A vague 1908 Washington Post editorial on Reconstruction and the Fourteenth Amendment
The article discusses Southern representation in Congress, the Fifteenth Amendment, and political strategy around party platforms. It surveys arguments for and against reducing Southern representation and critiques actions by Republicans, with references to the Negro, Reconstruction policy, and international contexts.
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Southern Rep
Congress
Pant Cal
Chicago
Republican Party
Allie
Sean Sarty
Fr Reluctian of
Sothern
South
Anita
Thidgo
RE ADJUSTING S&L ARIES AND THE PHILANTHROPIC PROVWISES
A long fragmented editorial mix covers social reform, pension protests, and political controversy. It critiques Philanthropic Provwisees and Commissioner Ledpps scheme, discusses labor and wage issues, rails at demagogues, and questions Bryan’s politics, railroads, and public policy through a mosaic of opinions and contemporary references.
The Post Telegram Ad Offers Capital News by Mail
The Washington language notes readers leaving the city should keep The Post informed to receive prompt capital news. Address changes are allowed and orders can be sent to The Post Telephore Man 4205.
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Washington Lang
Cty
Fortune of Rosie Heir Told by Peach Alley Tale
Harmen Sheffer a poverty stricken tobacco bunter in Peach alley in New York receives President Roosevelt advice to let a wealthy Memphis relative raise his eight year old daughter Rosie and her $50 000 fortune. A Memphis detective brings word the relative has died leaving Rosie to Sheffer. He plans to move to Memphis for work and custody, praising Roosevelt to the alley crowd.
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Roosevelt
Pitt
New York Herald
Memphis
Tenn
Rosie
Harmen Sheffer
Peach Alley
Happy
Sheffer
Chicago
Taft
Sheffler
Margaret Schaeffer
Tennessee
President Roosevelt
Sheffier
Chief McGough
SheMer
Women and customs from Asia Minor to Boston era
Mrs McNaughton recalls Asia Minor life noting husbands control purchases and limited education for women, Armenia and Turkish practices, early marriage pressures, and dowry tied divorces. A Clark University president comments on women’s two souls reflecting mood shifts, while watchmakers seek accurate timing amid towering city skyscrapers and new magnetized mechanisms.
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McNaughton
Asia Minor
New York
Seare
Stoo
Bark
Chicago to dump confiscated weapons into Lake Michigan
Municipal judges vote to hand over contraband firearms to custodians for disposal in Lake Michigan. The move echoes New York practice as newspapers praise the plan to prevent sale to criminals.
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Pace
New York
Chicagos Taunicipal
Lake Michigan
Windy City
Son of Garibaldi goes to jail in Italy scandal
Ricciotti Garibaldi has been sentenced by the Court of Tempio in Saravia to three months in prison and a fine for insults and threats to a carabinieri officer. He refuses appeal, plans to serve to gain political martyr status, while pursuing a suit against the royal household and government over Marsala's 1860 loot. The piece contrasts his mercenary stance with his father’s public service, notes pension fraud concerns, and recounts Garibaldi era events and flags.
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Italy
Tempio
Saravia
Carabinieri
Recottl
Jal
Marsala
Ferdinand II of
Naples
Garibaldi
Sicily
Emmanuel
Ferdinand
Maria Sophia
Canada Mont
Gaeta
Furniture &c
New Garibaldig
Victor Emmanuel
House of
Patriots
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Europe
America
Albania
Ricciott
Baby Heavon
Dangres
Dijon
Foreign Legion
New York
Woodbury
Ricciotts
Ciotti Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Noiseless Gun Demonstration by Hiram Maxim
From the New York World, Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the noiseless gun, gave a public demonstration in a room using a 32 caliber rifle. A soft nosed bullet penetrated a city directory held as a target, prompting skepticism but confirming that the device discharged quietly with gas expelled gradually through a muffler-like mechanism.
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New York World
Hiram Percy Maxim
Mr Maxim
Maxim
Mars
Engineers
Saiely
Sandy Hook
Springfield
Pardon for Prisoner James Eggleston Lynk to Roosevelt
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt signed a conditional pardon for James D Eggleston son of a prominent railroad man. Eggleston, formerly at Leavenworth and later at St Elizabeths Hospital, will be released to a private sanitarium for treatment after counterfeiting conviction. Medical experts note his skull fracture at age twelve influenced moral instability, and his father devoted wealth and effort to secure clemency.
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Washington Dispatch
New York Herald
Roosevelt
James D Eggleston
James Eggleston
Pacific Expressmpany
Jon Young Eggleston
St Elizabeth 5 Hospital
Washington
Leavenworth
Kans
Xgleston
United States
Europe
Bellesten
Restaurant Sign Promises June Opening Amid Bucolic Wit
A traveling salesman in this city recalls a sign he saw in a nearby town announcing a restaurant opening on the first of June. He notes the humorous rural charm of the message, though questions whether such signs are genuine. He mentions fake ads as a possibility but reflects on the sign’s simple optimism.
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Philanerphia
Joun Dok Will Open a Restalhant Here Ilne 30
Fragmentary notice mentions Joun Dok planning a restaurant opening on Line 30 with a warning not to eat until it opens. Additionally a garbled quotation references longevity comparisons among Arabs, Eskimos, Cusat people of South America, and European populations, with Spain and England noted in a dubious statistic.
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Iran
Luigi Sambon
South America
Europe
Spain
Profits And Costs Of New York Race Tracks Revealed
A New York American report outlines gate receipts and track taxes for 197, listing profits and values at Belmont Park Aqueduct and Saratoga among others. It details track valuations, money involved, salaries, maintenance costs, and racing expenses, with excerpts on transportation and breeding establishments.
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New York American
Racim
Frotts Sheenahead Bay
Fa OD Gravasenil
Sis
Brighton Beach
Kelmont Park
Bae
Aqueduct Gua
Jamie
New York
NY Os Racing Commission
Saratoga
Bankers Back Credit Currency Plan At Charleston Convention
Representatives from New Jersey and Virginia Bankers associations urged a unified credit currency policy at the Charleston West Virginia Bankers' convention. They defended the Aldrich Vreeland bill against an emergency currency plan and pressed for party platform adoption of a credit currency. Local officials in Greensboro and Greensboro architect comments on the South's prosperity, building booms, and education growth.
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Charles N Fowler
Fowler
New Jersey
House
Aldrich Vreeland
Charleston
W Va
West Virginia Bankers Association
Guccesa
Judes
New York
Mr Bowler
Opinon
New York Mn
Sherman
W OP
Greenshoro NC
Raleigh
Greensboro
Dave
Greens
Mehigan
Taft
Roosevelt
Eara Aeg
Burton Parker
Willard
Parker
Special Agents
Treasury Department
Monroe Michowhere
Michigan
Neck of the Woods
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York
A humorous essay noting how love changes behavior and social speech. It jokes that artful women demand flattery and fashion shocks trigger certainty a wife must feign happiness about others visiting. The piece contrasts marriage embarrassment with the tone used when a rival friend is said not to call.
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York
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