Spain Considers Gambling Concession at San Sebastian
A Spanish government concession for a Monte Carlo style gambling resort at San Sebastian near the Pyrenees and Bay of Biscay faces public tax concerns. King Alfonso reportedly opposes the plan, while ministers seek revenue from gambling profits amid Morocco war costs and heavy taxation.
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San Sebastian
Monte Carlo
Alfonso
Bay
Biacay
Pyrennees
M. Marquet
Ostend
Morocco
Spain
Macas
Canton River
Amertes
Taft on Time Sets Punctuality Example in Pittburgh
During his stay in Pittsburgh President Taft maintained perfect punctuality despite a hectic schedule. The account notes he was never tardy, admirably coordinating with his hosts and avoiding delays that could have derailed the arrangements.
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Pittburg
Taft
Pillar
Magistrate Carey Rules Tie in Foreign Dispute
In Solomon's Class a case before Magistrate Carey ended with a novel, fair outcome. Two foreigners accused each other and brought many witnesses, some not speaking clear English. After counting, both prosecutors had fourteen witnesses. the magistrate declared a tie and sent them home to gather more.
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Carey
Provisional Advice at a Wedding Gag
A comic wedding scene features Father Dooley, a sheepish bride, and Pat shifting impatiently. He jokes about changing clothes in a hurry and leaving wages in his other pants. He whispers a plan to show how to fix a gas meter to read just 40 percent.
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Father Dooley
Pat
Simple Banquets In Vogue At Capital Hotels
A Washington bon vivant now at the Hotel Westmont says winter dinners in elite circles are simpler in form with fewer courses yet still richly luxurious. Dinners start with canapes or oysters, and grape fruit is now mainly a salad ingredient. Salads must be neat, not ornamental, and vegetables are kept minimal, with lettuce as a background and French vegetables limited to a few kinds.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Hotel Westmont
Dogs and Dogs and More Dogs at One Day Show
A one day show in the East drew no fewer than 1600 dogs mostly pets owned by women. The report describes pampered dogs and mistreatment with a case showing an owner supplying unusual comforts while a dog waited all day. The piece criticizes women as degrading dogs and calls for vocabulary revision to distinguish pampered pets from true dogs.
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Little One
James Gordon in the Senate from Mississippi
Col James Gordon appointed by Gov Noel as Mississippi's senator faces possible disqualification and a question of oath. A Civil War veteran and planter from Pontotoc, he is described as a devout public citizen with a storied military record. He arrives amid a tense Mississippi political scene and will be new to Congress with memories of two eras.
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James Gordon
Kk. F. Noel
Mississippi
Washington
Anselm J. McLaurin
Congress
Col. Gordon
Senator McEnery
Louisiana
Corbett
Quay
Senate
Pontotoc
Tennesse
Alabama
Natchez
Vicksburg
Jackson
Toccopola
Buckhorn
Mudcreek
Troy
Okolona
Chickasaw Rangers
Jeff Davis Legion
Second Mississippi Cavalry
Forrest
Gordon
Stuart
van Dorn
Armstrong
Tocsin
Nathan Redford Forrest
Col
Sumter
Potomac
Dry Dock Order for Brazil's Dreadnought Program
Brazil places a large order with an English shipbuilder for a floating dry dock to assist two new dreadnought battleships. The dock will be among the world’s largest with a 22 000 ton lifting capacity, costing 913 500 dollars and due in eleven months.
Graft Critique in Public Works Sparks Debate
Judge Jaetrice Howard condemns public graft in dam and reservoir projects, arguing 40 percent of public funds vanish as graft. He questions whether private enterprise could deliver better service at lower cost, urging scrutiny of public undertakings and integrity restoration.
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New York
Jaetrice Howard
Supreme Court
Ashokan
Howard
Shaw Learns a Disciple In City Magistrate Row
A garbled dispatch recalls G Bernard Shaw praising a magistrate who admonished a shirt worker on strike as opposing God. The exchange inflames Shaw fans, warning magistrates against punitive rhetoric and hinting at subversive copying by pupils of the master.
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G. Bernard Shaw
Shaw
America
Bernard Shaw
N. Y. Press
Endorsement of insurgents by Everybody's Magazine
The magazine backs the insurgent senators Beveridge Clapp and La Follette and all insurgents who opposed the Cannon rule. It urges voters to demand pledges from their congressmen to vote against Cannon for Speaker and to support a bi partisan Rules Committee.
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Senate
House
Congress
Beveridge
Clapp
la Vollette
Champ Clark
Cannon
Committee On Rules
Safeguarding Italy's Art Treasures in Export Law
The article argues regulation of art export is the key, critiquing outdated provisions for separating collections and dealers. It notes export law yields revenue and aids museums but can fail to prevent smuggling, urging practical, not merely formal, measures to protect cultural property.
