Kansas and the Octopus in the 1906 political clash
The piece argues Kansas Defends its Republican roots against agrarian and populist pressures, likening the national octopus to behemoth influence. It praises fiscal restraint, warns against debt, and calls for constitutional respect. It cites John James Ingalls, Peffer, and "Populist" critics while mapping Kansas stance through history.
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Kansas
Karsis
John Brown
Jim Lane
Beechers
Stimous Greele
Lovejoy
Sharps Rifles
Soficicn
John James Ingalls
Peffer
United States Senate
Judah
Benjamin Hansig
John Divis
Jerry Stimpson
John G Otis
Wiliam Haker
Spain
Italy
Cr & Ce
John Davis
Venice
Davis
Kansay
Courra
Limitation Bill Faces Treasury Strain In Late Congress
In closing hours of Congress a restrictive appropriation bill limits spending and excludes prior deficiency measures. It invites cabinet heads to live within approved funds, risking gaps for emergencies and questions how officials would act if additional needs arise and extra obligations emerge.
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Congress
Tle House
Populists and Bryanites Weigh 1904 Political Split
The piece analyzes the 1904 election fallout, proposing a new opposition bloc blending radical elements from both major parties. It notes Bryan's drive for a reform coalition, Watson's competing leadership bid, and Roosevelt’s appeal to many Populists and Bryan Democrats, with commentary from the Boston Herald on party alignments.
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Roosevel
Bryan
Republican
Thomas JS Watson
Georgia
Watson
Davis
Roosevelt
Railroad Kings
Northern Securities Combine
Boston Herald
Elton B. Parker
Grover Cleveland
David B Hin ‘En
Herald
Boutwell and Reagan Rivalry in 19th Century Politics
A reminiscence on George S Boutwell and John H Reagan, tracing their long public careers from the 1840s onward. It notes Boutwell's shift from Democratic office to Republican leadership, his role in impeachment politics, and the era's party dynamics across presidents, cabinets, and shifting loyalties.
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George S Boutwell
George F
Reagan
United States Congress
Grant
Jefferson Davis
Boutwell
John H Reagan
Congress
Ben Butler
Johnson
John A Bingham
Wi Ewarts
South Pole
New York
Mexico
Republican Party
Joseph Gov. Boutwell
Quote on Paris Treaty and conscience by George Boutwell
The passage recalls a youth party member who died a Democrat and denounces the Treaty of Paris as a sale of a people. It also praises George Boutwell for following conscience, whether toward the scaffold or the throne.
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Paris
George
Boutwell
Finding Money In Cape Breton A Shaving Scheme
Professor Elson from Boston discovers a quirk in Cape Breton currency exchanges where a shave costs more than expected. He receives four American quarters and a dime for a Canadian dollar, claiming the exchange makes him a dollar richer per shave. The tale frames it as a simple, though odd, money making scheme.
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L. C Elsen
Boston
Elson
Cape Breton
Washington
Nova Scotia
District Appropriation Bill Nears Final Form For Year
The district appropriation settles major points including a 500000 boost for the new municipal building. House conferees adopted Senate amendments on street improvements schools and police and fire facilities while salary increases remain to be addressed next year. The measure is considered satisfactory and avoids a weak House version.
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Senate
Senate Committee
House
Congress Notes and Snapshots Echo in Washington
A collage of brief political witticisms and observations from Washington. Reflections on Roosevelt, naval policy, and Senate maneuvers mingle with quips about legislators, lobbyists, and international affairs, all drawn from contemporary newspaper chatter and telegrams.
Out of the Mundane Calender Quips from a City School
A fragmented dialogue from a Chicago page shows children discussing calendars and holidays. The exchange includes a grandfather described as octogenarian and jokes about temperature and church age. The text reads as bustling classroom banter with misheard lines and playful misstatements.
Wives Now Share Husbands Titles in Royal Warrant
King Edward grants a royal warrant allowing wives of Scotland’s judges to bear their husbands titles for life. Wives of Lords Kinloss Kyvilachy Kincairney Mackintosh and Gloag will become Lady Kinloss Lady Kyvilachy Lady Kincairne Mrs Mackintosh and Lady Gloag Mrs Adam. Widows keep titles after death or remarriage. judges retain lord title for life. Titles carry no peerage privileges.
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Edward
Royal College of Justice
Court of Sessions
Scotland
Kingsmurgh
Macdonald
Order of the Bath
Lady Macdonald
Lord Young
Lady Young
Mrs Young
Lord Low
Lord Adam
Mrs Low
Adam Sol
Kyvilachy
Kincairney
Mackintosh and
Gloag
Mackintosh
Mra Gloag
Bonifaces
Lord
Kincairnes
Mirs Gloag
Kincairne
Kullachy
Adam
Parliament
Senate and House Open With Anecdotes and Astonishing Debates
The article relays scenes from Capitol Hill with Senator Spooner’s tale of an Indian timber sale and a Ashland procession, Representative elect Wllam T Tindall arriving in Washington, and Senator Lodge’s record reading the Philippine tariff bill. It details Speaker Cannon’s quick quorum rulings and sharp exchanges on river and harbor bills, adding jests about the Metropolitan Hotel and remarks from Representatives Williams, Smith, Covode, Gardner, Fell, and Graff.
