Postal Deficit Reforms Urged To Save United States Mail
Washington reports a $17.48 million postal deficit the largest in U S history. Postmaster General Hitchcock calls out second class mail and rural delivery losses as core causes and urges reforms including postal savings banks, centralized supervision, and cheaper mail transmission methods. The article notes the vast growth of rural delivery and the need for updated legislation and efficiency measures.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Post Ofice Department
Postal Service
Frank HM. Hitchcock
Yrostmaster General
Mall Combine
Perladisent
Dirly
Pri
Royulty
Ieee
Owlig
Uig
United States
Australasia
South America
Postoffics
Danpurtenomt
Antony Thom
Pontine
New Mexican Arizona Statehood Delayed By Census Debate
Washington action on statehood for New Mexico and Arizona is slowed as Congress weighs land grants and population estimates. President Taft signals delay until after the 1910 census, urging careful convention planning and public approval before admission. New regime in Nicaragua faces arrests of Zelaya allies and a crackdown on monopolies.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Congress
New Mexico
Arizona
House
Senate
Tafts
Oklahoma
Taft
Managua
Nicaragua
Jose Madriz
Zelaya
Madriz
Joaquin Passos
Ernesto Martines
Francisco Enca
Julian Irias
Passo
Santos Thumires
Yelaya
Woman Dies After Poison Overdose Threats Loom
Reported in Philadelphia and St. Louis, a woman died after taking poison amid threats by her husband who was later arrested. The incident involves Crawford and Urawterd families with notes of a hotel tragedy and a Philadelphia society leader's death under similar stress.
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Morming Journal
Mt Dow
J.M. Sarah Urawterd
Crawford
Rawford
F. Keller
Villages Inundated in Northern Spain Floods Relief Granted
Dispatches report villages swept away by floods in northern Spain with rivers overflowing and towns like Leon destroyed. The government will provide financial relief to sufferers. Many shepherds fled to tree tops, three days of rain left people missing or drowned.
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Morning Journal
Madrid
Kiblat
Pan of Leon
Wevera
Pioneer Veteran Olmert Pinker Dies in Ponhols Kansas
Kolonel Olmert Pinker a Kensai pioneer and veteran of the Sixteth Wistensin volunteers died today in Ponhols Kan. He served as a colonel during the Civil War era and was remembered for his frontier leadership and public service in the region.
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Ponhols
Kan
Desphont “Olmerthoun Pinker
Tomaune
Kensai
Sixteth Wistensin
Silence Deepens Over Nicaragua Crisis as Zelaya Flees
Washington reports complete silence on the Nicaraguan situation with no state department updates. Central American diplomats received no news as the United States awaits developments. Zelaya is described as a fugitive aboard the Mexican gunboat General Guerrero headed to Balima Cruz.
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Washington
State Department
Central American Republica
United States
Zelaya
General Guerrero
Balima Cruz
Zelaya May Head to Belgium via Mexico City
Mexico City report says Nicaraguan representative Minister Castro believes former president Zelaya plans to travel to Belgium in due course. He would first visit Mexico City and likely stay with President Diaz before continuing to Belgium, his wife’s homeland.
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Mexico City
Zelaya
Belgium
Castro
Diaz
Guerrero Returns to Mexican Waters With Zelaya Aboard
Mexico City December 26 The gunboat Guerrero carrying former President Zelaya anchored outside Baline Crag at 8 30 tonight after a swift voyage from Salina Cruz officials estimate the trip would take 72 hours under normal conditions though a faster passage could be possible if needed.
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Geneove
Mares Hapter
Mexico City
Guerrero
Zelaya Ie
Baline Crag
Salina Cruz
Trawlers Missing After Grounding Off Portugal Dispatch
Dispatches from London report a trawler missing after several vessels grounded in dangerous positions near Oportia Portugal. Most fighters and barges reportedly bent or damaged amid ongoing peril at sea.
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London
Oportia
Portugal
American aid arrives for Rama battle wounded in Nicaragua
At Bluefields Nicaragua on December 1 American officials set up a hospital in a two story building to treat the wounded from General Estrada's forces advancing to Rama. Doctors Winfield Pugh Jr Dallas G Sutton and Jancey attended eighteen Des Moines crew aided by Arthur Hunter supplying food and blankets from ship stores. The Imperator arrived to help and General Estrada thanked the Americans for humanitarian assistance.
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Nicaragua
Exstrada
Rama
Thomas H. Moffatt
Conon
Bluefielde
Shipley
Des Moines
Winfield #. Pugh, Jr
Tacoma
Dallas
General Estrada
Imperator
New Orleans
General Batrada
Domehip Company
General Metrada
Amerie
Banker Dumont Clarke Dies in New York City
Dumont Clarke, president of the American Exchange National Bank and a leading figure in U S banking, died tonight in New York City after a long illness. His death removes a prominent organizer and lender who shaped national finance.
