President's Message on Antitrust Reform Proposals
The Washington Post prints the president's latest antitrust remarks advocating federal supervision of interstate corporations. He supports lifting restraints that block beneficial combinations while placing burden of proof on large firms. He envisions a national incorporation framework and continued judicial review, noting Congress may act this session despite long debate.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Ferce Commission
Bureau of Corporations
Congress
Debate over a government spy system and Democratic platform at Denver
A long editorial critiques a multi-master Secret Service misuse and endorses a strict, single-purpose approach. It argues against espionage expansion, mocks Bryan's platform, and warns Oregon's Senatorial tactics. It also discusses naval leadership, party politics, and various satirical notes on current events.
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House Committee On Appropriations
Secret Service
Navy Department
Navy
Treasury
Executive Department
Denver
Bryan
Bryan Hasa
Nebraska
Patent Office
New England
Democratic Party
Rayner
Emergence of Modern Campaigns Under Andrew Jackson
The text traces the shift from early 19th century campaigning to modern methods marked by mass events, symbols, and media. It notes Washington era campaigns lacking formal platforms, contrasts Jackson’s 1828 approach with earlier practices, and describes New Orleans celebrations and nationwide excitement that launched his re election bid.
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Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
New Orleans
Natchez
Taft
Ine
New Excuse Is Good from Philadelphia Secora
A Philadelphia business school principal received a novel tardiness excuse from a student. The pupil was five minutes late because a girl wearing a Merry Widow hat got stuck leaving the car. The reason was accepted.
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Philadelphia
Jubilee Hair Famine Sparks Wig Shortage in Vienna
Vienna hairdressers face a wig shortage as the London Express reports heavy demand for festival hairpieces for the Emperor's jubilee. The Volks Theater wig-master needs 1,800 heads of hair by next month, yet few women consent to part with their hair despite large payments.
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London Express
Vienna
Volks Theater
Field Marshals Across Nations
The piece surveys field marshal ranks and holders from Britain to Germany, Austria Hungary, Russia, Spain, and Italy. It notes Grenfell and other notable officers, honorary titles, and distinctions while outlining how each nation structures its highest military commands.
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Germany
Tnelune
Leopold of
Bavaria
Baron von Lee
Count Haeseler
Dukes of Connaught
Francis Joseph
Prince Louis of
Saxe-Meiningen
Baden
von Planitz
von Lindquist
Spain
Primo de Rivera
d’Estella
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Lopes Dominguez
Marshal Serrano
Spanish Republic
de Villar
New Castile
Ortega
Balearic Islands
Emperor William
King Howard
Great Britain
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Death rates skewed by city estimates in census report
The piece argues census figures undercount Methow valley population and misstate local death rates. It notes Seattle's census population was overestimated, creating an absurdly low death rate, and attributes higher accuracy to city data when deaths are fully registered, suggesting broader statewide undercounts.
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Census Bureau
Beattle
Tacoma
Bulletin
Seattle
Logie J
Methow Valley
Fate and a Name in Royal Misfortune
A compendium notes misfortune that seems to trail the name John among kings and popes, with examples from England France Scotland and Rome illustrating dramatic fates. The piece includes a separate Maine item about James Tibbetts in Benton harboring two moose in his barnyard, drawn to water at his pump.
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Chicago Record-Horn
John
England
France
John Ballot
Scotland
Robert III
John X
Bohemia
John I
Rome
Tuscany
John XI
John XLV
Pope John XV
John XVI
Constantinople
John II
John III
Castile
Kennebec Journal
James Tibbetts
Neck Road
Benton
Tibbetts
Mr. Tibbetts
Ostrich Egg Hatching In Tampa Store Incubator
A Tampa Times item reports ostrich eggs hatched in an incubator at Crenshiw Brae store on Upper Franklin Street. Thirteen eggs from the Tampa ostrich farm are set to hatch early May after about forty five days of steady heat. Eggs valued at twenty dollars each may yield birds worth more than double after a month.
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Tampa Times
Crenshiw Brae
Prankin Street
Tampa
Fta
Mandy Lee
Enormous Sums Expended for Comfort of Patrons in New York
A New York World summary notes the Astor addition costing about 1 million dollars, with a ballroom and vine pergola. It places the project alongside recent hotel enlargements like the Plaza and Waldorf, detailing vast investments in New York hotels and the rise of the lobby as a key feature. It cites London totals and notes prominent properties such as Waldorf Astoria, Plaza, Astor, Belmont, Manhattan, and St. Regis, highlighting New York’s hotel prominence and evolving social spaces.
