Coal land laws and Congo colonization debate
The Journal argues coal land policy must balance leasing time with area to deter fraud while Congress tightens limits. It notes perjury risks in homestead coal entries and calls for explicit laws to protect and develop public lands. The piece also critiques Congo colonization prospects and urges guided American involvement.
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Journal
Washington
Hbolding
Alexandria
Congress
Cou- Nieto Oman
Len Mhier
Pnelneering and
Secretary of the Interior
Laases Tt
Bryanistic logic and South American fleet diplomacy collide
The Houston Post argues Bryan and Gray share core principles amid editorial debate on Bryan's policies. Roosevelt’s fleet visit to Brazil and South American reception highlight improved ties, while a separate DC note critiques prohibition and demands local input before federal action.
Original Taft Man Claimed by Multiple Backers
Washington Dispatch notes a surge of claims that William Howard Taft was first discovered as a future president by various figures. Julius Kahn and Senator Dolliver tout McKinley’s push for Taft in the Philippines as pivotal, while Hiram Ruffson's 1897 prophecy credits Taft’s rise.
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McKinley
Washington Dispatch
Brooktyp Eagle
Taft
Julius Kahn
California
Wiliam Howard Taft
Philippine
Salanda
Mr. Kahn
Gov. Taft
United States
Jonathan P. Dobiver
Iowa
Orginal Taft
Manila
White House
Dolliver
Philippine Islands
Dollivar
Philippines
Hiram Rullson
Cincinnati
Ruligon
National Civil Service Reform League
Rullson
Hiram
Canned Excitement in a Nashville American Pageant
Fragmented column of satirical notes and quotes from diverse sources. The piece jumbles politics, theater metaphor, and social commentary, mentioning Gov. Beckham, Taft, Carrie Nation, Mrs Russell Sage, La Follette, and tobacco usage trends, with sharper skew toward urban politics and cultural tropes.
Six Toed People Colony Described In Lineage Tale
A colonial account describes a lineage between Joncoln and Sagadahoc counties where generations of intermarriage produced a six toed deformity. The article recalls ostracism for extreme footwear styles, surgeries to remove the distinction, and a legend of an ancestor splitting a toe in woodwork creating the six toed trait.
Prosperity in 1907 Despite Money Stringency
The 1907 year is reviewed as a period of foreign trade gains with exports and imports totaling $348 million, surpassing prior highs and signaling strong commercial activity. The piece argues the apparent pause in industrial activity masks underlying enterprise and asserts 1908 may extend the prosperous trend rather than foretell hard times.
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Sears
Imdust
Agitarom
Slap for Nosebleed Trick Revealed in Reflections of a Bachelor
A New York Press item recounts a traveling man who explains nosebleed episodes are best stopped by a blow to the head, a trick he attributes to an old Mexican physician. The column then pivots to satirical reflections on bachelor life and love, with quips about relatives, telephone flirting, and social vice in a breezy, period voice.
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New York
Grip
South
Bryan
Ite
The
Buffalo News
Beerbohm Tree
Mexico
Mer Ata
Gomip
Belog
Claridge's
London
Mivarts
Mivart
Boniface
Claridge
Duke
Duchess of
Devonshire
Prince Putbus Title Restored Amid Veltheim Scandals
A London audience follows the revival of the Prince Putbus title, granted by Emperor William to Francie von Veltheim in lawless times. The article traces the von Veltheim dynasty, estate holdings of about 100000 acres including Rugen, and connects the new title to the scandalous adventurer now jailed for blackmail and bigamy. It recounts the wanderings of the impostor Moritz Kurtz, his marriages across Australia the United States and Europe, and the long history of the Putbus line to the current legal action.
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Francie von Veltheim
London
WH Ham
Prince Putbus
Bome
Rugen
Putbus
Jaromyr I
Stolsiev
Putbuske
St 'G Hie
Furst
Prince Putrus
Wanda ‘von Veltheim
Marie
Francis von Veltheim
Putrus
William
Duchy of
Magdeburg
von Veltheims
Germany
Austria
Franz von Velthheim
von Veltheim
Moritz Ludwig Kurtz
Brunswick
United States
Kurtz
New York
Pretoria
South Africa
Bulgaria
Serbia
Prince Alexander
Australia
Louisa Yeargley
Perth
Western Australia
Mme von Veltheim
Bechuanaland
South America
Paula Schiffer
Kensington
America
Franz von Veltheim
Thames
Veltheim
Woolf Joel
England
France
Electricity driving a modern metropolis forward in 1900
The article praises electricity as daily life’s core force, noting electric transport, clocks, bells, lights, and dairy and textile processes. It highlights Western Electric's growth, shipping vast telephones and accessories, and cites global electric expansion, while also remarking on the era’s romantic ideas about electricity and even Cupid.
