Cummins Not a Quitter and Tariff Reform Debate
The piece discusses Gov. Cummins of Iowa as a persistent tariff reformer who cycles between principled stands and tactical concessions. It cites support from allies, critiques by opponents, and reflects on broader Republican clashes over protectionism and party unity amid reshaping leadership.
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Iowa
Fessenden
Connecticut
Maantey
Maine
Cumtins
Republican Party
Dlf
Democratic Party
Boston Herald
Roosevelt
Paris Presses and Political Strife in Senate Debates
A long, satirical column reviews Senate maneuvers and Democratic dissent led by Cullom Foster and Kom, lampooning opposition tactics, arbitration treaties, and party infighting. It also touches on Parisian morals, America’s political scene, and assorted cultural notes.
Fragmented humor and quips from old newspapers
A collage of cheeky lines and brief anecdotes from Chicago, Cleveland, and Denver papers. Jokes on parenting misfortune, courting lore, Missouri’s oldest man, and pokes at politicians, gentlemen, and marriage dreams.
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Denver
Missouri
Joplin
Place du Carrousel makeover sparks Paris plans
The piece notes Paris officials will clear the Place du Carrousel, removing buildings and dull statues to create a landscaped space with fountains and gardens behind the Louvre. It recalls Napoleon’s use of the site, its historic ties, and related urban changes.
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Paris
Place du Car‘rousel
Louvre
Place du Carrousel
Napoleon
Europe
Legion of Honor
Tuileries
Place du Crrrougel
Louis XIV
Mile, da la Val
Pinca du Carrousel
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Count Mergen
Tualleries
Varennes
Eee
Ald
Tulerles
Irontaine
Perefer
Tite Ferlea
Tome
Sardou
Tattooed murals and the smell of politics and crime
The piece rails at fad advertising and a tattoo artist hailed as a society boon while recounting a bank robbery by Red Shirt Gordon and a skeptical take on Roosevelt and Parker contrasts. It notes Mellen denying a Senate run and comments on public figures and media hype with a wary eye toward credibility.
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Europe
America
Gordon
Red Shirt
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Vimcolf
Binner County Bank
Auburn
Cal
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R.A. Gordon
Hearey
Park
Aardan
Mr. Gordon
Phacashier
Placer County
New York
Regulation of Railroad Rates Attack Sparks Public Debate
From the New York Prion, the piece argues Roosevelt’s railroad rate regulation plan has twenty reasons against it. Railroad lawyers and Congressmen voice objections, while taxpayers who bear the rates remain unconvinced. The article notes railroad presidents openly oppose the proposal to abolish unjust rates.
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New Jersey
New York
Prion
Roosevelt
Mrs Green's Correct Idea Reworks a Quirky Lineup
A collage of comic lines from 1900s papers shows Hetty Green remarking that all the crooked ones are not yet jailed and a Houston Post gag about an armless man delaying a palm reader. Chicago Journal quips with a playful exchange about mistaken identity and a Southern dialect joke about races being held off to let money accumulate.
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Hwta Williama
London
August Telmont
Belmont Park
New York
Sandown Park
Hwfa Williams
Owen Wiliams
Temple Park
Marlow
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Elming
Niagara Club
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Batdown Parke Race Course Association
Hwa Witikaina Provet
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Millele Hall
Valea Langdon
Henry Meux
Williama
Meux
Mra. Williams
Lord
Lady Kenilworth
Ouida
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Aqueous Humor, The Mississippi Unleashed Across Arkansas
The Mississippi surged rapidly tearing fifty square miles from the Arkansas shore as water and art collide in a vivid metered metaphor, personifying the river as the Father of Watera and noting a dramatic, symbolic change in the landscape.
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Chicago Tribune
Mississippi
Arkansas
Watera
Insanity on Iowa Farms Aboard State Hospitals Report
The State board of control records 278 more insane patients in state hospitals year over year, totaling 9 580 across four hospitals. The piece debates rural to urban shifts, technology, and farm life as possible causes, noting no single adequate explanation and marking the topic as an unresolved, intriguing study.
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Keystone
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Warmshire
Roosevelt
Des Moines Register and Leader
State Board of Control
Iowa
Prof
Wilcox
State University
Kans
Csta Fe
Ufe
Hfe
Who Is The Murderer In The Railway Casualties Debate
The piece analyzes rising American railway fatalities and argues for block signals and automatic couplers. It cites 1908 figures, contrasts with British safety, and critiques American railroad practices while invoking Macbeth and contemporary political banter to illustrate public concern.
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Tatok
Sui
England
Great Britain
Congress
Beginning 4: a stray Tribune joke about a rich widower
The Chicago Tribune snippet depicts a rich widower wooing a young woman with a diamond ring described as a retainer. A Boston Transcript note mentions a national pure food law and women’s clubs driving reform. Cleveland Plain Dealer adds a quip about poets and laundry needs.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Just After the Wake from Illustrations Bits
A fragment describes Mrs Cassidy and Mrs Casey reacting to a man’s corpse with lively dialect. The scene hints at a wake and a character who “looked natural” and “joked for all the world like a blue man layin’ there dead.”
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London
Professors Waldstein and naval torpedo plans meet in Washington
In hotel lobbies Prof Charles Waldstein renowned archaeologist and Cambridge professor registered at the New Willard fresh from England. He discussed an international excavation plan for the ancient city of Herculeum and noted possible government support and German interest.
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Slade
University of Cambridge
Athens
New Willard
England
New York
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Washington
Ray Academy
London
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Filwart Pointer
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