The Day We Celebrate September Fourth 1904
The article recounts the centennial of the last major constitutional amendments, noting the ongoing debate over changes to the U S Constitution. It cites the 1904 bicentennial tone, discusses amendment processes by war or Supreme Court decision, and reflects on political attitudes of Quakers and Irish voters toward Roosevelt and the Democratic party. It also notes astronomical discoveries about Jupiter and the mysteries of the solar system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Supreme Court
Foulke
Indiana
Roosevelt
Nots
Peuce
Roosevel
Friends
Beine
Republican Party
South
Canada
Democratic Party
Mexico
Ita
Washington
New York
Shrady
Metropolis
Wailare
Common Sense
Mttla
The Unknown Vastness of Space and Our Ignorance
The article argues that despite advances in telescopes and mathematics many celestial mysteries remain unsolved. It notes the limits of observation, theories without proof, and the vast, changing heavens that outpace human understanding.
Parker Letter Sets Vigor for Democratic Campaign
The Parker acceptance letter is praised for dignity and candor, set to energize Democrats and challenge Republicans. It foregrounds tariff reform, opposes protectionism, and pledges to revoke Roosevelt’s order and push service pensions, while noting potential clashes with Cleveland’s and Roosevelt’s positions.
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Parker
Post
St. Louis
Judge Parker
McKinley
Davis
Roosevelt
President Cleveland
Cleveland
Congress
United States Supreme Court
United States
Senate
Notable quips and quirky lines across papers
In a Chicago Tribune piece a wife utters a tender remark to Mr Knott-Longwed about despair if abandoned. A Houston Chronicle item recalls a burglar quipping that a wolf eats wolf while continuing his robbery of a gas office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Knott-Longwed
Henry
The
Houston Chronicle
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of quips and maxims on life and manners, highlighting sharp wits and social satire. The lines mock quick judgments, public speaking for cash, and the idea of a home with a strong yet reproving spouse. Some quotes reference Quaid, a cork, and playful misstatements.
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Chicago News
Quaid
Royal tax exemptions and Kylemere Castle gossip in Europe
Foreign notes discuss James Henry Smith linked to Kylemere Castle in Connemara and renewed royal visits. The piece covers aristocratic estrangement at Manchester and Connaught houses, taxation exemptions for royal families in Austria and England, and public sentiment urging tax payments by reigning houses. It notes the Meyer Turenne engagement and Paris society intrigue around editor Arthur Meyer.
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England
James Henry Smith
New York
Kylemere
Connemara
Duke
Duchess of Manchester
Ireland
Duchess of
County Armagh
Sootland
Consuelo
Fernando Yznaga
Kylemere Castle
Charles Lever
Bishop’s Folly
Bramleighs
Blakes
Rhevyle
Mitchell- Henry
Qels
Europe
Empire of
Austria
House of Hapsburg
Francis Joseph
Parma
Don Carlos
Spain
Dome Miguel
Braganza
Portugal
Tuscany
Brunswick
Cumberland
Don Alfonso of Bourbon
Hanover
Naples
Duke of Teck
Princess of Wales
Richmond
Surrey
Supreme Court
Edward
Lord Farquhar
Customs Department
Arthur Meyer
Paris Gaulois
Mile. de Turenne
Comte
Comtesse de Turenne
Duc de Fitzjames
Baron Hirsch
de Loewenheim
Comtesse Neo
WitsJames
Alba
James Fitsjames
James IT
Arabella Churchill
Slater
Duke of Marlborough
Godfrey
Marquisn DE
The Ideal Woman in Blunt and British Romantics
The Chicago Chronicle critiques Wilfred Scawen Blunt on the notion of an ideal woman. It argues that while earlier literature often lacks a true ideal, Christianity and chivalry elevated womankind, and modern views persist in Shakespearean romance and American attitudes, suggesting the ideal endures in varied forms across eras.
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Chicago Chronicle
Wilfred Scawen Blunt
Malory
Chaucer
Mr. Blunt
Smollet
Richardson
Walter Scott
Scott
Blunt
Heavenly Una
Desdemona
Juliet
Bandello
Sir Walter
America
Mr Blunt
Browning
George Meredith
Washington Post jokes fuel a mock campaign round up
A compendium of quips from The Washington Post tied to multiple papers mocks presidential races. It cites remarks on Roosevelt, Kuropatkin, and party lines, noting media takeovers, labor reports, and public sentiment while lampooning candidates and the political press.
