J. J. Hills Plea for the West on Conservation Policy
J J Hill argues a West aligned with conservation should balance federal control costs with state and private enterprise. He condemns excessive government management of natural resources, urging opening agricultural land, timber, and coal lands to settlement and commercial use to support industrial and rural needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hill
J. Jo
Ing St Paul
Breadent Taft
M. Tiles Dong
Great Northwest
Hinm
Rome
Tin
The Mythic Charms of Exiled Sultans and Prisoner Kings
The piece argues that captivity elevates rulers in public mind and feeds romance around figures like Abdul Hamid and the deposed Sultan of Turkey. It notes prison intrigue behind walls often fuels conspiracies and questions whether removal by assassination suited those in power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rasiy
Tulivary
Nogera
Abdul Tlamid
Turkey
Villa Allatin
Ali
England
Abdul Hamid
Congratulatory Note to Abdul and Regime
A clipped message extends congratulations to Abdul and the new regime and wishes them well while hoping former rulers like Cro Castro never return. The tone mocks past leaders and conveys a jocular endorsement of the current power shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abdul
Cro Castro
Sams Ilk
Portland Honors a Statue of Thomas Brackett Reed
Tom Reed reflects on Portland featuring a statue of Thomas Brackett Reed and Maine figures in national politics. The piece lauds Reed as a great, often underappreciated statesman, contrasting him with Fessenden Blaine and Evand while noting his voluntary withdrawal and possible doubt about the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reed
Portland
Atlantic Coast
Mains
Republic
Gage
Thomas Brackett
Evans
Fessenden
Blaine
Reed
Nelson Dingley
Eugene Hale
Hannibal Hamilla
George Evand
Maine
William Pitt Fessenden
Republican Party
American Congress
Sumner
Conkling
Morton
Clay
Thomas B. Reed
Lfe
Restricting the Sale of Drugs and Pre-Raphaelite Echoes
A historical piece argues drug restrictions are adequate in Washington with the pure food law enabling coordinated action by the pharmaceutical board health department and inspectors. It notes physicians in recent years oppose narcotics for disease treatment, stressing prevention over cure, and discusses challenges from addicts and druggists. It then pivots to a synopsis of Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, detailing Hunt’s death marking the end of the group and outlining the influence on English art and later artists such as Burne Jones and Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pharmaceutical Board
Health Department
Holman Hunt
England
Hogarth
Reynolds
Gainsborough
West
Abraham
Walfe
Hunt
Burne-Jones
William Morris
Rossetti
Hig Gagater
Roquefort
St Etienne
France
Balkans
Austalia
Daugherty
Adelaide
South Australia
Drington
Séyth
Australia
Western Australia
Lea Horth
Uueleness
Port Augusta
Spencer Gulf
Aussla
Tasila
Earle Affinity Scandal Influences Public Taste And Art Decay
The piece discusses John Biverstt and the influence of Hunt on English art post Turner, praising Hunt as a renaissance figure who countered academic dogma. It critiques Earle’s scandal involving marriages and affairs as a public moral example, urging discretion and personal reform to protect social standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle
Tho Qgter
Paris
Emily Fighbasher
Julia Kuttner
Barle
Cheese talk and oddities spark a nation’s dairy debate
A quirky column muses on American cheese consumption, preferring home made varieties to Roquefort, and contrasts rural dairy practices with European imports. It wades through Balkan longevity legends, politics, aviation fever, and satirical quips about John Bull and reformers.
Adopting a New Coaling Method for Battleships at Sea
The Navy adopts a marine cableway to coal battleships from a collier, testing with the Iowa and Vestal off the capes. The system uses tow lines an overhead trolley from the collier to the battleship to deliver coal in bags, enabling eight or nine bags at a time and saving deck handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernment
New York Preas
Lee
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Vestal
Ilowa
Navy Yard
Chesapeake Capes
Naval Academy
Mediterranean
Towa
Capes
Illinois
Comdr. Tompkins
Iowa
Massachusetts
Indiana
Annapolis
Roasting Ears and Old Virginia Speech Origins
A reader article traces the term roasting ears to Virginia's seventeenth century, noting aboriginal use of corn and early colonial laws. A Kansas City Star excerpt recounts a juror tale from a Missouri murder trial with a comical courtroom moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Richmond
Capt
Maine
New England
Virginia
Plymouth Rock
Sa‘lem
Boston
Pennsylvania
Kansas City Star
Missouri
Tropbie
Life of Lord Orford and The Phantom Coach Mystery
Lord Orford travels from England to New York with Lady Perothy Walnole to handle American interests. He died suddenly last year amid sensational English press attacks led by a supposed governess, later exposed as a dangerous adventuress. The tale weaves naval service, piracy suppression, and royal connections with the Walpole lineage and a haunted family estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Orford
England
New York
Perothy Walnole
United States
Louise Corbin
D.C. Corbin
Saashipman
Heelie
St.Paul’s Island
Caps of Good Hope
Blanche
South Sea Islands
Fie
VFS Igands
Navy
Pacific
Turkey
Suleiman Bysha
Kelles
Shipka Pang
Benz Drummond Wolff
Balkan
Ion Commission
Fried Miss Corbin
Robert Walpole
Shorty
Cape Walpole
Pall Mall Gazette
Willam T. Stead
Queen Victoria
Welpole
Nothrngus Black‘mailer
Levant
Tunis
Count Crenneville
Washington
Walpole
Bala
Orford
Lady Orford
Aylsham
Oxford
Scalmers
Wealpolas
Scalmer
Countess of
Wolterston Park
House of Walnale
Norfolkshire
Wolferton Bark
House of Walpols
Duke of Gloucester
Edward Walpole
George TH
George
George IV
Frederick
Duke of York
George III
Great Britain
Eward Wal- Holga
Derlingston
Scotland
Ireland
Fragmented remark from Baltimore energy note
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Baltimore and energy with unclear dialogue about pills and a judge. It lacks coherent events, names, dates, or concrete facts to form a clear news item or summary.