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New York
New York World
Hotel Astor
Palm Gardens
Foster
Rome
Regent
Waldorf- Astoria
New Plaza
London
Belmont
Manhattan
St. Regis
Gotham
Knickerbocker
Ansonia
Ernest Runtz
Runtz
Palm Room
Peacock Alley
Reflections or A Bachelor from the New York Press
The column comments on social quirks and manners with wry humor about friends red hair wardrobes and public bills. It jokes that hats and umbrellas change interactions and notes a man’s indifference to election outcomes.
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New York Press
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A compact moral observations piece discusses sympathy as costly inaction versus action, claiming people fluctuate between candor and pleasing others, noting no tomorrows for active doers. It critiques married women envying young maids and contrasts sacrifice for friends with hearing consequences, ending on a claim about self-knowledge.
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Chicago News
Governors, health reform, and 1912 politics across states
Interviews recount Georgia and Louisiana health education efforts with lectures and school talks on sanitation and disease vectors. Minnesota figures discuss Johnson, Taft, and Bryan dynamics, predicting electoral outcomes and urging Pard to be confirmed as U.S. district judge.
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Steg’ Baprems
Hart
Bryan
Johnson
Georgiana
Georgia
Denver
Hoke Smith
Joseph Brown
Louisiana
HH. Iron
Board of Health of
Riggs
Liam
Washington
National Conference of
State and Territory Health Officers
Tine
Boards of Health
Health Department
Gov. Johnson
Republican Party
Minnesota
George R. Edgerton
Roosevelt
Taft
South Dakota
North Dakota
Northwest
John F. Jacobson
Madison
Joel P. Heatwale
Northfield
Ed. F. Young
Appleton
M. D. Pard
United States
Royalty and land royalties in Indian Territory rise
Rich Oklahoma Indians report $500,300 paid into the Muskogee Indian agency in the first quarter as royalty on wells of Indian allottees. At this rate the annual total could reach $2,000,000, about twice last year, representing roughly one tenth of oil sold and suggesting $20,000,000 yearly value from Indian lands. Also noted is a Siamese queen's vast jewelry hoards and a London jeweler's large yearly orders for the king's harem regalia.
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IAEA
Haven
Republican Party
WWT
Ehanes
Garfield
Pover
Tilden
Thurman
Hendricks
Morrison
William R. Hearst
Democratic Party
Bera Renfell
India
South Africa
Egypt
Lord Kitchener
Sitdar
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Tosti
Sudan
Evelyn Wood
Charles Stewart Parnell
Grenfell
Margaret Majendie
Queen Victoria
Eerl Boy
Crawford
Maysage
Africa
Ireland
Kimberly
Batile
Omdurman
Spien Kop
Arthur Grenfell
Victoria Grey
Canada
Countess Grey
Cecil
Lillian Spencer Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Lord Desborough
William Henry Grentell
Niagara
Dover
Calais
Harrow
University of Oxford
Cambridge
Thames
Oxford
Interuniversity
London Daily News
Taplow Court
Lord Grenfell
Austria
Duke of Connaught
George White
Ladysmith
Lord Roberts
Lord Wolseley
England
Italy
Russia
Grand Duke
Michael
Ncholas I
Asia Minor
Turkey
Count Milioutine
Alexis
Francis Joseph
Albert
Emperor
Hungary
Oklahoma
Siam
London
National Jeweler
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Delly
Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Flatiron
Paul Block
Chicago
Hartford
Oregon
H. M. Cake
Chamberlain
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Cake
Senate
Portland Oregonian
Newberry
Paul Jonas
States
New Jersey
Ohip State Journal
Paragraphers' Union
Henry M. Cake
Tom Watson
Parker
Bunestarter
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Bryan
Holland
Washington Club
Weaver
Greenbackers
New York State
Alton H. Parker
Judge Parker
Col. Bryan
Slabman Beckle
Macon
Harry Thaw
Roger Sullivan
Chester
Springfield
Mass
J. B. Hamilton
Izaak Walton
Saginaw
Detroit Free Press
Taymouth
D. D. Ross
Ross
Saginaw County
State of
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Glasgow Herald
Lieut
Shackleton
The
New York Herald
State Commission In
Mfe
Commission
Mount Washington
United States Army
Krag Jorgensen
Chickamauga
Fate
Vental
Trenton
N. J
Justice of the
Robert Eastburn
Yardly
Cy Warman
New York Sun
Lawa Pita Nasren
Rom
Baltimore American
Slade
Hem
Ananias
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Calcutta
Kulutollah
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Inayat Ali
Ramzan
Juanpore
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