Centenarian honors and international tensions in 1910s Washington Post
The Washington Post reports on foreign tensions after a Christmas day bull fight in Mexico City and a Pasadena incident with Japanese visitors. It also editorializes on honoring Augusta Georgia’s centenarian Jonathan Miller, compares age to wisdom, and cites the 12th census noting growing centenarian numbers.
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Augusta
Lse
Jonathan Miller
Elisha
Lexington
Heath
Stone
Newman Wnogss
Newman
United States
Woodrow Wilson on Speakership in Democratic Debate
Democrats weighing a second sober reflection on removing the Speaker's powers would have strong authority within the party to abandon the idea of committees on committees. Woodrow Wilson criticizes the lack of an official party leader role in the organic law and argues for a distinct constructive leadership position.
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Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilton
Brest Puty
Speakership power debate echoes in Democratic circles
A Democrat proposes stronger Speaker authority to direct Congress, criticizing a too silent Presidency. The piece argues Born leaders may be stifled by current limits, while praise for labor and civil service reforms surfaces alongside reflections on House committees and salaries.
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Col
Lafe Pence
Congress
Colorado
New York
Democrats
Champ Clark
Tom Marshall
Indiana
Aly
House
James K. Polk
Polk
Andrew Jackson
White House
Clay
Colfax
Kerr
James G
Bisine
Tom Reed
Canbon
Henderson
Iowa
Charles F Crisp
Georgia
Reed
McKinley
Fifty-first Congress
Jwho
Rees
Ways and Means Committee
Clark
The Freasury and the Banks Debate Central Bank Strategy
A national monetary Commission pursues a pro central bank campaign, arguing Treasury interference with the money market harms business. The analysis claims public deposits in national banks create monetary stringency when revenues exceed outlays, while disbursements spur unhealthy speculation.
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National Monetary Commission
National Treasury
Treasury
Olumea
Treasury Department
Treasury System
Commission
Treasury Board
Treasors
American Naval Reform
A London Times summary reports on Secretary Meyer’s Navy Department reforms under Taft. It outlines four divisions, central control, and reduced bureaus with potential abolition of some units. Emphasizes economy and efficiency, base realignments, and strategic shifts with Panama Canal implications and base moves in the Atlantic and Pacific.
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London Times
Washington
Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
Taft
United States Navy Department
Navy
Navy Department
Admiralty
Congress
United States Navy
Naval
Department
Director of Naval Construction
Navy Yards
United States
Atlantic
Mr. Meyer
Panama Canal
Charleston
Six Quills to a Novel From the London Chronicle
The piece argues quill pens remain essential for writers beyond officials. A habitual writer shuns steel pens since schoolmasters, preferring quills until the fountain pen offered convenience. Some novelists still favor quills for personality, noting quill repair is easy and affordable. A single quill can yield about 15,000 words with four mendings, framing novel cost in quill terms.
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London Chronicle
Almanac Risk and the Court in Louis Philippe Era
In France compilers of almanacs faced legal accountability for accuracy. Army contractor Ouvrard, pressed by creditors, was arrested after leaving his home due to debtors’ law. He showed almanacs claiming sunset had occurred, while another proved the sun had not yet set. He sued the almanac publisher and won damages.
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Lengou Uoronsole
France
Louis Philippe
Ouvrard
Ganzet
Guvrard
There She Blows at Amagansett Whales Sighted Again
The New York Tribune reports Amagansett seeing whales last week with sightings by Long Island fishermen. Crews chased the leviathans but could not close in to capture them. They note abundant whale feed offshore and a sharp lookout at the lifeboat station. A whale once captured nearby brought the fortune to sustain winter.
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House of Lords
Elizabeth
James I
James
Order of Baronets
Duke of Buckingham
Theobalds
Charles I
Charles II
Lords
Commons
York
Parliament
Westminster
House of Commons
Cromwell
New York Tribune
Long Island
Amagansett
Aod
Beng
Ife
Cleopatra
Ernest Budge
Alexander the Great
Lady Meux
Lady Moux
Susie Langdon
London
Budge
Palladinas
Hieronymus
Egypt
British Museum
Bogus Guest Lists Evoke Protests In Paris Social Circles
Princess Joachim Murat and other Parisian leaders denounce unwarranted guest lists for dinners by socially ambitious hosts. The piece contrasts European and American practices of publishing guest rosters, noting similar denials from Duke of Somerset and Lady Meux. It also traces Lady Meux’s Egyptian art patronage and literary donations, plus a brief note on Spain’s nonroyal royal family losses and family feuds surrounding Queen Christina’s fortune.
