Maneuvers in Diplomacy and Quarantine Debates
The article surveys European power balances with hints of a Germany France alliance and notes Russia's reform needs. It then covers Senators McEnery and Morgan backing a national quarantine law while respecting state rights, suggesting compacts among states as a possible path to coordinated health measures.
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National Quarantine Plans Stir Debate In Congress
The Washington Post discusses Morgan’s view on state treaty style quarantines and a national plan, arguing for or against interstate measures. It also covers Germany-US reciprocity tensions, the risk of a commercial war, and Western presidential sentiment influencing party dynamics ahead of pivotal elections.
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Let The Post Follow You In Mail Order Move
Washington readers are urged to have The Post follow them when they relocate. The notice promises prompt delivery nationwide and offers to update addresses as often as desired. Contact The Post via telephone Main 4205 to notify carriers or place a vend order.
Philadelphia corroption riddle sparks November purge
A sharp attack on graft and city waste cites receipts from questionable properties and dismissals of city workers for inefficiency and inattention. It praises a strong reform stance and predicts a decisive finish to ring rule by November with praise for anti-corruption figures and Republican allies.
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Hitchcock Led Clean Up of Interior Department
The Indianapolis News calls Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock fearless in fighting corruption in the Bureau of Public Lands and the Indian Service. His disciplined, sometimes cold demeanor is praised for removing rot in federal offices and exposing improper relations with influential Senators.
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Luxury and folly in a city street scene
A fragment from Philadelphia Pross and Chicago Yews items features a jokey dialogue about luxury as anything not essential, a streetcar quip about attention to women, and a punchline on Cholly Goodfellow’s popularity from an era piece.
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Windsor Knights Abolished By King Edward At Windsor
King Edward orders the abolition of the Military Knights of Windsor, once the Naval and Military Poor Knights. The order will be dissolved, pensions kept for surviving officers, and lodgings repurposed for bachelor visitors while the Garter House houses the inspector.
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Labor at Panama demands humane slave driving in canal work
The Providence Journal discusses Panama Canal labor, arguing unskilled workers from Martinique and other regions will be coerced under harsh sanitation and discipline. It likens conditions to slave-driving, noting reforms through humane control, and predicts more such incidents as construction proceeds.
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The President's Clinic Protest Over Yellow Fever Visit
A New Orleans dispatch claims President Roosevelt's planned October visit to New Orleans may be used to demonstrate the mosquito theory of yellow fever. Critics call the proposed clinical demonstration reckless and scientifically pointless, warning that any infection risk could threaten the president and public policy. The piece blends other notes from Hartford Courant and Toledo Blade on unrelated topics.
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Secretary Shaw to quit Cabinet and seek presidential bid
A flurry of editorials notes Secretary Shaw will retire February 1 or 3 1908 to launch a presidential campaign. Multiple papers praise his stance on currency and fiscal policy while weighing the impact on Roosevelt’s administration and Treasury leadership.
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Railroads and the South heated debate in press opinion
A sea of editorials discusses railroads as South allies or foes, praising Southern development tied to rails, railing against rebates and proposed rate boards, while noting German experiences with government regulation and warning against partisan control of the Panama Canal project.
Railroad Claims Discredited and Rate Power Debate
The piece argues that four railroad presidents acknowledge that shippers fix rates against combinations of capital, opposing government rate setting. It questions surrendering rate-making power to trusts and the public, suggesting roads resist government intervention while fearing loss of control.
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Witty fragments from Chicago News on life and thought
A collage of aphorisms and observations on human folly ambition and daily life. The piece lampoons optimists pretenders and social norms while noting the blunt ironies of modern behavior and reputation.
Hotel Lobby Chats Reveal Varied Political Views
In Raleigh and at the New Willard, prominent figures from Virginia Maryland Mississippi and Ohio discuss primaries, gubernatorial candidates and education policy. Marshall McCormick lauds nominees while praising Judge Lewis and condemns free public schools. Judge Neville criticizes government schooling. Lancaster figures and Russo-Japanese War sentiments surface amid broader political talk. An Alabama race centers on railway rates with candidates Cunningham and Comer debating policy records.
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Is it Worth While From the Boston Trenacran
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