Pennsylvania Capitol Pole Cost Sparks Reform Debate
A 1908 editorial critiques Pennsylvania reformers after reporting the state Capitol cost at four million and the flagstaff at seven dollars. It argues prices and contracts merit scrutiny while noting political factions push reform, with broader warnings about Pacific trade and US isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Commonwealth of Pennaylvents
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Penroze
Ligoula
Knox
Roosevelt
Dalsell
Cuban Occupation Debate and Capriole Poems
Opinion pieces advocate remaining under US sovereignty over Cuba as the path to stability and prosperity, arguing independence is impossible and Cuban self-government has failed. The piece cites the Philadelphia Record and The Post, urging direct US governance of Cuba and warning against abandonment. Also included are comments on a European tour by Mr. B. A. Holmes and verses about Capri, contrasted with North Carolina scenery and Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Japan
Tokyo
Russia
San Francisco
Whitch
America
Tomake
Europe
Australia
South America
China
Korea
Orient
Ars
Howeli
Hawaii
Guam
Congresa
United States
Philadelphia
Insular
Congress
Cuba
Byron
Thia Re
Jeland
Cabri
Mediterranean
Capri
Anliness
Cap
Grotto of
Blue
North Carolina
Atlantic
Ashevilla
Plagah
George Vanderbilt
Asheville
Col Hoeimes
Palwick
Sunday Post
Thomas Innocent
Hall
Kant Capitol Street
Eugene Muscve
Parente
California
Count Boni
Carnegie
Knights of Pythias
New Ouleans
Damon
Findlay
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Toledo Blade
Lincoln
Edwin S. Chapman
Los Angeles
Cal
Raleigh
Chapman
Washington
Territories
Garfield
Bureau of Education
Presigent Lincoln
Andy John‘son
Johnson
Senator Doolittle
Wisconsin
Teutonic emigration and mint markets in Indiana notes
The item discusses German emigration to South America as a potential monetary boon, the Monroe doctrine debate among statesmen, and Indiana peppermint oil production led by Everitt and the American Society of Equity. It highlights Indiana mint crops, distribution, export potential, and pricing, with commentary on political campaigns and public opinions of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Democratic Party
Burgess
Berlin
United States
South Americea
Englash
Ingland
Africa
Germany
John Sharp Williams
Riisen
Yazoo
South America
Indiana
Michigan
Wayne County
N. Y
James A. Everitt
Indianapolis
American Society of Equity
Washington
N. C
Japan
Mitcham
England
Mishawaka
British German Policy and Glastonbury Abbey Story
A lengthy narrative covers Bismarck's influence on German foreign policy and the rift with Kaiser Wilhelm II. It recalls Glastonbury Abbey’s sale rejection, Arthurian legends, and St. Joseph’s relics, plus Queen Victoria shopping habits and royal restrictions.
Chanler’s explosive charges on Bloomingdale Asylum
Former husband of Amelie Rives portrays Bloomingdale as a private profit driven Bastille for the rich insane. He alleges two doctors hoodwinked him into admission in New York, details his escape, prison like rules, and assertions that the asylum serves wealthier clients and relatives seeking control. He cites his own life, diet changes, and a 1913 Thanksgiving escape to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelie Rives
Bloomingdale Asylum
Ota Berg
Blom
Hanier
Firet
Faelie
Beng
Prince Lroubetskoy
Chanler
Ciitizen
Vir- Finta
Merry Mills
Albemarle County
Chanter
New York
Virginia
Blanford White
New
Napoleon
Mr. Chanler
Floomingdale Asylum
Metropalia
United States
Ite
Bloomingdale
Society of the
New York Hospital
Bastille
Four Hundred
Hersona
Philadelphia
Sheep Charge Police In Baltimore Station Scene
A 190-pound sheep fresh from lower Virginia charged into a police squad and Magistrate Leake on Howard near Lee streets. Sergeant Clark secured the animal by a neck rope, calling it Billy the Kin as it caused chaos among officers. The owner may claim the sheep from the station yard after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Virginia
Leake
Sergi
Clark
Howard Street
Lee Street
Cashel
Leutenant
Moreheiser
Billy the Kin
A Town Built on Oyster Shells and the Crisfield Crab Trade
Crisfield Maryland faces a curious paradox as its oyster shell foundation underpins homes, wharves, rails, and bustling crab industries. The piece tours crab factories, packed barrels, and oyster shell streets, noting Crisfielders’ niche in catching, packing, and shipping crustaceans while contemplating whether a yearly crab feast could satisfy all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisfield
Chesapeake Bay
Grisfeld
Bay
Crisfieldes
Chesapeake
Boata
Judge declines to act as cocktail cherry expert
In a U S District Court yesterday Judge Lanning refused to identify cocktail cherries as an expert. W Benton Crisp of New York pressed the court to define which cherries are used in cocktails. The judge urged specificity. The hearing touched on Maraschino cherries and a bankruptcy case for E Reboulieu Fils Co regarding seventy five casks of cherries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York American
Sachs
Joseph Silk
Bayonne
N. J
Bacha
Avenue A
Sik
Samuel Freeman
Freeman
Trenton
N.jy
Eeyecen Wa Sven Ruse
United States District Court
Lanning
W. Benton Crisp
New York
Crisp
E. Reboulieu, Fils & Co
Heartache and Prom Yet The Laughing Heart
Poem fragment contrasts a laughing heart with inner ache and wistful lines about rosy paths and perpetual spring. A reflective piece on resilience and emotion, implying a deeper feeling beneath outward cheer.