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Senator Spooner
North Dakota
St Paul
Ashland
Wis
Senate
House
Wllam T Tindall
Sparta
Missouri
Washington
Congress
St Louis
Lodge
Senate Committee
Congressional
Allison
John Sharp
Hemenwiy
Metropolitan
Wo Williams
Bill Sterrett
Texas
Ingh
Gardner
Michigan
Fell
California
Bell
Wwe
Reflections of a bachelor from the New York Press
A humorous sketch on bachelor life contrasts marriage with single years. It notes a bachelor spends more, writes more letters, and jokes that men imagine wives bring wealth while women wish to be seen as affluent by their friends.
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Cigo
Chadwick
Bertie Adams
Japan
California Senate
California
New York
Grand jurors summoned in meat trust probe in Illinois
Springfield reports grand jury selection set for March 20 to hear testimony from over 200 witnesses in the meat trust investigation. Twenty-three jurors are to be impaneled and served by deputy U S marshals, with public identities withheld until venire is sworn.
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Springfield
Canaday
Montgomery
Joliet
Chester
Chicago
Meat Trust
United States
Jefferson City
Mareb
Beef Trust
Land Frauds in Minnesota Charged in St Paul Case
William T Horswell proprietor of a real estate and employment agency is under arrest after a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Spencer on charges of conspiring to secure homestead titles to 16000 acres of public lands in Minnesota. The hearing was postponed for a week at government request. The alleged scheme involved paying applicants up to 100 to file for home stead entries, with forged or blank forms used to obtain land titles. some signers were reportedly under 17.
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Ing Edwards
Lady Kinloss
Stowe
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
United States
Stowe House
Count de Paris
Europe
Horace Walpole
United Kingdom
Richard Temple
St Pauls
Gibbons
Prince of the Blood
England
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Duke Apending
The
London Times
Tippoo Sahib
Shakespeare
London
Buckingham and
Chandos
Marquise DE Fontevoyt
St Paul Minn
Horsnell
Pan Ma
Maines
Iowa
Arlinatin
Feist
Chef Frgineer
John F Wallace
Wallace
Barrett
Torduri
Supreme Court sustains franchises for street railway
The Ohio Supreme Court rules that the Cincinnati Street Railway Company may continue to operate under the Rogers fifty year franchise act, overturning lower court findings and ending Theodore Horstman’s challenge. The decision also limits city and court power to fix telephone rates in related relation to Toledo Home Telephone Company franchises.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wea
Supreme Court
Cincinnati Street Mailway Company
Theodore Horstman
Rogers
Toledo
Grand Jury Calls Change In Law On Naturalization Frauds
New York February 28 The federal grand jury issued a presentment highlighting frequent naturalization frauds in the district and urged Congress to amend federal statutes to curb future offenses. The jury also passed a resolution asking that costs of the presentment be transmitted to the President the Department of Justice and the Attorney General.
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New York
Grand Jury
Federal Grand Jury
Congress
Sh Jury
United States
Department of Juste
Attempt to End Rate War Fails. Rail Leaders Adjourn
An effort by railroad presidents and traffic managers to stop the grain rate war collapsed. The meeting adjourned until Friday morning as executives warned congressional action could spur adverse legislation harming railroads. The Gulf and seaboard line dispute was cited as the potential trigger.
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Congress
Gulf
Seaboard
Sugar Convention Uphheld in House of Commons Vote
London February 28 A heated debate on the sugar convention dominated today's House of Commons session. Gerald Balfour, president of the board of trade, defended the convention saying time would vindicate its policy. Mr Kearley’s amendment demanding denunciation was defeated by 276 to 211.
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House of Commons
London
Gerald Balfour
Booki of Trade
Kearleys
Statues and loans mark Puerto Rico and national interests
The Indiana senate approves $500 for a Lew Wallace statue for the National Capitol in Washington. In Puerto Rico, a $4,000,000 public improvements loan bill passes, with island banks named as depositories and authority to loan funds to growers. the executive council backs the measure.
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National Capitol
Indamapolis
Indiana Senate Today
Lew Wallace
Capitol
Washington
San Juan
Porto Rico
Executive Council
Supreme Court fight over Northern Pacific and Burlington links
Washington buzzes as Hill and Harriman battle for control of the Northern Pacific and Burlington lines. Notable figures include Guthrie Lovet, Waxwell, Colby for Harriman, and Fiiby Root, John G Johns for Hill. Judge Pollock of Kansas sits at the federal bench and public figures from Omaha, Chicago, and Washington attend. The piece interweaves legal maneuvering, transportation interests, and political chatter from hotel lobbies.
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Northern Pacific
Burlington
Messrs Hill
Harriman
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Big Ira
Messrs TW
Guthrie RO Lovetc Waxwell Fvarts
R B Colby
Fiiby Root
John G Johns
Philadelphia
United States
Rties Company
Wr Frans Tvndi Siison
Continental Securities Company
Col Jamis Huinilte Lewis
Chicago
John C Pollock
Kansas
Wallin
Reprientat Camppell
Th & Fiower
Pollock
Esesidort Roosevelt
St Ioos
Omaha
Neo
Maemil
James Hamilton
Willard T
John H
Senaari
Princ Albert
Col Lewis
Cage
Joe
Dunne
John Mesnard
Tarlan
Republic
Juige Dunne
Pit ¢Ol
Rostan
Jusile Hotlin
Wr Harlan
Harlan
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