Expansion Defensible: Moral Duty in Philippine Policy
W C Jameson Reid argues expansion serves civilization and justice. He asserts the Philippines must be held as a permanent, enlightened obligation, not mere self interest, warning retreat would wound national honor and global standing. He frames civilization as a shared duty and morality beyond borders.
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Dewey
Manila Bay
Philippine Islands
United States
England
India
Egypt
Africa
Australia
Philippines
France
Macauley
Providence
W. C. Jameson Reid
Asia
Hindoo Editors and Their Queer Publishing Excuses
A Los Angeles Herald piece humorously catalogs Indian editors who offer odd excuses for publishing oddities. It cites maiden issues with blank columns, temporary suspensions, rest notices, and front pages reserving space for a powerful piece that could not fit.
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Los Angeles Herald
Atmosphere’s Rise From Oxygen to Ocean of Air
In Lippincott’s Magazine, the piece recounts Priestley’s discovery of oxygen and nitrogen, the later identification of carbonic acid, and the shift from a 60 mile to about 500 mile atmospheric model supported by meteoric fall observations. It notes nitrogen’s reluctance to combine, oxygen’s brisk reactions, and the upper atmosphere extending high above the surface with gravity and centrifugal effects in play.
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Lippincott's
Priestley
Hts
Miss Julia Marlowe on Drama and Frohman’s Rule
The Cosmopolitan series on Captains of Industry highlights Charles Frohman as de facto ruler of many United States and international theaters. Moffett portrays Frohman as confident and shrewd, while Julia Marlowe’s Independent piece on Shakespearean heroines is criticized as lacking depth and exposing her limited critical acumen.
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Samuel E. Moffett
Charles Frohman
Mr. Moffett
Napoleon
Jack’ Haverley
Minstrels
New York
United States
London
United Kingdom
America
Nero
Athens
Alexandria
Antioch
Rome
Frohman
Maude Adams
Miss Adams
Mr. Frohman
Shakspeare
Clyde Fitch
Miss Marlowe
Germany
Notes of the Stage preview for next season
Louis James and Frederick Warde to head Shakespeare’s The Tempest in the United States after a ten year gap. Blanche Walsh to star in a Stanislaus Stange drama based on Gustave Flaubert’s Salambo. The Defenders musical comedy at Herald Square Theatre features Dixey Edwardes Spencer Ashley Davenport Ling. Ben-Hur to be staged at English’s for two weeks in November with Dodson Mitchell Farnum Sitgreaves. Mascagni to write music for The Eternal City with Viola Allen Morgan De Belleville. July theater notes include censorship discussion, Mannering interview, Drama Technique analysis, and a feature on Kenneth Lee stage stories with many star plates.
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Louis James
Frederick Warde
Shakspeare
United States
Xuet Blanche Walsh
Stanislaus Stange
Gustave Flaubert
Salambo
Miss Walsh
Dolly Varden
Herald Square Theater
New York
Henry E. Dixey
Paula Edwardes
Grace Spencer
Minnie Ashley
Harry Davenport
Richie Ling
Pietro Mascagni
Hall Caine
Viola Allen
Edward Morgan
Frederick de Belleville
Mascagni
Italy
Irene Bentley
William Gillette
Grace George
Frou Frou
Elizabeth Tyree
Cheridah Simpson
Mrs. Potter
Calypso
Raymond Hitchcock
Evelyn Florence
Walter Damrosch
Kocian
America
The Large Waldorf Astoria and Its World in New York
A reader recalls the Waldorf Astoria as an immense national institution in the United States. The author praises its vast size, flawless system, and role as a Pan American exhibition where Americans meet, trade, gossip, and conduct business amid a clublike, luxurious atmosphere.
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Charles
London Mail
New York
Boldt
United States
Westminster Abbey
England
America
The
Waldorf
Park
the Waldorf
Wall Street
Bank fined for accepting out-of-town checks at face value
The Central National Bank of New York was fined by banking union members for processing out-of-town checks at their face value rather than adjusting for exchange or collection costs, signaling scrutiny over intercity check handling.
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Hartford Courant
Central National Bank
New York
Banking Union
Banks Exploit Fees Spark Public Outcry
The New York Evening Post reports banks collect about 3,000,000 annually through an arbitrary petty exaction. Banks that avoid the fee gain customers, while managers select exemptions for certain places, forcing many to sweat for the benefit of a few.
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New York Evening Post
Chinaman on the Races and China Awakening
A Shanghai translated piece discusses Anglo Japanese treaties and race theory, noting white supremacy and exclusion laws in the United States, while praising Japan for rapid civilization and assertion of equal rights. The writer argues China must reform or be swallowed, and credits Boxer era sacrifices as not in vain, signaling China’s reawakening.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
the Mercury
Shanghai
China
H. I. M. Kuang Hsu
Asia
United States
Japan
Ben Bolt deemed more than twaddle by critic
A Bookman critic argues the old song Ben Bolt is not twaddle though technically flawed. He notes the ballad’s lasting emotional pull and its power to awaken memory, contrasting it with crude verse and praising its sentiment. Dr English’s death frames the needed tribute.
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Bookman
Ben Bolt
English
Bret Harte
John Bright
Basswood
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Rosalind
Viola
Major
Kester
William W. Whitelock
Mary Mannering
W. T. Price
Gross
Rostand
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D. H. Baldwin & Co
Pennsylvania St
Chinaman
Nate
Dr. English
Milwaukee Sentinel
Indianapolis Fire Insurance Co
East Market St
Indianapolis
Fall
John H. Holliday
H. C. Martin
Union
Hiram Bicknell
Martindale Avenue
Tad
Ae Nataloes
Union Painless Dentists
Corner Market
Monument
Carlin & Lennox Music Store
Columbus and Kauffman Vehicles
H. T. Conde Implement Co
Statehouse
W. Washington Street
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