Washington Post 1910 12 24 Potash Controversy and Railroads
The piece argues Germany’s potash law harms no real American interest, urging patience and diplomatic handling by the State Department. It laments restrictive U.S. politics and notes railroads outpace government costs, with high income yet stock declines due to regulation and wage pressures. It observes capital shifting abroad while infrastructure expansion lags.
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State Department
Germany
America
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Iron Horne
United States
Treasury
Stanger
China
Turkey
Megest
Canal Progress Faces Chagres Floods and Culebra Slides
The Record notes Panama Canal builders confront a Chagres River freshet reaching 1087 feet above sea level, raising Gatun Lake surface to 26 feet, and ongoing slide risks at Culebra cut. Causes include surface flows, structural breaks, and clay disintegration. experts urge continuous scolopiat attendance and cautious wall construction until full depth is reached.
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Alhajuela
Gatun
C W Hayes
United States
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Abandoned Island St Helena Shrinks From Global Trade
A marine journal notes St Helena’s decline as a shipping port and residence hub after Suez Canal changes. The island’s isolation grows, inhabitants depart, and annual supply visits remain rare. The essay contrasts Napoleon’s exile with Europe’s onward destiny and commerce, reflecting on transitory human fortunes.
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Boswellism in Biography in Gosse's Lectures
Edmund Gosse critiques Boswellian bias in biography noting that true Boswellian touch marks sound biographies. He cites Johnson anecdotes and the diary method of Gray and Mason as pivotal innovations that shaped modern biography and influenced later writers.
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Boswell
Johnson
President Roosevelt
Mrs. Eddy
Champ Clark
Uncle Joe
Senator Blank
Yat
Uttler
Tennyson
William Mason
Hig Frland
Gray
Mason
Bagwell
Protection in Louisiana and the tariff issue in politics
The piece argues for a strong Republican presence in Louisiana to support tariff protection. It contends tariffs are essential for government revenue and industrial prosperity, urges voters to back Republicans, and suggests a multi party system would balance Democratic dominance while preserving protectionist doctrine nationally.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Washington
Congress
Loysiana
Bke
National Democratic Party
United States of America
Hom
Amusing phrases drift into a legal court scene
The noisy jumble of quotable lines touches on love letters in court, amateur sleuths, and humorous asides about signs and fireproof beards while skimming through wartime fantasies, air torpedoes, and old naval tricks. It mentions Germany’s talk of destroying London, Quito’s dynamite ship, and Doc Cook’s return aboard the George Washington with nostalgic references to the cherry tree.
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Saturday Evening Post
Germany
London
Adam Maxim
Mathematica
Schley-Sampson
Santiago
Doc Cook
Johannesburg Rise and Progress in South Africa
A Pall Mall Gazette excerpt reflects on Johannesburg evolving from a desert settlement to a bustling city in a decade. It notes rapid municipal growth, a 4 mile ridge at 6,000 feet, nine hours of sunshine daily, and the oddity of suburban domestic labor arrangements. It contrasts dramatic modern development with a mythic sense of wonder.
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Johannesburg
Pall Mal) Gazette
South Africa
King George plans for coming year in royal sequence
King George and Queen Mary will spend January at Windsor and February to March in London for the expected birth of the Queen. No royal abroad until after the coronation with a first state visit to Austria. Balmoral remains a fishing and rest haven. Royal household roles shift to regular duties.
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England
Windsor
London
Balmoral
Austria
Nestor
Marienbad
Homburg
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Canada
United States
George Bryce
Winnipeg
Dominion
Arlington
Ottawa
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid
Winnipes
Press and the Tariff Battles Refuted by Election Outcome
The article argues that claims newspapers shaped tariff sentiment in the campaign lack evidence. It notes party organs remained aligned with their typical positions, independents split, and voter shifts in Maine Wyoming did not prove Mondell’s thesis. It says newspapers fought their tariff battle in Congress and accepted the result.
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Maine
Mondell
New England
Foss
Vox Populi on Committees and Speaker Powers
The piece argues a House reform to create a committee on committees, warning that a Speaker could become powerless while committees gain power. It recalls past Speakers like Blaine and Banks, contrasting eras of committee naming with today’s partisan dynamics and urging caution over concentrating control.
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House of Representatives
Edmund Burke
Champ Clark
James G. Blaine
Congress
Nathaniel P. Banks
Blaine
Naval Pageant at Canal to Open Panama Link
A Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch editorial urges a world naval pageant to honor the canal opening. It envisions battleships sailing from Hampton Roads to Washington and then to Panama, with 100000 to several hundred thousand spectators witnessing a grand international naval rendezvous.
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Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Great Canal
Washington
Chesapeake
Great Atlantic Seaboard
Panama Canal
Heart of Napoleon Found in St Denis Cathedral Heart Case
Paris correspondence reports a discovery in the Cathedral of St Denis linked to the Napoleon heart inquiry. Investigators opened a long‑sealed reliquary vault revealing heart coffins of French kings, with a gold heart casket marked V but no Louis XVII heart. officials speculate the heart may be Napoleon’s, moved from St Helena after autopsy.
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New York Times
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M. Dujardin-Beaumetz
Fine Arta
M. d'Angilas
France
Louis XVII
M. d’Anglas
St. Helena
Henry Hudson the lion undergoes tumor operation
New York Times reports at the Central Park Zoo keeper Snyder performing a neck tumor removal on 14 month old Hon cub Henry Hudson. After a tense struggle with nets and a bag, the cub is restrained and the fibrous mass excised with seven stitches.
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BU Snyder
Central Park Zoo
Hon
Fulton
Henry Hudson
John ‘W. Smith
Snyder
Mistletoe Debate Spurs Practical Crusade by Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture pursues a practical fight against mistletoe seen as a parasite in southern forests while ignoring its mythic history. Oklahoma's mistletoe emblem boosts local pride and revenue as harvests peak and shipments head to northern and eastern cities.
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Boston Transcript
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Belder
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Matthew Arnold
Lord Lovel
Hig Bride
George R.hall
Free Lancs
Oklahoma
Thor
Peter Jones
Santa Claus
Beams of Red Holly and Starry Night Hymns
The piece blends seasonal verse about holly and Christmas wreaths with a reflective meditation on Bethlehem star and divine guardianship. It references Augusta Hancodl and Ruth McHinery Stuart, plus lines that echo traditional Christmas poetry and nursery rhyme cadence.
Tremendous Undertaking to Get a New Play Accepted
Ref-Hot Playa from Lippincott's recalls Clyde Fitch’s remark on the difficulty of seeing plays produced and shares a humorous English anecdote about a playwright and an actor. An actor jokes that the room is chilly and orders three more mannequins to be added to the fire.
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Lippincott’s
Clyde Fitch
James
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A columnist quips about political ambition and social behavior noting December slows political activity and public candor. The piece comments on how people say things behind others' backs, gender dynamics in relationships, and the fluctuating morale of men facing domestic tensions.
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Chicago News
Jae
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical piece notes affection as habit and mocks moral pretenses. It quips that moral conscience is dulled by chloroform and asserts that love should aim to make partners happy. It envisions mothers hoping for presidential sons and wives for millionaire husbands.
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New York
Interpreting Cuban tension and US annexation view
Col J Hial Shoenfelt of Okla and other interviewees discuss Cuba’s unrest under Gomes and Guerra. They argue annexation by the United States would stabilize Cuba, boost land values, and open money making opportunities for Americans, with Zayas as likely next president.
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Munkogeej Okla
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Cube
Col Shoenfelt
Raleigh
United States
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