Roosevelt urges fair employers liability law and national controls
President Roosevelt asks Congress to reenact an employers liability law limited to the court-approved scope, extend federal oversight over interstate commerce via ICC powers, and fund government compensation for injured federal workers. He condemns corporate abuses, supports public regulations, and calls for ethical reform to curb wealth and corruption.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Rockefeller Syndicate
Chicago & Alton
New York
San Francisco
Standard Oil Company
Santa Fe Railroad
Beithes
Department of
Justice
Department of Justice
Civil War Reminiscence Ties Henry Family to Manassas
Capt George C Round a Manassas VA G A R member recalls the Bull Run battle and a Henry family ceremony in Trinity Episcopal Church. He traces kinship links from Philadelphia banker Robert Morris to Virginia figures and muses on future presidents Henry IX with Henry III 1952.
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Bull Run
George C. Round
Historian of
Manassas
Henry
Round
Trinity Episcopal Church of Manassas
Arthur L. Henry
Judith Constance Henry
Judith
Robert Morris Henry
Philadelphia
Washington
McDowell
Beauregard
Henry Hill
Jackson
Sykes
Reynolds
Longstreet
Congress
Piedmont Plateau
Army of the Potomac
Robert Morris
Judith Constance
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Keystone
Old Dominion
United States
Treasury
Henry IX
Freakish Houses Show Eccentric Architectural Taste
A survey of odd dwellings includes a paper house in Podolia built for 8000 rubles with paper furniture, a County Westmeath home with windows shaped like chair backs, and a Connecticut row of cottages simulating a church. Washington resident lived day in a tree with a brick base, and a French man built a rolling revolving house on casters for light and air.
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Savinovka
Podolia
New York
County Westmeath
Ireland
Connecticut
Washington
A West Point Fourth of July Oration Remembered
Gen Morris Schaff recalls a July 4 1861 address at West Point from his youth in Kirkersville Ohio. A mishap with his manuscript and a dog’s yelp sparked laughter as the speech ended with a bang. He notes scholars disliked metaphor while naming several notable graduates from nearby roots.
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Morris Schaff
West Point
Old West Point
Church
Prom
Prom All Oratory, and Above All From Kirkersville Oratory
Gen. Schaff
Kirkersville
Ohio
Sherman, McDowell
Verse Worth Reading In Memory Of Humorist Artemus Ward
A Swinburne homage laments the death of humorist Artemus Ward. The poem questions whether death ends laughter and extols Ward as one who brought bright wit from the west and left a lasting ache in hearts that heard him. The verse notes Ward’s living laugh outlasted by those he touched.
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Mermory
Artemus Ward
West
Folks that likes you cause they do
Poem lines describe the ache of seeking genuine approval from peers in public life. The speaker contrasts chosen crowds and formal esteem with the value of true, steady friendship, ending that sincere liking matters most over flattery. Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Sitting Out the Dance and Gossip Across Hallways
Poem fragment attributed to McLandburgh Wilson from the New York Sun discusses time music gossip and fame. It contrasts public entertainments with private corridors and stairs revealing social judgments and religious discourse.
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Golden Stairs
McLandburgh Wilson
New York Sun
Poem Fragment by Elizabeth Allen Mallory
A reflective verse narrates moral struggle and lasting doubt. The speaker wanders through sin seeking peace, faces storms and blocked paths, and notes a turn toward longing for rest. The piece names author Elizabeth Allen Mallory and conveys penitence.
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Sin
Elizabeth Allen Mallory
When navies fade and banners share one fold
The poem presents a vision of unity beyond war as nations adopt common banners and creeds. Frederick Lawrence Knowles expresses hope that future harmony will end sectarian strife and gun violence, turning conquest into service and victory into peace.
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Hate
Frederick Lawrence Knowles
The Boy and the Sunbeam
A baby plays on the floor washing his face in sunlight flooding a window. A mother lovingly bends, whispers a blessing, and hopes the child keeps an honest happy face bathed in sunlit light throughout life.
Long Live Health and Habits in Washington Herald
One man shuns tobacco and nears a century while another chews all he can. A teetotaler lives long until his father arrives. A human mop resets fate. The piece notes life lessons not taught in school and rejects a fixed rule for longevity or strength.
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Washington Herald
Poetic homage to a distant beloved and sea imagery
A lyrical passage compares thoughts and feelings to dawn, sea foam, summer warmth, dawn light, flowers, a dove, a tempest, and the moon. The speaker conveys tenderness and enduring affection through rich maritime and celestial imagery, ending with a line about preciousness to a miser.
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Swaid
Bureau of Corporations
Standard Oil Corporation
Santa Fe Railway Company
Railway Company
Keney
Santa Fe
Abraham Lincoln
Paa
Old Country
Patrick Henry
Hugh Fauntleroy
Henry I
Phoebe Morris
Isaac Henry
John Adams
Judith Carter
Robert Carter
Stone Bridge
John
Phoebe Morris Henry
Ricketts
Phoebe
Hugh F. Henry
Alexandria
Hugh
Swinburne
Cupid
the New Age
Morn
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