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Washington
Alexandria
Daly
Mall
Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
New York
Flatiras
Paul Block
Chicago
Hartford
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Delaware
Campaign Funds in Democratic National Contest
The piece critiques the Democratic campaign fund collection, noting poor contributions nationwide and in Kentucky, cites figures like a $35 statewide total and a single dollar in one county. It discusses big donors, the idea of private gifts to influence politics, and references historical maneuvers and debt disputes between Virginia and West Virginia, plus broader commentary on party fundraising and political influence.
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Democratis
Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Democratic
Gerfiell
Indiana
Campbellites
Jay Tlubbell
Vialiar Hills
Pettisrew
Maskell
Wetmore
Inmans
James Guffey
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Guffey
Ehip
Question of Virginia State Funds and West Virginia
The passage discusses how Virginia’s tax and property bases, including population and wealth measures for counties, affected the transfer of funds to West Virginia. It notes moneys paid into the Commonwealth treasury and assets West Virginia received from Virginia not covered by prior items, raising a question viewed as judicial rather than political and awaiting Supreme Court review.
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Virginia
Taft
Ohio River
Pennsylvania Line
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Richmond
Littlefield
Maine
Ginia
Commonwealth
Union
Commonwealth of Virginia
West
Olympic temper cooling months offer quieter stretches
The text notes that extended gaps between Olympic Games allow tempers to cool, suggesting calmer periods for athletes and fans between major competitions. It emphasizes the value of off-season lulls in maintaining sports discipline and public conduct.
Georgia Skirmishes Stir With Yom Watson and Col Graves
This year's battle ground may be in the middle West, but Yom Watson and Col. Graves are going to make Georgia believe that some lively skirmishes are taking place on her soil.
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Middle West
Yom Watson
Col. Graves
Georgia
French marriage law sparks hope of reversing France’s demographic decline
The New York Press reports French alarm over a falling birth rate and rising marriages since a law relaxed parental consent for those over 30. Abbe Lemmaire’s measure, once controversial, may push lawmakers to ease restrictions further, aiming to revive a nation seen as dying.
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New York
France
Lemaire
Chamber of Deputies
Mar Vriage
Sandlairen
World's Biggest Farm of Don Luis Terrazas in Chihuahua
The Chihuahua estate of Don Luis Terrazas in Mexico spans about 8 million acres with a 1.5 mile by 200 mile expanse. It employs 2,006 horsemen and staff, includes a grand 1.6 million dollar farmhouse, 100 ranch stations, a private slaughtering and packing plant, and five large reservoirs plus 30 windmill wells. Don Luis, once a governor, is famed for wealth and generous treatment of workers and actively oversees cattle, sheep, and grain ventures across thousands of miles on horseback.
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New York Evening Post
Don Lale Terrazac
Chihuahua
Mexico
Ita Prairies
Terrazas Ranch
Don Luis
Chihuahus
Uberal
Outliving 64 Girls tale ends with widow’s legacy
Mrs. Margarette Castens, 94, died in St Louis yesterday. She received 15000 dollars three years ago after 65 German convent school pupils agreed to fund a fund for the last surviving class member. She leaves 6 children, 26 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. The German pact dates back over 70 years near Stuttgart. The story notes the unique gift and its transformation into a fortune for the last survivor.
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St. Louis Dispatch
New York World
Margarette Castens
Castens
Stuttgart
Germany
Slains Castle and the Errolls through history and myth
A long excerpt recounts Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, its grant to Gilbert Hay of Erroll by King Robert the Bruce, and its status as home of the Lords of Erroll. It covers the castle’s dramatic coastal setting, legendary tales, and ties to the Hay and Erroll families, plus a note on the Butcher of Culloden. It also surveys lineage connections to William IV and modern Jewish emancipation in Britain.
