Land laws and coal lands spark Congressional reform talk
The piece discusses land and coal law loopholes, perjury risk, and proposed limits on homestead and coal land entries. It notes President’s withdrawal of oil coal lands, calls for rational development, and references a Mining Journal view on explicit future legislation to curb fraud and encourage development.
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Journal
Washington
Hbolding
Alexandria
Congress
Cou- Nieto
Len Mhier
Pnolneering and Mining Journal
Irceryr Laases
Sho
Bryanistic logic and South America fleet debate
A Houston Post editorial links Bryan to Gray on core principles, argues the Washington Post misreads Bryan, and endorses his long‑standing public stance while noting his mixed positions on government ownership of railroads. The piece then discusses U S policy toward Brazil, the fleet visit to Rio de Janeiro, and effects on hemispheric relations with Root and Klaine cited. It concludes with a curb on District prohibition debates and calls for local input before sweeping action.
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Housean Post
Washington Post
Bryan
Judge Gray
Houston Journal
Pha
Lawgiver
Israel
Gray
Texas
Urjan
George Grays
The
Houston Post
Contemporary
World
Sun
Times
South America
Republic of Drazil
United States
Rio de Janero
South Amelia
Kla’ne
Bureau of American Republics
de Lette
Root
The Original Taft Man Discovered Taft’s Rise
Washington dispatch traces claims that McKinley and others first discovered William Howard Taft as a future president. Julius Kahn, Jonathan Dolliver, and Hiram Rullson are cited as early supporters who foresaw Taft’s White House path in 1897 to 1901 and beyond.
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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 and Political Burlesque Silences
A dense column of satirical riffage riffs on melodrama plots and public figures. It mocks Gov Beckham, Taft, Carrie Nation, La Follette, and Taft’s popularity while lampooning press ironies, tobacco habits, and European travel, ending with a theatrical flourish and crowd reaction.
Six-Toed Colony Tales of Odd Ancestry and Fashion
A historic note describes a community between Jon Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties famed for six toed individuals. Intermarriage preserved the trait. some wore extreme footwear then shifted to broad-toed shoes as ostracism eased. Legend credits an ancestor who split an ox toe, creating the six-toed line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Alaine
Joncoln
Sagadahoc
Prosperity in 1907 Reflected in Trade Returns
The article notes improved gross trade for 1907 with exports and imports totaling about 348 million dollars, surpassing foreign shipments by a wide margin. It argues the year shows strong commercial activity, counters fears of hard times, and emphasizes continued enterprise and production as key to sustained prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Imdust
Agitarom
Rao d
Slap Me To Stop Nosebleeds Says Elderly Traveler
A New York Prestige man recounts a grotesque incident where an elderly traveler bleeding at the nose asks a bellboy to slap him. The boy strikes, the man notes the bleeding stops, claiming nosebleeds are cured by a blow to the head. The piece ends with reflections on bachelor life and a morbid humor about love and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mexico
Prince Veltheim Title Revival Amid Blackmail Plot In London
In London a notorious adventurer known as Franz von Veltheim faces charges of blackmail conspiracy and bigamy, with the revived title Prince Putbus granted to his wife’s family line by Emperor William. The tale traces his tangled past across Germany Australia and Africa, including multiple marriages and disputed fortunes. The piece notes the public interest as authorities pursue extradition from France and recalls the historic Mivarts Hotel in London.
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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
Marie Mavrocordato
Thames
Pseudo von Veltheim
Veltheim
Woolf Joel
England
France
Electric era uprisings and daily life in 1900s cities
The article notes electric transportation expanding across the United States with horses still seen in New York streets. It describes rising electricity use in daily life from telephones to clocks, bells, dairy, milling, and clothing production, predicting a fully electrified world. It mentions Western Electric output, the scale of industry, and a humorous nod to love as an electrical affair.
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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 Death Figures From New York to Paris
A Melbourne like essay on weather fate and health is followed by a syndicated note on rising heart disease deaths in New York and Boston. Doctors warn time and money tolls by lifestyle, while Parisians note a curious race day coincidence involving a horse named Diamant and jockey Lemaine.
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New York
Manhattan
Cam
Boston
George F. Shrady
Beverly Robinson
Thomas Darlington
New York American
Paria Cable
New York Herald
Vincennes
Lemaine
Diamant
Pointed Paragraphs From Chichko News
Fragmented and distorted prose outlines personal prudence and social irony. Mentions of nature jokes, happiness, trouble, yesterday, today, and a weary married man surface amid garbled phrases about a girl, a young man, and a heartless woman.
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Chichko Newg
Antions
Nhture
Senator Aldrich's Career Emerges In Early Senate
From the New York Herald comes a profile of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich born November 6 in Foster Rhode Island. A shrewd level headed defender of business he rose from clerk to Providence councilman to U S Senator and later top leader on Finance and a dozen committees.
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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 Calorie Tale
From the New York Sun the piece mocks army tests for officers and illustrates Alaska hunting lore. It cites wind and horse speed tests for officers and recounts Webster Brown praising Alaska moose meat boiled for days to yield nourishing gelatin for a remote White River party.
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New York
Weattie Times
Alaska
Webster Brown
Brown
White River
Tananao Valley
The Bachelor Seal and Its Hard Life in Fur Trade
A New York Frese article describes the “bachelor seal” as a young male seal doomed to solitary life until ready to fight for a mate. It notes the bulls with many wives, the danger to younger males who attempt to marry, and claims fine fur coats come from these unhappy bachelors.
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New York
Frese
Dog and Alligator Form Remarkable Companionship in Memphis
The Memphis pair Jim the alligator and Towser the dog, owned by C Merz of 178 South Front Street, have a notable bond. Jim, about eight feet long for seventeen years, travels with his owner and sleeps under the workbench platform. He eats little from December to June, subsisting on rats and occasional meat, while in summer he is active and reputed as a pigeon catcher.
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Memphis Dispatch
New York Herald
Jim
C Merz
South Front Street
Merz
Cuban Minister Quesada Talks At Raleigh On Hague Conference
Senor Quesada Cuban Minister to the United States says The Hague peace conference produced many good results with future impact. He notes improved Latin American perception, Franco Spanish dialogue, and steps toward disarmament, plus Cuba’s readiness to resume governance under U.S. oversight. Also mentions American political maneuvers for Knox and Penrose, and Dr Edwin Erle Sparks becoming State College of Pennsylvania president.
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Hague
Senor Quesada
United States
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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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Prince
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Mivart
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Claridge
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William Baugh
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Atlanta
Promised Land
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University of Chicago
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