National Jamestown Exposition funds debated at length
The Washington Post argues for a moderate Congressional appropriation to support the Jamestown Exposition and a grand naval review. It notes foreign governments will attend, Sewell's Point structures, and stresses national significance beyond Virginia. It questions the burden on taxpayers and urges broad support.
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Congress
United States
Ubon
Sewell's Point
Joans
Hampton Roads
the James
Jamestown
A Specimen Platform From Missouri Republicans Recalled
The St Louis Globe Democrat cites a Missouri Republican district platform as a specimen and questions the alleged settlement of the financial questions since 1896. It argues the gold standard’s strength comes from mining output and public sentiment, noting past currency debates and party divisions over silver.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Mussouri
Srgan
Democracy
Adard
Republican Party
Congo and Morocco topics dominate the era’s political chatter
A column critiques republican fears of free trade and rising profits while dissecting Congo Free State atrocities and the Congo Reform Association. It also mocks diplomatic games at Algeciras as Roosevelt and White seek a psychological moment to influence Morocco’s police divisions.
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Mé White
Congress of European Powers
Morocco
White
White House
Col. Roosevelt
France
Spain
Algeciras
Macaulay
Delft
Write
Roosevelt
Germany
Are These Our Pretorians
A commentary arguing that equal rights before the law should favor labor and capital alike. It contends that tariffs protect capital, not labor, and warns that class legislation creates inequality. It urges a square deal and condemns labor or capital privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Mr. Gompers
Timely Topics in Foreign Capitals Preview
A compact digest of international chatter notes reactions to Roosevelt era labor power, tariff talk, and politics. It cites press gossipy lines on Britain’s King Edward and Roosevelts Japan Russia talks, with quips on Irish, Cuban, and French affairs and royal title antics.
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Edward
United States
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Ahis
Dia
Court of St. James
Dresda
Congress Praised for High Debate in Railroad Rate Battle
Letter from Lew M. O’Bannon criticizes editorial stance on Roosevelt and Bryan. Cites Justice Harlan praise of Senate debates on rate legislation. Notes Congress’s intellectual caliber, contrasts House and Senate discourse, and defends Bryan while urging evenhanded treatment in The World’s coverage.
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New York World
Congress
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Harlan
Senate
United States
Buncombe
Supreme Court of the United States
Foraker
Culberson
Knox
Bailey
Dolliver
Rayner
Tillman
Lodge
House
What is slander in the midnight hour of thought
A dense archaic contemplation on slander as a murderous demon of the soul. The speaker likens it to a worm on beauty, a viper among flowers, and a coward in a marl coat who harms the brave and wise. It haunts innocence, wounds noble hearts, and taints fame through envy and revenge, even as storms rage in the mind.
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Johnson
Jericho
Board of Education
Cape Cod
Barnstable
Cape
Provingetown
Citizens’ Association
Java
Nim
The Chorus Girl's Prize From the London Chronicle
An ironic note on stage life contrasts old nobility with a chorus girl's imagined power. The piece mocks vanity and theatrical drama, suggesting performers carry symbols of authority in miniature, like field marshall batons in knapsacks.
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London
Napoleon
Catholic Standard humor column teased as chestnut joke
In the Catholic Standard and Times a playful exchange teases a humorous piece by the paper's jokesmith. The editor and assistant discuss whether to publish a chestnut style gag, reflecting light newsroom banter over humorous content.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Cou
Has Bet Thousand Dinners Wager Between City Figures
A Cleveland article reports former mayor Robert H. McKisson has bet 1,000 dinners on the city administration’s common sense, raising the stake from 100 to 1,000 after banter from skeptics. Losers must buy dinners for others. McKisson eyes a Colonial Hotel suite while fellow directors anticipate paying for his meals. The piece also notes a Harper's Weekly sketch of financier Thomas F. Ryan and discusses rail car safety concerns about lighter coaches between heavier cars.
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Cleveland
Robert H. McKisson
Mr. McKisten
Susperjar Avenue
Mr. McKisson
H. A. Everett
John P. Cowing
David Morrison
C. R. Morley
F. H. Townsend
Max Faetkenheuer
McKisson
Colonial Hotel
Hippodrome Company
Thomas
F. Ryan
Harper's Weekly
John Kimberly Mumford
Mr. Ryan
Mr. Mumford
Boeton Herald
Denver and
Rio, Grande
Studying the Borgia Art in Turin Poison Methods
The article notes Russian revolutionary students at the University of Turin study Borgia poisoning techniques but doubts their planned use. It argues Borgias likely practiced poison as a fine art, yet modern knowledge offers clearer understanding and detection of poisons than in the fifteenth century.
