Ireland on the Western Rim of Europe Its Physical and Economic Profile
The piece surveys Ireland's size, population changes since the famine, and emigration trends. It notes the potato's spread from Peru via Raleigh, Ireland's mountainous region with the McGillicuddy Reeks, peat bogs, and the Dublin-Belfast industrial economy including linen, whisky, shipbuilding, and fisheries. It mentions climate, distances to Scotland, and the Giants Causeway formation.
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Ireland
England
Dublin
National Geographic Society
Maine
Wales
Thie Island
Teken
Peru
Walter Raleigh
Killarney
Belfast
Atlantic
Toor Field
Scotland
Mull of Cantini
Giant's Causeway
Water Flows From Tree Tap at Mount Lowe Hotel
Visitors find a faucet set into a hollow tree trunk near Mount Lowe Hotel. Water runs from the faucet with no visible pipes, the underground lines entering the tree and up through the knothole to a cement-plugged outlet that blends with the tree.
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Mount Lowe
Cal
Wise Practice of the Incas Bride Of The Sun Tradition
The Incas of Peru practiced selecting yearly the finest young women to become brides of the sun, wives of the ruler, a eugenic style tradition noted as contrasting with later restricted matrimonial customs. The passage frames this as an early example of elite selection in ancient society.
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Peru
NOT THE OLD MONTE CARLO AT NOONTIME
A London Times correspondent describes Monte Carlo’s casino as a shabby crowd of mostly women surging from rail cars into a grand building. The casino halls host housewives and shopkeepers while military officers are excluded. 80 percent of players are women. The magic of Monte Carlo has faded, the gold coin vanished, and the temple of Janus opens.
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Monte Carlo
London Times
Janus
Tariff Debate Proposes Democratic Unity for Industrial Security
A Democratic newspaper article argues for joining with Republicans to nominate Wilson, suggesting tariff abolition as a national issue. It contends tariff policy should shift from revenue to protection, citing antidumping efforts, a tariff commission, and protectionist planks favored by many Democrats and business leaders to ensure prosperity and security.
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Wilson
Democratic Organization
Democratic Party
Tariff Commission
Republican Leadership Call for Strong National Direction
The speaker urges the American people to demand larger, finer leadership beyond empty phrases. They condemn Democratic leadership as confusing and drifting and insist Republican leadership is needed to mobilize all national powers and resources for decisive action.
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American Republic
One-Track Mind Opens Mideast Policy Critique
The piece criticizes Wilson for a narrow one track mind in foreign policy. It laments meddling in Mexico and failing to engage in its internal settlement. The author argues the United States bears great responsibilities moral and material.
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Wilson
Mexico
Republican Statesmanship and Generous Government Spending
The piece asserts Republicans would again support the government with ample funding, noting a post Civil War pattern of large appropriations. It claims critics overstate waste, arguing responsibility lies with Congress that enacted funding and that expenditures justified large aims even when not perfectly efficient.
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Congress
Baker omits Mexico friendship note in Wilson era record
The remark suggests Secretary Baker overlooked mentioning the preservation of amicable relations with Mexico among the Wilson administration's great achievements.
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Baker
Mexico
Apology Over Secretary Bryan Sparks Satirical Spectacle
A satirical flourish mocks Secretary Bryan as democracy apologizes and the scene becomes a spectacle. The gleeful drama draws gods and mortals into laughter at a political moment.
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Bryan
Daniels Costly Blunders and Navy Readiness Warned
Congress rushes to act on a blamed governing board and the Daniels gag law after late warnings from Admiral Fiske. The piece argues the country remains unprepared to use the navy efficiently for three years due to suppressed warnings and delayed transparency.
National Party and its vision for unity and prosperity
The text argues the National Party has long been the national party, favoring policies that build American prosperity. It credits the party with a great vision of national unity and asserts it is rising to lead the country to triumph among the world’s nations.
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Republican Party
National Party
Parasol Carried by Suffragists in St Louis Parade
A young woman bears the yellow parasol used by thousands in the Walk Less Parade staged by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in St Louis to push Democratic delegates to adopt a suffrage plank.
