South Dakota Speech Attacks Railroad Influence at Fair
Coe I Crawford denounces railroad power and party machine control in South Dakota. He urges Roosevelt rate reform, primary election laws, and anti pass measures, urging vigilance in caucuses and county meetings to curb corporate influence.
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Opposition to the Machine and Vigilance Calls
The author warns against delegates who seek freedom and discretion, labeling such figures as servants of the machine. Emphasizes binding instructions to prevent deceit by trade and dispenser factions and recalls state leaders Lawson and Branson as machine-backed players seeking rewards.
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State Senate
Lawson
Branson
Women in Labor Parades and the Fear of Female Industry Mastery
The piece notes 1000 women marching in a New York labor parade and recalls early 19th century anxieties about women entering industry. It contrasts European cases of women in hard labor with the general trend that most masculine-typed tasks like railroading mining and ship work remain dominated by men.
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Witte's Niece a Georgia Girl
Georgia claims a citizen who is nephew of Count Sergius Witte. George C. Witte, Augusta wholesale merchant, is related to the Russian envoy. The Witte family background traces to Mecklenburg Schwerin with ties to Buffalo and Georgia. Elizabeth Witte, George C. Witte's daughter, resembles the envoy and may help extend Georgia hospitality if the great uncle travels south.
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Louis Witte
Sergius Witte
Mecklenburg- Schwerin
America
Buffalo
George Witte
The Rockefeller Wig Opinion Sparks Style Debate
The New York Evening World weighs whether Mr Rockefeller wearing a gray wig signals a trend facing America. The column notes wigs’ long pedigree and Britain’s association with dignity while wondering if a fashionable baldhead shift could alter masculine appearance and social formality.
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New York Evening World
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England
Lost by a Close Shave in Ade's Bad Samaritan Scene
In the New York Evening Telegram review of George Ade's one act play Bad Samaritan the seaside boardwalk set shows a crowd scene and a disreputable man is hired as a tester for Ade. The tramp returns after shaving and wearing a collar and red tie but is refused admission, quipping that he lost a job for trying to look decent.
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New York Evening Telegram
Bad Samaritan
George Ade
Garden Theater
Cruel Fussy Mothers Observed by Boston Herald
In a Boston Herald column a woman fusses over her five year old daughter with constant adjustments. A doctor nearby warns such parenting wounds the child and may lead to institutionalization, while the observer laments the lack of hope for change.
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Boston Herald
Whitneys New Poetry Volume Shows Cleverness and Passion
Mrs Helen Whitney wife of Payne Whitney and daughter of the late John Hay publishes Songs and Sonnets through Harper Brothers. The third volume reveals a keen grasp of political literature with genuine mood and passion though some poems clash with a youthful voice.
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Payne Whitney
John Hay
Harper Brothers
Fiala Returns From Arctic Quest Talks Pole Access Plans
Anthony Fiala, Brooklyn commander of the last Ziegler expedition, arrives in New York aboard the Oceanic after two years exposed to Arctic winds. He says the voyage yielded little northward progress but produced thorough scientific work, discovering four new channels and three large islands. He advocates two future paths: multiple ships relaying northward with shared supply stations, or a heavy steel drift ship with wireless, ample stores, and strong engines to pierce ice.
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New York
Anthony Fiala
Brooklyn
North Pole
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Fiala
Atlantic
The Creamery Business and Butter Overrun Insights
The Chicago Dairy Record says small creameries must raise knowledge and adopt the science of butter making to resist large plants. Overrun rates drive prices, with uptake from 15 to 20 percent possible versus 5 to 10 percent. A manager notes the key profit comes from the chemist testing moisture and casein, while remaining in a small room.
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Chicago Dairy Record
Creamery Board of Directors
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