Tribute to Home Shifts Focus from Foreign Travel to America
Bryan argues that one need not leave America to find places of interest. He praises Niagara, Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Ohio Mississippi Missouri valleys, and winter spots like Hawaii and Cuba. He asserts America offers diverse scenery, abundance, and moral strength, urging travelers to explore home and return more American than before.
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V. J. Bryan
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Europe
St. Lawrence
Niagara
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite Valley
California
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Hawaii
Mexico
Cuba
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Himalayas
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Asterons
No High Tariff Wall Needed in Trade Journal View
The Kansas City Implement Trade Journal argues against a high tariff wall saying the nation can compete globally and has led in manufactured exports. It notes prosperity has risen yet warns the obsolete measure burdens the people and urges manufacturers to press lawmakers.
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Kansas City Implement Trade Journal
Standpat Resignation in Tariff Debate Reflected Across Regions
An eastern paper notes All New England seeks more free raw material lower duties and reciprocity while Iowa echoes the same sentiment among midwest Republican states. The Roosevelt presidency is said to favor tariff revision but avoids pressing it, and editors claim standpat rhetoric is waning as party testimony shifts away from old tariffs.
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New England
Iowa
Indictments in San Francisco Grand Jury Case
Five indictments returned by a San Francisco grand jury on the 16th accuse Mayor Schmitz and his adviser Abe Ruef of extortion. The charges allege Ruef and associates compelled payments ranging from 1000 to 1175 dollars from several restaurant operators on different occasions.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Abe Ruef
Ruef
Poultry Thieves and Bryan Lead in Democratic Shifts
In a column on Oska oosaz Herald the piece notes chicken thieves near Thanksgiving and the rise of Mr Bryan to undisputed Democratic leadership. It argues Hemrat’s defeat signals renewed Bryan leadership and reflects Hearst’s fading influence, boosting Bryan’s standing among conservatives.
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Bryan
Democratic Party
Hemrat
Hearst
Honest graft and the Plunkitt tale of opportunism
A portrait of George Washington Plunkitt as a practical politician famed for “honest graft” in New York. The piece explains his belief in seizing opportunities from municipal improvements to profit, detailing a street repaving stone bid and his justification that honest graft benefits the people.
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New York
George Washington Plunkitt
Teader
Fifteenth
Plunkitt
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Plunkitt and Public Welfare in New York’s Growth
A historical profile of William M. Plunkitt describing his rise as a wealthy advocate of opportunistic public works. The text notes his legislative efforts financing parks, bridges, a river speedway, and museum additions while predicting the potential for city control of utilities to create vast wealth for politicians like him.
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Plunkitt
Parka
New York
Harlem River Speedway
Washington Bridge
Museum of Natural History
Green Bay
Go Slow on City Ownership Opinion Cites Corruption Risk
A Troy Press editorial argues against large government ownership experiments in America. It warns that expanding political authority increases corruption and cautions citizens against shifting more business from private to public hands.
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America
Policicians
Troy Press
Private firm to run Alexandria electric plant for 30 years
After years of trial the municipal electric lighting plant in Alexandria Virginia is leased to a private corporation for thirty years. The lessee pays 3500 dollars for the plant which cost the city 17000.
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Alexandria
Government Wages Low In Face Of Rising Living Costs
H T Newcomb cites 1904 data showing food costs up 17 percent since 1806 and wages in private work up 17.36 percent hourly and 12.76 percent weekly, while public sector pay for postal, customs, and large government printing offices has largely stagnated. The article notes no wage increases for federal clerks and letter carriers despite higher living costs.
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H. T. Newcomb
United States
Federal Bureau of Labor
Postal Service
Washington
Customs and Internal Revenue Services
Atatute
Newcomb
Getting Licked for Principle in Meeting a Newsboy
A reporter questioned a distressed youngster scarred on the face about a dispute at a railroad center. The boy described feeling insulted, with a betting claim and a wait for resolution. The scene captured tension between youth and authority in a public setting.
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Great Railroad Center
Feller
Seter
Thanksgiving Tea Party With Grandma and Broken Cup
A Thanksgiving visit to Grandma Walker becomes a teachable moment for five grandchildren Eva Eva Wil John and Merton. A rain day leads to a blue china tea party with cambric tea. Billy breaks a cup and confesses after Grandma forgives him and offers counsel about honesty and confessing faults.
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Grandma
Merton
Eva
Billy
John
Marton
The Price of Real Gain
A philosophical caution that lasting riches fame and power require real effort. There is no shortcut and the price is work patience love and self sacrifice rather than promises. The passage elevates service as the true currency of worthwhile achievement.
Name of the Man Who Blackballed Him
An unpopular man refused membership at an aristocratic club pressed for the name of his blackballer. The club secretary replied with a witty note stating The name is Legion. The anecdote highlights sharp humor in a private club dispute.
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Legion
The Average Man Says So Much Yet Does Little
A Puck quote contrasts the old dream of heroic roles with the modern man’s life. It notes men chase mortgage, household duties, health fads, and political status while family and friends drift behind. The text laments diminished personal heroism in contemporary life.
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Bill
Puck
One Word Meanings in English Dialect and Usage
A compact note on English vocabulary noting peculiarities of meanings in the Dialect Dictionary. It cites sheep terminology such as top-hog and six tooth and illustrates how a single word like rack has many regional senses from a neck of mutton to a river ford and more.
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England
The Dime Coin History and Hoarding Trend
The New York Mail notes the dime is uniquely small and handy among world coins, closely tied in value to the English six pence. It argues its compact size encourages saving, yet cites a paradoxical scarcity as more dimes are minted while dime banks lure savers with attractive mechanisms.
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New York Mail
Office boy holds caller by phone till he returns
A new office boy sits in his chair with a telephone transmitter in his lap. The boss asks what he is doing and the boy replies that a caller instructed him to hold the phone until he called again, revealing a humorous line from Lippincott's Magazine.
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Lippincott’s
Trade's Sensitivent and German Goods Use
A London Post excerpt notes German light hammers suit a Russian joiner who is not a meat eater and lacks muscle, while English heavier hammers see little use. The piece contrasts German and British tools and consumer choices in cross-border trade.
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London Post
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