Gravity versus gayety in politics across history
The Washington Post notes a debate on humor in leadership, citing Beaconsfield and Gladstone as examples. It contrasts wit and gravitas through historical figures like Pitt Sheridan Reed McKinley Proctor Knott and others, arguing humor influences political success and legacy across eras and nations.
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Gravity
Tan Maclaren
Beaconsfield
Gladstone
Disraeli
England
Beacons- Hela
Marlborough
Peterborough
Jan Maclaren
Blenheim
Barcelona
Pitt
Sheridan
Thomas B Reed
William McKinley
Reed
McKinley
Swift
Proctor Knott
Congress
Hila
Jeremiah
Duluth
London
Paris
Rome
Constantinople
Calcutta
The Stility of Beauty and Utility in Public Works
The Boston Herald weighs whether sacrificing beauty for utility is warranted in large projects like raising the Assuan dam. It argues beauty enhances life, cites DC parks as profitable public works, but notes vandals and commercialism threaten natural wonders such as Niagara Falls and the Hudson palisades.
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Boston Herald
Herald
Assuan
Egypt
Umea
Philae
Greece
Rome
Thomas Circle
Trashington
New York
New Jersey
Hudson
Niagara Falla
Direct Election Debate Shapes Up Across States
A push for a constitutional amendment for direct U.S. Senate elections gains momentum in Illinois and other states. Editorials note two-thirds congressional approval or state conventions as routes, with foreseen passage and strong New England support for Cortelyou’s candidacy amid nationwide reform discussions.
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Finois
Congress
United States
Illnois
Senate
Chicago Record-Herald
Tilindz Ig
Changeable Man and Music Elbow Rooms Foretold
A fragmented 1900s style exchange narrates a man anxious to woo, changing hat shoes and suit to influence a lover before proposing. It includes a sixties-era critique of imperialism killing music, praising Beethoven and Wagner in a skeptical London lecture. The piece also reports assorted flood anecdotes from Pittsburg, a New York burglary of a 700-pound safe, and satirical lines on wealth and fashion. The tone is a collage of humorous vignettes and opinion snippets from a period newspaper page.
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Biill Helch
London
Germany
England
Beethoven
Tme
Wagner
New York Times
Henry Segel
Victor Fisher
Union Corners
Betwee Mount Vernon
Tuckahoe
Boniface Fisher
Ethiopians Trade Diplomacy and Commerce Delays
The article reviews the U S Ethiopian trade efforts led by Robert P Skinner and MeneHik II detailing why commerce grows slowly. It cites lack of roads limited purchasing power and natives reluctant to work, plus catalogues in English and railroad politics hindering American sales and causing producers to favor established partners.
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Ethiopia
Skinner
Consul Skinner
Africa
Post Skinter
United States
Robert P. Skinner
Mr. Skinner
Abyssinia
New York
Foreign Titles in Great Britain Foreign Titles in Great Britain
A long survey of foreign noble titles held by Britons, their lack of legal precedence in Britain, and how some families retain or lose these honors. It covers the Stacpoole dynasty and its Irish, English, and papal connections, plus notes on other titled English families and the handling of disestablishment issues affecting endowments.
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Richard
George
Pive IX
Eternel
Order of Christ
Rome
Leo XIII
County
Gelwey
Zouche
Duke of Stacpoole
Great Britain
England
Hornyold
Re Salis
Bentincks
Cuba's Rew Fever Germ in the News
The New York Herald reports a puzzling typhoid pattern in Cuba with cerebral complications among educated patients and lethal outcomes. Investigations focus on butter lettuce milk and especially Havana dairies, where sanitation is dire and inspectors rare, hindering source identification.
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New York Herald
Ito
Helen Caldwell
Denmark
Havana
Cuba
Havens
Cubs
Georgia Danging and a Mascot's Death on a Cruiser
A fragment from a Philadelphia newspaper recounts a Georgia style dance scene and sentimental tribute to "Billy" the Denver US cruiser mascot goat. The piece details Billy's death aboard the ship after a brief illness and describes his funeral with crewmembers, a black coffin, and a wooden cross marked Billy Denver.
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Philadelphia
Billy
Snelgrove
Church of England
Lewis
Buly
Denver
Sunflower as a Quinine Substitute In fevers
A Spanish professor reports that sunflowers yield a febrifuge usable against fevers. Historic notes from Moncorvo and Paris reference the subject. Russians test coloring matter from sunflower leaves with alcoholic extracts showing rapid relief in fever cases, including 100 children aged one month to twelve years.
