Reed the ex-Speaker and his Portland roots
Special correspondence from Portland, Me. recalls Thomas Brackett Reed as a powerful orator and public figure. The piece details his political speeches before the tariff vote, playful fishing anecdotes with a patented secret method, his support for woman suffrage, and fond memories of Deering’s Oaks and Longfellow.
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Porland
Poertlaxp
Congress
Wilson
Crisp
Reed
Portland
Thomas Brackett Reeder
Mr. Reed
Anthony
Livermore
Blake
Deering’s Oaks
Longfellow
Demoralizing Fiction and the Push to Curb Trashy Papers
Special correspondence from New York reports wealthy citizens form a society to suppress sensational family and boys papers read by millions. They argue these publications degrade youth, corrupt morals, and fuel crime, with women as chief contributors. Law cannot fully stop them, but organizers seek public sentiment to push for cleaner content. J B Gigee.
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New York
J. B. Gigee
Novel Anarchist Bombs Discuss a New Propaganda Method
Special correspondence from New York on March 8 reports New York anarchists led by Johann Most and Justus Schwab debating a new propaganda tactic. A papier mache bomb filled with red ink literature was proposed but deemed too costly. Most urged funding Die Freiheit instead. The debate split over risk and strategy with calls to educate the public and pursue intellectual reform.
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Johann Most
Justus Schwab
New York
Koch
Keppelman
Die Freiheit
Herr Koch
Vaillant
Most
Salvation Army
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Newspaperman’s tale of how errors slip through
Special Correspondence from Curiaco explains the long, multi person process a single news item travels from rumor to final print. The piece highlights how editors, reporters, readers, and proof staff interact as fragments are cut, fused, and reassembled into a column, often with conflicting details, yet rarely producing major blunders.
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Curiaco
United States
He v1 Wate
Huccumso
Heviwate
Gc, V, Devereux
Blindness rates across the British Isles
In England the blind form .08 per cent of the population, in Scotland .07 per cent and in Ireland .11 per cent, or in England and Wales one person in every 1,236 is blind, in Scotland one in every .489 is blind and in Ireland one in 881.
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England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
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