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Joachim Murat
Murat
House of Wey
Paris
Europe
Duke of Somerset
Duke of Norfolk
London
Carlton Hotel
Paria
Democrats Harbor Christmas Worries Over Tariff Tale
The New York Tribune looks at Democratic gloom after November wins. It notes voter anger over living costs and the Payne tariff, fears a Republican Senate limits showdowns, and predicts intraparty knifing. It praises tariff revision aims and candied political rhetoric.
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George G. Hi
New York Tribune
Senate
Longworth
Ohio
Tariff Board
Taft
Congress
Boy Clings To Kite In Rox Borough Sky Ride
A year-old George Harpwell of Minerva street Roxborough rode a large box kite as it lifted him aloft. The rope cut his hands and he clung to a chestnut tree for hours until rescue. He suffered cold and bruises but survived the perilous ascent.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
George Harpwell
Minerva Street
Roxborough
City Hall
Shorty Ater
Harpwell
George
Schuylkill
Chestnut Hill
James Brogan
Whistler and Verity in Haldane Mackal’s Art Commentary
The passage discusses Whistler’s art and his limits in achieving vastness, contrasting beauty with sublime emotion. It praises his mastery of mystery and restraint, noting his instinct against crude imitation and his ability to render life’s subtleties through color while hinting at glimpses of the Great Designer.
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Haldane Mackal
Whistler
Turkey’s Army Upgraded by New Regime Says General
General von der Goltz reports to the German Asiatic Society that Turkey is improving its army under the new regime. He spent seven weeks in Turkey observing maneuvers at Adrianople and admires commander Makhmed Shevket Pasha. He predicts notable future impact if war comes in ten years. He notes Turkey has pacified Albania and seized 110,000 serviceable rifles.
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Royal Houat
Spain
Duke of Kianzeres
Isabella of
Christina
Ferdinand
Nunez
Duke of Rianzeres
France
Isabella
Duke of
Rianzeres
Princs del Drago
Don Giovanni del Drago
New York
Marquis Campo Sagrado
St. Cyr
Turkey
SpHugtend Republican
Turkiah
von der Golts
German Asiatic Society
Adrianople
Makhmed Shevket Pasha
Vari der Goltz
Albania
New York Messenger Boy Santa Delivers $50,000 Jewelry Heists
Gene Reichgott, a Wise News York Postal messenger, carried two bundles worth about 8000 dollars from Cartier in New York to Washington, guarding them overnight. He delivered a pearl necklace to a Robbins family and received two ten dollar tips, then returned home with the receipts.
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New York
Santa Claus
Washington
New York American
Cartier
Fittz Avenue
Gene
Capital
Retchgott
Peter Goelet
Gerry
Nessachusetts Avenue
Nix
Richard Townsend
Stan
Robbins
A Beggar’s Warm Feet Across the Way
In a rustic monologue a beggar smiles across the street at a man with cold feet and no shoes. The speaker notes the beggar’s cheerful stance as frost blows by, while his own feet freeze. He suspects the beggar hides a joke as he laughs and mocks the speaker’s discomfort. The tale ends with the speaker envying the beggar’s warm, wooden peg feet.
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Daly
Catholic Standard
Ant Times
Dea
Deesa
The Closing Year Poem From The Philadelphia Record
Poetic reflections on time and effort, urging a life well lived as a lasting memory. Includes satirical note about Biobbs Scribbler and a remark on Blobbs plotting declines of drama.
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John Kendrik Bamgs
Helper's Weekly
Philadelphia Record
Biobbs
Blobbs
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A collection of quips and wry maxims on social conduct temperance and money. The pieces play on family gender roles and appearances while poking at everyday hypocrisy with humor.
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A compact humor piece notes that good judgment often fails when money is staked and mocks self loving lovers. It critiques men who feel noble while their wives serve them, and remarks on artistic temperaments in families needing support from others. It ends with a quip about taxi rides and borrowing.
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Chicago News
New York Press
Compromise seen in Panama Canal talks urged by Walker
Minneapolis industrialist Thomas B. Walker argues for a Pacific coast-New Orleans compromise on the lakes to the gulf project and Panama exposition. He says New Orleans should back the waterway and allow California to gain canal prosperity, while urging broader support from Democrats and Cuban and Central American developments.
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New Orleans
San Francisco
Thomas B. Walker
Minneapolis
Northwest
Walker
Gulf
Mr. Walker
New Ebbitt
Pacific Coast
Lakes
Newy Yard
Meyer
California
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Hallan
Kentucky
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Pida
Philippine Savings Banks
American Naval Reform
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Whistler and
Verity
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Berlin
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