Alarm in High Circles Prompts Butler Union Idea
The Washington Post reports New York butlers and household staff discuss organizing a Butler Association to secure protection, raise standards, and create an employment bureau with legal counsel, clubhouse and benefic fund. The piece links this to status in high society and contrasts it with other trades.
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New York
J B Heing
Butler
Central Park
Heing
New York Worlds
Heinzs
New York Butters’ Association
Alyantany
Guidine
Nuisance officer urged to curb public annoyances nationwide
Frederck Olmstead argues the public nuisance issue stalls at courts because offenders evade action. He proposes a dedicated nuisance officer to receive complaints, issue abatements, and push cases, replacing general public blame with focused enforcement. He notes easy divorce, political chatter, and broader social woes as related moral concerns. He cites Gov Glenn of North Carolina on divorce and urges pre and post marriage discipline. He also items varied political and social musings from other figures and contexts.
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Frederck Law Olmstead
Clvic
Olmstead
Ciigen
Police and Health Departments
Gov Glenn
Rhode Island
Gov Gienns
Glenn
The Washington Post in Various U S Newspapers
A collage of excerpts showing The Washington Post cited across papers from Nebraska City to Memphis. The clippings parody Post coverage on tariff reform, elections, society, and politics, noting wit and misread opinions, with scattered mentions of Port Arthur, Bryan, and Dorchester-style commentary.
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Doubassoff
Rosman
Port Arthur
Japan
Russia
Roosevelt
Insect Plague From Campeche Sparks Teas Anticipation
A noisy dispatch from Campeche reports an advancing army of ants marching through Champotón threatening crops and livestock. The tale mentions other pests such as boll weevils and yellow fever mosquitoes, with doctors locking them in cages as experts debate the spread and impact across Texas and nearby regions.
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Neels
Philadelpha Ledger
City
Mexico
Campeche
Champoton
Charmpotut
Gulf
Fampeche
Duatrie
Texas
Etems
New York Heralds
Central
Disjointed notes and quotes sweep through early report
The item compiles assorted lines on transport costs politics weather and odd anecdotes. It mentions Missourians and Jefferson City railway fares, J. P Morgan showcasing oriental bookmaking, Havana temperatures, a weather bullet, gambling references and a Boston Herald quote about wealth as an embarrassment. It ends with a joke about a Liberal party presidential candidate and a Springfield janitor.
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Jefferson City
J. P Morgan
Benning
Havana
Washington
Boston Herald
United States
Liberal Party
Statehouse
Springfield
Late Gossip of Foreign Capitals
A long, scandalous column retells court intrigues across Europe. It covers Archduke Otto in Egypt, Tsarist approvals for Count Belenskoi’s name, a Russian grand duke’s volatile marriage, Prince Anthony Radziwill’s funeral and honors, and the King of Württemberg's Riviera escape.
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Belenskoi
Alexeiwitch
Alexis
Alexandra Jukoffsky
Finance
Baron Reutern
France
Alexander II
Orthodox Church of
Romanoff
Peter Shouvaloff
United States
Sam
Mlle Jakoffsky
Sérgiano
Baron Wehrmann
Sergiano
Imperial College of Pages
St Petersburg
Count Belensko
Troubetskoi
Moscow
Sergius
Duchess of Beauharnais
Duke of Leuchtenberg
Skobeleff
Granduke Alexis
Swain
Grand Duke
Anthony Radziwill
Berlin
George
Stanislas
Stanislag
Verdinand Radziwill
Order of the Black Eagle
Prince Anthony
Germany
William Radziwill
Catherine Radziwill
South Africa
New
Almanach de Gotha
Order of
Therese
Gothas
Wurttemberg
French Riviera
Leopold
Belgium
Nice
Cannes
Monte Cario
Monaco
Urach
William of
Tunderfeld
Monte Carlo
Prince of
Stuttgart
Boniface
Bos Marquise DE Fontenoy
Capitol chatter and Rockyboy band aid debated in Congress
Senator Latimer recalls a South Carolina plantation letter recounting a gas plant explosion and a Black witness’s harrowing flight. Kentucky revolver jokes drift through a House panel as lawmakers joke about Kentucky fears. Rockyboy Flathead Indians and a home for the band draw support from Stewart and Hitchcock with agents visiting reservations.
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Latimer
South Carolina
Rockyboy
Roosevelt
Capitol
Senate
Stewart
Indian Affairs Committee
Hitchcock
The Man Who Sells His Vote in Indiana Policy
Gov Durbin denounces vote selling in Indiana as a grave offense. He cites a county with 5 000 votes and 1 200 listed as purchasable, urging legislation to curb political debauchery and to drain public corruption. He portrays the purchaser as betraying American decency and the right to self government.
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Chicago
Indiana
Durbin
Something Doing In The Country In A Row Of Oddities
A column of scattered notes from various towns and readers covers bids for gossip about country papers, renamed folks, pension antics, marriages, a runaway horse, and local skits. It weaves quips on gossip, courtship, and small-town life with brief reports from Mount Carrie and Rainier, plus a glimpse at outdoors literature and a seaside street joke.
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Gallatin
Democrat
Chicago
Hiram Slocum
Ad Childress
Oliver Lowden
Epson Lorimer
Bull
Slocum
Guzsle Davis
Guante Point
William Henry Harrison
Portland Oregonian
Fife
Senator Patterson Tours Washington Amid Colorado Turmoil
United States Senator Thomas M. Patterson of Colorado arrived in Washington for the current session, commenting on the political upheaval after last November’s gubernatorial election. He cites Supreme Court actions and corporate power in Denver as shaping the contest in favor of Adams over Peabody, with ongoingindustry and railroad lobbying visible in lobby meetings and plans for new regulatory rules.
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Sulge
Brigham Young
Colorado
Supreme Court
Utah
von George Sutherland
United States
Senate
Thomas M. Patterson
Washington
Patterson
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Peabody
Denuver
Pea
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Lake Coasts
National Board of Steamavigation
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Mer
Sleimsiy
Vetcal
Thaderson
Pittsburg
Mentire Packet Company
Pittsbore First Vic
Ind
Pittyburg
Osborn
Nghtrman Lemsyly
Railroad Company
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