Run up the American Flag to Keep Cuba Quiet
An editorial argues the United States bears heavy costs maintaining order in Cuba and urges annexation as the only viable option if Cuba cannot remain peaceful. It states U S forces have repeatedly landed detachments and massed battleships near Key West to protect property and restore order. It contends independence has failed and that annexation would finally end recurring Cuban turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Key West
Havana
Uban
Rijks museum hosts a special book display
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, famed for Rembrandts and Dutch treasures, now features a remarkable book display chosen by director von Liemsdyk. The exhibit shifts focus from paintings and jewels to a literary collection drawing crowd attention.
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Rijks Museum
Amsterdam
Venice
Holland
Louvre
France
British Museum
England
Rembrandts
van Dyks
Franz Hals
von B. W. F. von Liemsdyk
Roosevelt’s autograph prank at a European museum shrine
The baron in charge alters a visitors book to insert Roos evelt between Kaiser Wilhelm II and Prince Oscar, dated 1907 1909 1910. The article notes Roosevelt’s friendship with the Kaiser and hints he may seek a place in history as founder of an American dynasty of emperors.
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Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
Kaiser
Roosevelt
Baron Liemsdyk
Prince Oscar
House of Hohenzollern
White House
Expensive baths for senators provoke tongue in cheek
The piece questions why a senator bath costs six dollars while a private bath runs about six cents. It mocks the high price and imagines a grand palace by the Potomac with courtyards and fountains, noting clean senators are necessary and suggesting the cost reflects pomp over function.
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Williams
Baroda
Bawths
Senate
Potomac
Blue
Virginia
Senators and the Bath in the Onyx Tank
A satirical remark argues that a senator bathing in a stuffy room is revolting to citizens concerned with national welfare, using vivid imagery of canopy blue wel kin, birds, and gladsome lays as a contrast to his splashing.
Vice Commission Report Urges Root Causes in Philadelphia
The mayor appoints a Philadelphia vice commission and anticipates a report noting socio-economic factors behind women’s condition, including luxury temptations and insufficient earnings. The piece argues prevention over policing and questions the commission’s impact on public sex morality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Commission
Old Doc Wiley Promises Stark Child Rearing Plan
The Kansas City Journal notes Old Doc Wiley at 66, claiming plans to rear his first son with extreme outdoor sleeping, early weaning, bland foods, plain clothes, and no dresses or pins. His wife, Mrs. Wiley, is expected to assert influence, disrupting his rigid program as the child grows.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Doc Wiley
Doc
BE. W. Hoch
Papa
Marion
Crossing the Snow Slide to Bag a Reindeer
A twenty-year-old narrator in Borway narrates a near death experience while chasing three reindeer on Dove Field. He chooses a running cross over a twenty yard glittering snow slide, slips toward a thousand foot precipice, secures a rock with his fingers, and climbs to safety before shooting the reindeer. His hunter arrives as the adventure ends, and he reflects on the providential rock that saved him.
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Sir Henry Seton-Karr
Borway
Snachetten
No Pay Yet for Longtime Hotel Guest
A Toronto Mail and Empire item recalls a hotel landlord who finally pressed a guest to settle a nearly two month bill. The guest, cheerful and polite, refused to depart until written notice forced payment, prompting the landlord to put the demand in writing.
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Toronto Mail and Empire
None of Our Fight for Harmon’s Political Damage
Opinion from the Los Angeles Times noting Governor Harmon should retire to save further political face amid ongoing damage and controversy.
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Harmon
Los Angeles Times
A Century of Peace Observances Mark War Anniversary
Leslie's notes the June 18 1812 declaration of war against Britain and plans for centenary commemorations in June and December 1914. Canada, then a British dependency, will join the observances highlighting a hundred years of peace along a three thousand mile shared border.
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Leslie
Congress
England
Ghent
Belgium
Canada
Great Britain
Anna Murphy Leads Chicago Ward Clean-Up Against Odds
The June American Magazine highlights Anna Murphy appointed ward superintendent of Chicago’s Twenty ninth ward. Facing a large, dirty district with limited funds, she starts at 7 a.m. with 15 to 60 men, earning their loyalty by shared purpose and clear praise.
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Anna Murphy
Chicago
Philosophy of Education and the liberal studies ideal
The text argues freedom as the mark of a vigorous personality and education should foster it. It describes two university phases: first, studies that discipline the mind to free inquiry, and second, a development phase where freedom leads to diverse pursuits in knowledge. It emphasizes liberal studies liberating the mind and shaping self-determining will.
Up-to-Date Verse by Minna Irving on a Great Liner
A verse imagines a colossal future liner with keel scraping the ocean floor and smokestacks in the sky. The ship would haul bergs to refrigeration and dock at Bremerhaven Liverpool Havre or Greenock while its bow rests in Hoboken for world-rover travelers to depart from either sea side.
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Minna Irving
Bremerhaven
Liverpool
Havre
Greenock
Hoboken
Intellectual Freedom Through Scholarly Discipline
John Grier Hibben argues that true intellectual freedom arises from disciplined study. He cites Aristotle on the labor of learning and notes that initial obligation can mature into genuine delight in mental work. Teachers must select curricula that foster devotion to knowledge and joy in its service.
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John Grier Hibben
The
North American Review
Danish correspondent reports eye miracle related to Apocrypha
A 77 year old man with an eight year cataract rubs his eye in the garden, awakens with restored sight and a gray shining body seen in the vitreous. Doctors find the lens has moved. the incident is linked to a Tobias miracle depicted by Rembrandt in Brussels.
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Lancet
Tobias
Rembrandt
Brussels
Boy Scouts Teach Courtesy on Highland Park Car
A Highland Park streetcar scene shows two youths, one in khaki Scout uniform, giving up seats to women and guiding a younger boy to courtesy. The episode, witnessed during rush hour, highlights the Boy Scout movement under YMCA auspices and leaves a memorable impression on several San Antonio women.
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Boy Scout Movement
Highland Park
Tenderfoot
San Antonio
Thrift under ten dollars a week in Chicago family
Mrs. Hannah Kruger of Chicago, from Germany, with an income of ten dollars weekly, has raised three children, saved two dollars weekly for seven years to reach 837 dollars with a building and loan, and added income from chickens. Her children now contribute earnings and she remains contented.
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Leslie
Ohio Fight Rebranded as Taft Map Nipped and Tuk
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes a change in phrasing from Nip and Tuck to Nipped and tuk reflecting a political shift. It mentions Pana being sold at seven for penny in Loden's Covent Garden as a historical aside.
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Ohio
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pana
Loden’s
Covent Garden
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Diehl
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Philosophy of Education
Miracle
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