Theodore Roosevelt Father and Early Life Highlight
Theodore Roosevelt, born October 27, 1858 in New York City, grows from frail youth to Harvard graduate and law student. He leads reforms in New York politics, serves in the State Assembly, and explores the Bad Lands Dakota shaping his later fame. He balances study with outdoor life, climbs Alps, and writes notable works while building a public service career.
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New York State
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Oyster Bay
Long Island
JL. Cutler
Arthur H. Cutler
Harvard University
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America
State Assembly
Twenty-first
Jacob Liess
Board of Aldermen
Dakota
Pretty Buttes
Cowboys
Abram S. Hewitt
United Memocracy
Henry George
United Gabor
Hewitt
Harrison
Roosevelt's rise from police commissioner to war hero
Riis portrays Theodore Roosevelt as a decisive reformer who transformed New York police work, tackled homelessness, and enforced laws with unwavering integrity. The narrative covers his tenure as police commissioner, his stand against labor disruption, his Navy Department role, and his Rough Riders leadership in Cuba. It highlights his discipline, insistence on training, and commitment to duty.
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New York
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Dewey
Connecticut Avenue
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Rough Riders
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Santiago
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Black
New York State
Cal O’laughlin
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Flaneur
Tammany
David B. Hill
Hoosevelt
Uife
San Francisco Argonaut
Court Prepares Flight from Sian Fu to Pekin in October
Dispatches report the Chinese court will depart Sian Fu around October 6 with a caravan of 5,000 to 7,000 officials, servants, and guards. Li Hung Chang is ordered to borrow 700,000 taels for travel expenses while new taxes burden an impoverished populace. The empress dowager fears foreign troops and reform edicts spark unrest as Prince Su faces backlash over fiscal plans.
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Pekin
Sian Fu
Lian Fu
Li Hung Chang
Chi Li
Kai-Yuen-Fu
Prince Ching
Prince Su
Incomplete U.S. Railway Laws Highlight Regulatory Gaps
The Industrial Commission report warns railway regulation is incomplete on stock issues and emergencies, notes wide state law differences, and critiques lack of administrative powers and enforcement. It highlights persistence of special legislation after general laws already in place.
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United States
Uribe Resigns as Colombia Foreign Minister
A dispatch reports Dr. Uribe has resigned from his post as minister of foreign affairs of Colombia. The message is transmitted via multiple cities including Bogota Buena Ventura and Galveston.
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Herald
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Colombia
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Galveston
Tex
Uribe
Prince Chen Departs Berlin After Thanks to Emperor
Prince Chun sent long dispatches to Emperor William before leaving German territory. He thanked the emperor for the gracious reception to the expiatory mission, hospitality, and the decoration conferred. He expressed hope that the powerful German empire may aid the Gulhir aba development of China with mercy toward the Chinese dynasty.
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Prince Chen
Berlin
Prince Chun
William
China
The English Are Growling Tall
A British journal cites statistics from 10 000 individuals showing rapid height and weight gains. At 17 their average height is 5 ft 8 in. by 22 it reaches 6 ft 9 in with weight rising from 10 st 2 lb to 10 st 13 lb.
Paderewski Finds Pleasure in Billiards Hobby
M Paderewski, famed pianist and composer, enjoys billiards as a daily hobby when time allows. He plays regularly and is considered a fair cueist. He says billiards trains eye and hand and sharpens artistic feeling he expresses in piano, especially in Chopin pieces.
St Jacobs Oil Praised For Quick Foot and Ankle Cure
Henry J. Doris, manager of the Cycles Co. in London, testifies that St. Jacob's Oil cured a severe foot and ankle wrenching after one application. He lauds the remedy as simple, safe, and effective and recommends it to busy men.
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St.Jacob's
St. Jacob's
Henry J. Doris
the Cycles Co
London
England
Soath
Ohio
Toledo
Lucas Coumxty
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney &Co
Hall
W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
Dinner gown styles favor long sleeves with elbow length
The article notes dinner gowns retain very long sleeves or elbow length ends. Some women choose sleeveless bodices and bare arms for dinner, but this is not considered correct fashion.
Odious 광고 snippets and household remedies from 1900s
This fragment compiles various patent medicine claims, household products, and quips from an old ad page. Prominent items include Piso’s Cure for throat afflictions, Putnam Dyes, Defiance starch, Mrs Winston’s Syrup for teething, Wizard Oil for rheumatic pain, and a quip about a tailor’s good presswork.
Allen's Foot Efaset and Other Snippet Ads
An assortment of old advertisements and notices including Allen's Foot Efaset for swollen feet, Ball Blue by Red Cross, Hall's Catarrh Cure promise of $100 reward, Garfield Headache Powders touting harmless efficacy, and generic classifieds about jobs and business services plus assorted city notes.
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Alpine Club of London
York
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Viper
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Ike
Citizens’ Union
Platt
Kansas
Burton
Convention Hall
Riis
U.S
Sol
Qoyce
Li Ming Chang
Industrial Commission Poinats
Piso
Wm. O. Endsler
Vapburen
Ind
Putnam
Europe
Magnetic Starch Co
Omaha
Neb
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Barbers’ Union
Consolidated Gas Company
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Household Guest Co
Red Cross
Brooklyn
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Boyder Food Co
Chicago
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