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Railroads and the New Law At Portsmouth Conference
Rail executives warn the Hepburn amendments may obstruct export shipments and steel imports. Attorney General Wickersham says the law won’t block typical rate reductions, calming fears. Shippers ready to resume fights when interstate schedules are taken up.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Portsmouth
Ameri Cam Steel Mills
Wickershim
Interstate Commission
Cummins Surge Shapes 1912 Insurgent Campaign
A turbulent column argues Cummins for President in 1912 amid insurgent tactics. It analyzes the Iowa platform endorsements, factional splits, and risks to November contests as insurgents seek to force a major party split and leverage Taft administration support for a pivotal political long shot.
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Cummins
Iowa
Tta
Ohio
Taft
Republican Party
Recordi Ag
Lfe
Alstricta
The Mystery of Light and the Firefly Enigma
The article surveys natural and artificial light, noting biologists and chemists seek to explain luminescence. It cites fireflies and luminous sea organisms, compares energy efficiency, and mentions luciferin as the unidentified substance enabling light.
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F. A. McDermott
Popular Science Monthly
Erea
Merger of Cotton Trade Middlemen Sparks Reform Debate
A proposed General Cotton Securities Company backed by an English Egyptian syndicate promises up to 50 million dollars annual savings in cotton marketing by storing crop in nationwide warehouses. The plan pits middlemen against farmers unions, with Daniel Sully as managing director amid tensions over eliminating middlemen.
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National Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union
Securities Company
Promoton
Daniel Suily
Thess Warehouse
Inter national Cotton Mills Corporation Formed in Albany
The article notes the chartering of the International Cotton Mills Corporation in Albany aimed at handling mill output for world markets. It warns that as member mills are big cotton buyers and bearish on prices, their combined strength could push up cotton costs, raising public concerns about Sherman law enforcement.
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Albany
The English Suffragettes in Autumn Agitation
Lord Curzon says the woman suffrage bill is dead for now while Mrs Humphry Ward hopes opponents will stay firm. Mrs How Martyn insists the bill remains alive and will press concessions from Asquith. Mrs Despard voices world attention and Mrs Fawcett urges renewed push despite anger at friends who voted against them. Americans praise transatlantic zeal.
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Lord Curzon
House of Commons
Humphry Ward
London
Mrs. Despard
New England
Strike Against War Drafted by Maurice Hewitt in London Chronicle
The piece argues against a labor led strike against war as ineffective in a republic like the United States. It warns such action would isolate labor from the body politic, ignore equal rights, and threaten representative government. It condemns international, cross class action and calls patriotism democratic and voluntary.
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London Chronicle
Maurice Hewitt
United States
Interparliamentary Union
Sherman
Horace
Wilson Praises Ballinger at Seattle Banquet
Secretary James Wilson of Agriculture extols Richard A. Ballinger, Interior Secretary, at a Seattle Arc tic Club banquet attended by 600 leaders. Wilson critiques Pinchot era conservation, urges reclaiming abandoned eastern farms, and warns about rising living costs and farming needs to boost home settlement.
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New York
Albany
United States Senate
Congress
Esperanto Picnic At Arden Promotes World Peace Language
About a hundred Esperantists gathered at Arden for a picnic and a baseball game with enthusiastic cries in Esperanto. Signs were in Esperanto and discussions covered the language and its use for world peace. The event featured a flag rain and a garden of signs, with a dinner and a session led by Henry W. Hetzel, ending with campfire songs and stories in the universal language.
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Fragmented Catholic Standard and Times quotes with social quips
A garbled extract from the Catholic Standard and Times presents scattered social maxims and dialogues about marriage finances pride and ambition. The text interweaves lines about appearances balancing roles generosity and age old aphorisms without a clear narrative or event.
Peace M VCEROY MUST BE ADEPT IN SPORTS
Sir Charles Hardinge the new viceroy of India takes the name Lord Penshurst on elevation to the peerage from Penshurst Kent. He is praised as a diplomat and statesman but his sportsmanlike prowess in polo hunting shooting court tennis and golf is highlighted as key to influence among Indian rulers. His private secretary Du Boulay is noted as highly capable with a history in Bombay administration and plague service. The piece also traces George V's Irish ancestry and discusses a Commons Lords restaurant funding dispute, concluding with a copyright notice.
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Banker Morse May Die
The piece discusses Charles Wy man Morse in Atlanta Federal prison serving a fifteen year sentence for banking law violations. After three months in poor health, his condition worsens, with his wife urging action. The call is for executive clemency by President Taft, via pardon or commutation, to end confinement and save his life.
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Working Self To Death A Hoax Disproved In Modern View
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes some insist on extreme hours harm brain power and body. A man at 87 died from overwork, proving willpower cannot dominate endlessly. Emphasizes balance, rest, and that golf offers safe exercise and life extension. Immigrant nation piece cites Italian arrivals shaping New York and heed to become citizens and permanent settlers.
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Escape by Lady Clinger After Dress Button Ruse
East Bat Louis report details Mrs Lizzie Clinger 22 fleeing Sullivan county Indiana arresting sheriff Wible and detective Purdy in a comic ploy. Clinger used a gown and baby to distract officers, leaving them puzzled about dress buttons and her escape. Local late edition notes the capture attempt failed as Clinger vanished.
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Purdy
Johnson’s Broadway Arrests and Wild Verse Ballad
A New York World note recounts Jack Johnson’s latest Broadway traffic arrest and raucous satirical poem recounting a mock trial. The piece lampoons Johnson’s antics with a chorus of exaggerated charges.
Bring Lee Back to Virginia from Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Richmond Times-Dispatch advocates returning Robert E. Lee's statue to Virginia, arguing it would promote artistic triumph, teach virtues such as courage and constancy, and showcase national magnanimity and forgiveness. The piece urges Virginia to reclaim the statue for display at home.
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America
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Gussie Arrives at Town Hall Ball in Odd Fashion
London Answers details Gussie with knock kneed, angular frame and a terrible saunnt. He hopes for a hit at the fancy dress ball and his costume mirrors his unlovely figure. He steps from a car to the town hall, startling the hall porter who gasps at the sight.
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Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical remark on courtship and reform, noting a woman’s soft purr before a sly stab at deceit and the strain of finances on men. The piece observes suitors and reformer fatigue, suggesting a man’s earnings influence his perceived confidence.
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New York Press
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Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A compilation of wry aphorisms on love work and life rendered in clipped humor. The piece riffs on misprints and muddled sayings, noting imperfect wording and social foibles with a tongue in cheek tone.
Views of Visitors in Washington
A report from New Willard and Raleigh desks details diverse views from visitors in Washington. A Dallas banker praises Texas farm trade days boosting fruit, stock, and orchard markets while sharing Native criticism of U S police methods and calls for constitutional rights protections. Notes on New Orleans Panama Canal exposition prospects, Ontario conditions, Canadian business sentiment, and Tennessee politics accompany lighter items about Barnard College hiring a woman janitor.
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