Congress Pay Compare with British System in S Garv Testimony
The piece reviews Judge Gary'sHouse testimony on the steel trust and federal regulation, noting government scrutiny by the Bureau of Corporations and calls for clear interstate corporate rules. It contrasts U.S. and British legislator pay, highlighting $2,000 annual salaries for members and the ceremonial pension debate.
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House
Steel Trust
Feat
Bureau of Corporations
Bureau
Sta | Bastica
Steel Corporation
Steel
Congress
Jonn Bull
California
United States
Peete
Ites
France
Problem of the Navy prompts retirement plan debate
Washington cor New York Evening Post outlines a proposed solution to recruit and retain sailors. The plan, backed by Senate naval affairs, would retire enlisted men after sixteen years on part pay. Navy officials note re enlistment is hard and pension rules fail to provide adequate post service support, urging reform.
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Washington Cor
New York Evening Post
Art
Navy
Meyer
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Navy Department
United States
Department
Dillingham
Louis Strayer
Pittsburg
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Burrows
Michigan
Mormon Church
Church
Senator Smoot
Committee On Printing
Sutherland
Invidious Pronouns. An English etiquette of pronouns
From the Boston Herald the piece argues third person pronouns in English carry invidious nuances. It notes the shift of you and thee in social address, warns against plain usage, and contrasts with French and Italian etiquette. It cites Woolsey and grammar as inadequate guides to polite form.
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Boston Herald
Society of Friends
Woolsey
The Old Homestead and Other Verses from The Century
A collage of verse and satirical snippets from late nineteenth century pages. It opens with A H Titherington’s tribute to a rural homestead and pastoral life, then shifts to Phyllis Lee and Lucius harmonizing with a painterly joke, followed by Clifford Harmon’s practical joke on Frank Hastings, and ends with a stream of witticisms about love, marriage, and social foibles.
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New York
Clifford Harmon
Frank 8
Hastings
Indian Harbor
Harmon
Reflections of a Bachelor in Sharp Humorous Verse
From the New York Frese a satirical riff on marriage and gender. It jokes about teaching a girl to fart by a chance at wedlock, praising a man’s appetite, and noting a man’s temper when spared a fall versus a shower. It ridicules conscience when appetite remains strong.
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New York
Cost of world parliaments and Bryan repudiation
The piece contrasts international legislative perks with U S congress costs and cites defeats for William Jennings Bryan. It criticizes his caucus stance, loyalty to Nebraska, and calls for restraint while noting his waning influence in national and state Democratic circles.
Roosevelt Trust Policy Proposal Draws Sharp Debate
The editorial analyzes Col Roosevelt's plan to let the government control major interstate trusts like railroads. It questions practicality, asks where to draw the line between big and small trusts, and warns of potential broad government reach and chaos in applying the policy.
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Roosevelt
Col . Roosevelt
Haif
Shakespeare and Coughlin in a Parallel of Poets and Chauffeurs
A satirical piece compares William Shakespeare and Bathhouse John Coughlin, noting fame, critics, and the idea of a chauffeur Gibson claiming to write Coughlin’s poetry. The article wryly questions authorship while mocking modern scandal and speculating on public memory.
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Masset
Richard le Gadlienne
William Shakespeare
the Thames
Packwood
Coughlin
Perkin Ward Beck
Chicago
Gibson
White Sox
Tigern
Gtsor
Chicago Canal
Wye
The Real Game and National Quips at Westbury
A chaotic column riffs on polo, politics, sports, and society. Mentions Westbury spectators including royalty and president, taft and ty cobb, wheat futures, Nobel prizes, and Taft Waterloo note with playful jabs at figures like Bryan and Hammond. Comedic pool of names and ideas reflects 1910s newspaper guff.
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Westbury
England
United States
New York Herald
Washington Baseball Park
Washington art hub and the unfolding capital gallery plan
John Lorance argues Washington should become the nation’s art center with the Corcoran Gallery as a hub and new sculpture competitions abroad as artists establish studios. Louis Strayer notes Sen Burrows and Smoot events in a shifting political landscape.
