Acheson Uses Water Wagon in Effort to Reelect Him
Representative Ernest F. Acheson of Pennsylvania campaigns on the water wagon, likening it to a political juggernaut. He combats opponents, touts local option, and argues the waterways program would fund beer taxes while targeting rivals tied to Elks leader John Tener and Pennsylvanian political networks.
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Ernest F. Acheson
Pennsylvania
Congress
Acheson
Walter
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
John Tener
Tener
Penrose
George T. Oliver
Pittsburg Gazette-Times
Tenet
the Elks
Mr. Acheson
Ray Serene
Quay
Mr. Tener
Information Bureau Tests for Teeth and Celluloid Collars
The United States Bureau of Standards tests items sent by the public including false teeth and celluloid collars. Tests include pressure endurance for dentures and inflammability for collars. A new paper durability tester folds the sheet repeatedly until it breaks, counting the folds to gauge strength.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Dental Jolber
Perfidious Modistes Embarrass Matrons
Washington society recounts a dinner party embarrassment as two eminent New York hostesses Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont discovered their Paris ordered white satin gowns, both claimed unique in the U.S., were not exclusive and headed to a second hand dealer. Belmont's figure and jewels drew admiration, while Vanderbilt's poise differed.
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Washington
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Nicholas Longworth
Perry Belmont
New York
Richard Townsend
Mrs. Vanderbilt
New White House Entrance Discovered
A mystery about few White House callers is solved as politicians allegedly slip in and out via secret passages to avoid reporters. Franklin Hitchcock, new Taft manager, was seen exiting a rear door, prompting alerts to guard private doors and windows.
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White House
Frank H. Hitchcock
Swiss Professor Escapes Siberian Labor Train to Return Home
Geneva reports M Maurice Gehri a Swiss professor born April 11 1885 at Morges who taught French in Volhynia before being arrested as a revolutionist in 1906. He was sentenced to life and escaped with two companions on September 17. After days of peril he reached Vladivostok then Japan and sailed home aboard Tonkin arriving recently to reunite with his astonished parents.
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M. Maurice Gehri
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Vana
M. Gehri
Gymnase de Gitomir
Volhynia
Russia
Siberia
Krasnoyarsk
Yenises
Vladivostok
Japan
Switzerland
Messageries Maritimes
Tonkin
Mad Run After Wild Train on Maine Road
A runaway string of loaded freight cars moving at high speed narrowly escaped collision with the Portland Montreal express of 200 passengers near Copperville New Hampshire. A second runaway freight with pulpwood, without a locomotive, raced toward Portland and was stopped by a larger mogul engine after a dramatic chase through downhill grade and a three mile uphill stretch.
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Copperville
Percy
N. H
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Berlin
Shelbourne
China Japan tensions deepen over Tatsu Maru seizure
London report claims China apologized to Japan for lowering the Japanese flag during the Tatsu Maru seizure and promised a response on the vessel’s cargo. Tokyo signals show Premier Saioni and Foreign Minister Mayashi weighed options as Sasebo base goes active and ships prepare to sail.
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China
Japan
Tokio
Saioni
Mayashi
Yuan Shi Kai
Canton
Sasebo
Chi Yoda
Kanto
Middle Kingdom
Macao Harbor
Ataka Shokai
Macao
Kobe
Hong Kong
Osaka
Deer Flees Train Chase in Danville River Crossing
A west bound Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train encountered a deer that sprinted ahead along the rails for about 1000 yards after a curve. The animal narrowly cleared the locomotive and, plunging into a river filled with floating ice, swam to an island. The spike buck has been sighted near the area since fall, even approaching a farmhouse window about a month ago.
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Danville
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. ©. Carr
Real Fortitude Quote From Pope On Christian Charity
A concise quotation from Alexander Pope praising real fortitude and Christian charity, noting no man bears others misfortunes as perfectly as a true Christian.
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Alexander Pope
WiH Develop Coal Lands In Monterey County
About 8 000 acres of coal lands in Monterey county California about 200 miles from San Francisco are about to be developed in an extensive manner. Most of the coal in this section is lignitic but this tract is said to contain a vein of semi bituminous fuel.
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Wih
Monterey County
California
San Francisco
Bride Snatched From Him
Spokane, Wash. March 9 Addison Robb a 22 year old bridegroom and John Pitt his friend are jailed at Colville Wash north of here while Mrs Addison Robb formerly Rettia Martin 15 daughter of John Martin a rancher near Ederdale is at her parents home pondering the happenings since she left Feb 25 to marry Robb. The groom and his best man are charged with subornation to perjury.
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Spokane
Wash
Rabb
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