The President and the District Taft's plan for model city reform
The Washington Post notes President Taft’s suggested consolidation of authority in the District of Columbia. It calls for a public utilities commission, centralized school control, and broad reforms to make Washington a model city with improved sanitation, parks, and slum reclamation, while predicting manageable debt through Judson’s bill.
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Public Utilities Commission
Virginia
Potomac
Willow
Board of Commissioners
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Judson Dll
A Green Christmas Brings Wit and Weather Wonders
The piece blends city bustle with rural calm as a green Christmas paints the plains, warming wheat and hedges alike. Pedestrians grumble, but in the countryside gateposts mark white mounds while cedars bow in quiet protest and a snow in December seems better than spring flowers.
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Orrence
Yount
Bonlfare
Pennsylvania
Whitechapel
President urges tariff revision with economy in mind
The President’s message advocates a legislative program aligned with public demand, urging immediate tariff revision while cutting government expenditures. He calls for a careful, board guided approach to schedules, notes the need for canal fortification funding, and highlights enforcement of existing laws as a stabilizing factor for business and railroads.
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Congress
Treasury
Panama Canal
Army
War Department
First map to bear the name America and Americas legends
New York dispatch reports seizures of 720 cans of canned eggs from National Poultry and Egg Company bound for Brooklyn. Health inspectors found about ten tons of eggs with extremely high bacteria counts amid claims of artificial price manipulation and widespread scarcity.
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New York
National Poultry and Egg Company
Atenson
Kans
Kings County
Eges
Ade Gallery of Fame to Feature Hoosier Portraits
The Indiana Society’s annual banquet will showcase George Ade’s Gallery of Fame with 63 prominent Hoosiers pictured in the new book I Knew Him When a Hoosier Fable. The portraits include Booth Tarkington, Meredith Nicholson, Albert Beveridge, Charles Fairbanks, Defrees, Nesbit, Shaffer, McCutcheon, Wells, and Dudley, among others.
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Chicago News
Indiana Society
George Ade
Ade
Chicago
Booth Tarkington
Meredith Nicholson
Albert J Beveridge
Charles W Fairbanks
Joseph H Defrees
Wilbur D Nesbit
Johnn C Shaffer
John T McCutcheon
Ort Wells
William Dudley
Foulke
Truncated telegram rules and roadside tragedy memorials
The article mixes a Burlington route telegraphing instruction to avoid politeness with terse messages and a long meditation on memorial markers along roadsides. It cites Crosses and stones in Europe marking murders and fatal accidents, including legends of Cade, Richard III, and Soapy Sam, and notes customs in Roman Catholic and English memorial forms.
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Kansas City Star
Burlington
Union Depot
R.fp. Dedford
Brookfield
Europe
England
William Rufus
Walter Tyrrel
New Forest
Dustless Tails on Cow Milking Dust Tamer
In a Montclair dairy a cleaner barn prompted the owner to spray cowtails with filtrated water from a spray atomizer before milking. A sunbeam through a knot hole revealed floating dust particles, spurring the precaution to reduce contamination during milking.
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New York World
Montcisir
M. 7
Tariff Board and Politics Discussed by Prof Emery
Professor Henry C. Emery argues the tariff board should remain nonpartisan and not become a political football. He says tariff policy is a long running economic issue decided by Congress and urges the board to assemble facts to create a trusted knowledge base for tariff decisions.
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Tari Board
Asist
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Chicago Association of Commerce
Henry C. Emery
Clew to Kipling Revealed as Lahore Museum Curator
The Boston Transcript notes a new clue to Kipling’s East knowledge. It claims the elder Kipling, Rudyard’s father, was the Lahore Museum’s English curator and a student of Greco Buddhist reliefs, inspiring the author’s depiction of Eastern figures.
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Boston Transcript
Kipling
Lahore
Lahore Museum
Rudyard
Kim
Man seeks divorce over wife’s rats in Union NJ
Charles Everson of Union township New Jersey seeks an injunction to stop his wife from keeping pet rats after years of sleep disruption. He claims the four legged rodents invade their bed and home, causing sleepless nights and friction. He notes the pets respond to her calls and even share meals, while he endures their squeaks and nibbling. Everson describes moving from Philadelphia to Elizabeth area amid the rat collection and asks the court to restrain the shelter for rodents.
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Kansas
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Ser
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New York American
Charles Everson
Union Township
Union County
Everson
Philadelphia
Elizabeth
Poultry Yard Afloat on Welsh Prince Tramp Steamer
George White first officer of the tramp ship Welsh Prince describes a poultry yard aboard the vessel discharging in Brooklyn after a 40000 mile voyage. The ship carries hens geese and supplies for crew and officers with a tale of geese laying eggs daily on voyage and a whale skeleton and preserved embryo whale donated to the Museum of Natural History from its northern Japan catch.
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American Museum of Natural History
Roy C. Andrews
Pacific Ocean
Andrews
Waldburg
Earth
Andrews’ Tafta
New York World
George White
Brooklyn
White
Philippines
Cebu
Sheppard
Japan
Museum
China Food Exports Highlighted By Shipments To Britain
The piece notes two ships carrying 10 000 Chinese hog carcasses to Liverpool were held up on a regulatory technicality while pork from China had prior shipments delayed for inspection. It cites 23 000 cases of eggs and 15 009 cases of poultry on board and ponders China’s potential as an export food supplier. It also mentions Speaker prospects in the U S House with William Sulzer and Champ Clark named as leading candidates.
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China
Baltimore
United States
Celestial Realm
Liverpool
Great Britain
Lawa
James J Hil
Northwest
Lessie
Joe’ Cannon
House of Representatives
William Sulzer
New York
Champ Clark
Missouri
Congressman Sulzer
Sulzer
Democrats of
Mr. Sulzer
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Committee On Patents
Tie Brave Crawl Under Bed Fought Burglar at Houston Fest
At the Houston Fest a man named Tie faced a life and death moment as he crawled under a bed to confront a burglar. He believed the intruder was in the basement when the struggle began.
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Houston
Tie
Christmas Shoppers and Polished Politicians
A collage of verse reflecting Christmas shopping fever and a satirical linger on Lord Rosebery. The piece contrasts consumer frenzy with political moderation, noting debates over foreign influence and taxation while praising restraint and wit in public life.
Reflections on Asiatic immigrants in the Pacific coast era
The piece surveys views from Col John P Ith and other speakers on Chinese and Japanese immigration. It praises Japanese labor, discipline, and civic contributions while urging U.S. policy to close borders evenly and curb perceived threats alongside discussing economic issues and farm education impacts. It notes Littlepage on Democratic opportunity, high living costs, and farm institutes boosting grain yields.
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Pacific Coast
John P Ith
California
Pacife
San Francisco
Japan
Road reform and public roads in the Midwest remarks
A columnist argues for better roads and macadam standards. He notes farmers support smooth dirt and gravel roads as auto use rises. He urges a good roads club in every county and criticizes public officials who overstate their power. The piece ends with social musings on daily grind and human behavior.
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New York
United States
En Arlington
Iowa
Lever
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