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Frau
Frank Jewett Mather
Italy
North American Review
Eastern institutions gain in non-North Atlantic regions
The article notes that Columbia Cornell Harvard Pennsylvania Princeton and Yale show a rise of 146 in non North Atlantic divisions and 807 overall since 1905, aided by state universities like Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin becoming national institutions. It cites Michigan drawing students from most states and foreign countries, with 620 North Atlantic entrants, and discusses how many state students would not attend college without such options. The piece also recounts the decline of the passenger pigeon from 1845 to near extinction by 1900, highlighting captive survivors and the end of an era with only two birds remaining.
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North Atlantic
Middle West
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Yale
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Delaware
New York State
American College
Hudson River
Claremont
Grant
Petoskey
New York
Cincinnati Zoo
Milwaukee
C. C. Whitman
Chicago University
Dixie Is Most Popular Song In America
The Library of Congress music chief reports Dixie as the leading American song with Yankee Doodle Hall Columbus America and The Star Spangled Banner as distant rivals. The piece is praised for its broad appeal and timeless resonance across settings and bands.
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Library of Congress
America
Gen
Washington
A Painful Revenge
A Central Dentists Association banquet tale recounts a patient from the farm who yelled for a tooth to be pulled just enough to “twist it” and “worry” the sore area as payback for a week of discomfort. The joke drew smiles among the dentists at Broad Street.
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Central Dentists’ Association
Broad Street
Big Degrease of Bird Life
A historical note recalls extinct and near extinct birds such as the dodo and great auk, with mentions of preserved skins and notable collectors. Walter Roosenfield of England holds two dodos linked to Gordon Plowmer and William Dutchvr, while other specimens were traced to the St. Lawrence, Grand Manan, and finally the Smithsonian in Washington.
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Dodo
Greafauk
Nestor Productus
Melia
Labrador
Bert
Giaevsands
Walter Rotsenflid
England
Gordon Plowmer
Brookline
Mass
Fulton Market
New York
Tsho
William Dutchvr
Thompson
St. Lawrence River
Grand Manan
The Occult Seance Ends With Strained Precautions
A dialogue describes elaborate, unsafe restraints used on a medium during a seance. The group boasted tying her to a chair with a clothesline and binding limbs with shoelaces, thread, garter webbing, and trout line. After an hour and forty three minutes the table reportedly lifted, claiming success.
Too Full for Utterance Dialect Exchange
I Onds you, said Brother Dickey to one lay member. I gay, I finds yo' settin' down befo' one of de biggest dinners I ever seen, an' I wants ter ask yo', plain an' simple, did yo' come by it honest. Bre'r Dickey, replied the lay member, dis 's one time in my life dat I is too full for utterance.
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Brother Dickey
Dickey
Utah Senator Sees Meat Prices to Rise on Snow Loss
Former Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah arrives at the Waldorf and warns of potential mutton price increases after heavy Rocky Mountain snow, thaw, and a sudden freeze. He cites severe stock losses, grazing restrictions from forest reserves, and strong Western land demand as factors driving meat costs up.
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Thomas Kearns
Utah
Waldorf
Rocky Mountain
Senator Kearns
Pinchot
Kearns
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Mississippi
Coast
Middle West
N. Y
So Miss Doolittle Befriends Mrs Baxter at Dinner
Mrs Betsey Baxter arrives unannounced at Dorcas Doolittle home and requests a full dinner. She lists an extensive spread including fried chicken biscuits jelly preserves fritters coffee and sweet potatoes while insisting she is easy to please and will eat whatever is provided.
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Puck
Miss Doolittle
Betsey Baxter
Dorcas Doolittle
Georgia church theft case cited in Harper's Monthly
In a Georgia colored church the minister and sexton hid offerings in a box with a private key. Despite precautions regular small amounts vanished prompting a conference where the sexton blamed the minister. He refused to implicate others and offered to cover any shortfall himself.
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Georgia
Joseph
Sexton
Harper's Monthly
Allow Kids In Apartments Debate Sparks Illinois Reform
A spirited Illinois debate argues whether laws should curb landlords who ban children from apartments. The piece questions the premise that flats suit child life and touts suburban living, transit, and sunlit gardens as better for child welfare, calling for measured policy discussion.
Cuba Nation Faces Pressure Over Race and Self Governance
The article discusses Cuba's struggle with racial equality after the Spanish American War, noting black Cubans and mixed-race citizens demand full social and political rights. It cites a Havana government stance against American anti Negro sentiment and highlights a Havana hotel incident where two black congressmen were denied drinks, provoking a broader debate over whether Cuba becomes a black or white republic.
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Cuba
Spain
Havana
United States
N. Y
Marcus Aurelius on Practice and Resilience
A note from Marcus Aurelius urging calm in failure and perseverance in practice. He counsels not to be discouraged when practice deviates from precept and to return to the charge after a setback. The passage emphasizes steady effort and composure.
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Marcus Aurelius
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