Postmasters and jurors in 1903 Washington diary
A 1903 Washington Post piece debates the presidents order placing 15,000 postmasters under civil service and ponders jury fairness for women. It discusses political motives, potential reforms, and public sentiment, noting discussions about endowing postmasters with tenure and the broader implications for justice and equality.
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Sasitsides
Goa
Paseo
Saphora
Gerauin
Sesatura
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Tariff tension and Southern protection debates in Taft era
The piece surveys Southern demands for protective duties on sea island cotton and other industries, arguing protection benefits the South while warning that tariff revision should be cautious. It references Lamar, Taft’s tariff stance, and the 1909 context of industrial growth, urging experienced, measured policymaking to avoid damaging disruption.
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Murda
Alauaia
Foundries
Caroling
Massachusetts
Eorgia
Kentucky
Missouri
Lamar
Worida
Sea Island
Thal
United States
Mr. Taft
South
Virginia rate decision and federal appeals in transit cases
The Virginia rate decision and related federal appeals clarify that state and federal jurisdictions interact, with federal courts generally deferring to state law when possible. The ruling underscores limits on federal review and cautions against portraying a clash between state rights and federal authority.
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Sea States
Virginia
United States
Lost Husband Returns After 32 Years to New Jersey Family
Thomas J. Malloy, long thought dead, returned to his Newark family at 510 Third Street after 32 years apart. He had left Newton New Jersey as a carpenter to seek work in the West, later learning of his wife and two children’s lives and separation long ago.
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New York Times
Hest Newark
Thomas J. Malloy
Third Street
Julian Jova
West
Denver
Incurable Inebriates Face Manchester Verdict
The New York World notes Manchester justices conclude the woman inebriate is incurable after hospital trials costing 500 each, with relapses soon after release. It cites objections about selection bias and hints at broader gender patterns in sobriety, comparing a restaurant manager’s view on male and female drinkers.
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New York World Sty
Manchester
England
New York
Ibraahim
Frasi
Uri Steel
Pacsburs Tongase
Srror Geeurees
My. Parker
Wade
Warkien
Railways
Stest Manufactories
Sentenced to Go to Church for Jubilation over Victory
A New York World item jokes that a football team of boys in Mantoloking, Pa., was sentenced to 23 Sundays at church for excessive jubilation after a win. It compares church discipline to historical sermons and recalls Rev. Lnomia Boston and a tradition of awakening nodding congregants with long sermons.
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New York
Rat Football Company
Mant
Olare
Lnomia Boston
Bren
Kaiser
Helms
Spelling Bee Lapses Noted At West Side Event
From the New York Press a late night spelling bee on the upper West Side featured odd guests and a mock test sentence. The president of a college made five writing errors, a learned clereymyn seven, and an eminent teacher six, in a humorous display of mis-spellings.
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New York
Thte Lhostegg
Sibyl
Clereymyn
Norfolk woman seeks damages in alleged kiss theft case
Mrs. Adrian Craig, wife of a Norfolk farmer, claims George Benedict stole a kiss at her home while her husband was away. She seeks 20000 for the kiss and 1900 for loss of reputation, alleging Benedict boasted of the act and made slanderous remarks to others in the district.
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Norfolk
Neb
Adrian Craig
George Benedict
Countra
Craig
Bequest for Chewing Tobacco In Wills Oddity
Sir Louis Dispatch reports from New York Tribune that August Zerbst a wealthy Missouri pioneer left a curious bequest to his son in law August Pabst. After his death by his own hand Zerbst reportedly included 2 cents to buy chewing tobacco in the probate filing.
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Louis Dispatch
New York Tribune
August Zerbst
Missouri
August Pabst
Zerbst
Fires and fortunes on Cowdray Park and linked islands
The article recounts fire at Cowdray Park amid Percy Williams style curses tied to monastic lands once seized in the Reformation. It compares Luckless estates from Lothian to Fyvie, notes Montagu tragedy, and surveys island lordships across Europe including Inplymurray, Lambay, Herm, and Iona, detailing owners such as Weetman Pearson, Cecil Baring, the Baring family, and others, with monastic ruins and local lore.
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Atlantic
Bemont
Sussex
Henry VII
England
Lona Leith
Pyyle
Marie
Louige January
St. Louis
South Africa
Scotland
Fyvie Castle
Weetman Pearson
Cowdray Park
Thia
Montagu
Dijon
Switzerland
Rhine
Ble Weetman
Mari
Chioness
Lothian
New Hattle Abbey
Midlothian
Rome
Linus TX
New Battle Abbey
Constitution Yacht To Be Cut Up For Junk In New London
The famed cup defender Constitution will be broken into four sections at Thames Marine Railway in New London Conn. to be hauled to Broad Street for dismantling and sale. It contains 100 tons of lead 3 tons of bronze 20 tons of sails and 2.5 tons of miscellaneous gear and has an estimated 25000 dollars worth of junk.
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Edward.& Reiss & Company & Broadway
Sound
East River
Broad Street
Rels
Vigilant
Colonia
Constitution
Rabbit Sneaks Into Mansion Plays Piano
A rabbit pursued by hounds sought refuge in the Fraser home near Oak dais Long Island. It entered a drain pipe, reached the parlor piano, and hopped the keys as hunters feared damages from a hungry animal would occur while the Frasers are away.
