Washington Progress and Canadian Politics in 1907
The piece lauds Washington as a growing world city with rapid Potomac riverfront improvements and grand government buildings transforming the capital. It also reports on Canadian politics, detailing Mr Borden’s opposition to electoral fraud, calls for reform, and critiques of Liberal leadership amid bribery and ballot concerns.
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Washington
United States
Potomac River
Potomac
Capitol HH
Mall
Pennsylvania Avenue
The
Treasury
Greater Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Capitol
Ottawa
Wilfrid Laurierte
London
Dominion
Borden
Popuin
House
Hilbert
Bs Corporations
Toronto Mall
Empire
It Might Have Been Speech at Philadelphia on Roosevelt Era
A column reflects on Bryce and the 1776 revolution, debating outcomes if past leaders and nations acted differently. It contemplates imperial policy, Japanese exclusion ideas in British Columbia, and the lasting impact of strategic choices shaping America, Britain, and global alliances.
Eccentric Banquets From Global Social Set
A roundup of freakish hospitality features from across the Atlantic and America. Mrs Abram Hawitt staged a party with guests in baby clothes and dolls while Mr Romaine Pleraon marked his divorce with a dinner for twenty four at the Beach Hotel Chicago. Other tastemakers hosted animal guests at supper tables including pig and parrot, and Carnegie’s Stevens Institute banquet used steel process displays as centerpieces. A pony banquet in Glen Cove plated meals for forty human guests and two prize ponies, and a Pomeranian party served canine guests with veal and ice cream.
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Abram Hawitt
New York
W XK Vanderbilt
Condert
Romaine Pleraon
Beach Hotel
Chicago
Prank G Bassite
Brooklyn
Flake-Griffin
Gimes Pig
Tooster
Andrew Carnegie
Stevens Institute
Bessemer
Harvey
Glen Cove
Lone Inland
Resting Time and Memory in a Sunset Atmosphere
A reflective poem-like piece recalls resting by a warm hearth as dusk cools the sky over Houston Fest. It journeys through memory, longing for loved ones, and unseen pasts, with embers and time tracing a return through memory’s door. An abrupt transition recounts Lupli the French assassin’s escape attempt by coffin, drifting at sea before capture near Paramaribo.
Roosevelt Maxima Corrected for DeWitt Clinton Boys
Jacob Riis addressed DeWitt Clinton High School students in New York correcting Roosevelt maxim slogans shared in Philadelphia. He outlined three revised maxims: be read and prepared, every boy deserves good honest fun, and apply judgment then proceed. Full recounted Roosevelt life stories and noted the motto is it is better to be faithful than famous.
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New York Sun
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Philadelphia
Full
Mr Roosevelt
British Ban on The Mikado Shocks Gilbert & Sullivan Fans
In Britain the stage ban on The Mikado follows protests from the Japanese Embassy allowing no public production in Great Britain and Ireland. The Savoy will not reopen with The Mikado, replaced by Patience, while censorship powers rest with the lord chamberlain and examiner George Redford who may license or bar plays at his whim.
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Japan
Gilbert & Bullivam
Joré Chamberlain
London
Ireland
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St James
D'Oyly Carte
Savoy Theater
Lord Chamberlain
Russia
Europe
Arthur Sullivan
Tokyo
Iable
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Mikedo
Ecane
Yokohame
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Germany
Austria
Royal Household
Am‘bacaador
Jord Chamberlain
Ind
South Africa
Kruger
Robert I* Walpole
United Kingdom
George Alexander Redford
Iing
Redford
Bedford
Mr Redford
Gabrielle ¢ Annungio
Leottora Duse
Battleship champagne ceremony marks a pivotal moment
The Kansas vessel Ketsas faced Capt Vrevlendini in a ceremonial act to celebrate the ship’s status. A bottle was smashed on the prow of the war vessel Instantly this altered the crew’s mood toward the flagship. Previously soaked with water from John Brown Spring, the ship now begins a new era with celebratory rites.
