White House Upkeep Costs Exceed Fifty Thousand
Fiscal year spending by the government on fuel light and repairs for the executive mansion totaled over 50 000 with about 100 workers maintaining the building. Upgrades included lightning protection copper wiring a new silver closet and a new telephone system. Social event work covered four state dinners ten small dinners four musicales two dances two balls and four garden parties plus the president's silver wedding anniversary. Monument grounds at Wakefield Virginia also fall under public buildings and grounds with a year round watchman.
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Office of Public Buildings
Capitol
Wakefield
George Washington
Women Prepare to Be Intelligent Voters in Illinois
In Chicago on November 21, forty women enrolled in the first U.S. school for training municipal officers. The program, patterned after German models, aims to produce graduates whose diplomas certify they are qualified for any city job voters may elect them to hold.
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Chicago
Til
Illinois
United States
Germany
1911 Game Laws Bring Wide Revisions Across States
The 1911 game laws across states show broad changes with eight states not enacting new legislation. Delaware bans bells on hunting dogs, North Dakota prohibits autos in duck shoots, Michigan cracks down on guinea pig use in rabbit hunting, and New Hampshire bars scientific bird collecting. Vermont restricts crop-damage claims and ends alien licenses, while some states loosen resident hunting licenses. Nebraska allows under-18 hunting with a parent or guardian present.
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Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Delaware
North Dakota
Michigan
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Audubon Society
Vermont
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Virginia
Nebraska
Two Widows File Indemnity Claims Over Mexican Murder
Two women living in Los Angeles claim widow status for Dr. Arthur Livingston Wilson Foster who was slain near Alamo Mexico in June. Mrs. A L W Foster alleges marriage after Hahnemann College graduation and cohabitation until 1904. Mrs. Elizabeth L Woods claims $100000 through attorney E E Kirk.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Philander C. Knox
Arthur Livingston Wilson Foster
Alamo
Mexico
A. L. W. Foster
Dr. Foster
Colonel Foster
Newark
N. J
Elizabeth L. Woods
E. E. Kirk
A. W. L. Foster
Hahnemann College
Philsaplonns
California
East
Duphois, Carroll
Patrick Brennan
Washington
Morocco Women Criminals Face Feminine Judges
Paris dispatch notes in France's Morocco campaign that women serve as judges for women in Morocco with no male allowed to judge females. Decisions by these women judges are reviewed by the regular kadi for advice before final action.
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Morocco
Paris
France
Pensions Begin for Chicago Mothers
Chicago announces the first checks under a new law aimed at supporting fatherless children. Four mothers in Cook County received payments today to prevent family breakups caused by poverty.
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Chicago
Cook County
U S Orders Texas Army to Prepare for Action
Major General Leonard Wood ordered all army commanders in Texas and along the Mexican border to be ready at any time to prevent violations of neutrality laws connected to the Reyes revolution in Mexico. Troops must cooperate with state and Treasury Department agents.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Texas
Mexican
Mexico
State
Treasury Department
Entire Chinese navy in rebels hands
A dispatch to the Japanese admiralty reports the Manchu government has surrendered all modern ships to revolutionary forces, leaving only a few useless junks. The message from Ching Kian notes the entire Chinese navy is now in rebel control.
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Tokio
Ching Kian
Gas Plant Varieties In Gardens And Industry
The article outlines two gas plant varieties: a manufacturing gas plant turning coal into gas for lighting and heating, and the fraxinella or gas plant a fragrant perennial that sometimes ignites oil when near flame. It notes long survival in gardens with examples from New England and a grave site enduring for thirty seven years.
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New England
Making Money Rapidly in French Speed Sports
A French newspaper compares earnings of champions by hour and mile. Andre Beaumont earns about $37 per mile. As d Atout wins $24 000 per minute or $38 400 per mile. Thery in 1905 earns $58 per mile or $83 857 per hour. Bicycle pay ranges from $1 066 per mile to 66 cents per mile in the Tour de France context.
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Andre Beaumont
Longchamps
d’Atout
Thery
France
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Westingon
White House
Soldier File
U. S
Lubin J. Henderson
Barstow
Mohave Desert
Calvert Wilson
Attorney-At-Law
Wilcox
T. G. Nicklin
Mojave River
Valley Lands
Barstow, Cal
Victorville
Oro Grande
Helen
Nicklin
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