District and Congress clash over city funding and apportionment
A Washington editorial argues Congress should treat the District as a coequal partner in funding, condemns using the national budget to curb local needs, and warns against overreaching economies. It notes committee shifts and census-based apportionment concerns, stressing equal responsibility between city and national government.
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Imsteid
Congress
House
Tstrict Committee
Washington
Taft's final lap and looming tariff fights in Congress
A long, divergent column reflects on Congress’s last weeks of the Taft era. It notes expected fights over rivers and harbors, the army and navy bills, canal fortification, ship subsidies, tariff commission, and other big appropriations, predicting chaotic but pivotal days ahead and a possible wave of decisive action in the final twenty days.
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Congress
Taft
House
Senate
Conference
Navy Bil
Tarif Commission
Tariff Commission
Azession
Aesop on greed and the commuter fare tale
A parable warns that greed for instant gain harms the goose that lays golden eggs. A leading railroad firm proposed higher commuter fares, sparking weeks of press noise and a $21,000 monthly deficit. Town merchants and rural residents deplored the move as harming trade and daily life.
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Aesop
New York City
Aso
New Svork
Hanne
Trang
Republics and monarchies in South America and Portugal
Discussion contrasts South American republics freed from dictatorships with England's historical role and flags. It argues military rule cannot sustain liberty, notes Portugal's fate tests republicanism, and claims a republic's fall would hinder Europe’s advance toward better governance.
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England
Portugal
Jo Jean
Himergon
Stugf
Corporate system debate urged as path to cooperation
The Churchman reports Mr Perkins addressing the Quill Club on the need for cooperation among owners managers employees and the public to end the wasteful clash of interests. He argues modern industrialism expands ethical duties and that autocracy by capitalists risks revolution and chaos, contending the corporate system is impractical to abolish and essential to civilization like modern transport systems.
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British Post Office
Henniker Heaton
Heaton
Post Office
Reforma
Oliver Twist
German Cay
Australia
United States
Great Britain
United States Postal Service
Perkins
Loeb and Roosevelt split over Taft stance outlined
Brooklyn Eagle reports Collector Loeb pledged neutrality in a possible break between Taft and Col Roosevelt. The piece notes insurgents fear a Taft renomination and predicts their tactic of nominal support in 1912, with a push for a radical Republican in 1916.
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Taft
Harry Crist
Brooklyn Eagle
Loeb
Col. Roosevelt
Colonel
New York
Mr. Taft
White House
Portugal's Navy Shown In Decadence and Royal Ties
A 1910 feature rails at Portugal's navy for failing to deliver medicines to cholera-stricken Madeira, condemning it as a drift toward reformatories and weak leadership. It contrasts old imperial glory with a modern force reputed for sending able officers abroad. The piece then shifts to Lord Minto, detailing his career in India Canada and Scotland, his family, and his castle at Minto in Roxburghshire, with folklore and historical nods to Walter Scott.
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Cervera
ScAley
Santiago
Admiral Schroeder
Cuba
Guantanamo
Cape
Inj
Madeira
Vasco da Gama
Tynes
Portugal
Marie Amelie
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Orient
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Harum Acarum
Rolley
Eton
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Auteuil
London Morning Post
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Simla
Calcutta
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Kurrum Valley
Louis Cavagnari
Cabul
Lord Lansdowne
Violat
Lord Charles Fitzmaurice
Lord Laisdowne
King George
Egypt
Tel-él-Kebir
Riel
Mibtd Castle
Teviot
Billiot the Brave
Thurot
Isle of Man
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
England Divorces See Calls for Law Overhaul
The New York Times notes England’s divorce commission, led by Lord Gorell, has heard testimony from many sources over eleven months. The report may push substantial changes, including gender rights, money damages, and making divorce easier while guarding against abuse. Sir Edward Carson argues for higher damages. overall, testimony favors greater freedom of divorce though full equality is unlikely.
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The
New York Times
Divorce Commission
England
Lord Gorell
Edward Carson
Building the WV. P. From the Denver Post
James Parks recalls Apache attacks while working on the Union Pacific road to 68 enjoying a retirement gift after 42 years service. He describes dangerous conditions, harsh weather, and frequent troop protection as he helped push the line westward from a Belfast born immigrant to Colorado.
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Denver Post
Union Pacific
James Parks
Mr. Parks
Cheyeside
Mgr. Parks
Belfast
Ireland
Pennsylvania
Sixth Corps
Shéridan
Grant
Colorado
A Voice From the Plains Defends Western Women
Lurana Sheldon from the New York Times argues against city stereotypes. A plains woman asserts authenticity, intelligence, and purpose, claiming women from the West value brains, bodies, and meaningful work over fashion. She rejects city fashion as a sign of degradation and emphasizes human salvation through honest deeds.
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Lurana Sheldon
New York
Alps
Chicago
London Echoes and Beauchamp Clark Story
London imagery reflects city life and empire notes in a Harper's Weekly piece. The second item traces how James Beauchamp Clark adopted the nickname Champ Clark, explaining pronunciation choices and the common usage of his name among peers and reporters.
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Harper's Weekly
James Beauchamp Clark
America
Jaméa
John
James
Aleo
Clark
Thiet
James Ara
Beauchamp Clark
Beauchamp
West
Beecham
Reflections of a Bachelor in the New York Press
A humorous reflection on social roles features cheerful martyrdom as feminine and brides regaining sense, a politician’s downfall prompting repentance, and money spent gilding sin contrasted with virtue. The piece wields witty aphorisms about women, men, and domestic life.
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New York
Views of Visitors in Washington on Money and Politics
Prominent visitors in Washington express views on high living costs caused by American wealth abroad, noting Europeans’ changed standards and the impact of lavish spending. Viscount Hollender criticizes Americans for elevating living costs and tipping, while others discuss unemployment in England, political trends in Colorado, and real estate and construction in New York and the Southwest. The group includes David Day of the Durango Democrat, George Mould of a New York construction firm, and traveler W. W. Green, with remarks on Panama celebrations and regional economies.
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Paris
Cambridge
Europe
Ood
England
George
Horges
King George
Viscount Hollender
America
Washington
New York
George Mould
Raleigh
Manhattan
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Mould
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Mr Mould
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