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Secret Service Methods In New York’s Police System
From February 26, 1911 SECRET SERVICE METHODS IN NEW YORK’S POLICE SYSTEM: What Deputy Commissioner Flynn Has Done and Is Doing in Reorganizing the Detective Force Along Lines Followed by the U. S....
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Fifty Years Ago Lincoln Was Inaugurated
From March 5, 1911 FIFTY YEARS AGO LINCOLN WAS INAUGURATED: Yesterday’s Anniversary the Beginning of the Great Civil War Semi-Centennials — How New York Times Reporters Described the Event at the Time....
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Burglary Insurance Men Say Crime Is Decreasing
From April 9, 1911 BURGLARY INSURANCE MEN SAY CRIME IS DECREASING: They Are Paying Less Money for Losses by Robbery Than for Years Past — Flynn Has Reduced the Number of Burglaries Below That in Any...
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We Safeguard Property; Now Protect Life — Waldo
From April 9, 1911 WE SAFEGUARD PROPERTY; NOW PROTECT LIFE — WALDO: Fire Commissioner Outlines Plans by Which, Having Made Our Building Fireproof, We Can Prevent the Slaughter of those Who Have to Work...
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Millionaire Hobo Seeks A Cure For The Jobless Man
From May 14, 1911 MILLIONAIRE HOBO SEEKS A CURE FOR THE JOBLESS MAN: Over 4,500,000 Without Work in the United States, Says James Eads How — New York Presents the Hardest Problem of Unemployed — Not a...
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100 Years Ago Tuesday — First Shot Of 1812 War
From May 14, 1911 100 YEARS AGO TUESDAY — FIRST SHOT OF 1812 WAR: A Year Before War Was Formally Declared Commodore Rodgers Defeated the Little Bell in a Hot Fight Off the South Atlantic Coast. (PDF)
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Is Woman Fit For Suffrage? Perhaps Not. Well, Is Man?
From May 21, 1911 IS WOMAN FIT FOR SUFFRAGE? PERHAPS NOT. WELL, IS MAN? The Office Radical Thinks Not, and He Overwhelms the Philosopher by Some Cases in Point. (PDF) The Office Radical and the Office...
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Nation’s Rare Documents Unprotected Against Fire
From May 28, 1911 NATION’S RARE DOCUMENTS UNPROTECTED AGAINST FIRE: Even the Original Declaration of Independence and Constitution Are in Peril and Thousands of Invaluable Records Are Merely Filed Away...
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How The World Would Be To-Day “Had History Been Written Otherwise”
From June 11, 1911 HOW THE WORLD WOULD BE TO-DAY “HAD HISTORY BEEN WRITTEN OTHERWISE”: A Pertinent Question That Suggests Various Possibilities in the Formation and Development of the United States....
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Centenary Of City Hall To Be Observed On July 4
From June 11, 1911 CENTENARY OF CITY HALL TO BE OBSERVED ON JULY 4: Descendants of Mayor De Witt Clinton and Other Officials of That Day Asked to Join in the Celebration — The Story of the Building....
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Church’s Alliance With Money Alienates The Masses
From June 18, 1911 CHURCH’S ALLIANCE WITH MONEY ALIENATES THE MASSES: Rev. John P. Peters, Rector of St. Michael’s Protestant Episcopal Church, Sounds a Warning Note Against the Power of Wealth in...
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Making Washington One Of World’s Beautiful Capitals
From July 2, 1911 MAKING WASHINGTON ONE OF WORLD’S BEAUTIFUL CAPITALS: L’Enfant’s Dream to Come True After a Century — With the Approval of the Plans for Three New Department Buildings, the...
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The Scandal Of Organized And Expensive Charity
From July 9, 1911 THE SCANDAL OF ORGANIZED AND EXPENSIVE CHARITY: High Salaries, Swollen Payrolls, Huge Expenses — Extravagance Steadily mounting — “It Costs Them $2 to Give Away $1,” Say the Poor....
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A Talk With Miss Margaret Kelly, Director Of The U. S. Mint
From August 6, 1911 A TALK WITH MISS MARGARET KELLY, DIRECTOR OF THE U. S. MINT: Work Done by the Highest Salaried Female Official in the United States. (PDF) This Margaret Kelly person sounds pretty...
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The Strong Arm Squad A Terror To The Gangs
From August 13, 1911 THE STRONG ARM SQUAD A TERROR TO THE GANGS: The Rowdies Who Make Trouble Get a Dose of Their Own Medicine. Waldo’s Detachment of Suppressors of Disorder Is a New Plan. (PDF) There...
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A Talk With William Jennings Bryan, Evangelist
From September 10, 1911 A TALK WITH WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, EVANGELIST: The Famous Democrat Has Taken Up a New Line of Work Though He Says He Has Not Abandoned Politics Entirely — Vigorous Views on...
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The Negro Is The South’s Drawback, Says Hoke Smith
From September 17, 1911 THE NEGRO IS THE SOUTH’S DRAWBACK, SAYS HOKE SMITH: But, Adds the New Senator From Georgia, in Spite of the Burden Laid Upon It by the Black Man’s Presence a Marvelous...
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Scientists Answer Hoke Smith’s Attack On Negroes
From September 24, 1911 SCIENTISTS ANSWER HOKE SMITH’S ATTACK ON NEGROES: Produce Figures to Show Him Not Well Posted on Conditions in His Own State — Professor Boas Tells of the Race’s Achievements in...
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The Modern Sherlock Holmes Is A Scientific Man
From September 24, 1911 THE MODERN SHERLOCK HOLMES IS A SCIENTIFIC MAN: Swiss Professor Tells of Professional Criminals and the Means of Detecting Them in a Book That Has the Indorsement of M. Lepine,...
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We Have Too Many laws, Thinks Henry A. Wise
From September 24, 1911 WE HAVE TOO MANY LAWS, THINKS HENRY A. WISE: U.S. District Attorney Believes That as More Offenders Are Being Punished There is an Awakening of the Public Conscience and a...
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