Taft Policies and Labor Harmony Shape 1909 News
The Washington Post discusses Taft's new policy direction, Congress relations, and the push to curb unwritten laws while addressing interstate commerce, farm futures speculation, and Nicaraguan issues. It notes labor capital harmony efforts by Capital Traction and Washington Electric Railway, Tammany and Hearst party dynamics, and reflections on boxing legends and cultural topics of the era.
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Taft
Resent
Congress
Pinchot
Fingy
Conners
Streteh
Lammany
Mr. Hearst
Siaving
Independence Party
Tammany
Hearst
Basia
League
Ue New Lapensation
The Judicial Temper and Judge Gaynor
The piece argues that bench service tends to create a hardy judicial temper rather than a political stance. It cites Andrew Jackson and Mayor Gaynor as examples, noting restraint in loquacity and the tension between bench bearing and public forum.
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Gaynor
Boston Globe
Ong Tech
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Taft
Gledt Gaynor
Lombroso
Emancipation of Woman Raised by James Hagerty
Prof James M Hagerty discusses Lecite's claim that female emancipation yields social issues. He argues education delays marriage and childbearing, possibly improving quality but introducing unresolved problems. He notes healthier offspring and shifts in home duties, religion, and state education roles.
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James M Hagerty
Mrs Deland Talke on Suffrage From Harper's Weekly
Margaret Deland argues against universal female suffrage in a New York lecture excerpt. She cites fears of illogical feminist logic, notes manhood suffrage as unproven, and asserts women should not have the ballot or government authority while doubting their fitness to vote or oversee children.
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Prom
Harper's Weekly
Margaret Deland
Archbishop Whately
Jean de Castellane
Vicomte d Harcourt
Comte d'Hausconville
Marquse de Vogue
Exenne
Lisbon
Toumer
Paria
France
Colonial Army
Foreign Legion
Margeliles
Africa
Asia
Kellerman
England
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Upyright
Hroutwood Company
Solange de Lesseps to wed Duke's son in France link
Solange de Lesseps, the eldest daughter of Ferdinand de Lesseps, set to marry the Duke of Tamanes' elder son, linking the De Lesseps family with the Spanish nobility and Empress Eugenie. The piece notes Solange's recent life among European royals, her relatives by marriage, and mentions Ferdinand de Lesseps' Panama venture amid the collapse.
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Solange de Lesseps
Tamanes
D? Ferdinand de Lesseps
Suez Canal
Tim
America
United States
Empress Eugenie
France
Hagrand
Comte de Miramou
Baron Prosper de la Grangé
Malaga
Netherlands
Liege
Bruges
Kirkpatrick
Clesburn
Sir Charles Kirkpatrick
Clenburn
Henri Grevigny
Eugenie
Solduge de Lesseps
Theny
Eulalle
Kingdom of Spain
Alfonso Att
Furnin
Griminal
Duke of Jamanes
Madrid
Metropolitan Police
Gaborlon
Lecocq
Gaborian
Kerlock Holmes
Accidents in the District Highlight Rail Fatalities
Health Officer Woodward reports elevated street railway casualties in the district for the year, with seventeen deaths at grade crossings and twenty dead from railway incidents. An investigation by the electric railway commission is ordered to extend to steam rail hazards and grade crossings.
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Woodward
Winck
Numr
Dearth of Labor and Revival Signs in Industry
The article notes a labor surplus in some areas while others seek workers for a brief spring census project. It cites increased employment in mills and stores, employer efforts for worker education, and a surge in charitable giving by capitalists, with Philadelphia firms offering stock and educational programs. It also covers Tammany's stance and leadership choices amid political strife.
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Durand
Direstor Wond
Raat
Jesus Haw
Bss
Philadelphia
Stetson Manufacturing Company
Ite
Falthfm Service
Wanamaker
Wil
Beirg
The Curious World Of Baseball Dope And Superstitions
A lengthy reminiscence praises baseball as the greatest athletic sport, noting the sport’s uncertain play and the allure of its rivalries. It recalls Historic Western clubs of the American Association, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Louisville, and St Louis rivalries, and mentions Old Pete Browning’s superstition of stepping on the bases after each out.
