Railroad Legislation and Rate Debates in Congress
Congress braces for a heavy session on railroad rate policy with the Interstate Commerce Commission bill and alternatives from Foraker and Elkins. Proposals trigger party and shippers’ protests, while Democrats urge caution to avoid partisan bloodshed before the election.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Foraker Gill
Elkins
Congress
Panama Canal
House
Senate
Commission
Roosevelt
Ae &Ney
Santo Domingo
Cannon
Resplendent Diplomats at Roosevelt White House Reception
The diplomatic corps in rainbow attire and jeweled crosses attended President Roosevelt’s January 4 reception. Delegates wore orders from Russia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and other nations, dazzling the audience with grand crosses, crowns, and sashes as dignitaries mingled.
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Roosevelt
White House
Gregory the Great
Gregory XVI
Charles III
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
Don Augusto Pulido
John G Walker
Panama Canal Commission
Honduras
Santa Rosa
Achmed Bey
Tunis
France
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Paris Statue of Franklin Honoring Two Hundredth Birthday
The 200th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth prompts praise from Americans and foreigners. Paris reveres his memory as the first American envoy to France and prepares to unveil the first statue of Franklin abroad. John H. Harjes of Morgan Harjes & Co. offered a bronze Franklin statue to Paris, with initial terms set in May.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
United States
France
Paris
John H. Harjes
Morgan, Harjes & Co
Statue replica bound for Paris dedication tied to Philadelphia
The article describes a statue plan tied to M Witte and General Knurepatkin, with Spain represented by Senor Don Luis and Valerano Weyler noted as a valor emblem. It mentions Portugal's 1617 order, and a Philadelphia driven effort to cast and forward the breeze figure to Paris for dedication on the anniversary, referencing the original Franklin statue donated by C Strawbridge for $10,000.
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M. Witte
Knurepatkin
Spain
Pet
Senor
Don Luis
Valerano Weyler
Viscount de Sniniiber
Philadelphia
Beechers Hen Reward Tale
A relation recalls a Congregational preacher who praised a hen by calling it a beautiful creature. In response the hen laid an egg in his hat, and Beecher received the odd token of affection as a reward for the preacher’s compliment.
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Beecher
Sacajawea statue honored by Oregon women with Copper gift
Mrs Eva Emery Dye wrote The Conquest on the Lewis and Clark expedition and highlighted Sacajawea. Portland women formed the Sacajawea Statue Association, raised funds toward a seven thousand dollar statue with copper donated by Mrs Henry Waldo Coe. The effort crowned by Miss Alice Cooper of Denver as designer.
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Eva Emery Dye
Oregon City
Ore
Portland
Woman’s Club
Sacajawea
Columbia River
Charboneau
Dakotas
Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Mrs. Dye
Alice Cooper
Denver
Dye
Lip-reading class with Senator Knox inspires funding bid
Senator Knox hosts a kindergarten lip-reading class in his Capitol committee room. Six pupils from the Philadelphia Home for Training Deaf Child in Speech, supported by Miss Mary Garrett, seek national support to expand the program into a school for teacher training in lip-reading.
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Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Philadelphia
Mary Garrett
Garrett
Knox
Adder and Cleopatra Spark Odd Parade of Quips
A literary collage features a dicier dialogue with Julius and Cleopatra, a slave, and a joke about a cherry stone carved with 124 heads of popes and kings. The artifact reportedly sold for $15,000 in Prusia.
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Oliver
Gascon officer dismisses boastful prince with grim quip
A Gascon officer ridicules a bragging prince who claims to have killed six men. He notes the mattress of his bed is filled with the whiskers of those slain. In town, a darkey pushes a cart of kindling and a damsel of color receives a piece from the master’s load with a coy gesture before departing, a scene the observer calls a dark transaction yielding light weight. Even a dead tree may have its graft.
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Darkey
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Baron Rosen
Poland
Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski
Alexander
Nicholas
Russia
Order of the Crown of
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Mayor Des Planches
Order de la Conception
Villa- Vicosa
John VI
Portugal
Pope Gregory XVI
Admiral Walker
Maxwell
Homemaker Magazine
Shakespeare
Fone
Maxwell’ Magazine
Homemaker Ealth
Maxwell’s Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago
Lupo
Waterman
Lexington, Av
N.Y
Cleopatra
James S. Kirk & Company
Thin
Algat
BOOKS
Booka
Webb Publishing CO
St. Paul Minn
Lea Ae Stone Uno E Marlin Actioz
Safess
Reece E Fes
Mastia PiseArms Co
New Haven
Conn
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