The President's Conservation Speech in St Paul
President Taft delivered a practical speech on conservation urging specific remedies over grand declarations. He challenged critics to name evils and provide concrete solutions, arguing prudent use and preservation can progress without waste. The address casts Taft as an honest, steadfast conservationist advocating clear thinking.
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Taft
Paul
St. Paul
West
St Paul
G B Bond
Chicago
Arington
Cody
Wyo
Ohio Crisis Sparks Political Fight Over Governor and Mayor
In a fiery exchange, supporters and opponents clash over Columbus leadership and Governor Harmon’s stance on enforcing the law. The dispute centers on alleged partisan motives and the balance between legal authority and mob actions, with both sides accusing the other of fanaticism and endangering public safety. The Governor insists laws must guide action, while critics deem such measures too slow for protecting the state from upheaval.
Church statistics show strong Catholic presence in major cities
Census figures list church membership across States with New York City at 1,838,492 communicants where Catholics exceed 76 percent. Washington DC places Episcopal at 92,534, Methodists 67,021, Presbyterians 51,647. Chicago counts 38,441, Catholics over 68 percent. Lutherans lead Protestants with 64,897. Philadelphia tallies 568,866 with Catholics over half and Presbyterians 57,874 leading among Protestants.
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Washington
Episcopal Church
Chicago
Philadelphia
Methodists
Methodista
Typhoid in Army Engineers Sparks Probing Across Camps
An inquiry into the Gettysburg maneuvers typhoid outbreak among army engineers finds no definite origin. The mystery centers on camp conditions at sites like Camp Alger and Camp Thomas, with suggestions to study volunteers and past camps for lingering infection remains. District health officials confirm water and milk supplies not to blame.
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Washington
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Camp Thomas
Cuba
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Fairfax County
Milk controversy and names in politics stir opinions
The article ponders how names shift with stage appeal and notes a broad milk debate across New York and Philadelphia. It highlights pasteurized versus raw milk, health departments urging caution, and blame shifting between farmers and distributors as conservation, politics, and public health intersect.
Name change opinion rouses legal debate across professions
An opinion on changing names without formal legal steps draws mixed reactions among lawyers and titleholders. Meanwhile literature, drama, and journalism show varied interest, with cultural references to Kaisers remarks, multilingual children, and sensational stories. A Georgia case of death dinners illustrates macabre humor in public funerals.
Ammonia Tank Blast Shocks Jamaica Long Island
Residents in Jamaica Long Island rushed indoors as the Jamaica Consumer Ice Company ammonia tank exploded releasing fumes over the residential area. A small fire broke out with the lid blown high, and workers and bystanders wore masks as they evacuated to avoid the inhaled gas. Officials reported the damage was minor and the cloud eventually lifted after about thirty minutes.
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Long Island
Jamaica
Jamaica Consumer Ice Company
The Idea of the University Then and Now
A Philadelphia Ledger commentary contrasts Cardinal Newman Harvard founders and Saybrook Yale with modern times showing a shift from classical learning to aviation and technology. It notes Harvard's past strict discipline, simple meals, and austere life, laments changing customs, and observes the rise of airplanes and mechanical study among students.
Baroness Vaughan's Questionable Second Marriage
The Belgian and French law view on Baroness Vaughan’s marriage to Emmanuel Durieux, once close to King Leopold, is discussed with doubts about validity, title use, and potential implications for her and her children amid speculation about Durieux’s past and character. A separate note covers the Calthorpe estate entail and an American link, highlighting a surprise bequest to the Hon. Rachel Gough Calthorpe and a Birmingham property history. A letter from Lincoln Cumming calls for sweeping legal reform and repeal.
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Emmanuel Durieux
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Iste
Rachel Gough-Calthorpe
Fitzroy Anstruther
Walter
Mary
Ogden Hoffman Burrows
Newport
R. C
Edgaston
Lord Fauconberg
Lord Culthorpe
Richard Gough
India
China
George I
Flight of Empress Eugenie Diachrony Correction
A Vienna talk sheds new light on Empress Eugenie’s escape from Paris during the 1870 revolution. It details how Austrian ambassador Metternich and Count Nigra escorted her from the Tuileries to a cab, then arranged her flight to England with Dr Evans, aided by Mme Lé Breton.
