Dangerous School Buildings Highlight City Fire Risk
The Washington Post reports a fire chief led expert examinations of school buildings amid dangerous conditions. Findings indicate aging structures like Garfield and other sites risk collapse in a fire, urging closures or modern renovations to protect students and staff.
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Tire Department
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Sip
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Garfield
Deaty
Avery
Daye
National Art Gallery Move Promises Washington Dawn
A national gallery of art is becoming a reality. The Smithsonian Institution selects a committee to plan, aiming to relocate the Smithsonian building as the National Art Gallery. The National Museum would house other collections, and Washington emerges as the logical home for the project.
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National Art Gallery
National Gallery of Art
United States
Washington
America
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Fine Arts Federation of New York
National Sculpture, Society
National Academy of Design
Frederick Crowninshield
Herbert Adams
KE. H. Blashfield
F. D. Miller
W. H. Holmes
National Museum
Museum
Museum of Commerce
Metropolitan Museum
New York
National Gallery
National Gallery of Art to Enhance Washington Attraction
The city, the seat of the Federal government, would gain a national gallery of art with liberal patronage and support. It would boost Washington’s appeal to foreign courtiers and American travelers, highlighting the country’s development and pride.
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Washington
Couriet
National Gallery of Art
National Highway Idea Gets Fresh Attention From Congress
The Hon. Rourke Cockran advocates a continental free highway from Atlantic to Pacific. Ezra Meeker lingers in memory of the old Oregon Trail. The plan would be toll free and state built through each territory, boosting commerce and travel. Prohibition quips and assorted notes dot the column with witty tie ins.
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Rourke Cockran
Atlantic
Pacific
Cockran
Ezra Meeker
Meeker
New York
Congress
United States
Cochran
Ocean
Zapata
Tex
Atlanta
Bargain hunter's near-miss ends with pistol return
Nathan Wood, famed for financial woes and daring exploits, sought a cheap revolver after cash in hand dwindled to one dollar. He fired at his head, the bullet scratching his skull, then demanded a refund from the hardware clerk, leaving the store with three dollars and a grim finale to his bargain.
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Nathan
Wood
Bure
Tie
Mexico Praises Mexican Chinese Treatment Says Diaz Era Fair to All
Prominent Juarez merchant Sing Li Foon tells Baltimore American that about 26 000 Chinese live in Mexican towns and receive fair treatment under President Diaz. He praises Mexico's lack of racial prejudice and laments U S exclusion laws while recounting travel hurdles through El Paso to Baltimore.
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Republic of Mexico
Diaz
Sing Li Foon
Juarez
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Kernan
United States
Baltimore
Washington
el Paso
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New Orleans
New York
Morganatic Royals and Shifting Alliances Across Europe
A sprawling survey traces Morganatic lineages from George Bansfield to Prince Ernest of Saxe Meiningen, linking baronial titles, Victoria era bloodlines, and a web of European nobility. It notes tragic fates of Morganatic offspring, royal marriages at Munich and Vienna, and ties to Prussian and Hohen zollern lines, ending with Marquise de Fontenoy.
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Mimteh
Beard
Nea
William Jensen
Saalfeld
Lad
Prince Ernest
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Saxe-Meiningen
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Italy
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Prussia
Rosalie von Rauch
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Unavaria
Henrietta I Mendel
Baroness Wallersee
George Fitageorge
Royal Duke of Cambridge
Dublin
Louise Farebrother
Taft Ticket Defeated in Wisconsin Primaries by La Follette Forces
Analysis notes Taft leads in national race but Wisconsin results show the Taft ticket losing by over 60,000 to La Follette backed delegates. Bryan strong in Wisconsin, while Republican leaders fear House loss if Taft leads. Colored voters emerge as pivotal in multiple states affecting congressional seats.
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Guavernor
A W. Swisher
A. ©. Benerr
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Swisher
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W. M. Imwaon
Touis Bennett
Lewis Flourins
Thomas E. Hodges
Morgantown
Adam H. Littlepage
John W. Davis
Clarksburg
Davis
Johnson
Minnesota
Factional bitterness and political forecasts in 1908 era
The Kansas City Star argues democracy bets on Republican factionalism to win the 1908 national campaign, noting past defeats stemmed from personal enmities rather than conditions. It cites Blaine Conkling Grant and contrasts Taft’s current standing with leaders, then shifts to Nashville Tennessean anecdotes about mountain counties and a grim Hungarian epitaph, ending with European duel statistics from various cities and eras.
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Taft
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Spectral Engineer Guarded 1000 Soldiers on Night Run
Horace L. Seaver, veteran Illinois Central engineer, credits a lingering spirit beside him in the cab. He recalls a night when a whispered warning halted a speeding train just before a burned bridge, saving over a thousand soldiers bound for Champaign. Seaver calls the phenomenon spiritual guidance, not credit to himself.
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Chicago
No. 15
Horace L. Seaver
Winds Central
Kankakee
Illinois Central
Mr. Seaver
Seaver
Champaign
Til
Would that it were so in life as in the play
A collage of excerpts from papers describing idealized fiction and real mischief. It follows a pretend world where virtuous heroes win, then a boyish tale of swearing and rebellion, and finally a tiger fight as told by Indian and Rampur sources with brothers Khuda Bakhs and Shaikh Abdnot Ghani starring in a daring rescue of a wounded companion.
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Moradabad
Rampur
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Abdul Ghani
Reflections of a Bachelor Inconsistent Musings and Vie of Vices
A satirical column from the Mirage News offers maxims on wealth marriage and happiness. It mocks widow comfort, gift rituals, and the folly of seeking fortune while noting paradoxes in daily life and fate. The piece blends humorous aphorisms about love money and time with playful wordplay.
Americans praise fleet voyage and Peru visit
Leslie Combs United States Minister to Peru, visiting Washington en route to Kentucky, commends the Pacific fleet's voyage. He notes cordial receptions in Peru, the fleet's strong naval impression, and the potential commercial gains for the United States. Governor Curry and others discuss Roosevelt third-term talk and party prospects.
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Kentucky
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Lima
Guatemala
Pacific
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