Woman who tried to run a republic Ella Reader and Santo Domingo scheme
Washington reports detail the plans of Ella Rawls Reader and her husband Athole Reader to act as fiscal agents for Santo Domingo. They sought to negotiate a U S treaty, control finances, and sell the bay of Samana with backing from William Nelson Cromwell, but the stalled effort followed Senate rejection of the treaty.
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Ella Rawls Reader
Republic of
San Domingo
United States Senate
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
Reader
Marion
Ala
Phillips
Birmingham
Chicago
New York
London
J. G. White & Co
Wall Street
Sultan of Jahore
Miss Rawls
Sprague
Sprague Company
Mr. Reader
New Zealand
Charles Ewan Smith
Morocco
West Ridgeway
Ceylon
Peru
Morales
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama
Cromwell
Republic
Perez
Gen. Morales
United States
Santo Domingo
Hay
Bay of Samana
Union Club
Dawson
Nis
Congress
Sanchez
Mr. Dawson
Mrs. Reader
A Second Napoleon: Oyama Earns Far East Title
British observers hail Marshal Iwao Oyama as the Napoleon of the Far East for his fifty-year military career. The Satsuma-born strategist shaped modern Japan, with decisive campaigns in China and Russia and a record of daring leadership. He organized Japan’s army, led port Arthur operations, and rose to marquis and field marshal amid a long public and military career.
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London
Iwao Oyama
Far East
Oyama
Marquis
Marshal Oyama
China
Russia
Saigo
Count Saigo
Saige
Count Yamagata
Yamagata
Matehuria
Port Arthur
Peking
Japan
Commissariat
Figures of Russian Poverty in Foreign Wages Tabulation
The London board of trade figures show Russian railway workers get low daily pay. Construction staff average 25 cents, locomotive and carriage 89 cents, traffic 53 cents. Salaries of department heads skew these averages higher.
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Russia
London Board of Trade
Verse of the Day in the Sunshine
A short lyric urges readers to escape city noise and enjoy a sunny day outdoors. It calls for barefoot wandering, blossoming peace, and reconnecting with nature under clear skies. The verse is attributed to F. L. Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution.
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F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Ilustrated Verse Reflections on Washington and New England
The piece blends political allusion and poetry credited to Eugene Barry as it contrasts Washington's idealized honesty with enduring New England roots. It references a Washington Star quote and muses on returning to ancestral soil, ending with a personal wish to be laid to rest in the father’s burial plot on a wind swept hill.
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Old
New England
Eugene Barry
The Man with the Ho Song Parody Livening Chicago Record
A humorous verse by L. Rayne published in the Chicago Record-Herald praises a jovial character nicknamed The Ho. The piece extols his hearty laugh and cheerful presence as a tonic that uplifts the city and its people.
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Ben
Edwin Markham
L. Rayne
Chicago
The Two Knights
A forest tale of a winter-green knight in Lincoln green armor who battles through dawn to sunset as spring returns. The poem celebrates the knight’s enduring valour and nature’s renewal, concluding with winter yielding to his green worth.
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Lincoln Green
Hawthorne
Lucy Fitch Perkins
St. Nicholas
When the Birds Go North Again Poem by Ella Higginson
A nostalgic verse by Ella Higginson reflecting cyclical seasons and resilience as birds migrate north each year. The poem contrasts winter sorrow with spring renewal and suggests courage helps endure cold days.
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Ella Higginson
Macmillan’s
Spring Fever Dreams in a Washington Star Poem
A Washington Star poem reflects on waiting for spring and the return of birds and warmth. The speaker longs for nature’s awakening, fishin by the water, and simple pleasures as the season shifts from winter to spring.
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Senate
Morales
Washington Star
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Frank H. Brooks
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