Commission Plan Debate Follows Tacoma Vote In 1910
Commentary argues city government should have a head to prevent divided authority as Tacoma experiments with a commission system. The piece critiques single-man leadership risks, cites Portland and Spokane, and explores how a five-member commission might function under a proposed charter.
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Wall
Advamce
Amtore Probal
Phooma Ned
Tacoma
Spokane
Portland
Commsson
Commission
Kensae
New York City
Theodore Hooselt
J. Pierpont
Forgan Ag
Leonard Wood
Wiliam G McAdoo
Fithu Root
Roosevelt
McAdoo
Root
Rogues
Gen Wood
Mike Tacoma J
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Many Parties Clash Over Tariffs and Leads in Senate Race
Fragmentary text outlines Republican and Democratic tensions over tariff policy and party leadership. Mentions Dolliver and Culberson Bailey, Mills, Gore Champ, and Leaceath party figures. Discusses potential factional realignments, fusion ideas, and the risk of too many parties weakening unity in the political landscape.
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Wissowrd
Democrate
Pep
Senate
Dolliver
Seastos
Culberson and
Bailey Arm Wruth
Soger Q Mills
Republican Party
Aden O
Pig Ron Kelley
Tir Tuung
Sum Pandii
Aprucis
The New Paternalism and Its Central Ideology
The article argues that modern governance expands state power at the expense of individual rights, citing a shift from Jeffersonian limited government to a new collectivism. It warns that concentrated wealth and social inequities fuel socialist and anarchist tensions, urging constitutionalist responses through legitimate state authority to check plutocratic influence.
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Meor
Witton
Falm
Gilihens
Carey
Edoidua
Mettcan
Tuyr
Jeferson
Congress
Taylor
Hause
Faylor
Customs Service Graft and Reform Demanded
The New York World denounces systemic graft within the customs service. Officials and business interests colluded in fraud, false weighing, undervaluation, and extortion. It urges internal reforms, noting Collector Loeb’s initial steps but insisting the overhaul must come from within to protect revenues and honest importers.
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New York
New York Customs Service
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Loeb
Rota
Admiral Von Koester Praises American Welcome In New York
German fleet commander Von Koester said Gotham overwhelmed German visitors with its scale energy and hospitality during Hudon Fulton celebrations. He arrived in Berlin to report how Americans displayed warmth hustle and vigor, noting German culture flourishes here and affinity toward Germany was evident despite lingering shadows.
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Kawer
Gotham
New York Times
Koester
Jehip
Keep
New York
Berlin
von Koester
America
London
Hudson-Fulton
United States
von Keester
Record Wine Imports Break Port Volume at New York
Records show unprecedented wine imports at New York harbor with shipments from Trance and other lines. The Teutonic and Chicago vessels brought large cargoes of champagne and brandy as customs entries are due by October 31, signaling a historic surge in import activity.
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New York
Herad
Iz Port
Teutonic
White Star
Chicago
Rowraine
Louisiane
Treden
Flight mastery grows with proper tuition and practice
A historical note compares early aviation learning to bicycle riding, citing Lieut Latin mastering flight in three weeks and Wilbur Wright estimating forty five minutes to acquire the knack. It argues beginners learn quickly while the seasoned aeronaut shows less skin adaptation than the old bicycle rider.
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Hutlle
Wilbur Wright
Ingo
Inventor tries cushioned chairs to curb sea sickness aboard ship
Mr. F Andruck on the Hamburg America liner Blue, arriving from Hamburg, installed four cushioned chairs on the aft promenade deck to neutralize ship rolling. Passengers testifying say seasickness is greatly reduced, with hope these devices become standard on future voyages.
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York
F Andruck
Hamburg
Andruck
Mttad
Gofae
Beda
Foxs from the Back Yard in Philadelphia Ledger
The furriers expect a rich spring as a wide variety of pelts flood markets. Dozens of animals are skinned for fashion with obscure names masking the source. Squirrel rabbit pony muskrat and others are used as yard adornments, while exotic names like Tibetan goat appear for domesticated pelts.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Pelta
Lady Cardigan and the Outsiders in Victorian Gossipy Memoir
The piece reviews Lady Cardigan’s memoir Recollections, noting its outsider view of Eugenia society and royal figures, including Victoria, and recounts her scandalous life and the social boycott that followed. It also covers Sir Richmond Thackeray Ritchie’s appointment in India and shifts to art history, detailing Adolf Schack’s collection, its donation to Munich, and Kaiser Wilhelm's gift of new galleries as a response to Munich’s municipal politics.
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London
Eugien Society
Lardy Cardigan
Perera
Thosa
Vafens
United Kingdom
Cayigen
Winglish Society
Cordigen
de Horsey
Victoria
Cardigan
Countess of
Richmond Thackeray Ritchie
Thackerays
Richmond Thackeray Tutenie
India
Great
Whitehall
Indian Empire
Ricamond
Ely
William Wifehle
Calcutta
Schack
Emperor Willams
Mumech
Sehark
Shene
Rome
Adolf Schack
Munich
Eriennerstrasse
Senah
Muyleh
Cis
Germany
Ana Acura
Rone En Lret
Hie
Anthe Cy
William Pergonails
Kaiser
Munten Ai
Kaleer
Berlin
Adolf Schacks Heather
Rudo Schack
Prince Regent
National Museum
Wes
Gax
Civil War Generals Fade From Scene As Veterans Pass
The New York Evening Post notes many Civil War generals have died, leaving a rapidly thinning veteran corps. It recalls Gen John Sedgwick and others aged 50 or younger at their deaths, while Spanish War leaders vanish faster. Pension figures show about 49,000 Civil War veterans dying yearly.
