Beene The District Budget In December 1910
The Washington Post reports that District commissioners plan modest fiscal proposals to Congress. Key bets include $900,000 for Anacostia River work and $125,000 for Willow Tree alloy playgrounds. Other items cover bathhouses, an inebriate asylum, street trade control, and motion picture censorship.
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Congress
Messrs
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Judson
Anacostia River
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge
Washington
Virginia
Potomac
Palisades
New York Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Rock Cheek Park
City
Meridian Aeh Park
Montrose Park
Kiingle Ford Valley
Incomes of Physicians in a Crowded Era
The Medical Record laments rising living costs while medical earnings fall due to overcrowding. It compares France and England, notes Canada and the US with high physician counts, and suggests increased public enlightenment and preventive medicine cut incomes. It ends with a satirical nod to salaries tied to staying well.
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France
England
Canada
Debates on Mrs Eddy andTariff Vie in Disjointed Column
The long passage surveys Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy's influence and reception, contrasts belief and science, and questions whether Christian Science grows or wanes after Eddy's death. It then shifts to tariff policy, Balfour and House of Lords debate, and political fallout. A jumble of stock items follows including fish market issues and random social notes.
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Mary Baker G Eddy
Rome
Haddy
Joan of Arc
Dalai Lama
Polis
House of Lords
Balfour
England
Census Speculation on Negro Migration Across the South
The census data suggests a growing black population in the North while the South sees declines. Indianapolis may rival Memphis and Louisville in black residents, due to economic shifts from cotton farming to industry. White migration northward and blacks moving northward are discussed as inevitable trends.
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Mason and Dixon
North
Indianapolis
Memphis
Atlanta
Nashville
Richmond
Morbile
Birmingham
Louisville
Alabama
Mississippi
Champ Clark Faces Choice on House Committees
The New York press notes Champ Clark may seek to control committee appointments as Speaker designate. Polls show 31 of 77 respondents favor expanding the majority’s reach, with Hobson leading the pro side. Critics warn such top heavy schemes risk log rolling and divisiveness, urging wiser, more balanced selections.
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Champ Clark
New York
House of Representatives
Richmond P .Hobson
Alabama
Tribune
Bowling Green
House
Clark
Congress
Democratic Party
Christmas in Bethlehem Followed Star From Jerusalem
London dispatch describes a Christmas Eve in Bethlehem with a largely native congregation, a Latin patriarch present, and a mood of reverence as the author reflects on holy sites nearby and the dawn services in an English church, noting the proximity to the Garden of Gethsemane and Mount of Olives. The piece contrasts American hospitality with local devotion amid ancient ruins and distant borders.
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Star
Jerusalem
Charles W. Fairbanks
Leslie
Church of Bethlehem
Massy
America
Holy City
Castle of David
Phtel
Holy Ground
Bethlehem
Garden
Gethsemane
Mount of
The Colonel's Golden Words Campaign Expenditures
The Chicago Tribune reports campaign spending for former New York governor candidate Mr. Stimson totaling 115.6 thousand dollars. Key contributors include Stimson's law partner 20 thousand, Frank Mungey 20 thousand, George W Perkins 10 thousand, and Stimson himself 1 thousand, with others smaller. Colonel Roosevelt’s absence from the list is noted.
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Chicago Tribune
Stimson
New York
Col. Roosevalt
Fragmented quote on British unionists and insurgents
A garbled excerpt discusses British unionists opposing home rule and contrasts with insurgents. The fragment mentions an inability to attend Rate, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear context or full names.
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Hartimore
Fortescue a King George aide and royal guard details
Seymour Fortescue, named sergeant at arms in ordinary to King George, is a famed equerry to King Edward, with a long naval career and royal duties at St James. The piece traces Fortescue family history from Norman knight Richard le Fort to the present lord, notes Castle Hill estates and Exmoor holdings, and explains the ancient role of sergeants at arms. It also touches Mme Curie’s academy honors and recounts early female academicians of France.
