Rivers and Harbors Congress meets in Washington with Taft urged unity of railways and rivers
The Rivers and Harbors Congress opened its seventh annual session in Washington. President Taft emphasized coordinating rail and river transport to cut costs, while Senor de la Barra and Representatives Alexander and Ransdell urged continued support for waterways and opposed pork barrel legislation. The meeting aims to push efficient, comprehensive river projects and ensure funding yields broad public benefit.
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Rivers and Harbors Congress
National Hivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Taft
Mexico
Alexander and
Hansdell
Senor de la Barra
Alexander
Congress
Ransdell
River and Harbor
Increase of Army Engineers as Proposed by Taft
President Taft urges passage of a bill to increase the number of army engineers. He argues engineers are tied to river and harbor improvements, coastal fortifications, and Panama Canal work, and a larger corps would improve efficiency and reduce waste. He cites West Point training and Col. Goethals’s Panama Canal success as supporting evidence for expanding the corps.
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Panama Canal
Army
Senate
West Point
Engineer Corps
Col. Goethals
Co. H. Ellis
New Orleans
United States Engineers
New Orleans Naval Station
United States
Gulf
Guantanamo
Minalasippi
Massasippi River
Good Sign From Congress as Fraternity Returns in Debate
The piece contrasts Napoleonic solitary resolve with a modern scene in Congress where opposing leaders mingle amiably. It notes Benton, Calhoun, Jackson, Clay, Burr, Randolph, and Hamilton figures of the era, then Doe Clark Tawney and others in today’s cordial political circles. The author deems this social amity a positive development.
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Napoleon the Great
Julius Caesar
Joseph Attie
Duroc
Congress
Benton
Calhoun
Jackson
Clay
Burr
Hamilton
Randolph
Graves
Cilley
Champ Clark
Joe Cannon
Brindle
Cherry
John Dalzell
Owsley Stanley Hobnob
Livingston
Keifer
Underwood
Tawney
Ollie James
Where the Money Goes and the Land Poor Bankman
The piece explains land poor owners lack cash to develop assets and bank reserves drop as loaned funds are withdrawn. It argues speculation slows as reserves drain, with wage earners absorbing displaced funds and a looming ten period of monetary strain cited by Treasury Statists and the Wall Street Journal.
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Journal
United States
Taft
The
Wall Street Journal
Treasury
Fortifying the Panama Canal Debate and Election Snippets
The editorial urges fortification of the Panama Canal to safeguard neutral access and global interests, noting the canal’s value to the U.S. Navy and the risk of inaction. It cites costs, labor, and the potential destruction by minimal dynamite, then blends political commentary on Roosevelt era issues, election returns, and Ballinger-Pinchot discourse.
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Panama Canal
Canal
United States
Uncle Joe
Champ Clark
Dr. Wiley
Walter Scott Letters Auctioned in London Sale of Croker correspondence announced
From the New York Times Sotheby's of London announces a batch of 79 autograph letters by Sir Walter Scott to John Wilson Croker, dating 1815 to 1932, bequeathed by Croker’s widow to Follett Pennell and Rev. George Stanton Barrow, now dispersed at auction. The letters include Scott’s remarks on Wellington and the Peninsula and requests about a Scottish music collection for the Prince Regent.
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John Wilson Croker
London
New York Times
Sir Walter Scott
George Stanton Barrow
Scott
Croker
Battle of Talavera
Arthur
Duke of Wellington
Talavera
Peninsula
Male or Female Teachers From the Baltimore Gun
A New York board of education report sparks a debate among women teachers over gender roles in schooling. It questions whether men teach different, perhaps harsher, styles while noting economic pressures and the moral implications of pay parity. Also reported is a three day international roping contest in Muskogee with top prizes and regional representation.
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New York Board of Education
New York
Board of Education
Muskogee
Okla
Kantox City
Drake
Wier
Oteer
W. Wier
Kermit, Tex
J. Hillson Carrew
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Missouri
Joseph I. Gaines
Shoreham
Baines
Washington
Chicago
Suick
Formal Functions in Kansas City Prompts Formal Neighbors
From the Kansas City Journal a quip on neighborhood feuds ends with a joke about formal residents and imported machine guns. The Detroit Free Press column shares a boastful man claiming lifelong success, met with a witty rebuke about trying to interest someone else.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Detroit Free Press
King Edward lies unburied in royal vaults at Windsor
The corpse of King Edward rests in St George's Chapel's royal vault nearly nine months after death. Debate continues on whether the coffin remains there or will be moved to a memorial chapel or sarcophagus. Legends surround the vaults as British royals interred there are recounted, with tales of ghostly sightings and disputes over resting places.
