Insurgent Overtures for Peace In Taft Era
The Washington Post discusses La Follette's conditional peace overture to Taft, framed as minority rule language, with a Dec meeting deadline. It notes insurgents' stance on tariff policy and the potential political impact on Republican cohesion and future leadership dynamics. The piece also reports the appointment of George Bakhmetieff as Russian Ambassador, praising his experience and the aim to resolve Far East and Russo American issues.
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Mahomet
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Newa
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Tokyo
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Far East
United States
Russia
China
Manchuria
Mongolia
Agia
Bakhmetieff
Japan
Knox
Bakhmedeff
Stage Recruits and the Fate of the American Stage
A reflective critique argues the stage and film industry are clashing with public taste as sensational exploits wane. It cites fading glamour for high pay, rising scrutiny of exploitation, and the enduring value of earnest actors while warning about unreliable printing errors that shape national sentiment.
Edison Optimism On Human Races And Balance
A column defends Thomas A Edison against critics who label him a materialist. It highlights his faith in human progress, the United States’ vigor, and the idea that races will blend to form a stronger, longer lived civilization through environmental balance and strenuous work.
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Thomas A. Edison
United States
Edison
Mr. Edison
Printer's error endures beyond human fault
The piece discusses how a printer’s error outlives spoken words and imprudent letters, contrasting it with proverbs and fictional consequences. It notes the limits of recall for language mistakes, referencing a Chinese proverb and Poe, and uses symbolic apes to illustrate restraint in speech, sight, and hearing.
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Andy
Edgar Allan Poe
Japan
Maine Prohibition Battle Echoes In Nationwide Debate
The Maine vote underscores that prohibition is more political than moral with a two edged impact. Some states embrace the idea to curb vice while others resist strict laws. The piece notes how local option and federal constitutional constraints limit enforcement and how campaigners from Neal Dow’s circle mobilize across the country. It also highlights sensational side items from other papers, including a police chase and a dockside accident, illustrating a broader era of social tension.
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Hanoi
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South
Zrause
Neal Dow
Statue Stolen From Tomb Linked To Baltimore Suspect
George Rhinehart, 31, arrested by Patrolman Weber in the northeastern district after allegedly lifting a granite statue from a grave at St Alphonsus Cemetery on Biddle Street and Loneya Lane. He claimed a man gave him the monument and that he would return it, but faces criminal court charges for the theft.
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St. Alphonsus’ Cemetery
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Loneya Lane
His Vacation From the Louistius Courier sominal
A humorous snippet from the Louistius Courier sominal. A traveler recalls two weeks spent mostly in a hotel barber chair as a persuasive barber dispenses his full hat of tricks and conversation.
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Five Richest Women Across Nations In 19th Century Tales
A Tit-Bits feature lists several famed wealth holders. Senora Cusine heads a South American empire with mines fleets and a coal porttown near Santiago. Bertha Krupp and Frau von Bohlen are cited in Germany with vast incomes. Hetty Green tops American fortune, while Mme Creel in Mexico owns vast lands and cattle. The Bonaparte daughter is noted as France’s wealth holder via casino connections.
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Bertha Krupp
Frau von Bohlen
the Armstrong
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Mexico
Washington
Roland Bonaparte
France
Europe
Woman Given Foreign Bone Graft In Leg
Katherine Neary, 34, in Madison Avenue Hospital, has part of her left tibia replaced with a bone from a healthy man killed in an accident. Surgeon Dr Henry Frauenthal says graft may be maintained or absorbed, but expects Neary to walk again within a month and hopes she will not be lame.
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New York Tribune
Brooklyn
Katherine Mary Neary
Madison Avenue
123D Street
Henry W. Frauenthal
Neary
Barnett
Manhattan
Frauenthal
Sir William Ramsay Warning on Coal Supply
The London Morning Post notes Sir William Ramsay’s urgent warning about coal use. It argues British politicians fail to take long views, risking exhaustion of coal within about 175 years and threatening national endurance, urging immediate recognition of the problem.
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Sir William Ramsey
London Morning Post
Sir William Ramsay
Historic insignia of great orders and royal honors
A lengthy column details the transfer and fate of noble insignia from fallen monarchs and rulers, notes on the Order of the Garter, Golden Fleece, and St Andrew, and recounts historic pillaging and current holders. It mentions Leopold, Albert, Edward, Bismarck, Cortez, and Alva among others, plus portraits of families and titles and a royal engagement.