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Tallaera
Ton~ Notoners
Acale
Old American Association
Comiskey's
Cincinnatis
Pittsburgs
Louisvilles
Louis
Pete’ Browning
Feld
Trust Regulation and the Trust Problem in Open Markets
An analysis argues that both Roosevelt and Taft favored regulated trusts rather than prohibition. It stresses that large corporations are inevitable, but that trusts harm only when secret, unregulated, or anti-competitive. State and federal regulation can curb evils while preserving efficiency and growth.
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Taft
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Washington
Hittleworth
Thomas B Wilcat
Portland
Pacifc
Wilara
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
West
Willie
Wilcox
Hallday
Pacific Coast
Orient
Withula
Japan
Mr Wilcox
Manghurie
Bread and Butter in Public Schools Debate
Pittsburg Gazette-Times cites Franklin High School principal Webb arguing for a "bread and butter" approach in public schooling. He urges training toward self-supporting, industrious livelihoods rather than heavy emphasis on advanced mathematics and culture for all students. He warns against overvaluing diplomas and calls for studies aligned with pupils future station and readiness to earn a living.
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Pittsburg Gazette-Times
Webb
Franklin, Pa
Spen
Cocktail Promiscuity Sparks Marriage Annulment Claim
Mrs Leveret Hubbard sues for annulment in New Jersey chancery court alleging cocktails left her insensible and married to Hubbard after dining and theater in New York. The report notes the era’s bachelor “men about town” habit and warns of liquor’s dangers alongside editorials criticizing philanthropy abroad.
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New York
Leveret Hubbard
Sait
New Jersey Court
Mrs Hubbard
Misa Nightis- Bate
New Benford
Hubbard
Mr Hubbard
Astor
Marrief
Mrs. Nightingale Hubbard
Ancient Bward Tumscs Reveal Ferocious North American Beasts
Ancient Bward Tumscs discusses new La Brea discoveries near Los Angeles showing a massive American lion and saber tooth cats coexisting. It explains how the lion’s size and hunting style contrasted with saber tooth strategy, and suggests battles between these carnivores were common in North America’s late geological periods.
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North America
Jobe C Merriam
Harpers Weekly
Te Noth
Rancho la Brea
Los Angeles
William Bebb
Bebb
Netche Mies
Leidy
Dher
Brea
Ilona
A Modern Pilgrim in January Practice Poem Recites Reform
A four stanza verse traces January reform themes with Yoln Kendrick and a judge as speakers. It depicts sinners wavering, vows breaking, and renewed virtue across weeks in January, concluding with hopeful sentiment despite winter’s storm. The piece blends moral reflection with seasonal imagery from a National Magazine excerpt.
Views of Visitors in Washington on Remington and Labor
A Washington crowd discusses Frederic Remington as a pioneering painter and observer of animal action, noting his influence on art and the broader impact of his death. The piece shifts to voices on labor, Roosevelt’s popularity, and a cross section of issues from wage debates to the Pacific trade with Japan, plus Russian repression and the Tchaikovsky case, with observers in San Francisco and Washington offering insights and context.
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Frederic Remington
John M. Burke
United States
Raleigh
Ike
Baris
Dyitk
Remington
Stlin
Atillefe
Tremington
Ike Remington
Shore
Abu
Pine Ridge
Lieut
Casey
Lien Col Charley
Taylor
Stemington
Reminiton
Ron Netor
Omaha
Case
Rettington
Reflections of a Bachelor and a Slap on the Wrist
Fragmented miscellany notes from a Washington correspondent recount a satirical look at euphemisms for money and marriage. Quips trace a newspaper clipping from New York Times and Parisian jokes about billion dollars and counting, ending with a brief vignette of a woman fainting and a man recalling support in emergencies.
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Easter Post
Washington Pork
New York Times
Ifca
Chicago Examiner
John
Meeeemant
Peetar Aefiote
Divorce fashions and the uncommon man voice
The Chioags News reflects on divorce becoming common and advises readers to value individuality. It contrasts dignity with pomposity and suggests men may pity or envy bachelors during early married life, urging readers not to be common.
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Prom
Chioags
Star in Pegasus Winks Like a Signal Light
A peculiar variable star in Pegasus can be seen to fade and brightness over a few hours, appearing as a wink or signal. The description notes irregular fading and brightening within two to three and a quarter hours, observed through a telescope in early reports from Harper’s Weekly.
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Harper's Wetaly
Pegasus
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