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New York Evening Post
John Sedgwick
John
Ieutenant
Howard
Sickles
Wesley Merritt
Elwell
S Otis
Wlesh
Fitzhugh Lee
Joseph Wheeler
Henry Henry C. Corbin
William Ludlow
Henry Wo Langton Lave Gene
Philip
Sampson
Taylor
Navy
Wiliam McKinley
Spain
Ike Theodore
Roosevelt Leonard Wood
Frederick Funston
Uip
Campaign Against Mosquito Fever Spreads to India
The New York Tribune notes plans to combat mosquito borne diseases by flooding breeding pools with small fishes, especially “mummy dogs.” It cites Panama and the Isthmus of Baez as successes and reports India’s high malaria toll, with a national physicians’ convention forming a campaign to eradicate malaria using the Panama method.
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India
New York ‘Tribune
Panama
Baez
Viceros
Publisher Munsey Corrects Secretaries Error With Speaker Reed
Private secretary to Speaker Reed called on Mr Munsey who was busy. Reed left after half an hour but Munsey confronted the secretary, noting Reed had waited unannounced and revealing a confusion about the visitor. The secretary corrected the record stating Dr Hail had died two years earlier.
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Lucana Boma
Munsey
Reed
Reed Li
Bloch
Speaker Reed
John Hail
H Alt
Intensive Farming in Maine From the Cowlten Journal
Question Do farming pay An enterprising Standish farmer Dolloff grows 60 bushels of straw berries cucumbers peas tomatoes and other early vegetables to feed his family and neighbors He raises 100 cabbages 78 baskets of oats 900 bushels of freet class marketable potatoes and hay for two horses He planted sunflowers yielding two heads per plant to feed hens in winter Fertilizer used as main aid to crop yield.
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Cowlten Journal
Apsner
Hurold Dolloff
Standish Las
Traveling Safe in Mexico From the Danner Americas
James H Mulligan of Monterey reports on travel safety in Mexico praising the rural police known as the rurales and Diaz era brigades. He claims roads are safe now, with tourists free to travel even in isolated areas, and notes urban robbery remains rare for outsiders.
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Danner Americas
Mex
James H Mulligan
Monterey
Diaz
Brigdada
Mexico
United
Tates
Aoa
Farmers Dreaming of Land Reform and Prosperity
A speech advocates ending land speculation and preserving public domain for future generations. It urges large scale farming, funding for 1000 agricultural schools, and model farms to boost farm prosperity and national wealth. It warns of food shortages if land laws are abused and markets require higher wheat prices.
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Monsforra
Orehante
Gardena
Tie Reslama
United States
Lees
New York
Lazy Folks In A Hard Life Town
In a rural voice a speaker notes neighbors worn by heat and labor saying they are tired and unwilling to keep working. The narrator recalls meeting a hometown friend who hides a generous heart beneath rough clothes and lends twenty plunks, illustrating a contrast between hardship and unexpected kindness.
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Bat
Tor
Sum
Waste Paper Disposal Across Cities Cited By Paris London Berlin
A London Globe reader cites methods to curb litter from waste paper. Paris uses metal baskets with notes. London parks have similar receptacles but many are empty. German police demand names and vouchers for paper spillage and direct offenders to pick up litter. An American approach is described as directing offenders to deposit paper at a designated spot.
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London Globe
Paris
London
Boulevard
St Germann
Germany
Inicome
America
Fragmented Verse Fragments From a 19th Century Column
Oddly phrased passages discuss love gender roles and cautionary lines about women and men. The jumble cites ideas about attraction skepticism and misjudgment, reflecting dated social stereotypes and editorial style rather than a coherent news item or narrative from the Chicago News Maat.
Reflections of a Bachelor and Dark Intrusion Tale
A fragmented NY Preps piece blends a bachelor’s craving for devotion with a tense intrusion. A wealthy room, a gold clock, a silver service, and a sleeping man set a moody scene as an intruder enters through a porch window and contemplates theft and danger.
Ehrmanns and Lemanns Rise in Panama Society
United States minister to Panama Herbert G. Squiers describes the Ehrmann and Lemann families as influential in Panama for generations originating from the United States. He notes their philanthropy, vast holdings, and high social standing, with ties to Spain through marriage. Also referenced are storms in Tennessee, Johnson Ketthall fight interest, and early views on women’s suffrage in Britain.
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Rothschilds
France
Morgan
United States
Ako Harmann
Panama
Herbert G. Squiers
Abington
Ehrmanns
Buoxi
Republic
America
Limann
Torquenls
Spain
Te Ehrmanns
John Ehrmannum
John Liman
Unnis
John Lizmann i
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