Editorial on party fortunes and social tensions in 1904 politics
The piece analyzes Republican confidence under Roosevelt, New York's drift toward Democrats, and potential Western unrest over tariff and trust reform. It critiques Boston and New England attitudes toward the South, discusses the canteen issue for soldiers, and ends with musings on duel norms and Carnegie’s bequest of wisdom.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Morgan
Roosevelt
New York
West
Empire State
New York City
Coler
Solid South
Assaults by colored men alarm Boston women
The Boston Advertiser reports a surge in assaults on girls by colored men, causing terror in parts of the city and prompting frantic police activity. The piece argues the behavior reflects brutish instincts not cured by climate or environment, noting Boston’s small negro population and contrasting with southern areas.
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Boston Advertiser
Boston
South
Army canteen abolition sparks renewed calls for restoration
The piece argues Congress erred in abolishing the army canteen to appease demagogues and the disobedient faction. It cites Adjutant General Corbin as a reform-minded advocate likely to convince lawmakers of the canteen's value and the need to curb drunkenness among soldiers.
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Corbin
War Department
Congress
Woman of Quality Provokes Pension Talk in Rome Dispatch
A Rome dispatch reports Italy may pension a woman who has produced sixty two children. The piece contrasts Malthusian fears with the idea, noting Chicago’s famous quadruple birth and urging local towns to seize demographic pride for census gains and trade advantage.
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Rome
The
San Francisco Examiner
Malthus
Yavapai
Puzzling Lines on Marriage, Death and Territory
The snippet notes a Russian noble seeking an American wife with a $50,000 dower and an odd instruction to apply to the president of the New York Health Board. It also speculates Delaware may seek annexation to gain a territorial government if deadlocked, hinting at political maneuvering and oblique satire.
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New York Health Board
Delaware
Washington
Fighting Lizards Show Nature of Ring Necked Species
The piece from Country Life In America describes the Arizona desert ring necked lizard as combative and bold. It details how the lizard attacks when cornered and even when provoked by two others, revealing a fighting temperament in its jaw, throat and stance.
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Arizona
America
Principal billiards shots as courtship satire
A witty Baltimore American note compares billiard terms to romance. It lists kiss, follow, bank, and draw as the main shots, then playfully adds cue and frozen as terms, hinting at other terms like scratch and break but cutting for space.
Minute Parts of a Watch Shown by Immense Tiny Details
A description of watchmaking scale reveals that 150000 screws of one kind form a pound and balance wheel pivots measure two hundredths of an inch. Jewels have tiny clearances of five ten-thousandths. screws reach 260 per inch. Pallet jewel weighs 0.00015 pounds and roller jewel about 0.000256. Hair spring stud diameter four hundredths inch and length about nine hundredths.
Ambidextrous Skill Attributed to Landseer In Art
J A Man son recounts Sir Edwin Landseer drawing one animal with his right hand and a different one with his left while Conrad Cook held the paper. The note compares this dexterity to expert piano technique and cites several instances of his striking manual skill.
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Conrad Cook
E. W. Cook
R. A
Landseer
J. A. Manson
Sir Edwin Landseer
Edwin
A Lesson With His Autograph From James Russell Lowell
An admirer asked Lowell for his autograph and received a lesson on language. The reply advised not to say I would be obliged but to use I should be obliged, ending with a courteous sign off.
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Lowell
James Russell Lowell
No Cause For Worry Elderly Fiance
A playful exchange about remarriage and social prejudice. The elderly fiancé argues against judging late marriages, citing his mother’s multiple marriages as a model and expressing an open attitude toward love and commitment.
Choked Him Of Kraft The Boss Promises Salary Rise
A fragmented exchange mentions a threat and a boss promising a salary increase next week. A rival line about lending money is noted as refused. The piece juxtaposes a proverb about fish with a quote about a worried person, hinting at a local newspaper irreverence.
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Kraft
Newitt
Old Man
Feet of Nations: varied shapes across races
A historical piece catalogues feet by nationality describing arches, widths and proportions. It notes Irish flat feet, French long narrow feet, Scotch high muscular feet, Tartar uniform toes, English fleshy short feet, Russian webbed toes, Spaniard curved feet, and Arabs with high arches. It claims Americans developing smaller feet and Teutonic and Scandinavian groups with the largest feet.
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America
Vacationing visitor probes Wisconsin resort ownership
A Chicago man on summer vacation chatted with a Wisconsin lake resort owner about land area and neighboring properties. The proprietor notes about forty acres and hints at future partnership with the Widder Simmons, saying they expect to join next October.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Lake
Widder Simmons
French Coffee Flavor Adds Butter and Sugar During Roasting
Harper's Bazar notes a distinctive caramel aroma in French coffee achieved by adding a tablespoonful of butter and powdered sugar to three pounds of roasting beans. The butter melts and coats the beans, enhancing flavor as travelers in France discover it.
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France
Harper's Bazar
Humor in Horses Delights Readers with Jimmy the Road Horse
A lively road horse named Jimmy displays a curious sense of humor. He sneaks to a tent and sneezes on unsuspecting children, scatters sheep for amusement, frightens timid visitors, and teases a cousin by baring teeth when the harness is offered.
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Jimmy
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