Our Greatest Naval Show Opens in Hudson Bay
The Washington Post reports the upcoming naval pageant in New York and San Pedro, featuring a hundred Atlantic fleet warships and the Pacific fleet display. President Taft may attend, while Secretary Mayer notes U.S. power lags in tonnage and armament behind Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and Japan. An aside essay praises hen-raising reforms by M. Joubert linking wine to increased egg production.
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Hudson River
Imilar
Admiral Dewey
Manila
San Pedro
Tod
Germany
North Sea
Cman
Delaware
Florida
Taft
Mayer
United States
England
Great ‘Britain
France
Russia
Japan
Meyer
Panama Canal
Wilson
Sancho Panza
M. Joubert
Fontainebleau
M. Jouvert
Ken
American Cardinals to be elevated by Rome stirs debate
Rome announced two American archbishops and the Washington apostolic delegate will be made cardinals. Archbishops Farley and OConnell are highly regarded, with Mgr Falconio to receive the honor. The move would increase US representation in the Sacred College, seen as deserved and timely by church followers.
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Rome
Apostol
Washington
United States
Sacred College
Cardinal Gibbons
Mgr. Falconio
Farley
O'Connell
Joseph Pulitzer Dies A Great Figure In American Journalism
Obituary notes Joseph Pulitzer born in Budapest, came to the United States in 1864, served in the war, built the World into a powerful paper, and shaped American journalism with independent stance. He was blind since 1884 and remained a vigorous public figure until death. Other items mix social and political quips from the era.
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Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Elxiies
United States
Budapest
St. Louis
Pulitzer
New York
St. Lowe
Judge Clayton's After Dinner Speeches Deliberate Verdicts
A Baltimore society woman who faced sharp critique by wading a fountain en route home from a function defends herself saying she has nothing to be ashamed of and that her actions show confidence. The piece notes Judge Clayton's long deliberation style and suggests he would set records for time spent on decisions.
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T. V. Powderly
United States
Hillis Island
Powderly
Europe
America
Congressions
Immigration Commission
Immigration Service
Commission
Congress
Clayton
Chicago News
Lost Cause and Dictatorial Command in Civil War Debate
In Scribner's Thomas Nelson Page argues great generals thrived with strong government backing, contrasting Union commanders with Confederate reliance on centralized power. He notes Grant's de facto command and considers whether Grant or Lee would have benefited from dictatorial authority to avoid interference and improve war effort.
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Thomas Nelson Page
Scribner’s
Alexander
Ceesar
Hannibal
Cromwell
Frederick
Napoleon
Turenne
Eugene
Wellington
Grant
Washington
Succeas
Lee
Davis
Northern
Virginie
South Atlantic
Richmond
Lew
Confederacy
Purity in English and the Pride of Propriety
Column excerpts discuss English usage, faulted by educated prigs, questioning strict grammar rules, usage by pretenders, and the impact on learners. It notes how prescriptive norms condemn common idioms and how teachers and editors propagate these purist critiques.
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Thomas R. Lounsbury
Harper's
Medici Legend Died In 1737 Ends Male Line History
Readers are told the Medici line ended with Grand Duke John Gaston in 1737 and no male descendants remain. The piece cautions against recent revival tales and traces succession to Francis I and the Lorraine lineage, noting gaps and possible distant kin. It also covers Charles Stewart Parnell’s sisters, height comparisons of British royals, and the Montagu family, including Ditton Park and Beaulieu estates, with notes on a bankrupt heir and actress Helen Douglas-Montagu.
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Eexton
Mons
Medicis
Tuscany
John Gaston
Medicia
Francis of Lorraine
Maria Theresa
Germany
Francis I
Duchy
Lorraine
France
Medici
Perseus Benvenuto Cellini
Perseus
Meduse
Loggia Déi Lanzi
Florence
Florentine Republic
Silvestro Medici
Silvestro
America
Lord Montagu
Robert Douglas-Scott-Montagu
London
Thia Aide
Atlantic
Lord Montagu of
Beatlleu
Car Magazine
United Kingdom
Edward
Royal Motors
Cheauffeurs
The
Times
Oxford
China
Peru
Rockies
Far
Northwest
England
Ditton Park
Windsor
Henry VI
James III
Ralph Winwood
Montagus
Duke of Montagu
Duke of
Buc- Ucleudh
Beaulieu
New Forest
Beaulieu Abbey
Marguerite of Artjou
Perkyn Warbeck
Arater
Helen Douglas-Meptegu
Proteastod
Herbert Trey
His Majesty's Theater
Marquise DE Fontenot
Bryatwood
Future Books of Metal Edison Sees Paper Superseded
Edison predicts future library books printed on metal sheets nickel copper or steel replacing paper. He cites electro chemical processes capable of producing thin sheets that absorb ink and argue nickel offers best substitute. A nickel book could hold 40,000 pages yet weigh less than a pound.
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Edison
Eric Adolphus Dime
The
New York Tribune
United States
Canada
Thomas A. Edison
Lewelyn Perk
Eéson
Manhattan
New Jersey
Hudson
Whale Sighting Turns Ocean City Bay Into Bustling Prospect
Atlantic City dispatch reports a sperm whale drifted near Ocean City attracting crowds and sanitary concerns. A New Bedford whaler bought the carcass for $500, extracting ambergris worth $4.80 and nearly $1,000 in sperm oil, with more blubber, bones, and potential profits remaining.
