The Silent Man's Quiet Courtship for Miss Wells
Norman Baker, a reserved newspaper proprietor, confesses his love to Elizabeth Wells during a May drive. She delays commitment, wary of losing her freedom, while Baker reflects on loneliness from a hardened past and grows closer through letters, visits, and small acts of kindness.
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Carrih May Ashton
Daily Story Pub, Co
Ilttla
Madame Brunig
Rman
Elizabeth Wells
Madame
California
Norman Baker
Miss Wells
Mr. Baker
Jack Bradshaw
Norman Beker
Episode of My Little Newsboy Friend
In a quiet ending the two friends share a moment by a grate fire after helping a young newsboy. Norman, a big silent man, is touched as the woman reveals she has loved him for months, a realization sparked by the day’s events and the lad’s generosity.
Tribute honors Capt. W. W. Ressinger at Grand hotel
A Washington tribute lauds Capt. W. W. Ressinger U S N for grit and leadership. F C Cheswick of Washington recalls his exacting command style at Annapolis and the Dale receiving ship, noting how he earned respect and obedience from sailors who once mocked him.
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W. W. Relsinger
Grand Hotel
Ressinger
F. C. Cheswick
Washington
Panama
Annapolis
Pensacola
Dale
Washington Navy Yard
Braxs
Annapolia
New York Tribune
He Was Above It Young Man's Answer to Sociology Student
Smith a man of education works among poor children in city playgrounds directing their play. A visitor asked questions about the children. The youth, neatly dressed and quiet, said he has a good trade.
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Smith
Lke
Detralt Free Press
Food and Brains Diet Stirs WVU Professor Test
A West Virginia University professor plans a 30 day fast to study brain power during summer lectures. He argues that reduced stomach content frees more blood for the brain, potentially boosting intellectual performance. Critics speculate about staged brilliance and warn against overreaching claims.
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West Virginia University
Druggists' Signs Fade From Windows As Glass Bulbs Decline
Druggists' large colored glass bulbs once common in drugstore windows are fading. They were feeding window decorations with simple chemical liquids. Copper and ammonia make bine, bichromate of potash turns orange, and aniline dyes have replaced window colors, but the dyes fade in strong sun, requiring renewal while the squids stay bright much longer.
Republicans Ready to Expand Leadership in Coming House Race
A compilation of editorials argues Republicans are united and ready to govern, predicting a larger GOP majority in the next House and assigning blame to Democratic obstruction. It cites Senator West’s view on punishment for obstruction and notes favorable sentiment from the Philadelphia Ledger and St. Louis Globe Democrat about Republicans shaping policy for decades and the risks of Democratic control.
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Ventle
West
Senator West
Congress
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Cleveland Democrats
Cleveland
Wilson
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Agricultural Values and Farmers’ Total Product Worth
The American Economist argues farm values are underestimated by census figures. It urges including farmers’ household consumption and non-cash outputs, estimating total agricultural value around 10 billion dollars, with a conservative minimum of 1 billion, to reflect protection benefits.
Divided Democrats Weigh Tariff Stance in 19th Century Debate
The piece questions Democratic clarity on tariff policy after a Congress spent on the Philippine question. It contrasts Republicans’ Ding-Dey tariff stance with Democrats split among leaders like Mosora, Teller, Patterson, Dubois, and Gorman, who push protectionism, versus Bryan and Southern senators who push free trade, while trimmers loom over the party's direction.
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Congress
Cleveland
Mosara
Teller
Patterson
Dubois
Gorman
Henry Patterson
Mr. Bryan
Senator Jones
Arkansas
D. B. Hill
New York
Gallinger prophecy on prosperity and protection
The Sioux Falls Leader and New York Sun discuss Senator Gallinger’s 1902 prosperity speech arguing protection will drive United States production and wealth. The political clash centers on tariff as the defining issue, with farmers and workers seen as primary beneficiaries and the 1902 campaign timeline framed around November elections.
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America
Senator Gallinger
Congress
Dr. Gallinger
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
The Democrats and the tariff question renewed
In Washington last Friday night Democrats caucused to discuss tariff policy attacking behind the trust and Cuban reciprocity. They recall the Wilson German law and past anti tariff criticism while hoping voters forget. The Kansas City Journal notes the party remains in a political impasse over tariff reform.
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Cleveland
House Democrats
Washington
Truats
Fnally
Kansas City Journal
Immigration Laws Debate and May Manifold Influx
Elighty thousand immigrants were brought to the United States in May, mainly from Southern Europe. Ackley World editorializes that the Republican party blocked the Democrats immigration bill. The piece notes past Lodge proposals for stricter laws and argues Democrats allied with Republicans to defeat such measures, and recalls GOP efforts to bar anarchist immigration blocked by Democratic opposition.
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Europe
Crisa
United States
Shell Rock
Iowa
Ackley
Lodge
Massachusetts
Republcana
Congress
Promises Redeemed in US Savings Banks Growth
The deposits in American savings banks rose from 1,810,597,023 in 1895 to 2,845,691,300 in 1902. The rise reflects savings trends and a broader prosperity revival, echoing a Republican pledge to restore prosperity.
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United States
Republican Party
San Francisco Chronicle
A Strong Position on Tariff as Campaign Issue
The St Paul Pioneer Press notes Republicans would object to elevating tariff as the grand campaign issue, arguing it would simplify the fight. It contends the present political dynamic keeps the tariff issue well fortified, with past results offering little change to the usual debate.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Hyde Critiques Democrats On Trusts Inpower Silence
The Terre Haute Tribune notes that Democrats criticize trusts while out of office but fail to curb them when in power, arguing that talk and action differ, a critique attributed to Ter re Haute context.
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Dekyth Hyde
Terre Haute Tritune
The Humor of Life and Hiring Oddities
A quirky scene centers on a youthful job applicant for a kitchen position who negotiates pay from five to eight dollars a week, jokes about winter women, and notes home economics in a Ladies' Own Gazette. A French gentleman's ducking anecdote follows, then a domestic quarrel over borrowed dishes and social status.
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Ladies’ Own Gazette
Joe
Monsieur
The
Distrustful Father and Ethel Discuss Herbert
In a candid exchange, Ethel praises Herbert as having a lovely disposition. Ethel’s father cautions that Herbert’s dispositions are too amiable and suggests he would not stand up for himself, even at a ball game when an umpire’s decision favored the away team.
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Herbert
Ethel
One Beauty of Golf and a Teeing Off Tale
Report mentions Jack Haggard and Belle Hazard amid golf talk. The exchange includes a playful line about borrowing a few balls and a shouted remark. The incident centers on a lighthearted on course moment and funny banter between players.
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Jack Haggard
Belle Hazard
How They Raise Cloves in Ceylon and Other Oddities
A playful exchange about Silas-Crawfoot’s disappointment in a misfit prize story, a pun on overweights stamps and a Boston girl fainting. The humor riffs on mistaken expectations, trivial sleights, and everyday annoyances such as a fretful baby and unclear remedies.
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Silas—Crawfoot
Apley
Cyrus
Silas
Ceylon
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