Morgan Rescue and Shipping Policy Debate Sparks Editorial
The Washington Post notes Morgan & Co has repeatedly acted as a financial bulwark in crises, while urging Albany to enact remedial measures on Pacific trade. It critiques House rules shifts, praises Speaker, and discusses immigration, canal, and Canadian land settlement trends in early 1911.
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Wickedest of Cities Irkutsk a vice capital in Siberia
American banker George Woodruff toured Irkutsk last October and reported a city of wealth and vice rivaling New York for nightlife. He described lavish gambling, expensive wines, and opulent cafes, noting many millionaires who cannot leave the province. He cited frequent duels, murders, and a bustling, cosmopolitan scene driven by gold and luxury.
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Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
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New York Railway Company
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Florida
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Virginia
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New York World
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China
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London
Budapest
Vienna
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Baikal
ENGLISH WAR ON AMERICAN HORSES PROMPTS TRADE TENSION
England's Jockey Club plans a fee on every American yearling imported for sale aiming to shield English breeders. It can bar horses from tracked courses, pressuring the US government to protest. The issue intersects with free trade and political figures, including King George as president.
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Jockey Club
United States
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Foreign Office
Supreme Tribunal of Racing
King George
A Successful Hoycott and Panama Canal Question
The article discusses export declines to China from 58 million to 15.5 million dollars by 1910, citing boycott effects and Chinese resilience. It then shifts to U S Panama Canal concerns, noting Japan’s fleet plans, competitive risks to American shipping, and a proposed canal amendment to favor domestic vessels.
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Panama Canal
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Atlantic
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Dawe Archive
Eskimo Mene Claims Peary Reached Pole Only With Cook
A letter from Eskimo Mene, part of Peary’s 1909 Arctic party, states he believes Peary did not go farther north than Cook reached and asserts Cook was favored by Eskimos. Mene, saved from the expedition, writes from Kiobenhavn dated 1910, offering to guide and discuss the pole mystery with Cook.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Arctic Circle
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Royal A. Stanton
Cobterskill
Stanton
Western Theological Seminary
Herse
New York
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Bob
North Pole
Educating the Filipino and the Philippine Future
The London Times artfully notes that American education in the Philippines aims to make Filipinos English-speaking and morally refined, yet warns that “educated” youths may deem work beneath them. It stresses agriculture as the island’s true future and critiques the contempt for agricultural labor fostered by elite American schooling.
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India
Egypt
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Poodle at the Broadway revolving doors causes chaos
In the Times building lobby a French poodle named Mignonette blocks the Broadway revolving doors with her mistress. Crowds rush to theater, an ankle nipping owner cries, and Mignonette is yanked into a door compartment before escaping unharmed as bystanders laugh at the scene.
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Would Like to Know If There Is A Right Way
A terse line questions whether there is always a correct method to do a task and ponders if a philosopher ever tested the “right way” by failing. The remark mixes curiosity about logic with a casual musing on error.
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Jetarra
G. W. Long
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Richmond
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Convicts Who Made Good Restore Citizenship Rights
Albany dispatch reports records from the pardon clerk show men with criminal pasts later becoming respected citizens. Notable cases include a Pennsylvania Railroad man earning 12000 a year and a Brooklyn robber from 1872 who reformed, married, and raised a family. Officials granted restoration to both after long concealment from wives and children.
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Cheerful Liar Poem Recited In The Record Herald
The poem expresses cheer in labor over wealth, praising health as a blessing. The speaker claims delight in daily toil and toilers, insisting they are a cheerful liar who values honest effort over riches. Grandpa by the dying fire frames a nostalgic mood amid dreary seas and winds.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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In a Star by Fredéric Pladd in the New York Times
A reflective poem notes dusk and dew as lilies close and stars rise. The speaker recalls a former beloved thought to be gone, claiming to glimpse her in a star as memories of love endure despite belief in her death.
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New York Times
Diamond Ring Burned In Candy Basket Conflict
An East Hartford youth confronts Elizabeth Carroll over a ten cent diamond ring given as a Christmas gift. The recipient admits hurling the candy basket into a furnace where the gem is presumed lost. Despite the loss, engagement remains intact and the incident is deemed trivial.
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David Day
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Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A humorous essay notes a fond heart falls prey to vanity and jealousy. It mocks men and women who seek fame and social scrutiny, suggesting laughter masks deeper insecurities in relationships.
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American singers urged to debut in America through Como plan
In Washington Rudolph Aronson, famed theater director, proposes funding American voices for grand opera in Europe. He plans twenty performances at Como Italy to train native American vocalists under Italian masters, with American debuts supervised by Maestro Maigsenet and a cosmopolitan audience ready to judge.
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