The Approaching Session in Taft Era Politics
Washington Post report from November 28 1910 notes split views among leaders on the coming session. It highlights Tafts push for action on an important bill and the need to advance Republican platform commitments. Debates over tariff revision and other measures loom, with limited time and remaining votes shaping agenda.
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Timae
Cannon
Representative Mann
Dwight
Taft
Congress
Mann
Paris
Ballinger-Pinchet Committee
Laimer
Tariff Board
Alte Te Sanaider Hills
American Sprinters Shine In British Turf's Long Distance Showdown
American horses had a strong year abroad with The Valet winning the Manchester November handicap at Newmarket. Trained by Joseph Cannon known as Uncle Joe, The Valet a 6 year old Water horse, defeated rivals in a demanding 1 mile 3 furlongs, while jockey Danny Maher collected season silver despite final standings.
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England
France
MD. Wane
Manchester
Carlton
Gilly of
Laantes
Chalereux
Ad St. Mac Toa
Newmarket
Joseph Cannon
United Kingdom
Joe
Ilinois
Atlantic
Derby
Accurate
Mr. Winane
George Edwardes
Anehora
York
Claretoi
Mr. Edwardes
Maj. Edwardes
Danny Maher
Knights of the pigskin rivalry and rail investment concerns
The piece compares Maher and an unnamed rival in a season-long pigskin contest and notes public interest rising as the outcome nears. It then analyzes life insurance funds invested in railroad securities, highlighting that New York life companies hold a large share of railroad bonds and urging careful Interstate Commerce Commission scrutiny of rates and public welfare.
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Maher
Great Britain
Ifa
George B. Ide
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ide
Teponte
Mfc
New York Evening Post
New Jersey
Long Beach
Hook
Lfe-Savers
Long Beach Station
Offensive Postal Cards Spark District Suppression Drive
District authorities move to curb display of offensive postal cards as a public morality effort. The action, backed by police and the district attorney, aims to shield Washington’s good name from indecent imagery, reflecting broad concern over degraded humor and public taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Card Trust
Model City Dreams Meet Human Ego in Reform Efforts
The piece critiques Mrs. Sage's model city plans, arguing that even with ideal resources and sanitary housing true reform stalls on human nature. It cites reform movements and Carlyle to illustrate that cooperative schemes falter due to individual ego and self-interest despite meticulous planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimi
Tuman
Thomas Carlyle
London
Keats Copyright Sale Highlights Poet’s Last Assignments
The New York Times item notes John Keats assigned the copyright of Poems and Lamia to John Taylor and James Augustus Hessey for £1. The document dated September 20, 1820, witnessed by Haslam and Woodhouse, came shortly before Keats left for Italy and died in Rome six months later. The rarity and significance of the assignment are emphasized as a key literary relic.
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Alonzo W. Porter
New York Times
John Keats
John Taylor
James Augustus Hessey
Anderson's
Hampstead
Middlesex
James Augustus Hussey
Lamia
Keats
William Haslam
Richard Woodhouse
Taylor and Hessey
London
Woodhouse
Italy
Naples
Marta Crowther
Rome
England
Levant
Cost of living rise drives wage talks for New York women
A Brooklyn Eagle piece argues that higher living costs push wage standards for women upward. It notes teachers’ proposed first year pay of 750 and compares women’s earnings across professions, highlighting social workers and lodging options as indicators of the era’s wage changes. It cites board prices from 3.50 to 6 a week and references the Girls' Friendly Lodge as a new response to living costs for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
New York
Mills
MISS MAUDE PETRE UNDER CHURCH BAN
The Petre family notes Miss Maude Petre has been excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church for refusing to pledge obedience to encyclicals Pascendi and Lamentabili, linking her fate to Father Tyrrell and a long line of Catholic ties and land holdings in England.
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Petres
Miss Maude Petre
Sacramento
Father Tyrrell
Petre
Lord Petre
Laurence Petre
Jennie
A. Williams
Cincinnati
Baltimore
George Cavendish Taylor
Thorndon Hall
Batestone
Henry VIII
William Petre
Willam
Wise
Mary
Canadian fur trade report shows northern expansion and price trends
The consular report notes fur bearing species decline in Prince Edward Island with musk rats, red foxes and minks sold locally or shipped to New York London and Toronto. Prices have risen 60 percent in five years while Canada exports undressed furs worth about 3.77 million dollars in the year ending March 31 1910.
