No Precedent for Peary and West College Row
The article contrasts Navy promotion debates over Peary with Greely and recounts Wilson era university struggles. It notes Peary’s push for rear admiralship lacking education and experience, Greely’s proper career path, and Dean West’s graduate-school plans facing resistance. Alumni fundraising tensions add to a contentious university scene.
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Peary
Peary & Friend
Tne
New York Times
Blatery
A We Greely
Arctic
Greely
Seru
Peary Sie
Pertua
Nevon Nath
Slemal Ofceich
House
Lersely
Tiview
Cercely
Peary Greely
Fey
Latitier Toot
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson
Dean Wert
Graduate School
Wilsy
William Cooper Procter
Cinemnati
Wye
Dean West
The Trust and Waste of Farm Wealth in Early Debate
The piece laments waste in farming and transport costs, noting $900 million losses from poor country roads and inefficient farm practices. It contrasts slaughtering methods and by products with consumer costs, and discusses concerns about monopolies and university governance at Princeton amid Woodrow Wilson era reforms.
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Mnuts
Westad
Beef Trust
Nelson Dingley
Dosey
Dingrey
Dingle
Printing Blunders and Legislative Misprints Across Ages
Readers recall how printer errors alter meaning from Congress tax waivers to British trade acts. Examples include dropping a hyphen turning fruit plants into fruit, trees, costing millions, and a prison bill that misdirected building plans. The piece argues blame lies with lawmakers, not printers, for sloppy drafting.
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Congress
Samarf
Einglish
Tax Dilemma Prompts Congress Action on Paye
The Supreme Court may rule on the Payne tariff corporation tax before March 1 and firms seek Congress to extend filing deadlines. Treasury and Attorney General fear disclosure of business secrets as returns become public. Legal opinions favoring constitutional challenges urge Congress to suspend or extend enforcement while court decisions are framed.
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United States Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
Congreve
Les
Ttta
Treasury
Hobie
Congress
Ohio Valley
England
Commonwealth
Supreme Tench
Court of Appeals
Lina
Lynch
New York
Sam Tader
Washington
The
Sun
Busiess
Supreme Court of the United States
Vermont
Stella F Flint
Stone-Tracy Company
Supreme Court
Bass
United States Treasury
Paris Apache gang terrorizes streets with spikes and knives
A Paris police report details the Apaches, a feared street gang armed with spiked guards, revolvers, knives, and a razor. They attack at night, boasting of killings, wearing loose hats and sashes, operating in bands, with police using bloodhounds to track them.
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Tate Mewers
Sa Soma
Pacis
Paris
Jasman
Parla
Enere
Preposterous Charge Reflected in Il Tiempo Quotation
A lengthy, meandering critique discusses a January 1 Il Tiempo article falsely quoting The Post about U S criticisms of Mexico over Nicaragua. It questions the reliability of political commentary and cites judges, elections, and governance, with scattered references to Wall Street, diplomacy, and Mars canals.
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Il Tiempo
Mexico
The
Post
United States
Guatemala
Werther
Post Philosophy and Social Threads in Daily Life
A reflective meditation on modern manners and truth. Observations touch on female style, friendship, and fear of honesty, noting how stories falter when retold and warning that boasting safety may hide insecurity. The piece concludes with cautions about courtesy and late night trepidation.
Sweden Reorganizes Prison Labor Inmates Trained For State Jobs
Engen Work in Sweden and New York notes Sweden altered prison labor laws to allow blind and disabled inmates to craft goods for state services. Three prisons hold about 200 inmates each with others up to 100. Trades include tailoring leather work cabinet making and weaving as superintendents guide convicts toward honest work after release. Revenue rose from about 4500 to over 150000 by 1908 as employment expanded for prisoners and even tramps under the system.
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Wrontha
New York
Sweden
Post Office
Telegraph Service
Army
Navy
Hustling in Japan from the Bookkeeper
Quarantine officers allow merchants to peddle aboard ships at anchor. Traveling salesmen and tailors roam decks offering goods from fruit baskets to Satsuma ware. Shipmasters tolerate deck vendors as foreign visitors shop among Japanese peddlers and on shipboard tailors.
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Tnunehes
Martian Canal Discovery Prompts Administration Critique
The paper reports Prof Percival Lowell of Flagstaff Observatory found a thousand mile canal built by Martians between May and September last year. The claim is framed as a critique of the administration and suggests Lowell lead a commission to study Martian canal methods and report to Secretary Dickin WELLWISHER in Washington on February 16.
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Hostor Post
Percival Lowell
Flagstaff Observatory
Arizona
Ofiongdom
Parison Soyith
Panama
Lowell
Dickingen
Washington
Milking Time Easter Post Question in New Jersey
A reader asks if a third-class postmaster in New Jersey can choose hours between 12 room and 1 pm on any day except Sunday and holidays. The inquiry, dated February in Andover, NJ, seeks legal guidance on post office hours.
