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Regular session opens with weary pace and tariff debate
The extra session closes as the Sixty third Congress begins its regular term without ceremony. A joint session tomorrow will hear President Wilson in person and deliver a concise forecast of future action. The calendar foresees six months of work amid tariff and currency questions, with ongoing appropriation matters dominating the agenda.
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A Chicago Experiment in Social Reform and Eugenics
The piece laments late nineteenth and early twentieth century mass attitudes toward women and social reform. It critiques experiments involving women and children, warning that misplaced liberalism could strip individuality from children and foster unsettling social meddling. It questions outcomes of such social trials and cautions against overreach.
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Drift to the City Address Sparks Rural Upset
Former Secretary of Agriculture Wilson spoke before St. Andrew's Society, noting a fascination with city sidewalks. He warned that driving people back to farms could reduce costs, and asked how to reverse the drift while acknowledging laws aim to correct perceived evils.
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Wilson
Farmers Face City Drift As Prices Shape Labor
The text discusses how high living costs and storage factors push workers from farms to cities. It cites Adam Smith on public advantage from agricultural improvement and notes profits lure farmers away, while hunters lament dwindling game. The piece hints at policy impotence amid rural depopulation and rising urban demand.
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The Riot at Zabern Across Borders and Interwar Tensions
German suspicions say Alsace Lorraine rioting sprang from France as patriotic fervor could aid approval of a French army loan. The Zabern crisis echoes the Nancy incident, with both sides using patriotism as leverage in parliament and Reichstag. Both nations view Alsace Lorraine as a future battleground, though conditions aren’t ripe.
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Hunting the Little Folk and the Question of Mercy in Sport
A Post correspondent argues that hunting rabbits and other animals as a holiday sport shows a clash between mercy and the urge to take life. He surveys ancient and religious teachings from Mosaic law to Christian and Indian views, noting early contradictions and a changing moral stance toward animals and sport.
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Free List Mackerel Price Spread Sparks Debate
The Free List removes tariffic burden on mackerel, yet prices rise by three dollars a barrel amid an apparent oversupply and suspected market manipulation. The piece notes effects on Canada and Europe, calls for congressional inquiry, and touches on other global curiosities and cultural jabs in a satirical column tone.
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Downfall of Elie de Cyon The Russian envoy in Paris
The article chronicles Elie de Cyon a Russian treasury agent and former councilor of state who rose in Parisian circles, faced blackmail and scandal, and was stripped of Russian citizenship after clashing with Count Witte. He died in obscurity in Paris amid financial troubles and public controversy.
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Lincoln Helps Bride From Augusta In 1863 Wedding
A vivid 1863 tale recalls a young Augusta Virginia couple journeying to Washington to marry with President Lincoln arranging a Baptist minister and inviting them to stay overnight during a storm. The narrative frames Lincoln’s hospitality as bridging social divides.
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Pension Department
Odd Gyroscopic Toys Impress Royal Institution Audience
Professor Gray of the Royal Society exhibited gyroscopic toy dolls at the Royal Institution. A hanging doll on dual wires moves hand over hand as its gyroscope spins, while three acrobats on trapezes balance in order. A doll bicycle rider on a tight rope uses gyroscopes to maintain balance and prevent overturning.
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Rat halts seven trains on Pennsylvania Railroad
A rat at Moore's Station between Wilmington and Philadelphia blocked nine minutes of four track signals on the Pennsylvania Railroad by gnawing insulation from a signal wire. An express train halted, another signals acted oddly, and a nearby tower employee traced and repaired the damaged line after platform damage revealed the rodent's work.
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Spacen
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Moore's Station
Jackrabbits Wanted in a Public Benefit Hunt
Ohio State Journal suggests that idle pleasure seekers could aid a national cause by hunting jackrabbits in Idaho and the Rockies. Bill proposals seek 20000 dollars to exterminate jackrabbits ground squirrels and prairie dogs, a project framed as a public benefit and a way to provide meat for holiday meals.
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Ohio State Journal
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Rocky Mountain States
Congress
Drawing the Line. Arkansan tells of a widow maker’s vow
An Arkansan recounts a Little Rock merchant who lost three wives in three years and then sought the fourth wife Clara. The tale ends with the widower agreeing to the old father-in-law’s condition not to return if Clara dies, a pact delivered in a quirky, almost comic tone.
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Republican Party’s Reformist Vision for Open Legislation
The speech argues for a progressive Republican platform focused on open, public legislation and rejection of secret caucuses. It highlights tariff reform via an expert commission, reapportionment fairness, and firm regulation of large corporations while contrasting with Democratic and bull moose positions. It asserts future Congressional action will pursue lower prices, fair profits for American producers, and full public accountability.
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The Pine Dominion and Quiet Hills in Autumn
A lyrical sketch contrasts dark pines against brown landscapes and blue hills, imagining pines speaking among themselves about reclaiming a world of splendor. The piece weaves in a Punch London clipping, a sun and tide table, and a lengthy Weather Bureau forecast for a Sunday, noting disturbances, precipitation, temperatures, winds, and regional outlooks across multiple states.
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Interpreting a president veto and trade tariff views
Gen Catchings of Mississippi recalls President Cleveland's stance on the Wilson tariff bill and asserts it improved over the prior law. He praises Cleveland as brave and capable, reflects on John Carlisle as Speaker, and notes observations on England America knowledge and Irish Home Rule support from Irish Americans.
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Canal Will Help Coast
Tacoma publisher John H. Williams envisions the Panama Canal boosting westward tourism and yacht cruising from Puget Sound. He notes an Atlantic yachts fleet could cruise the canal to Alaska, highlighting Pacific coast scenery, the West’s wonders, and the potential for domestic tourism to rival European trips.
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Blake's Ghost Sells Early Work at Sotheby's Reading
A first edition of Blake's For Children The Gates of Paradise sold for 455 in Sotheby's London rooms, illustrating the poet’s posthumous fame. The piece recalls Blake's poverty while noting Swinburne's praise and his rise to minor but lasting artistic status.
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Gates of Paradise
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Kidnapped by Locomotive Drama Shocks Illinois Farmer
Jim Phelps, a farmer near Momence, Illinois, was grabbed from a buggy by a locomotive pilot during a rainstorm. He clung to the engine for about 10 miles to Sollit, Alabama, with only minor bruises. The Chicago to Philadelphia dispatch notes no collision was detected by the engineer.
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