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Robert Herrick
University of Chicago
Chicago
Alre
Creation
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Boswell
Mount Edgecumbe
Dia
Wen
Hla
Culloden
Scotland
England
George
Robert the Bruce
Gilbert Hay
Errol
Erroll
Slains
sAs
Walter Beots
Earl of Erroll
London
George III
Eerd Kilmarnock
Tower Hill
House of Stuart
Walpole
Great Britain
Lionel Rothechild
House of Commons
City of London
Nathaniel ‘Rothschild
Pothpchtia
Henry de Worms
Pirbright
Sydney Stern
Lora
Wanterworth
Herbert Stern
Lord Michelham
Una Samwel Montagu
Lord Swaythling
House of Lords
Manouiss of
Fentenoy
Breetwood Company
Daring Hudson Swim Ends With Rescue by Tommy Hagen
Harry White, 21, a strong swimmer, practiced nightly swims from West 10th Street. Last night he was pulled under by a suction near a brewery pipe and trapped between pier boards as rescuers shouted for help. Tommy Hagen and the McDonald boys freed him after a tense ten minutes, with White unconscious but alive.
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Harry White
Hudson River
White
Margaret McDonald
Frank
Robert
Hhey
Tommy Hagen
Tommy
McDonald
Tda
Andi
Cholera in Russia and Europe’s response
The New York Times discusses German criticism of Russian cholera misrules and Europe’s impatience with Russia's sanitation failures. It links cholera to broader misrule, suggesting foreign intervention could be a consequence, and notes parallels to Spain’s handling of yellow fever in Cuba. The piece implies cholera may spur Russian freedom if not addressed domestically.
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New York Times
Germany
United States
Cuba
Berlin
Russia
Usia
Europe
Eruasia
Siberia
Spain
Havana
New York Press
Statistics on Crime in Chicago and Immigrant Link
An article by Maynard Shipley in The Popular Science Monthly analyzes crime in Chicago in 1903 showing murder and murderous assault arrests per 100,000 natives and foreigners, arguing immigrants drive higher crime rates. It cites New York data 1890 to 1906 with rising alien percentages and falling burglaries while homicides rise, then notes emigration patterns in 1907-1908.
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Chicago Journal
Popular Science Monthly
Chicago
Maynard Shipley
Shipley
New York
Russia
Europe
New York City
Era of Beardless Statesmen in New York Tribes
A newspaper essay notes a shift to beardlesspoliticians among presidential hopefuls. It contrasts past eras of beards with a modern return to clean shaven, likening current image to Washington and early leaders. It cites photographs of Congress showing few beards and remarks on facial hair as a political signal.
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L.emooths
Taft
Abraham Hincoln
Benjamin Harrison
Congress
Curious Illuminants and Oddities in Lighting Lore
From the Literary Digest we glimpse L. Lodian's Iluminating Engineer describing odd lighting survivals such as Sicilian gourd shaped containers with stray butter lamps and cheese holders used as light sources. The piece notes Polish and Hungarian candle wax from bituminous shales and a historical attempt to market smokeless coal wax candles, with further miscellany from the New York Sun and brief verse and dispatches on public figures and curiosities.
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Literary
L. Lodian
Manhattan
Mulberry Street
Poland
Hungary
Lodian
Paris
How Would You Live to Be the Fee Trust
A fragment from the Chicago News reflects on lifestyle and reputation. It contrasts silence with gossip, praising sound judgment in choosing a spouse and noting money minded marriages may fail to secure wealth or happiness.
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Chicago News
Fee Trust
Republicans See Chance in North Carolina Tilt
Prominent observers in Raleigh argue Republicans can carry North Carolina this fall with Roosevelt and Taft prospects shaping state races. Names floated include Judge Pritchard and Cy Thompson for governor, while business leaders Freese and Cox are noted as potential candidates. Discussions hinge on anti- Bryan sentiment and a booming Republican outlook across towns with rising GOP votes.
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North Carolina
B. F. Keith
Wilmington
N.C
Raleigh
Judge Pritchard
Cy Thompson
Freese
Winston
Cox
High Point
Pritchard
Thompson
Pate
Roosevelt
Georgia
Tennessee
Massachusetts
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Taft
Mr. Keith
Boston
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