Washington Post 1907 War Talk and Railroading Policies
The Saturday edition outlines debate over potential war with Japan and Pacific fleet readiness, urges strengthening U S naval power, and recalls Thucydides to frame strategy. It also comments on domestic politics including Democratic keynotes, Knox candidacy, and railroad pass controversies amid a broad catalog of opinion pieces and miscellany.
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Uncle Sam
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Atlantic
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Oregon
Washington
Hawaii
Philippine Archipelago
Thucydides
Peloponnesus
Joab
Amasa
Commodore Perry
Man of the Sun Faces World From Messina Sicilian Sun-Worshiper
An 86 year old known as The Man of the Sun in Messina lives to stare at the sun. He claims to be the sun’s son and travels to preach its power. Locals, police, and workmen support him as he endures daily sun worship and uses a talisman to avert storms.
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Grover Cleveland
Herald
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Taft
the Herald
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Berald
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Ead
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Sam Tinten
Jsev
Theodore Roosevelt
Lesle
Politieg
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England
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Congress
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Taylor
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John
Adams
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Henry Clay
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Sun
France
America
The Picnic Paean and Literary Snippets from The Sun and Times
A collage notes festive picnic verse from the Baltimore Sun praising summer treats and games. It also reports on New York World correspondence about The Mikado, editorials, and a New York Times autographs sale detailing letters of Adams, Benedict Arnold, and Madison era figures.
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Discord in Realm of Francis Joseph marks fragile Hungary
Budapest marks the fortieth coronation anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph amid waning Hungarian loyalty to the Hapsburgs. Croatia supports the emperor, universal suffrage looms, and Magyar Croatia tensions color the ceremony as relatives lose touch with the sovereign.
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Transylvania
Precious Stones And Their Superstitions Across Ages
Detroit News-Tribune outlines how belief in gems endures shaping modern views. From amethyst to sapphire and ruby to emerald, ancient rhymes and birthstone lore connect love, health, and luck with specific stones, while warnings warn against misuse or misplaced trust.
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Detroit News-Tribune
George FH. Bratley
Lord Bacon
Russia
Calvary
Alfonso
Spain
President Faure
Paris
Homan Catholic
Benoni
Jove
Giant Civilian Hero of Police Passes at 47
Big John Magner a famed NYPD giant and former rival of John L Sullivan, died at 47 at his West Forty-second Street home leaving a widow and two sons. He helped carry Prince Hung Chang to City Hall amid threats of trial for disobedience and survived severe injuries from Broadway car accidents. Born in Cork, he grew up in the gas house district and served as night guard at headquarters after a long career of bravery.
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The Poet and His Love in Verse and Veiled Hint
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald mixes a Romantic poem about a beloved SHE with flirtatious lines about seeking shelter from woods and finding a private moment. The piece blends lyrical courtship with playful doubt over sincerity.
The Trouble with Pete in Diplomatic Banter
A fragmentary Dispatch to the New York World recounts a French ambassador M Jussérand calling Pete a decent terrier while the President labels him mistaken yet splendid but very poor and a sheer dog of a misnomer in a brief, halfremembered exchange.
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Apington Dispatch
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Roube
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Lottery Monopoly and Mail Service Escapes Across States
A historical overview traces the Louisiana State Lottery Company from its 1868 charter granting a twenty five year monopoly to a controversial spread of drawings, prizes and profits. It covers charter renewals, attempts to secure new charters via constitutional amendments, and the company’s survival strategies including use of trusts, concessions in Honduras, and the shift to private carriage of tickets to evade postal laws. The narrative details the company structure, annual drawings, and the elaborate code based distribution network across Delaware, New York, Washington DC and other states, culminating in the post 1903 legal landscape and transportation methods used by the enterprise.
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New York Evening Sun
Louisiana
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Morris
Republic of Honduras
Honduras
John A Morris
Central American Trust Company
Lottery Company
Lottery
Express
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Supreme Court of the United States
Champions
John M Rogers
Sixth
Orange Streets
Wilmington
Del
New York
Washington, D. C
United States
Reform in a Circle and the Kaiser Phone Habit
A Baltimore American excerpt highlights public distrust of big trusts and calls for action by press, law, and courts. It notes rising prices, legal penalties, and widespread frustration as reform efforts sweep the nation. Separate from this, a New York Sun dispatch describes the Kaiser’s telephone use and preference for rapid, distant communication in his private rooms and with government offices.
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Pointed Paragraphs on Marital Crops and Cleverness
A satirical fragment from Chicago humor discusses gender roles, note of women’s brains questioned, mans thinking limited by wives desires for new bonnets, suspicion when hair dyed, and common belief that husbands are always right in arguments. It references women and men, marriage dynamics, and cleverness as socially observed traits.
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Postmasters Meet in Raleigh Hear Roosevelt Policy Support
Elias R. Monfort and Isador Sobel praise civil service and nonpolitical appointments while urging Erie Pa visit and Erie navy ties. Frank H. Hitchcock lauded for efficiency. German trade views and American transparency praised. Ohio postmasters advocate Roosevelt renomination. rural telephone expansion noted.
Spacer Fired Over Fashion Magazine Venture
A Chicago news item reports a fashion department head and editor of a women’s magazine faced dismissal after a controversial venture. The article notes the magazine lost subscribers, leading to the firing amid leadership shakeups at the publication.
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Chicago News
Spacer
Woman's Magazine
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