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Atlantic City Dispatch
New York Herald
Lttle
Ocean City
Qbean
Whale
New Bedford
Jersey
Indian Cut-Up at 102 Arrested After War Dance
Nez Perce elder John Michel aged 102 was jailed after Policeman Phelan arrested him for a lone war dance before 319 Main Ave just after 1 AM. When asked his age he answered 102 and spoke of a wife and sixteen relations. He faced a single charge of drunk with only a shaving set as possession.
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Spekate
New York World
John Michel
Phelan
Main Avenue
Walter Hogan
Learns to Read at 85 in Night School Tale
Kaneag City dispatch reports John W. Smith a formerly enslaved man from Norfolk, Virginia, who worked as a freight handler for the Union Pacific. After retirement he enrolled in a new night school for African Americans and, though illiterate before, quickly learned the alphabet in two days and can now sign his name after two weeks of study.
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Kaneag City
New York
John W. Smith
Ife
Smith
Polk Plantation
Norfolk
Union Pacific
Negroea
The Smiling Monarch Mehmed V and Turkish Education
Mehmed V gains praise for democratic leanings and public approach versus Abdul Hamid. He funds charity, assists Albanian survivors, and favors education for Turkish children. His modest personal income funds gifts while palace life stays private and ceremonial duties few.
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Mehmed V
Turkey
New York World
Saloniki
Nicomedia
Broussa
Albania
Abdul Hamid
The
Red Crescent Society
Constantinople
Mehmed
Mehomet
Bosphorus
Dolma'Bachtche
Grande Rue de Peru
Mehmed Va
Gasoline praise and a crude ad spoof from early papers
A mixed fragment references Charles Reed Sanderson with an ode to gasoline praising its power over horse and steam, claims from a Kansas City Journal ad on a lonely rock, and a Detroit Free Press quip about a Philadelphia trip to the World Series described as “Just like a vacation” with rain lingering.
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Charles Reed Sanderson
Kansas City
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia
Pointed Paragraphs From Chicago News Parody Style
A fragmentary Chicago style item offers witty, sardonic lines on money, marriage, luck, and social norms. It teases traditional roles with sly observations about wealth, drink, and reputation in a compact, period voice. Only scattered phrases survive, hinting at a broader humorous social critique.
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical commentary on earning through labor and money, contrasting the dignity of labor with reliance on bosses. It humorously notes a man’s mood worsens after a lost bet more than if business fails, and observes a young woman’s swift judgment of a man.
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New York
Captain Bullock Talks Taft West Tour and South Dakota Vote
Capt Seth Bullock United States marshal and Roosevelt ally praises President Taft during a West tour. He notes Taft’s physical vigor and resilience under strain, predicts a solid Taft vote in South Dakota, and comments on insurgent and Democratic dynamics in the state.
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Seth Bullock
South Daxats
United States
Col
Roosevelt
Rough Rider
Shoreham
Bullock
Taft
South Dakota
Minnesota
Capt. Bullock
Republi
Capt
Huron
Crawford
Harmon
Viileon
Clark
Belasco on Politics and the Stage at Shoreham
Noted playwright David Belasco says art and politics do not mix and admits little interest in Congress. He recalls his early political foray in San Francisco during Grant’s era, earning 112 dollars in two months as campaign badge hawker. Also, Missouri figures Barney Schreiber and Pat Civil debate Folk and Champ Clark, while Ottawa businessman J M Conroy discusses Canada’s remorse over reciprocity defeat and calls for closer U S Canada trade ties.
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David Belasco
Shoreham
Brush
Stage
Mr. Belasco
Congress
Washington
Frisco
Gen. Grant
Lesa
Sach
Bome
New York
Grant
Ife
Barney Schreiber
Pat Civil
Missouri
Ebbitt
Folk
Mr. Civil
Champ Clark
Kentucky
Clark
Missour
Ciik
Baltimore
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Avrenze
Breger Bui
Chicago
Maria
New American Cardinals
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Gov. Wilson
Guy Wilison
Hock Finn
Finn
Vatican
Brookland
Andy
Doc Wey
Ohio
Maj
Archie
Georgy
Arnares
Steel Trust
Gus Stanley
Chicago Bricklayered Union
Wood Sawyers' Union
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Capitol
Ruth St. Denis
Massachusetts
Gene Foss
Woodrow Wilson
Webster's Dictionary
Gov. Woodrow Wilson
California
Woody Wilson
Gov. Wileen
James J. Hul
Leslie
Eexamine Political
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Inland Empire
Charles Stewart Parnell
Dublin
Richard Croker
Tammany Boss
Delia
James Thomson
Emily
Robert Munro Dickinson
Sophia
Alfred McDermott
Fanny
Catherine Maria Anna Parnell
Theodosia J. Parnell
Clade Paget
Royal Navy
Aimeric Paget
Pauling ‘Whitney
Sir Arthur Paget
Piran Stevens
Fifth Avenue
New, York
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Queen Mary
King George
Alexandra
King Edward
George
Czar
King
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Helena
Future Books OF Metal
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J. M. Conroy
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