Taft's Travel Record Grows by 16000 Miles
President Taft has completed a tour of 24 states adding roughly 16 000 miles to his travel record since entering government service in 1900 as a Philippine commissioner. He has journeyed extensively, largely at government expense, with an annual $25 000 appropriation for presidential travel. Opposition to continuing the travel allowance is rumored.
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Asuington
William Howard
Taft
United Sires
Union
President
Washington
William Tinward Taft
McKinley
Philippine Commissioners
Orient
Uncle Sam
Congress
Forest Service Training School and Its Careers
The forest service has become a government post graduate institution for forestry, attracting many to study theory and practice while on the payroll. Many leave for lucrative outside work, salaries are low, yet the staff has grown from 50 in 1901 to 3900, with offices across several western cities.
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Sam
Forest Service
Interstate Commercce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury
Post Office
Agricultural Department
Gengraphical Survey
Forestry Bureau
Uncle Sam
Bureau
Forestry Tireat
Army discipline improves as court martial trials fall
Brigadier General E. H. Crowder reports a fiscal year drop to 4,851 general courts martial, down 1,355 from the prior year, with trials at 6 percent of average enlisted strength. Summary trials fell 9,192, to 45 percent of the strength, while officers move to maneuvers and a shift toward summary discipline.
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E. H. Crowder
Judge Advocate
Crowder
Department
War Department
Exclusion Act Pushes Chinese Registration Plan
Commissioner Keefe urges registration of all Celestials in the United States and proposes deportation for any found without papers. He calls for nationwide action after a tour of Hawaii and commissions to Congress, highlighting smuggling by land and sea and calls for stricter immigration enforcement. He also critiques plantation labor practices and a system that underpays workers.
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United States
Keete
Nage
Department of Commerce and Labor
Canadian
Dominion
Meresse
Keefe
Nagel
Congress
Havwall
My. Keele
Nayzel
Vassalaga
Grand Canyon Gold Lures Men to River Bed Riches
Denver reports renewed efforts to mine gold washed into the Colorado River bed. Syndicates operate from Lee’s Ferry to Utah cliffs, using dredges to extract black sand and gravel rich in gold and platinum. Proponents claim large potential despite natural barriers and high costs.
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Colorado River
Denver
Colo
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Colorado Canyon
Great Abyss
Eastern Capital
Lee's Ferry
Marble Canyon
Utah
Nature
London Driver Gibson to End 37 Year Omnibus Era
After 37 years as a London omnibus driver, Andrew Gibson faces retirement as horse-drawn buses near their final trips. He laments the shift to motor buses and taxis, recalling a time when London’s two omnibus firms owned about 31,000 horses and slower travel.
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Goffé
London
Andrew Gibson
Inez
Gibson
Gib‘son
Omnibus Companies
Rich Man Works As Writer Plans Embryo Plays
An aspiring playwright observed in St Louis cafes by Planters Hotel waiter James J. Grain, son of a Russian general. Grain, who spends ten hours daily working and the rest reading or writing, hopes to publish someday and believes persistence will bring success.
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St. Louis
Walting
Clyde Fitch
Planters Hotel
James J. Grain
Largest Hog In World
J R Robinson of Pike County Montgomery Missouri exhibited a hog weighing 21200 pounds in town. The nine foot long animal measures nine feet from tip to tip and seven feet four inches around the girth. Believed to be the world’s largest hog, it was valued at 1000 dollars.
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Montgomery
J. R. Robinson
Pike County
Curious Men Outpace Women In Gossip Study
A London writer argues men are more inquisitive than women observing others in theatres gardens and transit. Tests in Charing Cross and Victoria station show 20 of 100 men look around versus 10 women. Strands of gossiping groups and label readings on luggage illustrate male curiosity in public spaces.
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West End
Charing Cross
Strand
Southeast & Chatham Railway
Victoria Station
Bell Hop Celebrates 62 Years in Service Worldwide
San Diego reports Lester Ladd, 62, a veteran bellboy, marking his birthday anniversary. His career spanned the U S Grant, Buckingham, Palmer House, Morton House, Piedmont, De Soto, and Tampa Bay hotels after starting at 16, with recent duties in the Union building elevator. Born on Hudson Street in New York, he recalls a once fashionable metropolis.
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San Diego
Cal
Lester Ladd
U. S. Grant
Union Building
Hudson Street
New York
Metropolis
Buckingham
St Louis
Palmer House
Chicago
Morton House
Piedmont
Atlanta
Savannah
Tampa Bay
Tampa
Clock Hands Round in a Gullah Work Song
A dialectal chant describes workers returning with clock hands and pay. The speaker repeats calls to send the clock hands round and roll the bunse, noting pay and old dollars daily. The vivid cadence evokes labor, rhythm, and an insistence on steady work through night and day.
Baltimore man to wed in jail before execution
A jailed man in Baltimore is reported to marry two weeks before his hanging. A companion at the cracker barrel questions the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, highlighting the clash between law and punishment.
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Baltimore
United States
Just So We View Fall Errors In The Game
A reflective verse fragment questions critic eyes and our own judgments as we imagine acting if placed in the same predicament. The speaker notes skepticism and curiosity about how we would respond under scrutiny and in the midst of a perceived stumble.
Edison and his phonograph and light contrasts
Thomas A. Hollison jokes that people sleep too long as Edison is credited with inventing the phonograph and the electric light. Neighbors reacting to a phonograph playing Alexander's Ragtime Band laugh at the scene while discussions hint at business versus philosophy and the relevance of electric Merits during sleep.
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Edison
Thomas A. Hollison
Mr. Edison
Alexander
Wollson
Poison stamp replaces skull and crossbones in mail case
A druggist seals a package of rat poison with a two cent stamp rather than a skull and crossbones label. He explains the stamp serves as a more effective warning, citing mail poisoning cases. The customer pays 80 cents for the stamp, and the exchange highlights a curious customer service moment.
Melee in the Blue Goose Saloon Sparks Quick Draw Remarks
A wild exchange erupts during a Blue Goose saloon altercation as a boastful patron complains another fires too suddenly. The narrator notes the shooter has exhausted his revolver and lacks cartridges for further shots.
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Blue Goose
Cartoonist Trapped by Illusion on Coal Trust Policy
A dialogue panel shows a cartoonist pressed by a critic to create four cartoons about the coal trust. The cartoonist objects, asking for clearer direction, while the critic insists the effort should reveal the devilish nature of the fourfold scheme.
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