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A Splendid Opportunity for Members of Congress
In a House speech Rep Schall urged building a strong navy to defend the United States. He condemned the naval bill as timid, arguing it fails to adequately prepare for defense or abandon pacific aims. The House must rise above faction to create a robust naval program for national security.
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Nationalism and the need for humane prison reform
Thomas Mott Osborne argues for treating convicts with a different approach to aid reintegration into society. He notes two thirds of state prisoners have prior incarcerations, suggesting the system’s failure and warning that prisoner temperament affects public safety and moral health.
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Reform, fairness, and smart policy shape national strength
The text argues that reform depends on majority opinion, raises questions of fairness in prison policy, and suggests applying intelligent reform across issues. It emphasizes humane treatment of released prisoners to elevate national standards of conduct and strengthen nationalism.
The Colonel at Home in Oyster Bay
Col Roosevelt will not attend the Progressive convention in Chicago and will stay at Oyster Bay. He remains a key factor in the Republican council via telegraph and telephone, with no need to be physically present for influence. Past conventions showed presence did not change delegate votes, so victory hinges on broader support rather than crowds.
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Armor Plate Bill Faces Opposition Over Armored Plant
Opponents on the Trouse naval affairs committee back an amendment by Representative Butler to require the Federal Trade Commission to yearly report a fair government price for armor plate. Private plants back the plan, predicting the government could avoid an $11,000,000 gamble by using private production costs as the basis for pricing. The amendment aims to prevent costly government manufacture while offering a safe, profit-limited path and potentially saving several million annually.
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Hope Eternal and the Press Hype on Medical Breakthroughs
The piece argues scientists resist sensational press framing, noting journalists amplify remote possibilities into facts. It contends conservative experts protest such misrepresentation, yet public optimism drives hype and accelerates belief in unproven medical advances such as tuberculosis serum.
Radium Screen Aims to Restore Sight for the Blind
A Pittsburgh engineer claims a radium based screen could let the blind see when retina is damaged. In tests a blindfolded subject, using radium valued at twenty thousand dollars, could distinguish objects between face and an electric bulb. The piece notes Helen Keller’s reported hearing of Caruso as a longstanding debate.
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Great Britain War Debt and Allied Credit Lines
Analysis of Britain's wartime finances cites eight London banks arranging a 50 million dollar credit with New York banks to pay allies. It notes a 360 million pound loan sought by Asquith, bringing total war outlays to over 11 billion dollars by September 1, with empire debts rising to about 14 billion. The piece questions Britain’s returns for vast sacrifices and criticizes policy shifts, while warning of looming costs to sustain Italy and allied fronts.
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Cromwell enters Cambridge on Shakespeare’s death day
In 1616 Cromwell was admitted as a fellow commoner at Sidney Sussex College Cambridge on the day of Shakespeare’s death. His Cambridge stay was brief, his fame came from athletic prowess, and he later led troops in the civil war. The piece also notes royal and legal trivia including silk ropes for peers and Casement’s treason concerns.
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Ghost Fire Puzzles Maine Town as Smoke Haunts Block
Mysterious smoke filled a three story brick block on Main Street owned by York Manufacturing for 72 hours. Fire department dubbed it a ghost fire and searched walls floors and basements to locate the source. Electricians found wiring to be clear and tenants resumed normal life. In Michigan first cousins married in Kentucky cannot live together, AG rules.
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Congress Condensed Legislative Actions and Nominations
Congress moved through river and harbor funding, advanced Brandeis to the Supreme Court by a 10 to 8 vote in the Judiciary committee, and reported favorably on a State Department inquiry into Irish Americana safety. It also backed a Hitchcock Poland relief probe and set three day releases during the convention, with adjournments to noon and 11 a.m. the next day.
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Admiral Wilkes Denial of Fontenoy Slap Tale
A May 21 statement by the Marquise de Fontenoy claiming Admiral Charles Wilkes was slapped by Milas Slidell aboard the Trent case is declared fiction. A J Gordon Kane, late US Navy and National Guard officer, refutes the claim, cites official logs and records, and asserts strict naval discipline would have punished any such act.
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The Ghost in Rural Meadow Pastoral
A nostalgic verse describes a journey through meadowlands and old trees in search of return to a loving home. The speaker recalls childhood scenes, a pear tree flower falling as a symbol, and a sense of loneliness amid youth and maiden figures.
Bees Stop Churchgoers With Grass Plot Swarm
In Georgetown a swarm of bees hid in a grass plot near a church corner causing residents to dance and retreat. Dozens were stung as people walked to services, surprising congregants and onlookers until the insects were located and dispersed.
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Auto Gets This Bulls Goat
Anderson Indiana dispatch reports Fred T Barber and friends in a red automobile were attacked by a large red bull in an open lane. The bull dashed, struck amidships, denting the door and rear fender, frightening occupants who escaped unharmed. A Michigan editor received verses with a note that they were written 50 years ago by a long-sleeping writer for pastime.
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Very 4 Crossed-E Fed Cross-E Long Tale
A cryptic reminiscence recalls a Merion Cricket Club member who hosted a Bryn Mawr woman at a social function. The cross-eyed joke lands as the narrator claims she ate from his plate because she was cross-eyed.
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De Soto's Florida Landing Marks Early U S History
377 years ago today Fernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer, landed near Tampa marking the first European footprint in what is now United States. He led an expedition from Havana into Florida and continued to the Mississippi while seeking riches. He died on the Mississippi voyage and his body was sunk. his followers dispersed to the Gulf and Mexico coast.
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Freak Walk Wins 20000 In Backward Trip to New York
Patrick Harmon arrived at Seattle city hall walking backward and confirmed by Lieut Billy Kennel. Baltazar accompanied him as observer while a mirror contraption was strapped to Harmon's back. Harmon beat the 260 day limit, finishing in 239 days, despite illness and dizziness setbacks.
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Baby Buffalo Fears Baptism in Central Park Escape
A four day old baby buffalo escaped its corral in Central Park at dawn. Head keeper Bill Snyder and a team of hunters lassoed the frightened calf on the bridge path after it wandered from cover. It is to be christened with flowers and named Bill Cody despite the escape.
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RATTLESNAKE HATES MUSIC IN ARP ADDITION PIANO
Mrs Frank Kopick of the Arp addition north of Bakersfield reports a rattlesnake inside a piano after inspecting for a rat nest. The tale includes mixed lines and stray dialogue about an engagement, a kiss, and mistaken theft, with unrelated London reference.
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Monument to Rumsey and the first steam boat era
Washington readers hear a vivid account from ex State Senator William Campbell about the Rumseyan Society and the Shepherdstown monument to James Rumsey. The piece ties Rumsey to steam navigation, Washington and Franklin, and notes Britain’s interest and Rumsey's death before Fulton’s triumph. It also covers Ohio politics and Burton’s delegates for the Chicago convention with Gov Willis' reelection prospects.
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Pig Squeal Said to Decide Jackson Presidency
Homer S Cummings cites a Shoreham tale that a farmer’s pig squeal and a series of one vote margins altered key political outcomes. He argues that a trapped pig changing voter access helped elect Andrew Jackson and influenced the chain leading to war and the presidency.
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Dog Digs Worms for Bait in Winslow Tale
In Petersburg Indiana Dispatch Indianapolle News reports a Winslow dentist Dr Ras Dillon owns a rat terrier named Fido. The dog became known as an angler digging bait worms each spring. It retrieves worms from a tin can, digs them out, then carries the bait to its master for fishing.
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