Washington Post Opinion on Politics and Prosperity
A Washington Post opinion piece debates how politics mirrors commerce and finance, tracing the evolution of political parties from colonial times to modern America. It weighs the roles of Bryan, Roosevelt, and Gray, and questions how Democratic and Republican strategies affect electoral outcomes and policy toward prosperity.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Jerry Simpson
Wiliam J Bryan
Mark Hanna
Joseph B. Fataker
Jacob
Laban
Edward Plantagenet
Singland
Beyond Bryan and reform in a volatile political page
A wide survey article reviews Democratic factions, the Populistic wing, and possible presidential contenders. It discusses tariff and salary debates, San Francisco graft cases, and remarks on politeness, statesmanship, and past party leaders. The piece blends political analysis with satirical jabs at figures like Ruef, Schmitz, and Fairbanks.
Labor issue and political influence across U S history
The excerpt traces labor’s impact on elections from 1877 to 1905, noting strikes in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Homestead, and Idaho, and President Roosevelt’s coal strike intervention that boosted GOP prestige. It cites Tammany and party dynamics, with figures like Moyer Haywood, Cleveland, Harrison, and Littlefield as context.
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Weetty
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Moyer Heywood
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Chicago
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Hayes
Congress
Lincoln
House of Congress
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Union
Harrison
Carnegie Steel Works
Homestead
Idaho
del Railway
Littlefield
Maine
Cannon
Illinois
Bartholdt
Missouri
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A humorous slice on gender roles and male vanity in a dated voice. It riffs on women, smoking, and social expectations, noting men resist public hypocrisy. The columnist muses on domestic life versus club life and peer judgment.
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James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
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Library of Congress
United States
Bachelor Marquis Comes to America
Lora Anglesey arrives in New York from England as head of the Paget family. The article traces the Paget line to Henry VIII, noting wealth and past scandal, and sketches the English peerage through Lords Anglesey and Hood, their military ties, and bachelor status.
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New York
England
Europe
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Anglesey
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Dublin
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Lord
Patricia of Connaught
Royal Horse Guards
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Rowland Paget
Fitzroy Paget
Arthur Paget
Paran Stevens
Reverence of Japanese Officers at Mount Vernon
The Japanese officers led by Gen Kuroki and Vice Admiral Yuui visited Mount Vernon aboard the Mayflower. They paused at Washington's tomb, entered the mausoleum with wreaths, and bowed in solemn reverence, describing the scene as deeply impressive and moving. Witnesses noted their calm, ritual respect and belief Washington recognized their veneration.
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Washington
Kuroki
Yuii
The Season in Between and Lincoln Office Anecdote
A mixed excerpt compares a winter to spring meal cravings and a plea for fries, with a Harper’s Magazine vignette about office seekers. It includes a Lincoln anecdote where Mr Whipple asks for an office and Lincoln notes the portrait of the man who does not want one.
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Florida
The Spanish Pretender Visits Madrid on Impunity
Leslie's Vera recounts Don Jaime, son of the famous pretender Don Carlos, slipping past arrest orders in Spain. Despite his portrait being widely known, Spanish police fail to recognize him as he mingles with Carlist supporters. He tours openly, meets officials, and even attends Easter bullfights in Madrid, where a matador honors him without detection.
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Navy
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Gibraltar
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Duchess of Argyll
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Tauke
Argyl
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Vera
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Don Carlos
Madrid
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His Match From the Bellman Bishop Talbot Donation Tale
A scene at a St Paul meeting of church dignitaries features Bishop Talbot, nicknamed the cowboy bishop, approached by a tramp. The group debates aid before Talbot eagerly offers help. The tramp later receives a dollar for the bishop’s new cathedral at Laramie, paid to the youthful bishop.
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Laramie
Bride Registered as a Boy in French Registry
M. Lenoir and Mile. Deschamps faced an obstacle to their Normandy wedding when the village registrar revealed the bride’s birth was misregistered as male. Officials refused to authorize the marriage pending correction, noting bureaucratic delay.
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Deschamps
la Haye Malherbe
Normandy
Mlle
Water Power Pioneers Lift Minds with Everyday Foam
An 1900s style survey extols water as the world’s most potent force. It traces water power from sleepless-baby remedies to rail cages, mills, and skyscraper elevating systems. It notes Italian and English claims, river plants, waterfall turbines, tidal and wave schemes, and a plunger elevator concept using water pressure to lift cars.
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New York
China
Switzerland
Ocean Grove
Roosevelt Third Term Talk Now Seen Abroad
Representative Bourke Cochran returned from his bridal trip and shared that Roosevelt would face pressure to seek renomination on tariff reform. Cochran quoted Roosevelt’s own stance denying a third term, while noting the public and party divisions over tariff revision and potential electoral consequences.
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Senate
The Proposal in Comic Dialect on the Telephone
A shy man named Dusky Sam uses a telephone to propose to Angeline. He asks if she loves him, she answers yes, and he asks to marry. Angeline agrees, and the scene ends with mutual consent.
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New York Times
Dusky
Sam
Angeline
Jonah
Who is you POINTED PARAGRAPHS From Chicago News
A compact, wry collection of pointed remarks on human nature and social behavior. The lines critique gossip violence gender forgiveness optimism and certainty with a mix of humor and satire.
Politician and writer remarks at hotel on Fairbanks bid
At the New Willard and the Arlington and Raleigh hotels in Washington and nearby cities, senators and observers discuss Vice President Fairbanks possibly securing the Republican nomination, defending his personality and finances, while noting graft disclosures in San Francisco, a Western congress stance, and Florida and Georgia development scenes.
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Senator Hemenway
Indiana
New Willard
Fairbanks
Hoosier State
Senate
Hemenway
Jim
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