Taft Cabinet: Knox to Wickersham Named to Posts
The article details President Taft's cabinet picks led by Philander Knox as secretary of state, Franklin MacVeagh at treasury, Jacob Dickinson as secretary of war, James Wilson remaining secretary of agriculture, and other key appointees including Hitchcock, Nagel, Meyer, Ballinger, and Wickersham. It notes Knox's Pennsylvania background, MacVeagh's Chicago wealth, Dickinson's Mississippi birth and Nashville home, Wilson's Iowa roots, Hitchcock's Massachusetts ties, Nagel's Missouri base, Meyer’s Boston origins, Ballinger's Washington ascent, and Wickersham joining as attorney general.
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Taft
Philander Chase Knox
Brownsville
Mount Union College
Ohio
United States
Pennsylvania
Allaw
James H. Reed
The
Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh
of the Treasury
Chester County -Cansylvania
Yale
Columbia Law School
New York City
Chicago
Commercial National‘ Bank’ of
MacVeagh
Chicago Citizens’ Association
Chicago Bureau of Charities
Municipal Illeague
Armenéan. Civic Association
Immigration Department
National Civic Federation
Illinois
Grover Cleveland
Dickinson
Jacob M. Dickinson
Tennessee
Columbus
Miss
University of Nashville
Columbia College
University of Lespaiz
Paris
Supreme Bench of
Tilinois Central Railroad Company
Roosevelt
James Wilson
Town
Scotland
Wilson
Iowa
Tama County
Iowa Assembly
Iowa State Railway Commission
Congress
Agai
State University of Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Department of Agriculture
Department ‘of Commerce and Labor
Government Exposition Board
Nagel
Missouri
Charles Nagel
Commerce
Labor
St. Louis
West
Texan
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Navy
Meyer
George von L. Meyer
Massachusetts
Boston
Harvard
Italy
Russia
Ballinger
Interior
General Land Office
Richard A. Ballinger
Seattle
Wash
Boonesboro
University of Kansas
Washburn College
Topeka
Williams College
Washington
United States Court
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Wickersham
George W
George W. ‘Wickersham
Hag
Pittsburg
Lehigh University
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Strong & Cadwalladare
Henry W. Taft
Cosgrove Becomes Washington's New Governor After Long Campaign
Samuel G Cosgrove of Ohio born April 10 1847 in Tuscarawas county rose to become Washingtons governor after a 30 year political climb. He grew up in Defiance Ohio served in the Civil War and studied law before moving west to Pomeroy Garfield county. Despite illness and a Brights disease scare he won the 1907-08 race and was sworn in at Olympia.
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Samuel G. Cosgrove
Nhew
Washington
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
Joint Assembly
Olympia
Paso Robles Cal
Union
Cosgrove
Pomeroy
Garfield County
Spokane
Defiance County
Ohio Volunteers
Wesleyan University
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Woodsfield
Nevada
California
Albert EB. Mead
Henry McBride
Bright
The
Commonwealth
Old Harvard Graduate Celebrates Ninety-First Birthday
Dr James Lloyd Wellinington of Swansea Massachusetts, Harvard's second oldest graduate, marked his ninety first birthday. A native of Templeton, he entered Harvard in 1834 and recalled meeting President Josiah Quincy. He studied under famed faculty including Longfellow and Holmes and practiced medicine in Swansea for 65 years. He retired five years ago after a long career serving a wide radius.
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Harvard
James Lloyd Wellinington
Swansea
Maass
Wellington
Templeton
Harvard College
Josiah Quincy
Benjamin Pierce
Jared Sparks
Cornelius Felton
Henry W. Longfellow
Edward T. Channing
Deater
Oliver W. Holmes
Holmes
Webster
Parkman
First Commoner of Canada Marcel Named Speaker of Dominion Parliament
Charles Marcel, first commoner of Canada, selected as speaker of the Dominion parliament succeeding R. F. Sutherland of Windsor. Born 1860 in St Scholastique he built a journalism career with the Montreal Gazette and Star. He represents Bonaventure in parliament but resides in Montreal. He first ran in 1897 for Quebec legislature at Gaspe, later elected to Parliament in 1900 from Bonaventure with a growing majority, and gained a 1,262 vote lead in last election.
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Charles
Marcel
Canada
R. F. Sutherland
Windsor
Bonaventure
Montreal
St. Scholastique
Montreal Gazette
Star
Tihme
Gaspe
Quebec
BD. J. Flynn
Magdalena Island
Trinity’s Missionary Pastor Takes Charge at St John’s
Rev William Wilkinson known as the Bishop of Wall Street will assume charge of St John’s chapel and serve Trinity as missionary pastor. He plans to reside May 1 as evangelistic preacher, expanding parish work and boosting efficiency and power with rector and vestry.
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William Wilkinson
St. John's Chapel
Trinity
New York
Wall Street
Brokery
Bankery
London
Fulham Place
Wilkinson
Wall Street. Mr. Wilkinson
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sowing to the Wind The Broadhurst Temperance Tale
In a moral tale from Home Herald, George Smith, a wealthy store owner with mayoral ambitions, persuades by a party boss to lure clerks into a dry vote plan. A local option election ends with a single vote for the saloons, a drive turns tragic when Smith’s son is maimed and his daughter Mary is killed, and the father laments the ruined city.
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C.N. Broadhurst
Home Herald
George Smith
Smith
John
Mary
Tom Jones
Politica Party
Jones
Foster and Black
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Jane
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W. Wicker
Caner
George von 1. Meyer
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