Pittsburg Plans World's Largest Flag For July Fourth
A giant American flag 80 by 160 feet is to be built in Pittsburgh weighing about a half ton with eight foot high stars and six foot wide stripes. Captain Oursler and Mayor Magee spearhead the project using standard bunting with sewing by local women groups. The flag may span Grant Street between the courthouse and the Frick building, with fundraising and souvenir certificates for contributors.
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Pittsburg
Frick
United States
United States Army
Howard B. Oursler
Magee
Oursler
Captain Oursler
Bo Great
Women’s Patriotic Societies
Ladies of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of 1812
Reproduction of Henry Hudson Ship Halve Moen Nears July Readiness
Good progress is reported on completing the Halve Maen, an 80 ton, 63 foot long replica of Henry Hudsons ship. Built in Amsterdam to symbolize Netherlands friendship, the vessel features three masts, antique cannons, and a Spanish Dutch galley prow. It sails to New York for the Hudson celebration parade in October, with entry at Sandy Hook on Sept 27 before transfer to the American committee.
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Henry Hudson
Mavy Yard
Amsterdam
Holland
Netherlands
America
Hudson
New York
Atlantic
Bandy Hook
Rubber Aprons and Heeled Shoes for Bureau Women
With Treasury Secretary MacVeagh and Director Ralph approving, women at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will receive rubber aprons and rubber heel shoes. The changes follow a women’s committee from the National City Federation of Women who inspected the bureau and urged these dress updates.
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Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
National City Federation of Women
African Jungle Trip by Mrs Hellmann Tells of Lion Encounters
Mrs Frederic Hellmann wife of a mining engineer is the first American woman to undertake the East Africa journey from Mombasa to Gondokoro with her husband and two friends in 1907 08. She describes a herd of 200 to 800 elephants twice blocking camps and a rare tropical fever, plus wild lions and sleeping sickness affecting natives.
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Frederic Hellmann
Africa
Roosevelt
Hellman
Mombasa
East African Protectorate
Uganda
Gondohoro
East Africa
Lake Victoria
Nairobi
Numuli
Gondokoro
Butiaba
Lake Albert
Entilbbe
Prediction About Taft Frustrates White House Noted Fat Men
Hastings Journal remarks that Taft’s presidency will see no more strenuous actions from the White House and that government officials will avoid strenuous routines like horseback riding as a pattern.
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Taft
White House
American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology Formed
Chicago conference leads to creation of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. It aims to unify U S criminal law approaches, establish subcommittees to study reforms, and push for federal and state changes while building a nationwide crime statistics system.
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American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
Chicago
Crime Journal
United States
American Institute of Criminal Law and Crimiinology
America
Europe
John H. Wigmore
Northwestern Uiversity Law School
Boards of Pardon and
Boards of Parole
Institute
Congress
Chicago Record-Herald
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