Proposal to create a women’s aid shelter and association
A spirited editorial argues for a new women’s shelter and association to aid girl and elderly women in need. It favors a women led, men assisted institution modeled after the Young Women’s Christian Association but without explicit religious features, stressing safety, guidance, and broad accessibility to help friendless or displaced women. The piece cites past failures and 84 girls placed in settlement homes as support for forming the association and warns against wrong approaches that could drive good women away.
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Yo Women's Christian Association
Women's Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
San Antonio
Reson
Browmins
Play Fair Forces Claimed Freight Rate Clash In Texas
Theehiphers allege that Honkkeping logecdemain was staged by transportation lines to justify higher Texas freight rates. They argue Texas roads are underpaid for haul margins, challenging the belief that interstate shipment costs justify the small margins. The piece questions railroad profits and bookkeeping without asserting authority.
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Texas
Rome
Oulgo
Texas rail and public trust in a growing empire
A fragmented piece comments on Texas transportation lines and public confidence, noting a long-term view for rail, urging fair play and public trust. Mentions national figures Cromwell, Rockefeller, Harriman, Morgan and Roosevelt, Taft, and Roosevelts hunting Africa, with references to the Interstate Commerce Commission and cowmen in Texas.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Africa
Taft Waz
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
Tariff Hearings Highlight Industry Demands and Costs
The Chicago Tribune reports on tariff hearings where paints garnishes and medicinals seek higher duties to shield foreign competition. While some urge no revenue loss, experts gather production cost data to guide tariff revision, challenging industry claims backed by firms like United States Steel and American Sugar Refining.
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Chicago Tribune
Committee On
Congress
Homme
United States Steel Corporation
American Sugar Refining, Company
Tehacea Trost
Reflections of a Bachelor in The New York Press
A satirical male perspective on marriage roles and male pride. The piece mocks wives who defend husbands, regrets past choices, and jokes about a bachelor’s carefree nights. It implies women expect understanding, shaving, and social acceptance, while light humor targets courtship and kissing in the dark.
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New York
Hin
Nov 21 in History and Astronomical Notes
On November 21 notable figures are listed with birth and death years including Sir John Hawkins 1505 James Hogg 1835 Charles Francis Adams 1886 and Garrett A Hobart 1800. The entry also records an astronomic note about planetary alignment and sunset times amid general historical remembrances.
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John Hawkins
Francis Deitke
Jamesa Hogg
Ettrick Shepherd
James Blogg
Charles Francis Adams
United States
England
Mr. Adams
Garrett A. Hobart
Gas United States
Education and Industrial Training for Negro Uplift
Booker T. Washington argues education and industrial training are essential for the ten million African Americans in the South. He warns that 1.4 million schoolhouse-aged children lack access, with many in rural districts receiving only four to five months of schooling. He credits the South for rebuilding postwar conditions yet notes persistent inequities in educational opportunity for both Black and white children.
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America
Soughorn States
South
San Antonio 21 Years Ago in Then Tight
From Then Tight details a horse race at the fair grounds where Long's gray mare beat Polk's bay filly amid cheering crowds and betting. Electric lights tests fail. city may be lit by electricity soon. Beethoven Maennerchor concert at Casino draws a large crowd with a grand finale hop. Scopy Jones recovering after a recent shooting. Evangeline company visited missions by buggy. Knights and Ladies of Honor delegation leaves for Dallas. Bristol's educated horse show arrives for a night performance.
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Fair Grounds
Polk
Beethoven Maennerchek
Maverick
Scopy Jones
Evangeline Company
Loviz Spahn
Jalee Weber
Marlos
Dallad
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Bristol
The Grand Opera House Crowds and Curtain Delays
Patrons at the Grand Opera House face delays and disturbances during performances. The piece notes the 8:15 curtain time and urges stricter enforcement of intermission rules to reduce annoyances from leaving audiences and noisy patrons.
Plucky Galveston Votes to Join Mainland
Washington Post notes Galveston will build a long causeway 100 feet wide across the sea to reach the mainland replacing the island. City recovery from the 1900 inundation is praised as a municipal marvel with 30,000 residents and strong American spirit.
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Washington Post
Galveston
Texas Island
No Sign of Animosity In Japan Against America
Colonel Robert M. Thompson reports from Japan that the Japanese view America as a friend and prefer trade with the United States over France Germany or England There is no war sentiment and no animosity toward America despite attempts to recoup wartime expenses Japan aims to recover from the war with Russia while pursuing favorable trade relations.
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Japan
America
Coloniel
Robert M. Thompson
Janam
Russia
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