Weaning Fights Over Railroad Free Passes Stir Maine Debate
Maine Representative Hall of Dover leads a bill to require public service and common carriers to provide free passes to state officials. The Lewiston Journal condemns the idea as a breach of common honesty and justice. Critics warn such legislation could pass as states align with nationwide trends, while current officials face pressure to yield.
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Representative Hall
Dover
Maine
Lewiston Journal
Let It Pass Special Delivery Bill Urges Faster Mail
Debate over a House committee backed measure to allow special delivery letters without requiring specific stamps. Senders would affix 16 cents of stamps plus 2 cents for regular postage and mark outside of envelope Special Delivery for instant delivery. Advocates cite frequent delays for those without special stamps and question why this proposal was not enacted earlier.
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House Committee On Post-offices
Perscon
Lincoln and Roosevelt in Democratic Labyrinth of Party Loyalties
The piece argues that Theodore Roosevelt is treated as a Democrat by Connors and cites Lincoln as a contested Democratic touchstone. It contrasts Lincoln’s whig-like leanings with Democratic ideals, notes Roosevelt’s Hamiltonian stance, and discusses how modern Democrats align or diverge from historic figures while wrestling over party identity and allegiance.
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Lincoln
Roosevelt
le Hon
Connors
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Connars
Leeds
Democracs
Abraham Lirconum
Abraham Lincoln
Theodora Moosevelt
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
Alexander H. Stephens
Republican Party
Blair
Salmon P. Chase
Simon Cameron
Lyman Trumbull
John M. Falmer
William Cullen Bryant
George Hoadly
George W Julian
Oliver
Morton
Isat
Charles 11
Ifrasiener
Jefferson
Ives
Reamevelt
Ife
Democratic Party
Cnca
Gataz
Republ
Poe
The National Tailors and a Capitol Lesson in Harmony
A 1908 era notice extols the Merchant Tailors National Protective Association praising peaceful debate, central authority, and a fashion forecast for summer coats. It contrasts orderly tailoring with political rancor and lauds Congress for sartorial discipline in a national exhibition of styles.
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Merchant Tailors
National Protective Association of America
Capitol
Brownsville
United States
New York
Chicago
New Orleana
Seattle
An Francisco
St. Paul
Artrade
Congress
United Tailors of America
Supreme Court Decisions and Public Land Fraud Mentions
The text discusses Supreme Court decisions and public land frauds, noting government pass capacity and irritations at pardoned exemptions. It argues such actions should not drive citizens to strain the Constitution to expand governmental reach, stressing vigilance against overreach.
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Supreme Court
Left-Handed Barbers Stir Superstition in Shops
In a Chicago Herald piece a barber explains that left handed barbers are viewed as good luck charms or hoodoos. their presence allegedly disrupts work, causes accidents, and spoils customers. He cites incidents of a runaway horse and a police-killed dog linked to a left-handed barber, and notes shifts in business when such barbers join a shop.
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Knights of the Razor
New York
Julius
Tin
Peoulse
Austria Tax System Reveals Wealth and Civic Class Mix
Revenue data show nearly one million Austrians pay income tax with total incomes around 3.56 billion crowns. Tax take stands near 13 million dollars, with taxpayers distributed among officials, independent traders, capitalists, homeowners, and proprietors. The system is highly progressive, starting taxes at very low incomes and rising steeply with earnings. Also noted is a distant report on pearl-bearing mussel shells along Ungava streams used by Inuit and Eskimo communities, detailing scarce human life and pearl quality in northern shores.
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Vienna
Chicago
Austria
New York Haraig
Ungavsa
Cannes
Ceylon
Phape
Angéva
Rattler Knows Mayor Atlantis City Desk Visitor
Atlantis City dispatch reports a five foot rattlesnake prized by Mayor Stey. The reptile patrols his private office, striking the desk and startling staff. The snake arrived days ago on a hunting trip and now occupies the mayoral quarters with no sign of leaving.
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Atlantis City Dispatch
Cutrage Tribune
Stey
Mayor Stoy
Mr. Stoy
Reflections on Bachelor Mirth in The New York Press
Fragmented reflections argue women seek security from a husband while a hero is praised in books but real life needs bread and mutual respect. The piece mocks social pretensions, noting men pursue rhetorical politics while women evaluate worth and stability, and hints at gender expectations in marriage and society.
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New York Press
Min
Lord Wolverton's Rise to Fortune and Kinship Tales
A century spanning sketch traces Lord Wolverton and his Wall Street days, his Crimean veteran father in law, and the Dudley Ward lineage. It recalls Adelaide Wells and a fortune bequeathed, then outlines the Dudley ward family quirks, titles, and shifting peerage while noting English Lords oppose women’s suffrage.
