Supreme Court settles standard of restraint in antitrust ruling
The Supreme Court's Standard Of decision reassures business by confirming the Sherman Act targets only unreasonable restraints. It supports a reading aligned with Trans-Missouri and Joint Traffic precedents, allowing legitimate competition while curbing monopolies. Senators Bailey and Culberson weigh in on the decision's moderation and potential calls for further Sherman Act refinement.
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Supreme Court
Trans-Missouri Freight and Joint Traffic Association
Senator Bailey
White
Use Court
Culberson
The Marriage Game and Modern Courtship Advice
An article discusses love and marriage using Emerson and Marcus Aurelius as contrasts, then cites Nathaniel Goodwin and Lillian Russell. Russell argues most men make good husbands and warns against rushing into engagement. The piece notes modern courtship favors gradual friendship and warns against overpromising with extravagant attention.
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Marcus Aurelius
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Nathaniel Goodwin
Lillian Russell
Goodwin
Miss Russell
Fifth Avenue
Madero’s press and Mexican politics examined
The article probes Madero’s stance amid rebel factions led by Orozco and Diaz, assessing potential paths to governance in Mexico. It contrasts Juarez and Diaz longevity with earlier upheavals, noting political volatility and questioning whether one strong ruler can replace multiple unstable regimes. It also covers San Antonio camp health stats and praises military sanitary progress. Washington hosts an international industrial property conference advancing uniform patent and trademark protections.
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Madero
Ciudad Juarez
Diaz
Orozco
Mexico
Juarez
Chihuahua
Grozco
German patent raids bite into Yankee shoe makers
German experts study Yankee shoe making machinery to infringe abroad and undersell at home, as debates on the farmers free list highlight predatory practices. The issue would not change patent law but aims to curb millions of dollars diverted from American innovators beginnings.
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Germany
English of Kentucky Mountains Echoes of Shakespeare
In a witty critique of language and culture, a Lexington style essay traces how English spoken in eastern Kentucky preserves Shakespearean flair. It cites Craddock and local dialects, notes humorous modern lines, and parries political and social jests about public figures and events of the era.
Sidelights on Washington and Jesse Conwar in the Cirrellacd Leader
A scattershot panorama links a former Arkansas lieutenant governor and reputed thief Jerry South to sensational jailings of the Taylor brothers, then travels to Capitol Hill where Congressman Dorsey W. Shackleford’s constant whistling raises humor and neighborly fund among the House staff.
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Jesse Conwar
Laader
Jerry South
House of Representatives
South
Arkansas
State Senate
Taylor Brothers
Meigs
Linn County
Little Rock
Taylors
Champ Clark
Missouri State Senate
Jerry
St. Louis
A Thought Experiment On Card Arrangements And Water
The Strand Magazine piece imagines 2,000,000,000 people shuffling a 52 card deck at one shuffle per second for 100,000 years and finds the total arrangements produced is a minute fraction of all possibilities. It then asks what water volume would symbolize that number, concluding a globe of water with a diameter seven billion miles, with Neptune submerged, would still be insufficient.
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Carter
War Department
San Antonio
San Antonio Iy
Medical Corps
Lazear
Uncle Sam
Strand
Alfred
Christ
Moses
Egypt
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Earth
Neptune
Solar System
British Premier's Wife In Mourning On Coronation Eve
Mrs Asquith mourns her sister Lady Ribblesdale whose death marks a solemn start to the London season. The piece traces the sisters' family ties, the Scotts of Arden lineage, and the troubled life of De Mauny-Talvande, wife Lady Mary Byng, and their failed ventures including a proposed English boarding school at Azay-le-Rideau.
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London
Mrs Asquith
Lady Ribblesdale
Sir Charlies Tennant
Asquith
Thamas Lister
Tenth Hussars
Jidballi
Somaliland
Charles Lister
Foreign Office
Scotts of Arden
Polwarth
Scotland
Washington
Government Board of Prison Commissioners
Kingdom
Lord Polwarth
Roxburghshire
Haddingtonshire
Sir Walter Scott
Scotts of
Diana
Walter Scott of
Arden
Hugh Scott
Polwerth
Hepburn
Hepburna of
Humble
Helen Hepburn
Countess of
Tarras
de Mauny-Talvande
Bankruptcy Court of
America
Mary Byng
Queen Victoria
Marquis de Brertcourt
Aray-ld-Rideau
France
Journal Des Debats
London Times
Mauny-Talvande
de Mauny- Taivande
Mary
England
de Mauny
Falvande
the Crown
Marquis de Fontendy Copyright Offer and Publisher Debate
A fragment from 1811 notes the Brentwood Company copyright for Marquis de Fontendy. The exchange questions publishing a small edition and notes a belief scarce books grow in perceived value after centuries.
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Marquisd DE Fontendy
The
Brentwood Company
Slithers Gratitude For Chauffeur Theft Case
In Harper's Weekly dialogue Wilkes asks how Slithers feels about a chauffeur who ran off with his car and his daughter. Rildad replies Slithers is mighty grateful, since the thief relieved him of his two most expensive possessions.