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Delera
Char
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Nile
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Lord Roberts
Earl of Fortescue
John Fortescue
Windsor Castle
England
Forteseus
Richard le Fort
William the Conqueror
Hastings
Duke of Normandy
Richard
Strong Shield
Sir Adam
Sir Adam Fortescue
Crown of
John Fortesque
Henry V
Hugh Fortescue
Earl of
Lord Fortesque
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Devon
Matthew Fortesque
Earl of Clinton
Fortesque
Matthew
Clinton
Trefusis
Matthew Fortescue
Lord Fortescue
South Africa
George II
Exmoor
Devonshire
Somersetshire
Royal Guards
Turf Club
Palace of
Westminster
Bir Seymour
St. James Palace
Rich
Ard Coeur de Lion
Philip ‘Augustus
France
Mme. Curie
Uniqua
French Academy of Sciences
Institute of France
Academy of
Tine Arta
Lauis XIV
L' Academie Royale Des Beaux Arts
Rome
Dainting
Wonton Anjemberg
Catherine Digherin
Girardon
Louise Lebrun
Joseph ‘Varnet
Europe
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Marquise DE Fontengt
Br. Company
Tolstol Deaths Diminish Global Fame of Four Great Authors
From New York Times Review of Rooke The Aesth of Tolstol notes Tolstoy Zola Kipling and Mark Twain as the four great names of world renown now pared to a trio by recent deaths Kipling stands alone in global stature with Roosevelt close behind Maurice Maeterlinck projected as a potential rival The piece contrasts travel and influence of these writers and cites Kipling's global presence across India England the United States and South Africa.
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New York Times Review
Rooke
Mark Twain
Globe
Zola
Dreyfus
Rudyard Kipling
Mr. Roosevelt
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Kipling
Mark Dwain
Gorners
Earth
Hved
India
England
United States
South Africa
Kilpling
Maurice Meeterlinck
Canaries Freed Amid Fire Rescue Tale
A chaotic report from Brooklyn recounts a blaze at a bakery near Flatbush Avenue where 300 canaries were freed by Samuel Altman as firemen battled flames. Dogs and a rescued puppy in the cellar add to the dramatic scene while a bride-to-be stories frame the chaotic aftermath with a wedding reflection.
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Robert Cincuelli
German Artillery Expert Sees War Need In U S
From the New York Tribune Gen Ernst von Reicherma of the German army visits the Red Star pier with H Tauscher, American Ehrhardt rep. He urges universal conscription, predicts Americans will arm, and argues war is natural for nations while commenting on possible conflict with Japan. He backs Gen Wood and cites tests for the U S government at Sandy Hook.
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New York Tribune
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Mme Johanne Gadsky
Gen von Heldenau
Ab Ofteer
Ehrhardt
United States
Sandy Hobb
America
Japan
Leonard Wood
Congress
Wiiel
Germany
England
The Rancher Exits City Life in Maxwell’s Poem
William Maxwell in the Pactic Monthly bids farewell to the city and its din. He laments deceit and death among its people and turns toward the mesa, Nell, and the boys, seeking a quieter life away from urban bustle.
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William Maxwell
Pactic Monthly
Nell
Coal trade gains and freight rates blamed for Ohio loss
Ohio coal operators claim improved trade but annual gains favor West Virginia as Illinois and Indiana mines closed. They cite higher western tonnage and discrimination in freight rates, urging Interstate Commerce Commission action. Also includes a poem closing with mountain imagery.
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Howard D Mannington
Ohio Cost Operators Association
Ohio Politica
Pichard
Mannington
Michigan-Ohio-Indians Coal Association
States
Illinois
Ohio
West Virginia
Hioopenitora
Buckeye
Mountain State
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indians
Clinots
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Discernment and old time views mingle in era notes
A collage of disjoint passages reports on hematite use in paint from Missouri, a humorous Washington dispatch about Attorney General Wickersham swapping private lines, reflections and proverbs on life and love, and South African drum telegraphy anecdotes. The slice includes a tale of Nellie at the home ranch, poems and quips, and a divorced woman’s right discussion from Atchison, all in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper voice.
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New York
Atchison Globe
Devi E
Atchison
Fur fashions surge as new skins flood the market
The Kansas City Times notes fur demand so high that new skins and dyed varieties flood the market. Prices remain steep for Alaska seal, chinchilla, caracal, mink, sable, ermine, and opossum, with novelty pieces gaining traction. experts advise proper cutting on the wrong side to shape fur.
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Jack Frost
Alaska
Rusglas Sable
Ermine
England
Jone
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