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New York
Syic
Moncorvo
Therapeutical Society of Paris
Peru
Mexco
Wrestler's daughter defeats father in friendly match
William H. Imes of 4414 Vincennes Avenue, visiting at Mercy Hospital with a split kneecap and other injuries after a friendly wrestling bout with his daughter Miss Jona Imes, formerly of Rensselaer College. The bout ended when Miss Imes pinned him to the floor, referee Mrs. Imes declared him down and injured, with recovery expected.
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Chicago
Wapdiem
The
New York Herald
William H. Imea
Vincennes Avenue
Mercy ‘Hospital
Jona
Rensselaer
Ind
Imes
Maxim fuse to pierce armor renews deadly warfare
The New York World reports inventor Hudson Maxim describes a high explosive fuse that delays detonation until after armor penetration. Tests at Indian Head show projectiles can explode inside ships, destroying compartments and hurling fragments, raising dangerous naval capabilities.
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New York World
Hudson Maxia
Indian Head
Potomac River
Washington
United States
Proving Ground
Maine
Mr. Maxim
Roosevelt Declines Candidacy Endorses Party Choice
The Kansas City Times reports Mr Roosevelt refuses to back any candidate, stating no private choice or endorsement. He asserts the party may select a good Republican and emphasizes that the people should decide who leads the state. The piece also notes Cedar Wood pencils and a separate rural anecdote about a deer pursued by a wildcat and a humorous fashion quarrel in Chicago.
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New York
Chicago
Chicago Times
Buffalo
City Hall
Lady Burdett-Coutts
Church of Ringland
United Kingdom
Church of England
Church of Haglang
England
Caps Town
Bannes
Durdett-Coutts
Baronese
Kanesa City
Roosevelt
Taft
Bulletin Agricutural Department
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A garbled Chicago News excerpt offers satire on move and money. It comments that men devalue women who cheapen themselves and notes risky beliefs like lead pills as a cure for worry. It touches on religion, prosperity, and community behavior in a clipped, reflective tone.
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Chicago News
Coffee and tea views from the hotel lobby discussion
In the New Willard lobby G R Larkin of Toronto discusses coffee as the U S national drink and tea as Britain and Canada’s choice, noting per capita consumption and price differences. F C Miles from Montana comments on Alaska geology and mammoths, while Ralph Voorhees touts the livestock industry’s value and recent recovery. Other interviews cover horses, South American trade, and Secretary Root’s impact.
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United States
G. R. Larkin
Toronto
Canada
New Willard
Larkin
Ceylon
India
Summervills
NSC
Great Britain
Germany
France
Austin
States
England
Australia
China
Aes
Summerville
Larkins
Lerkin
Alaska
F C Miles
Montana
Miles
Arlington
Charles
Ralph Voorhees
West Herkshire, VI
Metropolitan Hotel
Tve
Owor
Voorhees
Vermont
Washington
Frank H. Higgins
Dallas
Tex
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Pennsylvanus Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Alesandoia
Washington Post Irc
Wieshington
Washington, D.C
PIX
Boston Transcript
New England
George B .Cortelyou
Cortelyou
Press of
Secretary of the Treasury
Beaton
George B. Cortelyou
Green Mountain Boys
Whits House
Mince Pie
Mince
White House
Post Office Department
Atlanta Constitution
Herriman
Rockefeller
Desima
Richard Mansfeld
Syracuse
eThey
Canal
Panama
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Jing
Commodore Barry
Hobson
Dees
Kansas City Journal
Col Bryan Ea
Trama
Delaware and
Georgia
Perking
Douma
Texas
Burton
Spain
Louisville Post
Kentucky
Colum
Ong Eng
Harvard
Belmont Park
Circus
Colosseum
Madison Square Garden
Proparion
Pompeii
Troy
Madison Square
St. Augustine
Barnum
Man
Pittsburg
Pita
North America
William Holgar
Groveton
Charles HE. Fite
Glenfield
Fite
Walter Mucke
Issac Hell
Duc de Stacponle
Galway Hunt
Ireland
Isaac Bell
Netherlands
Jeanette Wennett
James Gordon Bennett
Edinburgh
Matts
Barclays
Remeens
Vanderpilte
Gertruda Stacpoole
Countess
Duc de Stacpoole
Galway
Meath
George Stacpoole
Violet Hill
County Dublin
Grosvenor Place
Count de Provence
Louis Xvit
Leo XI
Gregory XVI
Selkirk
Frank Barr
Lord Selkirk
Duke of Hamilton
Marquis of Douglas
WiLiam Douglas
Anne
Duchess of Hamilton
James Hamilton
Earldom of
Earl of Selkirk
Great Sea of Scotland
Berkeley Square
Lady Selkirk
Lady Se
Aarquise DE Fontenoy
Toland
Atlanta
Maxim
MR Roosevelt
Waterbury
Bristols Woods
Prospect
Edson
New Gricams Times
South America
J. W. Davies
Davies
Root
Orient
Far East
Parama
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