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The Brownsville Affair Defends Lincoln's Policy of Dismissals
The President defends his action in Brownsville, arguing a the necessity to dismiss vaunted guilty soldiers to preserve army order and reputation. He asserts the culprits were identified as men from three infantry companies and that the suspension applied to named individuals, not a blanket army discharge. The piece frames the conflict as a hard test of presidential power in peacetime.
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United States
Bryce Named British Ambassador to Washington
The United States appoints James Bryce as Ambassador near the Capital, a choice seen as flatteringly unconventional. He is a historian and Liberal leader, valued for public life and policy work on Anglo Irish relations, though some question the trade off of losing his cabinet role. The American public is expected to welcome him as a distinguished Englishman and representative of Britain.
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Great Britain
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Selection of Bryce as envoy signals US importance
The article discusses the choice of Bryce as ambassador, praising his tact and suitability for the role, while noting the embassy could become a center for Washington's best social and intellectual life, with an emphasis on Irish-American appreciation and the no-frills approach. It also critiques President Roosevelt's recent political landscape and contemplates upcoming national issues and potential candidates.
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Reflections of a Bachelor in the New York Press
Fragmentary reflections argue about deceit in courtship and gender roles, noting a bachelor’s view of women's pretenses and honesty. The excerpt hints at misleads during dating and the tension between appearances and truth in romance.
Epidemic in St Louis Inspires Community Reflections
The St Louis Republic reports a growing epidemic in St Louis amid national headlines, noting the city’s focus on the World’s Fair and contrasting late outbreak with local vigor. The piece mentions family disputes and a divorce case influenced by the excitement and social strain sparked by the situation.
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Bates Defends Panama Canal Vision and Costs
Lindon Wallace Bates, noted Panama fairs engineer, challenges Roosevelt’s canal message as optimistic. He argues long, costly deficits loom, urges public awareness of finances and technical realities. Bates cites his work The Crisis at Panama and cautions against delays, calling for an Isthmian waterway and transparent calculations.
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Lindon Wallace Bates
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Bates
Panama
If He Could He Would Scatter Wealth to Help the Poor
From the St Louis Fast Dispatch a poem contrasts Croesus like Mr Creemus with a future where wealth is shed among the needy. It envisions a humble farmer life free from mortgage weight, preferring simple labor and quiet wood life to the gold obsessed existences of the rich.
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Diamond Mining Advances in Kentucky Prospect
Nashville American reports a breakthrough in Kentucky diamond prospects with Elliott County installing a South African style diamond washing plant. Testing begins January 1 to evaluate Kimberlite deposits similar to Kimberley rocks, marking the first US effort to assess large scale diamond mining potential amid past aluvial finds.
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Hustling Bit Tull Joins Police With Unusual Feats
New Jersey towns boast a six foot eight inch, eighteen pound strongman named Hustling Bit Tull who enters police work with claimed special fitness. Known as the strongest man locally, he lists miraculous strength feats from lifting a horse to riding it again, plus accurate marksmanship and long distance running. In contrast, a British ship officer describes feeding babies with hose and nipples to immigrant Portuguese children arriving from the Azores aboard the Suveris, claiming the method aided their nourishment on deck.
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Fragmented Chicago story offers grim social aphorisms
The passage railes against idle talk and moral lessons from a Chicago paper. It hints at social norms about marriage, charity, and reputation with sharp, old fashioned guidance. The tone is cautionary and satirical, reflecting era attitudes toward propriety and duty.
Queen Victoria’s strict royal marriage law revealed in Cambridge diaries
The Cambridge diaries edited with royal consent detail Queen Victoria’s refusal to meet Mrs Fitzgeorge, wife of the Duke of Cambridge, due to England’s royal marriage laws. The memoirs also illuminate the duke’s removal as commander in chief by Campbell-Bannerman and Victoria’s restrained response.
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Bobs Up Serenely in Canal Zone Debate
Poultney Bigelow critiques the President's canal report calling it misleading and a Wall Street circular in tone. He argues the Taft reservoir failed during the drought and questions the claimed success, noting water presence depends on rainfall and that the facility was dry when most needed.
