Direct Election of United States Senators Gains Support
The piece surveys growing push for voter chosen senators, citing editorials from Philadelphia Times and Chicago News. It argues the Senate is becoming a “rich man's club,” urging direct election to restore popular power and improve governance. It notes bribery concerns in Montana and bossism in Pennsylvania as catalysts for reform.
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Senate
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Montana
Quay
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Times
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The
Chicago News
Productus
Washington
Fragmented Note on Local Topic Remains Unclear
A partial, garbled text segment mentions a small matter with unclear details. No definite names, dates, or places can be confirmed from the readable words. The fragment hints at a minor issue or event but lacks sufficient context to identify who or what is involved.
The Presidents Brother and Public Funds Questions
The Cumberland Times notes that powerful figures profit while the public bears costs. An Annapolis Capital comment questions McKinley’s brother’s modest image as he travels in private cars and stays at expensive hotels. The Battymore News cites fraud fears tied to authorities and reform, while Hyerstown laments veterans’ missing refunds for old uniforms and calls for fair treatment and recoupment.
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Presidents
McKinley Co
Annapois Capital
Voice of the Press on youth, honesty, and ambition
The piece argues temperance and honesty shape character in young men. It warns that dishonesty and carelessness by employers tempt youth, leading to defalcations. It urges a clear object in life, study of self-made men, thrift, charity, and keeping one’s word as a standard for success.
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Sven Temly
Moments with the Hole in Her Dark Eyes
A mixed excerpt from poetry and prose notices enchantment and longing through references to dark eyes and the beacon of love. It includes lines about fate, light and night, and a recurring motif of devotion across time, concluding with a fragmented health ad and a medical scandal note.
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Atlanta Constitution
Multiple Local Incidents Highlight News From Maryland
A scattered report details a July enactment change, a black bear sighting in Howard County, and a steamer incident on the Baltimore and Ohio network. It also covers arrests or sentences in Cumberland and Elkton, including highwaymen, a jail admission in Cumberland, and a man dying by suicide in Towson. Additional items note a nun’s anniversary at Me de Sales near Catonsville and a snow driven game disruption along rail lines.
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Pifen
Howard County
Yoon Anes Railroad Company
Agro
Tusciatown
George L. Edhtwre
Lorawoinz
Cumberland
Fred. Jobson
James Samuels
Sames Gandy
Elkton Og Loo
Martin Rice
Washington County
Antonio Decker
United States
Baltimore
Tully
Montreal
Canada
Joseph Germs
Ilaary Germano
Towson
Lutherville
Connelleville
Emmanuel Martin
Martin
Jenkins M. Murphy
Backman
Alan Thompson
East Lexington Street
Philanthropic Mayor Provides Shoes for New Rochelle Children
Mayor Michiel F Dillon of New Rochelle N Y bought and paid for shoes for needy schoolchildren to ensure their attendance. His generous acts have boosted his popularity in the city.
Mayor Dillon Shoes 20 Poor Children for School
Truant Officer Harvey reports twenty barefoot boys in New Rochelle as lacking footwear. Mayor Dillon arranges four pairs of school shoes for each boy at a local dealer and pays the bill. He urges the children to attend school tomorrow and study hard, recalling his own barefoot youth and hinting some may become president.
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New Rochelle
Dillon
The
United States
Injunction Restrain Taylor From Interfering With Legislature
Special Dispatch to Ta News reports Judge Cantrill issued a temporary injunction restraining Taylor from interfering with the Legislature and from moving its seat to London. Goebel’s condition worsened after a sinking spell this morning. noon reports call it alarming. In Washington, Darnell disputes a shooting claim near Guaymas involving six Americans. Shamokin Silk works plans 35 hours a day with 300 overtime employees. 100 new hires to come next Monday.
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Ta News
Frankfort
Cantrill
Taylor
London
Goebel
Shamokin
Silk Abit Company
Pigs Foretell Bryan Bid Says Farmer in Jersey
A Macemuskin New Jersey farmer claims three pigs with tails shaped like letters J B and a hooked form predicted William J Bryan would win the next US presidency if nominated. The tale attributes a strange omen to farm life and political fortune.
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Dave
William J. Bryan
United States
Solahs
Pension Deadlock Ends With Friday Night Adjournment
The House debated Indian education contracts and pension bills, with Talbert vowing to block all special pension legislation until a quorum. Midst editorials warning of a pension-bureau abuse, only 89-106 members appeared as roll calls grew, and at 10:30 the house adjourned without resolution.
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Nebraska
Uege
National City Bank
New York
Talbert
South Carolina
Congress
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Speaker
Camital
Court of Appeals
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New Framrshire
Ir. Talbert
Mr. Miers
Pen Tilitee
Nate
Weekly Review of Trade Stocks and Bonds in Baltimore
Markets were strong in Baltimore and New York with robust activity in government, state, city, and railroad securities. Notes highlight record highs for Northern Central, Georgia Southern and Florida stock gains, and anticipation of the Greater Seaboard System. money rates ease to 5 percent amid cautious legislative sentiment.
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Southern
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Washington
Metropolitan Street Railway of Washington
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Continental
Guardian
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Old Line
Maryland Trust
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American Bonding
United States
Mechanica
Marina
Equitable
Canton Company
Towssesp Scorr & Sos
Boots and Shoes Market Summary for Bavthwers February
Leather markets hold firm with good demand for rough stock and limited harness leather. Hides light trading. receipts steady but not building stocks. Tallow sells well with prices from 5 to 4.4 cents city and 4 to 4.14 cents country. Wool steady with sales satisfactory. grades range Unwanted extra to washed good. Baltimonz Leather Co.
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Murad
BaLtimonz Leareen Co
Weather and business trends in Bradstreet’s weekly report
Bradstreet’s weather influences and improving tone note varied effects on staples and securities. Cotton prices rise in the South while anthracite coal steadies. railroad earnings climb 14.9 percent year over year for late January. Bank clearings shrink from year-ago levels as failures drop. Wheat faces colder conditions and supply concerns, with new prices and regional demand described.
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Bradstreet's
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Roads
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Bradstreet’s
Deaths and obituaries from local residents
Carrie May Reese died at her sister’s residence on South Market Street aged 25 years six months and one day. Funeral at her home Monday at 2 pm with interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. pallbearers listed. Clark Smeltzer died January 21 in Chicago from consumption. survived by four brothers and four sisters. Sylvester Cleaveland, 77, died at his son’s home in Baltimore after a short illness. survivors listed. Mrs John Gillam, mother of Rev J M Gillam, died near Cumberland aged 36. A rumor of Charles Hoont’s Baltimore arrest is denied. a man claiming to be Charles Gordon is 5 years old.
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Carrie May Reese
T J. Michael
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Lewis H. Reese
William Reese
Mt. Olivet
Lewis Swaim
Charles Gittinger
Walter Rice
Tobias Kahn
Vernon Rhoderick
Clayton Haines
Clark Smeltzer
Jacob Smeltzer
Chicago
Josaphus Thomas
E. P. Smeltzer
Boonsboro
William
Indiana
Daniel E
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Ohio
George Heckman
Fred Ordeman
Park Mulls
This County
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Frederick
Sylvester Cleaveland
Charles P. Cleaveland
Sig
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Edwin R
Harry L
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Jobs Gillex
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J. MM. Gillam
MLBE
Brunswick
Cumberland
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