Roosevelt's western tour fuels guarded presidential voyage
President Roosevelt begins a far reaching 60 day continental trip from Chicago to Milwaukee and Minneapolis. The journey features heavy security with uniformed officers detectives and plain clothes guards surrounding the president. He travels through Harrisburg Madison Milwaukee and Minneapolis meeting state officials veterans and business leaders while urging cautious tariff policy and continued Monroe doctrine backed by a strengthened navy.
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Troosevelt
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Moosevelt
Awas
Northwestern University
Evanston
Tricheon
Apain
University of Chicago
Wisconsia
Madison
Wis
Roosevelt
la Follettte
Groves
Capitol
Card
Millyaukee
Milwaukee
Yose
Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers' Association
Plankinton House
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minn
la Crosse
Winona
Cuba
St. Paul
Legislar
Sioux Falls
Eee
Destructive Tornado Strikes Washington Indiana April 4
A severe tornado swept southern Indiana shortly after noon Friday, smashing barns and houses along the White River. At the Wathen district school 40 students ate lunch when a wall collapsed. Carrie Smoot was fatally struck by a brick. In Alexandria Oscar Cummins was gravely injured and his ten-year-old daughter killed by a falling tree as floodwaters covered roads.
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Washington
Ind
Indiana
White River
Wathen District
Carrie Smoot
Alexandria
Oscar Cummins
Revolt in Santo Domingo Sees US Guard Battle
April 3 report from Cape Haitian says Santo Domingo city faces critical danger. The US cruiser Atlanta landed 60 sailors to guard the consulate. A three hour battle on the Ozama river left about a hundred dead or wounded as President Vasquez seeks surrender and rebels vow resistance to the end.
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Cape Uaytien
Iayti
Santo Domingo
United States
Atlanta
Vasquez
Fatal Collision North Manchester and other early April incidents
Multiple brief items report a head-on collision near North Manchester Indiana killing the engineer Navy and missing Brookeman Will Hagen, with injuries to several passengers. Other notes include Kenosha Bank insolvent with assets below debts, St Louis fair western hall of fame plan by Ernest Thompson Seton, a fatal boxing bout in Bridgeport, receivers appointed for Aultman Miller, a fatal house fire near Franklinton, mass strikes across the country, a fatal blast at Carnegie’s Edgar Thomson plant, and a post office robbery at Auburndale.
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North Manchester
Ind
Here
Navy
Wabash
Brookeman Willhagen
Seavy
Hall of Fame
New York
Ernest Thompson Seton
St. Louis Fair
Pittsburg
Edgar Thomson Steel
Carnegie Company
Braddock
Fear of America Grows Europe Faces Union Call
Delegates from many nations gathered in Rome for the International Historical Congress opened under King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena. Prof Villari warned that U S and Russia will force European unity for self defense, predicting a dramatic shift in Europe’s map in the twentieth century. He argued Europe lies between Russia and the United States. The United States is advancing with a population near 30,000,000.
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International Historical Congress
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Villari
United States
Russia
Europe
America
Senator predicts century will solve many problems
The senator spoke on Europe’s advantage and foresaw the twentieth century addressing various issues. He argued race mixing led to the U S Civil War and emancipation of enslaved people, but warned harmony remained unsettled as history unfolded.
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Europe
United States
William B. Allison
New England
European unions and American influence reshape two continents
A fragmented wartime reflection notes population scale reaching 60,000,000, Europe facing a potential union of nations amid rising American leadership in progress and civilization. It suggests the United States may guide Europe on grave questions affecting Africa and Asia, as voiced by Prof. William Roscoe Taylor.
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United State
Europe
United States
Africa
Asia
William Roscoe Taylor
Venezuelan arbitration plan rejected by Bowen official
Bowen rejected the principal feature of the Venezuelan protocols for submitting German, British and Italian disputes to the Hague peace court. Venezuela objects to the proposed blockade cost payment. The note ends with an unclear fragment about marriage and divorce timing.
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Bowen
Washington
Hague Peace Court
Venezuela
Tony Way
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