Roosevelt and Cuba Trade Policy Urges Honest Reform
Editorial from Oyster Bay argues Roosevelt should confront Cuba trade justice amid sugar lobby pressure. It condemns Republican protectionism, calls for a reciprocal treaty, and criticizes Senate behavior while urging honest leadership to honor the Platt amendment. It also critiques the Senate election method and defends the upper house.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Cuba
Republican Party
Congress
American Congress
United States
Senate
McKintey
Republic of
Citizens offer summer mail to coast or resort addresses
Parties planning summer travel can have The Citizen mailed to their coastal or resort addresses at the same carrier price. Leave the address with The Citizen business office at corner Stone avenue and Broadway or call Main 171.
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Citizen Business
Stone Avenue
Broadway
Warning to Phoenix Republicans on Cuban reciprocity stance
A writer urges Phoenix Republicans to proceed cautiously as they struggle with Roosevelt era Cuban reciprocity policy. The piece mocks beet sugar advocates and warns that if beet sugar interests mobilize in the Salt River Valley they could force the party to stop sneering at their Senators. A cautionary note to the wise.
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Phoenix Republican
Roosevelt
Salt River Valley
Senator Burrows Shifts View on Direct Election Plan
Washington correspondent reports Senator Burrows of Michigan has changed his stance and is now less enthusiastic about the proposed constitutional amendment for direct election of United States Senators, signaling a shift in support.
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Burrows
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Michigan
Congress
United States
Senate
Washington
Los Angeles Herald
Morgan and the British Sea Power Question
British Admiralty weighs an offer from John Pierpont Morgan to place all British ships in his international combine at the disposal of the navy for fifty years on certain terms. Morgan has built a controlling stake in major English liners, stirring fears of loss of maritime supremacy and prompting official deliberation. The decision, debated in Parliament, awaits final reflection.
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John Pierpont Morgan
Admiralty
New York
Morgan
John Bull
Britannia
House of Commons
Secretary of the Admiralty
British Navy Department
Mr. Morgan
England
Morgan Rules the Wave Then American Power Grows
The piece argues a New York financier should aid British maritime dominance but warns Britons may fear his expansion. It foresees Morgan influencing global action and suggests Americans could shift attitudes, with Britain’s proud stance challenged as Morgan’s influence spreads.
Jeffries Favored To Triumph In Fitzsimmons Clash
The report states Jeffries is expected to win the fight soon against Methuselah Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons expresses hope of victory though certainty is uncertain. Fitzs emotions are described as flexible in the context of the bout.
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Jeffries
Methuselah Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Johannesburg to gain big match factory under Diamond Trust
In addition to peace and British rule, Johannesburg will host a large factory for match production run by the Diamond Match trust. Boers are said to be sufficiently subjugated to tolerate trusts.
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Johannesburg
Diamond Match Trust
Rathbone as a national political issue
The piece argues Rathbone, freshly released from a Cuban jail, should be a focal political issue with Senator Hanna backing the push. It labels Wood’s expenditures extravagant, questions Cuban administration corruption, and urges Democrats to keep the Rathbone issue in view for elections, noting Hanna’s threats over Wood’s isthmian canal role.
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Rathbone
Hanna
Wood
Mark Hanna
Cuba
Havana
Congress
General Wood
Isthmian Canal
Roosevelt
Getting In Society Reveals Paths to High Social Circles
The New York Press quotes young men describing routes into elite society. One says dancing his way in, another used a Sunday Bible class to meet families, and a third leveraged a chance encounter in the West to be hosted by a New York leader and win his daughter.
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New York
New York Press
Slow Eating for Health Lessons From a Horse
A New York Journal advised parents to teach both children and adults to eat slowly to aid digestion. It compares rapid eating to feeding a horse and stresses chewing thoroughly, avoiding drinking with meals, and resting after eating to ensure proper blood flow to the stomach.
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New York Journal
The Meadow Orchid Cuckoo Tears and Slippers Legend
A Russian tale of Frosya an orphaned maiden who befriends the czar of the waters after a chance encounter by a river. Seven years pass in bliss until envy leads the tale toward tragedy as villagers reveal the secret husband. The czar dies defending her and curses her line with perpetual cuckoo echoes and a traitor daughter, while a loyal son becomes a guiding nightingale.
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Frosya
Frosinga
Fresya
Addes
Czar
Waters
Palace of
Crystal
Shen
St. Peter's Day
St. Peter’s Day
Isabel
Hapgood
New York
A Way Out A Girl Told a Falsehood
A mother guides her daughter Katharine in a library lesson about heaven and hell. The girl, grave at first, asks to swear to go to the other place as well, turning the moment into a humorous moral exchange narrated by the New York Tribune.
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Katharine
Grandma
Papa
New York Tribune
Ze Miss Millions Proposal Sparks Baron Courtship
A fragment from a Judge's line depicts the Baron's remarking that Ze Miss Millions spends thousands on bonnets and is the man for him, while another replies he will propose to her instead, suggesting a courtly, humorous scene of betrothal intrigue.
Exclusive Pauline Never Introduces Eligible Men
Pauline is described as very exclusive in this London King dialogue. The exchange notes she never introduces an eligible man to any other girl and adds advice about keeping boots polished, with a line about shining at one end if not the other.
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Pauline
London
Human Head Hunters Across Pacific Isles Remain Active
The article notes continued head hunting among Papuan, Dayak, and related groups in New Guinea Borneo Ceram Gibolo and other islands. It describes methods including ambush and poisoned arrows, ritual heads on poles, and vendetta cycles with deterrents failing. It also mentions weapons like the sumpitan blowpipe pirate parang and a SaKi remnant in Malacca.
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New Guinea
Borneo
Ceram
Gibolo
Car Page
Fly River
Torres Strait
Thursday Island
Malay Peninsula
Malacca
Dindings
Hegri Sembilan
Origin of the Sabbath in Babylonian Rite and Hebrew Adaptation
Professor Jastrow notes that the Sabbath predates Pentateuchal law, tracing to a Babylonian atonement day rather than a rest. He explains Hebrews grafted the idea into a weekly respite from labor, transforming an ominous observance into a delight through ritual and regulations.
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Professor Jastrow
Independent
Proved His Love Tested By Indigestion
A practical young man proposes and claims to truly love after testing the idea by pretending to suffer indigestion for two weeks to gauge the symptoms, as reported by the Chicago Post.
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Chicago Post
A Former Predicament In A Southern Household
A cook described as fat, black, and sixty, a devout churchwoman, faces a suitor family laborer with a dozen children. The mistress hints at marriage to the widowhood weeds, but the cook responds she has already been botched in that predicament.
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Detroit
Free Presa
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