Inaugural Messages Spar Over Progressive Reforms
The piece surveys Governor Bass of New Hampshire urging constitutional changes and state controls on railroads, taxation reform, primary laws, election integrity, and social oversight. It contrasts progressive aims with Republican reactions and notes calls for a broad, reforming agenda. It also discusses press liberty, government oversight limits, and a New Jersey press commentary on governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
P. Bass
Republian
United
Naapelaewyerarr
Bureau of Labor Inspection
Taft on Imprisonment and Deterrence in Federal Case
A fragment outlines President Taft arguing imprisonment is needed for a man of high wealth and business standing to deter similar offenses. He opposes favorable leniency and emphasizes maintaining deterrence and authority in sentencing. The text references Mr. Harlan and urgent appeals from the defendant's friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Harlan
Connecticut and New Jersey in Regional Transit Debate
A New York World excerpt notes Connecticut hosts a longer segment of the Boston to Washington air route than most states. It questions New Jersey bridging plans and previews Tammany Hall’s aimed reform in New York, while praising a pier project and Long Branch’s demand and profit potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Commonwealth
New York
New Jersey
Long Branch
Capital
Editorial excerpts urge office spoils and reform urgency
The selection quotes editorials from Dayton News Perth Amboy News and Damien Courier criticizing Taft reforms and warning of political heat. It cites war costs, Carnegie peace funding, and a Passaic burglary killing with claims of lawful, justifiable homicide under Crimes Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Thery
Europe
Andrew Carnegie
Damien Courier
Investigating Committees and Historic Inquiries
The text recalls the Electoral Commission of 1877 that awarded the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes and notes a recent county inquiry ending with party lines on Ballinger. It discusses Lorimer and other investigations as broad probes into topics of first economic importance like the currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historic
Electoral Commission
Rutherford B. Hayes
Supreme Court
Hayes
Tilden
Ballinger
Lorimer
Investigations and Partisan Verdicts Stir Public Debate
A long letter criticizes investigations into elections and government conduct, accusing Republican rulings of partisan motive. The piece argues people read testimony and render verdicts, while officials often decide with party prejudice. It cites the Ocean County bribery case as a concern. Also quoted are verses praising nature and a poet Anias J. Pugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean County
Newark News
Thoughts Worth Reading Says Life Pressures Us Toward Medocrity
The quote warns that life’s pressure drives people toward average existence and the “line of least resistance.” It decries this abdication of the best as treason to the human spirit, urging readers to resist complacency and seek a fuller, gardenlike life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Hanford Henderson
Willing to Risk It In Strange Paper Money Tale
A dialogue between uncle and nephew references bacillion paper money and deaths before now. The nephew pleads for notes as he tires of HNfe Filegende Blatter. The excerpt mixes archaic phrasing with satirical currency imagery.
Bragson girl's vow of a thousand refusals
A Boston Transcript quote claims the Bragson girl refused marriage a thousand times. Ethel confirms when Gus proposed she replied a thousand times no.
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Bragson
Ethel
Gus
Boston Transcript
Exaggerated Ego Lighthouse Reference Found in Galveston News
A Galveston News column quips about the difficulty young people face distinguishing themselves from a guiding beacon, noting the ego as a bright but misleading light for the sixteen candle generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E- Lighthouse
Galveston News
Passion for music quoted in Yonkers talk
A Yonkers Statesman item records a brief dialogue about a husband’s passion for music and a wife’s confirmation that her spouse sings, highlighting a light social exchange in a local column.
Clark Roosevelt Dinner Sparks Political Banter at Waldorf
Champ Clark and Theodore Roosevelt mingled at a Periodical Publishers dinner in New York. Clark praised education for voters as Roosevelt warned against undue criticism of press and lawmakers, while talk turned to muckraking magazines and Peary’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Champ Clark
Theodore Roosevelt
Periodical Publishers’ Association
the Waldorf
Ata
Dr. Cook
Commander Peary
Cook
Roosevelt
Mr. Clark
American Republic
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Aviator Demonstrates Plane’s War Use Over Forts Sumter Moultrie
James Ward, eighteen, in a Curtiss plane, flew from Charleston across two rivers and the Atlantic to circle Forts Sumter and Moultrie, winning $5,000. He landed on Sullivan's Island, handed a note to Colonel Marsh, then flew back to the aviation field, covering about twenty five miles in fifty four minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D. C
James Ward
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Forts Sumter
Moultrie
Fort Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Four Killed in Tunnel on Baltimore and Ohio Line
In Connellsville Pennsylvania four men on their way to work were struck by a New York and Pittsburg express train in the Pinkerton tunnel. Foreman Benn Querney and three African American workers died. The victims were part of a Western Maryland railroad extension crew choosing a shorter route. Sir John Aird of London firm John Aird & Bons died, famed for Nile dam projects. Thomas J. Bissell of East Orange New Jersey filed for bankruptcy with liabilities around 25,271 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Pinkerton
Baltimore and Ohio
Benn Querney
New York
New Jersey
Trenton
N.J
Thomas J. Bissell
East Orange
United States District Court
Bargains Highlighted On Third Page Cent-a-Words
The third page features a selection of bargains with low cent-a-word listings. Readers can find discounted items and special deals across multiple categories.
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Bens, Roisseau
Bobbitt
Subscription Daily Record
Daily Record
Long Branch Record
Taylor Publishing Co
Edwards
Baturday
Department of Weighta and Measures
New York Telegram
THE
OCEAN
Helen Thompson
Ocean Grove
Asbury Park
Camp Meeting
Finange
Heavenly City
Press Liberty and License
John Temple Graves
New York American
United States
Wolse
Ibel
Baldwin
Citizens National
N. J
Offera
State of New Jersey
County of
Monmouth
City of
Tammany
New York State
Hip
Dayton News
Senate
Woodrow Wilson
Perth Amboy
Thomas Wandless
Theodore P. Tayley
Passaic
Wandless
Tapley
Camden Post-Telegram
Nature
Sweet West Wird
Anias J. Pugh
Glark
T. Ragt
Peary
Chample
London
John Aird
John Aird & Bons Ia
Assouam
Assleut
First National Bank
NEW Jersey Mortgage Ae Trust CO
Broadway
Long Branc
Ford Parc
H. W. Green & Bro
Florida
Fort Mation
St. Augustine
Letcher
Virginia
Henry A. Wise
Henry E. Dixey
Adonis
Academy of Music
John H. Cook
Red Bank Register
Cairo
Egypt
Melvin A. Rice
Atlantic Highlands
Africa
Russia
Mr. Cook
Thomas Irving Brown
FEM
Harry
Goldst
G. Eisele
Cedar Ave
West End
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