Cummins tariff crusade and department hours debate
The piece argues Gov. Cummins of Iowa remains a tariff reformer who has not quit, ends up siding with protectionists for party harmony, and notes revival of reform sentiment despite Roosevelt gains. It then questions an alleged executive order to extend government hours to 8 am with Saturday half holiday, suggesting it reflects broader discipline and staffing concerns rather than a real change.
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Cummins
Iowa
Fessenden
Connecticut
Maantey
Maine
Cumtins
Republican Party
Dlf
Democratic Party
Boston Herald
Roosevelt
Congress
Cir
Political Row and Social Observations Across the Nation
A wry column mix of Senate friction over arbitration treaties and Democratic discontent, plus social notes on Paris morals, temperance schemes, and political misfires. The piece laments party decline in Pennsylvania, mocks reformers, and highlights culture clashes from Washington to New York.
Wisdom and Wit From Old Newspapers
A collage of quips and anecdotes from multiple papers including the Chicago Tribune and Cleveland Plain Dealer. Jokes touch on courtship memory and aging, while moral maxims critique politics and manners with succinct witticisms.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Paris Carrousel changes draw Napoleonic memory inland
A London and Paris style column traces Place du Carrousel redesign from ruined medieval blocks to a landscaped space with Louvre backdrop. It connects Napoleon era memory to modern commissions while noting social figures Hwfa Williams and Lady Williams and a tangential tale from Philadelphia.
Tattooing and public notices in a changing society
The piece contrasts European and American tattoo practices, critiques fad advertising, comments on political figures and bank crime notes, and notes public concerns about milk adulteration and whisky trends, highlighting sensationalism, rhetoric, and social changes across business and politics.
Regulation of Railroad Rates in New York Prison
There are at least twenty reasons why Roosevelt's plan for regulating railroad rates should not be enacted, but these are offered by railroad lawyers and Congressmen, not by the people who must pay the rates. The combined railroad presidents oppose the President's scheme to abolish unjust rates, showing the present system is wrong.
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Paris
Charles Wagner
Paria
Fevele
Amerigand
Renorta
Adme
Ar Sven & Mush
Avenue l'Opera
Parisian
London
New York
Faria
Wagner
Keystone
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Warmshure
Roosevelt
Citlaen Paklenkewaki
Chicago
Himael
Pakawsaki
Ahart
Tana
Pokowski
Kowski
Johnson
Hawkins
Po, &c
Hia
Fall River
Wall Street
Tom Lawson
Hwta Williama
August Telmont
Belmont Park
Sandown Park
Hwfa Williams
Owen Wiliams
Temple Park
Marlow
Thames
Sandown
Societ
Elming
Niagara Club
Sandown Park Racing Association
Williams
Batdown Parke Race Course Association
Hwa Witikaina Provet
Willams
Millele Hall
Valea Langdon
Henry Meux
Williama
Meux
Mra. Williams
Lord
Lady Kenilworth
Ouida
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Gordon
Red Shirt
Gordon Preaented
Vimcolf
Binner County Bank
Auburn
Cal
cHahier
R.A. Gordon
Hearey
Park
Aardan
Mr. Gordon
Phacashier
Placer County
Prion
Bonetebort
Washington
Navy
Maison
Bureau of Ordnance
Port Arthur
Navy Department
Dia
Alaska
Nevada
Horhood
Maryland
Virginia
Colorado
Arelinis
Nouth Carolina
Mrs Green s Correct Idea
Hetty Green says crooked ones are not yet in jail. The line is from the Baltimore American as a quip about vernal names and marriage to a parson. A humorous note on Hetty s notoriety and social satire.
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Col. Greene
Col. Lawson
Colorado
Denver News
Baltimore American
Hetty Green
Hetty
Aqueous Humor and Mississippi River Race Sparks Chaos
The Mississippi surged swiftly across the nation tearing fifty square miles from the Arkansas side of the river in a dramatic, lightning quick upheaval. The Father of Watera jeers at the scene as artists of change flood the scene with awe and comment.
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Chicago Tribune
Mississippi
Arkansas
Watera
Insanity on the Farm Report Sparks Iowa Debate
The Des Moines Register and Leader notes 278 more insane patients in four state hospitals, totaling 9 580. It questions rural life versus city influence, citing Prof Wilcox and varied theories on rising insanity and suicides across Iowa farms. The piece says the issue is unsettled and will not be quickly resolved.
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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 Casualty Debate
An in depth discussion questions who bears blame for rising railroad deaths and injuries. It contrasts American railway casualties with British rates, urges block signal adoption and automatic couplers, and notes Congress action as a path to safety improvements amid broader transportation growth.
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Tatok
Sui
England
Great Britain
Congress
Beggar Weds Retainer In a Gilded Encounter
A rich widower courts a young lawyer's partner as a joke. He slips a diamond ring on her finger and calls it a retainer. The scene, drawn from a Boston Transcript excerpt, mixes marriage intrigue with satire on money and law. A parallel note from Cleveland mocks laundry and a quip about adder cash registers.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Just After the Wake from Irustrated Bits
Mrs Cassidy notes a funeral scene with Mrs Casey remarking the deceased looked natural and Jonked in a way likened to a blue man laid out dead in the imagined broadcast of the Irish wartime mood.
Prestigious archaeologist Waldstein visits Washington in wake of planned Herculean dig
Prof Charles Waldstein a leading Cambridge archaeologist and former head of the American School at Athens arrives in Washington after a London meeting with diplomatic and scientific figures. He discusses an international plan to excavate the ancient city of Herculeum and signals European government support and potential involvement of Germany and Britain.
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Charles Waldstein
Slade
University of Cambridge
Athens
New Willard
England
New York
Waldstein
Washington
Ray Academy
London
Diptomatic Corps
Tadling
Filwart Pointer
Yoshouhd
Europe
Boafser
Lowbet Oy
Det Waldstedis
Ioyal Academy
Lelit
Patuneil
Ingland
Lee d
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New Orleans Board of Trade
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Louvre
Place du Carrousel
Legion of Honor
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Place du Crrrougel
Louis XIV
Mile, da la Val
Pinca du Carrousel
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Chicago Journal
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