Our Abandonment of China and Open Door Policy Crisis
The Washington Post editorial condemns the shrinking American role in Asia. It argues Russia's actions in Mongolia and Persia threaten Chinese territorial integrity, questions reciprocity with China, Japan, and Russia, and criticizes the State Department for laxity on Far East policy and immigration issues. The piece warns of dismemberment risks and urges firm adherence to open door principles.
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Russia
Persia
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Manchuria
Portsmouth
Japan
Muasia
State Department
Far East
East
Pacific
England's Fighting Admiral Beresford Shaped Navy Policy
English naval figure Admiral Lord Beresford, now retired, is praised as the creative mind of the modern British navy. A radical advocate for naval expansion, he clashed with the admiralty, saw his policies delayed, but later influence grew as others adopted his ideas. He remains vigilant on imperial defense and fleet readiness.
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Lord Beresford
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Damgell
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Channel Squadron
Sir John Fisher
Ing Poing
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Beresford lauded as chief asset of British navy in debate
The column praises Lord Beresford as the British fleet’s key asset and notes his planned actions could have yielded quick success. It contrasts Canadian reciprocity debates with American Congress, reflecting party discipline, Laurier’s firm stance, and a cautious majority backing a settled policy.
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Ottiddwa
Missouri Pacific Control Shifts Toward Standard Oil Interests
The Missouri Pacific system, over 10 000 miles, is poised for major reorganization under Standard Oil and foreign investors. The Goulds, heirs of Wall Street’s Jay Gould, face loss of direct influence as the stake moves toward a practical railroad manager. Market reaction is muted amid pending trust case decisions and ongoing global financial shifts.
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Jay Gould
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Western Union
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Supreme Court
Tailors' Convention Comes to Washington in Style Show
An old fashioned tale of makers and manners, praising the tailors' convention as a display of sartorial craft. The piece laments lapses and likens the event to a revived arbiter elegantiarum guiding fashion in Washington with keen, if humorous, critique.
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Beth
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Elegantiarum
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Negly
Hig Sotmirn
Proverbial Court of Opinion and Modern Wide World
A reflective column muses on authority and appearance, praising decisive leadership while contrasting fashion with inner worth. It surveys global trade, Panama Canal timing, and port expansions in London and Antwerp, arguing economic cooperation may foster peace amid rivalries. It closes with satirical quips on politics and culture.
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Panama Canal
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Great Britain
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Antwerp
Electoral College calculations in 1910 census readjustment
From the Philadelphia Telegraph the piece argues the 1910 census reshapes the Electoral College to 529 members. It outlines Democratic and Republican strongholds, and identifies a necessary 265 votes to win including key doubtful states like New York and New Jersey. It warns Democrats must gain 19% from doubtful states, or face defeat.
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Gaynor
Gave McKinley His Chance by Early Campaign Ties
Henry Hall of the Pillsburg Chronicle-Telegraph recalls L White Busbey, secretary to Speaker Cannon, recounting a 1872 meeting in Vienna Crossroads where a young McKinley was introduced as a Republican stump speaker. The piece traces the 1891 pivot to McKinley’s governor campaign and notes a late-night Chicago Tribune excerpt about a streetcar headache medicine request.
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Chicago
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Entertaining Justice Moody Retires Yet health steady
Justice Moody of the Supreme Court has retired but remains in fragile health. His time centers on literature and music read to him by family and nurses, while graphophone melodies bring world operas into his sick room. Michigan paper notes his cleverness despite illness.
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Boston Advertiser
Justice Moody
Supreme Court
Moody
Royal ambidexterity among monarchs and judges 1911
A lecture notes ambidexterity among royals and judges. Sir Walter Phillimore’s cowardice trial in London is paralleled with Judge Crane’s dual cases in New York. Queen Victoria and others are cited as ambidextrous, while Phillimore’s fitness to preside is questioned amid royal disdain. The piece contrasts royal bearing with legal verdicts while recounting quirky tests of dexterity.
