Salazar Mocked as US Law Student in Mexican Revolt
The piece mocks General Salazar for a naive protest to the United States government over Mexican revolutionary recruitment. It argues US law prohibits aiding rebels and notes international law does not recognize revolutionaries without de facto government recognition. It likens Salazar to a Chicago bank robber betrayed by police. Washington will note the complaint but act to treat insurrection as equivalent to the Mexican administration.
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Salazar
United States
Madero
el General
Chicago
Washington
Mexico
Mexico City
Bankers urge law against statements harming banks
An article argues Texas should pass a statute making it illegal to willfully publish statements that harm a bank’s standing. It cites a Houston hoax predicting a bank holiday that caused a run, risking deposits. The American Bankers Association proposal would punish offenders with up to $5000 fine or five years imprisonment.
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Texas
American Bankers’ Association
Fina
Houston
Lumberman’s National Bank of Houston
Controversy Over Honors For General Salazar Sparks Terse Digs
The piece volleys at a Mexican faction and lauds General Salazar while deriding disturbers. It mocks claims of honor, recalls Caesar and Louis XIV quotes, and warns that some observers may face a blunt consequence for their stance amid tensions.
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Salazar
Caesar
Louis XIV
Fashions to Change in Paris Gowns by Redfern
The article previews upcoming shifts in women’s gown styles as announced by Redfern, the renowned Paris couturier. It explains the couturier’s high status and invites readers to study the anticipated fashion transformations in the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Redfern
Couturier
Fashion forecast links Greek drapery to French empire gowns
An editor cites Mr. Redfern predicting a coming fashion uniting Greek drapery with Second Empire elegance. The piece criticizes the hobble skirt as too exposing and notes a shift toward fuller gowns that flatter the female form, sparing the fat from tight outlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Alamo Plaza
Dogs for Taft Delegates Conquer 1131 Mile Journey
Fifty Taft delegates from Nome district head to the Cordova territorial convention. They travel 700 miles by dog teams over the white land and endure 431 miles by Copper River railroad day coaches to reach the convention amid Taft enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Taft
Cordova
Nome
White Land
Jack London
Prominent Patient Cries of Toothache Shock
A Washington dentist treats a distinguished male patient from Kentucky whose severe toothache prompts a blunt exchange. The patient reacts angrily to a question about cold water, exclaiming in frustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blue Grass
New York American
Costly Wit at North Station Gate
John Hanscom, longtime North Station gateman, recalls 17 years on the job and offers lessons to new workers. His tale warns against excessive wit as a young woman asks to farewell friends before a train departs in thirty minutes, showing wit cost him his position.
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John Hanscom
North Station
Boston
Roosevelt may talk, but Taft will have the delegates
A Baltimore American brief notes that Roosevelt speaks but Taft is expected to control the delegation, reflecting the 1912 campaign dynamics and factional leverage within party politics. The item highlights strategic expectations rather than formal results.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Baltimore
The Emperor Marcus Aurelius as a Guide to Living
A short essay compares the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius to the modern reader showing how a simple notebook can become a lifelong guide. It notes that Aurelius wrote brief reflections on life, conduct, and self improvement and that everyone can benefit from such a habit over years.
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United States
Panama Canal
Philippines
Marcus Aurelius
Rome
Empire
Hfe
Cheapest Rent Ever Paid in Manheim Church
A Zion Evangelical Lutheran church in Manheim Pennsylvania pays an annual rent of one red rose. In 1772 Henry William Stiegel, a wealthy philanthropist, deeded land for the church with a clause that the rent be a red rose each June forever if lawfully demanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Pennsylvania
Stiegel
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Henry William Stiegel
What He Was Doing at the Florida Gallery
A capitol guide led tourists to the house of representatives gallery where he announced Representative Frank Clark of Florida was reading a magazine piece about the Everglades land deal. Clark, noted for a soft voice, was reading Washington's farewell address as part of an annual honor.
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Capitol
House of Representatives
Frank Clark
Florida
Florida Everglades
Clark
Washington
New York World
Growth of Religious Orders in Germany Through 1890s
A French source notes 1872 Prussia had 948 convents and 9 048 members. By 1896 Prussia counted 2049 convents with 29 796 members. Germany wide 1898 Catholic population near 32 million, 5200 convents and 60 000 members.
