The Tax of the Public at Washington Station Tax
A 1907 Washington Post op ed denounces a proposed passenger tax to fund a new Union Station. It argues railroads profit from high fares while offering shabby service and advocates public pressure via the Interstate Commerce Commission. It warns the plan would burden the nation’s capital and set a dangerous precedent.
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Goats and Wall Street Panic Echo Old World Troll
Fragmented OCR narration blends biblical imagery with a modern market scare. It notes sheep and goats as symbols amid a Wall Street shock, referencing Spence Indus Kenycky and Jennings Bryan, and questions who the goats are as markets falter and fears rise about losses and national resilience.
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Undi
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Hercules
Antasus
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Gideon
Ajtlon
Egypt
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Essat
Chicago society notes and economic clash abroad
A sprawling column blends Wall Street critique with remarks on Roosevelt politics and international court views. It also covers Chicago art devotion, the Hague talks, crime tallies, wild skating warnings, and odd local anecdotes from Florence to St Louis. The piece interweaves culture, finance, and public life with satirical undertones.
Estate Settlement Opens After Five Years of Legal Warfare
The New York tribune reports that the estate of Patrick Cooney, a Valley Branch Railroad section hand who saved 16 000 from pay, reaches probate court agreement. Five years of litigation end as heirs named Green seek to settle assets, with Cooney remembered for hardy work and quiet life.
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Hartford
The Hague Conference and the International Court claim
The Hague conference did not unanimously approve a permanent international court of justice. It approved only a principle leaving governments to negotiate details. The article argues the report misleads and that real progress requires actual government action, not broad declarations of peace.
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International High Court of Justice
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Lord Fairfax in Scotch Peerage Challenges and Absorption
The article discusses Lord Fairfax and naturalization limits curbing immediate voting rights in Scottish peer elections at Holyrood Edinburgh. It explains the process for selecting Scottish representative peers for the House of Lords, the creation limits since the union, and the eventual absorption of the Scottish peerage into the United Kingdom system. It also outlines related legends about the de Morary/Talleyrand connections and a lengthy genealogical romance involving French nobility and political figures.
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House of Lords
London
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Edinburgh
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House of Lorde
Holyrood
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Market Cross
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Beotland
Holy Rosa Palace
Scotland
Crown
Paeraga
Petra
Spotland
Alther
United Xanedom
Jon Pauzel
Gold Supply Rumors Stirs Thought on World Mining Era
Report from Samon cites expert opinion that South Africa’s Rand mines hold vast bullion, with fears of depletion proven groundless. Analysts say U S gold production will rise to hundreds of millions yearly, while silver prices weaken despite rising Mexican output. Also: daring rescue of a mail sack from a White Star liner by Jack Gostin, who swam to retrieve it amid dangerous propellers.
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Rand
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Britiah North America
Joseph P Grace
New York
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Peru
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Postmaster General
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The Teddy Brand Promthe Astata Constrael a Oh tha Leddy
A fractured, garbled page mixes verse and legal quips with stray notices. The Teddy Brand refrain appears amid misread lines about Dixie, gator imagery, and local entertainments. A bookmaker case and a medical note on tetanus close the jumble with scattered, unclear details.
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Simple Tale of Heroism Tow Julian Chamber i woe fromciM
A narrative praising Commissioner Bingham and a Newark police officer for calm, courageous policing. An officer at Mercer Street station recounts stopping a murderer after a saloon shooting, thrusting a revolver aside, striking, and keeping order despite crowd danger. The teller likens the act to Napoleonic heroism.
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Hackett
Bish
Bingham
Roosevelt's bear hunt as featured in World essay
A World essay questions why Mr Roosevelt travels through swamps and shoals to hunt bears. It asks why he wounds the animals with insistent vim and what would happen if bears threatened Oyster Bay, endangering his family.
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New York World
Mr Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Death of an old family dog ends in tragedy at station
An elderly man brought his irish setter, a ten year pet, to police headquarters after fearing the cold would kill him. The dog was ultimately shot by Officer Leasure after the master commanded. The animal wagged its tail as it died, leaving officers moved and the room in tears.
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Wicked Rooster Attack and Odd Medical Notes From East End Night
In a tense East End incident two masked robbers ambushed Warren Edwards near Redbank and Delta avenues as he walked home with a rooster. Edwards fought back, delivering blows with the fowl and pursuing the robbers, who fled after the struggle. The report shifts to a digest of medical curiosities and dramatic astronomical weather speculation, detailing endocarditis, anemia cures, and cyclone energy estimates, with mentions of a bull blood trial and a kangaroo injection experiment to illustrate scientific bravado.
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China
Visitors in the Capital See Hughes as Strong Presidential Prospect
Idaho Senator Weldon B Heyburn reports Western voters view Charles Hughes as a potent presidential candidate. He notes Hughes’s legal work and executive ability extend influence beyond New York, while acknowledging multiple viable candidates and ongoing party dynamics shaping the Republican nomination.
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