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Acodoo
Ketsas
Vrevlendinivested Fina
Chempagine
John Brown
Karnas
Ieee Entater
Location of the Soul The Philosophers Seek
Scholars from the American Philosophical Society and others surveyed ancient and modern theories on the location of the soul. They discussed Babylonians who pegged it to the liver, Greek and Roman shifts to the brain, and noted how beliefs evolved through history. The session yielded no definitive answer, though interest focused on Babylonian ideas and early brain theory. The piece also includes verses and a separate note on three Holyoke weddings linking the Yelle and Theroux families.
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Philadelphia
North American
American Philosophical Society
McDougall
Haverhill
Greece
Confucius
Morris Tastrow
University of Pennsylvania
Adam
Lastrow
Sioica
America
Jastrow
Anlyoke
New York World
Holyoke
Edwidge Yelle
William Theroux
Clara Yelle
Alfred Theroux
Delia Yelle
Arthur Theroux
Joseph Theroux
Maxing Yelle
Park Street
Drago Doctrine Excluded From Hague Deliberations
A fragment discusses the Drago doctrine named after Di Drago, Argentine foreign minister, rejecting debt collection by force as with Monroe’s doctrine. It notes misfired reactions when Venezuelan events drew Western powers and Brazilian-like response from Washington.
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Pointed Paragraphs From Frim The Chicexo
Fragmentary column voices strong opinions on talent, ignorance, and gender roles. The piece critiques how experience shapes virtue and notes that many men misjudge expenses and competence. It observes that talent in women hinges on common sense and warns against overconfident experts interrupting others.
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Boy 12 Dislodges Metal Piece From Throat In Chester
Herman Billiott, son of A W Billiott, coughed and dislodged a half inch long metal fragment from his throat after earlier mishap with a loaded shell found near the National Guard rifle range. He was treated at Chester Hospital for breathing difficulty but expected to recover as the fragment moved.
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New York Tribune
Charles Hansen
Front Street
Brooklyn
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St Gregtory's Hospital
Chester Dispatch
Philadelphia-North
Scarlet Fever Threat Grows With Closed Windows
The New York Herald warns that scarlet fever is spreading amid harsh weather and crowded conditions. It notes epidemics cycle every few years, stresses closed windows worsen spread, and urges strict school exclusion until clear the illness has passed.
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New York Herald
New York
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Health Department
Stead as Peaceful Bird Orator In Wild Riff Of Words
A New York World piece riffs on Henry Ward Beecher and Henry M. Stead as a whirlwind of activity through playful mockery. The prose lampoons a figure as both dove and combatant in a rapid cadence of actions and contradictions.
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Editorial satire and a fasting cure in New York dispatch
The piece comments on Mr Wadsworth and his anti Roosevelt stance, arguing public opinion favors Roosevelt and that opponents boost his strength. A separate New York Times dispatch reports Mrs Closz in Webster City fasting forty five days to cure rheumatism, then resuming eating as pain subsides.
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Beef Trust
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Harriman
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New York Times
Harnet M Closz
Swallowed His False Teeth at Setton Hospital
A farmer named Grant Muller from near Johnstown Pa underwent a remarkable operation at Setton Hospital today. Surgeons opened his abdomen and stomach to retrieve three swallowed false teeth, discovered by X ray after he awoke in pain. Muller was expected to recover.
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Miler
EF J Livingston
Miller
Frick and Penrose seen as future PA senators in talk
In New Willard hotel discussions, Dr Andrew Jackson Barchfeld of Pittsburgh endorses Henry C Frick as a capable Senate choice from Western Pennsylvania. Other leaders including Rep Richard Bartholdt and Senator Nathan Scott weigh in on Roosevelt era politics, peace, and expected alignments as national debates unfold.
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Haiel Penrose
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld
Pennsylvnie
House of Representatives
Barchfeld
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Pittsburg
Frick
New Willard
Bray
Senate
Hénano Penrose
Philadelphi
Knox
Valley Forge
Lester Knox
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Roosevelt
Ol Yer J Sande
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Raleigh
Virginia
Nathan B Scott
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West Virginia
West Vic
Sina
Hin
Too Much Like Work Prom the Smare Set Bibles
The article argues that few men reach the top of the ladder because aspirants are unwilling to bear the burden of hard work. It emphasizes persistence and the cost of effort as key barriers to advancement.
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