The Vanderbilts in Italy in a Dangerous Light
The Washington Post editorial mocks W K Vanderbilt’s Italy trip, recounting his high speed car tour, alleged mistreatment by locals, and an impulsive revolver display. It condemns gun use for bluff and urges proper humility and apologies rather than bravado.
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New York City
Waldorf-Astoria
Italy
Tie
Tuscany
Newport
Lenox
Long Island
Westchester County
Wok Vandergilt
Vanderbilt
Sim
Arkansas
Arizona
Georgetown
Alexandra
Globe and Sun Debate Nonsinkable Warship Plan
The Boston Globe urges a $10,000,000 appropriation for a new Constitution ship built under Columbia Safety Steamship Co. patents to be unsinkable and uncapsizable. The New York Sun notes Senator Hale’s bill, while the Boston Post admits limited local naval knowledge and refrains from judgment.
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Boston Globe
Hale
Harman
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Globe
Male
Constitution
Globe States
Columbia Safety Steamship Company
Boston
New York Sun
Mmstant
Wale
Sun
John M Forbes
New York
Hayes
Dick” Thompson
Navy
Globe and the Sun
Ius
Repeal of Supply and Demand Sparks Farmer Trust Debate
The Senate naval chairman backs a repeal proposal arguing it would undermine supply and demand laws. The author notes wheat prices could rise to a dollar per bushel, but warns farmers cannot coordinate like steel producers. He argues farmers should instead yield to the existing law and resist forming broad farmer trusts.
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Steel Trust
South
Societies of Equity
Tariff War Delayed to 1907 Amid German Valuation Pact
Secretary Root and Chancellor von Buelow reach a German valuation agreement delaying tariff changes for fifteen months. German goods entering the United States will be assessed under German valuations, with potential reductions if American consuls prove flexible. The arrangement, ratified by the Reichstag, postpones action until June 1907 and will shape next winter’s congressional debate and the upcoming campaign.
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Germany
Congress
Root
Count von Buelow
Reichstag
Rool
American Customs Administration
Tillman Leads Senate Fight and Roosevelts Backing
A lengthy analysis extols Benjamin Tillman as a bold force in the railway rate fight with President Roosevelt and Senator Hepburn. It compares Tillman’s aggressive honesty to historic figures, notes rising influence in the Senate, and hints at looming battles over rate legislation and court decisions.
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Tillman
David
Jonathan
Nelson
Collingwood
Roosevelt
William P. Hepburn
Hermon
Zion
Bonaparte
de Saix
Matengo
Wellington
Blucher
Waterloo
Hepburn
Ben Tillman
Chamber of
Ben Tilman
South Carolina
Senate
Aldrich
Benjamin R. Tillman
Lloyds
Washington Library fiction share drops but rises overall
A Tennessee visitor questions how Washington libraries compare with Nashville in fiction circulation. Washington Public Library reports fiction fell from 88.7 percent in 1903-04 to 71.8 in 1904-05 as total circulation rose, with English prose fiction up but a smaller absolute increase. Demand for history and travel titles grows. trustees seek more staff and equipment while arguing against public-library cuts.
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Carnegie Library
Post
Nashville
Washington
Tennessee
Nashville American
Thackeray
Washington Library
Washington Pub Mc Library
Tablet
Tillman on Hepburn and the Senate Maze of Words
Senator Tillman denounces the Hepburn rate bill calling it a maze of words and pleads for clear provisions to curb monopolies on bituminous coal lands along the Atlantic slope. He warns that passing incomplete laws may fool the people and cites future Supreme Court review. The Fort Worth Record piece ends with an old poem urging resilience and lifting others in hard times.
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Tillman
Hadley
Yale
Congre
Supreme Court
Johann Hach
Chicago
Hoch
Cook County
Hach
Illinois
Commonwealth of Illinois
William
H. Wiley
New Jersey
Senate
Atlantic
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Worth
Sandy
Chicago News
Missouri
Clinton
Washite
Indy
Alonso
Woodbury
Vermont
Shoreham
Falcon Joselin
Seattle
Raleigh
The
Post
Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana
Milwaukee
Skazway
Whitehorse
Dawson
Fort Gibbon
Fnally
Chena
Lord Curzon May Succeed Balfour as Opposition Leader
Lord Curzon may become leader of the opposition in the House of Commons if negotiations succeed, with Arthur Balfour retiring to the Lords. Curzon, admired as a viceroy in India, could rebuild the shattered Unionist ranks and direct opposition warfare, possibly becoming premier on a Conservative return. The piece compares Curzon to Palmerston and notes the Irish peer’s eligibility and seats ready to yield.
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Lord Curzoh
House of Commons
Arthur Balfour
House of Lords
Lord Curzon
India
Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Palmerston
Order of the Garter
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A fragmentary column of social musings on happiness fashion and courage. The text parodies advice on manners and deception noting how people avoid truth and how kindness and fate interweave with public acts and moral judgment.
