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The Dead Emperor and Japan's Hidden Religion
The death of Japan's emperor highlights a clash of medieval myth and modern statecraft. Elders sought to graft Christianity and Confucianism onto Shinto to exalt the divine emperor, while the court maintained the myth of divinity. The era's reforms, education push, and parliamentary system contrasted with old rites. The public mourns a ruler seen by some as a demigod.
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Japan
East
Russia
Hia
Persistency in Love in the Modern World
A brash tale from Bradstreet's notes how steady persistence wins romance as in business. Alonzo Lunger of Washington New Jersey learns that five nights are not enough when a rival quietly courts Mabel with two evenings, proving merit and effort matter in love.
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Cupidia
Alonzo Lunger
Washington NJ
Alonzo
Mabel
Diplomatic pay gaps spark American embassy critique
A House report notes American ambassadors in Paris and elsewhere earn salaries far below foreign counterparts and are forced to pay for residences and furnishings out of pocket. The piece argues the United States should properly fund its diplomatic corps to maintain equal standing in international circles.
Galvanizing the Plaitudes and the Yam Debate
A reflective satirical meditation on public discourse and mass opinion. The piece mocks grandiloquence around undisputed ideas, partridge flights of rhetoric, and a West obscurantist stance on unmarried women. It traces the cultural reverence for yams and potatoes, linking yam lore to national identity and literary allusions, and laments urban readers disconnected from rustic pleasures.
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Tom” Reed
Joan of Arc
Mary Walker
Huttle Red
Fragments on Market Hype and Yam Shortage
A town market editor ridicules a claim that no potatoes are on stalls except yams and mocks the urban horticultural boast. The piece uses satire to critique hype and provincial bluster in a city unnamed to spare Baltimore’s feelings.
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Baltimore
The Republication Electors and the Roosevelt Question
Discussion on Kansas primary ballot legality and the role of Roosevelt electors on the Republican ballot. Advocates call for a distinct slate to avoid muddying the vote, citing Supreme Court involvement and national stakes in 1912 politics.
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Kansas
Taft
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Col Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Kansas
Justice Pitney
Ex Chauffeur Enters Belgian Senate Amid Royal Shadows
A former chauffeur to King Leopold becomes a Belgian senator, after a history of palace warnings and political ties. The story notes Leopold’s indifference to warnings, a bequest enabling business in Brussels, and the chauffeur’s alignment with socialist leaders.
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Houlanger
Boulanger
Brussels
Senate in Session as Talks on Canal and Battleships Continue
Congress adjourned briefly as Senate debated Judge Wardhbald's high court appointment and delayed Arenbald case to fall. Senators Smith Bradley McCumber favored canal control and treaty rules while one battleship stance softened. House discussed cotton tariff revision, flogging ban in D C schools, and chicken farm enforcement. adjourned at 5 pm.
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Commerce Court
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Post
Pansaia Canal
McCumber
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Sulloway
New Hampshire
Om Toder
Boundary mission to settle Chamigat zone dispute named
Senor Calero, Mexico's ambassador, will travel to Mexico City next week to discuss with his foreign office several plans he has submitted to the State Department for resolving the Chamigat zone dispute. The 500 acre tract along the Rio Grande in El Paso is claimed by both nations. He refused to reveal the settlement details and said he would not participate in any monetary settlement of Mexico's rights.
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Suffolk
East Africa
Henham Hall
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Parlliament
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George IV
Augusts Fane
Cecil Fane
Berkshires
West
Hheater
Long Teland
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Yates
England
Ita
Queen Victoria
Senor Calero
Mexico City
Foreign Office
State Department
Chamigat Zone
Rio Grande
Ei Paso Tex
United States
Mexico
Taft Congratulates Peru on Independence Anniversary
President Taft sent a telegram to President Leguia in Lima congratulating Peru on the anniversary of its independence. He extended the United States and his own best wishes for the happiness and prosperity of Peru and its republic.
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Taft
Peru
Leguia
Lima
United States
Republic of Peru
Largest dinosaur skeleton uncovered near Rock Springs quarry
Sheridan and Woo report a massive dinosaur skeleton unearthed at Jen gon quarry near Rock Springs. The find begins with about five neck vertebrae and stretches along a long tail, suggesting an overall length of about 85 feet.