Island Town of Santa Domingo de Bases Described
Dr Louis Ottory reports on Santa Domingo de Bases in Batanes Philippines. Stone houses with whitewashed walls, aggon grass roofs, narrow stone streets and walls. No pigs or goats roam, five locals present, cattle trade via steamers, women wear grass head dresses, typhoons halt ships for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magia Times
Santa Bomingo de Bases
Batanes
Formosa
Nagasaki
Louis Ottory
Bante- Domingo
Ana
Philippines
Bureau of Public Works
Aperri
Manila
Luzon
Arya Samaj in Punjab Traced as Political Relic and Religious Force
The London Chronicle depicts Lahore as Punjab’s political hub where the Arya Samaj dominates, clashing with Mohammedan and Christian groups. It portrays the Arya as a strict religious movement founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati, preaching Vedic purity, anti caste, and social reform, while facing official suspicions of sedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Religious Society
Punjab
London Chronicle
India
Bits
Bengal
Bombay
Lahore
Lajpat Raj
Arya Samaj
Arya Somaj
Indian National Congress
Arfa
Arya
Swami Davanand Saraswat
Swami
Eshore
Muhammedans
Varandas
Unclear fragment prompts broad meeting request in Manchester
Fragmentary note describes a young man from Manchester with varied traits and beliefs. It mentions unconventional socialism Christian Science vegetarianism teetotalism and pacifist society membership seeking like minded individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brom Punch
Manchester
Thea Peace Society
Naming February 7 1912 Babies Dickens or Characters
A New York Times reader proposes naming all boys born February 7 1912 Charles Dickens to honor the novelist centenary. The piece argues against blanket naming and suggests naming children after Dickens characters like Betsy Trotwood and Jo nas Chulewski, proposing a census of names to gauge popularity and promote the writer’s works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Charles Dickens
England
America
Dickens
Charles John Heflam
Betsy Trotwoods
Esteline
Kate Nickelbys
Bella Wilfers
Sarah Gamps
Samuel Wellers
Paul’ Dombeys
Jonas Churgzlewi
The First Bridal and Other Pure Verses
A collage of short items from various sources includes a romantic verse about eternal beginnings and wind and sea, a light nature piece praising dawn and birds, a note on Neil Primrose’s parliamentary election, and a quip about outdoor sports. The selection blends poetry with brief humor and news snippets.
Pointed Paragraphs from City and Press Echo
A mixed feature notes how pride, stubbornness, and winded watches shape men while highlighting social quirks from Chicago and New York. It contrasts vanity with virtue, uneaten foods at restaurants, and humorous lines about weddings, meals, and loud opinions shaping public admiration.
Views of Visitors in Washington and Abroad
A collection of anecdotes and remarks from visitors in Washington and distant locales. Alfred Bates of San Diego praises coffin lid art in California where an old hermit Rafael decorates a shack with grave relics. Other readers discuss graft, penny schemes, tenement life, camel transport in Australia, and a doctor recalling a messenger boy’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred T. Bates
San Diegd
Cal
Raleigh
California
Rafael
Old Town
San Diego
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New Jersey
Sata Lesinla
Seqrd Orford
Baltimore Americany
Durne
Oda
The
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ME Buhler
Somerville Journal
Crifmgon
Lord Rosebery
Neil Pelmrose
Cambridgeshire
Primrose
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago News
Cain
Louis NM
Joyce
Columbus
Ohi
Neelephone
Lincoln
Ohio
F P Copeland
Chicago
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