Republican crisis over tariffs and census duties
A vision of the Taft era shows Republicans confronting a tariff fight and a looming census bill vetoed by Roosevelt. The piece argues for amended census rules, warns of political strife in the House, and questions the president’s power to create new diplomatic offices without Congress approval. It emphasizes fiscal reform, party unity, and the peril of insurgent challenges.
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Taft
Congress
Roosevelt
Census Bureau
Speaker Cannon
Cannon
Holt
Republican Party
Raisig
House
Senate
Ainee McKinsey
Walter
House of Representatives
Tee Bowses
Act of Congress
Newt
Tooth House
Wathertts
Shenttle
Tito
Women and the vote in Britain and America
The article argues that women's suffrage has progressed in Britain and America over a decade. It asserts men finally recognize suffrage as beneficial, urges continued, vigorous action, and contends women participating in politics would cleanse government of stigma tied to vice and degradation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Great Britain
Wornin
Jerome
Voices for Women Vote in England’s Battle for Suffrage
A speaker reflects on the suffrage struggle in England, defending women’s methods from brute force labels and detailing marches, jail experiences, and publicity stunts like a bannered airship. She cites male opposition, declares women’s political training will follow voting, and links US progress to UK hopes for equal suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cheapside
Parlament
Vision of Maharajah Foretelling Death Revealed
Prince Duleep Singh recounts a Strand Magazine anecdote about an oleograph image of his father, the Maharajah of Dileep Singh, appearing in his room and predicting death. The prince notes his father died October 22, 1893 after an apoplectic seizure the prior Saturday.
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Nh Herlin
Lord Carnarvon
Strand Magazine
Dileep Singh
Duleep Singh
Mararajah
People seek tax relief as reform battles rise in Congress
The article portrays a clash between money power and the mass with predatory trusts wielding influence. It notes public demand for tariff reform, backlash against standpatters, and hopes that a reformist wave under Taft and a potential Democratic House in 1918 will curb entrenched power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Goui
Taft
Postmaster Warns On Abbreviating State Names
A comical postal exchange shows a postmaster chiding a complainant for not writing state names in full. The dialogue contrasts Tenn and Penn and notes common confusions with Cal Nev Neb and other abbreviations. The exchange underlines the habit of shortening states to prevent mail misdelivery.
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Napoleon Village
Penn
Tenn
N. J
Misa
Masa
Mina
Dorothy's Prayer Dilemma at Home and Church
Eight year old Dorothy, kept from church by a cold, asks to say her prayers at home. Her father counters that God hears prayers anywhere, while Dorothy worries she lacks a prayer without the book. He offers Bible reading as a substitute, but she insists on saying prayers herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Franline
Papa
Harper's Weekly
Cure for Ecrema by Catnura Remedies Recounted
A patient from Chambershore Pennsylvania describes a long struggle with skin disease starting as ecrema on land. After misdiagnoses of itching and burning conditions and various doctors, Catnura Remedies provided relief and eventual cure. Signed Trumhart, 334 W Market St, Chambershore, Pa, Sept 19, p08 Dees Deeg A Chem Chop, Be Pewee, Boston.
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Fffern
Trumhart
Market St
Chambershore
Dees
Boston
Farewell Address at University of Virginia Professor Farewell
Dr Blank, a College of Virginia professor, prepared to depart for Europe after nearly two years abroad. He stated the parting was painful and wished his students could see the innermost thoughts of his heart. A lighthearted quip from the crowd followed, joking about digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blank Ways Lippincott
University of Virginia
Europe
Fragmentary OCR Note Teases Eames Reward Tale
A garbled historical OCR passes scattered phrases and quotes from a Harper's Weekly style vignette. It mentions Eames Reward, Cheney & Co, and a preacher declaring a quip about women, plus a Bride and Hutcher joke, all tangled in obsolete newspaper diction.
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House of Commons
Oman
His Majesty's
America
London
Hallote
Prince Victor Duleep Singh
Shaw
Taclelan
Ecrema
Arma
Cutiura
Fon
Pater
Prifesaer
Ouerrh
Cod
Cheney & CO. Tein
Solkees
Cupesman
Owe
Asd
Harper’s Weekly
Dodds
Jie
Wily
Onnae
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