Football season and political contrasts in a long editorial
The piece blends commentary on the football season with a critical comparison of parliamentary power, noting how athletics interplay with education and youth, and examining the balance between the House and Senate in shaping legislation versus Britain’s Commons and Lords. It contrasts American legislative use of the Senate with Britain’s Commons dominance.
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Great Britain
House of Commons
Senate
House of Commany
House of Horde
House of Representatives
House of Lords
John Sherman
Col
Pete Hepburn
Col. Pete
England
United States Senate
Bacon vs Shakespeare in a heated literary controversy
Fragmented critique traces rival claims about Bacon as a poet and possible author of Shakespeare's plays. The discussion cites a Irish professor and Sir Edward Sullivan with Miltonic comparisons, noting Psalm 137 renderings and says the debate confuses outsiders while debating authorship and merit.
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Bacon
Shakespeare
Racor
Edward Sullivan
Sir Minard
Sof Hie Samme
HW Dsaioe
Ucon
Polly
Milton
Tacon
Lord Tennyson
Treth
Easay
Auxv
Taft’s Arizona Ranch Visit Mixes Hunting Tales and Snubs
The narrative recounts President Taft at a Texas and Arizona ranch, noting canceled wildcat hunting and a dead boar sighting, along with possum dinners and sporty diversions. It mentions a mule-decline in the Grand Canyon stunt and a brief dig at John Heys Hammond, reflecting lighthearted desert antics and appetite for rustic pleasures.
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T. R. Africanus
Smithsonian
Mir
Taft
Mberly
Arkansas
Atanta
Mr. Taft
Cub Leiita
Yakima
Grand Canyon
Arizona
John Heys Hammond
Paris as new rival to Washington in moral fame
A dated critique notes Paris challenging Washington for cultural virtue, praising American sponsors William Allen White and Charles H. Magoon for endorsing Paris’s credentials. It mocks dull season dullness, laments faded Latin Quarter romance, and suggests Paris only simulates liveliness for gullible American visitors.
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Washington
White
Goon
Alexandria
Aghapollr
Paris
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Binea
Carriage Industry Faces Automobiles as Lombroso Dies
A survey of opinions on the rise of motor vehicles contrasts the carriage trade with the automobile boom. President Connolly warns the industry to adapt or close, while Lombroso’s death prompts reflection on his controversial but influential studies linking crime, poverty, and environment to social outcomes.
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Garriage
Washington
Prairie Schooner
Connolly
Carriage Builders’ National Association
Ng Bs
Confoliep
Luxury and Geography in a Cheney of Terrapins and Tariffs
A long fragmented reminiscence traces battles over the diamondback terrapin between Reed of Pennsylvania and Johnson of Maryland, then shifts to anecdotes about Van Buren, Mobile Bay oysters, and the Taft era. It mentions Chamberlin's Washington feast, Gulf of Mexico origins, and reformers, with jests about juries and tariffs.
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William B. Reed
Pennsylvania
Reverly Johnson
Maryland
Reed
Philadelphia
Johnson
Baltimore
Andy Johnson
England
Thomas Prancis Bayard
St. Jamies
John Chamberlin
Star and Garter
van Baton
Misissippi
Congress
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Chesapeake Bay
Apier Beyard
Compton
Amos Cummings
Beck
Chamberlin's
Center Market
Chamberlin’s
Gay
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile Bay
Army chief endorses reenlistment limits for Philipines service
Gen Leonard Wood in the East Department backs restricting reenlistment for troops who served in the Philippines before returning home. He suggests separating privates with lower efficiency and returning them to civilian life. He cites a mindset among veterans longing to serve again and notes pay incentives and health records.
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New York
Wood
Hudson-Fulton
Mindanao
Hairbreadth Jungle Escape Of Dr Horr On Expedition
Drafted from New Haven dispatches, the Harvard expedition member Dr. Horr recounts hairbreadth escapes in the Amazon jungle. He survived a mule plunge, tropical fever, and a perilous rope-strop rescue while subsisting on game as guides carried him after a near fatal fall.
