Fragmented OCR hints at early 20th century debates and figures
The text references a prominent William as hero, critiques on wealth and education, and mentions of Rockefeller style advice on giving money. It touches on college education versus practical learning, parental control over schooling, and historical figures like Mellings and Smith in a fragmented discussion spanning education, finance, and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Mellings
Rome
Smith
Albany
Europe
Broken on the Wheel and Appetite in Ancient Times
The piece recalls the stomach blush as food sight or smell boosts appetite and digestion, noting how anticipation differs for a man and a woman. It also cites grim historical executions, including two early modern cases of breaking on the wheel witnessed in London and Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Gordon
Scotland
Peter the Great
Hamburg
Hotte Pinsers
Joseph Jekyll
Murray
Orleans
Teekyll
Wwe
Tlondon
Finger Bowls of Princes and Royal Etiquette
In Georgian days a royal guest at table carried finger bowls, while others found a workaround. A Jacobite ritual reappeared in secret to convert a toast, prompting the court to require water within reach for every guest and to prohibit the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Ini
Stuart
Rome
St. Germains
Isles near Shoals Harbor Light Preserve Habitable Nooks
Fragmentary note describes shoal islands near Shoals with ten to eight islets, inhabited only by a lighthouse keeper and caretakers. Mentions White Island with a revolving light feature above the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isles of
White Island
Supreme Court Defines Insular Policy and Tariff Rights
Washington sketch reports five to four decision declaring that the constitution follows the flag only to a point. Porto Rico and the Philippines became U S parts after the Paris treaty, but Congress may govern them independently of constitutional uniform tariffs. Foraker Act upheld. Congress has authority over territories. Porto Rico is a domestic territory, not a foreign country.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Porto Rico
Philippines
Congress
Supreme Court
Philippine Islands
Territories
Porto Rico tariff question and status under Foraker act
The case clarifies Porto Rico as a U S territory not a state and holds the Foraker act constitutional for imposing duties on imports from the islands. Congress must decide when the islands are ready for incorporation as a territory or state. Imports from Porto Rico face a 15 percent tariff under the Dingley tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Downes
Porto Rico
United States
Foraker
Congress
Porte Rico
De Lima Case on Porto Rican Tariff and Territory Status
The case discusses whether territory acquired by treaty remains foreign until Congress declares its status. It argues no, citing Fleming vs Page, that ceded territory becomes United States soil as soon as annexation occurs, similar to Texas and Hawaii, with tariffs collected under the Paris treaty to be refunded after the Porto Rican tariff act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Lima & Co
Fleming Vs. Page
United States
Texas
Hawaii
Congress
Paris
Court split on Foraker act ruling shapes insular status
Justices Gray White Shiras and McKenna criticized Justice Brown’s reasoning as others disputed the majority. The ruling deals with duties on goods between the mainland and islands, clarifying that Congress may legislate for Puerto Rico and the Philippines without following full constitutional taxation provisions, and upholds that insular possessions are territories, not states, with obiter remarks on rights that accompany the flag.
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Justice Brown
Porto Rico
United States
Congress
Brown
Fuller
Harlan
Brewer
Peckham
Gray
White
Shiras
McKenna
Chiét
Foraker Aet
Washington
Cuba
Philippines
Insular
Supreme Court Rules Stock Speculation Not Gambling
The Supreme Court ruled that stock speculation is not gambling and a stock deal cannot be repudiated as a gambling transaction, confirming a clear distinction between investment activity and gambling.
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United States Supreme Court
Fragmentary News Clippings From An Early 20th Century Ledger
A collage of brief, disjoint items notes a missing child in Cincinnati aged 13, flood conditions in Indian Territory due to heavy rains and Rockies melt, and figures like John D. Rockefeller claiming decades of wage payments. It mentions a New York bankruptcy item with small debts, a Chinese laundrymen union, wild buffalo traces near Linden River, Chicago city orders against gambling, a suicide in Chicago, a tragic train accident involving a sweetheart, and political-religious chatter about polygamy reform in Utah plus a garbled Evans bill reference.
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Telmon Shumake
Cincinnati
Indian Territory
Rockies
John D. Rockefeller
New York
United Laundrymen's Society
Canada
Linde Viver
Harrison
Chicago
George J. Janecek
Anna Plach
Heber
M. Wells
Utah
Goy
Ernor
Emily Katz
Evans
Odell
Congress May Be Called for Extra Session
Statesmen discuss a possible early gathering of the Fifty-seventh Congress after a Supreme Court decision. President McKinley may issue a call to convene before December’s regular session, with many officials and longtime leaders predicting an extra session before July 1.
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McSinley
Supreme Court
Congress
Philippines
United States
Chandler
Washington
Creed Revision Wins Presbyterian Assembly Victory
The Presbyterian Church in the United States approved a partial creed revision and a restatement of certain doctrines after years of debate. The Philadelphia general assembly adopted the majority report, naming a special commission to draft a shorter, equally authoritative summary to be submitted next May for ratification. The next meeting will be in New York with Fifth Avenue Church hosting, amid expectations the New York building mortgage will be burned.
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Presbyterian Assembly
Progressive Party
Presbyterian Church of the
Philadelphia Assembly
Henry Collin Minton
New York
Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian
Los Angeles
Assembly
Vermont Bank Officials Arrested in Vergennes Wreck
Lieut. Gov. Martin Allen and publisher J. W. Ketchum have been taken into custody amid inquiries into the Farmers' National Bank of Vergennes collapse. Allen, vice president, claims full investigation and asserts book irregularities may be caused by the bank cashier. He has ordered an expert to review the accounts.
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Vermont
Martin Allen
J. W. Ketchum
Farmers’ National Bank of
Indiana and Roosevelt Rivalry in 1904 Nomination
The article outlines Indiana backing Senator Fairbanks for the Republican nomination as 1904 presidential candidate. It notes Theodore Roosevelt's need to push his campaign, organize support among party leaders, and leverage his Rough Rider fame to stay competitive before the next convention.
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Spain
Seadegard
Supreme Court
Vornker
Porto ‘Rico
Col. New
Indianapolis
Sprm
Fairbanks
Theodore Roogeve
New York
Ohio
Ind Land
McKinley
White House
Forak Net
Harry
S. New
Republican - Nation
Indiana
The Boer War Degenerates Into Prolonged Struggle
A battered war in South Africa drags on amid heavy rain and death as British efforts toward Pretoria falter. Guerrilla tactics by the Boers under De Wet and fierce local resolve extend the fighting while reconcentrado tactics threaten civilian land and livestock, with attacks on isolated posts and looting of supplies.
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South Africa
Pretoria
Transvaal
Aras Ong
Burgh
Ars
de' Wet
Kitchener
Fragmented OCR Sums on Varied Topics and Figures
A collage of odd phrases references figures like Tillman General Dicker King Edward and West Point students. Mentions of poets professors ragtime music and a math congress mix with vague notes on to constitutional arguments and colonial era topics. The passage reads like garbled OCR with no cohesive event.
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Tillman
Dicker
Chimay
Edward
West Point
Albany
Starr
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