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Royal House of England
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Norway
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Hesse
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Highland
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Emile
Loubet
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Wolverhampton
Sir Walter Philimore
Oxford
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Walter
Charles II
Thomas More
Court of Criminal Appeal
Secretary of State For the Home Department
Marquish DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Pottery Inscriptions Reveal Ancient Egyptian Trade
From the New York Herald, Prof. George A. Reisner reports new finds in Egypt and Palestine. Nine alabaster and slate portrait statues of Mycerates from Gizeh, with four in Boston and five in Cairo, are among the notable discoveries. In Samaria, Hebrew potsherd writings from Ahab's era describe bills of lading. Potsherds served as memos, with ink from reed pens and lampblack. Receipts were recorded on pottery and later discarded.
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Preventing War In a Letter to the New York American
Hudson Maxim argues war cannot be fully abolished but must be curbed by education and strong international arbitration. He urges preparations and a central tribunal to settle disputes, noting human nature and fear drive nations toward conflict while wealth and power tempt plunder. He calls for continued arms and armored diplomacy until humanity renounces greed.
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New York American
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Wings on a Red Fox Stuns Monticello Hunter
Walt Stanton hunted a red fox in heavy snow for hours then fired at a strange flying creature that landed and fled. The animal resembled a fox with wings like a flying squirrel, and Stanton reported the sight to the New York Museum of Natural History.
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New York World
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Glover Eddy Law Suits Raise Core Christian Science Question
Concord court filings in the Glover eris and Christian Science Church dispute prompt a potential ruling by New Hampshire courts or the U.S. Supreme Court on Christian Science status. The case asks whether the church is a religion a charity or a medical practice for money. The executor and church argue the church is a 60 000 member mother church with 1 200 branches and aims to spread religion and relieve distress. The suits invite judicial exposition on what Christian Science is and its legal classification as religion charity or medical practice.
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N. H) Monitor
Eddy
Christian Science Church
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United States Supreme Court
Henry M. Baker
Christian Science
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Mother Church
Glover
Winter Days in Boston Transcript Poem by Williems
The poem laments dark midwinter days and longs for a steadfast inner resolve. It contrasts dim modern cold with visions of bygone summers, urging courage to meet death undaunted amid winter storms and northern blasts.
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Theodore C. Williems
Boston Transcript
Q'er Berg
Adios to the Landlord and Civic Excursion to Mexico
A mashup item from Buffalo News with comic farewell lines to a landlord and a promotional note from Chicago Tribune advertising an excursion to Mexico. It mentions a departing apartment, thanks to Myrtle, and a call for readers to join a managable trip to Mexico with trains meeting, battles at 2 to 4 pm, and after-battle concerts by the Insurrecto Silver Cornet Band.
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Chicago Tribune
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Navarro
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Pointed Paragraphs From a Newspaper Page
A collection of short, aphoristic sentences on social behavior and family life. Items touch on flattery, speech, reputation, domestic strife, motherhood, caution in haste, truth telling, and gendered perceptions of weddings and emotion. Notable lines comment on the contrast between performances and audience reactions.
Visitors to the Capital Hear Debates on Monroe Doctrine
Galveston lawyer HK Haines returning from Honduras criticizes U S claims to apply the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America. He notes revolutions in Central American states hinder development and cites Bonilla’s Honduras bid amid anti US sentiment. He also touts Galveston port exports and the sea wall after a major flood.
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HK. H. Haines
Galveston
Tex
Shoreham
Honduras
Bonilla
Bontila
Davila
United States
Exposition at Rome to honor Italy's unification
The Rome exposition opening in spring will feature works by Italian authors and composers. New operas by Puccini and Mascagni are planned, and Gabriele d Annunzio works on an Italian version of his play St Sebastian. It will appear in both languages with Debussy music in French.
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Puccini
Mascagni
Gabriele d’Annunzio
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