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Washington
Alexandria
Delly
Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
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Flatiron
Paul Blouk
Menage
Chicago
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Hartfont
Paul Block
Let The Post Follow You In Washington D C
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Motify
Teleghona Matn
Boatog Transcript
Kansas City
United States
Yien&, Tigers, &c
Swope Park
New York Gubernatorial Rivalry Mirrors Historic Party Strife
The article contrasts current contest between Hughes and rivals with past New York governors. It cites leaders like Clinton, Marcy, Seward, Tilden, Cleveland, Roosevelt, and others, noting the two thirds rule and potential upstate impact if Hughes is renominated. It also covers rising fatal speed incidents and critiques of speed mania. It then reports on Kentucky Night Riders threatening railroad disruption as state militia camps along the Illinois Central line, with terror campaigns against tobacco growers and a lack of effective action.
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New York
Gov. Hughes
Hughes
Raynes
Parsons
Woodruff
Leveland
Tammany
Croker
Tilden
Kelly
Roosevelt
Platt
Odell
Clintons
Marcy
Seward
Wright
Seymour
Fisk
Morgan
Hunt
Cleveland
Hill
Tno
Silas Wright
Guverior Lerouse
Martin van Buren
Henry Clay
Grover Cleveland
Hughes Shatll
Tat J Alwars
Bronx
Kentucky
Umals Central
Wttle
Minois Central
Wildern
Andrey Jackson
Sinois Central
Andrew Jackson
Frankfort
Take It Away The Shepherd Memorial And District Building Critique
A column denounces Night Riders threats in Kentucky and mocks the Shepherd memorial dummy statue before the District building. It argues the statue overwhelms the facade, obscuring dignity, and urges relocation to a setting that preserves the figure’s significance amid Pennsylvania Avenue surroundings.
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Falstaff
District
Shepherd
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Avenue
Broad Avenue
Gov. Shepherd
Conventions In Washington And Railways And Prosperity
Washington faces a growing need for suitable convention venues as major gatherings loom including a 2000 delegate tuberculosis convention and an international fisheries meeting. The piece urges proper facilities beyond the Pension Building and criticizes absent officials. It also notes railroads’ slow recovery from past harms and rising steel demand signaling renewed economic activity, warning of possible future car shortages and anti-railroad sentiment.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Steel Trust
Politician Humor and Odds and Ends of the Campaign
A collage of quips and comments on statistics, tariffs, and politics. The piece mocks tariff arguments, praises Republicans, mentions Sen. Sereno Payne and Rep. Calhoun, and jests about Roosevelt in Africa, court quirks, and suffrage hopes amid a lively, magazine-column pace.
One Estimate of Hitchcock the New RNC Chairman
Washington dispatch reviews Frank H Hitchcock as Republican National Committee chairman. Describes him as a tall silent figure whose response to questions is a barely perceptible shadow of a smile. Details the guarded, deliberate manner and the perplexing effect on inquirers.
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Republican National Committee
Washington Dispatch
Brooklin Eagle
Hannawae
Quay
Diormena
Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hanna
Gorman
Pofsee
Tatt
Ion
Great Find in Wyoming Sparks Scientific Theories
A New York Herald report details Harlan S. Smith of the American Museum of Natural History discovering a five acre flint quarry near Old Woman Creek and Hat Creek in northeastern Wyoming. The site suggests northern habitation by tribes long deemed southern, with stone hammers and implements unearthed for study.
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New York Herald
United States
Wyoming
Harlan S. Smith
American Museum of Natural History
Sealy
North America
Lolcation
United States Survey
Pension dispute over Withington shares in British crown fund
A notice seeks information on James Withington and heirs tied to a perpetual pension of 259 pounds a year from King Charles II for sheltering the king after Worcester. The inquiry centers on whether Withington died childless in England, potentially granting Robert McLaren the pension, or whether any Withington heirs exist to claim arrears. Además, notes on Mile. Fallieres and Belgian aristocracy are included as side items.
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Charles II
House of Worcester
Charles I
Penderel
Charles’ IE
Hichard
Richard Penderel
Thomas
Thornbury
Mary Penderel
Thernbury
Mary
Robert M Laren
Winifred
William Withington
Coassultants
America
England
Somerset House
Robert McLaren
McLaren
Withington
Worcester
Henri de Merode
Prince Louls
Italy
Abruzzi
Lausanne
Geneva
Belgium
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Prince de Lignée
Louis Philippe
Duc. de Nemours
Leopold of Coburg
George IV of
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Comte de Merode
Louise O Orleans
Duc de Nemours
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Maria Della Cisterna
Princ Amadeus
Aosta
Spain
Mérode
Aosia
Surin
Louis
Merode
Charles
Noverher
Prince de Rubempre
House of Merode
Ru‘hempre
Comte de Cig
Marquibe DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Seven Lincoln Douglas debate sites in Illinois revived
In a semicentennial observance the seven cities Ottawa Freeport Jonesboro Charleston Galesburg Quincy and Alton recall the 1858 Lincoln Douglas debates. The gatherings emphasize the era’s profound political interest and the impact on the nation's history.