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Germany
Vatican
Bismareck
Prussia
London Globe
Danish Danebrog Flag Claims 800 Year Old Record
A reader from Flatonia Texas argues the Danish Danebrog is the world's oldest flag at 800 years. He recounts battles and conquests, noting flag days and Denmark as a small nation with a red field and white cross.
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Reval
Russia
Danebrog
Denmark
England
Sweden
Norway
I R, Boe
Flatonia
Texas
Royal Authors in English History and Verse
The London Chronicle surveys England's royal writers from Elizabeth I to Victoria and Henry VIII. It notes Elizabeth's translations and comments on Plato, Richard I as a poet, Edward VI's famed comedy not surviving, James I's two volumes, and Victoria's Leaves from a Journal. It claims Henry VIII authored Fidel Defensee as an indiscretion.
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Eulalia
England
Elizabeth
Richard I
Edward VI
James I
Highlands
Queen Victoria
Henry VIII
Fidel Defensee
London Chronicle
Hebrews in New York Population Estimate by Dr Joseph Jacobs
Dr Joseph Jacobs estimates New York Jewish population at 906400 based on marriage and death records. About 10 percent are native born of native parents, 20 percent native born of foreign parentage, with two thirds of 1880 to 1905 arrivals from Russia and five ninths Russian plus two ninths Austrian in the current Jewish population.
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Joseph Jacobs
New York
Russia
Most Numerous Class Quote From Henry E Dixey
A Washington Star excerpt notes Henry E Dixey at the Players' Club in New York remarking that abroad Americans are seen as millionaires. It compares Brewster to his parents with a quip about spending and earning, reflecting on money and genius.
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Henry E Dixey
Players’ Club
New York
Brewster
Washington Star
Up-to-Date Verse of a Deckhand Hates the Scrub
A sailor laments endless scrubbing with surge and lye aboard a ship. The poem contrasts harsh daily labor with imagined heaven and a hell of continual cleaning, noting the smell of dope and soap and the drumbeat of more surge. The speaker vows never to escape the chores.
Trusts Debt to Women Ida Tarbell on Monopolies
Ida M. Tarbell argues in American Magazine that women’s ignorance of industry products empowered trusts. She recalls a midwestern town where the beef trust pressured butchers, while local women’s club focused on Greek drama, leading to higher prices and poorer meat.
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Ida M. Tarbell
American Magazine
Beef Trust
Middle West
Omnivorous reader Philander C Knox in Champion Magazine
Philander C. Knox, secretary of state, is described as an avid reader in Champion Magazine. He subscribes to over fifty magazines and buys new books plus rare editions, using an adjustable electric light and a self made tray contrivance to read large volumes at his bedside.
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Philander C. Knox
Popular
Nicknames of Presidents From the New York Evening World
The piece lists presidential nicknames from Taft to McKinley, detailing how each chief executive was nicknamed by supporters, enemies, or contemporaries. It cites popular forms like Washington as Father of His Country, Jefferson as Sage of Monticello, Lincoln as Father Abraham, and McKinley as Advance Agent of Prosperity, among others.
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New York Evening World
Mr. Taft
Bill
White House
Teddy
Washington
Byron
West
Red Jacket
John Adams
Jefferson
Monticello
Long Tom
John Quincy Adams
Publicola
Andrew Jackson
Hickory
Andrew
van Buren
Marty
Little van
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Polk
Jackson
North Carolina
Tennessee
Taylor
Zach
Buena Vista
Buchanan
Buck
Lincoln
Abraham
Abe
Marie Linkum
Grant
Arthur
Chet
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Napoleon
Canton
Stuttering Witness Delivers Comic Moment in Court
A Washington court scene features a stammering witness who breaks into stuttering during questions and reveals his peak stutter occurs while he talks. The judge, amused, questions the timing of the stutter, eliciting the humorous exchange reported by The Popular Magazine.
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Aukam
City of
Washington
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Berton Braley
Heaven
Hell
Champion Magazine Reader
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