The Washington Post Pension Plan and Social Debate
The article discusses a steel trust pension fund plan with $12,000,000 initial funding and monthly pensions based on 1 percent of ten-year average pay. It compares this plan to broader social circles and Eight Hour Law implications for Navy contracts, then critiques elitist circles like The Four Hundred and notes evolving social dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Congress
House Committee
Penglong
Prodigy Nicholas Wiener At Cornell Gates Of Genius
A 16 year old named Nicholas Wiener at Cornell University is hailed as an Infant Phenomenon for mastering philosophy from Alcibiades to Zeno, mathematics, and the classics. Despite extraordinary learning, observers note he remains healthy but not typical, amid the thin line between prodigy and misfit in college life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Nickivy
Vincent Crummiles
Cornell University
Nicholas Wiener
Alcibiades
Zeno
Plato
Tie
Wiener
Pius
New York Evening Sun
Dr. Cook
Baron Munchaugen
Eva Prentice
Beveridge
T. R
Denmark
Not Extravagance in the Body Politic and Public Debate
The piece argues the real unrest stems from the salaried and wage earning middle class rather than the rich wasteful, urging the Democratic party to address cost of living and supply constraints. It cites per capita alcohol consumption and comments on Wall Street, tariffs, and political chatter while noting social trends and public concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Paul
Commonwealth
Wall Street
England
Democratic Party
Open Philosophers Hall on Staten Island by Kolff
A Staten Island landholder builds a 12 by 22 foot log cabin named Philosophers Hall for meditation and retreat for thinkers and future leaders. The cabin, crafted by Robert Williams, sits 600 feet from Kolff's home and features Virginia cabin details. Kolff invites prominent figures to use the space and hang a corn cob pipe with his name. He also notes his Staten Island real estate interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
New York Times
Emerson Hills
John Geaton
Borough of
Richmond
Corneling G. Kolff
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
Philosophers’ Hall
Mr. Kolff
Cow Palatial Home in a Long Island Stable Scene
Molly the cow owned by Joan Case of Sayville refuses her lace curtain dining room quarters. The dining room moved to the rear and converted into a stable once home to Capt Tuthi. A separate item notes Harvard Club chimney fire extinguished by coal bucket method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Molly
Joan Case
Sayville
Long Island
Casé
Buel Tuthill
Case
Albert Tuthi
Fragmented quip from St Louis tale with odd phrasing
A garbled passage cites a good humor remark about nerves and a guard in a wine cellar and a high perch. It mentions a Flyer-Well and a distant guard role about ten thousand feet up, with a hint the speaker feared forgetfulness at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Speeder
Yale students earned 190449 through work to pay college
Yale News reports 564 students answered 190449 earned by working through college with 127561 in term time and 36288 in vacation. Graduate school led with 6970, more money came from private tutoring 590? net. waiters earned 18462, furnaces, sidewalks, gardens paid rooms valued at 2.50 weekly, 32 lodgings, 15 carpenters earned 2418, 17 choir members 1207.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
En Haven Dispatch
New York Sun
Yale Bureau of Appointments
Yale News
SheMeld
SheMeld Scientific School
Archduchess Marie Alice to wed Prince Montenuovo in Vienna
From Vienna comes word Archduchess Marie Alice will marry Prince Ferdinand Montenuovo son of the powerful Archduke Alfred Montenuovo. The match links imperial blood with a merely noble line, and faces court opposition led by Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Archduchess Isabella amid Vienna society.