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Independent
Mugwump
Des Moines
Washington
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Washington Post
Japa
Kuropatkin
Nashua
N. H
Nashville American
Parker
Davia
Henry
Owensboro
Bureau of Labor 5
Republican Party
San Francisco Chronicle
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
The
Bureau of Labor Ia
Mecte
Jacksonville
Fla
Metropolia
Elihu Root
Teddy
Carlisle
Ind
Crumpacker
Crumpecker
Fairbanks
Paducah
Washington Fest
Man and the Modiste from the New York Evening Telegram
A tongue in cheek critique of Elizabeth White president of the Dressmakers Protective Association. The piece questions press access to her remarks on fashion physiology noting her quips about corsets diaphragms and how gowns fit. It laments women speaking freely risk turning women into mere examples of male fear.
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New York Evening Telegram
Elizabeth White
Miss White
Mise White
Harlem
Strength of Reunion at Hanson Wydell Family Home
A Hanson Wydell Family reunion at Albert Bart’s West Side home drew relatives after seven years apart. The day featured an elaborate dinner for 15 grandchildren and other kin, plus a group photo by Mr. Da Voe. The tale blends rustic memories with local notices and wandering rural vignettes from Dyersburg and Fulton notices.
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Jn @ peragn
Albert Bart
West Side
Hanson Wydell
Mather
Hotel Lobby Chats Highlight Party Roads Across States
Reporters note a string of political chatter at the Riggs House with J A Hemenway of Indiana confirming no political aim but to place his son in school. Leading figures from Indiana Missouri and California outline outlooks for Roosevelt Parker and Allied contenders amid vigilante Colorado references and varied public notices from Arkansas to Kansas.
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J. A. Hemenway
Indiana
Riggs House
Washington
Appropriations Committee
House
Fairbanks
Senate
Roosevelt
Overstreet
Congress
Indianapolis
Downing Overstreet
Judge Miers
Robbingon
William J. Stone
United States
Missouri
New Willard
Parker
New York State
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York
West Virginia
Callorado
W Brooks
San Francisco
W Ot Coleman
Casey
Cora Casey
Gang of Roughs
Bulletin
James King
King
Cora
Col Richardson
Col. Richardson
Broadway
Commercial Street
Lly
Via Nantes
W T. Sherman
Colorado
Easy to Find Out from the Minneapolis Times
A compact 1920s guidance note aimed at young unmarried men, urging inquiry among college women about marriage prospects. It hints at social norms, dating expectations, and modern courtship ideas of the era in a sharp, instructional tone.
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The
Minneapolis Times
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press
A fragmented critique of politics and gender roles notes women’s pride in autonomy and the quirks of men. It jests about domesticity, fashion, and social expectations with satirical asides on marriage and behavior.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Steel
Alexandria
Washington Post Co
Washington, D. c
Fourteenth Street
Vanderbilt Building
Paul Block
Chicago
Unity Building
Jupiter
Earth
Mara
Saturn
Mars
Niewera Prrhashive
James J. van Alen
Newport
New York City
van Alen
Italy
St. Petersburg
Orloff
Fairbank
Daniel Sully
Sully
Pitte-burg
London Times
Kipling
SS Hoge
Texas
Peter
Servia
Eeka
Rochester Post-Express
Tibet
London
Boll
Corbin
West Point
B. B. Odell
Thea
Norge
Herrick, Harrison, and
Harmony
Massachusetts
John P. St. John
Hague
Wisconsin
Baltic Feet
Addicks
Delaware
New York World
Boston
Hull
Country Life In America
Wright
Shaw
Aayaton Chronicle
Him
Wilfred Scawen Blunt Watlingly
Echoes OF the Post
Brownlow
Cotlier
Arcads
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Man and
the Modiste
the Dressmakers’ Association
Sonething
Tennessee
Dyersburg
Tenn
Anind
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Clark
Rudyard Kipling
Whistler
Morphoux
Gariele Wand
Sullivan State Bank
Robert Kirkham
J. F
Sullivan
Fulton
Lewiston
Canterbury
C. M Rodgers
Raleigh
Britain
Arkansas
Marion
Mien Johnson
Richard Long
F. J. Testerman
Toledo
Argus
Amboy
B. Miller
Pawpaw
Seato
Darling
Freelove
R. Darling
Philadelphia
Maude
Houston
C. C. Grafton
Fond du Lac
Northwest
Maryland
That
State
Sir Felix
Lady Lemon
Shoreham
Chicago Journal
Topeka
New York Press
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