Canada and the United States in fate and alliance
A Washington Post piece from 1907 discusses Ottawa professor's claim Greater Canada will not join the U S. It traces a Canada U S history from Wolfe to Yorktown and argues Britain’s empire and Canada’s loyalty shape possible futures. It notes Canada’s liberty under law and prosperity, and contemplates a strengthened Anglo-American bloc if Canada aligned with England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Quebec
James Wolfe
Plaine
Washington
Yorktown
England
France
Stag
Berty
America
Floods and Forests Warn of Ohio Valley Destruction
The Ohio River floods in January and March caused immense property damage across Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and Indiana. The piece argues for forest conservation on headwaters and forest reserves, praising the President and forester Pinehot, and urging tariff reform to protect lumber resources from Canada and other sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Winess Congress
Pinehot
Agricultural Department
Far West
Ohio Valley
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Portsmouth
Ironton
Cincinnati
Newport
Louisville
Hvanssite
Canada
Tumber Trust
Col Pete Hepburn
Congress
Kittredge
Dakotas
Lumber Trust
Chronicle condemns diplomacy over Japanese exclusion
The San Francisco Chronicle denounces diplomatic influence as a danger to national rights and dignity. It argues the President and California Legislature erred by seeking exclusion agreements with Japan and urges total Japanese expulsion to assert U S sovereignty and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
The
Chronicle
California
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Roosevell
The Chief Danger and Panama Canal Notes
A broad editorial piece warns that domestic discord can trigger war with Japan and criticizes American responses to Panama Canal developments. It laments public nerves over overseas policy, lauds the army mule role, and contemplates a possible third term for the President while poking at contemporary finance and politics.
Blackburn on Taft and Roosevelt in Kentucky Dispatch
Washington dispatch quotes Kentuckian Jos Blackburn saying Roosevelt will back Taft as the Republican nominee while he opposes Roosevelt as a candidate himself. He predicts Bryan as Democratic nominee if sentiment shifts, and notes Kentucky politics favoring Southern Democracy with a clean Republican ticket. Taft touts his growing presidential boom amid favorable early endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentuckian
Washington Dispatch
New York
Jos Lackburn
Kentucky
United State Senate
House
Panama Canal Commission
Blackburn
White House
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Mhust
Taft
Roosevalt
William J. Bryan
Madiuon Square Garden
John W. Yerkestor
Alexander
Warner
Missouri
Campbell
Kansas
Jane
Massachusetts
Clements
Georgia
Illinois
Gov. Deneen
Tait
Grover Cleveland celebrated on his seventyeth birthday
The New York World notes Grover Cleveland’s seventieth birthday was widely celebrated with pageantry and praise. It credits him with shaping the square deal and enduring public support as he grows older. The piece also mentions Dr Osler’s amusement at Canon Jeff’s appointment to Sutton's Hospital Charterhouse and praises the Jeff family’s honorable standing.
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New York World
Cleveland
Grover
Clover
Osler
London
Canon Jeff
Sutton’s Hospital
Charterhouse
Jeffs
Justice Jeff
Withal
King Edward's Sitting Room Described in Private Royal Space
The article outlines King Edward's private writing room with eighteenth century furniture an Oriental red carpet and green frieze decorations. He works at a flat table with a morocco leather chair dictating to his secretary while cigars are nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuo Amusin
Sue
Sffars
Editorial Attacks Republicans and One Leader Dominance
A New York Times editorial from the White House discusses the upcoming Republican convention and a perceived shift of power to a single leader. It laments the party’s loss of internal debate, praises past figures, and condemns the current top figure’s iron grip and suppression of dissent.
Retire from Business at Fifty Advised by Clothiers Leader
Marcus M. Marks president of the National Association of Clothiers told banquet attendees at the Hotel Somerset to retire early from business. He warned that money and business are tools, not ends, and urged securing competence then stepping back from active work. He cautioned against delaying retirement for the sake of children.
Master of Rolls An Ancient Office
Sir Herbert C. Hardy has been appointed to the master of the rolls, a historic post ranking just below the lord chancellor and lord chief justice. The office holds vast archival duties with Doomsday Book and national records. the holder earns 30,000 dollars yearly and is often created a peer. The piece also notes Lord Collins and humorous anecdotes about judges and parliamentary steeplechases revival.
