Root resigns as secretary of war successor named
Oyster Bay August 25 1908 Secretary Root formally resigns to take effect after January 12 President Roosevelt confirms William Howard Taft of the Philippines will succeed Root as secretary of war and will assume duties shortly after.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Root
Hls
Wiliam H. Taft
Philippines
Secretary Root
Roosevelt
Taft
General Staff of
Army
Senate
England
Alaska Boundary Tribunal
McKinley
Tam
Alway
Washington
Congress
Philippine Islands
Department of Insular Dependencies
Paola Aa
Terrible Balkan Turmoil Prompts War Fear and Atrocities
A Times summary warns of Turkish repression in Macedonia with burnings, killings, and forced displacements as Bulgarian populations suffer. Reports describe massacres of women and children, prisoner convoys harmed, and a looming European intervention. Turmoil centers on Monastir and Adrianople fronts with possible invasion and a Vienna conference to discuss Balkan affairs.
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Macedonia
Bar- Hult
Tines
Vluliren
Monastir
Ben
Adrianople
Mustafa-Khase
Balkala
Intada
Tusphorus
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Belgrade
Debr
Turkey
Balkan
Calonia
King Houward
Francis Joph
George
Greece
Vienna
William
Rome
Aseo
Bulkira
Bulgaris
Nic Powers
Bulgarria
Norrow
Fatal Explosion at Independent Powder Plant near Carthage
A blast at the Independent Powder Company works four miles southwest of Carthage Missouri killed three men and seriously injured three others. Superintendent W. C. Roll and two Carthage men, Barnett Pearman and Perry Haworth, died or were maimed in the mining room. It is the second such explosion at the plant in a month as dynamite production resumed after rebuilding.
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Carthage
Independent Powder Company
Kansas City
Star
Moenya
Center Creek
W. C. Roll
Barnett Pearman
Perry Haworth
Roll
Pearman
Haworth
Superintendent Rolls
Superintendent Roll
Indiana Mill
United States
Ropes as Fire Escapes In Tales of a Traveller
A humorous exchange recounts travelers debating rope safety for escapes from burning hotels. A wager tester breaks a leg sliding down a rope from a third story window, others fare poorly yet escape serious injury. The tale ends with a sales plug for Globe Tonic liver and kidney remedy.
Weekend Rail Rates From Athens to White Sulphur Springs
The Southern Railway sets weekend travel from Athens to White Sulphur Springs at 185 dollars for tickets valid through 4 PM Saturday. The offer takes effect Saturday July 26 and runs to the stated cutoff time.
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Southern Railway
Athens
Wesleyan Lay Preacher's Rise and Beecher Anecdotes
The article recounts John Wesley approving the first Methodist lay preacher after witnessing Maxfield, then shifts to a Beecher anecdote aboard Fulton Ferry. It includes a skeptical view of lawyers, praising professional ethics, and ends with a Paris bribe trick: elephants smuggling brandy through octroi via misused elephant disguises.
Desperate Man Devours Lobster Salad at Dinner
A New York Press quote describes a desperate man finishing a lobster salad portion while his young wife worries it upsets him at night. He insists it’s his turn to take care of the baby, showing a stubborn resolve amid domestic tension.
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Wesley
Bristol
London
John
Maxfield
O. F
New York Press
DeWitt’s White Hazel Salve Ad Claims Quality
An old advertisement urges customers to look for the DeWitt name on every box of White Hazel Salve. It touts DeWitt’s White Hazel Salve as the best salve for cuts burns bruises boils eczema and piles and notes B C DeWitt Co Chicago as the maker with its products sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
B. C. DeWitt& Co
Chicago
Reliance Wins First Race in Delayed Dash to Finish
Reliance defeats Shamrock in a tense 15 mile windward beat off Sandy Hook. Official start times placed Shamrock at 11:45:17 and Reliance at 11:46:21, with Reliance pulling ahead through the afternoon. By 2:15 p m Reliance led by over a mile as the line approached, finishing the long duel well in command.
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New
Song Hook
Long Branch
Shamrock
Rollance
Barrip
Wringe
Reliance
Gouth
ReMance
Pe Eaees
Galning & Trifle
Relance
Bramrock
Rellance
For Sale South Georgia Offers Land At Low Prices
Parties considering relocation should examine South Georgia, the garden spot of the state, with Tam offering good homes and farm lands at very low prices. Correspondence invited from interested buyers.
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South Georgia
Tam
Grand Army Veterans Begin Homeward Move from San Francisco
L M Stanfill of Hahira Ga reports the Grand Army veterans are packing for departure after the adjournment of the session. Hundreds have taken trains to other parts of the state and a body left on a special train to New York returning via Southern California. Many eastern veterans plan to settle in California with families, some delaying return to await effects and new homes.
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San Francisco
Grand Army
California
Massacres Reported in Fiorina and Monastir Regions
Turkiye forces alleged to have massacred women and children in two villages in the Fiorina and Monastir area and then burned the settlements. Survivors fear burial as insurgents disrupt Adrianople and telegraph lines. Rebels reportedly capture Vasiliko, killing garrison and mutineers, while Midia and Kirkwillowah come under threat. Refugees flee to Bosphorus, with Italian officials demanding protection for their consul in Monastir. In Urgas, Bulgarians attack and blow up government buildings, with hundreds killed.
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Sofa
Fiorina
Monastir
Krushevo
Teambes
Vilayet of
Adrianople
Vilayet
Ported Gain
Constantinople
Vasiliko
Fatal duel on ferryboat over girl ends in death
In Point township Mount Vernon Indiana Ed Robinson and Samuel Lusk fought aboard a ferryboat. Robinson stabbed Lusk through the heart then cut his throat severing the jugular vein. Lusk died shortly after. Robinson surrendered to Kentucky officers. The other spectator who witnessed the fight fainted.
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Coure
Mount Vernon
Ind
Point Township
Ed Robinson
Samuel Lusk
Robinson
Lusk
Kentucky
Great Flood Strikes Che Foo Beach Amid Massive Loss
Victoria B C reports from Shanghai cable that a thunderstorm and cloudburst caused a great flood at Che Foo flooding town, sweeping buildings and people into the sea. Hundreds of Chinese are dead, with over 300 confirmed at Che Foo. foreign deaths not yet reported. A sailor aboard the New Orleans escaped.
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Victoria
B. C
Shanghai
Chee Foo
Cable
Che Foo
New Orleans
Ur of the Chaldes Excavation Plan Abandoned
Turkish government refuses excavation privileges to Americans after three years and $6000 spent. Dr Edgar J Banke and Rev Dr John P Peters led efforts, including Mangheli and Tel Torabim sites, with U S legation support in Constantinople. No permission granted to excavate in southern Babylonia.
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New York
Ur of the
Chaldes
Babylonia
John P. Peters
Manshel
Nawa Wie
Tel Torabim
Mangheli
Edgar J. Banke
Constantinople
United States Legation
Papering the pins by machinery in Kansas City Star report
The article explains an early pin manufacturing process where a machine folds and holes paper for pins, with two children feeding pins and papers. A detachable box bottom separates finished rows, guiding pins into pre punched papers. Two young girls can assemble thousands of papers daily at the plant.
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Kanaas City
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UR OF the Chaldes
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