President's Philadelphia Address Defends Policies
The President defends his administrative policies in a Philadelphia address, arguing that rights of man must be limited by race and individual capacity. He contrasts Jefferson as a practical statesman and notes the need to defend his tolls exemption repeal and Mexican policy amid domestic and foreign challenges.
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Thomas Jefferson
George Tit
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United States
British Tolls Exemption Debate Hits U.S. Politics
The article reviews British statements about the tolls exemption repeal and argues the President misreads treaty meaning. It asserts British officials did not press repeal, casting political light on voters and lawmakers who supported the measure amid ongoing disputes with U.S. political parties and campaign pledges.
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Backville-West
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
Edward Grey
Viscount Bryce
London
Philadelphia
Dutta
Washington Grove
British Avowal of Not Urging Or Pressing Repeal! Hag
Remembering Their Dead in Public Grief Display
A sharp editorial condemns a proposed public grief display by WWI veterans for three comrades killed by their own device off New York. It argues such celebration mirrors atrocities they once opposed and warns authorities to suppress the demonstration as a danger to society.
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New York City
Fuzzy Wuzzier
Geronimo
New York
Nicaraguan Treaty Debate Weighs U S Role and Canal Claim
A Senate inquiry into the Nicaraguan treaty examines whether the United States may intervene to preserve order and gain a perpetual right to build a canal and base in Fonseca Bay. Proponents argue peace and development, while critics fear containment and imperial motives.
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United States
Nicaragua
Mixed Claims Commission
Nicaragua Canal
Fonseca Bay
Panama Canal
Great Britain
Federal Board Nominees and Political Tug of War
The President nominates Paul Warburg and Thomas D Jones to the Federal Reserve Board and asks Warburg to reconsider withdrawing. Both nominees are described as able and of high character, though Warburg distrusted Senate probing. The piece notes Jones’s integrity in business and supports their confirmation. It also references tariff policy, Mexican situation, and political disputes with various figures.
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Salute and sovereignty rights of Sarawak pair stir London debate
The Rajah and Ranee of Sarawak, styled as consorts of an independent sovereign subject to British suzerainty, enjoy exterritorial prerogatives in England. A Knightsbridge suffrage event sparked critique of their stance amid militant protests and fears of unrest against the crown. The Ran e remains in England with her husband despite calls for removal, while the royal couple maintain residences and honors granted by the British crown.
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Congress Debates Tax Law and Appropriations
Senate actions include repealing the Alaskan railroad license law and enacting a new income tax on those lines, a $500000 appropriation for a federal exhibit at the San Francisco exposition, and a sundry civil bill of $131000000. Adjournment at 6:25 pm to 1 am. Rucker campaign PP considered but failed for lack of quorum. House coverage notes the Cantor veto amendment proposal and D.C. committee actions on transit riders.
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Old Money Tree Destroyed Near Shepherdstown
A Civil War landmark near Shepherdstown was nearly demolished by a recent storm leaving only a single branch. The old oak, famed for a rumored Union paymaster treasure hidden beneath, stood for centuries as a local symbol before its collapse.
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Ugerdomn
Lita
Mounted a Runaway Horse on Central Park Walk
New York Telegram reports Roland a mounted policeman leaped from his horse to grab a runaway horse tearing through a Central Park bridle path. He rode the animal down and then landed safely back in his saddle while rescuing riders including many women and children from injury.
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New York Telegram
Roland
Horey
FITS TEST FOR BRIDE TO BE IN PATTERSON
Miss Tour Jan Touyan a 19 year old of Straight Street Paterson New Jersey signed an agreement with fiance Jan Hareb to be under observation for a month to refute charges that she is subject to attack or abduction. An enemy wrote letters claiming she would be siezed, prompting the precaution.
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New York
Sara Touyfan
Straight Street
Jan Hareb
Hareb
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Mie Tour Jan
Man on Window Ledge Provokes Crowd at Court
John Brown, jailed for disorderly conduct, taunted a mob from a window ledge three floors above the street in Judge Bowles' Municipal Court. He shouted that he should not have been arrested and threatened to jump as bailiffs edged closer. After ten tense minutes, Brown was pulled to safety.
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Judge
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Thieves Leave Message at Village Post Office
Postmaster William Piiett found the interior in disorder and a sign reading Hava o Heart painted on a calendar. The safe was robbed of about 42 in pennies left in a drawer, while $8 in stamps were left disturbed. Entry gained by forcing the front door.
