Roosevelt’s last four weeks prompt growth in capital plans
Roosevelt proves a forceful president with swift scope for progress, while discussions shift to Washington’s capital development. The piece urges Congress to accelerate public works, expand monuments, parks, and federal buildings, and elevate the city as a true world capital for all time.
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Washington
D&c
Maine
Caliifornia
Library of
Rok Creek Park
National Cepital
Canada and the trade key to Canada’s rich markets
The piece argues a Canada England trade dynamic hinges on reciprocity and self interest. It claims Canada will grow to 7,000,000 people in three years, will both produce and consume heavily, and that renewed reciprocity could unlock vast trade. It frames Canada as a strategic market and source of future wealth for the United States.
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Hawaii
Philippines
Asia
Canada
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Hagen
Philadelphia
Willard
Tvo
Taft
White House
Phim Hail
Sawin Dakota
Ebbitt
Wills
Washington
South Dakota
Man’s Glory and Shame in Earthquake Time
A reflective piece ponders how inner resistances shape humanity under disaster. It questions whether faith, ego, and custom sustain society as fear and iniquity rise, while highlighting light from love and sacrifice as a counterforce. It asks if God must strip powers and possessions to reveal man’s true state and asks whether fear of the Lord wanes amid material conquest.
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Truman
The People's Canal Controversy Over Panama Costs
A public inquiry presses Col Goethals for a Panama Canal cost estimate. He refuses, arguing it would spark press debate. The piece argues the canal is the people's work and money, demanding transparent public accounting through trusted officials and the press.
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People’s Canal
Panama Canal
Col
Goethals
Col. Goethals
Public Press
Col. Goethald
Psnaima
Econvert
Tatts Potley
India
Mr. Taft
Panama Canal debate and a new district government plan
The article discusses public access to information on the Panama Canal project, urging transparent discussion and warning Col Goethals to heed public sentiment. It also reviews a proposed District government plan with a governor, elected commissioners, an advisory board, and a district delegate, modeled on Rio de Janeiro, aimed at better governance and representative control.
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Senate
Gallinger
Congress
Rio de Janeiro
United States of Brazil
Rio
Medal for La Farge Comes Too Late, Says Artist
New York painter John La Farge, famed for murals, accepted a medal from the Architectural League amid remarks that the acknowledgment comes very late in life. He recalled McKim, Meade & White denying him work for two decades, and said he would use the honor to continue his work despite past perceived snubs.
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New York Times
John la Farge
Architectural League
New York
American Fine Arta
la Farge
Architectural Lelteue
League
C. Grant la Parge
Joan la Farge
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Rockefeller praised as model of success in church talk
Detroit dispatch reports Rev. Marquis of St Pauls Cathedral told insurance men that John D. Rockefeller would likely be in the Vatican if he had chosen the priesthood. He cited four keys to success work, perseverance, thoroughness, and individuality while speculating Harriman could rival Caesar and Roosevelt in religious work.
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Caesar
Detroit
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St. Pauls Cathedral
John D. Rockefeller
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Harriman
Roosevelt
Martin Luther
St Tra
How to Judge Tobacco Carl Werner in the Bohemian Magazine
The piece explains how the average smoker judges a cigar and outlines the expert method. It emphasizes lighting and smoking to midsection, then assessing burn, aroma, flavor, color, and workmanship, including wrapper smoothness and draw.
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Bohemian
Sugar Fuel for Motors from Molasses Plan
Suggestions to sugar planters in South America and beyond to distill industrial alcohol from surplus molasses. US experiments show about one gallon of alcohol from three gallons of molasses as beet and cane sugar output nears 400 000 tons. Cheaper fuel could power river launches, replacing timber for fuel in river trade.
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Dundes
South America
United States
Quita
Broke Her Ribs Sneezing at Broadway Theater
Mrs. Sarah Fisher of Port Washington Long Island visited New York to see her daughter Sallie Fisher perform in a musical comedy at the Breadway Theater. Amid audience laughter she sneezed violently, breaking two ribs. Dr Walter Shoales treated her in distress after the act.
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New York World
Sarah Fisher
Port Washington
Long Island
Sallie Fisher
Breadway Theater
Walter Shoales
Trial Marriage a Failure in San Francisco
W Robbins of San Francisco says trial marriage has failed after five years under a contract that expires tomorrow. He and his wife will separate, citing liberty and enforced deference as the main issues. The couple claim they gave the contract a fair trial and will not renew it.
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Anne
Wenman Roberts
Lfe
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Holkham
Marl of
Howard Coke
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Iles
la Mancina
Cam
Cicero
Abbey of
Cluny
Abelard
Dante
Cosmo da Medicis
Alfonso of
Naples
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Bridget
St. Oswald
Ambassadors and Artist Honored by Prussia Award
The Prussian Order Pour le Merite is described as an honor combining academy prestige with knighthood. John Singer Sargent and James Bryce are named among recent recipients, joining a small foreign contingent chosen by a civil division chapter ratified by the King. The civil division includes diplomats, scholars, and artists, with Sargent as the third American to receive the award.