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Vienna
Ferdinand Montenuove
Austria
Marie Alice
Archduke Frederick
Isabella
Hapsburg
Europe
Marie Christine
Marie Henriette
Emmanuel Salm-Salm
Godfrey of
Hohenlohe
Elina de Bourbon
Duke
Parma
Elizabeth
Rudolf
Otto Windighgraetz
Marie Loulac
Renata
Charles Stephen
Jerome Radsiwili
Marie Alica
Ferdinand Montenuovo
William Montenuovo
Marie Louise
France
Count Adem Neipperg
Sardou
Madame Sans-Gene
Napoleon I
Almgnach de Gotha
Prince William
Napoleon
St Helena
Max Billard
Evelyn
Duchess of Wellington
Adam Neipperg
Marie-Tousse
Francia
Francis
Neippergs
Monténuovo
Montenuovo
Néuberg
Neipperg
Italy
Hungary
Wiliam Neipperg
Julia Batthyany
Francis Joseph
Prince Alfred
Vienne
Frances Kineky
Prince Alfred Montenuovo
Count Adam Neipperg
San Vi«tale
Archduchess
Pridea
Alfred Montenuava
Archduke Francia Ferdinand
Duchess of
Hohenberg
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Chotek
Isabela
Francis Ferdinand
Howzes
Grande Monde
Alfred Monténuovo
Jockey Club
Nobles Club
Mahkquine DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Lies' Out of Mexico Revolution Rumors Stoked by Uproar
The Dallas News weighs the Mexican uprising rumors as sensational and largely untrue. It cites Diaz’s age, opportunities in Mexico, and surrounding tensions. The piece argues many wild reports claim revolution but are often hoaxes or exaggerated, urging calmer public judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Mexico
Diaz
Rio Grande
Alter Republic
Cananes
Many Opinions On Dr. Sargent's Feminine Form Debate
From the Pittsburg Dispatch a heated discussion follows Dr. Sargent of Harvard Gymnasium. He argues rational dress, open air activity, and education akin to men reduce feminine features and push the figure toward the male ideal. Critics disagree noting unchanged actual figures but altered fashion appearance. The piece weighs fashion versus nature and cites Venus di Milo to question the hourglass ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Pittsburg Dispatch
Harvard
Harrison Fisher
New York
Gibson
John W. Alexander
Alexander
Rampaging Burlington bull wrecks home and gas pipes
A Holstein bull that escaped a farmhand in Bristol rampaged through streets and into Mrs. Edward Rex’s house at 524 Mary Street, nearly suffocating residents with gas fumes as crowds restrained it. The animal wedged between two kitchen doors then broke through, dragging wall sections and gathering laundry on its horns before being captured by a gag company.
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Ralph Johnstone
J. Armstrong Drexel
Denver
Johnstone
Arthur T. Abherholt
Aerolab of
Pennsylvania
Boston Society of Scientifc Research
Niagara
Burlington
N. J
N. Y
Bristol
Edward Rex
Mary Street
Buckner Proud of Hart County Home Amid Mint Bed Lore
Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner, Civil War hero and former Kentucky governor, speaks from Hart County about his log cabin home, mint bed, and spring water. He says he would not trade his simple life for wealth from Vanderbilt or Rockefeller, praising his lifelong homespun happiness and the farm he was born in. The piece blends Buckner's remarks with a Connecticut-based poem urging readers to value humble beginnings over riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckner
Rockefeller
Souleride
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Hart County
Old
Kentuck
Vanderbilt
Salome at the stock yards satire and city reactions
Poem and quotes mix satire on Chicago salome and meatpacking scenes at stockyards. Writings critique culture and morality with theatrical allusions before shifting to typhoid and diaries from New York papers. Includes jokes on cleverness and market life from New York and Detroit sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Linthicum
New York World
Chicago
Salome
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of witty observations on money love work and fame includes jokes about rent economics and social behavior. It ridicules boastful men praises prudent spending and notes changing attitudes toward women theater and marriage.
Dutch visitors praise America and critique trains in Washington
Lieuts Coblyn and Mershon of Haar lem Bolland, guests at Miss Helen Taft’s coming out tea, admire the United States yet fault its rail cars for cramped public compartments and lack of private rooms. They commend American women and the country’s grandeur while noting European comforts. Representative Roberts argues against neutralizing the Panama Canal and champions torpedo boat defense at Colon and Panama. Additional notes profile Ohio's Ansberry predicting Harmon’s 1912 nomination and praise Ohio’s new delegation. A Chicago Congress of mustache conservation prompts seniors to grow facial hair or swim as penalty.
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Marcord
Times
New York
England
Witham
Lieuts
Coblyn
Mershon
Haar
Chicago
Europe
Lieut. Mershon
Ernest W. Roberts
Chelsea
Maas
Panama Canal
Mr Roberts
New Willard
Colon
Panama
Cor
Timothy Ansberry
Defiance
Ohio
Washington
New
Willard
Harmon
Ansberry
Oslo
Texas
Mr. Ansberry
Buckeyes
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Alawaarika
Washington Post CO
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Fifth Avenue
York
Steger
Naval Appropriations
Navy
Department
Offcul
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Thomas Jefferson
Spain
Joe
Premier Asquith
Bill Sterett
Agity
Beef Trust
Doc Cook
Philadelphia
Hudson River
Passaic Street
Hackensack
Harry Haddon
Haddon
Harvard Club
West Forty-fourth Street
Connolly
Smith
Sherry
Kavanaugh
YALE
Bull
Aes
Ft Qnward
Lockport Dam
Michigan
Art
John
Charlea E. North
New York Milk Committee
Nathaniel Bowditch Potter
Detroit Free Press
New York Press
Chicago News
Alonzo
Cincinnati
Jane Kiss
Congress of Hirsute Conservation
Chicago Examiner
University of Chicago
Congress of Hiraute Conservation
New York Telegram
Reagan
Reno
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