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Lord Wolverton
United States
Lady Wolverton
Robert Ward
Adelaide Welleon
Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Freddie
Wolverton
Glyn
Mis, Currie & Co
Lombard Street
London
Sportamso
J Yechting
Arthur Paget
Royal Household
Lord In
Hersona Guatissima
Dudley
Charles I
Oliver Tromwell
Lord Dudley
House of
Henrietta
Fla Son
Humble
Praise God Barebones
Humble Ward
Ward
Hke
Lorad Dudley
Lacy Wolverton
Lords
House of Lords
England
House of Commons
Ané
Boroush
Lord Beauchamp
Lord Tweedmouthy
Lord Halsbury
L Jamies
Lord Londonderry
Lord Pomouth
Oliver Wallop
Margaret Walker
Chicago
Was His Own Grandfather in Quirky Family Tales
A Chicago Tribune reprint reports astonishing cases of convoluted kinship. tales from Utah and Philadelphia describe men marrying multiple relatives, producing self reference loops where husbands become brothers, uncles, and grandfathers to the same line. The humor turns to confusion as cousins, nephews, and step relations entwine in bizarre lineage twists.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Williem Harman
Titusville
Harman
Utah
Arthur
Harper
Harry
Chester
Billy B. Damm
Damm
William B. Damm
Hopstess
Philadelphia
Sarah Burny Elkins
John H Cotney
John
Cotney
Burns
Louis Cotney
Mary Burns
Ellsworth Street
Joseph Cotney
Margaret Burns
South Capital Street
Quaker City
Minnesota
Chicago
Go Dson
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth
Reckless Heathen and the Storer Return to Versailles
An excerpt contrasts a reckless heathen speech with a report from the Cincinnati Enquirer about Former Ambassador Bella Storer arriving in Washington. It notes a shift from expected residence near the White House to a permanent home at a Versailles villa, and hints at possible ties to Roosevelt friction and mediating friends resolving the dispute.
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Tro
The
Gnetnnati Enquirer
Austria
Bellamy Storer
Washington
White House
Storer
Vienna
Cincinnati
Versailles
France
Roosevelt
Famous Dogs of Poetry in Literature and Verse
A St Louis Globe-Democrat feature catalogs dogs in poetry from Homer to Burns and Shakespeare to Pope, highlighting Argus, Launce, Crab, and Luath. It notes dogs as faithful companions across Shakespearean plays and classic verse, alongside a modern collage of dog imagery and a New York World excerpt praising snowy scenes.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bacon
Honest of Crabbe
Argus
Ulysses
Homer
Shakespeare
Tray
Blanche
Taan
Theseus
Crete
Sparta
Thessaly
Verona
Launce
Crab
Crabs
Merriman
Crowder
Sliver
Bellman
Echo
Doge
Pope
Bounce
Tuc Hhonor
Burns
Highland
Pointed Paragraphs From Cineago News Clippings
A fragmentary look at editorials and musings on public virtue. The piece riffs on advice about resilience and self-awareness, noting familiar maxims about habit, pride, and courage, with references to a man named GiMowle and mentions of marriage to Ort Ivy. The tone is quizzical and observational.
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Cineago News
Noda
Ivy” GiMowle
False Teeth at Sixteen Years From the North American Review
A passage argues rapid U S urbanization will breed tenement life for citizens and foreign-born residents. It laments crowding, acculturation, and deteriorating health as farmers shift to cities while immigrants become American, noting sixteen year old cotton operatives with false teeth.
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The
North American Review
United States
America
Tommy Tiger Leads Seminole Indian in Colored Carriage
The Miami Record reports during the novelty meeting a full blooded Seminole Indian named Tommy Tiger riding in a gaudy carriage led by a negro driver. The observer praises Tommy’s dignity and the Seminole appearance as new to Northwestern visitors and homefolks alike.
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Miami
Tommy Tiger
Tommy
Diverse opinions from travelers in Raleigh lobby talk on world affairs
A group of visitors at the Raleigh hotel discuss topics from Santo Domingo’s unrest and U.S. port taxes to wheat and cotton prices, Salt Lake’s drying lake and Tillman in South Carolina. Arizona gold ore samples are shown, with reflections on human goodness amid crime.
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Santo Domingo
L. W Bass
Raleigh
United States
New York
Senate
S P Nottingham, Jr
Staunton
New Willard
Virginia
West Virginia
Tillman
Roosevelt
S W Heath
Heath Springs SC
Raleigh Bath
South Carolina
Brownsville
United States Senate
James F Hearne
West
Prescott
Ariz
Arlington
Arizona
Mr. Hearne
Gald
Big Sea Bird Shot Near Newport in Ohio Report
A farmer J E Peterson three miles north of town killed a full grown white seabird with black wing tips and three toes. The bird, four feet from tip to tip, fed on carrion and appeared starving. It was blown inland by recent eastern gales and is usually found along European and American coasts. Also notes humorous chatter from Princeton Tiger Hocua and Pocus about Jones.
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Newport
Cincinnat
J E. Peterson
Cannon Gull
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Bureau of Manufactures
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California
Marquis Ito
Keer Ag
Jarry Thaws
Harry Thaws
Arkansas
Jeff Davis
Hoke Smith
Hague
Dutch East Indies
Harry Thaw
Panama Canal
Anvi
Brisbane
Buttinsky
Rockefeller
George Lemon
Fresné
Cal
Grover Cleveland
Union of
Missouri
Ralph Tyler
Day
Marshall Field
David Bennett Jones
Field
Davy Jones’ Locker
Bogard
Dispatch
Ministry
Nick
Delawaré
Sons OF Barbers
Pearle
Canada
Rattler
Reflections
Alan
Song
John Ward
Milwaukee Free’Press
Atlanta
Santa's
Bartle
New York Herald
King Menelk
Abyssina
New York Zoological Society
Bronx Park
William T Hornaday
Society
Charles T. Barney
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Harrison O Shepard
Ralegh
Ohio
Princeton Tiger Hocua
Jones
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