Publication Office Notes and Emergency Currency Debate
A Washington Post page fragment mentions the publication office near Fourteenth Street and discusses postal rates and emergency currency proposals tied to commercial paper. It covers congressional debate on a currency bill, the need to prevent panic, and references to House actions and the era's financial concerns.
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House
Camereli
Ron
Nereharis
Hanes
Dyer Renis
Wallyards
Merigares
Omer Boy
Tata
Dbusinése
Pneumonia Theory Stirs Chicago Medical Society
Dr Manning Fish of Chicago presents a new theory that pneumonia rests in the bony framework of the nose rather than the lungs. His paper before the Chicago Medical Society astonishes leading practitioners like Dr John B Murphy and Dr Frank Billings as Chicago continues advancing medical science alongside New York.
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New York
Manning Fish
Chicago
Fish
Chicard Medical Society
Agateners
John B Murphy
William A Exans
Frank Johnson
Frank Billings
Murphy
Senn
Evans
Clei
Tor Kurper
University of Chicago
Dr Fish
Wild Man Charms Mianus Village in New York World Report
The village of Mianus reports a wild man living in a cave on the Wavemiyrs estate who subsists on game he lures and kills. First seen by James Ingraham, he is described as bearded, barefoot, and fast, fleeing across the Mianus River when approached. A fourteen year old boy pursuing squirrels also encountered the man, who stood crouched and whistled before fleeing with a captured rabbit.
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Chon
United States
Abdalam Duneoln
Willam Fi Seward
Republic
Toombs
Kentucky
Republian
William Bradley
Stradford
Pym
Bradley Las
Bradley Doves
Nimaric
Ald
Queen Anne
Warden
Drance
Mason and Dixons
Pahner and Buckner Bridge
New York
Loulgiile
Roosevelt
Louisville
Taft
Towa Jury
Reonmich Coun
New York World
Mianve
James Ingraham
Mianus
Ingraham
James Smith
Tammany Halk
Francis Burton
Arthur Templeton
Shoreham
Marr Ron
Harrison
Where Kings Keep Gold in Foreign Banks
A survey notes monarchs like the Sultan of Turkey the Greek King and the Russian Czar keep wealth in major banks with strong vault trust. The Czar’s funds in the Bank of England total about three and a quarter million sterling in Russian gold, rarely entering circulation without royal orders.
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Turkey
Bank of France
Wkewige
George
Greece
Keonold
Bank of England
Ina
Johnson for President Gains in Minnesota and Northwest Appeal
The piece praises John A. Johnson as a strong leader with a mix of radical and conservative traits. It highlights his law-and-order response to miners’ unrest, his reform agenda, and broad appeal across Minnesota and the Northwest. It notes Democratic hopes to nominate Johnson or Bryan, while Republicans fear loss of the Northwest.
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Philadelphia
Minnesota
John A Jonnson
Northwest
Johnson
Western Federation of Miners
Mienorce
Thia Commonwealth
Abe
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Andy Johnson
Tailors Bench
Garfield
White House
U S Grant
Memoirs of the Duchess de Dino Chronicle
The Duchess Dorothea of Courland and her circle are examined in La Revue de Paris. The piece traces her ascent via Talleyrand, her marriage to the Duke of Dino, and her influence over early 18th century politics and society, including dynastic ties to Sagan and Courland.
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Duchesse de Dino
la Revue de Paris
Comtesse de A
Talleyrand
Comtesse de Bolene
Due de Dino
Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
Hin Arst
Elizabeth Curtis
Mra Trederick
William Livingston
New York
Henri Rochefort
Duchesse de D No
Dorothea of
Anne
Courland
Rusala
Czarina
Cuarinane
Marshal Munch
Sberia
Catherine the Great
Peter Peter
Duchessé de Diro
Catherine
Peter of
Sagan
Wallenstein
Pignatelli
Dorothea
Adam Czirtorsky
Poland
Alexander
Dimond de Talleyrand-Pergord
Pilmond de Taleyrand
Archibald
Louis
Alexander Louis
Prussia
Tatleyrand
Tao
Murit
Dino
Luc de Thno
Discharged Warehouse Worker Recovers Lost Parcel
A Greenwich Street warehouse partner in New York was discharged after drunkenness cost him a valuable parcel. The shock led him to vow sobriety while recounting a 20 year record of honesty, yet he searched in vain for the parcel before recalling its whereabouts and recovering it.