Paris Embassadors Wife Shapes American Colony Portrait
A Parisian view of the American colony centered on Ambassador McCormick and his wife Mrs McCormick. The piece describes social divides, elite salons, and tensions between the embassy’s hostess and ordinary citizens, plus profiles of leading Americans in Paris. It catalogs three groups the sedentary, the habitual visitors and the birds of passage, noting prominent names and social dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gui Buin
Paris
United States
Porter
Calon
Rue de Vale Just
McCormick
Society of
Chicago
Free America
France
Austria
Vienna
McCormish
The
Elysee
Medill
McKinney
Tilnois
Cook
Sorbonne
Southern educational crusade moves to build high schools
Dr A Alderman president of the Virginia Union outlines a Southern plan to provide secondary schooling with technical training. A conference in Louisiana will map a practical program to extend high schools across the region, linking lower grades to universities and expanding the 1,000,000 fund for Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
A. Alderman
Union
Virginia
Raleigh
Alderman
Saasgeeeiana
New South
University of Virginia
Sleeping Sickness Report From European Medical Bodies
Reports from British French and German commissions describe sleeping sickness spreading through tropical Africa and Asia with 200000 deaths in equatorial Africa since the last century. Lieut Tulloch died in London after contracting the disease in Uganda while working with the Royal Commission. The glossina palpalis fly spreads the infection. early fever followed by incoherence and eventual sleep mania ending in death. Thymo? thyme distillate touted as a cure, but details remain unclear and debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Britain
France
Germany
London
Amusing London Bus Tale With Red Turban Passenger
An American traveler recalls a London bus chat between driver and conductor about a man in a red turban, likely an Indian Parsees worshipping the sun. The exchange hints at cultural curiosities amid drizzle and a crowded top deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tne
Washington ‘Post
Regusylvania Avenue
Meer Fourteenth Street
Peliegven
Carefey
Miezandria
Bydball
Pally
Washington Post Co
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Te Pontafice
Cmes
Flatiron
Paul
Bloch
Enieag
Ofiet
Unity Building
Pale Bloor
Onesday
Jibe Ee
Newspape
Rene Cae Capri
Katy
Naples
Mae
Medicale Science
Pete
Abu
Waskey
Alaska
Cannon
Beveridge
Col. Cody
Big Horn Mountains
Mre
Bady
Pat Sheedy
Hia
Art Museum
BleCicllan
Wall Street
Pittsburg
New York Press
Saoho
Bismarck
Sagt
Tarek
Jhentohe
Amastader
Oth
Prince Hohenlohe
Bornera
Kaleer
Blamarck
Hte
Willam II
German Empire
William II
Napoleon II
Bremarck
Pruavia
Hohenzollerns
Glastonbury Abbey
Somerset
Shire
Arthur
Round Table
Guinevere
St. Joseph
Arimathea
Holy Land
Palestine
Glastonbury
Massachusetts
Victoria
Tlen
Lever
Kensington
Kensington Palace
William
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Cathorne
Buckingham Palace
Alexandre
Italy
Conditona
Chicago News
Anid the Harry
Momme
Small Freddy
Freddy
Bastille OF the Sun
Lippine
STILE
Baltimore American
Manchuria
Tel AE Iuan Uuluini
Fhiotel
Lobbees
Arthur Brown
Malt Lake City
Utah
Bibbitz
United States Supreme Court
Utat
Mortiana
Iteho
Fred Dubois
Smoot
D. Stuart Gordon
Ust
Cleveland
Schofield
War Department
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Greve Taub
Aitgeld
Ebbitt
Second Cavalry
Olf
Sitting Bull
Custer
PD. D. Coleack
New Orleans Sugar Exchange
Arlington
R. B. Blouin
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Louisana
Boston Transcript
Niowerns Pep Haphive
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!