Bryan Speech Appears Calm in Conservative East Appeal
The Washington Post commentary analyzes Mr Bryan's speech acceptance, noting it avoids bold radical pledges and reassures conservative voters. It contrasts Bryan's cautious Eastward appeal with Taft, suggests platform constraints, and discusses implications for the 1908 campaign and House reforms.
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Impotence of Law in District of Columbia Justice
A reprint laments selective justice where continuances shield criminals, urging reform. It critiques public sentiment, calls for user and terminer courts, and argues Congress must address jail conditions and inmate welfare in Washington, urging timely action by fall.
Going Too Fast Causes Casualties Across Transport Modes
Partial returns indicate 24 killed and 43 wounded Monday in railroad and automobile accidents in the United States with numerous narrow escapes. Some incidents stem from track defects and bad equipment, but many reflect a rash rush to action amid national life changes. The piece compares American casualty totals to Napoleons army and Hookers army, noting autos may kill or cripple more than rail. The author discusses rapid American vitality and a mix of bloodlines influencing behavior, referencing English, Norman, Saxon, Dane roots and Boaadicea-like spirit.
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United States
Gondt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Austerlitz
Chancellorsville
Lincoln memorial highway or bridge debate letters
A reader argues a memorial bridge from Arlington to Mount Vernon would better honor Lincoln than a national highway to Gettysburg and notes the public would value such a landmark. The letter urges Arlington Boulevard linkage and broad national support.
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Gettysburg
Potomac
Arlington
Mount Vernon
Lincoln
Washington
Virginia
Hanniford
Frederick
The Shepherd Statue Proposed for Town Circle
Henry C. Jackson urges placing the Shepherd statue in the town circle at the Seventh Street and Louisiana avenue junction just north of Pennsylvania Avenue for an open view from all directions. Washington, August 12.
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Kalorama Road
Dupont Circle
Eighteenth Street
Eighteenth
V Streets
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Harry Kimmell
USN
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Louisiana Avenue
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Henry C. Jackson
Washington
Labor unions and politics in American life
A New York World analysis finds organized labor has never voted as a bloc in the United States. It notes laborers rarely join unions compared with fraternal orders, that miners in Pennsylvania lean Democratic, and that national unions rarely act in unison while local groups split.
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New York World
United States
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Knighta of Or
Industrial Workers of It World
Sch
Knights of Pythias
Oda Fellows
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Maccabees
Amalgamated Association
Pittsburg
Republican
Steel Trust
Pennsylvania
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Merchants’ and Manufacturers' Associations
POGR NEUROTIC KANSAS A Poem of Lament and Prophecy
Kansas City Letter New York Sun presents a turbulent Kansas portrait filled with discontent and demagogic appeals. It laments Senator Bristow and William Allen White, foresees a shifting Kansas that no longer represents its people, and warns of populist forces driving upheaval and satire.
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New York
William Allen White
Long
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Nothme
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Bristow
Peffer
Mary Ellen
Jerry Simpsona
William Allen Whites
Washington
Wall Street
Town Stands Poor as Oats Run Short for Fire Team
A West New York New Jersey town, cash strapped by alleged mismanagement, borrows oats to feed fire horses after a merchant refuses further credit. The town lacks funds to borrow, police wages are unpaid, and teachers have gone two months without salaries. The purchase-seller of the horses seeks payment amid an official financial inquiry ordered by Supreme Court Justice Swayze.
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New York Sun
Joseph Smith
West
New York
Supreme Court
Swayze
No Terrorist Bomb for Czar In Russia Peace Talks, Stolypin Gains Trust
Revolutionary activity wanes as rumors credit Stolypin with liberal reforms and loyalty to the emperor. Stolypin, long a target of the reactionary party, is praised for restraint and for pushing popular government while maintaining order despite personal risk to his family. Francis Joseph to reconcile with Archduke Louis Victor on his 78th birthday as health limits future court life.
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Revolutionary Party
Stolypin
Assagal
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Berlin
Vienna
Nicholas
Jong
Atolypia
Nicholas Nicholasovitch
Saratovt
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Narishkins
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Vorontoffs
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Taurida
Nbe
Russias
Francis Joseph
Archduke Louis Victor
Salzburg
Ischl
Marquish DE Fontenoy
Hrantwood Company
Chicago
Rome
Lfe
London to New York Senator Reed Smoot on forests
Senator Reed Smoot, Utah, chair of the forestry division, tours London and discusses forest management lessons from Switzerland Germany and Europe. He cites the Sthwald forest near Zurich as highly productive with no waste, notes Munich experimental station research, praises the Black Forest, and says the United States has about 164 million acres of forest reserves ripe for reforestation with watershed protections and restricted grazing near cities.
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New York
Harald
Reed Smoot
Utah
National Conservation Commission
Switzerland
Germany
Herald
Smeet
United States
Sthwald
Zurich
University of Munich
Mayer
Black Forest
Europe
Cat Battles Rattlesnake At Martinsville Home
A Maltese cat fought a large rattlesnake outside a Martinsville home near Monroe County. The cat repeatedly struck the snake’s head and clawed its flesh away, driving the reptile to exhaustion before the owner, Shipman, killed it. The incident followed a prior horse death blamed on a blue racer snake as the animal bit the horse and caused fatal swelling.
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Shipman
Monroe County
Kit
Bosh Name Confusion Moves Night Court
In a New York night court a witness Oscar Bosh, a 6 foot grocer, caused a name mix up. The magistrate pressed for correct identification as the witness struggled to explain I saw these two before being interrupted. The officer confirmed the man lived nearby and his name was Bob Ohar clarified as Bosh.
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Drunk Twenty Two Years Divorce Claim Shocks Court
Mrs Hortense Cortial seeks a divorce after twenty two years of marriage alleging cruelty by Lewis Cortial. She testified that he has been drunk every minute of the marriage and once slammed her through a window during an attempted bath to sober him. She claimed he called her a cow and suffers from delirious tremors. Cortial denied cruelty, calling the claim a mistake and provoking laughter in court.
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Greater Than Ever From the Fhinderpuia Record
The passage notes the President should be informed gently about a momentous development. It proclaims the United States rising as a cosmic power after the cruise of American battleships, framing it as epoch making with far reaching consequences.
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London Daily Telegraph
Auckland
Reo
United States
Bryan and the Panther Hunt Prank in Texas History
In Austin, Gov J S Hogg lured William Jennings Bryan into a staged hunt near the Colorado hills. A decoy panther was provided by a saloon keeper, and Bryan believed he had slain a live panther with his Winchester. The panther was later stuffed and given to Bryan as a trophy.
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J. S Hogg
William Jennings Bryan
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Shacknasty Pete and the outlaw tale in old clashes
A composite clipping traces Shacknasty Pete and his gang assaulting trains and ambushes, with a bravado ballad tone. It also recalls a Chicago Record Herald piece about Pete, a pair of vignettes about a fall from a window and a brass-tinted aphorism riff, and ends with a New York Press quip set.
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Shacknasty Pete
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North Carolina Governor Glenn backs Bryan in campaign tour
Gov. F. B. Glenn of North Carolina, active in the Democratic drive, says Bryan has a real chance to win. He reports discussions across Indiana, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Nebraska and other states, endorsing issues over attacks and detailing talks with Republicans and Democrats. Glenn criticizes ship subsidies as necessary to compete in a canal era. He projects Democratic wins in Maryland and Wisconsin, noting labor and Scandinavian voters shifting toward Bryan.
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Chicago
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