President Roosevelt's Annual Message on Panama and Reform
President Roosevelt's annual message to Congress highlights the Isthmian canal and the Panama revolution, reform of trusts, and corruption prosecutions. He condemns bribery, urges light on corporations, and supports a naval base in the Philippines with Subic Bay as prime. He calls for road building, land policy favoring home builders, and a general staff for the navy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Panama
Philippines
Subig Bay
Army
Forest reserves urged to protect Western water and timber
The text argues for preserving forests in public or private hands to ensure water, wood, and summer range in the West. It stresses increasing demand for forest reserves as essential for regional needs.
United States on Panama Canal Obligations Since 1846
The United States has fulfilled treaty duties for over 50 years while Colombia refused to act. Revolutions and unrest in the region necessitated U S intervention to maintain control over the Isthmus of Panama. Adhering to duty, the government acted during the November 3 revolution in Panama, despite potential risks.
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Panama Canal
United States
Colombia
Panama
Panama Treaty Pledge Promises U.S. Support For Republic
The document asserts that the republic will carry out a vast project for the country and mankind. It states that by treaty provision the United States guarantees and will maintain the independence of the Republic of Panama.
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United ‘States
Republic of Panama
Oxygen from air used to carbonate water at Los Angeles plant
A Los Angeles ice plant recently began an operation to manufacture oxygen for charging distilled water. The process uses manganate of soda to absorb and release oxygen with steam, producing oxygen only. Oxygen from the retort is stored in gasometers and mixed with water under 60 pounds pressure before bottling.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Philadéphia
Twitchell
Polite General Plumer in Matabeleland Campaign
A profile of General Plumer highlighting his calm drawing room manners and leadership in the 1896 97 Matabeleland campaign. The anecdote recalls him directing a gun crew with quiet authority while under fire and his habit of returning to Bulawayo neatly dressed.
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Plumer
Matabeleland
Bulawayo
Bond Street
48 & Brother
Sosall
Blank
Paris Matrimonial Agencies Offer 97 Year Old Damsel
A Paris matchmaker notes a man seeks an eligible wife for a 97 year old damsel. The agent warns the suitor is not a handsome Adonis but has sterling qualities. A misaddressed carte de visite reveals a vignette portrait of a favorite ape. The lady replies she will accept the offer citing his distinguished air.
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Paris
Fragmentary social remark on voting and bias
A partial quotation notes accusations of gender bias by a friend named Smith and references to Peis Neves allowing Indies to vote, with unclear context and incomplete statements.
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Bennere
Smith
Peis Neves
Techniques for Nervy Ruffled Grouse Hunting
The article explains how to hunt a ruffled grouse by using cover fringes, choosing a crossing path behind thickets, and keeping eyes on the bird. It notes a treed bird hides behind trunks and that crossing open spaces improves the shot, with careful tree-by-tree scanning to locate a motionless quarry.
Vermont bookseller and Kipling cross words in Montpelier
A Vermont bookseller in Montpelier repeated a retort to Rudyard Kipling after a curious exchange about his business. Kipling asked many questions about sales and profits and about whether readers in the area read his work before an uneasy argument over whether the bookseller reads his own titles.
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Vermont
Rudyard Kipling
New York Tribune
Montpellier
Kipling
The
Post
Montpelier
Mr. Kipling
Pates
George Moore
Ohioan’s tobacco joke on Broadway encounter
Colgate Hoyt recounts a tale of a visiting Ohio man in New York who is asked for tobacco by a German. After a comic exchange about biting the plug, the German jokes he will bite it on the Brooklyn Bridge, then takes the tobacco and vanishes.
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Commonwealth
Colgate Hoyt
Ohio Society of New York
Brown University
Ohio
Gotham
Hoyt
Broadway
Brooklyn Bridge
Hartford students redefine school voices in Friday event
In Hartford on Friday a group of schoolchildren challenged an old view of school life as artificial and prudish. The display showed a lively, modern image of students and their perspectives, disputing the outdated stereotype.
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Connecticut
Wartford
Hartford
Disraeli and Thiers The Plagiarised Speech Tale
Emily Crawford in the Contemporary Review recounts Disraeli and Montalembert’s claims of Thiers authoring a speech credited to Disraeli. It notes Thiers’ witty admission Cela doit etre de moi and hints at parallel readings in The Daily News. The piece ties relation between Thiers Wellington and a submarine telegraph link closing Wellington’s era.
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Sue M. Thiers
Nisaus
Wellington
Dieraett
House of Commons
Crawford
Thiers
Montalimbert
the Times
Disraeli
General Peal
London
Daily News
France
Hingland
Hardy
M. P
Paris
Emily. Crawford
Contemporary Review
Dead Mason Story Precedes Senate Career in Railroad Fare War
A past tale recalls Billy Mason, before becoming a U S senator, being summoned from Chicago to New York amid a fierce railroad fare war. The Illinois House speaker Lorin Gollins meets him as he notes the war has cost him $20 and a rail pass saves only $2 of the $22 fare.
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Mason
Billy Mason
United States
Chicago
New York
Lorin Gollins
Illinois
House of Representatives
Billy
Infernal Railroad
Eskimo anger over explorer and frozen dog tails
A New York Daily News item reports an Arctic expedition anger at an explorer who petted sled dogs. The dogs’ tails were frozen, and officials note wagging would break them, prompting questions about the explorer’s contact with the animals.
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New York
Daily News
Opinion of the Dentist
A man visits a dentist who surveys his teeth and calls them magnificent. He asks for an opinion and the dentist lists many needed procedures four to be pulled six to be filled and three to be crowned.
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Tata
The Man With Too Little Cond
A brief crime note states a man lacking condom usage prompted a health warning and potential legal concern. Authorities urge caution and remind residents about safe sex practices and related public health guidance.
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St. Louis
Kait
Govermental
Intel
Eary, Stad Ste. the
Wide
West Point
Weat Point
Disrarli and Thiers
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