Uplift and Rights for All Citizens
A Peoria Star quotation argues against tyranny of wealth and calls for equal rights and fair opportunity. It asserts that oppression of the many by the few harms nations, and true uplift comes from demanding just rights rather than meek submission.
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Caesar
Peoria
Passing It On and the Payne Aldrich Tariff Effects
The piece argues higher tobacco taxes under Payne Aldrich shift costs to consumers. It contends merchants and shippers pass tax and inspection costs to buyers, citing tobacco, oil, beef, and freight as examples, with the consumer ultimately bearing the burden.
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Congress
Tobacco Trust
Great Corporation
Standard Oil Company
Beef Trust
Baltimore Sun
Wisconsin Progressives Win After Tucker Death
The San Francisco Bulletin notes that in Wisconsin the progressive faction toppled standpatters by nominating late candidate Frank T. Tucker for attorney general after his accidental drowning. Tucker’s name on the ballot drew 10,000 more votes than the living challenger, filling the vacancy and denying reactionaries any chance.
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Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Frank T. Tucker
la Follette
Tucker
Republican State Central Committee
San_ Francisco
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Gary
Brooks
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