The Increase of Salaries in Congress
The House has voted to raise Senators and Representatives salaries to 37,500, with the Senate urged to approve to end the debate. The article argues high office costs and dignity justify the raise, noting clerks would also benefit indirectly, while government pay lags behind private sector wages and living costs. It highlights historical pay levels in Washington civil service and urges a fair adjustment reflecting public service duties.
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House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Congress
House
Ufe
Con Breas
Washington
Civil Service
Gov. Cumming
Town
Harollton
Madson
The Lumber Monopoly Speech by Senator Kittredge
The South Dakota Republican Senator argues lumber is a prairie necessity and that a remorseless monopoly has raised prices 100 to 500 percent. He proposes removing the duty to import lumber from Canada to break the trust. The piece recalls Uncle Pete Hepburn and critiques stand pat Republicans and Southern protectionists.
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Alfred Heard Kittredge
South Dakota
Senate
Gen. Hancock
Kentucky
John G. Carlisle
Henry Watterson
William Lindsay
W. C. P. Breckinridge
J. Proctor Knott
Quinine Jim" McKenzie
John Young Brown
Congress
Kittredge
Prairie
United States
Canada
Pete Hepburn
American Congress
Iowa
Uncle Pete
Booth
Nation's Navy Proves Readiness From Kingston Aid
The editorial lauds the US Navy for rapid response off Kingston Kingston Kingston Kingston Kingston Jamaica Harbor aiding wounded and distributing supplies praising its calm efficiency in peace and disaster and urging continued readiness and generosity abroad. It notes President and Navy Department officials quick action and questions constitutional limits on foreign relief funding.
Babies Save Homes? Divorce Causes in Childless Marriages
Chicago Chronicle reports Judge McEwen’s study linking childless homes to higher divorce risk, citing monthly divorces and cases of drunkenness. It notes age patterns, with most petitioners aged 30 to 40, and lists cited causes such as desertion, cruelty, religious conflict, and temperamental incompatibility as interpreted by the judge.
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Chicago Chronicle
Wizard McEwen
Superior Court
Gary
McEwen
Jurist
Lst
Dress Suits a Hand Me Down from English Riding Wear
Prof Frederick Starr explained to a University of Chicago anthropology class that dress suits originate as hand me downs from English riding coats. He traced the evolution from aristocrat and servant use to today’s gala attire, noting design features born of riding and later adapted for formal wear.
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Chicago
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Prof. Starr
The Origin of Fellow in the London Chronicle
A British lecture traces the word fellow from its joint venture roots to present dignity in contexts like fellow of a college. It notes shifts in meaning from friendly service to a term of contempt and a social marker in phrases such as fellow-citizen and good fellow.
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London Chronicle
Branksome
Dorset
White war horses prized in the past
The article surveys the historical and cultural reverence for white horses from ancient myth to royal tradition. It notes war department policy favoring gray horses for cavalry, cites European etiquette of drawing state coaches with white horses, and reflects on superstition and nostalgia for the breed amid modern changes.
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War Department
Washington
Pegasus
Forum
Castor
Pollux
Eternal City
Alexander the Great
Bucephalus
Souewise
Napoleon
Marengo
Lord Robert
Cabut
Candahar
Berlin
Vicong
Europe
Buckingham Palace
London
Edward
Westminster
Gambling clubs of Paris lure women to ruin at baccarat
The French capital sees a surge of gambling dens using the law to shelter operations run largely by foreigners. Marquet, founder of Club de France, boasts immense profits and a £8000 prize for an air voyage wager. Women, fashion figures, and demi-monde players fall prey, draining wardrobes and shopkeepers’ tills as Clemenceau cracks down and expels foreign operators.