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New York
Alexander A. Fraser
Oakdais
Frasers
Long Island
Herbert Feldmeir
Saltdale
Fraser Home
Offers to Leap to Death At Bridge Spectacle
The New York American reports a Queens borough bridge celebration committee note claiming a young woman offered to leap from the bridge as part of the opening ceremonies. The letter requests a bridge permit and threatens another method if denied, signing as Miss Alice Davenport with a Long Island City return address.
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New York American
Queensbers Bridge
Ayer
Alice Davenport
Cure General Delivery
Posto Flee
Long Island City
Cats Survive Explosion in Brooklyn Sewer Tale
The surviving Brooklyn cat dug eight feet from the surface of Gold Street sewer near Front Street amid a fatal blast that killed twelve. A second cat later surfaced in a timber‑framed hollow as police recovered bodies. Also in New York, the Bronx Zoo porcupines Jack and Jill showed a fondness for apples, feasting despite a mishap that left them with a scattered pile of fruit after a keeper tried to treat them.
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Gold Street
Brooklyn
Bureau
Coler
Acrai
Trenc
New Yale World
Jeck
Jill
Bronx
Daly
Jack
City banquet scorches Croker tribute sparks Wise critique
Rabbi Stephen S Wise denounces a New York City banquet honoring Croker as a public humiliation to citizens and justice. He links Croker to Tweed and Murphy, condemning the event as a betrayal by the supreme court guests and urging civic resolve against such acts.
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F. Dhe
Supreme Court
Mr. Croker
Stephen S. Wise
EEK ‘Cal Secial League
New York
P'Ty
Tammany
Jerome
Enor
Isithe
Big York
The Little Green Hat from Puck
A hometown crowd gathers in New York as a growing cohort of locals adopts a green hat. The narrator notes Bera Brigge, Eg Saunders, Ezra Briggs, Johnny Brown and others, describing their fashion and confident strides while a small mouse speaks of fear and secrecy.
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Puck
Bera Brigge
Madison Square
Eg Saunders
Ezra
Dressel
Johnny Brown
Ezra Briggs
The Suspected Beaver in a Walking Stick Mystery
A wary observer suspects a hidden bluffer in a walking stick. The old man’s odd behavior, Deacon Jones’s sighting, and whispers of a blind tiger inside the beaver hint at concealment. The caller vows to investigate the top of the new leverage halt for the concealed felon.
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Atlanta
Deacon Jones
Kase
Desertion case reveals high life claim of frugal income
Frank M. Peet, once president of National Pepwall Bank and now a promoter, described earning 1200 a year while supporting a daughter at Vassar College costing about 1100 annually. He said he lived at the Majestic Hotel as payment for services and his car hadn’t run for over a year. His wife accused him of deceit and desertion, while he argued she had her own investments to live on.
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Philadelphia
Vasezr College
Thamyal Media
Frank M. Peet
National
Pepwall Bank
Frogs the Chicago News Bits on Courtship and Lies
A jumble of pointed paragraphs mocks persistent suitors and social tricks. A playful line about Mother Eve and Adaur’s apple hints at jokes about women and lemons. The piece jokes about photographers and boastful men, urging caution in romance and commitment.
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Chicago News
Eve
Adaur
Five-Legged Deer Report From Littleton Camp
Bert Tuttle and two Manchester friends hunted at his camp in Littleton last week and shot a deer with a fifth leg protruding from the shoulder. The extra limb extended in perfect form from the body, ending above the ground, with all leg bones up to the knee present. The limb appeared not to be connected by a joint to the body and seemed to be a skin protrusion rather than a true limb.
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Littleton
Bert Tuttle
Manchester
Reflections of a Bachelor in New York Press
A column of social musings on patriotism college costs and the nature of relationships. It ponders a man’s governance ideas and a woman’s concerns about lovers and marriage while noting a widow’s endurance.
Oklahoma political talk shifts from Haskell toward GOP hopes
In Muskogee Oklahoma Creager a Republican hopeful discusses Haskell as he pivots toward opposing Roosevelt and predicting a future Republican state. He cites issues like constitution land taxes prohibition Jim Crow and tariff revision while dodging bank default critiques.
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Haskell
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Creager
Muskogee
Okls
Raleigh
L. F.cain
Chkotah
Okla
J. S. Davenport
Davenport
Bryan
Eng
Omer
A Pleasant Prison
A London Glote report describes the Cettinje Montenegro prison as the world’s most extraordinary confinement with no outer walls. Prisoners are housed comfortably, fed well, allowed cigarettes and wine, and work is not required, while crime inmates allegedly are pampered and political prisoners face harsher treatment according to rumor. Harriman refuses to comment on rumors of becoming NY Central board chairman, saying no man is responsible for what he says in after-dinner speech.
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Corcoran Gallery
Washington
France
Italy
Germany
Garreta
London
Liege
America
Whistler
Deight
Europe
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Abbey
William Keith
Kenyon Cox
Guerin
Peters
Pyle
Redfield
Atlantic
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London Glote
Cettinje
Montenegro
Harriman
New York Tribune
RF. H.harriman
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New York Central Board
Economic Club
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