Gravity versus gaiety in politics across great leaders
The Washington Post discusses how humor and gravity shaped political lives, citing Disraeli Gladstone Beaconsfield Marlborough Peterborough Pitt Sheridan Reed McKinley and Knott. It weighs which traits aided leadership, noting wit versus gravitas in national and international influence.
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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 Beauty Versus Utility Dilemma in Public Works
A Boston Herald discussion weighs sacrificing beauty for utility as Egypt’s Aswan dam would flood Philae and ruin ruins yet offer vast Nile storage. The piece argues beauty enriches life and public parks prove utility and beauty can coexist, noting vandals threaten natural wonders and urging balanced, prudent spending.
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Boston Herald
Herald
Assuan
Egypt
Umea
Philae
Greece
Rome
Thomas Circle
Trashington
New York
New Jersey
Hudson
Niagara Falla
The Campaign for Direct Senate Election Remains Roaring
The piece surveys ongoing calls in several states for a constitutional amendment mandating direct popular election of U S Senators. It notes Illinois and other legislatures, discusses two third and three fourths ratification rules, and mocks the idea of a prolonged fight, predicting possible future adoption while lampooning the political theater around Cortelyou and mince pie symbolism.
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Finois
Congress
United States
Illnois
Senate
Chicago Record-Herald
Tilindz Ig
Changeable Man and the Impatient Quest for Love
A humorous sketch describes a man adjusting attire and footwear while planning to pop the question, believing a woman's trust lies in appearances. It contrasts this with a London lecture asserting music’s decline under imperialism and debates Beethoven, Wagner, and Dutch roots. Reportage notes flood stories, burglaries, and social commentary on wealth and fashion.
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Chicago
Biill Helch
London
Germany
England
Beethoven
Tme
Wagner
Ethiopian Commerce and U S Trade Delays
The consul’s report outlines why Ethiopian US trade remains slow. Limited roads and low purchasing power curb demand for American goods. Peddlers dominate, catalogs fail to spur effort, and a railroad is stalled by politics. American producers prefer established markets.
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Robert P. Skinner
United States
Ethiopia
Mr. Skinner
Skinner
Abyssinia
New York
Foreign Titles in Great Britain and Scottish Nobility
A discussion of American Isaac Hell and Irish Countess Gertruda Stacpoole, their British and continental connections, and the status of foreign titles under English law. It covers the Stacpoole family, historic grants, the earldom of Selkirk, Lady Selkirk and the haunted Berkeley Square house, and Lady Burdett Coutts Will regarding disestablishment era 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
Selkirk
Frank Barr
Isaac
Lord Selkirk
Duke of Hamilton
Marquis of Douglas
WiLiam Douglas
Anne
Duchess of Hamilton
James Hamilton
Spain
Earldom of
Earl of Selkirk
Great Sea of Scotland
London
Berkeley Square
Lady Selkirk
Cuba’s Rew Fever Germ Explains Endemic Typhoid Mystery
The New York Herald reports Cuban typhoid may be endemic with cerebral complications among the educated. Americans, including Miss Helen Caldwell, fall ill from a virulent germ. Water and butter are questioned, lettuce and milk sanitarily scrutinized, Cuban dairies shown to be filthy and poorly inspected by no government presence for years.
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New York Herald
Ito
Helen Caldwell
Denmark
Havana
Cuba
Havens
Cubs
Saddened by Death of Mascot Billy the Goat
The Philadelphia North American reports the death aboard the United States cruiser Denver of Billy the goat mascot. Died after a short illness, he had attended all games, wore a gold collar, and inspired crewship morale. A funeral was held with twenty sailors, a Church of England burial service, and a wooden cross marking the grave.
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Philadelphia
Billy
Snelgrove
Church of England
Lewis
Buly
Denver
Sunflower Provides Quinine Substitute for Fevers
A New York syndicated piece reports that a Spanish professor claims sunflowers yield a potent febrifuge usable as a quinine substitute. Various reports from Paris and Russia note feverrelieving effects, with experiments indicating sunflower preparations, including leaf coloring matter, aid fever treatment in children aged one month to twelve years.
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New York
Syic
Moncorvo
Therapeutical Society of Paris
Peru
Mexco
Wrestler Breaks Father's Leg in Friendly Match
William H. Imes of 4414 Vincennes Ave lies in Mercy Hospital with a split kneecap and broken leg after a playful wrestling bout with his daughter Miss Jona Imes, former star of Rensselaer College basketball. The match ended with Miss Imes pinning him, refilled by Mrs. Imes as referee. He is expected to recover.
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Chicago
New York Herald
William H. Imea
Vincennes Avenue
Mercy
Jona
Rensselaer
Ind
Imes
Maxim fuse promises deadly war advance
The New York World reports inventor Hudson Maxim explains a safety detonating fuse that delays explosive bursts until after armor penetration. Tests at Indian Head show a 12 inch shell from a battleship could detonate inside a ship, destroying compartments and cofferdams, with the fuse preventing premature explosions.
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New York World
Hudson Maxia
Indian Head
Potomac River
Washington
United States
Proving Ground
Maine
Mr. Maxim
Roosevelt Says No Preference In Nomination Taft Mentioned
An editorial column replicates Roosevelt denying any current candidate support and stating the party may choose any suitable Republican, with Taft named as the example, urging voters to decide freely. The piece also reports on a Cedar Wood pencils bulletin highlighting red cedar depletion and manufacturing scales. A Bristol Woods dispatch describes a wildcat chase that ends with a deer killed in Edson Black’s hen shack, causing extensive damage and chaos.
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Waterbury
New York Herald
Bristols Woods
Prospect
Edson
The Same Old Quarrel over a Hat Style
A Chicago woman attempted suicide after her husband objected to her walking without a hat. The near tragedy stems from the ongoing quarrel over the last season hat style and its price, highlighting domestic tensions over fashion choices.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A string of clipped aphorisms from a Chicago newspaper dissects social habits and personal conduct. The items joke about risk, credit, religion, men and women, and prosperity while offering wry observations on luck and behavior.
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Chicago News
Coffee and tea talk in New Wil lard lobby
In the New Willard lobby last night G R Larkin of Toronto discussed coffee as the national drink of the United States and tea as Britain's, noting per capita tea consumption in Canada and England, and criticizing tea knowledge and preparation. Other guests, including F C Miles from Montana, Ralph Voorhees of West Herkshires, and J W Davies, commented on Alaska, livestock, and South American trade prospects amid early 1907 conditions.
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Ethiopia
Skinner
Consul Skinner
Africa
Post Skinter
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
South America
J. W. Davies
New York
London
Davies
Root
Orient
Far East
Parama
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