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New York
Greenwich Street
The Depth of Crime and Mental State in Criminology
The Ballimors American notes the shock of depravity and debates whether crime stems from inherent defect or disease. It discusses Lombroso and McDonald and the line between insanity and genius, cautioning that crime remains crime unless insanity is proven, while pondering the motives behind extreme vice and imagination.
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Ballimors
Guinness
Laporte
Ind
Lombroso
Italy
McDonald
America
Two kinds of democracy in Minnesota and Massachusetts
From the New York World a comparison of Democratic fortunes in Minnesota and Massachusetts. Minnesota shows a militant party and strong Johnson support. Massachusetts sees disarray with Bryan instruction and a weakened regular ticket. Roosevelt carried both states but Democrats gained varied governor results and party status shifted notably in Massachusetts.
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Minnesota
Massachusetts
New York World
Democrats
Juanson
Bryan
Johson
Roosevelt
Parker
Wiliam L Douglas
John A Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Bryans
Independence League
Boston
Massachusetts Democracy
William J Bryan
Doctors Marvel at Patient With Multiple Injuries
Doctors at Polyclinic Hospital in Philadelphia examine Michael Tighe of Hazleton after he arrives with a broken arm and a fractured leg. He reveals a wooden leg and says he injured his other leg three weeks ago, then walked to the hospital despite the pain.
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Philadelphia
Medical Art in China Darkens with Old Beliefs and Quackery
A report cites Chinese medical practice as a mix of superstition and quackery, with doctors ignorant of physiology and anatomy. It notes reliance on herbal tonics like ginseng, costly remedies, and bizarre ingredients, while contrasting Jesuit observations from centuries earlier. Readings also reference a New York Sun poem and Chicago verse about Maytime street life and a stock market whimsy.
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Chicago
Nowa
China
le Comte
American Pharmacopoeia
Gift of tongues grips Chicago child under spell
Irene Piper a ten year old Chicago girl, daughter of Rev H Piper, begins speaking fluent Chinese for six to seven weeks. Doctors and family report the sudden ability appears at random, with local Chinese laundry workers and clerks understanding her messages about God and faith. The phenomenon vanishes and returns without warning, baffling observers.
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Chicago
Uianascn
Irene Piper
Witham H Piper
Nn Independent Religious Organization
Dr Piper
Intervain
Nothing Like Statistics From the Kansas City Journal
A humorous Kansas City Journal feature uses exaggerated math to compare annual cattle and hog slaughter to vast feats. Homer Hoch imagines all cattle as one cow grazing near the equator while a single hog could dig the Panama Canal in under three days, highlighting absurdities of large-scale counts.
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Kansas City Journal
Harvey Skinner
Kansas City
Kans
Skinner
Mr Skinner
Bight
Equator
North Pole
Homer Hoch
Panama Canal
Pointed Paragraphs From Press Sparks Satire
Snippets attributed to Chicago News and New York Press mock social pretensions and human folly. The pieces joke about a lazy man, a faulty dumb waiter, and the futility of chasing perfect results, while others question opera, marriage, talk, and the fate of dying rich.
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The
Chicago News
New York Press
Notable Figures Mock Presidential Row At New York Meet
Judge C F Moore recounts an entertaining Raleigh gathering where the Hiinala State Society of New York staged a mock banquet with a Carnegie chair and famed candidates including Taft Roosevelt Bryan Cannon and La Follette. The event sparked audience roasts and lively political banter.
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New York City
C. F. Moore
Virginia
New York
Raleigh
Hiinala State Society of
Andrew Carnegie
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Gray
Joe Cannon
William J Bryan
la Follette
Fairbanks
Culberson
Wettest Town in America Benbow City Expands
Benbow City, south of Alton, grows around Standard Gas Company refiner and becomes a corporate village. It lists eighteen registered veterans and twenty-three saloons, with 300 residents and seven brewery agencies. Licenses bring in 15,000 to start the year as the eighteen voters prepare next Monday to decide spending from the saloon taxes.
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Benbow City
New York World
Standard Gas Company
Alton
Wlinalt
Liitile
Mite
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