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Ford
House of Commons
High Court of Justice
Court of Appeal
Niesimes
Rolls House
Chancery Jane
Richard Henn Collins
Lord Colling
Lord Collins
Iole
Robert Lindley
Ana
Court of Bankruptcy
London
House of Lords
Hingland
Washington
National Congress
England
Ray't Middleton
Lord Knaresborough
Waltar Long
Island
Victor Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
J A. Pease
Ray” Middleton
Empress of Austria
Aha
Leland
King of Counterfeiters Charles Ulrich Dies at 72
Charles Frederick Ulrich once called the daddy of them all by a longtime official, died at his home on Loth Street at age 72 from heart failure. A notorious engraver, he learned the craft in Dantzig and served in the Crimean War in New York. He printed and circulated high quality counterfeits including Bank of England notes, US Treasury notes, and bank notes from New York and Boston. He was imprisoned in Sing Sing for 12 years after a 1887 arrest, later released and briefly tried lithography before returning to Philadelphia to print and distribute counterfeit currency totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Charles Ulrich
Sam
Srom the Crocfonatt Enquirer
Charles F. Ulrich
International
Loth Street
Uirich
Charles * Mirleh
Charles Frederick Ulrich
Dantzig
Germany
America
New York
New York City
United States Secret Services
Ulrich
Sing Sing
Guv Morgan
Bank of England
British Isles
George W. Wilkes
John Donahue
Charley King
James Green
Philip Hargraves
United States
Greenbacks
Wilkes Gone
Europe
Central National Bank of New York
First National Bank of
Boston
Ohio National Bank
Treasury
Court Street
Philadelphia
Tradesman’s Bank of New York
Animals Have No Reason Talk by Lt Staines at Baltimore Zoo
Lieutenant Staines a British Army Boer War veteran and wild animal trainer speaks at the Baltimore Zoo guest of Don Mundy and Mr Becky. He argues that temperance and morality influence animal training, that wild animals act on instinct and cannot be truly educated, and that trained routines must be followed from the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore News
Lisut
H Staines
Baltimore
South Africa
Don Mundy
Becky
Zoo
Lieut
Stames
A Human Electric Battery A Boston Mystery Girl
Fannie Shapiro a sixteen year old Boston girl in Philips street experiences uncontrollable laughter and tears whenever an electric car is powered. Doctors cannot explain the phenomenon which appears whenever she rides a trolley and has required removal to hospital treatment twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Dispatch
New York World
Fannie Shapiro
Mies Shapiro
Old Church District
Philips Street
Boston
Redief Hospital
Vegetarians the Strongest Endurance Test Claims Landmark Diet Benefit
Yale professor Irving Fisher reports endurance tests on 49 subjects show a nonflesh diet enhances stamina more than meat heavy eating. Tests included bending, leg raises, and back-lying exercises to compare performance between vegetarians and those on a typical American diet. The findings suggest vegetarians possess greater endurance in physical tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
New York Sun
Irving Fisher
Yale
Fisher
Berlin visitors laud American democracy and Roosevelt
Frits Eberbach of Berlin praises US democracy and President Roosevelt at the New Willard, noting perceived national unity and hospitality. He plans to study Chicago stock yards and eye a Weser island project. Other attendees discuss railroad rate legislation, shipping, and German views on tariffs and reciprocity with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frits Eberbach
Berlin
Germany
Roosevelt
Chicago
Eberbach
Kaiserhof
Bremen
Hamburg
Weser
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
R. Miller
Miles City
Mont
The
National
Northwest
Mr. Miller
America
Karl Bia~gosch
Leipzig
New
Willard
United States
Thought It Was the Maid From Figence
A fragment shows a quarrel between a wife and husband with accusations of deception and mistaken affection. The exchange centers on a kiss mistaken for harm, revealing tension over trust and romantic misreadings.
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Washington Post
Rnnsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Blezanska Paily
Wisshington
Washington, D. C
Offce
Flatiron
Paul Block
Chicago Ofce
Unity
Maskado
Russia
Americans
Orient
Panama
Speaker Cannon
Bors
Canal
Gatun
Uncle Joe
Isthmian Canal Commission
Colon
Panama Canal
Evelyn Nesbit
Wall Street
Dey 4A
Brooklyn Wagle
Sth
Senator la Follette
Birmingham Age-Herald
Harvard
Harriman
Offic
Bridgeport
Conn
Ike
Baltimore Sun
Deren
Hetty Green
Grover Cleveland
King Edward’s Sitting Room
Peter
Tia
New York Times
Deneen
Illdis
Ben
Yachariah Chandler
Oliver P. Morton
Roscoe Conkling
James &. Binine
George F. Edmunds
John Sherman
William MM
Evarte
Mark, Hanna
George F. Hoar
Charles Sumner
Jacob Collamer
Thaddeus Stevens
Simon Cameron
Salmon P. Chase
William H. Seward
Lyman Trumbull
Benjamin F. Wade
Republican Party
WiIiam J. Bryan
Fairbanks
Shaw
Canhon
Delzn
Repubican Party
West Indies
Pacific
Argentine Republic
Mexico
Canton
Corsica
Var
Times
ROLLS
Napoleon II
Enbre
Paris
M. Polowski
Prefecture de Police
Napoleon III
Comedia Francaise
Cherst
Comeidie Francaise
Tina
Ohne
Chevet
Comedie Francaise
Napoleon
Eugenie
Dlecey
Cabinet Particulier
Hevergeen Ar Hes
Mabuiss DE Fontenoy
Eiters
Chicago News
Harry T Ratliff
Hamilton
Wdllard
Ratliff
Hamilton Paper Company
Mr. Ratlift
Geveral Lines
North Carolina
Frank Dewey
Ins
New Willard
Dewey
Lance
Italy
Austria
Belgium
Afr
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