District and Congress clash over capital upkeep and apportionment
A debate on District subsidies and national capital funding argues the District is a partner city not a mere part of Congress. It laments shrinking District estimates, defends equal upkeep, and notes census shifts threaten representation while urging efficient committee work and avoiding overburdened Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imsteid
Congress
House
Tstrict Committee
Washington
Congress and Taft face final lap as bills lag
The piece discusses Congress returning for a final session phase with key bills stalled, including rivers and harbors, army fortifications for a canal, navy ship subsidies, and a tariff commission. It notes Taft hopes for progress, predicts long debates, and references wireless warfare and global political questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Taft
House
Senate
Conference
Navy Bil
Tarif Commission
Tariff Commission
Azession
Aesop’s tale on greed and a rail fare rise
Aesop warns greed harms more than the goose that laid golden eggs. A major railroad once raised commuter fares in New York causing deficits and reduced traffic, while rural residents and city merchants lamented the loss of trade and weekly town visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aesop
New York City
Aso
New Svork
Hanne
Trang
World view on Latin American republics and Portugal
The passage weighs the fate of Latin American republics once ruled by dictatorships and contrasts their progress with England’s historic role. It argues that military power accompanies authority, questions monarchism versus republicanism, and warns that Portugal’s form of rule affects Europe’s push toward improved governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Portugal
Jo Jean
Himergon
Stugf
The Corporate System and Modern Industry
The Churchman reports Mr Perkins urging cooperation among owners managers employees and the public to curb the wasteful war of interests. He argues the corporate system is essential to civilization and motor of modern transport past guilds and autocracy lead to chaos. only broad cooperation can reform capitalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Loeb and Roosevelt stance spares Taft, Roosevelts fallout?
The Brooklyn Eagle reports Collector Loeb will remain neutral if Taft and Col. Roosevelt break, denying claims of a Taft loyalist patronage dispenser. Insurgent Republicans fear Taft renomination and will stage a show of support, aiming for a 1916 radical Republican nominee while hoping for a 1912 defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Harry Crist
Brooklyn Eagle
Loeb
Col. Roosevelt
Colonel
New York
Mr. Taft
White House
Portugal's Navy Shames Public Opinion Amid Aid Delays
The revolutionary junta struggles to move medicines to cholera-stricken Madeira as ships refuse risky missions. Portugal's navy earns harsh reproach for slow acts, described as a fleet turned into reformatories by defections and fear of conflict.
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Inj
Madeira
Vasco da Gama
Tynes
Portugal
Marie Amelie
DIVORCE IN ENGLAND SEEN BY DIVORCE COMMISSION
A New York Times report comments on England s divorce commission led by Lord Gorell. After eleven months of testimony from varied sources, the panel is expected to propose substantial changes, including potential gender equality shifts and reconsideration of money damages to wronged husbands. Critics warn against abuses and emphasize making divorce more accessible and prompt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Divorce Commission
England
Lord Gorell
Edward Carson
New York
London
Ralph H. Allen
Poultry Chuir
Wales
Orpington
Building the West Point of the Union Pacific Tales
James Parks recalls his 42 years on the Union Pacific after retirement gift from the road. He describes Indian uprisings, brutal winters, and hardships along the line, including attacks, forced marches, and losses, alongside camp life and early travels to Cheyenne. Parks notes birthplace in Ireland and emigration to the U.S. with Sher idan and Grant era service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Post
Union Pacific
James Parks
Mr. Parks
Cheyeside
Mgr. Parks
Belfast
Ireland
Pennsylvania
Sixth Corps
Shéridan
Grant
Colorado
Voice From the Plains: A Plains Woman Defends Her Kind
Lurana Sheldon writes that she and Western women resist city stereotypes and fashion pressures. She asserts women from the West stay true to humanity, brains, and deeds, rejecting being judged as mere garments or signs, and proclaim their purpose and dignity.
London Poem and Beauchamp Clark Origin Tale
The piece opens with a poem praising London scenes seen through rain and traffic, contrasting dark alleys with bright shop windows and the empire’s heart in the city. It then shifts to a humor essay about James Beauchamp Clark, explaining how he shortened his name from James Beauchamp Clark to Champ Clark to suit pronunciation, noting common practice of calling him Champ Clark and the signature style used for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
James Beauchamp Clark
America
Jaméa
John
James
Aleo
Clark
Thiet
James Ara
Beauchamp Clark
Beauchamp
West
Beecham
Beau
Champ Clark
Underwood
Payne
Gomera
Reflections of a Bachelor in The New York Press
A column notes cheerful martyrdom is feminine and brides awaken on their own. It argues a man may regret politics after defeat and that gilding sin wastes money that could fund virtue. It quips that women value hidden items in closets more than outward trappings, if they could locate them.
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New York
Republic of
Portugal
Manuel
Portueat
Duainess
Southwest
W. W. Green
Raleigh
N. C
Oklahoma
Willard
Trieveler
Memphis
Oxlatoma
Arkansas
Haskell
Owen
United States Senate
Views of Visitors in Washington
Prominent visitors in Washington share broad views on rising living costs and American influence abroad. Viscount Hollender criticizes lavish American spending as driving prices higher worldwide while praising the country’s progress and sports culture. Other interviewees, including David Day and George Mould, discuss political trends, New York overbuilding, and optimism for 1911 economic prospects in the Southwest and California.
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Viscount Fertie Hollender
Paris
Cambridge
Europe
Ood
England
George
Horges
King George
Viscount Hollender
America
Washington
New York
George Mould
Raleigh
Manhattan
Bast Barta
Mould
San Francisco
California
Mr Mould
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Washington Frost
Feobree Oma
Carcier
Alexandria
Mall
House Census Committee
Samper
American Congress
Atlantic
Cervera
ScAley
Santiago
Admiral Schroeder
Cuba
Guantanamo
Cape
Heaton
United States Postal Service
Los Angeles
Robin
Santo Domingo-Haiti
Mrs. Eddy
Democratic Party
Bokhar
Paterson, N. J
Rhode Island
Macon
Rodriguez
George W. Perkins
Loeb and Roosevelt
Chicago
John Kelly
Patrick Duffy
Kelly
Duffy
Diorus
Jackson
Miss
New York Herald
Justices of the Peace
J M. Cade Hag
Xopher
Springfield
Mass
New York World
Xopher Jager
Minto
Lord Minto
Earl
India
Minto Castle
Roxburgh
Lom Auckland
Stevenage
Hawick
White Lady
Mints
Canada
Orient
Scotland
Harum Acarum
Rolley
Eton
Senate House
Auteuil
London Morning Post
Russia
Simla
Calcutta
Lord Roberts
Kurrum Valley
Louis Cavagnari
Cabul
Lord Lansdowne
Violat
Lord Charles Fitzmaurice
Lord Laisdowne
Egypt
Tel-él-Kebir
Riel
Mibtd Castle
Teviot
Billiot the Brave
Thurot
Isle of Man
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Gorell Commission
Great Britain
WV. P
St. Louis
West 144Th Street
No. 126
Argara Theologos
Orlea
Polly
Lurana Sheldon
Alps
Wilfrid GL Rendall
London Town
David F Day
Durango
Colo
Riggs
Mr Day
Vicksburg
Fifty
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Day
Parker
Roosevelt
Mr. Day
Shafroth
Supreme Court
Holgman
Harmon
Wilson
Andersonville
Florence
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