Advantages of Washington as Capital, 1909 outlook
Washington Post article outlines the district's advantages in 1909, noting its wide streets and clearer air, compares transit with New York and Chicago, and urges stronger public service arbitration. It argues for improved police and medical inspections, and suggests government arbitration to settle railroad and labor disputes affecting the public. It also reports Secretary Wilson's efforts to curb high prices and push thorough investigations into trusts and price setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dany
Washington Post
Washington, D.C
Post-pMoost
Washington
D.C
Fats Escuk
Fifth Avea
New York
Hartford
Chicago
America
Philadelphia
Metropolis
Newc
Pittsburg
District of Columbia
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Pune
Dr Wu remembered for humor and healthy living
The obituary recalls Dr Wu as a humane, witty man who valued body care and balanced living. He warned a Lusitania group that life is short if one eats poorly and urged Americans to slow down, pace work and play, and schedule leisure and mindful eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wu
Laboring Man and the Labor Question in 19th Century Debate
A fragmentary text debates who counts as a laborer including clergy merchants printers cooks and farm workers while lamenting a proposed labor party as folly. It also discusses labor roles from doctors to sailors and the social fabric around industry and sport, with a scattered critique of football and athletic associations and a quotation from Joseph de Perret defending football as a pastime while warning against excessive brutality.
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Hanker
Two
Kansas
Navy
Gamin
Ioltas & Gaifte
Alaim
Scotland
Atlantic
Amateur Athletic Association
New York
Athletic Association
Joseph de Perret
Worcester
Mass
New York Evening Post
London
Arbitration debate over strikes and switchmen dispute
The piece describes a dispute over arbitration for rail switchmen amid national peace efforts. HB Pelham seeks federal arbitration under Erdman Act with possible Interstate Commerce Commission review. Governor Eberhart questions the appeal's legality, leaving switchmen to rely on President Taft and ICC action while the merits remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
R Oy Cherhart
Minneapolis
HB Pelham
American Federation of Labor
Omeo Washington
Ammienton
Erdman
Revenue improvement trims deficit in Taft era
New York press reports a sharp rise in government revenues and reduced deficits as December receipts reach 34757,90 and expenditures decline. Despite later changes, the year shows a surplus for December, with total receipts near 17,481,703 and expenditures lower, improving the Treasury outlook though cautions against escalating spending persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury
Taft Rae
Evolution of football from brutal rugby to modern game
In archaic prose the author describes brutal football as seen in earlier times and contrasts it with the evolved form now popular in England and Canada. The piece notes rugby’s harsh style gave way to a more controlled game, with American attempts at adoption largely unsuccessful aside from Canadian colleges embracing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
le Jana
America
Elf
Plan to strip Lords of veto power on finance measures
A Liberal plan, backed by a noted Irish MP and constitutional expert, proposes a writ of summons to remove the Lords veto on financial bills. It would allow a small quorum of bishops, law lords, hereditary peers, and other peers to sit, enabling passage of Commons bills without full Lords consent. The idea risks constitutional crisis and faces strong opposition within the Lords and among Liberal leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
House of Lords
Scotland
Irelend
Lorda
House of Commons
Commons
Lords
Stamps Spark Public Debate Over Christmas Postage Policies
The piece argues against using stamps resembling political or advocacy labels such as Votes for Women and urges banning imitation stamps except the Red Cross Christmas stamp. It notes potential public nuisance, warns authorities, and calls for government action to prevent confusion in the mail system. It also reports street cleaners and snow shovelers in New York facing delayed pay, urging private relief if city funds fail.
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York
Red Cross
Postofice
New York American
Edwards
Board of Estimate
Parsons
Training Wrongly Directed and Its Athletic Dangers
From the New York Times this report argues that athletic training may become dangerous when not continued after peak activity. Lieut Come Reaves retired from a high school test due to heart warnings, illustrating how muscles trained for sports fail without regular use in later adult professional life.
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New York Times
Come
Reaves
Tie Heart Hix
Annapolidas
Coures
New Honors Rise and Royal Resistance in Peerage Market
The article notes a decline in new peerages for the first time since secession, with four new baronetcies amid eight extinctions. It details royal approval limits, King Edward's protests against selling honors, and the surge of 168 knights plus 300 other orders in 1909, totaling 543 new honors. Princess Alice of Bourbon and her controversial family are also described, along with British mislabeling prosecutions and Lord Carrick’s duties.
