Backfire of Reform in Republican Nomination Debate
Chicago Tribune critiques the idea of presidents and governors choosing successors, arguing it undermines democracy and risks empowering political machines. It notes Roosevelt La Follette influence, warns of autocratic privilege, and urges preserving convention power to select candidates like La Follette Hughes or others with strong qualifications.
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Tribune
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Roosevelt
la Follette
Republican Party
Warwick
Lenroot
Taft
Fairbanks
Cannon
Foraker
Hughes
Humane judge tells hungry man to steal bread
Judge Crow of the Chicago municipal court advised laborer Chris Jacobson to steal bread when hungry, saying if ever again you are so hungry there being no other way steal bread. The judge did not punish or reprimand, urging a humane response beyond statutes.
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Crow
Chicago
Chris Jacobson
Jacobson
Judge Crow and the Bread Thief in Illinois Law
The text discusses Judge Crow’s stance on harsh punishment within Illinois law. It recalls a predecessor who jailed a man for six months for stealing a loaf to feed his hungry wife and seven children, arguing humanity can’t be bad law and noting the first statute against larceny commands not to steal.
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Crow
Illinois
Jacobson
Supreme Court
Advertising the church in La Crosse pastors say
An Illinois pastor urges advertising to reach the unchurch ed. Dr Dyer asserts diverse ads draw street interest and church work shows results. Rev James Irish of King Street Methodist church has used similar methods with notable success in La Crosse. Advertising is a practical tool for congregation growth.
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Illinois
Dyer
la Crosse
James Irish
King Street
Meeting Twain Denies Rumor Of Davy Jane's Locker
In a New York club encounter Mark Twain heard rumors that papers tied him to Davy Jane's locker alongside Henry H. Rogers and a Standard Oil yacht. He pledged a full, exhaustive inquiry and would inform the public if any basis were found, hoping the report is untrue.
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Mark Twain
New York
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Clemens
Chicago Chief of Police Collins faces political charges
The article argues prosecuting Chief Collins would be fairer if politics were not involved. It suggests he may have broken civil service rules and perhaps more, but his opposition to the Busse administration’s election is framed as the core issue.
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Collins
Chicago
Civil Service
Busse
Palmistry fad in Paris signals realism in France
Paris witnesses a palmistry craze as palmists flourish signaling a shift toward realism in the French approach to character reading. The piece notes the phenomenon as part of cultural trends in the city.
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Paris
France
Retailer Wins Set-Off Battle Over Purity Penalty in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania court ruled that a retailer cannot deduct penalties from an unpaid bill when the set-off is a penalty. The case centers on a guaranteed catsup failing the pure food test, with the retailer paying $61.89 for the impurity, as damages for breach of contract.
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Retailers’ Journal
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pure Food Department
Patience as a Virtue in a Gentleman's Dilemma
A woman asks George how long he will wait for her as she explains her father's sudden plans to visit a silver mine and her duty to care for her mother. George responds with earnest emotion, reaffirming enduring love despite uncertain timing.
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George
Life in Iowa shows cost of illegal liquor use
A Grinnell youth paid a $100 fine and four months in jail after authorities charged him with selling liquor without a license. He had bought a jug of liquor and friends contributed to the purchase before it was discovered by federal agents, leading to his conviction and punishment in Iowa. An unrelated local note laments last minute job-work requests on press day and urges patience with publication schedules.
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Arid Lown
Grinnell
Durance Vile
Milwaukee
Iowa
New Albin
lIa
Lanesboro Leader
Barry Conant
Effective Newspaper Advertising and Merchants' Gains
A St Paul Trade Journal note cites a Butte Montana case where newspaper shutdowns reduced merchant business by sixty percent within a week. It urges combining well edited newspaper ads with monthly direct mail circulars, stressing realistic expectations and strong sales clerks to close deals.