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Johh & Sargent
James’ Bryce
Washington
Germany
Kalger
Thomas Carlyle
Order of the Bath
Queen Victoria
Prusafon Order Pour le Merité
Frederick the Great
Friederick’ the Great
Humboldt
Frederick
William IV
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Hirboldt
Academy of France
Cardinal Richelieu
Ludwig Uhland
Pasteur
Herbert Spencer
Sargent
United States
Bancroft
Alexander Agassiz
Harvard
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Belomy
Vourgeoisie
Drives Out the Bats Exterminates Rats in New York Warehouses
From Washington, Benjam Russell, U S superintendent of warehouses for New York, reports a recent test of the Danysa virus at Warehouse No 24 in Brooklyn's Erie Basin shows the pest is cleared. He notes uncertainty if the disease passes to healthy rats but cites potential yearly savings of about 150 million dollars if effective. Heard's Erie Basin stores confirm the virus was sprayed across their warehouses.
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New York
Hersia
Bureau of Agriculture
Washington
Benjam
Russell
United States
R.gorma
Tata
Bsard
Erie Basin
Booth Brooklyn
Orig
Mr. Russell
Europe
Heard
Thea Company
James J. Slayden
Texas
Raleigh
New Braunfels
San Antonio
Austin
Ander
Comal County
Rabbit Defies Guns On Logansport Farm
A big jackrabbit on Edward Lowe's farm north of Logansport defies seven armed men and six dogs, escaping bullets and outrunning hounds. Lowe, who had tried for a month to kill it, says the creature seems almost human as it taunts hunters and laughs when it runs.
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Sogansporg
New York World
Edward Lowe
Logansport
Ufe
Lowe
Footsteps as a Love-Lorn Muse in a Chicago Verse
A fragmentary lyric from the Chicago Record-Herald evokes a narrator listening for a beloved’s footsteps. The speaker describes fear and longing, hearing every step as a spell and imagining the beloved’s near presence on the moor. The mood is intimate, haunted, and filled with unspoken yearning.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Treasure Map Hen Yields Burt Family Gold
A scrawny hen laid an egg with a map etched on its shell, leading Ezra Burt to a hidden stash buried by the family ancestor during the revolutionary war. Ezra retrieved a discolored copper kettle filled with gold after a gypsy prophesied a future egg treasure, mortgage paid, family restored.
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New York
Bara Burt
Bara
Jeremiah Burt
Ezra
Burt
Burts
Betsy Waa
Mzra
A Political Trick From the New York Times
A brief wartime style notice cites a woman urged to join the cause to aid national welfare. It frames female suffrage as tied to patriotic duty and mobilization, highlighting gender role rhetoric and collective action during political conflict.
Second Hand Hair in Fashion History
A Pathfinder essay notes the thrift and commerce of human hair, citing the Treasury for 437691.23 dollars imported last year from Italy Hungary and Spain among others. It describes sourcing at fairs and villages, bids for fine heads of hair, and concerns about cleanliness and disease despite steady demand from stylish ladies.
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Hungary
Austria
Spain
China
Europe
France
Asia
Deep Dives for Treasure in Varied Depths
A Pearson's Weekly feature recounts Dutch diver Ho 175 feet to a Dorothea wreck on Tenedos Reef, debunking claims of sea diving records. It notes Hooper reached 201 feet at Cape Horn and A Hrestarbe salvaged 9000 pounds of silver from Skyro in 180 feet, while Lambert and Ridyard earned vast sums from other shipwrecks.
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Pearson's Weekly
Tenedos Reef
Hooper
Cape Horn
South America
A. Hrestarbe
Skyro
Cape Hintsterre
Alexander Lambert
Ilver
Alfonso Kit
Abo Ag
Leucenia”Rock
Shanghai
Ridyard
Chicagoans brave winter lake swim taunt sparks dare
Chicago Dispatch to the New York Press reports a 4 am winter lake swim in Lake Michigan. A patrol wagon of police witnessed the event after a taunt by Julius Singer of Alaska. Late Senator McCarthy offered a bet on the crowd's nerve, while plans to furnish transport and gear were discussed.
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New York
Senator McCarthy
Lake Michigan
Mr. Singer
Rae Ene
One Arm Prodigy William Collins of London Chronicle
William George Collins, a one-armed craftsman and former rural postman, gained fame for remarkable self taught skills. He learned writing with his left hand, mastered shorthand, and mentored others. He built a six room cottage with concrete bricks and fashioned his own mail cart after parcels post introduced.
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London Chronicle
William George Collins
Radchester
Smile
Scotland Yard
Amail
Colling
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A fragmentary column comments on social folly and vanity with satirical lines about oblivion, the bite of a toodhless dog, haberdashers, counterfeit notes, and the aging claim of a woman. It notes the druggist as a mixer and laments life as a gamble where everyone has a chance like a Wall Street lamb.
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Chicago News
Wall Street
Reflections Of A Bachelor From The New York Prem
A fragmentary humorous note on courtship and manners cites ideas about how women influence men and the charm of innocence. It critiques men who boast of intellect and pretentious mustache curling while noting the irony of resolutions after self indulgence.
Visitors in Washington discuss tariff andpolicy shifts
In Washington, George F. Iver, a map supplier, and others comment on tariff revision and its impact on business. Senators Knox and Taft are praised, while Indian progress in South Dakota and Sioux chief Red Cloud are noted. German-American trade prospects and conservation ideas are discussed, with regional views on lumber and coal.
Bellringers Compare Artful Clavecin to Boxing Gloves
A quirky account traces the clavecin’s rise from bell ringing in Belgium beyond the Middle Ages. Bells inspired a keyboard hammer system, elevating craft to art. The article notes modern bell ringers lack the old clavecin skill and the gloves used by past players seem a comic mismatch.
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Belgium
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