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Royal Vaults
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
George
Queen Alexandra
Royal Vault
Albert Memorial
Duke of Clarence
Albany
Alexandra
Henry VIII
Jane Seymour
Charles I
George III
Queen Charlotte
George IV
William IV
Hanover
Victoria
Printe
Frogmore
Howard VII
Prince Alexander
Sandringham
St George's Chapel
Albert Memorial Chapel
Charles
Davidson
Iit
George ‘Tv
England
Alderman Coughlin Sings Father Hymn to Rev Barton's Task
Chicago alderman and poet laureate John J. Coughlin unveils a hymn titled Father written for Rev. WW Barton of Oak Park First Congregational Church. He hopes Barton will set it to music and perform it in church events amid Barton’s prize for best hymn about fathers.
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Chicago
John J. Coughlin
WW. E. Barton
First Congregational Church of
Oak Park
Barton
Mr. Barton
Zion
Congress
Elope at Fairfield Offer by Connecticut Justice of the Peace
Bridgeport Connecticut dispatch describes J P Boyle Fairfield Center Drug Store proprietor elected justice of the peace offering elopement package. He will ferry couple by auto to town hall obtain license transport them back to his store set up floral altar marry free of charge give chocolate and kiss the bride optional. He praises Connecticut marriage laws and envisions Gretna Green fame for Fairfield.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Dispatch
New York World
Fairfield
John . Boyle
Center
Fairfeld
Town Hall
Mr. Boyle
Connecticut
Gretna Green
Bones of Henry VI unearthed at Windsor Chapel in 1471 tomb
Remains of Henry VI were dug up at St George's Chapel Windsor to settle doubts about the grave site. Dr Macalister reported the skull was damaged and the body small for its height, with some bones missing and a pig humerus found among the remains. The bones were reburied in the crypt.
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New York
Henry VI
England
Tower of London
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor
Tower
Thames
Chertsey Abbey
Richard II
Windsor Castle
Macalister
Cambridge
Chertsey
Christmas Morning Fun in Lestie's Weekly
Christmas morning scenes unfold as Minna Irving describes bright toy sounds and child delights. The piece paints a joyful morning with children in costumes and gifts, a mother’s tender blessing, and festive laughter echoing through the home.
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Minna Irving
Rosy
The Three Cherry Trees by Walter de la Mare satire
A fragment from the Saturday Review discusses a girl described as a half educated creature amid a verse about three cherry trees. It critiques feminine roles and language use with satirical spelling and garbled phrases. The piece references stereotypes and linguistic misuses in a playful tone.
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Walter de la Mare
Saturday Review
St Louis Republic
Walla
The Influential Rubbernecks at Weddings and Funerals
From the Atchison Globe this note praises the rubbernecks as the town’s opinion makers who attend weddings and funerals to shape public sentiment. They judge appearances, marriages, babies, and a woman’s talents, influencing social fate.
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Atchison Globe
Close shave on majority sparks bribery claim in Capitol
In the Capitol corridor Representative William W. Wilson of Illinois and Representative John D. Dwight of New York discussed a tight majority. Wilson quipped that any Republican winning by more than 57 seats last election could have done so by bribery and corruption, raising a sensational insinuation.
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Washitya
New York Herald
William W. Wilson
Illinois
John D. Dwight
New York
Capitol
Mr. Dwight
Dlinois
Mr. Wilson
Pennies in the Weat from the New York Sun
A decade ago cents were rare curiosities in commerce but now they demand wide use. About 60,000 were ordered from Washington. San Francisco scorns the penny, preferring the nickel, though rumors grow that the cent is gaining traction there.
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Xore Sun
Washington
San Francisco
Spanked in the Next Town in Winsted and Barkhamsted
A Winsted and Barkhamsted family, Henry Perry and wife with five children, live split between Wallins Hill house partly in both towns. They eat in Barkhamsted and sleep in Winsted. When boys misbehave, punishment occurs in Barkhamsted, but spanking takes place in Winsted.
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Winsted
New York American
Henry Perry
Wallins Hill
Barkhamsted
Birds and Blossoms In a Dream and World’s Fair Debate
An old poem fragment speaks of a beauty in a shaded arbor while a later note discusses Brussels reports on opposing a Berlin world’s fair. The author mocks American enthusiasm, praises a grand pleasure resort, and ends with satirical reflections on gender, patriotism, and trust.
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New York Evening World
Brussels
Kaisen Wilhelm
Berlin
United States
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A satirical column questions notions of extravagance and youth in marriage, contrasting financial woes with social faux pas. It observes how prejudice and age influence behavior, noting experiences in boarding house parlors and attitudes toward gender.
Visiters' chats on Puerto Rico and New Orleans notes
The report covers opinions on Puerto Rico as a winter resort noting hotel shortages hinder development and urging up to date accommodations. It also recounts New Orleans drainage and ant gambling law impacts, opium and drug use trends, and naval station value in aiding docks and repairs.
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Forto Rico
Seid RE. L. Arnold
New York
New Willerd
Porto Rico
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