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Prince Edward Island
New York
London
Toronto
Dominion of Canada
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Dominion
Germany
Russia
Newfoundland
Changed His $100 Bill On A Train Carrier
Capt Tom Hanton, a New Albany politician and Southern Railway conductor in Kentucky, met a rural passenger who paid four miles with a century bill. The conductor avoided giving change by collecting six and one cent pieces to take the big bill into camp, leading the traveler to hand over exact fare thereafter.
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William
Konigsberg
Germany
Republic
Rimen
Tom Hanton
New Albany
Southern Railway
Kentucky
Hanlon
Man seeks divorce after home tensions in mixed notes
In Chicago Examiner style anecdotes, A Van Schenk quarrels over his wife stepping on toes and pots of mustard. She plays a graphophone near boarder James Shannon, provoking further dispute. He sues for divorce on grounds of veracity amid family memory and a Cleveland Leader quote about parental romance.
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The
Chicago Examiner
A. van Schenk
James Shannon
Shannon
Chicago News
Ghio
Francis Gessner
New Willard
McKinney
House
Hubert W. Taylor
Judge Taylor
McKinley
James Kennedy
F. J. Whitacre
Canton
Ife
Hin
Congress
Ohio
J. H. Goeke
Wapakoneta
Goeke
Judge Claypool
D. R. Francis
Belmont County
Hollingsworth
Francis
Day After Wanted Particulars From the Gabage Record Herald
A fragmented item cites phrases about defending a crook if guilty and mentions a lawyer’s wry reply. The text blends questions about charges and methods with garbled lunchroom images, reflecting a satirical or editorial snippet from a local paper.
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Gabage Record-Herald
Philadelphia Telegraph
Rails for Tampico From Sparrows Point Steel Yard
The steamship Santonia lies at Sparrows Point loading 75 pound rails and fittings for Tampico Mexico. This is the second ship this week bringing rails to Mexican ports. The Maryland Steel Company has sent several loads, with more tonnage planned. The American-Hawaiian line serves Pacific ports via Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz, routing cargo by rail across the Isthmus.
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Republic
United States
Baltimore Sun
Santonia
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Tampico
Mexico
National Railways of
Wearside
Vera Cruz
National Lines
Steal Company
Pacific Coast
Pacific Electric Company
American-Hawaiian Company
Pacific Ports
Horn
New York
Coatzacoalcos
Puerto Mexico
Tribute to Oglethorpe Founder of Georgia in New York Tribute
The New York Tribune lauds James Edward Oglethorpe the founder of Georgia for his humane colony principles and honest dealings with Native Americans. It notes Georgia as a refuge for religious dissenters, the asylum for Salzburgers and Moravians, and the indirect influence of the Wesleys and Whitefield, urging broader national recognition.
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The
New York Tribune
James Edward Oglethorpe
Savannah
Georgia
Tle
Southey
Oglethorpe
London mob scenes and jail for Downing Street clash
A fragmented verse from several papers portrays London chaos as suffragists and mobs confront ministers near Downing Street. Amid humor and chaos, Asquith’s concessions emerge while Churchill and Birrell are referenced in a fevered, satirical tableau from early 20th century press.
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of wry maxims on human nature and social conduct. The snippets lampoon money, fidelity, gossip, gender roles, and political life with satirical quips about vanity, guidance, and aging. The tone mirrors a 19th or early 20th century newspaper humor column.
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A compact meditation on male behavior and honesty. It contrasts homecomings when places close with broader truths about deception. The piece notes that virtue seems durable only when it is never born, and recalls the fear of wrongdoings fading while concern spreads among kin and peers.
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New York Press
Havana to Key West Air Race Prize Attracts Aviators
Noted aviators including Curay plan to contest a Havana to Key West air voyage with a $10,000 prize offered by a Cuban newspaper. The route spans about 100 miles, weather along the coast favors a two hour flight, and a fleet of tugs and steamers will accompany the contestants for spectators. Conversations also touch on Riverside Drive monuments and Canadian immigration debates as other topics of interest.
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English Channel
Havana
Key West
George Kennedy
Jacksonville
Fla
Jat
Willard
Curay
Aitend
Devender
Florida
Aim Steamerg
Kies West
Ker
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Chudleigh
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Essex
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Tower of London
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Francis C. Wrench
Alfred G. Vanderblt
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Marquise DE Fontenoy
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Buffalo Express
George B. Macdonald
Philip Burne- Jones
E. J. Poynter
John Lockwood Kipling
Kipling
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Central Museum
Lahore
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Canadian Fur Trade
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Virginia City
Ireland
Cleveland Leader
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Hell IN
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Downing Street
Asquith
Augustin Birrell
Winston Churchill
Birmingham Age-Herald
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Schenectady
Talon
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New York Telegram
Riverside Drive
New York City
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