Williams and the Leadership Debate in Congress
The Washington Post reports on the bid to depose John Sharp Williams from minority leadership in the House. It argues leadership must be earned, not assigned, citing Napoleon and Marlborough as contrasts to illustrate the risks of commissions dictating command.
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Burleson
Witams
Texas
England
Napoleon Bonaparte
Feld
Aulic Council
Bonaparte
Carnot
KeNermann
Marlborough
Jayont
France
Wink
Clay
McDuffie
Stevens
Blaine
Reed
Randall
Mr. Willams
John Sharp
Missouri Seeks Immigrants Push for State Aid
An editorial in the St Louis Globe-Democrat notes the Missouri Immigration Association plans a $60,000 push to fund agents at foreign ports to lure "desirable immigrants." The piece argues the effort targets increasing Missouri’s population to about five million, aided by policy shifts and labor market dynamics.
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Missouri Immigration Association
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Comepanies
Tabor
Globe- Democrat
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Jefferson
Eureeres Sara
Indian Senator Curtis News Feature Asks Indian Representation
A Kansas born Charles Curtis is presented as a self made man with Kaw tribe ties who will join the Senate. The piece highlights his energy, Indian affairs expertise, and long experience in Congress while noting Kansas supports him to succeed Joseph Burton. It also discusses the Brownsville case and religious tolerance advances.
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United States
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Congress
House of Representatives
Joseph Ralph Burton
Bhah
William Alden Smith
Gen Alger
Missouri
Baltimore Sun
Shaw
Roosevelt
White House
Bryan
George Bernard Shaw
Elzabeth Smith
Bellefontaine
Ohio
New Willard
Joseph Black
Richmond
Washington
Internal Revenue
Kansas City
Richard C. Kerens
William Warner
Kerens
Mr. Black
Kereng
Warner
Elkins Renominated Amid Prohibition Era Optimism
West Virginia Republicans renominated Senator Stephen B. Elk ins for a six year term starting March. The unanimous vote praised his diligence and lawmaking record. The column derides current politics with satirical jabs at Persian events, Rhodes Riders and army canteen fights.
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West Virginia
Stephen B
United States
Rich postmen of New York amass fortunes on modest salaries
The New York World profiles several station area letter carriers who built large fortunes through real estate. Martin L. Henry, William Munroe, Louis Gates, and Sam Fitch each accumulated substantial wealth while delivering mail, largely via investments in properties in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and nearby areas.
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Martin & Henry
Bathgate Avenue
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William W. Munroe
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Louis Gates
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Fifth
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Seventy-second Street
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Saratoga
Congress
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Henry
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Lincoln
Battle of the Wildernessa
Mr. Fitch
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Never Delay an Unpleasant Duty
A New York America report notes John D. Rockefeller Jr. urged 200 Bible class members to act promptly on unpleasant duties. He cited Elijah and Ahab to illustrate that delaying tasks often worsens outcomes. The preacher warned that postponement appears easier but rarely yields relief.
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New York
America
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Elijah
Southern Progress in Six Years of Growth and Trade
The South shows broad gains in population and output. Farm product value rose by 972 million dollars or 57 percent, manufacturing by 761 million dollars or 62 percent, and cotton mill spindles increased by 3.493 million or 58 percent. Pig iron up 536 thousand tons, coal 24.202 million tons, exports valued at 177 million, rail mileage up 11.441 thousand, and property value up 2.49 billion dollars.
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Royal Train Guards and Precautions Describe Kings Northward Journey
Chambers' Journal recounts elaborate royal security measures for King Edward's northbound travel. Electric communications between cars, a pilot engine, line of platelayers with detonators, and a disciplined guard line extend ten miles ahead, with traffic restrictions and vigilant posts to prevent obstruction.
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Ballater
Highlands
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X Ray Saved Boy Hidden in Bronchial Wall
The New York American reports Beth Israel Hospital doctors used X rays to locate and remove a two and a half inch wall fragment embedded in Isidor Berkowitz’s bronchial tube at 40 Forsyth Street. After nine months of intermittent convulsions and neck distress, the child recovered fully and is to be discharged today.
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New York American
Isidor Berkowitz
Forsyth Street
Beth Israel Hospital
Francia Huber
Bey
Last Time. Miss Colter elopes with aged Abraham Seeley
In Montana, teen Mattie Colter elopes with Abraham Seeley a man eighty plus years older who had three prior marriages. She required him to sign a nuptial promise that he would not wed another if she died first. Seeley objected but signed after she insisted. Colter’s father, a miner, strongly opposed the courtship.
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Mattie Coller
Abraham Seeley
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Besley
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Seeley
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Ceylon
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Victoria
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Gladstone
Arthur Gordon
Lord Aberdeen
Ar-thur Gordon
House
Beechh Papers Americanisms and Reflections of a Bachelor
A clipped review contrasts Beechh Papers Americanisms with continental errors and notes a Riviera paper recounting an American anecdote about Mrs Perkins. Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press laments hotel life and the social tension between wit and virtue, with satire on money, church, and politics.