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George
Order of the Garter
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Albert
Belgium
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Brussels
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Order of the Golden Fleece
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Alva
Netherlands
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Humbert
Italy
Christopher Columbus
William
Germany
Cortez
Peru
Philip the Good of Burgundy
Don Jaime of Bourbon
Spain
Don Carlos
Mont-de-Piete
Milan
Wrong Johnson Lecture Triggers Riot at African Church
At Asbury AME Church on Fifty third Street a Saturday sermon sparked a near riot as Dr Elroy Tolliver faced an unruly audience. Security required ten policemen to extract him while the crowd pressed for a lecture on Johnson with tickets selling fast weeks ahead.
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Samuel
New York Telegraph
Asbury
Tabour
Elroy Todd Tolliver
Virginia
Johnson
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Dr. Tolliver
Butch Hogan
E. Wesley Day
African Sportsmen's Club
Boswell
Fleet Street
Gabriel Musty
Hampden University
Longford
Messrs. Hogan
Joel Tawnye
Jasper Spurgeon
Mr. Musty
Mr. Tawnye
Mosquitoes Threaten Life In Philadelphia Meadow
Francis Tremont, a 15 year old of Fifteenth and Reed streets, was nearly killed after being stripped, bound, and thrown into a meadow near Point Breeze by two unknown men. Mosquitoes swarmed the area, leaving him unconscious for two hours before a sailor named George Andrus found him and had him taken home. Doctors say his condition is serious and that extra exposure could have killed him. Police search for the attackers as South Philadelphia endures record mosquito swarms and stores run out of punk and repellents.
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Charles Livezey
Pennsylvania
Livezey
James B. Allen
Keystone
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Tacony
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The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Francis Tremont
Fifteenth
Reed Streets
Point Breeze
George Andrus
South Philadelphia
Woman Seeks Refund After Hair Darkening Scam
Mrs Ida N Hildey paid 1250 dollars for a hair darkening formula from Cora Mumron and Grace Vantine of a Chicago beauty parlor. She alleges a con game and has charged them with swindling over 1250 dollars after promises to restore her gray hair. They face Harrison street court Thursday following warrants.
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Mrs. Hildey
Weird Nature Tales from New York World on Island animals
Staten Island naturalist reports extraordinary animal life including a 125 pound sea turtle towing a disabled launch, a cat bringing adder snakes into a house, Pollux the crow speaking four languages, a rabbit killing a duck, and local fear at Mariners Harbor and West New Brighton amid strange animal feats.
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New York World
Staten Island
Joseph Brown
Robert Lazerie
Brown
Frank Hunt
Joe Gillies
Ray Ditmars
Bronx Zoo
David B. van Name
Lucy Py
Mariners Harbor
van Name
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Richmond
Borough Hall
Pollux
Castor O
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Henry Crowley
West New Brighton
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Cornelius Corncob Speaks On Politics And Business
A composite column features Cornelius Corncob endorsing Bill in politics while noting business biases, plus musings on Taft and Bryan. Includes light cultural notes from The New York Times and English Review, and a Worcester Dispatch record about Catherine Daly, age three, becoming the region’s youngest swimmer.
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Horton Glebe
Catherine Elizabeth Daly
Jeremiah J. Daly
Catherine
Lake Quinsigamond
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical piece argues women are often right in judgment and comments on domestic duties. It notes men overreact to a wrong telephone number and jokes about hair, modesty, and aging. The tone mocks gender roles with wry humor.
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New York Press
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of witty, terse paragraphs from the Chicago News on domestic life, friendship, manners, and social insight. The fragments blend humor and moralizing as they reflect on marriage, silence, money, and courage with crisp epigrams and satirical edge.
Interviews on reciprocity and the old National turnpike visit Raleigh
Col Crocby of Centerville Iowa criticizes lopsided emigration to Canada and praises the western United States plus the planned Baltimore Washington boulevard. Ju Nan Bartlett of Woodstuck New Brunswick calls reciprocity debate bitter with Ontario leaning pro and Quebec unions opposing. A B Alvord Philadelphia notes horse shortages despite rising numbers and advises on ideal work horse traits and markets in Maryland Virginia.
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Woodstuck
New Brunswick
Maleigh
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Quebec
Wilfrid Laurier
Montreal
Dominion
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Philadelphia
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Clark Strong in the East Gains Support for Clark
Frank S. Ober, a New York patent lawyer and former Washington resident, reports strong Clark sentiment in New England and New York. He says New York may support Clark after the first ballots, with a possible complimentary vote for Dix early on.
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New York
Frank S. Ober
Washington
Central High School
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Ober
Empire State
Maine
Mr. Ober
Thin Veneer Fashion Plated Purity Claim
A Souleride Courter-Journal item riffs on appearances versus character, debating whether someone is “pure gold” or merely fashion plated. The brief note hints at social judgment and the era’s gossip tone without detailing events or identities.
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