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Harper's Weekly
Slithers
Wilkes
Rildad
Cat Buries Alive Returns Home Safe From Grave
A Linden Avenue cat named Jeffreys, thought dead after chloroform burial, surprised Stoltz children by reappearing at the door. Previously sidelined after a brutal fight, the cat was placed in a grave and covered, then revived by a keen sense of life and veterinary care. A separate Missouri mule named Jerry collapsed near white tombstones, while a Glenville Leghorn hen helped John Grohan finish a chicken coop after witnessing his accident.
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Bloomfield
New York
Frese Jeffreys
Howard W Braltz
Linden Avenue
Jeffreys
Stoltz
Vancouver
The
New York Tribune
John Grohan
Glenville
Grohan
Dolan Targets a Goat Burglar Adventure Turns Burglary Charge
Peter Dolan attempted a bold scheme to sell a bulldog and steal a blacksmith shop goat as a take. He drilled the door lock, chased by a protective goat through First Avenue to Fifty-fourth Street, before Policeman Tierney intervened and Dolan was jailed on burglary charges.
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New York Herald
Peter Dolan
Dewn Down
Dolan
Third Avenue
Ninety-third Street
John Croben
East Fifty-fifth Street
Croben
Burr
Blackmith Shop
P. Dolan
First Avenue
Jan
Fifty-fourth
Tierney
Craben
Bolan
Dlacksmith
East Fifty First Street
Stepping Lightly From Pele Mele
A brief excerpt warns against standing on a fragile chair with a lighthearted tone as one character insists on tiptoeing rather than risking a fall. The exchange showcases a playful moment emphasizing caution.
Money. From Judge Mrs Graswich Has Money
A fragment notes a judge and a remark about money linked to Mrs Graswich with a puzzled reaction. The line hints at a probate or financial matter but lacks full context or clear actions. Further readable details are not provided.
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Graswich
Farm Life Most Perilous Says German Studies
The New York summer issue cites German statistics noting agriculture sees the highest share of temporary disabilities. 45 percent of accidents occur in farming, with 9 percent in iron and steel trades and building, and 12 to 18 percent in mining. Analysis attributes risks to manual labor, use of teams and explosives, and multi skilled tasks. Saturdays show many accidents, with Mondays also frequent, prompting a critique of rest days.
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New York
Sumer
Germany
National Association of Manufacturers
Old Plantation Memories and Cornell Grinds Spur Debate
A collage of verse about rural Southern summers and crawfish on a plantation follows with a shift to Ithaca Dispatch noting Cornell alumni who gained distinction were largely grinders. The Era data show 101 of 170 notable figures were grinders, 67 educators among leaders.
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Ithaca Dispatch
New York Times
Cornell
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of sharp witticisms and social observations. The passages critique flattery pride misers and self praise while noting hypocrisy in love and wealth. The tone mirrors a columnist voice, presenting quips about manners, debt, ambition, and wedding etiquette.
Reflections of a Bachelor
From the New York Press the piece notes how money is seen differently by women and men. It jokes about women's romance expectations and men's concerns with funeral costs and excuses for late returns.
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New York Press
Forgotten Grinds and a One Day Speaker
The article recalls Dr Llisha Fulton on the value of dull plodders over brilliant grads and notes how many successful leaders were steady rather than bright. It then profiles Congressman Curtis H. Gregg urging honor for Gen Arthur St Clair, and narrates Capt Emerson Brooks’s query about Theodore Pomeroy, who served one day as Speaker in 1869 amid the Grant Colfax transition.
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Llisha Fulton
New Willard
Colege
Wright
Cornell University
Foraker
Cornell
Senate
Congress
Arthur St. Clair
Curtis H. Gregg
Pennsylvania
Dewey
Ohio
St. Clair
Ohio Territory
Columbus
Ohio River
Cincinnati
United States Army
Greensburg
Northwest
Capitol
Emerson Brooks
Cayage
N. Y
Theodore Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Grant
Colfax
House
Feminine Crime Decreasing Through Education and Jealousy
West Virginia clergyman notes crime statistics across states showing fewer female convicts, especially in Ohio where postwar declines are linked to education and reform. He cites jealousy as a major motive for women’s crimes, with theft uncommon and violence toward lovers more typical. An elderly life prisoner, John Taborn, in Ohio prison has lingered since 187? and seeks pardon with nowhere to go.
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Erring
James Bevans
Nicholas County
West Virginia
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Ohio
Hell
John Taborn
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Marcus Aurelus
Laura Jean Libbey
Misa Libbey
Protection For
World of Invention
International Union For the Protection of Industrial Property
Invantova
Intercate
Committee of Education
Pall Mall Gazette
Mount ‘Tains
Kentucky
Great
Virginia
Allis
Blue Grass Country
Ben Jonson
Timea
Dryden
Charles Egbert Craddock
Avon
John D
Sam Gompers
Gov. Dix
Mr. Stimson
Congressional
St. Benedict
Benedict
Kansas
Battery Park
Pauline
Gov. Wilson
Owen
Wye
Cleo de Merode
Laurajean
Willard
Belle Lina
United States
Lina
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia Society
Dorsey Shackleford
Philadelphia Tagulrer
Elliott Wood
Capitol Building
Mr. Wood
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Missouri
Representative Shackleford
Whistler
Democratics and Means Committee
Mr. Shackleford
Cleveland
Risin Veader
Micre Amonay
MR. Dolan
Pele Mele
HL Bubler
Dixieland
Sugar House
Thistledown
Richard le Gallienna
Chicago News
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