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Boston
Homer
Illinois
Ottawa
Freeport
Jonesboro
Charleston
Galesburg
Quincy
Alton
Lincoln
Douglas
Rey
Republic
Story of the steel rail and its price history
From the Wall Street Journal an overview of steel rail production and pricing over four decades. It traces price drops from six times earlier costs to recent levels, linked to tariff changes and tariff protection, and notes record production in 1906 and the broader expansion of U S industry.
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Wall Street" Journal
Bessemer
United States
It Means a Rush From the Philadelphia Bulletin
Postmaster General Meyer says the new two cent rate in Great Britain will dramatically increase postal business. He notes mail bags will fill quickly once the rate takes effect. A past tale recalls a Nola Chucky postmaster who hoarded letters, prompting inspector questions after lengthy delays.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Meyer
Great Britain
Mr. Meyer
Nola Chucky
Waeral
Nola
Immigrant Remittances Draw Scrutiny in Post Office Stats
Post office data show a rising flow of money orders sent by European immigrants from the United States to their homelands. Officials warn the trend could be used by anti immigration critics to claim immigrants hollow out the economy.
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Artue
Post Office
Money Order Division
United States
Europe
The Home Doctor. Westminster Gazette Opinion on Child Medical Inspections
Indignant mothers protest Devon county council’s adoption of compulsory medical inspection for children. A parent writes angrily to the headmistress, objecting to doctors inspecting his child and asserting the child’s blood vessels and regimen are misapplied, while expressing disdain for further instruction.
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Westminster Gazette
Devonshire County Council
Chauncey’s Hard Luck at Prom with Camping Party
Chauncey Devere Appleton was invited to join a camping party of seven girls from the Atchivon Globe. The outing extended all night and Chauncey wore himself out yet refused to help his mother at home. When the girls waded, he had to sit in a corn field midway, enduring an awkward misadventure.
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Chauncey
Discovery of Mosquito Fire Igniter In Disease Origins
The 19th century account recounts Beauperthuy’s 1853 claim that yellow fever stems from mosquito bites. It notes his observations in Camana and Guadeloupe, and how later notes in Paris and Havana revived the idea, foreseeing the mosquito as disease vector long before widespread acceptance.
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New York Sun
Gaceta Oficial
Camiana
Venezuela
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Havana Cronica
Medico
British Medical Journal
Louis Daniel Beauperthuy
Guudeloupe
Camane
Gaceta’ Oficial
Besguperthuy
Paris Academy of Sciences
Camanu
South America
Beauperthuy
Poor Brown’s Raise Brings Joy and Plans for Freedom
From the Chicago Hacoré-Herald Brown receives a raise and imagines a better life. He glows with relief as he calculates a twenty year path to freedom. His wife shares his happiness, hoping the extra income will enable them to hire a second maid and outshine their uptown neighbors.
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Chicago Hacoré-Herald
Brown
Absurd Household Farce and Health Trends in Massachusetts
The fragment blends a comic poem about a man faking absence at home with a statistical discussion claiming Massachusetts death rates rose in prosperity and fell in economic downturns. It contrasts urban notes from St Paul to Minnesota’s claimed healthiness and prosperity. The piece weaves humorous domestic deceit with regional health statistics and optimistic regional pride.
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St. Paul
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Paul
Pointed Paragraphs From Chicago News
A fragment of provocative Chicago commentary contrasts affection with money, noting men’s restlessness, public perception of love, and cautions about risky ventures. The piece hints at social satire on gender roles and ambition with a wry, casual rhythm.
Reflections Of A Bachelor From The New York Press
Witty observations on romance money and marriage note the jealous wife the waiting girlfriend and the fickle ideal beau. The piece satirically links luck fortune and spending to relationships and retirement plans in a candid humor tone.
Automobiles gain in rural West. Independence Party debated
Chicago observer Frank H. Phillips notes rapid rural adoption of cars and growing popularity in small towns, predicting wider affordability. J I Branstetter of St Louis disputes Independence Party strength, warning it could only affect local races and not sway large margins.
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Frank H. Phillips
Chicago
New Willard
Alhey
Independence Party
J. I. Branstetter
St. Louis
Shoreham
Branstetter
Missouri
Itv
Republican Party
Fremont
Lincoln
Enthus Agate
Republican
Abudul Hamid
Europe
Young Turks Party
Hilis Sloan
Boston
Hirbitt
Sloan
O Nes
Turkey
Abdul Hamid-te Do
Willam J. Windle
Pittsburg
Raleigh
New Mexico
Arizona
Mason and Dixon
Presidential Occupations in New York City Directory
The New York city directory lists former presidents in varied trades: George Washington a Harlem barber, Andrew Jackson a nurse, Abraham Lincoln a secretary, William McKinley a publisher, James Madison a secretary of a major corporation, James Monroe a machinist, Benjamin Harrison a printer, William Henry Harrison a fireman, Andrew Johnson a sailmaker, Thomas Jefferson in charge of a Tammany clubhouse, John Adams a policeman, and John Tyler a gentleman.
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New York City
George Washington
Harlem
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Yinecoln
Wiliam McKinley
James Madison
James Monroe
Benjamin Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
Tammany Clubhouse
John Adams
John Tyler
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