WASHINGTON POST 1906 Leadership Clash Over Williams
The Washington Post discusses the attempt to depose John Sharp Williams as minority leader in the House, arguing leadership is born not made and criticizing Burleson’s plan to appoint a leadership commission. The piece draws parallels to Napoleonic strategy and Carnot’s authority while defending Williams’ agent role and character.
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Fabius
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 In State Growth Debate
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat editorial highlights the Missouri Immigration Association seeking a $60,000 state appropriation to fund agents at foreign ports to recruit immigrants. It argues Missouri aims for rapid population growth to about five million, contending steamship and union restrictions hinder inward migration, and notes a potential use of 1885 contract labor law exemptions under an interpretation by Secretary Straus.
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Missouri
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Missouri Immigration Association
Commonwealth
Ty the Globe-Democrat
Immigration Society
Comepanies
Tabor
Globe- Democrat
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Jefferson
Sir Ay
Indian Senator Curtis Seen as Indian Race Representative
A Kansas election victory for Charles Curtis to the U S Senate marks a historic moment as he represents the Kaw tribe and blends Indian identity with national politics. His record in the House and focus on Indian affairs position him to leverage expertise in a complex federal arena. The piece praises his energy and perseverance while noting his role as a bridge between Congress and Native nations.
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Charles Curtis
United States
Kansas
Senate
Curtis
Congress
House of Representatives
Joseph Ralph Burton
Senator Elkins Renominated in West Virginia
A political summary notes the West Virginia legislature renominated Senator Stephen B. Elk ins for a six year term starting March, praising his diligence and enactments. It contrasts Elkins with other national figures, mentions Persian affairs, and jokes about public life, reform, and the era’s tolerance. More items tease public affairs and everyday absurdities.
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Elkins
West Virginia
Stephen B
United States
Rich Fortunes of New York Letter Carriers
The New York World reports several postal workers near Third Avenue and sixty eighth Street have accumulated fortunes of up to $250,000 through wise real estate investments. Notable figures include Martin L. Henry, William W. Munroe, Louis Gates, and Sam Fitch, with Munroe planning a farm near Saratoga and Fitch a veteran investor with Manhattan Brooklyn and New Jersey holdings.
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New York
New York World
Amasa
Uncle Sam
Third l Avenue
Sixty-Eighth Street
Martin & Henry
Bathgate Avenue
Bronx
William W. Munroe
East Seventy-second Btreat
Louis Gates
Third Avenue
Sam
Martin L. Henry
Fifth
Madigan Avenues
Seventy-second Street
Wall Street
25Th Street
Munroe
Uncle Sem
Saratoga
Congress
Gates
Henry
Sam” Fitch
Lincoln
Battle of the Wildernessa
Mr. Fitch
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Napoli and Ravenna In One Italian Chapbook Tale
A fragmentary humorous piece blends a romancing traveler’s pidgin tour of Italy with Napolitan and Ravenna references and a mock guide tone. It contrasts playful mispronunciations and local color with a concluding moral from Rockefeller on avoiding delay.
Southern Progress From the Manufacturens Never
The passage outlines six years of Southern growth with population rising by about 2.4 million and over 10 percent. Farm product value up 972 million or 57 percent, manufactured goods up 761 million or 62 percent, and cotton mill spindles added by 3.493 million. Cotton mills used about 275,000 bales of American cotton, up 43 percent since 1900. Pig iron up 536,000 tons, coal up 24,202,000 tons, exports at ports up 177 million or 38 percent, rail mileage up 11,441 miles, and property assessed value up 2.49 billion or nearly 48 percent.
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Tte
Royal night train safety measures from Chambers' Journal
The article details extensive royal protection for King Edward’s northbound journey through Scotland. It describes electric signaling, guards, a pilot engine, line-of-platelayers with detonators, and a ten minute post-passage watch, plus traffic suspensions to safeguard the route from Suston to Ballater.
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Chambers’ Journal
Traf
Heen
Hach
Suston Station
Ballater
Highlands
King
X Ray Saves Boy From 2.5 Inch Wall Implanted in Airway
At Beth Israel Hospital surgeons removed a 2.5 inch wall fragment embedded for nine months in Isidor Berkowitz's bronchial tube at 40 Forsyth Street. Doctors had misread the throat, but Roentgen rays clarified the object and Dr Francia Huber performed the operation on November 21. The child recovered fully and was to be discharged.
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New York American
Isidor Berkowitz
Forsyth Street
Beth Israel Hospital
Francia Huber
Bey
Last Time. Miss Mattie Colter Elopes With Aged Suitor
In a Montana dispatch from Sheridan to the Cincinnati Enquirer Tyaseme Miss Mattie Colter in her teens elopes with Abraham Seeley a man over eighty who had been married three times. She forced him to sign an agreement that if she dies before him he will not wed another. Seeley objected but signed after she insisted. Her father, a miner, strongly opposed the courtship.