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New Jersey
Andover
N. J
Marriage Hope for Victor Napoleon in Belgian Law Debate
The article analyzes Belgium's constitutional history and the implications of Princess Clementine's marriage to Prince Victor Napoleon. It notes that Belgian law could grant the king authority to expel foreigners, but marriage would change Napoleon’s status and protect him from expulsion. The wedding, planned at Brussels with royal representation, could bolster Napoleon’s prestige and Bonapartist aims in France, while touching on wider themes of legitimacy, wealth, and public perception.
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Clementine
Victor Napoleon
Belgium
Bonaparte
Brussels
Leopold
Uberty
Prince Victor
Napoleon
France
Interior
Plana
Countess of Tranders
Henriette
Prince Vister
Louie
Abruzzi
Victor Gmmenuel
Victor
Louis
Clothilde Hohaparte
Humbert
Aosta
Hia
Avenue Louise
Princena
Harsh call for action against finance elites in Lynchburg
Wogramed letter from Lynchburg urges drastic measures against what the writer calls a high finance clique that has mortgaged the country and squeezed the people. The author advocates hard words, punishment, and even revolution to stop rising prices and corruption, signaling readers to demand accountability now.
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Balter
Charles W. Morse
Highlanciers
High Finance
Whale Country
Tmk
Wogden
Lynchburg
American trade and Chinese market demands urged
The piece urges American firms to study Chinese tastes and ship goods properly, noting strict scrutiny by US manufacturers and the need for safe packing for China. It cites revenue law deadlines, calls for a 60 day filing extension, and argues for delaying enforcement to allow Supreme Court review and protect business privacy.
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Louta Brownlow
Ihae
Egents
China
Amenca
Orient
What Is Enough For One Love Song Verse
Carlyle Amith poetry lines echo a couplet on shared life and sufficiency. A playful reflection on two loving partners needing only simple comforts: a roof, a parlor, a dining room, and small daily joys to sustain their bond.
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Carlyle Amith
Purtiegal of Friendship and Family Quarrels
Fragmented moral tale outlines a guest’s uneasy role within a crowded household. It sketches how the visitor endures raids on privacy while family disputes unfold, expects deference, and faces commentary on manners and authority in a social space.
Telling Eye From Taipplacett Egg Advice
A fragmentary discussion on telling eggs apart and proper egg handling. The text disputes concealment and urges sharing knowledge to prevent spoilage and waste, noting age and temperament of eggs influence safety and quality.
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Taipplacett
Postibia Conatetenk
Foreign eggs arrive as preserved imports flood New York markets
About 86,000 foreign hens eggs coated with paraffin arrive from Hull via brokers, originating from Austria, France and Germany. Receipts total near 900 cases, each holding 80,000 dozen. The coating hides origin though remains on shell. Prices ease from 2% to 12 cents wholesale. Europe’s prices and duty aid profit.
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Hull
England
Austria
France
Germany
Atores
New York
London
Taft Portraits and European Views Highlight New York Visit
Belated recognition of Taft as a central figure in a London painter’s project traces a miniature of the President for the Royal Society of Miniature Painters of England. The piece recounts Williams’s studio tale of a mysterious pair, plus Belgian Count Latour’s remarks on New York, Washington, and European impressions of American life and prosperity amid West Virginia politics and Shakespearean mischief in Stratford.
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Taft
Edward
Alyn Williams
Royal Society of Miniature Painters of England
Winard
Willams
America
Willems
Gallery of London
Rahom
Mr Williams
Mr Willams
London
Josn
Ivors
New York
Europe
Calhorfe
Ana
Washingtons
Belgium
Leopold
Brussels
Liege
Reflections of and Bachelor in Dayton Banquet Notes
A Dayton banquet discussion shows Ohio Republicans seeking unity to defeat Gov Harmon. Frank Mulholland of Toledo says harmony could secure a large Republican majority, with Garfield or Harding as possible nominees. He highlights Ohio’s GOP strength and predicts Southard’s district victory and Cote’s renomination in the Eighth.
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West Virginia
Andrew Price
Mar- Mnton
W Va
Raleigh
Midings
Virginia
Price
Joseph H. Gaines
Think
United States
Hub- Oh
Hubbard
Sturgies
Jim’ Hughes
McDowell County
Dayton
Ohio
Gov. Harmon
Frank L. Mulolland
Toledo
Willard
James R. Garfield
Garfield
Warren G Harding
Harding
Gov Harmon
Buckeye
Mr. Mulholland
Southard
Ralph Cote
T Pellive
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