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Taft
Pulsations of a Watch Describe Its Fifty Year Life
The article explains a watch’s life span of fifty years, noting the balance vibrates 15 000 times per hour, 432 900 times daily, or 157 680 000 times yearly. It multiplies 157 680 000 by 50 to yield 7 584 900 000 pulsations over fifty years, suggesting the watch remains in even development-like condition if well made.
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TATTLING DUKE AND DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH RECONCILIATION DENIED
London dispatch reports that contrary to society talk the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough remain adversaries. The duke offers reconciliation while the duchess refuses, aiming to appear at court and avoid banishment. Financial strain drives the duke to lease Blenheim. the duchess plans Sunderland House sale.
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He's Not Satisfied From the Chicago News
A narrator muses on a man's virtues and flaws in a verbose verse about romance. The speaker doubts the suitor's fit, praising style and eyes yet lamenting debt and cigarette habits. The poem closes with the speaker noting his parental stance and protective doubts.
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The Meaning of Caliber in Firearms Use
The Philadelphia Record explains caliber as firearm bore diameter and extends its meaning to describe length to diameter ratios. It notes examples like a .22 caliber bullet and a forty five hundredths inch bore, plus naval and pistol usages where bore length relates to shooting qualities.
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The Doctor by Schweninger Draws Fire From Berlin Faculty
Berlin cable reports Prof Schweninger, once Bismarck’s physician, has written The Doctor a sharp indictment of modern medical practice. He attacks medical science as an art, criticizes university training and the handling of patients while recounting his own ostracism from Berlin’s medical establishment after Bismarck’s death. He claims universities trap doctors with ballast and greed, leaving medicine opaque and ineffective.
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Money and Fame in a World of Wealth
A verse from the Chicago Record-Herald contemplates money as the enduring measure of value from birth to death. It laments the supremacy of wealth in society noting how money dictates respect, power, and the ability to influence, while moral judgments hinge on financial standing.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Panama Canal Pamphlet Opens Roosevelts Rhetorical Stall
The New York World reports Roosevelt sent four congressional messages in two days, praising canal progress while denouncing critics as sensationalists and doubters. The Panama pamphlet stands out as a brisk literary flourish amid his lengthy policy notes.
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The Simple Life Will Come And Nervousness Debate
Chicago specialists on nerves advocate a shift toward a simple sane life as the city battles rising stress. Dr John R Murphy warns against continued nervous prostration while noting western life is more strenuous and eastern gentleness is lacking. Wealth Commissioner Whalen says nervousness is waning worldwide though a dissenting report argues it is a national malady. A Boston Transcript piece on kleptomania cites a German professor who piloted a butterfly collection, with his fixation driving him to send his wife on butterfly hunts and nearly causing accidents.
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Unfriendly Bear Delegates Closed Season Comedy in New York
Farmer David Kyler hunted foxes in New York when a bear attacked him. He defended himself with a gun and killed the bear after a violent encounter. Game Warden Finnegan arrived and noted it was closed season for bears, prompting Kyler to quip that men also deserve the season.
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Railroads barometer of national business in Raleigh chatter
In Raleigh hotel lobbies, visitors discuss railroads as the country’s business barometer amid fare hikes and a surge in traffic. Nashville attorney Sydney F Andrews notes rising car shortages and law changes complicating railroad operations while speakers praise Washington and Fauquier County hunting customs and Virginia hospitality.
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Marriage a Lottery and Hard Luck Story
A dispatch reports Henry Hillen in Amityville shooting Frank Brenner after Brenner mistook him for a burglar. Brenner is dying in Nassau Hospital after being shot three times in the head. Brenner later sought aid at Albert J. Boston’s house where a bystander struck Brenner with a club to stop an apparent intruder. The article also notes a sensational tale from Smolensk describing a local lottery where the prize is a young woman with a dowry, used as a marriage “lottery” in Russia.
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