Rivers and Harbors Congress to push waterway unity
The Rivers and Harbors Congress opened its seventh annual session in Washington with a pledge to pursue a no waterway policy and robust cooperation between railways and rivers. Leaders stress halting pork-barrel waste and advancing complete river projects for national benefit. The gathering touts President Taft and lawmakers’ support for coordinated infrastructure, while Secretary Wilson highlights record farm production and economic resilience.
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Increase of Army Engineers Amid Canal and Harbor Work
President Taft advocates an increase in Army engineers to meet river and harbor projects fortifications and Panama Canal needs. He argues current shortages slow vital work and that expanding the corps will curb waste by directing funds to expert labor from West Point trained officers and notable Canal construction efforts under Col. Goethals.
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Fortifying the Canal Debate Shapes 1912 Policy
The piece urges fortifying the Panama Canal to preserve neutrality, safeguard navy efficiency, and protect U S interests amid global tensions. It argues the canal’s value to all nations requires strong defenses against potential threats and warns that neglect could invite danger to world peace and U S security.
Sale of Walter Scott Letters From London Auction
Sotheby's in London announces the sale of 79 autograph letters by Sir Walter Scott to John Wilson Croker, spanning 160 pages written through 1831. The collection, bequeathed by Croker to heirs, will be dispersed by Follett, Penneil, and Barrow, with excerpts noting Scott praising Croker and discussing Wellington and Highland music.
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King Edward's Burial Question Unsettled Nine Months On
King Edward remains unburied nine months after death with his coffin in Windsor's royal vault near St George's Chapel. debate swirls whether to entomb him there or in the adjacent Albert Memorial Chapel as speculation grows over the royal ritual and future resting place amid legends of the vaults and an undercurrent of palace politics.
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Alderman Coughlin pens hymn for Father with Barton prize
Chisago Tribune notes Alderman John J. Coughlin offers a new hymn titled Father for Rev W E Barton of First Congregational Church of Osk Park. Barton seeks father themed words with organ accompaniment and possible public performance. The alderman hopes his piece could become a national hymn adopted by Congress.
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Fairfield Elopement Service Offers Free Wedding
Fairfield watchmaker J B Boyle, a former justice of the peace, proposes a novelty elopement package. He will meet the couple at the railroad station, drive them to town hall, arrange a floral altar at his Center Drug Store, marry them free of charge, give the bride a pound of chocolate, and offer a brief wedding trip in his auto. Boyle aims to popularize quick marriages and compares Connecticut law to Gretna Green.
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The Grammer of Girls from the Atlente Republic
A satirical piece on women labeled as a half educated class by a tongue in cheek grammar. It mocks gender roles and comments on influential social observers, citing a Washington dispatch and Republican whip remarks about election majorities and corruption.
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Pennies in the West The nickel replacing issues in San Francisco
The New York gub reports ten years apart the cent has grown from curiosity to common medium of exchange with 60,000 ordered from Washington. San Francisco remains wary but rumors say the cent gains ground there as well, while some cling to the nickel despite rising costs of lying.
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Spanked in the Next Town
A story from Winsted detailing Henry Perry and family living on Walling Hill with parts of their home in Barkhamsted and Winsted. It notes that meals occur in Barkhamsted and sleep in Winsted, while disciplinary spankings for unruly boys happen in Barkhamsted but are carried out in Winsted.
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Bones of Henry VI Dug Up At Windsor in 1471 Tomb
The New York Press reports the 1471 death of Henry VI and the recent exhumation at St George's Chapel Windsor. Dr Macalister’s findings describe a tall, fragile skull with a pig humerus found among the bones, suggesting murder and mental decline, with the remains reburied in a new casket.
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Christmas Morning in Lelie Weekly Told in Verse
Christmas Morning by Muna Irving captures a festive scene as children in cheerful play wear costumes and push toys. The poem portrays family warmth and bustling laughter on a bright holiday morning with toy trains drums trumpets and bright imaginations.
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Three Cherry Trees Poem and Berlin World Fair Debate
Excerpts from Walter de la Mare poem The Three Cherry Trees and an American view on Kaiser's objections to a Berlin world’s fair. The piece contrasts dreamlike garden imagery with a discussion of Berlin’s suitability, noting American skepticism about European openness and the hope that a world exposition would bring pleasure and hospitality.
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Reflections of a Bachelor Aged Observations
A satirical piece from the New York Posan discusses excellence and money, noting pride in public support, and gendered views on patriotism and trust. It satirizes the idea of merit based on wealth and the fragility of relationships under social expectations.
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Pointed observations from Chicago News on marital virtues
A fragment from a Chicago News column lampoons extravagant husbands and indecisive men while pondering women's choices, complexion, and aging. It muses on motives, sings of boarding houses, and questions whether the good die young or the bad outlive them.
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Porto Rico’s hotel shortage hinders winter tourism says Arnold
New York hotel expert H L Arnold argues Porto Rico needs first class accommodations to draw American and European visitors. He notes island roads are good but without upscale hotels tourists will not travel there. He also cites Chicago capital influence and ongoing development aiding land values and farming prospects.
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