Washington Notes Of A Week In Our Times
A compact digest of Washington news including claims by Senator La Follette versus Aldrich, tariff debates, and Taft actions. Highlights include ship trials for the Michigan, Wrights honored, Carnegie and Sage gifts, East St. Louis packing-house concerns, and various political and social developments across the capital.
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Washington News
la Mollette
Aldrich
Senate
Congress
St. Louis
Gulf
J. F. Warm
Wilson
East St. Louis
Dolliver
Taft
Michigan
Washington
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Aeroplanists
The
Aero Club of America
Care tips for hatchling turkeys in early spring
An aged farm note outlines best practices for turkey poults, insisting on sheltered nesting, proper incubation by chicken hens, lice control, and careful use of treatments. It warns against lice killers and promotes light remedies like lard or olive oil, plus the need for sunshine and gentle handling.
Get Right Kind of Brood Sow
Practical livestock guidance on selecting a brood sow and managing piglets including body type, teats, and reproductive vigor. Also covers Houp-Roup in poultry with treatment tips and drastic measures for diseased birds, plus pea raising thinning techniques for better yields.
Cherry blossoms draw crowds at garden parties in Japan
Japanese cherry trees are cultivated for their blossoms and line parks and avenues. At peak bloom, people visit to admire them while the mikado hosts a garden party for Japanese and European officials to enjoy the sight. Calf feeding guidance warns against overfeeding milk, sour milk, or cold milk to young calves to prevent digestion issues and disease.
Choking Cow Relief Method Reported. Alfalfa Seed Adulterations Noted
A reader notes a method to relieve a choking cow by tying a stick in her mouth to keep it open, prompting the animal to dislodge the obstruction. Another item lists alfalfa seed adulterants as poor quality varieties including bure eloyer yellow revolt and curet.
White House tableware collection gains new historic pieces
A Washington family secreted White House china for over six decades joins the Abby G. Baker led effort to place historic pieces with Mrs. Taft. The gift includes a cut glass decanter and glasses, two Polk era plates with the US seal bearing 28 stars, a red-banded Pierce mug, and blue gold breakfast ware.
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Wassington
White House
Filmore
Buffalo
Buchanan
Washington
Madison
Jackson
Polk
Pierce
Abby G. Baker
United States
Texas
Florida
Wisconsin
Taft Caught Stealing Flowers in National Mall Stunt
President Taft accompanied by Archibald Butt and a guest allegedly helped themselves to flowers in front of the Agriculture Department on the Mall. A vigilant watchman confronted Butt, leading Taft to join the scene and protest the accusation while joking about the episode. The incident ended with Taft promising to report to Secretary Wilson.
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Taft
Washington
Archibald Butt
Iis
Department of Agriculture
Bash
Butt
Gertint
Jimmy’ Wilson
Jimle
Hijmt
Wilson
Prents
Rats Cost Americans Big Sum Yearly
An Agriculture Department report titled The Rat Problem urges a nationwide campaign to eradicate rats. It notes Americans spend about 100 million dollars annually on grain eaten by rats, which also spread bubonic plague. Rats destroy property, gnaw foundations, and raid poultry. a single pair could explode to over 20 million in three years unless controls are applied.
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John Hunt
California
Europe
Henrietta Huthcock
Detroit
Otis D. Smith
Jacksonville
Fla
John J. Hunker
Pasadena
Cal
Naval College
Newport
R. T. A. I. Todd
Des Moines
Moses Raschin
New York City
England
Draquin Sorollay Trastiday
France
New York
Carnegie Foundation
Charles Edwin Loss
Transylvania University
William J. Bryan
United States
Nebraska
Howard Gould
Chicago
John T. Binkley
Lave
William E. Corey
Steel Trust
Tacoma
Wasi
Mount Ranier
Mount Tacoma
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Chinese Foreign Office
Illinois Central
Champaign
Ill
L. Gaban
Burley Society of Tobacco Growers
Winchester
Clarence Lebus
Denver
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Louis W. Nill
Great Northern
Federation of American Zionists
Palestine
Minnesota Bankers’ Association
Lake Minnetonka
Joseph Chapman, Jr
Minneapolis
William F. McDermott
Mercer, Pa
Helen Toyle
Willis Whitla
Charles Brown
Edward Poe
Anderson
Gunnison
Grand Rivers
Colorado
Grand Junction
Rapid City
5. C
Carnegie
Carnegie Institution For Ocean Surveys
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Miller
Astor
Korinichi
Sumatra
Taft School
Watertown
Conn
Alice Newman
Fort Dodge
American Society of Equity
Fargo
Hod Des Viebedty Ag Dow
Iillionaires
Agricultural Department
Federal Salaries and Cost of Living in Washington
A census review shows 25 361 federal workers in Washington with about half married and a mean pay around 9485 yearly. Among all federal employees 185 874 nationwide, 23 6 percent earn 3900 to 1 000 annually, while 35 581 make less than 1 000. The report notes the limited rise in federal pay relative to living costs and wage gains, with only 617 earning 2500 or more.
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MHE
Washington
Bureau of the Census
Federal Service
Ames
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Paul Ritter
Switzerland
George Ade
Purdue University
Andrew Carnegie
Russell Sage
H. M. Caldwell
George Dewey
Olympia
Manila
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science
Delia Gilbert
B. H. Harriman
London
Paris
Richard Cockburn MacLaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Daniel A. Sortwell
Barre Railroad
Uriel Sebree
Pacific Fleet
Portland
Ore
General News
Samuel Bersin
Justice Dowling
J. I. Harris
Hillman
Herbert Todd
Moses Rice
R. M. Smith & Co
Indiana
Louisiana
West Virginia
Dayton
Parkersburg
W. Va
New Jerusalem
Brockton
Mass
Samuel
Seward
Stanley Ketchell
Jack O'Brien
Philadelphia
William Kane
Sam Young
Fred Mobrie
Connecticut
Frederick H. Brigham
Merchants’ National Bank of New Haven
Anna Galigher
Turkey
Tom
Scrubs
Tleiving
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