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Anon
Riviera
Ancient sources link Nile origins to medieval maps and scholars
Historian notes Prince Waldburg in Württemberg and a 1607 German map by Waldsemmuller aligning with Aristotle and Herodotus on Nile sources. The piece recounts family titles, Jesuit narratives, Gladstone era peerage quirks, and the fading role of the Lord Warden of the Stannaries as Cornwall’s tin mines decline.
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Europe
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Wurttemburg
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Fischer
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Speke
Grant
Semel Baker
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Egypt
Nile
Herodotus
Prince Waidbure
Wurttemberg
Holy Roman Empire
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Waldburg
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England
Ditton Hall
Lord Ducie
Moreton
Henry John Moreton
Charles Ball
Cornwall
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Duke of
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Duke of Cornwell
Cormmwall
Vicoria
Ducle
Abinnaries
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Dog’s diary of hunger and cruelty ends in the pound
The narrator describes a hungry homeless dog wandering streets of Chicago and encountering cruelty and neglect. After tests of trust with people and dogs, he is captured and condemned to a dog pound where harm to animals is implied, ending with a hopeful note about a future euthanasia.
Retrospection and Bridal Toast in a Whimsical Verse
A fragmentary poem recalls a scene of memory and satire. The speaker notes a bachelor being urged toward sweet nuptials while a lazy figure lurks in the background and a saint is toasted with quaint prerogatives. The verse wittily plays with spelling and bridal imagery.
Hat and Parrot Hat Incident at Bronx Zoo
Miss Jennie Willetts of Englewood New Jersey visited the Bronx Zoo with a younger sister. Her hat trimmed with a red and green parrot wing attracted parrots at the South American cage. A wing snag caused a parrot to fly at the hat and a brief pandemonium ensued before guards cleared the crowd and the sisters left.
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Jennie Willetts
Part Avenue
Englewood
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Bronx
Miss Witletts
Use of Protade Language and profanity debate
The article argues Americans risk becoming the most foul-mouthed people unless profanity is curbed. It cites vocabulary limits as a cause and notes women mislabel odd conduct as 'awful' while men use oaths to express vague thoughts.
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New Orleans
Czar Nicholas Appears Rested After War Turmoil
Czar Nicholas, observed by a World correspondent at Tsarskoe Selo, has shed the war worn air and appears cheerful and well. His danger lies in his entourage who despise him for perceived indifference to ministers' fates and because he and his family escape the Terrorist party’s vengeance for now.
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St .Petersburg
New York
Nicholas
Tsar~skoe Selo
Ney
The Old Home Town
The streets are tough and boggy and lights foggy as the locals recall visiting the old home town. A lively, healing feeling arises from the familiar scene, a breath of peaver visiting childhood streets and friendly faces.
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Toledo
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
Fragmentary Parisian prose fragmentary notes reflect on courage humor and health as readers are urged to heed warnings about trouble and the quirks of lawyers and travelers in a dated urban vignette.
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Chicago News
Casey Savage
Graus Witow
Democrats in West Virginia and National Figures Meet in Hotels
In Raleigh and New Willard hotel lobbies prominent politicians and veterans discuss politics economics and elections. Gen C C Watts of Charleston notes West Virginia’s prosperity claiming coal coke hardwood and industry lead the state. Other visitors include Adjutant General Gen Boardman of Wisconsin and financiers from Knoxville and New York as talks touch on Panama Canal bids and Oklahoma’s coming political shifts.
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Gen
C. C. Watts
Charleston
Raleigh
Gen. Watts
Representative Gaines
Gaines
Cleveland
United States
Gen Watts
Samuel J. Randall
Pennsylvania
Wahtts
Bailey
Cc R. Boardman
Wisconsin
C. R. Willams
Wisconsin National Guard
Riggs House
Gen. Boardman
War Department
Oklahoma
P. C. ‘Hughes
Buseh
Okla
Bird McGuire
J. F. Shepherd
South McAlister
Indian Territory
Gaekwar's Son in New York at Horace Mann School
Prince Jaisingrao Gaekwar, 18, eldest son of the Gaekwar of Baroda, enrolls at Horace Mann School after visiting American universities. He plans to enter Harvard next year, has attended Harrow, studies Greek and Latin, pursues practical affairs, and enjoys theater, music, art, and sports while adapting to U.S. life in New Rochelle with Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus.
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Horace Mann School
Jaisingrao
Gaekwar
Baroda
United States
Horace Munn
Jarsingrao Gaekwar
Harvard
Lkely
Oxford
Cambridge
Jaisingrao Gaekwar
Horace Mann
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Jalaingrao Gaekwar
Maharan
Hermon C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
New Rochelle
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