The Secret Document Sensation in 1910 Washington
The article discusses Secretary Dickinson's confidential report to Congress and the broader U S stance on defense and diplomacy. It notes naval, land, and financial considerations, Taft’s restraint, and Carnegie’s $40 million peace donation plan. It highlights Cuba’s Diaz and the evolving role of the United States as an international arbitrator. It also celebrates the rise of Southern white boy farmers and agricultural modernization as a new force in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
Congress
Hawaii
Philippines
Japan
Russia
Mexico
Nautral
Yellow
Tores
Taft
National Council of Defense
Sipaiumt
Fens
Ieall
Washington
Gomez
Agririo Diaz
Cuba
Carnegie
Western
Europe
Orient
Desideratum
Avery
American Journal of International Law
Cernegia
Hague
Henry W Grady
New England
South
New South
Grady
Virgina
Texas
Dickens
Thackeray
Middle West
England
Confederacy
Boston Herald
Charles Francis Adams
Lord Palmerston
Gladstone
Tefferson Davis
Lord Russell
Palmerston
Mr. Adams
United States
Victoria
Adams
Real Conservation and the Pheasant Plan in Louisiana
A historical column extols the chicken and domestic fowl as economic assets and discusses Louisiana's plan to import five hundred Chinese pheasants for introduction and propagation. It notes breeding, captive holding, and five years of legal protection before hunting, criticizing wasteful slaughter of birds and arguing for conservation of insectivorous species as a greater long term gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Delta
Louisiana
The
Game Commission
F. M. Miller
Commission
Corvallis
Ore
General Assembly
Cumberland
Tennessee
The Cuban Conspiracy and Cuban unrest deepens
The Cuban republic endures rising unrest after the army commander’s removal and the dispersal of troops suspected of disloyalty. A recent seizure follows an abortive two month old plot, with Gen Guerra blamed for his downfall and reportedly seeking reinstatement by appealing to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuban
United States
Gomez
Havana
Gen
Guerre
Gen Guerra
Washington
Bipartisan tariff plan eyed as 1912 Court of public opinion
The article discusses Col Watterson’s Bipartisan tariff proposal, aiming to educate voters about revenue tariffs and pursue a cross party revision. It predicts Democratic leaders guiding a tariff for revenue while seeking Republican Senate support, with a test case before the 1912 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cot Watterson
Congress
House
Senate
Col
Watterson
New House
Forest Plans and Civic Skepticism in Washington Area
A critical column questions a national forest reserve between Washington and Baltimore and mocks a forest restoration ideal as impractical. It contrasts this with a feasible Washington Baltimore boulevard project and lightly riffs on various political and social topics of the era.
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Washington
Baltimore
Civic Federation
Federation
Congress
George Washington
Potomac
Washington-Baltmore Boulevard
Paris Stock Exchange and Hapsburg Court Notes
The article traces the Paris stock exchange’s evolution from the Paris de la Paria era to the Palais de la Bourse built 1808 1826, and outlines surrounding landmarks. It also discusses royal titles in Austria Hungary Belgium and the fate of Archduchess Stephanie Longay with claims of ambassadorship hopes and court restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falletty
Mrcky
Rowe
Farrs
Stock Exchange
Place de la Bourze
Granda Boulevards
Banque de France
Napoleon the
Charles the
Palais de la Bourse
Terletta
Church of the Madeleine
Arc de Triomphe
Palais Bourbon
Ruskin
Rome
Owl From Chimney Trashes Flatbush Home
New York World reports patrolman Charles Pfeffer found an owl in his Flatbush home after a Santa Claus tale sparked a chimney commotion. The bird smashed chandeliers and startled the family, then was captured with a waste paper basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Charles Pfeffer
Snyder Avenue
Flatbush
Creamer
Pfeffer
Neck Road
Kinker
Dadda
Santa Claus
Pfeifer
Savage Elephant's Unlikely Bronx Bond
The death of Mrs Lucretia Hawes triggers memory of her weekly visits to Gunda the Bronx Zoo elephant. For ten years she fed and befriended the morose Indian, guiding keeper Walter Phellman in maintaining trust despite his temper. Their rare bond yielded photographs and shared moments of gentle connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Lucretia Hawes
Feabody Home For
Boston Road
The
Bronx
Gunda
Bronx Zoo
Hawes
Walter Phellman
Calif ornia Babies Worth Four Thousand Each
Opinion piece from the New York Word debates a California health board claim that babies are poor investments. It lampoons the statistician’s figures on cost to raise a child and value at age ten, urging mothers to judge true worth by care and love rather than numbers. It warns mothers would repudiate such cash estimates.