Pensions questions and answers for Civil War veterans
A reader asks about restoring a general law pension, increases under the 1890 act, and eligibility for survivors or dependents. The article outlines rates from six to one hundred dollars, conditions for increases, and rules on remarriage, two simultaneous increase claims, and specific cases such as total deafness at forty dollars per month.
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John M
Hagerstown
Board of Examining Surgeons
Mary Heb
George
Sarah G
John WS
Annie M
United States
Penmlona
Florida
Mary K
Congress
Mary
Pension Bureau
Susan
Deborah H
Pointed Paragraphs From The Country Highlights
A patchwork of small-town items, jokes, and notices from Sugar Valley and nearby columns. Letters tease a Napoleon figure while jokes about Kentucky titles amuse readers. Lillys move to Pluto. Ed Bulley sells a driving horse. a church manse overhaul signals community progress. Jack Walters arrives in Lavonia with seven dogs. quotes from Chicago and Missouri papers offer humorous wisdom. local quirks and short notices populate brief country columns.
President and Senate Rift Over Hepburn Bill Deepens
The Philadelphia Ledger notes growing friction between the President and Senate Republicans over the rate regulation Hepburn bill. Democrats side with the President, pressuring for amendments while Republican leaders seek changes. The clash signals a broader realignment and test of party discipline in Congress.
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Philadelphia Fubtle Ledger
Congress
Senate
Santo Domingo
House
Abirich
Tillman
United States Senate
Lke Aldaritch
Democrats
Noted New York Politician James Adam Visits Buffalo
A veteran New York politician James Noble Adam, a Buffalo mayor and Democrat, was seen at the New Willard with secretary Victor Speer. His campaign wit and Scotland origins helped him secure a large 10,000 vote majority, fueling speculation of future gubernatorial ambitions.
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New York State
James Noble Adam
Buffalo
New Willard
Victor Speer
Adam
Scotland
Cliss
Anerdats
Adan
Praine
Echoes of the Post in Washington Post excerpts
A jumble of clippings quotes the Washington Post on politics and figures like Guthrie Patterson and Bailey, debating caucus rules, whiskey policy, and the presidency. Cartoon-like quips reference Mrs Green, the Senate, and a proposed removal of a statue, with varied city notices and a joke about quartz usage.
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Memphis
Washington Post
Vielona
Toledo Blade
Heidi
Guthrie
Okla
Senate
Chicago Heights
Hetty Green
Green
Jess
Nappanea
Ind
Washington Pout
Washington
Marion
Chile
Peart City
Washington Pot
United States
Philadelphia Inquirer
George Washington
The
Inquirer
Wasntton Post
Greenaugh
Capitol
Corcoran
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Wee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Alexandria
Washington Post Co
Washington, D. c
Offic
Vanderbilt Building
Paul Block
Unity Building
Paul Bloch
John Randolph
Roanoke
Ben Hardin
Kentucky
Robert Toombs
Longworth
Wilson Mizner
Yerkes
Johann Hoch
Eugene Ware
John D. Rockefeller
Publc
Dolliver
Interstate Commerce Committee
Mitchell
Senatoracks
W. G. Rockefeller
John D. Iis
Hepburn Bill
Kanahiro Takaki
Tiplomats
Richard Mansfield
Darneille
Gimlet
Gov. Higgins
Panama
Senate Committee
Jos Cannon
St. Paul
Repubican
Jon
Pennsylvania
New York Press
China
Leonard Woods
Manila
Curzon
Balfour
Spain
Ena of Battenberg
Madrid
Rome
Alfonso
England
Edward
Hnn
Battenberg
Europe
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Frederick
Denmark
Copenhagen
Napoleon III
Napoleon
Elba
France
Goupil
Paris
Jules Dalou
Paschal Grousset
Temps
Rane
Toubet
Humbert
Malan
Joseph
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Rolla
Jerry
Mra Phosbe HS
Felix
Sugar Valley
Correspondent
Mr. Brown
Jordan
Lillys
Lilly Cor
Hinton Herald
Ed Cooper
Joe Lilly
Cherry River
Lilly
Pluto
Cooper
Judeon Lilly
John F. Lilly
Buslaean
Gilbert Lilly
Bualncas
Cote
Fisher
Vancouver Republican
E2li Gorry
Jean
Ed Bulley
Hia
Charlotte
Jack
Lavonia
Jack Walters
South Georgia
Wise
3. M. Hil
Coeburn
Charles Kingsley
President
U M. Rose
Little Bowk Ark
Chnna
Japan
Ais Ming
R . Lumley
Arlington
Yankee Land
East
Taele Sam
Oklahoma
Charles B Stuart
Stuart
Muskogee
Choctaw
Indian Territory
Mecklenberg County
Texas
Tsen
Senator Bailey
Cleveland
Jum
Stuur
H Wis
Echoes OF the Post
Maggie
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