Make-Believe in Taft Cabinet and Roosevelt Policies
A critical overview of Taft administration tactics and public sentiment. The piece lists claims about Roosevelt policy, the Taft Cannon Aldrich Wall Street alliance, Ballinger Pinchot, Wickersham, insurgents, sugar trust, railroad rate law, tariff, and living costs. It argues the public is misled and calls for forgetting the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Aldrich
Taft
Roosevelt
O. K
Cannon, Aldrich
Wall Street
Ballinger
Pinchot
Wickersham
Trusts
Brother Henry
Sugar Trust
Washington
la Follette
Beverly
Humorous Quips From a New York Press Cartoon Page
A collection of witty, satirical lines about temper, charity, family, mornings, and inheritance. The quips reference a toucan named Taft, Big Bit, and red hair, with humorous takes on gender and fortune. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper comic page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Reflections Of A Bachelor Reader’s Voice Insight
A fragment from a reflective piece discusses male vanity and argumentative desire. It notes a bachelor’s voice as a form of self-hearing and comments on a wife’s behavior before marriage and on exaggeration about illness. The tone reads as satirical social observation.
Conservation clash over timber supply for the match industry
A heated debate unfolds as Smith urges restraint on timber use while Jones advocates modern concrete construction. The dispute centers on how dwindling timber might impact the match industry, with both sides voicing contrasting forecasts.
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Smith
Jones
Amusement device at Palisades park sparks humbugged ride
At Palisades Park a circular ride of old high bicycles bound into a ring draws five cent riders. The owner profits from rider effort with no powered mechanism, while youths pedal to turn the ring as it spins like a merry go round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Palisades Park
Phineas T. Barnum
North Side Republican Club to Host Large Fremont Meeting Tonight
King County politics heat up as the North Side Republican club plans a major gathering at Odd Fellows hall in Fremont. Officials expect the largest turnout yet as four northern wards rally, while county engineers map precinct and legislative boundaries to be delivered to the county auditor within a week. James Shannon announces candidacy for Beattie precinct constable, already connected with Judge Gordon’s court. David McKenzie, GOP force commissioner candidate from the city district, will speak at the Franklin Improvement club tonight and has strong local support. The coon County Democratic club hosts a noonday lunch Saturday at Wolfe’s cafeteria with James Gephart and Averill Beavers as speakers.
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North Side
Republican Club
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Fremont
James Shannon
Beattie
Shannon
Gordon
David McKenzie
Franklin Improvement Club
Second Ward
McKenzie
Coon County
Democratic Club
Wolfe
James Gephart
Averill Beavers
Undersized for Its Age at the Pier Side Talk
In Washington July 7 a contractor J McGinnis and his friend Donovan share a pier side anecdote about a bartender and a rare private bottle. Donovan questions the claimed forty year old Bourbon as the bartender stirs a small measure and the lights remain on a lingering scandal.
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Washington
J. McGinnis
Donovan
McGinnlsa
Ambrosia
McGinnis
Mac
Pointed Paragraphe Says Things In Sharp Paradox
A collection of aphoristic lines on behavior and social mores. It muses that intentions clash with actions and that outward trappings signal inner trouble, with quips about learning, restraint, and perception of women.
Odd bits and quips drift through a noisy page
A chaotic collection of quotes and asides appears from General to piano club, mixing odd lines about birth and battle, a Greenwich man with a gold jawbone, cryptic questions about a valedictorian, cotton acreage, ball players, aging, luck, and a room for rent at The Virginia near Westlake Avenue.
The Circus Parade Fool and the Coal Hole
A cautionary tale about Dally Diecce Pzra Hardecrabble who rushed to see a circus parade and fell into a sidewalk coal hole. The narrator notes he ignored mottos and proverbs and did not look before leaping. The moral emphasizes the danger of haste. The fragment ends with The End.
Martin A Knapp Heads Interstate Commerce Commission
Martin Augustine Knapp chairs the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. He presides over hearings as railroads threaten to raise rates. A New York native, Knapp earns ten thousand dollars yearly while the other five commissioners travel the country with him.
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Martin A, Knapp
Martin Augustine Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Mr. Knapp
Washington
Knapp
New York
Sale of Summer Floor Coverings
A wide range of colors and patterns offers season’s best products. Stock reduction includes matting and remnants priced per yard and rug specials with various discount levels and promotional pricing. Regular items feature Chinese matting rugs sized 9x12 and marked down during the sale.
Oak Sideboard with Mirror and Storage
Substantial solid oak sideboard in golden finish features two cupboards and three drawers. Beveled mirror measures 16 by 28 inches with upper shelf and two small shelves. Regular price 27.50, special 16.50.
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Soent Coit Des
Joe Cannon
Poindexter
Gifiett
Moving Pictures
Ay” Pred Schaefer
Adolf
Scanecaow
Little Old New York
Norman
King County Politics
Morrison
Fastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Union St
Seattle
Reliable Credit House
Pongee
Ladies’ Sample Suit Shop
Rcade Building
Majestic Theatre
The
Star
Amy
Mae
City of
Everett
Telearask
Laavettle
Suneet
la Tenves
Phot
Central America
Michael Woods
Greenwich
Conn
Virginia
Virginia Street
Westlake Avenue
Dally Diecce
Naha
Togo
Second
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