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Posatmheater
Forolle
Ldele
His Idea of Luck
A light dialogue piece from the Philadelphia Record discussing a man named Blobbs reputedly unlucky at cards and in love, noting he has never married.
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Philadelphia Record
Croatian Soldiers Shield Austrian Retreat at Milan Evacuation
During the 1839 Milan evacuation a Croatian unit, left posted, saved the Austrians by using a ruse with a schoolyard of laughing girls. Soldiers carried the children to calm crowds as stones and threats rose, allowing safe passage through the town amid cheers from onlookers.
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Dredge Rescues Sunken Boy From Susquehanna River
Angon Rabuck a fourteen year old, swept under current by the Susquehanna, was raised by a coal dredge three hundred feet downstream. Divers and hand to hand resuscitation saved him after a half hour of efforts, with doctors noting an exceptionally rare revival.
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Ullett
Angon Rabuck
Susquehanna
Seb
Trees Grow In Odd Spots Wild Palms Thrive On Wall
From the New York Sun report two small wild palms grow on a rear brick wall of the Palm Garden facing Fifty eighth Street Yorkville courts. Seeds lodged there and roots formed in the crevices now about three feet high. A peach tree sprouts from a roof crevice at 854 West 182d Street four feet tall and thriving with tenants promising to harvest fruit in a few years.
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Palm Garden
Pikes Peak Coaster Plunges Into Ravine, Man Dying
Dencer Post L oJ Kiger of Chicago attempted to coast down Pikes Peak on a toboggan. He was hurled over a ravine edge, fell ten feet to rocks, and lingers in a local hospital in critical condition. Kiger, a Northwestern Railroad employee, came here two weeks ago for vacation.
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Rat Attack Disfigures Infant in Conshohocken
An infant son of Charles Marwood of Conshohocken was badly disfigured when a rat bit his nose and part of his face while he lay in a coach. His mother Mia Marwood heard the child squeal, saw a large rodent bite the infant, frightened the rat away, and rushed to a physician for aid.
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Wise Doctor Fro the Boston Transcript
Mrs Fusby Ayling Jake, our physician wants to send me to a summer resort for four weeks. Her husband. Well, I don't blame him.
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Boston Transcript
Tailed for Myth Theft In Philadelphia Case
William Crawford of Wallace street near Thirty fifth was sentenced to six months in the house of correction after confessing to robbing the storage home of Harry Buepherd at 115 South Sixtieth street. Shepherd denied any theft and Crawford insisted he robbed Shepherd’s place, then recanted until before Magistrate Boyle.
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Ian Lawson
Twenty-ninth District
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Used Boots as Gloves Save Boy From Electrocution
From the New York Tribune, blacksmith John Sheehan of Webster Avenue and 21st Street climbed a telegraph pole, using rubber boots as gloves, to rescue 18 year old Orzano Giustino who touched a live wire while seeking bird nests. Giustino burned on hands and chin, revived by an ambulant surgeon and sent home, recovering from the shock.
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Fordham Hospital
Deer Attacks Children Near State Street Courthouse
A wounded large four pointer deer charged at two children near the courthouse on State street. One child narrowly escaped serious injury as the deer, during a maddened flight, knocked them about with its lowered head before it was killed in the yard of Marvin Luce.
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Walrus Flip Dies After Clam Feast at Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo’s sole captive walrus Flip ate a bushel of clams yesterday and lounged in his tank until late afternoon. He curled onto the tank wall and died, with autopsy to be held today to confirm the cause. Flip weighed 146 pounds when brought to the zoo in 1916 by Paul Rainey. after a clam-rich diet he weighed 451 pounds last Saturday.
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Weather Summary and Tide Table Report
Weather bulletin notes abnormally high pressure over the Atlantic coast bringing fair conditions with scattered showers in the Southeast and Rockies while warmer than normal temperatures spread from the upper Midwest to New England. Tides listed with max river readings. Harpers Ferry reports muddy Potomac and Shenandoah rivers with widespread cloudiness.
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Chats of Visitors to the Capitol and Rural News
Glowing crop reports from Missouri and Kansas describe a big wheat harvest and hopeful corn prospects. The Willard crowd recalls Rep Denver Church of Fresno and Jerry the deer mascot. Western New York patronage disputes stir politics as trust-busting voices clash with appointments and a Swedish minister nominee faces scrutiny.
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George C Vest
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