Will Canada Bar Our Negroes and the U S Response
The Washington Post comments on Canada barring American black citizens, noting Winnipeg's stance and the lack of a treaty granting travel rights to Canadians. It argues the United States should protest and advocate equal passport recognition, warning of broader implications for Canada’s sovereignty.
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Handling of Girl Delinquents Sparks Reform Effort
An editorial argues for an immediate reform school for girls ignited by the Florence Carey case. It critiques historic practices of sending incorrigibles to private institutions, notes lack of legal authority, and questions where detained girls would be placed without habeas corpus or due process, urging swift action.
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Treasury Dilemma and Panama Bonds Debate
The article discusses Treasury woes as year end nears and the push for Panama bonds without circulation privilege. It warns that retaining circulation could depress national bank notes and notes the risk of short term certificates if Congress stalls. It also notes calls for a repeal of circulation privileges and recalls wider political reforms.
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Suffrage talk by former Colorado governor on Broadway
W Thomas, ex governor of Colorado, urged women’s rights advocates in Broadway Theater arguing chivalry misreads women’s role in politics. He contrasted subway scenes with Denver, praising Western recall and initiative, and expressed hope New York women soon gain the franchise.
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Georgia
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Denver
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Antony
Cleopatra
Seattle
Globetrotter at 76 Col des Champs Makes Final World Tour
Col Eugene Bousquet des Champs, longtime French diplomat and naval figure, travels for the last world tour at age 76. He recounts past travels, honors, and near-misses, praising life, music, and his family as he plans to settle in Paris after one more voyage.
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No Teeth for Reception in Albany Letter
From the Pittsburg Dispatch a wife declines a governors reception invitation saying her husband notes she refuses to attend without her teeth. The couple, described as fairest of Albany's 400, send a witty reply to Governor Dix and Mrs. Dix, expressing appreciation but prompting a lighthearted note on dental pride.
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Pittsburg
Writers of Personal Gossip Reach Across the Atlantic
A 1911 commentary defends personal journalism, arguing knowledge of individuals aids understanding events. It cites editors and society pages such as Vanity Fair, London World, and London Truth, naming figures like Henry Labouchere, the Duchess of Sutherland, Earl of Rosslyn, and Lord Glenesk, while noting court privilege and the lord chamberlain’s role.
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Vanity” Fair
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Winterton
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Sykes
Review of Society
Sir Thomas Sykes
George Cavendish Bentinck
House of Portland
Henry Labouchere
Duchess of Sutherland
Earl of Rosslyn
Colin Campbell
Royal Duchess of Argyll
Duke of Arey
London Truth
Ilenry Labouchere
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House of ‘Commons
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Assernon West
Owl
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Edmund Yates
Lord Lonsdale
Countess of Londesborough
Grace Fane
Burke
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Duke of Montrose
Duchess of Rutland
Queen Victoria
World
White
Lord Spencer
Hbel
Horace West
Algernon West
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Dying Father’s Prophetic Death Shocks Family
From the New York American, Emile J. Hultgren died at 2 o’clock two days after predicting his time of death. He allegedly told his wife and two sons of another to join him in the valley, as his daughter collapsed at the doorway at the same hour. Funeral set for 2 p.m. with Rev. Saxon.
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Red Cloud
Geronimo
Red Man
America
Europe
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New York American
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Charles A
West Sixty-third Street
Benjamin Saxon
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hast Fiftyfirst Street
Hultgren
Gertrude Richardson
Dudenhausen
Distress in China Famine Reports Sell Off Children
Washington receives a Shanghai famine relief letter detailing horrors in Anhui province. A missionary report describes starvation forcing parents to sell children for food and barrow labor, with scenes of cold, poverty, and desperate measures in streets and villages.
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Washington Dispatch
New York Herald
China
State Department
Shanghai
W. D. Bostick
Anhui
Barrowman
Gum Chewingitis Sweeps Kansas Insurgent Victor Murdock
Washington dispatch reports Rep Victor Murdock the red haired Kansas insurgent suffers Gum Chewingitis after long tobacco use and gum chewing. He left Congress weeks ago and is treated at the Greek Sanitarium in Michigan with doctors diagnosing excessive gum chewing as the illness.
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New York Herald
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Washington
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Uncle Joe" Cannon
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West Point error on Gen Lee rank in 1829
In a February letter to the Washington Post, Charles Mason Remey corrects a Sunday issue claim that Robert E. Lee graduated first at West Point in 1829. He states Lee was second, with Charles Mason holding first before leaving the army and later becoming Iowa’s chief justice.
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Iowa
Charles Mason Remey
Washington
Russia Hinges on Finland for Paper Supply Says Chicago News
The Chicago News notes Russia relies on Finnish paper makers due to newer machinery and advances in chemistry. It highlights Finland's role in supplying paper and the impact of Finnish innovations on Russian industry.
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Chicago News
Russia
Finland
Costly Search for Duke the Lost Collie in New Jersey
The Gog is Duke, a six year old collie owned by F Stanley Bristol of Madison Wisconsin. He vanished after leaping from a New York to Washington train in December 1999 near East Burlington. The Bristol couple, aided by Mayor Warner, Magistrate Smith, police, and dog fanciers, have spent $1000 and traveled thousands of miles seeking him, with a dragnet planned across South Jersey and perhaps Philadelphia.
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Apotheosis of Dust in a 19th Century Poem
A fragmented poem praising a creator as a godlike force within art. It extols the ascent from obscurity to beauty, framing the artist as a vessel of divine imagination. The verse lauds painting, sculpture, music, and poetry as paths to express a boundless beauty and a godlike mind.
Remembering Winters and Summers in The Growler
A nostalgic verse from J A Daly in the Catholic Standard and Times contrasts bitter cold and heat with memories of summer, frost, and wet December. It muses on patience through seasons, slyly interweaving current senatorial gossip about a trip to New York and a joke about potatoes.
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J. A. Daly
Catholic Standard and Times
New York
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A collection of witty, illustrative aphorisms about human nature and social behavior. The piece notes that timing, honesty, and humility shape character, with quips on hypocrisy, risk, money, and the quirks of men and women. It ends by reflecting on fate and consequence in a lighthearted, period-voice style.
Reflections of a Bachelor Wit and Women’s Roles
Fragmentary old note argues women’s purity and love, suggesting men should act as heroes. It jokes about talking and baby talk, then claims a woman’s deserving love increases capacity to love. Ends with image of shielding two women from rain to appear heroic.
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New York Press
Interviews with Capital's Visitors on Panama Canal Impact
Wealthy San Francisco magnate Rudolph Spreckels urges balanced growth and immigration via Panama Canal to benefit California and the San Francisco Exposition while warning against speculative booms. Nevada lawyer R C Stoddard dismisses Reno divorce myths and praises strict prize fight rules. Des Moines merchant W M Carley lauds Lafayette Young Jr as a rising business leader, notes political expectations, and contrasts eastern support for Roosevelt with western agricultural resistance to reciprocity. Also a humor brief about a seven wonders answer and Clinton man admitted to bar at ninety.
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