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John Lorance
Boston
Washington
London
Paris
Rome
Madrid
Berlin
Corcoran Art Gallery
United States
State Department
Artigas
Montevideo
Uruguay
Miller
Bartlett
Bush- Brown
Richard E Brooke
Corcoran
Soft-Toned Bells and Bend of World News Echoes
Fragmentary items reference Chinese temple bells valued for soft mellow tones, bells struck on edge by wooden mallet, and fixed frames. Tales touch Consul Gracey reports, Gov Burke politics, a postal savings bank, and odd social observations about soldiers, pink eggs, cross nursing, and window screens.
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S L Gracey Fenchow
China
Japan
Bella
A Wide Awake Constable and a Speeding Quip
In a Harpers Weekly vignette Biias and a chauffeur argue over speed and timing. The chauffeur claims departure at five o'clock, while the constable notes it took six hours to cover four miles. The exchange hints at a shift from overspeeding to obstructing the highway.
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Harpers Weekly
Biias
Quinceville
Slias
George von L Meyer and his great business ability in the Navy
From Town and Country, a portrait of George von L. Meyer as a deft political organizer. The piece praises his career from Boston alderman to state speaker, notes his diplomacy days as ambassadorial interludes, and highlights his rapid, assertive management of the Navy under Taft, predicting continued influence across departments.
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Secretary of the Navy
Europe
Hamilton
Mass
Rome
St Petersburg
Meyer
Washington
Hfe
Boston
George Meyer
Mr Roosevelt
Navy
Taft
Department of Government
Peerage Abeyance Sought by Francis Money-Coutts
Francis Money-Coutts petitions the crown to end the abeyance of the Latimer Scales and Baldesmere baronies, seeking to be titled Lord Latimer Lord Scales and Lord Valdesmere. He is connected to Coutts Bank holdings and has a mixed public profile as a poet and barrister. The petition rests on traditional coheiress lines and is expected to proceed via the House of Lords committee.
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Coutts Bank
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Crown
Latimer
Scales
Baldesmere
House of Neville
John Neville
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Slater
James Money
Beales
Lady Latimer
Francia Money-Coutts
Committee of Privileges
House of Lords
Soverign
Lord Latimer
Lord Scales
Valdesmere
C. Churchill
Breyeridge Park
Surrey
Steadleigh Park
Bampton
Devonshire
London
Arthur
Job
Love the Divine
Burdett-Coutts
Lady Bartlett-Coutts
William Ashmeads Bartlett
Francis Money-Coutta
Harnett Duchess of
St. Albans
Tom Coutts
Harriett Melton
Lord Beaconsfield
Angela
Burdett
Francis Burdett
Coutts’ Bank
Clara Burdett
Scales, Latimer
Squirrel Erupts Behind Bar In Morningside Liquor Showdown
Wild events unfold as a park squirrel jumps the bar at Mike Bohans liquor exhibit on Eighth Avenue. It bites two patrons and escapes via a trap door manned by Bernard McDonald, who pursues the creature after a hand injury. Nearby, three fishermen claim brook trout catches in Great South Bay off Point Lookout. A Peruville farmer Nelson Mount dies after his cow kicks him during milking, and New Haven notes a mosquito census reporting 32 varieties in the area.
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Morningside Park
Mike Bohan
Eighth Avenue
Mike
Bernard McDonald
McDonald
Great South Bay
H. Willard Griffiths
Hempstead
Thomas R. Breckgon
Cypress Hills
Mortimer ©. Bell
Nassau Rod and Gun Club
Point Lookout
Long Island
Double Lookalikes Highlight Famous Figures in Odd News
The St Louis Post-Dieu? reports on celebrity doubles finding their counterparts in famous leaders. Roosevelt and Lincoln are cited among others, with humorous notes on self-comparison and mimicry, suggesting a carnival of likenesses rather than serious impersonations. The piece also covers a Manx constitutional crisis, detailing proposed reforms and governance in Isle of Man.
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St. Louis
Champ Clark
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Bil Nye
California
Mark Twain
L. Clemens
Interviews From Capital Visitors on West Virginia Primary Law
Reported remarks discuss West Virginia voters supporting a primary law, Gov Glasscock and Democratic opposition in the legislature, and the path to 1912 campaigns. Senators Elkins and Hawkins weigh party unity and Taft’s strength in the region, with focus on upcoming elections and broader political dynamics.
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God Glasscock
Davis Knone
United States
Glasscock
House
Hikins
Taft
Elkins
Elking
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