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University of
Turin
Next Scene in Russia Warns of Fresh Revolt
The piece argues the Russian government repeats past errors and that a new revolution is inevitable if deceitful policies continue. It suggests Warte may seek exit before another storm, noting lessons from the French Revolution and last year's unrest.
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Prtebuire Wispacen
Decete
Warte
Bribery Debate Over Railroads in Kansas City Times
Kansas City Times reports legislators debating bribery claims amid railroads. A Kansas man contends a pass is a bribe and should be refused, while another legislator notes it would seem kinder to seek railroad payments for riders.
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The
Kansas City Times
Kansas
Leat We Forget. From the Detroit Free Press
A quirky note about Qid Cornleigh who carries a pocket of nickels and remains eccentric. He once was a street car conductor who faltered, yet jingles coins to curb vanity and stay grounded, a light portrait amid humorous local color.
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Detroit Free Press
Cornleigh
Ancles
See America League figures in Raleigh lobby chatter
In-depth lobby scene at the Raleigh with Mr. Fisher Harrie of Salt Lake City and Maj. W. P. Richardson, Alaska progress advocate, among others. Mentions See America League aims to redirect tourist spending to U.S. sites and foster national patriotism through publicity campaigns in pulpits and press.
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Fisher Harrie
Salt Lake
Raleigh
Harris
Quoi Club
New York
Salt Lake City
Utah
Boards
Trad
Chambers of Commerce
Commert
Alaska
Hawaii
Mexico
Canada
American League
America
League
Robert L. McCormick
Washington
T. B. Walker
Minnesota
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
California
Irvin Howbert
Colorado
David E. Francis
Nathan C. Schaeffer
National Educational Association
Mars
Maj
W. P. Richardson
Shoreham
Erin
Col
Dick Plunkett
New Willard
Ireland
Great Britain
Fragmented Seawuc passenger story with abrupt dialogue
A chaotic scene aboard a streetcar or train where a stout woman confronts a man seated near the door. The woman berates him about “free passes” and a coercive offer, while bystanders react. The fragment preserves tense dialogue and a tense confrontation in a public transport setting.
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Prem
People go on roping for consolation and habit, a humorous clash of wit and whisky. The piece notes cords as useful items, claims few women won’t be proud of a husband who wastes money, and hints at carpenter work valued at mere cents.
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New York
Neome
Portrait Painter in Despair Over Matching Colors
A fragmentary dialogue shows the portrait painter lamenting the difficulty of procuring colors to match a sitter's features. The sitter proposes outlining now and borrowing colors later, indicating improvised exchange and near-term collaboration.
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Andrew Johnson
Himsel
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
North London
Tome
Willis-beys
Congo
Evening Journal
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Congo Free State
Congo Reform Association
Leopold
Belgium
Iran
Richmond Evening Journal
Iowa
Tilman
South Carolina
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Bryan
Aim Tn
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Moody
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Andy” Hamilton
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Butte
Tom Lawson
Him
China Cou
War Department
China
Timan
Fribung
Whitaker Wright Companies
England
Jesse Lewisohn
Lillian Russell
First National Bank of Freeland
Haa
Tennessee
David B. Hithag
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J. Warren Keifer
John D. Rockefeller
Catholic Standard and
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Chicago News
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British India
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John Evans
Paris
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Oxford
Engusa J'Oylys
Toway
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Chewarriaga
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Saxony
Mme. Wadau
Dresden Court Theater
Witerloo
Frederick Augustus
Aarquise DI Fontenoy
Hadttor Post
William J. Bryan
Rapachky
Carl Schurz
Horace White
Lew M. O’bannon
MD. Ave
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Ryan
the Man
Rom Cantile
Fairbanks
Mr .B
Bishop Rowe
Hendrickson
South Africa
Thomas Asbaldistone
Johannesberg
Arlington
Osley
Leander C. McBride
Hannam Kanlang
Poli
Theodore Burton
Mr. Mcfride
Nnt
Fighar
Burton
Chace
Noah H. Swayne
Toledo
Noah H Swayne
Viizen
Sratme
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