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Yale
Amazon
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W. C. Farabee
Cambridge
Horr
Aricoma Pass
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Peru
Balici
Farabes
Chia
Pig Giowa 2 Pound 2 Day from the Kengabes
Frank Coombs of West Bramilin owns a prize expansion pig that arrived as a 30 day suckling weighing 26 pounds. In two weeks it grew to 41 pounds, gaining about a pound daily. At current park prices it could be worth over fifty dollars by age one if it can assimilate hog fodder.
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Frank Coombs
West Bramilin
Coombs
Virginia
Art Bilus McCrim
Kingwood
West Virginia
New Willard
Ageton Smee
Switzerland
Union
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
McCrum
United States
Hig Serdon
Stolypin to leave the Winter Palace in Russia
Premier Stolypin is ordered to vacate the Winter Palace after three years and relocate to the minister of the Interior’s official residence on Fontenia Street. The czar plans to use the Winter Palace again this coming winter, prompting debate over potential premonitions of disgrace and the palace’s storied past at Livadia and the Blue Sea coast.
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Fontenia
Pfhice
Petersburg
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Amore
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Piahve
Interio Butygin
Flehve
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Mimo
Stolypin
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Winter Palace
Livadta
St. Petersburg
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Livadia
Col
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Joachim Tascher de la Pagerie
Josephine
Potocki
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Alexander II
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Alexander Thy
Nicholas II
Czarina Marle
Chair Trequemart
Paris
Maraveli
Signor Monighetti
Potock
Livadda
Hermitage
Levadia
Black Sea
Nicholas
John of
Kronetadt
Livedia
Czarina
Memorial at Cold Harbor Erected by Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Legislature and Gov Stuart praise the Cold Harbor monument honoring Civil War dead. The piece argues Grant’s assault failed at Cold Harbor, condemns the slaughter, and contends the memorial preserves the fallen’s memory and highlights strategic missteps.
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Grant
Falldelphie Inquirer
Stuart
Cold Harbor
Va. A
Lin Herore
Vicksburg
Gome
Cold Hathor
Lee
Petersburg
Richmond
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Jersey Devil carcass reported in Burlington city
A bizarre carcass found near Kinkor and brought to Burlington stuns observers. Photographs exist and Prof. Morse of the State Museum may name the creature, described with kangaroo like tail, strange forelegs, winglike structure, sharp teeth, and long ears, fueling the seasonal Jersey devil scare.
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Burlington
New York World
Morris Ca- Pinsky
Charles Muls-bury
Kinkors
Kin- Kora
Henry Morse
State Museum
Che ‘Bays Caugut
Old Farmer Challenges Law Saying Jurors Judge the Law
In a courtroom anecdote from Avant to Timwis an old farmer defies the judge by asking if jurors may judge the law as well as the facts. The judge insists jurors must know the law better, and the farmer, chewing tobacco, quips that they had already reached that point.
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Prom
Timwis
Celi
Ell
What People Think from the Chicago News
A miscellany of lines and musings reflecting social conscience and humor. The speaker muses on using energy to help others, envy versus contentment, and the contrast between wealth and poverty. The column also notes deer hunting fatalities, Southern State finances, and light exchanges about pet names amid a fragmentary Chicago newspaper page.
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Chicago News
Camulon
Pointed Paragraphs From The New York Press
From the New York Press a snippet notes pride and scandal in domestic life. A tale of forgiveness and family ties dominates heated remarks about marriage and anger. The piece mocks patient wives and men’s tempers while hinting at social morals and gender roles.
Ohio Governor Harmon backed for renomination in Ohio race
Vernon Overman, president of the Cincinnati and Hammand Spring Co., argues Gov Harmon has strong support within the Republican Party. He cites opposition within the party but says Harmon’s record as governor wins friends among voters and that renomination next year is likely. The interview also touches on Senatorial prospects and broader political currents in Ohio.
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Harmon
Repubican Party of
Ohio
Wal
Vernon Overman
Cincinnati
Hammand Spring Company
Willard
Rome
Hig
Bannon
Genater Foraker
United States
Benater Dick
Overman
Foraker
Tlw
Ownership and liability in aerial navigation debate
The piece argues landowners own the air above their property under Roman law while English common law treats airborne trespass as potential liability. It calls for a higher court ruling to define aviation liability, arguing clearer rules would curb reckless flying and protect the public as aviation grows for sport or potential military use.
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Austher
Lyttleton Fox
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