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Baccarat
Arty Cable
London
Palt Mal Gazette
Tub Ife
Cluts
Fisc
France
Fise
Cafe
House of Assembly
M. Clemenceau
Napoleon
Marquet
Paris
Ostend
Bagatelle
Belgium
Rue de le Paix
Hot Spring Discovered at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Workmen digging six feet below water level at the Brooklyn Navy Yard found what was thought to be a hot spring near the site of a new wireless telegraph station. Water seepage and siphoning attempts failed, leaving the yard's foundation area unstable as officials checked pipe diagrams. The find offered coffee-supply potential at noon, while broader articles discuss coal mine accidents and mining safety trends.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Broadway
Baltimore Sun
Engineering and Mining Journal
England
Chauncey Depew on a Wedding Tour Tale
Mrs Depew recounts a wedding voyage with Chauncey Depew as the talk of the ship. A dull Scotch passenger asks who Depew is and the humorist responds that Depew resembles him, prompting a witty exchange about appearances and fairness.
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Fim
Chicago Chronicle
Humoriat
Depew
Pointed Paragrafhs From the Chicago News
A garbled Chicago News fragment mixes pithy aphorisms on money revenge and secrets with misspellings and odd capitalization. It hints at a satirical or editorial tone about human folly and social norms through a string of proverbs and misstatements.
Desperate Escape Tales From Penal Islands Across Myths and Realities
Story fragments recount daring escapes from Dartmoor to New Caledonia, New Britain, and Sumatra. Convicts gamble for freedom, enduring storms, hunger, sharks, and savage plains as authorities pursue them. Bold sailors and failed exiles illustrate the high cost of liberty and the perilous odds against success.
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Dartmoor
Searle
Wilte
Sydney
Willehad
Bismarck Islands
New Britain
New Caledonia
New Gainea
Australia
Levant
Mouchard
Sumatra
Merouke
Dutch New Guinea
Tagaris
Herneland
Vasa
Finland
St Petersburg
Siberia
United States
Grant
Manila
De Winash Wind In Black Dialed Verse
A Baltimore Sun piece in dialect describes a wintry wind battering a cabin. The speaker, Uncle Rastus, pleads for entry as the storm roars outside and the wind rumbles across the scene with eerie growls and whistle sounds. Heahah's comin' is invoked as a looming threat or presence from the storm.
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Baltimore Sun
Rastus
Scotch collie travels 1500 miles to be with owner
A Scotch collie owned by T G Young now in The Dalles Oregon is said to have journeyed 1500 miles by instinct from Duluth Minnesota to rejoin the Young family. The dog traveled alone in a baggage car and later found Miss Young in Superior Wisconsin two weeks ago, returning lean and worn but joyful.
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New York Herald
T G. Youn
Dalles
Oreg
D. L. Wiggene
Mr. Young
Vancouver
B. C
Misa Young
Superior
Wis
Duluth
Youngs
Young
Miss Young
Endowment Gift From Rooming House Keeper
Mrs Extma 8 Shirley, running a rooming house at 216 Hugenia street, saved 91 009 in dimes and, among moves, presented 1 000 to Mrs Wainwright wife of Rev Dr Wainwright president of the Methodist Missionary College in Tokyo for a Kinder Garten in Japan. She says the interest would support a Bible woman or deaconess in Japan. She quotes John Wesley motto Make all you can save all you can give all you can and notes most of the money came from 1984 letting rooms to World's Farmers. The piece also references Dave Brewer and Mr Justice Brewer with a humorous aside about how his title was used in different cities.
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At. Louis
Japan
Shirley
John Wesley
Mrs. Shirley
Kingston Jamaica Disaster Report Prompts Wariness and Plans
In Washington, business and shipping leaders from Jamaica discuss the Kingston disaster and Jamaica’s recovery. J C Hamlen of Portland Maine urges aid for food and housing, notes looting unlikely, and foresees quick reconstruction. Capt Charles Vivian and George L Richards comment on coastal defenses and the Panama Canal. W J Williams highlights European capital patterns and industrial competition.
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Kingston
Jamaica
J. C. Hamlen
Portland
Hamlen
Little Rock
Ark
Washington
Congress
Arkansas
West Indies
Mount Pelee
St Pierre
Martinique
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