Plums for Democratic Patronage in Indiana Posts
Indiana faces a wave of federal posts during the Wilson and Marshall administration. The piece lists seven key jobs and current holders with salaries, plus a roster of presidential post offices across the state and Indiana’s seven representatives abroad.
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Tradlana
Wilson
Marshall
Indiana
Civil Service
Penson
John W. Dyer
Charles W. Miller
Internal Revenue
Terre Haute
Charles G. Covert
Sumner Improvement Reported After Illness on Train
Sefton Nov 18 Dr Walter T Sumner dean of the Episcopal cathedral of St Peter and Paul Chicago has greatly improved and the operation once deemed absolute Saturday may not be needed. Several local residents and visitors are listed with movement details and social visits. An old Civil War cannon shell exploded at the Callender home causing storage damage but no injuries.
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Internal Revenue
Indianapolis
Elam H. Neal
United States
Edward H. Schydidt
L. G. Rothschild
Evansville
Frank B. Posey
Clarefite
W. Nichols
Hia ‘Phues
Indiana
Treasur
Corydon
W. P
Mitchell
Newcastle
The
Treasury
Tracewell
Sefton
Walter T. Sumner
S.S. Peter and Paul
Chicago
H. C. Callender
Green Castle
Former Iowa Governor William Larrabee Dies at 80
Clermont, Nov. 18 Former Gov William Larrabee dies at his home near here at eighty after rheumatic illness. A long Iowa statesman he served in the state senate from 1868 to 1885 and as governor from 1886 to 1890. His term saw railroad rate regulation and temperance actions. He cast a Roosevelt vote despite illness and passed away with family at his bedside.
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Clermont
William Larrabee
Here
Theodore Roosevelt
Iowa
Mr. Larrabee
Ledyard
Conn
Larrabee
State
Senate
Doctor Haddock
Sioux City
American Tobacco Chief Defends Trust After Decomposition
Percival Hill president of American Tobacco argues in a five thousand word statement that government dissolution of the tobacco trust did not end monopoly. He cites competition as real and predicts higher business volume despite possible profit margin reductions.
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New York
Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
Percival
Hill
Circuit Court of the United States
Reverend M C Clark Travels to Orleans on Business
Rev. M C Clark went to Orleans this morning on a business trip.
Wilson One Term Talk Divides Democratic and Republican Press
Analysis notes critics question President elect Wilson living to the single term pledge adopted at Baltimore. The piece argues Wilson’s weaker 1912 showing compared with Bryan and Parker, predicting party leaders will thwart him and a 1914 congressional defeat will end his political career before 1916.
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Wilson
Baltimore
United States
Globe Democrat
Bryan
Parker
Democratic Party
Horace Greeley
White House
Wilson Ong
Canal to be done in year
Washington reports that Col. George W. Goethals believes the Panama canal will be completed within the next year. He compares the past fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, with remaining work, noting gate construction and material in canal zone shops as key factors driving rapid progress toward full operation.
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Washington
Panama Canal
George W. Goethals
Atlantic
Pacific
Canal
Taft to Return to Cincinnati to Practice Law
President Taft plans to resign the presidency and return to Cincinnati to practice law, possibly with son Robert joining as a partner. He spoke in New York praising cabinet members in Congress and floated a six year single-term plan and closer executive-legislative cooperation without expanding powers. He also sang his swan song and toasted his successor while in New Haven for Yale Corp.
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William Howard Taft
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Robert Taft
Yale
New Haven
Yale Corporation
Taft
Lotus“ Club
Congress
Elye
Local Man S B Inman Teaches After Family Sunday
S B Inman returned to Springville this morning where he is teaching a school after spending Sunday with his family. Born to Mr and Mrs William BE Kutcherson on North 1 street a son named William Edward.
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Springville
William BE. Kutcherson
North 1 Street
William Edward
Elmer Baugh
East 18Th Street
Friday
Dynamite Plot Details Emerge In McNamara Case
Testimony by Frank Beckhof tied James B McNamara to plans to bomb Miss Mary Dye a Pittsburgh stenographer who knew too much The witness recounted McNamara sending him to follow Dye on a train with a timed bomb and referenced Los Angeles explosion links as jurors hear about conspirator meetings and bribes offered to Eckhoff.
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Ind
James B. .McNamara
Mary C. Dye
Iron Workers” ‘Union
Frank Beckhof
Beckhoff
McNamara
Cincipnsti
Los Angeles
Alice Nabb
James B
Miss Dye
Rckhoff
Eckhoff
Ives
Pittsburg
McNamaras
James B.mcnamara
Los Angeles Times
California
Los Angeles’ Times
San
Calve the Diva Delayed By Throat Congestion
St Louis reports Calve the prima donna has canceled her engagement at the Anyaic Theater and is confined to her room at the Jefferson hotel. Two throat specialists attend her as a congestion of the larynx keeps her from speaking above a whisper. The city note also records births and local visits among residents, including Miss Selah Rowe returning from DePauw University.
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St. Louis
Calve
Anyaic Theater
Jefferson Hotel
Freight Conductor Blames Open Switch in Collision
Patrick J. Hines testifies before Coroner Durham that he blamed the open switch on Carl Gross, head brakeman, for the No. 36 freight colliding with No. 95. Hines' account differs from Gross, noting the switch remained open after the freight pulled into the siding near Irvington.
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Hines
Gross
Julietta
Willis York
Irvington
Thad
Julie
Cox
Paddy
Roy Tok
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