Faction and Politics and Illinois Salary Bills
The piece surveys Democratic and Republican factionalism in national politics, notes Illinois lawmakers considering salary raises, and comments on labor laws and British reforms. It contrasts Roosevelt’s standing, party unity, and the push for reform with insights on England Germany Spain and domestic governance.
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England
Spain
Germany
Edward VII
Great Britain
Bismarck
The
Hague
Russia
Eneisad
Should We Smoke a Paris Doctor's Cigar Rules
An article from the Philadelphia North American discusses Dr Nalpasse of Paris who argues moderate tobacco use can benefit many, with cautions on children, overindulgence, and health. It cites his views on timing, quantity, digestion, and dangers for lung disease or heart trouble, plus examples of smoking aiding nausea in a Newport case. Also includes Mrs Taft reflecting on her son William Howard Taft’s presidential prospects and character.
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Philadelphia
Municpal Corporation
R, Nalpasse
Paris
Nalpasse
el Cently
Havana
Dujardine Baumetz
Charleroi
Nelpusne
Jon Angeles
New York American
Mra W. F Taft
William H. Taft
Supreme Bench
Taft
Cincinnati High School
Yale
Supreme Court
United States
Hie
Henry W
New York
Hoiaes D
Connecticut
Worcester County
Mays
Kansas City
Jean Valjean
William S. Striker
Arlington
Stryker
Honorabe
Leavenworth
Mussbur
The Riddle of Life and Sweat in Roses
The piece frames life as a riddle and questions why people suffer to solve it. It suggests God grounds the answer in hardship, describing a cup of sweat brewed in the roses that lie before us, a metaphor for toil and struggle.
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Baltimore
Roasted Cat Found After Oven Incident
A North Side household report details a cook discovering a roasted cat fallen from the oven as she prepared dinner. The shocking event followed an early evening incident where the oven door was left ajar and the cook rechecked the meal. No further injuries are mentioned.
Folding Bed Traps Couple in Nighttime Ordeal
Two New York City patrolmen heard distress from the residence of Charles Hunter and found Mr and Mrs Hunter nearly strangled and crushed by a collapsing folding bed. The device closed on them, pinning and suffocating them for hours before authorities freed them from the bed’s violent grip.
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Howecon Navy
New York
Charles Hunter
Four British Peace Delegates at The Hague Congress
Lord Reay heads the British team to the Hague Peace Congress with a Dutch birth and wide foreign ties. Sir Ernest Satow and Sir Henry Howard follow, joined by Lord Justice Fry, a Quaker and seasoned arbitrator, each bringing long diplomatic careers and cross‑border connections to the delegation.
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Lord Reay
the Hague
Lady Reay
Great Stanhope Street
London
Datthman
Aeneas Mackay
Holland
The
Netherlands
Faahon
Lod
Gladstones
House of Lords
Lori Teay Haa
England
Bombay
Inia
London School Board
British Academy
Royal
Guna Somele
Aca
Leutenant
Roxburgh
Mackay
Justice Fry
Permanent Court of Arbitration of the
Hague
United States
Mexico
California
Theodore Fry
Society of Friends
Saton
Ernest Satow
Great Britain
Penang
Eudibias
Japan
Siam
Orient
Peking
South America
Tangiere
Morocco
Far Orient
Robert Hart
Far East
Ernest
Reay
Henry Howard
Wilhalmine
House of Howard
Duke of Norfolk
Bntsh
Washington
Cecilia Riggs
George W. Riggs
Henry
Maroqutsa DE Fontenoy
Sights on the Moon Landing in Plato’s Valley
An imaginative travelogue from the Circle portends an astronomer landing on the Moon in Plato. It describes a slow sunrise over Plato’s circular ring of mountains, a sunlit western peaks glow, a dark lunar valley waking to color, and a dreamlike prairie of exotic plants blooming with no wind or movement.
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An Tiinois
Eugenic Hag
Plato
Luna
Luna Alps
Tone Caucasus
Luna Apennines
Angeles
No Wonder From The Sun To The Rain In Song Anxieties
A clipped ASCII style verse from the Atlanta Constitution notes sudden shifts in fortune and weather symbolism. The speaker laments cheerful promises that turn to loss as the bank fails and the weary sinner faces divine judgment, with a sly nod to Satan as a pursuing bailiff.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
London Fogs and Coal Smoke Endanger City Lungs
Sir Frederick Treves warned at the Coal Smoke Abatement Society meeting that urban living causes blue lungs in adults and pink lungs in children, due to dirt and soot. Sir William Richmond said London’s monuments suffer from acid rain while smog harms physical fitness, urging action and noting council influence rising.
