Walter Wellman and battleships headline a distracted era
A jumble of misprints and wry commentary covers diverse topics from naval ship naming to Taft in Manila. It references Walter Wellman, new battleships named New York and Delaware, Oklahoma's reaction, statutory fees, and the Isthmian Canal Commission newsletter for the Panama Zone, highlighting festive life alongside political controversy.
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Canal Itécord
Ancon
Panama Canal Zone
San Antonio
Isthmian Canal
Rockefeller interview fuels panic fears amid stock market talk
A July World interview with John D Rockefeller raises alarms about a manufactured panic linked to Standard Oil and administration policy. Analysts argue true prosperity hinges on broader industry, not Wall Street or trusts, while enforcement actions and market reactions continue to unfold.
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Savaral
Wall Street
Bonaparte
New York World
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Dlechnrga
Financial pressures and banking fear impact prosperity
A fragmented view argues that political and financial forces threaten economic growth. It notes attempts to restrict credit and withdraw loans by powerful interests could curb prosperity, yet claims such actions cannot fully block the path to recovery if the underlying cause is understood.
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Great West
Growth of Zionism At Hague Shows Unity And Progress
The eighth Zionist congress at The Hague is praised as the most successful yet. The Jewish Hope editorial lauds sober, businesslike debate and unity, saying Palestine is now earmarked for the Jewish people and political Zionism will revive when conditions improve. Prominent figures like Professor Arminius Yambrey note patience as key to eventual victory.
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Hague
Jewish Hope
Exaa Zionist Association
sMal Bes
Palestine
Jig
Whdér
Arminius Yambrey
Tukey
Priestlis
Third Term Debate Triggers Sentinel Roar Over Roosevelt
Beloit college dean Vent Collie urges Roosevelt as reelection candidate and calls third term objections sentimental twaddle. The Milwaukee Sentinel counters sharply, arguing Roosevelt would lose assets of popular strength and warning that a third term bid could invite adverse campaign abuse and threaten Republican prospects. It cites Tillman questioning Roosevelt's real claim and stresses that principles outrank personalities in self-government.
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Vent Collie
Beloit College
Roosevelt
Milwaukee Sentinel
The
Sentinel
Tillman
Ali
Pi “Bentinenta
Washington
Gen
Grant
Phat
Hague Conference Work Progress Noted by Tribune
The New York Tribune reports that the Hague conference is delivering tangible progress toward peace measures. Rational observers see it as already achieving meaningful outcomes, potentially mitigating war’s horrors and averting future conflicts.
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Hagua
Life Worth Living. A Verse Fragment by M. Garry Hartiond Cournot
Fragmentary poem ponders life purpose and spiritual striving. The speaker asks what is on life beyond daily toil, urging praise for higher aims. Despite earthly surfeit, the writer seeks guidance toward calling and happiness through faith.
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Eayth
M. Garry Hartiond Cournot
Football variants and odd notes from Harper's Weekly
A collection of quirky world items including a Chinese football game played with fifty players and no goals, railroad men nicknamed by colorful titles, a Denver writer escaping quicksand, a missionary publishing a Cherokee Goftine Bible, a moral tale of a heavy villain on stage, umbrella care in rain, and a western court’s definition of the phrase I am all in.
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China
Harper’s Weekly
Visht
Bhulth
Iax
Vim
Jadlelalty
Matinad
Axe of State
Yénneeau
Neogada Anareme
Scraps of Odd Facts From Across the World
A miscellany of brief notes on diverse topics. Denmark's royal ox collection valued at 125000 dollars. Cape Colony's acreage and vines described. Transvaal and Orange River railway mileage and growth since 1898. Connecticut debt modest, with funded debt under two million dollars. Wages for Scottish bakers rise from twenty to thirty-five shillings weekly. Niagara Falls power extension possibly last, with public sentiment against further use. Halland hosts wholesale bid societies via newspaper advertisements. A judge in 151 writes on jurisprudence after family woes. British post office losses exceed one million pounds. year totals for 20 million dollars in victorian-era context. Ocean bed deposits include a Roman temple discovered by divers near Sfax. Indian tobacco healers battle a moth larva threatening cigars. new containment methods noted.
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Cape Colony
Orange River
Transvaal
Connecticut
Niagara Falls
Halland
Aguesseai
Sfax
Tunis
India
Clgar
Julia Il
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New York Tribune
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Little Charlie
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Central Railroad of New Jersey
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W. C. Hope
Jersey Central
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Denver Republican
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