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The
New York Tribune
New York
Thomas A. Existon
Franklin
Western Electric
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Cupid
Federal
Electric Transportation Snes
United States
Yankee Bush
Egypt
Pyramids
Rain and moods in the Nation and a Paris race tale
An article contrasts American reflections on luck and health costs with New York death figures and moral cautions about riches and health. It notes doctors commenting on heart disease trends and a Parisean betting coincidence where a racehorse named Diamant defeated odds after a con man named Lemaine was linked to a $2,000,000 scheme.
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New York
Manhattan
Cam
Boston
George F. Shrady
Beverly Robinson
Thomas Darlington
Creaes
New York American
Paria Cable
New York Herald
Vincennes
Lemaine
Diamant
Pointed Paragraphs From Chichko News
fragments of a Victorian style column discuss nature jokes and moral cautions. it remarks that men in hopeful life cannot borrow happiness, urges not to dwell on yesterday and to act today. references to married life and women questions hint at social judgments.
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Chichko Newg
Antions
Nhture
Hopelore
Senator Aldrich’s Early Rise to Senate Power
From the New York Herald, Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich faced youth doubts yet won a flattering Senate election. A shrewd, math-loving leader, he advanced from Providence clerk to councilman, speaker, and influential Republican guide, later shaping Finance and other key committees. He served in Rhode Island’s Tenth Infantry and earned a reputation for relentless work and little humor.
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New York Herald
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich
United States
Senate
Aldrich
Foster, R. I
Academy
East Greenwich
Providence
Fult
Tenth
Rhode Island Infantry
Washington
United States Senate
Ir Aldrich
Republican Party
Congress
Burnside
Reac Hla
District of Columbia
Army tests and Alaska moose lore in forgotten clippings
The page mixes a satirical note on army discipline with a long anecdote from Webster Brown about Alaska moose. It describes potential fates for an army engineer and chaplain tied to tests, then shifts to Brown praising Alaska moose as supreme game, sharing a tale of boiling a moose nose for gelatin to sustain a trekking party.
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Weattie Times
Alaska
Webster Brown
Brown
White River
Tananao Valley
Bachelor Seals Fated Life in Arctic Fur Trade
The New York Frese reports on bachelor seals in the seal islands living solitary, ascetic lives while rival bulls command harems. Young males must fight and grow before mating rights, and only mature bachelors yield fur revered for its fineness and pile.
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Bke
Dog and Alligator Form Remarkable Friendship in Memphis
The Memphis Dispatch reports Jim the alligator and Towser the dog, owned by C Merz of 178 South Front Street, as close companions. The pair sleep under the master's work bench, with Jim about eight feet long and 17 years with Merz. Jim eats little from December to June, then becomes sluggish, while summer finds him active and a noted pigeon catcher in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis Dispatch
New York Herald
Jim
C Merz
South Front Street
Merz
Quesada praises Hague conference and Cuban diplomacy at Raleigh
Cuban Minister to the United States Senor Quesada praised The Hague peace conference for uniting nations to discuss global good and showed Latin America’s progress in government. He noted Spain’s representatives greeted Cuba as an independent power, and discussed disarmament and future world impact. The interview touched on his presidency candidacy, U.S. relations, and Pennsylvania politics.
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South America
Republic of Braz
United States
Hto Fe Janero
Runs
South Amelia
Jane
Bureau of American Republics
Root
Hague
Senor Quesada
Raleigh
Quesada
Washington
Spein
Europe
Latin America
Latin
America
Cuba
Congress
M* Quesada
Japan
James A. Beaver
Pennsylvania
Ebbitt House
Beaver
Edwin Erle Sparks
State College of Pennsylvania
Ehatr
State College
Banc
Knox
Presi
Guy Beeser
Taft
Boies Penrose
Finn
Senate
Penrose
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Ife
Citenakip
Belgjurd
Housean Post
Washington Post
Judge Gray
Houston Journal
Preachius
Pha
Israel
Gray
Texas
Urjan
George Grays
Houston Post
World
Sun
Times
Roosevelt
Penna
Brazil
Great Britain
Nashville
Col Watterton
Beckham
Kentucky
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Carrie Nation
Milwaukee
Carrie
Russell Sage
Tke
Mr. Taft
Ita
Houston
Bom de Castellano
la Follette
Atchison Globe
Washington Post CO
Washington, D.C
Washington, D
Ofice Flatiron
Paul Block
Niewera
Prince
Charles R Bauell
William Baugh
Virginia
Petersburg
Abraham
Atlanta
Promised Land
Senator Aldrich
Orsemen
Frese
Taliaferro
Gen J . Maxwell
National Guard
Florida
Jacksonville
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Mallory William J Bryan
Ohio
Boarke
University of Chicago
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Ohio State Journal
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Sparks
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