Taft’s Good Judgment in NY Candidacy Sparks Party Poker
In Washington the swift move by the president and Taft to retire Hughes as a candidate is praised as clever politics. The piece notes shifting support among states New York Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois and New England and predicts a tense path for Taft with Parker Bryan and Cannon in the wings. It highlights House debates on Bryan and Parker and observes Uncle Joe Cannon’s rising Republican leverage amid fading presidential powers.
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Taft
Bryan
Parker
Joe
Willis J. Abbot
Washington
Hughes
New York
Blughes
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ilinois
Proctor
New England
Connecticut
Olio
Foraker
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
W. B. Chandler
William Pitt Kellogg
South
Chandler
Kellogg
Judge Parker
House of Representatives
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
Hitchcock
Keifer
Ohio
Bitchcock
St. Louis
Committee On
Gaines
Tenessee
Macon
Hitchock
Titchcock
Geman
Arkansas
Ollie
James
Quines
Witchchcock
Joe Cannon
Fairbanks
Shackleford
Missouri
Cannon
Roosevelt
Gigar
Washington, D. C
Alls Fair In Love Brantly Gypsy Camp Victory
In Brantly Hildegarde Farney alternates between Percy Graham and Robert Aldrich while Aunt Miss Norris frets over a gypsy threat. Aldrich serenely funds a roaming troupe and wins Hildegarde’s heart after a sunrise ride to the encampment. The fortune teller confirms his clever ruse as Graham remains unaware.
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Robert Aldrich
Hildegarde Farney
Brantly
Aldrich
Percy Graham
Bobby
Miss Farney
Hildegarde
Gildegarde
Robert
Hildegrade Farney
Miss Norris
Graham
Mary Ellen
Thomas
Young Aldrich
Meg Merrilies
Waterloo of middle aged women who seek city jobs
A New York Sun writer quotes a tale about a woman learning long division. She explains how she adds many ciphers when the divisor fails to go into the dividend, and she worries she is not gaining, misreading the teacher’s instruction as a lifelong struggle.
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New York Sun
When Temperance Was a Crime in India
A clergyman notes that during early English rule in India temperance and total abstinence were banned for whites. Medical belief held whites required daily whisky, and abstinence led to arrest or banishment. Now abstinence is encouraged as abstainers tolerate heat better.
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India
Philadelphia Bulletin
Sporting parsons and their fox hunting prowess in England
A London Times correspondent recalls a duke of Grafton once being helped over a ditch by a young curate who had rivaled him for status. The duke rewarded the curate with a vacant living, illustrating how clergy have long supplied keen fox hunters.
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The
London Times
Duke of Grafton
Divine
Henry VI
One Sea Power and the Mighty Ocean
A Kansas City Times quotation reflects on the sea as the true power beyond nations. It contrasts near shore vessels with winds and storms showing the sea's chaotic terror and vast reach beyond human mastery. The piece invokes Byron and昔 progression from small ships to modern empires to emphasize nature's supremacy.
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Lord Byron
Kansas City Times
Origin of Precious Ores Based on Geologist Claim
A Chicago Record-Herald report states a leading geologist doubts deep crust deposits exist. He argues valuable metals form from underground waters near the surface, with ore quality declining beyond 3000 feet. Nine of ten mines are poorer at deeper depths.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Problems In Fiction and Social Decorum
The London Standard notes that depictions in novels like Vanity Fair Wuthering Heights Diana of the Crossways and Adam Bede confront social prejudices and decorum. It argues masters of the English novel address these problems with genius and respect for subjects and readers.
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Vanity Fair
Wuthering Heights
Diana of the Crossways
Adam Bede
London Standard
How They Love Each Other
Miss Passay calls a curious suitor an inquisitive bore and bluntly reveals she is fifty. Miss Pepprey agrees frankness is best with a fellow like that in a light Philadelphia Press excerpt.
Watch Sold to Boy Delayed Assembly In Public Talk
A jeweler asks a parent about a watch sold to his boy. The father responds that Ele is not ready to assemble it yet but will bring it around in a day or two, asking for patience.
Interpreting Cicero on shared and individual interests
A concise reflection quoting Cicero on the necessity that individual and collective interests align to preserve society. It argues that if everyone pursues only personal gain, social order dissolves.
All They Deserve
A Louisville Courier-Journal quotation highlights a view that some people fail to gain anything from life and do not invest effort to attract interest. This reflection covers attitudes toward effort and reward in daily existence.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Pipes and the Lips Effects of habitual pipe smoking on facial wrinkles
A medical note from the Medical Record describes how long-term pipe smoking shapes the lips and facial muscles. It explains vertical and circular wrinkles form around the lips, deepen with age, and may cause one side of the face to change its wrinkle pattern and lips to protrude like thumb-sucking.
Grocery Seats Recall A Daughters Dream
Leigh Lynch praised for family devotion and theater work in New York where he served as Union Square theater treasurer. At dinner he boasted of record receipts, and his daughter Marie asked to attend a matinee, wishing for the famed grocery seats he had told them about.
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Wallenstein
Gustavus Adolphus
Leigh Lynch
Anna Teresa Berger
Bells Ringers
Union Square
New York
Marie
A Fatal Austrian Flag
An Austrian ship's plague tale from Odessa describes a flag carried at a funeral and left in pubs plaguing the city. Sailors who bore the flag died and illness spread to many houses, with authorities noting the flag likely carried the bacilli.
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Odessa
Russia
Baltimore Sun
Strictly Business Encounter Ends With Fatal Threat
A stranger approaches a business man in Cleveland and declares strict business aid for his own tombstone. The man replies he will help fund the corpse if the stranger does not leave. The stranger departs.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Golf as recreation for all ages and benefits
The Liverpool Courier notes golf appeals to impetuous youth, mature adults, and seniors in evening walks. It emphasizes walking as the best exercise, plus training for eye and arm, and it suggests golf also trains temperament.
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Liverpool Courier
A Warm Time Coming At Gailey’s Office
The janitor at Gailey’s office tells a visitor he cannot make it warmer as Gailey, returning from an all night outing, insists his wife will arrive soon. The Philadelphia Ledger reports this brief scene.
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Gailey
Philadelphia Ledger
Farmer Jones Criticized for Waterfowl Shooting Claim
A bystander quote reports sharp remarks about Farmer Jones and his view on waterfowl shooting. The passage notes a joking but pointed critique of borrowing a dog with many gunshot injuries and a comparison to sinking like a brick.
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Farmer Jones
Standards of judgment differ for men and women
The piece argues that men are judged by their company while women are judged by a servant presence. It critiques double standards in social evaluation and highlights gendered expectations in behavior and reputation.
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Fudge
Time to Get Busy in Wailea Optimists Debate
A brief exchange between a pessimist from Wailea and an optimist quoted by the Chicago News urges action. The optimist counters by calling for effort to improve the difficult side of life.
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Wailea
Chicago News
Courage to Wait Highlighted by St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A rare form of courage is quoted as the strength to wait in a line from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, reflecting patient resolve and steady perseverance.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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