Let Us Slow Down The Railroads Expose The Perils
The Washington Post editorial urges reduced railroad speeds after a surge in deadly and costly accidents. It calls for stricter safety standards, better supervision of tracks and equipment, competent, well paid crews, straightened crossings, and tighter stockholder oversight to shrink wrecks and losses while urging society to pursue safer, steadier travel. It also quotes W T Stead critiquing American excess and calls for a return to a simpler, safer pace of life.
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Milk and trust in Central America and Potomac fishing rights
A column mix of editorials and notices discusses monopoly pressure on households, U.S. foreign policy in Central America with Zelaya and border trust rhetoric, a Washington milk supply conference urging pure milk with tuberculin testing, and a defense of the Potomac fishing right against licensing. It also mocks stock exchanges and local politics with social commentary and light humor.
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The Rich Mews Plot in Republican Leadership War
Holland's New York Cor. reports a wave of confessions from long time New York leaders claiming a Washington driven plan to eliminate all GOP contenders for Roosevelt’s renomination. They allege a staged empire game to subdue leaders from Odell to Taft, Foraker, La Follette, and Crane, leaving no single Supreme leader by next year’s convention.
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Brainstorms Ahead on Opening Day Warns of Egos and Fulminations
A Detroit Free Press fragment imagines opening day as a stage for ten thousand brainstorms and fulminations as egos rise and explode like fireworks. It likens the scene to a mental storm of activity and rivalries across the crowd.
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Royalty Prefers English Nurses Across Europe
A Madrid court dignitary cites European royalty relying on English and Scotch nurses for children among czars and queens. English governesses are praised for reliability, loyalty, and careful treatment, with Queen Victoria noted for supporting royal nursery staff. The piece also traces the Hoare family of Annabella and their old-world influence, then briefly describes the monk fish known by many names including monk fish fiddle fish and angel fish.
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Misquoting Orators Declared Unlikely by Reporters
A Chicago rooted critique notes reporters seldom misquote public speakers and argues misreports are rare. It praises reporters for accuracy and revision, says deliberate misquotation is preposterous, and urges public figures to thank writers who faithfully record their words.
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Dreaming Babies and Paris Morgue Murmurs
A child’s night terrors and parental presence stir the reader’s memory of infant fears. The London Pall Mall Gazette notes a Paris morgue habit among aristocrats and tourists, as authorities plan to curb morbid curiosity and restrict access to those with information aiding identification.
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Contention as to Dunk and Temperance in England
Controversy rises as twenty English doctors publish a London Lancet manifesto endorsing alcohol as medicine and food. Temperance advocates in Britain counter, citing historical evidence that liquor harms more than it helps, while admitting occasional therapeutic use for heart action. Reading dispatch notes Mrs Sarah Herb’s 32 year string ball, 45 inches around, weighing ten pounds, wrapping store goods into a rock hard mass.
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Picture Restored by a Picture in Verona Home
Mrs. R Liberto wife of a Verona Italian merchant suffered metaschalia after a child birth. Six years ago mind illness erupted when her husband sent for a valued picture from Italy. The picture hung in her room calmed her, then a rifle bullet shattered it during Easter revelry, and she grew erratic again. Husband seeks a duplicate to restore her mind.
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Chinese Reformer Yue Ching Studies at University of Chicago
A Chicago Daily Herald profile of Yue Ching, a tall Chinese student at the University of Chicago. He balances coursework with rigorous self taught reform efforts, interviewing deans, proofreading for the college paper, and working as a campus messenger to fund his studies. He aims to return to China as an editor and reformer after graduation.
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Idaho Poisons Coyotes
Idaho authorities begin a historic experiment using strychnine funded by a new state law to destroy coyotes and other predators. State Game Warden Stevers received a large order from Philadelphia for the project, marking a first in U S wildlife protection efforts amid debates over effectiveness and impact on predator hunting.
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Railroad Panic Halt Stalls Southern Railroads Says Judge Baxter
Judge Ed Baxter of Nashville at the Raleigh warns railroads in the South halted by last month’s financial panic may be temporary as funding terms loosen. He praises Southern rails for fair dealings and notes sobriety boosts efficiency.
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