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Opistons de Statietnis
New York
Papa
Teenina
California
United States
National Conservation Committee
Board of Health
English Secretary Counters American Beauty Fitness Fears
Mr. Joan Gray, secretary of the British Anthropometric Committee, disputes John Alexander's claim that American women's changing habits will soon erase feminine beauty. He argues athletic training affects pose but not lasting form, noting any muscular traits fade in children and that modern gains may be temporary like fashion trends. He cites the example that athletic women may show broad shoulders now but future generations revert to earlier Victorian traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York Herald
Joan Gray
John Alexander
East Side growth would dwarf major states in 1900s New York Times analysis
The East Side below Fourteenth Street covering 1092 acres, mostly residential, would house about 654,388 people by 1910 if kept at the city’s growth rate, surpassing Delaware, Nevada, Arizona and Alaska combined. At century’s start it would hold 130 million souls if as densely populated as its thousand acres.
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New York Times
Fourteenth Street
Manhattan
East Side
Delaware
Nevada
Arizona
Alaska
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Thousand Acres
Peckalip
Hast River
Fourteenth
Jatreet
Ferry
Pearl
Center
Marion
Prince
Mulberry
Bleeaker
Bowery
Third Avenue
Haat River
United States
Philippines
Samoa
Guam
Hawaii
Hig Ruling Passion at Cleveland Pinla Center
In a Cleveland Pinla Center scenario a young suitor asks for a daughter's hand. The millionaire counteroffers with a $100,000 grant on one condition: the youth must secure a matching sum. The youth, hopeful, proposes that a $200,000 investment could yield sufficient income, but the plan collapses as the necessary funds are not forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Pinla Center
Mionaire
Guam as Pacific Key and Fortress in American Policy
A 1900s style analysis notes Guam and Pearl Harbor as essential Pacific defenses. It recalls a humorous 1898 incident when Commander Glass bombarded Guam, sparing Spaniards due to powder limits, and argues strong bases deter enemies from attacking American possessions.
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Guan
Glass
U. W
Charleston
Manila
Dewey
Guam
Cavite
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
A Christmas Hint
A Christmas hint urges loosening up during the season with playful quips about merriment and generosity. The verse teases Santa, laughter, and scattering money, inviting readers to loosen up and enjoy Christmas cheer.
Hats In The Night High School Chase At Central High
Women pupils at Central High School engage in hat chasing a practice never done by day school pupils. Hats range from turbans and capes to high, decorated headpieces. The scene features a variety of styles, including Parisian creations and bonnets dating back to 1893, with women insisting on freedom to wear any hat under school rules. A stray quotation questions moral ethics about wielding a journalist’s revolver for a self-inflicted death story and then pawning the weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaores Gay
Central High School
Pointed Paragraphs From Chicago and New York Papers
A collection of pithy lines on honesty courtship politics and gender roles. Satirical notes critique campaigns savings wives and pride in spectacle while contrasting public virtue with everyday desires. Several remarks reference newspapers and public life with wry humor.
Port of entry plan seen as vital for New York state
In Willard Hotel reflections Frederick J Quinby of New York argues Montauk Point port and Great South Bay deepening will cut Atlantic crossing time and boost Long Island growth. He cites Spanish War troops, rail activity, and rising real estate as signals of regional potential benefiting New York City and state.
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Congress
Montauk Point
Great South Bay
New York City
Frederick J Quinby
New York
Willard
Eace Place
Long Island
United States
Europe
Monteéuir
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Washington Post CO
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Eesr
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Spa
Édngratula
Mr. Carnegie
Weather Bureau
Marie Henry
Dreadnoughts
Indiana
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Ballinger-Pinchot
Illinois
Ain
Hen Barry
Broilers
West Point
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South Pole
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Spain
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Alice of Austria
Ferdinand Montepuove
Renata
Jerome Ragziwit
Stephanie
Count Hloner Longay
Paris
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Count
Count Longay
Vienne
House of Lords
Althoust
Francis Jozeph
Hungary
Hlemer
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Tonyay
Stephanis
Countess Longay
Imperial House of Hapsburg
Belgium
Lonyay
Gladys Vanderbilt
Norah Iselin
Harriet Daly
Lazio Szechenyi
Count Collorede-Mannafeli
Sigray
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Budapest
Seine
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Fiditor Post
George
Ito
G. A. Cowles
Carson Indian Schoo
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Nev
Alvan A. Tenney
Columbia Universalty
John Gray
Ares
New York Evening Sun
the House OF the
Priscilla Leonard
Agan Wungeen
W J. Lampton
New York Tribune
Loogen
Wear
New York Telegram
Chicago News
Cordelia
New York Press
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New Jergy
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Republican Party
New Jereer
Tempora
Ami
Twan
Wilson
Relph D. Cole
Ohio
Ralph
Arlington
State Committee
Perkats
Miayha
Mr. Cole
Kansas City Journal
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