Why the House Recedes In The Washington Post View
The piece critiques Speaker Cannon and the House of Representatives for retreating from independent debate. It argues Republicans and Democrats praise the House yet concede to Senate power by new rules. It condemns the creation of intervening machinery that blocks direct majority action and urges preserving free speech in the House.
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Joe’ Cannon
House
Senate
Cannon
Leele
Republicana
Democrats
House Committee On Rules
Congress urged to fund transport of small denomination notes
Secretary Khaw and supporters press Congress to require the government to bear the cost of transporting and redeeming United States notes and certificates below ten dollars. The goal is clean currency for distant localities, reducing reliance on scattered bank issues and easing monetary discomfort.
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Washington Gladden
Colunbus
Ohio
Khaw
Congress
Gislanden
Shaw
United States
Treasury
District of Columbia
The Lesson of Experience and Constitution Reform
A historic reflection argues that amending the U S Constitution is practically impossible through formal processes. It notes the long drought of amendments since the original, except for three war amendments, and asserts that change has relied on constitutional force and public will. The piece warns that future suffrage changes depend on state control and leadership acceptance of the lesson, not legal coercion.
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Congress
United States
Gettysburg
Bryan
Roorgvelt
House of Representatives
Senate
Republican Managera
Roaring constitutional clash fuels party rivalries and foreign row
In a sweeping review of national politics the piece derides proposed amendments as impractical while arguing the Constitution already grants broad power to Congress over key issues. It mocks Roosevelt Davis as a fickle figure, notes Democratic revival in the House, surveys German actions in Brazil and Samoa, and laments foreign policy tensions with Germany and immigration.
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Webster Davis
Theodore Roosevelt
Davis
South Africa
Democratic Party
Mr Davis
Pericles
Brutus
Earth
William Tell
William Wataca
Merione
Nework
Roosevelt
Germany
Brazil
Monroe
United States
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Bismarck
Demented rulers of the old world vivid in monarchs crown and asylum
A sweeping survey notes European rulers hailed as sane yet ruled by lunatics, citing Bavaria’s King Otto and Lippe’s Charles Alexander, with regents and abdications. It traces German principalities Reuss Greiz and Baden, plus a relic tale of French Bourbon link to the exile and a Graz heir, ending with the aged Count de la Roche and the historic Grimston line.
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Otto
Bavaria
Prussia
Vics
Waldemar of
Lippe
Charles Alexander
St Gttbenberg
Ansbach
Germany
Gildenberg
Philadelphia
Leopold of
Prince Henry of
Reuss Gera
Grand Duchy of Baden
Leonard
Laula
Frederick
William
Baden
France
Graz
Geunt
Charles Ferdinand de la Roche
Duke de Berry
Charles X
Louis XVII
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVIII
Versailles
Tuileries
Mme de Recamier
Count de la Roche
Comte de Provence
Comte
Ora
Scotland
Austria
Royal Duchesse de Berry
Corte de Chambord
Henry V
Countess de Chambord
Gimy
Order of the Holy Ghost
Duke of
Berry
Louvel
Paris
Count de Lni Roche
Earl of Verulam
Hertford
Essex
High Court of Justice
England
Francis Bacon
James I
Verulam
St Albans
Prunes Bacon
DY Fontenot
Pointed Paragraphs and Quotes on Manners and Morals
A fragmented passage parodies diplomatic boasting and personal ethics, noting memory over force and cautioning against self praise. It contrasts masculine virtue with gentility, cites moral dyspepsia from verbal excess, and ends with a cheeky line praising a cheap phonograph to ward off unwanted callers.
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The
Chicago News
Edison promises revolution in power production
New York World interview with Thomas A Edison outlines a future where electricity is produced at mining mouths or via direct coal-to-electric processes, eliminating coal transport and boilers. He predicts electric railways, cheaper lighting, and widespread wireless power reach, with airships and faster ships possible on a fully electrified world.
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James Creeiman
New York
Atlantic
Hollson
Llewellyn Park
Tajnes
Thames
London
Mr Edison
New York Central Railroad
Menlo Park
Henry Vilard
Tim
Willard
Wall Street
Edison
New Jersey
New York City
California
United States
Mendeleeff
Eaison
DuBais
Reymond
University of Berlin
Something Doing in the Country Band Practice Oddities
A fragmented column recalls a local band in Paw Paw Kansas, critiquing early rehearsals and performers while mixing in rural anecdotes from Cypress Ford Cor Shepherdsville News, with odd vignettes of town life, a preacher, goat feed, and bustling streets. The piece blends humorous notes on music and neighborhood happenings with outlandish editorial asides and brief notices from various towns.
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Cypr Ford
Cypress Ford Cor
Shepherdsville
Amily
Stellie
Chad Nippins
Chad Misker
Shuren
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A fragmentary column notes school as poor for learning and hints at gout and aging. It mentions doctors’ view of real sickness, a wife trusting her husband only when not crowded downtown, and a college graduate finding no support afterward.
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New York Press
Notable Figures Gather at Washington Hotels in Mixed Talks
Hon Richard Yates, former governor of Illinois, visits the Arlington to address the Supreme Court on Caleb Powers' case. Charles Boettcher of Denver cites sugar tariff issues, while Rep Lovering questions cotton-yield estimates. James R Foraker and Wiss Phoebe Cousins among guests. discussions touch politics, industry, and social life in St Louis.
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Richard Yates
Linois
Arlington
Yates
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Caleb Powers
Gov Godbel
Kentucky
Philippines
United States
Charles Boettcher
Denver Cole
New Willard
Congress of the
Minn Mon
Colorado
Agricultural Department
Census Bureau
James R Foraker
Ohio
Raleigh
Cincinnati
United States Marshal
New Mexico
McKinley
Senators
Wiss Phoebe Cousins
St Lows
Uggs House
J E Cougas
Aigor
St Louis
Miss Couztns
United
How Men Change from the Philadelphia Press
A fragmentary dialogue scene shows Mrs Olden critiquing marriage patience while a New Bride praises her husband. The exchange hints at themes of affection versus expectation and marital dynamics in a fragmentary column.
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Philadelphia
Mirs Newbride
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