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Edward
F Km
Lord Desart
Tords
Petrage
Mherat Party
Midward
Ernest Cassel
Lord Salisbury
Stata
Halley’s Comet Seen In New York By Observer
Jerrett F Sarvisy notes Halley s Comet already visible to naked eye in New York near Columbia Observatory. Brightness fluctuates rapidly and mag changes from tenth to twelfth. near sun it may surprise again. By November visibility evolving with tail reported. planets Mars and Saturn in sky, May 18 potential close sun Earth pass, post moon waning may lift naked eye view.
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Jerrett F Sarvisy
New York
America
Halley
Columbia Observatory
Arles
Mara
Seturn
Senator Hanna Story Of A Boy In The Poorhouse
A historical anecdote recalls Senator Hanna visiting a factory when a red headed boy laments wishing for Hanna's money. The senator asks what he would do if granted that wish. The boy replies he would first free the senator from the poorhouse. The tale ends with the boy becoming a factory manager who never forgets the incident. Also mentions concerns about food profits and trusts.
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Joe Mitehell Waupae
Wotloast Maginnay
Hanna
Cleveland
Uncle Mark
Hanve
Pooorhouse
Jane
Postal Deficiency Tops History as Rates and Ship Subsidy Probed
The postmaster general warns the deficit this year will exceed 17 million dollars the largest in U S history. He hints second class matter rates may rise while opposing broad franking tax cuts and suggesting ship subsidies to aid mail service. A mix of proposals touches Congress with emphasis on cutting wasteful printing and campaign speeches. A second fragment cites poetry and a science note on sound waves and wasted speeches.
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Bélief Post
Hitchbeck
Congress
Departments
Washington
Ungton Wed 39 Prom the Chisago News
A fragmented snippet reflects on social opinions and evolving views of women. It references jokes about loafers, male friends, hopes like a magic lantern, and remarks on aging women and courtship, hinting at dated gender attitudes.
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Chisago
Perann
Tongs Distace
Fragmented Thought Fragments From An Erratic Speech Scene
A garbled, dreamlike monologue depicts confusions about control, losses, and belief. References to a person fishing and a nun emerge amid disjointed phrases about hell, comfort, and wisdom versus pain, with no clear narrative or outcome.
Mr Pinchot Calls Out Plunderers in U S Politics
The article reports Mr. Pinchot accusing the people of the United States of being complacent victims of a system of plunder by morally compromised individuals. It questions whether Pinchot knows the names of these “model citizens” and whether he should name them or clarify his statements for credibility.
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Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Pichot
Theodore Hoonevelt
Rancais
Hoonevelt
Ena
Mr. Eiltchensk
Resing
Nhield
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
A. M . Cochran
Haatian
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Horace Lurton
United States Supreme Court
Woom Stewart
Ashland
Willard
Tennessee
Oto
Immons
Bunter
Jackson
Severenn
Taft
John Richards
John W Warrington
Supreme Court
Chase
Waite
Harlan
Matthews
Ohle
Brown
Tennes
Day
Lurton
Tennessse
Virginia free of mob law amid 2008 lynchings watch
A New Tark Evening mail review notes that in the first eleven months of 2008 there were eighteen US lynchings or mob murders with Georgia and Texas leading. Virginia shows no lynching, praised for gentler treatment of Black residents and a calmer race relations scene.
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New
Tark Evening Mail
lnes-Dispatch
United States
South
Georgia
Texas
Virginia
Richmond
Commonwealth
Vireinis
Syneh Law
Mosib
Comemonwealth
Navy Reform Proposals Echo Meyer Shipboard Reorganization
A New York Washington correspondence analyzes Mrs Meyer Secretary of the Navy reforms. It details a plan to restructure naval administration by creating a general board, detailing rank officers for specialized study, and coordinating the naval war college with naval intelligence to improve policy making and maritime warfare readiness.
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Enghiah
Meyer
Bim
New York
Washington
United States Navy
Walte
Navy
Fuother
General Board of the Navy
Nary
Naval War College
Secretary of the Navy
Office of Naval Intelligence
Buch
Navy Department of the
United States
Board of Admiralty
Naval Service
Immigration and industry reshape Canada and Kentucky ties
Interviews with visitors at the Willard discuss American influence in Canada and its economic impact including wheat and nickel mining. Kentucky voices respect for judges, tobacco leadership, and concerns over price trusts as irrigation plans revive western farmland prospects and growing towns along expanding rail lines.
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