The Treaty Making Power and State Rights Debated
The Washington Post discusses treaty power limits and constitutional checks amid New York Times and California opposition claims. It notes the Supreme Court can judge treaty constitutionality and warns against exaggerated fears of federal overreach into state matters. It also reports on South Carolina immigration debates driven by the Bamberg Herald and Greenville News debates over state immigration funding and outcomes.
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New York Times
the Times
San Francisco
Callifornia
United States
Congress
Newark Times
Great Britain
Illinois
Times
Legislative Branch
Senate
Supreme Court of the
South Carolina
Europe
Bamberg Herald 18
State Immigration Department
Herald
Department of Immigration
Immigration Department
Greenville News
News of the 12Th Instant
Hbeyty
Ghareston
Immigrant labor and political rumor in national debates
The piece discusses farming classes relying on immigration for work and land ownership shifts, plus approval of continued immigrant importation. It also debunks a Baltimore Sun rumor about President Roosevelt and ex-President Cleveland influencing a Supreme Court appointment, calling the idea absurd and untenable.
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Gronerty
Commierce
Labor
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Roosevelt
Fuller
Supreme Bench of
United States
Paul Morton
Navy
Cleveland
The
Sun
Ths
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
Nominations by the Mob Rally Against Primary Elections
An opinion piece denounces state primaries as costly and corrupt, arguing the poor are shut out by high candidate fees in Kentucky. It laments party machines fixing prices, urges return to traditional conventions, and urges renewed faith in public men despite widespread political cynicism.
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Kentucky
State Committee
McCall Advocates States Rights in Lincoln Memorial Speech
Samuel W McCall a Republican from Massachusetts urged reserved state powers amid tributes to Lincoln in New York. He defended states rights against centralizing Democratic leaders and opposed by supporting limits on interstate goods from trusts, challenging government by construction in the era’s political debate.
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Thomas Jefferson
National House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Samuel W McCall
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Samuel J. "Tilden
Jeremiah S Black
Alen G. Thurman
L . C Lamar
Henry G Turner
New England
McCall
Democratic Party
Alexander Hamilton
John Marshall
Henry Clay
Thaddeus Stevens
Mark Hanna
Elihu Root
Mr. Bryan
Congress
Great Britain
United States
Otl
Root
Washington Statue Sparks Senate Debate On Removal
A long column argues for removing Horatio Greenough's altered Washington statue in the Capitol grounds, calling the piece a grotesque blunder unworthy of the first president. It cites public reverence for Washington and urges Congress to act on the birthday of Washington.
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George Washington
Fifty-Ninth Congress
Washington
National Fruit and Vegetable Packers’ Association
Buffalo
Richard le Gallienne
Richard
Little Boy Blue and the Volcano Phone Scheme
A Honolulu correspondent notes poems and the bold Volcano House project on Hawaii. George Lycurgus plans a telephone line from the Volcano House to the Halemaumau crater to keep constant contact with Pele's fiery dwelling, a two to three mile link for news and remote communication.
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Honolulu
New York Herald
Heaven
George Lycurgus
Hawaiii
Kilauea
Halemaumau
Mme Pele
Sixty One Unkissed Years Told in Milwaukee Case
William Bartel, sixty one, testified in a raid on a disorderly saloon that he has never kissed a woman and a woman has never kissed him. He denied implications of affection, declaring he has never kissed anyone and never will, in a dramatic courtroom moment.
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Milwaukee Dispatch
Chicago Record-Herald
Milwaukee
William Bartel
Bartel
Ambassadorship in Berlin Criticized by Americans
A Berlin correspondence paints American Ambassador Tower as lacking manners and influence. Critics say he ignores influential visitors, downplays German science and literature circles, and lacks real political clout. The Lehrs and Burgess episodes are cited to show shifting attitudes and limited impact on policy and imperial favor.
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Berlin
Herlin
New York Times
Ann x Charlemagne Tower
Lehrs
Tower
St. Petersburg
America
Mr. Tower
Germany
Mi 'Fower
Ambassador White
Tariff Commissionera
North
Foreign Office
Prof. Burgess
Burgess
Minister's Wanderings and Pilgrimage Anecdotes
A Baltimore writer recounts Reverend Leighton Coleman’s strolling pilgrimages through Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, sharing humorous church tales including a misread plea for John Q. Griges and a minister clipping a notice as a check mark. It also features Gen Howard’s Lincoln anecdotes and Dr John S. Buist’s quip about grave diggers and steady work in Paint Rock.