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St. Louis
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Literal minded maid ruses suitor in a Boston Transcript joke
A suitor asks if Miss Blank is home and the maid misdirects him. After an hour he learns she is shopping. The maid insists Miss Blank told her she is always at home, prompting the humorous misunderstanding.
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Miss Blank
Boston Transcript
Poised Words on Reading Poetry for Time Savings
A whimsical remark from Mrs. Torkins about reading poetry to save time. The Washington Star quote notes poetry has many open spaces that shorten page reading time.
Diana and Dick Clash Over Wedding Riches
Dialogue shows Diana asking if the fiancé will be rich and Dick retorts that he is not. A mother remarks on the wedding while a father dismisses the groom as poor.
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Diana
Father
Historic English Bugle Believed Carried by Standish Army
Living near Hillsboro Indiana R M Bever owns a three foot cedar bugle said to be made in England in the early seventeenth century. The artifact, carried by Miles Standish’s expedition to fight Indians, has links to the Boston tea party Lexington and Bunker Hill Yorktown siege and Cornwallis surrender. The heirloom passed through the Bever family and related owners since colonial days.
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R. M. Bever
Hillsboro
Ind
England
America
Miles Standish
Boston
Minute Men
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Bever
Michael Bever
Tazewell County
Llinois
Joseph Bever
L. M. Cooper
Waynetown
Owe Debt to Servian Bards and National Awakening
The schoolmaster and scholars act as nation builders shaping identity through language. From Korais in Greece to Servian bards under Ottoman rule, intellectuals ignite revolutions, with Pearse and Gaelic league figures in Ireland as modern parallels. The Jewish revival mirrors this through reintroducing biblical language as spoken tongue.
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Korais
Pericles
Ireland
Faust
Russia
Nansen
Sigurd Ibsen
Norway
Braga
Portugal
D’annunzio
Martinetti
Italy
Pearse
Gaelic League
New York Evening Post
Yale's Famous Fifty Three Notables From Class of ’53
The Waterbury American highlights Yale class of 1853 members including Isaac H. Bromley journalist Henry C. Robinson lawyer Gen Edward Harland Civil War figure Edmund Clarence Stedman banker poet George H. Watrous New Haven railroad president Andrew D. White former Berlin envoy and Cornell president Senator Tom Platt Senator Randall Gibson Charlton T. Lewis George Shiras Jr Supreme Court justice Episcopal Bishop Davies Michigan Wayne MacVeagh Garfield cabinet member.
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Yale
George W. Smalley
Isaac H. Bromley
Henry C. Robinson
Connecticut
Edward Harland
Norwich
Edmund Clarence Stedman
George H. Watrous
New Haven Road
Andrew D. White
Berlin
Cornell
Tom Platt
New York
Randall E. Gibson
Louisiana
Charlton T. Lewis
George Shiras, Jr
United States Supreme Court
Episcopal
Davies
Michigan
Wayne MacVeagh
Garfield
Waterbury
Child Names Black and White Coat Bobolink Joke
Olive aged four walks with her father in June. She spots a bird and exclaims about a bobolink. The father questions the identification. She claims she heard it babble, reflecting a playful misunderstanding.
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Olive
Ladies’ Home Journal
Chestnut Blight Impacts U.S. Economy Across Regions
Chestnut blight has caused damage estimated near 50.6 million dollars and affects American and European species while sparing some Asian varieties. Breeders cross Japanese chestnut with native chinqua pin to create resistant trees. Chinese chestnuts reportedly reach around 100 feet in their native forests.
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Japan
China
New Talent and Boarders Stir Domestic Chats
Mrs. Corntossel defends taking summer boarders saying they offer companionship and critique at the table, alongside her own family.
Starting Trouble Over Biscuits and Black Diamonds
A wife notes reading that black diamonds found in Borneo are the hardest substance known. Her husband, preoccupied with biscuits, responds with a quip about the baked goods, highlighting domestic distraction.
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Borneo
Lear
The Difference Between Father and Daughter
The father proclaims young Jones will become a man, while the daughter doubts his progress calling him not a going one. She expresses playful skepticism about his emergence into maturity.
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Jones
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