Victorious Defeat in Progressive Standstill
The piece argues that a “victorious defeat” plagued the progressives after Roosevelt’s loss, noting their belief they could reverse outcomes with another chance. It credits Roosevelt’s leadership as central, decrying the movement as personalist and unlikely to survive outside the Republican fold.
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Dickens
Roosevelt
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
San Antonio
Colonel Roosevelt
United States
Mexico
Progressive Party
Tate
Taft
Felt
Progressive Movement
Repub Party
Cam- Spest
Standpatters of the Old Republican Party Mentioned
The passage labels the standpatters as remnants of the old Republican party and asserts they will never regain political strength. It presents a critical view of their future influence and influence within the party.
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Istence
Republican Party
The Rosenthal case and the theory of the bad face
The article argues crime is not limited to degenerates, noting Rosenthal gang members looked respectable and were married, neat, and non-drinkers. It questions the bad face theory, suggesting criminals can appear ordinary and stressing criminologists may redefine criminal type. It ends with a human tale of a poor family and a birthday gift.
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Rosenthal
Becker
Lettie Louie
Sam Schepps
Louie
Gyp
Bill Sykes
Leftie
Loyal Brooklyn family faces poverty and eye illness
In Brooklyn at 655 Covert Ave, carpenter Matthew Klesch and his eight children endure poverty after a tack injures his remaining good eye. He works as a cafe porter earning 8 dollars weekly while his daughters add small sums. The family hid hunger, a bead-earning child was recruited to sell wares, and the mother laments debts and the need for steadier work for Matthew.
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Matthew
Brooklyn
Covert Avenue
Matthew Klesch
Klesch
Brooklyn Children’s Society
The
New York World
Why Living Is High Cost Says Agriculturist McClurg
Gilbert McClurg argues the rising cost of living stems from Americans living too high especially New Yorkers. He cites inflated city real estate values, opulent urban spending, and idle farmland in New Jersey that could be turned into profitable truck gardens, contrasting U.S. farming waste with Germany and Denmark efficiency.
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United States
Gilbert McClurg
Mr. McClurg
New York
McClurg
Mississippi River
New York City
Paris
London
Berlin
New York State
England
France
Germany
Texas
Ohio
Seeing Sea Serpents Across the Water
Sir Hiram Maxim defends American reputation in marine wonders citing C. A. Nichols & Co. 1882. He notes sea serpents reported off the New England coast in 1851 and years after, including a vivid eighty to ninety foot serpent with a snake like head and a second large unknown fish type.
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Hiram Maxim
C. A. Nichols & Co
Springfield
New England
A Stevenson Impression on a Quiet Street at Dawn
The narrator recalls a vacant street lit by yellow lamps and a distant castle in a pale dawn. A policeman with a lantern passes, while two friends sit by a garden railing and reflect on the past and future. Morning light erases the night as the city wakes.
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Sir Sidney Colvin
Palatine Excavations Reach Foundations of Prehistoric Rome
Rome reports that Commendatore Boni, director of Palatine excavations, has reached the foundations of a prehistoric Roman city and uncovered relics of pegmae in private houses. Frescoes of the Iliad from Vergil's youth aid study of Rome from Evander to Heliogabalus, including the base of Domitian's throne in the coronation room and the vast altar of Heliogabalus.
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Rome
Palatine
Forum
Boni
Vergil
Troy
The
Evander
Heliogabalus
Commendatore Boni
Domitian
Woman at the Bar and the Feminist Toast to Equality
The New York Herald notes the feminist cause growing toward voting rights and equal social access, including drinking at bars. It humorously imagines a future when a woman masters barroom etiquette and earns the nickname Wine Opening Wynne.
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New York Herald
Where Men Only Kiss
A London Chronicle piece praises Montenegrins as generous and chivalrous though unequal in gender roles. It claims Montenegrin men reserve kissing as a male privilege, denying women seating at the table and official salutes, while women are deemed destined for motherhood of the nation.
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London Chronicle
Europe
Is Man An Automaton The View Of Jacques Loeb
A Metropolitan article summarizes Prof. Jacques Loeb arguing that humans and other living beings are chemical machines. He claims protoplasm drives actions and instincts, with warmth of touch and inner life reducible to physico chemical processes. He envisions future analysis of hopes fears and decisions.
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Jacques Loeb
Married man answers minister on train
John D Rockefeller Jr. recalls a Bible class moment where a minister tests a young man on habits. Asked about smoking drinking gambling and swearing, the man admits abstinence, then explains his status with a quiet pride: I’m married.
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John D. Rockefeller Jr
Germany and Britain after 1870s economic shifts and growth
Price Collier notes from Scribner recount Germany's postwar financial crises, the rise of Bismarck's protectionist policies, social insurance laws, and industrial expansion. It compares British and German tonnage, shipping trusts, Albert Ballin's Hamburg America Line growth, and Germany's coal and trade records through 1910.
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America
Germany
Bismarck
Great Britain
American Shipping Trust
Albert Ballin
Hamburg- American Line
Price Collier
Scribner
Dennis Malone Clarification Sparks Line Confusion
Two Irishmen at a general delivery window in Cleveland cause a clerical mix up as each claims mail under the same name. The first man is sent away with no mail while the second argues he is a different Dennis Malone. The exchange highlights a humorous case of mistaken identity at the post office.
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Dennis Malone
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Maud the Kicking Mule Defies San Antonio River Crossing
A bystander recounts Maud the mule bucking to shed a wagon dashboard as a team attempts a ford at Garden Street. The incident illustrates a long standing warning against crossing the San Antonio river at illegal speeds, with both animal and auto drivers cited for violations.
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Maud
San An
Garden Street
Wit
San Antonio
West Comm Street
An Egyptian Wedding Observed in Modern Cairo
In rural Egypt a rustic wedding spectacle unfolds with a camel drawn canopy and a long camel train of women on rugs. The scene, observed near Heliopolis, features a floating ottoman like structure atop two nested camels and a chorus of festive songs from the passengers.
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Cairo
A. W. Cutler
Egypt
Heliopolis
Novem Wide World Magazine
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SAN Antonio Light
San Antonio Go
Denmark
Sea Serpenta
Stevenson
Wynne
Steadier
Washington Star
Marks
Parks
Sherlocko
Monk
Turn Verein
Goth
Santentis
Purn Vertin Lieder Krantz
Nerein Singini Section
Mr.groucho
Liederkranz
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