Municipal ownership debate runs through District House actions
A long discussion in the House debates municipal ownership of public utilities in the District, weighing costs, efficiency, and congressional oversight. Commissioner Weal notes water success under city control but warns against broad acquisitions, given high salaries and auditing needs. The issue echoes across cities, with Chicago studies cited and no clear rule.
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Weal
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Treasury
Chicago
Jenkins
House of Representatives
Music cures bad boys with Prof Chevalier in New York
From the Newark World report Prof Chevalier offers musical cures for wayward youths at 9 West Thirty-fifth Street. He explains temperament types and claims music, sometimes with hypnotism and occult practices, can soften tempers and redirect behavior. His wife Mme Chevalier aids in administering the cure on the professor's card.
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Mme
Constance Chevalier
Prof. Chevalier
Thrilling ride on beach and pole quest news
A chaotic collage of notes on national arts debates, Washington politics, and a dangerous beach patrol test. Walter Wellman in D C scenes, a life saver named Hulse survives a motorcycle crash on Lone Hill Beach, and public pension talk for teachers mixes with sharp political sniping and theatrical quarrels.
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Walter Wellman
Washington
North Pole
Lafayette and His Descendants and a Paris Envoy Colony
A lengthy historical note traces Lafayette descendants and notes there is no male heir or noble title remaining to carry Lafayette’s name. It then describes Paris as a large home for retired diplomats from many nations, listing several prominent figures and their residences, and reflects on Paris as a capital favored by such envoys for culture, independence, and privileges. It closes with a royal hint about an English archbishop election and crown influence on church appointments.
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German Empire
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Moreluss
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Legion of Honor
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London Gazette
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Church of York
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Emecopil
Church of Ireland
Gladstone
Fortznoy
iCopyrigut
Brentwood Company
Office hustle boosts mail delivery in Beloit plan
A Beloit Wisconsin firm equips the mail cart with an auto meter and odometer. The device records both speed and distance traveled by the boy delivering mail, showcasing a plan that preserves energy and hustling efficiency in the office routine.
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Immigration waves and political commentary at 1909 issue
A lengthy editorial discusses immigration to Virginia and the Southern states, arguing the influx will benefit the region. It cites economic impacts from land development, mentions immigration from Northern states, and reflects on constitutional and political debates of the era, including references to Taft and civil issues.
Wall Street Journal Lampoons Courage and Yale Harvard Power Play
The piece jeers the Senate and mocks claims of courage while lampooning President Hadley of Yale and President Lowell of Harvard. It notes an omission from the National Academy of Arts and Letters and praises Archbold as a lively contributor to American letters.
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Bumblepuppy
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Wall Street Journal
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Uon
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Yale
Lowell
Harvard
United States
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Archbold
Bere's Hard-Working Hens in Mahanoy City
Andrew Croasley of Bloomsburg, owner of a hen, sent dispatch to the New York World describing how twelve eggs produced thirteen pullets with one twin. Now eight months old, the pullets lay fourteen eggs daily, with one hen laying two eggs as her mother did.
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Mahanoy City
N. Y
Boston stenographer refuses liquor dealer letter
Miss Elizabeth Currier, a Warren Avenue Baptist Church member and Sunday school teacher in Boston, declines to write a letter for a liquor dealer. She says earning wages for the ad would aid the liquor trade and compromise her Christian duties, risking her stenographer job to stay true to God.
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New York Times
Elizabeth Currier
Warren Avenue
Boston
Aquor
Noguor
PieEating Champion Emerges From Essex County Marathon
Sylvester Pollitt, a 200 pounder, wins a crowded pie eating contest held under the James Boyd council and American Mechanics in Broomfield New Jersey. Pollitt gobbles 29 pies including apple lemon and cranberry with cider chasers, while archibald Heath falters on his thirteenth pie.
