A Saint for President and the Aldrich Bill Debate
The Washington Post runs a satirical note on J Cannon and C Fairbanks as presidential prospects, mocks cocktail culture, then analyzes the Aldrich emergency currency bill detailing security, issuance limits, and retirement tax. It also critiques France and Japan tensions, military pay, and public figures.
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Aldrich
Treasury
The
Post
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Hypnotism in Surgery in Beirut Amazes World
A Beirut operation under mesmerism saved a cancerous left breast of a harem beauty. Surgeon Jerrah Balrachdar and famed hypnotist Jehan Bel conducted a 30 minute procedure with the patient awakening fully aware, praising the doctor and the science of magnetism.
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Orient Megezine
Beirut
Turkey
Jerrah Balrachdar
Jehan Bel
Bome
Reading the Paper. From the New York Sun column note
The fragment notes Ma reading the Woman's Column in the New York Sun, indicating a casual glimpse into the newspaper page layout and a focus on the society column without further context or details.
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New York Sun
Lascelles Family Links and Chelsea Usury Case
Lord Lascelles joins the governor general’s staff in Canada after leaving the Grenadier Guards amid a ragging scandal and mistreatment claims. The piece traces the Lascelles lineage, Harewood estate, and Cadogan wealth tied to Chelsea leases and ground rents. It notes related family members including Sir Frank Lascelles and connections to diplomacy and racing, with broader reflections on aristocratic history and estate fortunes.
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Lord Lascelles
Canada
States
Atlantic
Earl of Harewood
Grenadier Guards
Lascelles
Yorkshire
Edward I
Edward Lascelles
Maria Theresa
Joseph II
Lord Harewood
Harewood House
United Kingdom
Lord Cadogan
Uen
Ee Onentaen
Ireland
London
Chelsea
A-reailin
Saunders
Lord
Tie
Hans Sloane
British Museum
Lady Cadogan
Cadogan
Duke of Westminster
Pitt
Fferlys
Cadwgan
Marquise DE Fontenoy
The
Brentwood Co
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Pass
The piece humorously contrasts bachelor life and domestic expectations. It muses on moods between off maids and champagne bubbles and notes the paradoxes of reputation and self-deception.
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New York
A Lively Galaxy and Notable Summer Figures
A muddled glimpse shows Joe Cannon smoking and wearing, Charles Fairbanks taking an appetizer, Bill Taft at the helm when asked, Knox fond of fast horses, Hughes smoking many cigars, and Bryan versatile at games from old match to bridge. Leading politicians are referenced in a breezy, period tone.
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Boston
Joe Cannon
Charley Fairbanks
Bill Taft
Knox
Hughes
Woman Wage-Earners in an Era of Change
The article weighs why more American women work for wages, noting a 30 percent rise in the past decade. It cites one in five women over sixteen in the United States in wage work, pushes for higher professions, and discusses mobility across classes, education, and economic incentives influencing career choices.
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America
United States
Luco
Algo
Florida
Heat extremes and genius in latitude theory from Tacoma study
Tacoma Dispatch reports professor W N Allen argues intellect and culture rise from climate driven by wind and moisture, not ocean currents. He contends temperature diversity within a latitude belt shapes history, literature, commerce, and thought, citing Hiawatha, Snowbound, and battles as examples of climate’s influence.
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Tacoma Dispatch
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
W.N. Allen
Allen
Europe
North America
de Laréa
Washington
Port Arthur
Asia
Equator
The Hypochondriac in Lippincott's Megazias
A study of the hypochondriac as a patient who obsesses over health, with letters to physicians, detailed bodily terms, and a pattern of consulting multiple doctors. It notes the tendency to seek new remedies, the reluctance to exercise or engage in activity, and the temporary relief from unfamiliar medicines.
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Walton
Lippincott
War Times War Drum in Baltimore War News
War times are coming on says Baltimore American as citizens vow to stay home from distant shores. The piece sketches a mixed struggle ground in Washington with politicians scribes and officials joining in the clamor. The Big Stick and officials growl while surgeons, authors, and printers prepare for a domestic clash over papers and opinion.
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Baltimore American
Washington, D. C
Elephant plummet under law needed amid ivory trade
In Africa elephants and white rhinoceros face near extinction as hunting thrives outside British rule. Natives, aided by European ivory traffickers, kill elephants for ivory with white men restricted to issuing high price licenses.
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Chicago Trivane
Africa
Etruscans as Dentists Unearth Ancient Tooth Craft
German doctor asserts Etruscans were skilled dentists 2300 years ago. He cites skulls with gold capsules on teeth and natural teeth covered, two artificial grinders forming a bridge. Galire notes Etruscans wore gold encasements like modern dentists and used fillings.
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London
Gali
Conquering the Grip: Dr Shrady's Old Remedies
An excerpt recounts Dr Shrady's warnings on grip treatment and pneumonia risk, urging bed rest, warmth, light exposure, and moderate alcohol only in bed. It promotes sun exposure, gentle perspiration, and caution with remedies, noting sunlight as the surest defense against grip germs and advising slow return to activity.
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Jenkins
New York Herald
Shrady
Herald
West Indies
Rio Janeiro
Money Mood Dictates at the Bank In Nashville
A verse from the Nashville American notes that those with money in the bank can indulge moods and whims while workers face pressure to remain productive. It contrasts wealth privilege with ordinary labor, asserting that wealth grants freedom to be moody and travel as one pleases.
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Nashville American
Aurl
Woman offers brain to science in push for female minds
The New York World reports Louise Randolph offers her brain to the Anthropometric Society, hoping it will reveal truths science has yet to uncover. She notes Dr. E A Spitzka and a push to include women, with Whitman among brains studied. Roosevelt height tricks spark debate in Scribner's Magazine piece.
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New York World
Louise Randolph
Anthropometric Society
Miss Randolph
E. A. Spitzka
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Spitzka
Walt Whitman
Hickory Ashes as a Tooth Wash
An item notes George Williamson of Union City Tenn praising hickory ash as a superior tooth cleanser and polisher at the Maxwell, claiming it cleanses and brightens teeth better than patent preparations and promotes healthy gums. The piece teases other users and contrasts with patent products.
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Nashville
Tennessean
George Williamson
Union City
Tenn
Maxwell
Talked About in Hotel Corridors
George Ade a Brooks Indiana man debuts as a politician in Washington at a New Willard dinner with Vice President Fairbanks. He says he is not a professional politician but would accept a delegate election and would vote for an Indiana man.
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France
Japan
United States
Nippon
Aoki
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Honsevelt
Republican Party
Count Aoki
Mr. Taft
George Ade
Washington
Ade
Brooks Ind
Presdent Fairbanks
New Willard
Indiana
Fairbanks
Sdinner
Ambassador Reid
Qlau
Men‘a
Mr. Reid
Col
John P. Martin
Ohio
Willard
Whitelaw Reid
Reid
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Jockey Club
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Broadway
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British Columbia
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