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Sheridan
Woo
Jengon
Rock Springs
Army Officers Directed to Report for Duty and Station Changes
The War Department issues orders allocating officers across posts and commands. Maj Robert H Rolfe and Capt Hugh A Drum are assigned to various units. Lieutenants Edward E WcCammom and Samgon Faison shift to new stations. Capt Charles Rolloyd moves to Governors Island. Capt Lawrence D Cabell and Capt Ernest Wheeler prepare duties in Chicago and on purchasing duties respectively. Coast artillery sees Capt Robert E Callan assume Fort Andrews. Capt Theodore H Koch and Capt Lewis Turtle reassigned. Medical corps orders transfer Capt James Abbé to San Francisco General Hospital, Capt Robert Kerr to Columbus Barracks, and others to Fort D A Russell, Chicago, Madison, and Philadelphia for respective duties.
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Robert H Rolfe
Hugh A Drum
Twenty Third Infantry
Edward E
Ernest § Wheeler
Coast Artillery Corps
Robert E Callan
Fort Andrews
Wade
Theodore H Koch
Twanty Fixth Company
Twanty Seventh Company
Lewis Turtle
Gintric
San Francisco
Turtle
Columbia
Robert RH Wolf
226Th
Thirty Eighth
WILLIS @ KNIGHT
126Th
Medical Corps
James
Abbe Wall
Ledarmen General Hospital
Preaidie
Cal
Robert
Kerr
Columbut Barracks
Ohio
H Badly
Fort D
Russell Wyomley
Charles C Billingslea
Chicago
Central Division
Perry
Boter
Madison Ratracker Oy
Harry 9 Parnels
Fort Ty Pont del
Mifagana H Iartnett
Fort Robinson Nebr
William H Moncrief
Philedaipnia
Burgeoh
Allis W Williams
Fort Laurentworth Kang
Naval Commissions and Promotions Across Several Officers
The navy issued orders granting commissions and promotions to numerous officers. Lieut Com Austin, Lieut Gunter, and others received junior grade and full lieutenant ranks effective June 7, 1912 and 1918. Ensigns and paymasters were assigned to posts in South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and other states, with several surgeon and medical appointments confirmed or advanced, detailing names, ranks, and service dates.
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W Smith
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Pollard
Toulon
Lamar Walt
Pennsylvania
Oragon
Haleigh, Fox
Davia
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported Between Ports
Movements of ships and convoys are listed with routes between Bewall Point Massachusetts Berton Villalobos Samar Hankow Annapolis San Juan del Sur De Loog Charleston San Francisco Chatco Terome Tompkinsville Guan tananon Scorpion Messe Cor Constantinople Suan Corinta Ponte Arater Costa Rica Crelops Hamp on Rnade Seaport Alert and related legs from Cristobal to Guan taname.
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Defends Railroad Pensions In Open Letter From Locomotive Engineer
The editor receives a candid letter praising railroads' relief systems and pensions while critiquing clerical criticism. The writer extols locomotive engineers as well paid, skilled workers with dangerous, varied duties and rich travel experiences. He argues safety, training, and temperate conditions justify strong pension provisions and dispute claims against insurance benefits. July, Haverford, Pa.
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Stone
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Reflections of a Bhacheloa in the New York Press
A fragmentary column notes listening fortitude and civic themes with satirical lines on corned beef and cabbage. It suggests even a tax collector might start a revolution if affected, and reflects on a girl loving a man enough to marry him when it is too late.
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Pointed Paragraphs From Chicago News
A jury of sharp opinions on romance and morality appears in fragments. The piece riffs on love letters, ambitions, flirtation, and prudish views with wry humor. It notes men’s follies, the pace of law, funeral processions, piano practice, and youthful fashion as social barometers.
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Chicago News
Democratic wreck in 1860 Sen Similarity to 1918
The Enquirer notes parallels between the 1860 Democratic split and later campaigns. It details Breckinridge and Douglas as rival candidates, Lincoln’s win with a split party, and the electoral vs popular vote contrasts. It questions if 1912–today echo similar outcomes, stressing national significance in November.
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Douglas
Hellan& Breckinridge
John C Bredridge
Abraham Lincoln
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Republican Party
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Weather Conditions Show Unsettled Across Regions With Heat Peak
Unstable barometric conditions and a low pressure system over New England create unsettled weather across the north and west while the Pacific states see showers. Cooler in the northeast, heat records in Far Worth Texas, 110 degrees noted. Forecast calls for generally fair skies later in the week in many regions with variable winds along coasts and showers in the lake region and New England area.
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People Met In Hotel Lobbies During Berkeley Springs Carnival
Report from Berkeley Springs West Virginia during carnival week recounts travelers and locals arriving on foot or by horse to enjoy parades and music. Notes Pittsburgh steel industry expansion and labor debates tied to tariffs and wool duties, with sightings of lobsters and maritime commerce along the Maine coast and at Roch Harbor.
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