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N. J
Uimpatche
New York
Red Bank
Montclair
Sylvester Pallitt
New Jersey
John BD
Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Aus
James Boyd Council
Tumor Order of American Mechanics
Pollitt
Trail Bulld
Essex County
William Eaton
George A. Flor
Archibald Heath
Heath
Land Back Then Born Again In Patterson Deed
New York World reports William Patterson deeded land to his sons in Newark New Jersey around 12 acres at Bloomfield Avenue and Parker Street. The ancient instrument, found by Gifford Miller, contains a clause that if the grantor is born again the land reverts to him. Attorneys deem the cloud not serious and advise the sons may keep the property.
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New York World
William Patterson
Ms Sons
Newark
Bloomfield Avenue
Parker Street
Gifford & Miller
Patterson
Wiliam D
Samuel
Christ
William D
Samuel Patterson
M. Gifford
Baron Keeps on Baking at Hartford Bakery Heir Mood
Max Persch a German baron in voluntary exile works as a Park Street bakery foreman while awaiting a million dollar inheritance from Friedrich Paiseli. The deceased heir, per village rumor, died December 5, 148 in Buffalo, and Persch may not quit work until the legacy arrives, with Mayor Willam Henney attempting to secure the funds.
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Hartford
New York World
Max Persch
Park Street
Buffalo
Friedrich Paiseli
Mantecaves
Willam & Henney
Will of John R. Plath Filed for Probate in New York
The will of John R. Plath, an elderly plaintiff famed for a suit against Hannah Elis, was filed Thursday in the surrogate's office. It cites an estate valued over $10,000 in personal property, with no real estate, and includes a $3,000 bequest to grandson William J. Cassard conditioned on his abstaining from smoking and alcohol until age twenty-one, as part of a pledge earlier made by his late wife.
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Independent League
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Mansfield
Luke Dandruf
New Yok Times
John R. Plath
Hannah Elis
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Wfe
Wiliam J. Cassard
John W. Kern
Indiana
H. F. Shively
Shively
James £. Frets
Terre Haute
Walford
Plety
Bryan
India
Hellenway
Kern
He Won't Eat After the Cat in Essex Market Court
Philip Fellner the tailor of 9 Sherif Street faced a charge of failure to support his wife. Miss Doyle, a probation officer, helped arrange a settlement. Fellner must support his wife, who will provide him meat untouched by the cat and urge him to wear a net when mood for luxury strikes.
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New York
Canfield loss echoes Saratoga grounds sale
A Saratoga Springs show place once famed as Canfield’s might be sold to locals for about 875,000, yielding a $65,000 loss to Richard Canfield. The Italian gardens and grand houses hold masterworks, with negotiations in progress and papers awaiting signing.
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Canfield
Saratoga Springs
Ente
Beajes
Richard Canfield
Canfiald
John W. Gates
John A. Drake
Alga
Pointed Paragraphs on Stage Life and Witty Wisdom
A compact, era toned column offers pithy observations on theater life and social behavior. It notes the ease of heroism on stage, the tricks of marketing success, and the fickle judgments of women about men. The piece weaves aphorisms about risk, kindness, and public favor.
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A fragmentary passage quotes social musings on charity, courage, and vanity. It blends wry aphorisms about money and politeness with observations on beauty and youth. The text reads like a humorous column noting social quirks and personal foibles.
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New York
Views of visitors in Washington on timber and politics
Chicagoan Satt Zyiward Hines argues the U S timber supply will last decades citing virgin forests in the South and West and 30 years in Pennsylvania. Indiana politics heat rises as Judge Frets discusses Kern, Shively, and Democratic gains. James W Wadsworth, Russell W Austin, and Gen Charles R Boardman comment on veterans, Glasgow governance, and Wisconsin National Guard reforms.
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Satt Zyiward Hines
Chicago
New Willard
United States
Pennsylvania
Charles R. Boardman
National Guard
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Washington
Naton! Rifle Association
Riggs House
Beardman
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