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Baltimore
Leighton Coleman
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
John Q. Griges
John Q Griges
Chicago Chronicle
John 5. Buist
The
State College
Paint Rock
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A compact column mocks boasts of perfection and wealth, praising practical work over talk. It rails against talking too much about weather, notes love and money marriages fail, and jokes about mothers teaching their sons to avoid mere theory.
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Chicago News
Ates
Lived in dread of Jesuit plots and poison fears
The article recounts Cardinal Hohenlohe’s belief in Jesuit poison plots linked to his pro reconciliation stance with Italy and Crispi. It notes public ridicule, his isolation at Rome and at Villa d Este, and the London Times coverage denying substance. It also sketches Lady Cadogan’s death and Chelsea reconstruction, and Cadogan family prominence in London society.
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Prince Hohenlohe
Italy
Crispi
Prince Levi
Cardinal Horenlohe
Rome
Villa d’Este
Berlin
Vienna
Prince Gustave Hohenlohe
Vatican
Leo Xiit
Sacred College
Hohelohe
Leo XIII
London Times
Quirinal
Pontift
Cardinal Hohenlohe
Leo
Jesuits
Florentone
Liszt II
Liszt
Lady Cadogan
London
Lord Craven
Bradley Martin
New York
Cadogan
Chelsea
Wondon
House of Cadogan
Duke of Westminster
Hans Sloane
British Museum
Pitt
Falys
Lord Cadogan
Catherine Parr
Henry Will
Duke of Somerset
Hang Joane
English Wit Across the Atlantic and Britain’s Humor
A compendium of anecdotes comparing English and American humor, noting British wit as broad and playful. It cites Punch magazine quips, jokes about marriage fees, fools on scaffolds, vegetarians, and spinsters, with remarks from Lamb, Coleridge, Johnson, and other figures on sarcasm and laughter.
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Lippincott
Bridget
Dickens
Jim
Punch
London
East End
Usband
Robert Walpold
Salisbury
Lamb
Coleridge
Charles
Wordsworth
Dr. Johnson
Lord North
Karl Mouna-Edgecumba
Monk Lewis
Philip Smith
Sly Old Brother and Muggs Dog Fight Over Horse Sale
In Columbus Indiana the dog Muggs, owner J N D Reeves English coach dog, resists sale of a horse by chewing the halter rope to keep the horse with Reeves. The horse moved to East Columbus once, then returned with Muggs reuniting with its equine friend.
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Joy
Columbus
Ind
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Muggs
J. N. D Reeves
Nves
Brock Smith
East Columbus
Reeves
Clothespins from Maine: Maine mill turning trees into clothespins
The Chicago Journal profiles Lewis Mann of Bryant's Point Maine, who started with $400 to buy an old mill and build a clothespin business. He grew to become the largest individual maker of clothespins globally, supplying the industry for years and amassing a substantial fortune in a humble enterprise overlooked by many.
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Chicago Journal
Bryant
Rome
Lewis Mann
Times Are Changing in Indianapolis Tale
Bailiff William Phipps notes shifting times as he recalls old beliefs about white horses and red headed women. While strolling the Circle he sees a red headed woman and six automobiles, illustrating changing era and expectations in a brief humor piece from the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis News
William Phipps
Nothing Serious Does Your Wife Ever Scold You
A Chicago News humor item plays with a bachelor friend and an ex bachelor who notes that his wife’s scolding quickly turns to praise of her own eloquence, then derides her phrasing as a ruinous flourish.
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Chicago News
Elks Leader Judge Melvin Visits and Talks of Relief
Judge Henry A. Melvin of California, grand exalted ruler of the Elks, toured Washington and recalled Elks relief efforts after the San Francisco earthquake. He praised fundraising, noted plans for a New York banquet, and highlighted reinvestment by Californians in city properties while recounting histories of Elks camps and recovery.
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Henry A. Melvin
The
Elks
New Willara
Elks of
New York City
Judge Melvin
Superior Court of California
Oakland
Order
America
Beleve
the Elks
San Francisco
Elks of Oakland
Hilks
Palace
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