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Tanker Vieiio
Pre Nononia
New York
Dumont Clarke
American Exchange National Bank
Tumont
Peruse
Industrial Worker Dies in Duel with Policeman
An industrial worker from Portland dies in a gun duel with a policeman after a shooter injury wounds a bystander in the head. The incident followed a prior arm wound to the assailant during the confrontation.
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Funfranecisco, Weer
Andirew McCormack, & Mtaember
Industrial Workers of the World
Portland
Whiskey as the pinnacle of taste in modern manufacture
The text discusses whiskey as the term meaning the most desirable variety in both production and flavor, reflecting how contemporary craft and consumer sensibilities elevate it above other beverages. It notes pursuit of quality and refinement shaping its status in modern culture.
Veteran Washington politician dies after brief illness
Spokane dispatch reports the death of Dex AS Sc Voorhes a longtime Washington figure and two term territorial delegate in Congress. A Democrat and prominent attorney his death came early this morning after a short illness. His widow is sister to Mrs H N Wilson wife of the ambassador to Mexico.
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Spokane
Wash
Dex
Sc Voorhes
Congress
Washington
H. N. Wilson
Mexico
Death claims Bertin banker in Berlin era
Ernest Mendeles sohn Bartholdi, head of Mendelessohn & Co., died yesterday in Dresden after a long career in banking. He led the Berlin firm and was a notable figure in financial circles.
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Bertin
Berlin
Ernest Mendelessohn Bartholdi
Mendelessohn & Co
Dresden
Eight Hurt in Auto Crash at Death Curve
Eight persons wounded when a large touring car carrying a family party veered out of control at Death Curve in Mission Joop near San Antonio Texas. The crash occurred at night injuring occupants, with medical teams rushing to the scene. Authorities investigate cause and injuries.
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San Antonio
Tex
Taft Weighs Federal Incorporation Act Amid Sherman Case
President Taft and congressional leaders divided over pushing a federal incorporation law before the Supreme Court rules in the Standard Oil dissolution case. Some fear it would aid monopolies, others see urgency to protect honest business. decision expected after the court’s January 3 filing with possible congressional action in the present session.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
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Contrenbion
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Thome
Supreme
Sipremw Court
Record Breaking Blizzard Devastates Atlantic Coast
A fierce historic storm devastates Atlantic regions as blizzard conditions lash New England and New York. Raging seas flood coastlines and inland areas while rescue services mobilize to aid stranded residents.
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New England
New York
Massachuset ts coast tidal wave and brutal winter storm
A winter storm bound New York and surroundings with heavy snow and a cold spell. Ten inches fell in the city as trains sputtered and wires failed. A small tidal wave flooded cellars, three deaths occurred from exposure, and over fifty injured amid epic harbor damage and halted shipping. The Atlantic battleship fleet remained iced in the Hudson.
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Morning Journal
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New York Central
Chicago
Battery Sea
Sthten Ishind
Dennieat
Cainty
Joseph Hart
Coeher
Hudson
Northeast storm sweeps New England causing deaths and damage
A powerful northeast storm battered New England on December 26. High tides flooded Massachusetts’ coast and rivers, wrecking wires and halting rail traffic. Three people died in Everett and Chelsea as floodwaters rose, with extensive damage and widespread outages across Cambridge Brockton Providence New Bedford and other cities.
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PAL
England
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New England
Massachusetts Bay
Everett
Chelsea
Beverett
Cornelius Harkin
Tie Wife
New York
Effenits
Tairebupe
Fall River
Newport
God Needford
Cape Cod
Brocktaerm Wireless
Cambridge
Fomeral Iyon
Brockton
Provile Bepecs Full Rives
New Bedford
Summer Capital Cut by Storm Hits Chelsea and Nearby Areas
A powerful storm drove hundreds of people from homes in Chelsea and flooded the HAPrIOW isthmus cutting off Nahant from the mainland. Dykes broke and water covered state highways to four feet deep with seaweed. Nantucket and Hull suffered damage. Beverly, Taft’s summer home, was isolated by wire.
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Krosten
Dhoom
Percen Coe
Nantucket Beach
Hull
Beverly
Taft
Snowstorm Sweeps Connecticut Under Forty Mile Wind
A fierce snowstorm driven by a forty mile wind swirled across Connecticut last night and today. Haven and surrounding towns reported sharp conditions with drifting snow and reduced visibility as crews worked to clear roads and restore travel.
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Haven
Conn
Dee
Connecticut
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