The New Railroad Policy Debate in Washington Post
The Washington Post reports on a Supreme Court like review of the new railroad policy and the Interstate Commerce Commission's stance. It critiques Commissioner Prouty and Brandeis aligned reasoning, noting the railroads failed to prove necessity or economy for higher rates and discusses political implications in Washington.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Prouty
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Smpke
Debates on selecting the House District committee and rail policy
The piece discusses Champ Clark favored to lead a district committee drawn from large cities, aims to have officials skilled in big town governance. It then surveys stock market rallies after railway rate decisions, railroad plans, and the impact on capital and credit, with comments on New York taxation and reform.
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London
New Commerce Court
New York
Washington
Senator Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cummins
Governor Carroll vetoes Oregon plan on senatorial election
Iowa governor rails against the Oregon plan as unconstitutional and a usurpation of states rights. He argues it would undermine the federal balance and weaken the Iowa legislature’s power, deeming the scheme a threat to constitutional government and unlikely to gain broad support in Congress.
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Oregon
Iowa
Indiana
Senate
Education a Sideline and the Clergy in Pay Debate
Dr. John J. Stevenson emeritus geology professor at New York University argues teaching is the most underpaid profession in the United States. He blames the clergy for treating teaching as a side line and recalls mothers and farmers who begrudge school funding. He defends corporal punishment for young children and says teaching, not ministry, shapes character with lasting impact.
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Stevenson
New York Herald
United States
John J. Stevenson
New York University
New England
Reform must wait while we fill our baskets
A letter to The Post from W. B. Chandler critiques slow reform by New Hampshire progressives and Democratic tariff supporters. He argues for cautious study of tariff reform, warns against hasty measures to cut expenses, and recalls Thomas Moore chestnuts and a Washington’s Birthday prayer by Rev. Garland. Chandler signs Feb 22.
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New Hampshire
National
House of Representatives
National House
Thomas Moore
Macon
Charles G. Garland
Washington
Commonwealth
Charles S. Melien
Boston
Maine
W. B. Chandler
Novel Poultry Broodery Hatches In Basement Heat
Roscoe Young of Winsted has set up a basement poultry broodery heated not by water. He removed carpet and laid sand on the floor with a box for hot water coils. Canton flannel strips hang from the top to cradle chicks, a tucked nest like their mother's feathers.
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Winsted Dispatch
New York World
Roscoe Young
Biddy
Heard in the House: Two Statesmen Friendlier Than Feared
In a House exchange, the speaker notes two statesmen did not speak and calls them great friends. Another observer insists they are almost inseparable, highlighting a surprising personal bond behind public rivalry.
Lord Gage and the Irish viscountcy intrigues and titles
Lord Gage seeks an Irish viscountcy vote beyond his English peerage, tracing a storied family line from governors in North America to George I era peers. The article covers Firle Park, portraits, and the Gage lineage, including Sir Henry Gage, John Gage, and the wealth-linked Joseph Gage, along with European court rumors and ancestral ties to Normandy.
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Normandy
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Mary
Henry Gage
Oxford
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Joseph
Poland
Sardinia
Spain
Lombardy
Florida spender reckless in New York stay
Louis Friedman from Pensacola arrived in New York with 3.90 in cash after a train hold up. four days of wandering cost 3.22 more. He slept at Mills Hotel, rode the subway, visited the Zoo, and watched crowds, noting New York's city life and expensive theater on Washington's Birthday.
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Louis Friedman
Florida
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania
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Pensacola
New York
Zoo
Bronx
Mills
Bleecker Street
Tom Sharkey’s
Hoffman House
United States
Wno
Warren Street
Bowery
Washington
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Splinter Removal Offers Hope for Paralyzed Patient
In St. Joseph's Hospital John Bradley aged 62 of Franklin and Race streets underwent a groundbreaking operation to remove splinters of bone driven into his spinal cord after an elevator accident on November 18. Surgeons report the delicate procedure may restore movement in his legs as healing progresses.
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St. Joseph’s Hospital
John Bradley
Franklin and
Race Streets
Bradley
Odd Rite for Lascars on the Kansas
The New York Press reports a Mahometan rite conducted at sunset on the steamship Kansas in South Brooklyn for 32 Lascars. The crew refused beef and demanded proper slaughter by Ponchas Codadin, with steward Edmund R. Birch causing friction. The ship carried 600 pounds weekly rice and a half ton of dried fish, after a 30000 mile voyage to China Japan and India.
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Kansas
Brooklyn
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Japan
India
Veteran Captain Kept in Asylums for Civil War Pension Abuse
Victor Klingswehr of Rutherford New Jersey tells how he was unjustly confined for nearly four decades after earning a pension for Civil War service. He rose from private to captain in Hawkins Zouaves then was committed in 1878 and kept in Morris Plains and Snake Hill until 1909. His wife died then, and courts ordered release. his sons now believe he was unjustly restrained.
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Rutherford
N. J
Snake Hill
Klingspehr
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Morristown
New Jersey
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Paul
The Violin and a Justice Portrait Bid
In a Hartford Courant poem reflecting twilight and the organ’s sound a speaker finds serenity in art and longing for a higher contentment. The Washington dispatch notes Albert Rosenthal’s offer to Congress of former Supreme Court justices portraits with Justice Harlan recalling a $1000 loan, while Chief Justice salary figures are cited.
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Philadelphia
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United States Supreme Court
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A column of sharp aphorisms on women, marriage, and society. The items mock stereotypes, warn against cruelty, and poke at mores and financial schemes with wry humor and pointed social commentary.
Loan of Four Dollars Repaid With Thousand Dollar Interest
A travel ing actor D J Quillan borrowed four dollars from the Knights of Columbus lodge in North Platte last September to join his company. He later sent back a draft for 1 004 dollars claiming the money be used for the good of the order, showing gratitude for the loan and interest within six months.
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Phileucpum
D. J. Quillan
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Grand Island
F. T. Redmond
Reflections of a Bachelor in a Woman’s World
A woman writes sentiment with the same capital letters as money. It is safer to bet on most anything than Judgment. The more a man works late, the likelier he is at the theater. A woman who can write big checks gains admiration without looking in the mirror for it.
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Chats of Visitors to the Capital
Indiana Republicans rally behind Taft and a return to the fold as plans unfold in Washington. Governor Marshall’s proposed constitutional changes spark debate, temperance shifts GOP alignment, and Kealing foresees a Republican Indiana in the next national election. Catlin and Missouri contests feed capital talk while German and Canadian economic ties color foreign views.
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Joseph B. Kealing
United States
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