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London
Ihn
Chicago News
Frederick Treves
William Richmond
London City Council
Perl
Canterbury Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Boy Invents Oven Hatch for Chickens in Jamaica
Henry Faber ten years old of Jamaica Queens invents a method to hatch chickens by wrapping two eggs in absorbent cotton and cloth then placing beside a kitchen fire for three weeks. Eggs hatch into Plymouth Rock chicks indicating a homemade poultry venture, while neighbors recall other youngsters keeping pets.
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New York
Henry Faber
Jamaica
Queens
Leander Faber
Alsop Street
Shelton Avenue
Henry
Plymouth Rock
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A fragmentary column offers assorted maxims and quips on grave sense, worrying, borrowing trouble, free speech, nuisances, and advice for shoppers. The tone is pithy and admonitory, weaving humorous aphorisms with social observations.
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Chicago News
Women of note show bold advancement across fields
The article highlights American women excelling in diverse roles from bankers and engineers to lawyers and journalists. It cites Cynthia Westover Allen, Alice B. Halderman, Miss Jane Addams kinship, and others, noting women running farms, banks, and solving crime, with a caveat on whooping cough as a seasonal concern.
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Prom
New York
Buckle Sam
Army
Cynthia Westover Allen
International Sunshine Society
Tench
West
Borderland
United States
Alice B. Halderman
Girard
Epheera
State Institution
Mars
Halderman
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Topsin
Woman's Bank
Travers Island
William K Park
Marion S. Parker
Detroit
Ann Arbor
D. Johnson
Maxwell
Iowa
Lou C. Clore
Kentucky
National Wool Growers’ Association
Salt Lake City
B. Bonnemort
E. M. Holland
America
Fermer
Scotland Yard
Grace N. Wishaar
San Jose
Cal
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Herald Square
United States Patent Office
Mary A. Sanders
Oklahoma
Mae Kennedy
Mississippi River
Political talk in hotel lobbies and public tours
In Washington and Chicago circles, figures such as Elmer Dover and Senator Fred Du Quois discuss presidential prospects, party dynamics, and upcoming conventions. Dover notes current neutrality and hints at possible future political duties while Du Quois emphasizes Mormonism's West Coast issue and predicts Bryan as the Democratic nominee with Roosevelt as his likely opponent.
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Rayner
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
United States
McKiolay
Judge Parker
Root
Bryan
Cleveland
New York
Missouri
Yietotta
Judge Gray
Missouri Co
Missel
Vadlon
Amber
William Jennings Bryan
Demo
Mr. Dever
Shaw
Hanna
National Organization
Fatt
Louisiana
Oregon
Alaska
Kansas City
St. Louis
Seattle
Chicago
Hir
West
Senate
Lalvator Smoot
Fred & Duquois
Idaho
Arlington
Washington
Middle West
Smoot
Alice
Utah
Wyoming
Lttle
Roosevell
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Washington Host Co
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Incager
Fahleago Offee
Unity Building
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Illinois
House of Representatives
Springfield
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Silino
House
Edward
William
Ad Ward
Springfield Republican
Baltimore Sun
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Senator Overman
North Carolina
McKinley
White House
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Philippines
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Blackburn
Panama Canal Commission
Congress
Liberal Party
Court of Last Resort
Taff-Vale
Farllacment
Mayor-Haywood
Ty New York
Mr. Taft
Mr. Foraker
Moyer
Waywood
Loeb
Mr. Roosevelt
Norfolk
Tel Joneses
John Smith
Jamestown
Pittsburg
New York Herald
Gourdain
San Francisco
Jamesown
Depew
Rauch
Mme. Schumann-Henrk
Burbank
Anantas Club
Frars
Bellman
Luninaria
Madrid
Regal
Cook
Monkey
Cincinnati Dispatch
John Robinson
Odo Mackay
Fiod- Yen Field
Lord Rea
Charles T
Hugh of
Europe
Denmark
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Adolphus
Sweden
Prince of Orangs
Scotland
George Mackay
Skibo
Andrew Carnegie
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Hismsel
Aeneas
Satan
Len
New York Sun
Nite
Matienao
Enoch
Allemanian
Vera Cruz
Fair
New York Times
C. B. Schildecker
Dr. Schildecker
Dusted Fruit Company
Atlantis
Cuba
N. D. Nilson
Race Point
Prema
Elmer Dover
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National Committee
Guy Adams
Rock Island
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