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The North and the South Census Shifts Power
The census shows a huge southern population gain, Texas and Oklahoma rising in political influence. Northerners migrate southward, shifting the center of population toward the Ohio River. The article argues the sectional fight is dead and predicts the movement of Northern settlers into the South will continue, with both regions ignoring force bills or constitutional appeals.
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Congress
Oklahoma
Ohio
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Wabash
Reat
South
Magon
Dixon
Go to Blaize and Jericho Phrases in Language Origins
A compact survey of idioms and their surprising roots. It traces benign origins behind phrases like Go to Blaize and Jericho, explains how phrases such as Cheese it and give him beans evolved, and notes misreadings like As mad as a hatter. It also touches on brick as a compliment and a playful Irish metaphor.
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Glazes
Blaize
Roland
Oliver
Jericho
Henry VIII
Blackmore
Chelmsford
Lewis Carroll
The Wall of Sparta Metaphor in Economic Debate
A historical justification for the metaphor is cited as Agesilaus’s wall of ten thousand bricked troops. The piece argues middlemen inflate prices, draining the East while West commerce thrives, urging farmers to unseat middlemen and empower consumer protection via the Farmers' Union, warning of Atlantic stagnation if unchecked.
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Cheaper Machinery for American Shoe Industry
The United States Shoe Machinery Company reports capital of 20 850 518 dollars and eight year profits totaling 28 411 1da, or over 135 percent. Cheaper machinery could expand American output, boost employment, and conquer foreign markets, especially in the South where shoe and textile production could grow with lower costs.
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United States Shoe Machinery Company
Europe
West
St. Louis
New England
Nashville
Booth
Colors of politics for ballots and banners
A discussion on party colors and ballot paper hues in Wisconsin and elsewhere. The piece muses whether Democrats become red and Republicans green, mentions Prohibitionists and other symbols, and notes historical parallels with red and white roses and English usage. It concludes colors should be about ballots, not race.
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Wisconsin
England
Mr. Pickwick
Quayism in Tennessee and political machinations
A compact survey notes Brownlow Republicans may back Patterson, threatening the judiciary’s independence. It contrasts Tennessee factions with other states, cites Tillman and Sanders backing independents, and mocks party crossovers, screenshots a topsy turvy era with quotes on Quay, Bryan, and a dubious national ticket. It also tugs at reform laws and credit questions amid broader political theater.
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Library Censorship and Expurgation Practices
The piece discusses differences in library book circulation and the role of librarians in restricting access. It notes the Detroit Public Library's expurgated holdings and argues discretion should be quiet and prudent. It contrasts East and Western literature standards and warns against overzealous bans that can unintentionally attract interest.
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United States
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Hope for alimony reform. Mulliner criticizes divorce graft
In the New Terk Telegraph report Mrs. Gabriel Stuart Mulliner opposes alimony, condemning it as graft. She argues cases with children differ from those without, scorns income from former spouses, and notes hardship for women unable to support themselves. She cites a sculptor supporting a wife as an example of unfairness while acknowledging the law’s complexities. Divorces remain controversial, with jurists needing case by case judgments.
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The Kiss Endures Against Critics Across Ages
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece argues the kiss survives centuries of attack from blue laws science and media. It suggests the act remains popular regardless of moral panic and urges science to uncover its underlying human demand.
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White Man's Hope in Reno Fight Critique
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt quotes Muldoon asserting Jeffries failed intellectually in the Reno bout, while Johnson dominates with calculated strategy. The piece argues for white racial superiority and suggests moving contests to inevitably caucasian arenas to ensure consistent mental effectiveness.
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Frugal Wisdom and Irony in Old Time Sayings
A collection of pithy lines on money, pride, gossip, and virtue. The speaker mocks wealth, reputation, and bravado with whittling wit and homespun perspective, pairing corny humor with hard truths about society and character.
Monaco Gambler Princes and a Royal Abdication Plot
Monaco faces a crisis over a constitution and the fate of its gambling syndicate led by Blanc Radziwill and Roland Bonaparte. Prince Albert weighs abdication in favor of Bor Napoleon while France weighs annexation to end the syndicate amid soaring profits of 70 million francs. The piece also touches on Prince Florestan I’s actor past and a fire at Peterhof’s Imperial Theater leaving the palace intact.
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Happy Little One in a 1910 Brentwood Com clipping
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader notes a suitor's hopeful line to a mother about making his little girl happy. The piece hints at a playful exchange and a future proposal in a small town context.
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General Motors Earnings Spark Market Rally and Expansion
A New York Times letter from William Durant to GM stockholders announces projected earnings of 12 million dollars for the current fiscal year, equating to 6 percent on 200 million in capital. GM plans at least a five to one capitalization increase to 125 million, with 104,000 cars to be produced in 1911 and 200,000 in 1912, and a strong market growing faster than production.
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Rattlesnake Attacks Women as Trout Vanish in New Jersey
Newton New Jersey dispatch reports rattlesnakes threatening women and water snakes preying on brook trout. A snake hunt club forms with Curator Ditmars of the Bronx Zoo as honorary member. Mrs. Garrett Pittinger escaped a rattler’s bite while berry picking. a boy named Rhé witnessed the event. A fisherman describes a dried cord entangled between rattles, disabling warning sounds. A farm worker discovers snakes swallowing trout, with three more fish inside one snake.
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Poor Old Kansas in a Heat Wave Satire
A Maryland writer mockingly portrays Kansas as a hellish land amid historic sieges of heat and pests. He contrasts Maryland’s milder weather with 104 to 110 degree highs, describes scorched plains, cattle casualties, and blistering summers, urging readers to be glad Kansas lies far away.
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Bacteria in Canned Eggs Seized in Pittsburg Raid
United States Attorney John H. Jordan led a raid on 323 cans of frozen eggs held at Union Storage Company in Pittsburg. Seized were 28 cans of frozen fruit, with 97 cans already distributed. experts found an astonishingly high bacterial count per ounce in the eggs. Fairfax Creamery Company denies issues, while officials await court review.
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John H. Jordan
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The Wastrel and Other Fragments by Reginald Wright Kauffman
A Forum piece presents meditative verses and reflections on memory motherly love and death with a surreal blend of nature and inner turmoil. The excerpt references childhood home a mother’s voice and the toll of time amid distant fields and fading light.
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Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago Daily News
A collection of quirky, contrarian lines on gender roles and ambition. It contrasts bachelorhood with art, social ascent, and the worth of women, mothers, and public engagement with humor and social observation.
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical sketch on relationships where a woman dislikes people for who they are and a man for what they do. It quips about men seeking indulgence while others praise beauty, and notes how a love letter can repeat the same sentiments in different words.
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Notable Visitors Discuss Free Port and Urban Manners
In hotel lobbies, diverse speakers weigh Hamburg style bonded warehouses and U S tariff changes. Frederic Shipley, Brooklyn importer, explains benefits of a U S free port while D E Benton and O C Maguire contrast urban and small town habits and voting systems in Charlottetown and city politics. Ginseng trade and San Francisco to Hong Kong flows cited as enduring commerce.
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Frederic Shipley
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Monument proposal targets Adam and Eve at Spokane show
A. F. Crowell, ex deputy horticultural commissioner of Spokane and Stevens counties, submits plans for four giant monument to Adam and Eve at the national apple show. The board, led by Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific Railroad, weighs a substantial prize for the best design to be decided by popular vote at the third annual Spokane show in November.
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