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St. Paul
Butte
Mont
The Canton magazine explosion and cheeky caption
An Evening Wisconsin recap notes a Canton powder magazine blast blamed on simple carelessness. It compares Chinese likening to Caucasian traits and references a French warship loss at Toulon amid wild wireless theory. One officer's body was found clutching a pipe, implying smoking as a cause.
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Wisconsin
Canton
France
Toulon
Evely Day
Penny-Tentiary Joke Moves From Child to Candy Cravings
In a Denver Post excerpt a child Georgie asks why pennies were taken from a purse and answers that he took them to buy candy. The mother questions where boys who steal pennies end up. The quip suggests a playful, old time moral focus on mischief.
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Georgie
Denver Post
Travel and Wheels Bring Sneakiness to Yonkers Statesman
A brief Yonkers Statesman snippet ponders why people travel incognito and suggests a humorous answer about showing off wheels, framed as a father son exchange.
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Yonkers
Statesman
Willie Green Teaches History With a Repetition Joke
A classroom quip shows Willie Green asked how he never repeats a lesson. He replies with a playful line about history repeating itself echoing his father's saying.
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Willie Green
Wall Street Panic Involving Beulah Sands and Brownley
In a Wall Street drama Beulah Sands seeks to salvage her father’s ruined fortune with help from Bob Brownley and Randolph & Randolph. Brownley uses Sands funds plus Randolph backing to profit in sugar stocks until a market crash exposes the scheme and losses mount. Beulah and Brownley’s romance ends amid the financial collapse and engagement.
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Bob Brownley
Wall Street
Jim Randolph
Randolph & Randolph
Brownley
Randolph
Beulah Sands
Virginia
Reinhart
Miss Sands
Barry Conant
Standard Oil
Sugar
Miss Sayds
Bob
Wrein
Beulah
Parry Conant
Agar
Wall Street Gambler's Triumph and System Exposed
A former trader explains how he profitably manipulated the market by selling sugar stock short into a system driven by Barry Conant and the so called System. He details how the scheme used price swings to force mass buying and selling, amassing over a billion in profits while others suffered.
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Barry Conant
Poet and Persona Echo in Catholic Standard and Times
A fragment reflects on perception and pride as lines about Bess reveal tension. The tone hints at literary reflection within the Catholic Standard and Times publication context, suggesting moral or cultural commentary.
Silly Verse Fragments Parade Before Reading Audience
A collage of poems and quips seen in various papers mocks sports fame vanity and courtly talk. It blends playful rhymes about a famed pitcher with brief anecdotes from Birmingham Age-Herald and other periodicals plus light verse on romance and a milk joke at Rockefeller's farm.
Watermelon pun and spring joke cue in minstrel humor
The excerpt presents a back‑and‑forth gag about why watermelons are named and a father’s misadventure with a spring ending in a fall. A golden-voiced tenor named Vic Lett is announced to perform a ballad about liberty, per Harper’s Weekly.
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Middleman
Tambo
Vic
Lett
Harper's Weekly
Ecclesiastical Trial of Professor Woods by Andover Seminary
A fragment notes a church inquiry into Professor Woods of Andover theological seminary on alleged heresy, with reference to a retired New Hampshire figure nearby. The text hints at broader discussions within religious circles of the era.
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Professor Woods
Andover Theological Seminary
New Hampshire
Politeness Always Pays Cited by Senator Gallinger
In Concord a heated argument is cooled by Senator Gallinger who proclaims politeness always pays. He cites a fable of two little girls before grapes, one greedy and one not, to illustrate the point. The Boston Herald and brief jokes from European sheets accompany the item.
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Senator Gallinger
Boston Herald
Wiener Kleines Erwitzblatt
Quite a Job. Boarder and landlady exchange late night sounds
A translated joke from Transatlantic Tale via Fliegende Blatter portrays a boarder asking if the landlady heard him return home last night. The landlady confirms she heard him coming in for several hours, suggesting humorous misunderstandings over noise and presence.
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