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Tyaseme
Mattie Coller
Abraham Seeley
Miss Coller
Besley
Miss Colter
Seeley
Lord Stanmore
Ceylon
Arthur
Victoria
Colonial Service
Gladstone
Arthur Gordon
Lord Aberdeen
Ar-thur Gordon
House
Beechh Papers Americanisms and Reflections of a Bachelor
The piece leans on linguistic quirks in a French Sunday paper and American anecdotes. It notes errors like un smoking and un steeple and recounts a Riviera sporting tale about Mrs Perkins, daughter of a cowboy. It concludes with reflections on money, church, and social perception.
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Monte
Anon
Riviera
Ancient sources map Nile origins tied to Waldsee Muller find
Prince Maximilian Waldburg returns to Wolfegg Castle as Prof. Fischer uncovers a 1607 Waldseemüller map detailing Nile sources, challenging modern geography. Mentions Aristotle Herodotus and Six Nations, with notes on Stanmore peerage and Lord Warden of the Stannaries role in Cornwall's historic courts.
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Maximilian Waldburg
Europe
Wolfegs
Wurttemburg
Alto-Gether
Fischer
Feldkirch
Waldseemuller
Speke
Grant
Semel Baker
Aristotle
Egypt
Nile
Herodotus
Prince Waidbure
Wurttemberg
Holy Roman Empire
Werner von Tann
Waldburg
America
Frederick
Society of Jesus
England
Ditton Hall
Vivisection tale of a hungry homeless dog
A dog narrates a walk through Chicago, describing hunger and encounters with people and dogs. He is chased from a house, dodges a sharp remark about cars, begs from a grocer, befriends a friendly girl, and endures mistreatment. He is captured and shipped to a dog pound and later a facility planning gruesome surgeries. A kind man eyes him, but delays, saying he must attend a dinner.
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Chicago Tribune
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Retrospection in a Victorian Toast to Love and Marriage
A fragmented antique verse hints at nostalgia for courtship and marriage. The speaker recalls a bachelor, a maid, and bridal vows as a refined toast to romance. Subtly altered spellings reflect language shifts while preserving a celebratory mood.
Hat and Parrot Hatched Bronx Zoo Stir
Miss Jennie Willetts of Englewood New Jersey visited the Bronx Zoo with a sister. Her hat, trimmed with a red and green parrot wing, drew parrots to the South American cage. A wing snagged, a parrot attacked, causing a two minute uproar before guards cleared the crowd and the sisters departed.
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New York
Tespone
Jennie Willetts
Paris Avenue
Englewood
WN. J
Zoological Gardens
Bronx
Rai
Use of Protade Language and the Democratic Voice
From the New Orleans paper an opinion argues Americans risk becoming the most foul mouthed on earth unless profanity is addressed. The piece cites vocabulary gaps as a cause, noting women describe odd things as funny and men use oaths to express ill conceived thoughts.
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New Orleans
Czar Nicholas Rebounds In Tsarskoe Selo Appearance
The St Petersburg Dispatch notes Czar Nicholas appeared dignified and cheerful at a court function in Tsarskoe Selo this week. He seems to have shed wartime gloom but faces risk from his entourage who resent his perceived indifference to ministers and the Terrorist party’s vengeance.
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St .Petersburg
New York
Nicholas
Tsar~skoe Selo
Ney
The Old Home Town Dream Revisited
A nostalgic piece recalls a hometown square, foggy lights, boggy streets, and a quaint local atmosphere. The author cherishes the familiar scent and warmth of returning to the old home town, finding a healing breath in memory and familiar faces.
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A scrambled, fragmentary paragraph set from the Chicago News critiques daring trends and legal quagmires, noting how some people misuse wit and humor while others chase health and trouble. The text blends aphorisms about patience, lawyers, and night watches with garbled phrasing and stray quotations.
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Chicago News
Casey Savage
Graus Witow
Wren
Pont
West Virginia figures and national political chatter in Raleigh lobby
Gen C C Watts of Charleston, a former West Virginia attorney general, says Democrats are using politics time to make money while praising West Virginia’s prosperity and growth. Wisconsin Gen Boardman discusses militia uniforms as he tours Washington. Oklahoma postmaster P C Hughes forecasts a GOP landslide. Bird McGuire and J F Shepherd praised for schooling efforts.
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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
C. 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 Enrolls At Horace Mann In New York
Prince Jaisingrao Gaekwar, heir to Baroda, studies at Horace Mann School in New York after English schooling. He plans to enter Harvard next year, admires American education, and blends in with U S life, attending theaters concerts and galleries while focusing on practical studies and industrial conditions. He stays with Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus's family in New Rochelle and is in the same class as Cary Bumpus at the American Museum of Natural History.
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New York
Heraid
Horace Mann School
Prince Jaisingrao
Gaekwar
Baroda
Tne Gaekwar
United States
Horace Munn
Jarsingrao Gaekwar
Harvard
Oxford
Cambridge
Jaisingrao Gaekwar
Horace Mann
Harrow
Horate Mann School
Jalaingrao Gaekwar
Maharan
Hermon C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
New Rochelle
Cary
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