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Tuileries
Prince Richard Metternich
Count Wigra
England
Princess Pauline Metternich
Vienna
Nigra
Eugenie
Mme. le Breton
Caroline
Palace
Miss Apple
Paris
Mora ‘J
Count Nigra
Marquibe DE Fonthngy
Brentwood Company
Brooklyn Cocktail Named In Honor Of City At Long Beach
The Kansas City Star recounts Henry Wellington Wack’s tribute to the Brooklyn cocktail. He praises it as ambrosial and life infusing, giving a recipe of gin vermouth raspberry syrup and cracked ice, while bartenders joke about vanilla or ice cream and the drink’s practicality.
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Kansas City Star
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Jacksonville
North
Slands
Dixieland Park
M. K Derwent
Fla
National
Ponce de Leon
Osceola
Consumption of Wheat per Capita and France Vase Gift
The article discusses home wheat per capita trends in the United States from 1880 to 1910 with projections to 1960, examining potential population and consumption scenarios and resulting surpluses or shortages. It also notes France sending a Sevres vase to Mexico’s President Diaz for his eightieth birthday, a gift from the French nation.
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Mexico
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Legation
All the Difference From Lippincotts
A clipped Lippincotts page presents a dialogue fragment with misread words about contributions paid on publication and a patient's complaint. The excerpt shows a conversation with a physician or companion noting a cold or head issue and a remark about meals and deception.
At the Beach Proposal Makes Summer News
In a lighthearted Somerville Journal item, George asks Mildred to marry him at the beach and she playfully asks him to repeat the proposal so she can boast of two summer proposals when she returns home.
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Female pickpockets and the new woman in crime
A New York Tribune excerpt warns of a group of young women who pick pockets in subways, portraying them as a dangerous, newly emancipated class. It argues men face risks and calls for警察 action while urging wives to beware these "gig gling" criminals poaching on their preserves.
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New York Tribune
New Wedding March Sparks Hobble Skirt Debate
A New York Times note mocks hobble skirts and urges a fresh wedding march to fit modern fashion. The Chicago Tribune proposes replacing Lohengrin with Funeral March of a Marionette, while others warn against trivializing a solemn rite. An unsettled debate hints at a budding yet odd musical trend.
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Observations by Lurina W Sheldon in the New York Times
The piece contrasts simple natural beauty with human vanity, noting nature’s honest methods and a searchlight that exposes tricks of trades and criss crossed crimes of gain. It laments the endless clamoring for more from a feverish, loud humanity.
Hobble, hop and marry in a comic verse sketch
A fragment from a New York World piece features a humorous exchange about hobbling and walking as a couple. It blends playful dialogue with a quip about marriage plans after choosing a shared fate. The excerpt ends amid unrelated discussion on Christ portraits and academic views.
To My Husband in an Appropriate Place
A widow seeks a tombstone inscription for her late husband and ends up with the words TO MY HUSBAND IN AN APPROPRIATE PLACE. The piece, from Harper's Magazine via Zanesville, includes pointed quips about excuses and society.
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Harper's Magazine
Zanesville
Ohio
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Pray
Discipline seems to do the most good to the one who administers it. Clubs save money for two men by belonging to them without being married. A man who is good-natured at breakfast may go to heaven upon death. Theater outings with family shape seating desires, and ease of money always attracts others who can take it more easily.
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Kyrie Bellew
Iife
Higgins
Mike Higgins
Matineedol
Lafcadre Hearn
Sir Henry Irving
Broadribb
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Ernest Seton- Thompson
Seton-Thompson
Thompson
Seton
Chicago
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Iifa
John R. Smith
J. Reginald Smythe
Fleet
May
Mae
Maymie
New York
Alaska
Thomas JL Jessup
Portland
Oreg
New Willard
Yukon River
Farbanks
Interpreting Northwest Forest Fires in a Westbound Journey
Mr Wiliam O Bomers of Brooklyn recounts a Seattle to San Francisco trip via Yellowstone and Montana amid raging Northwest forest fires. Train delays near Thompson Falls, scarce food, and a firefront that blistered car paint frame a harrowing three‑day stand, before officials rebuilt bridges and travelers pressed on.
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