Wright brothers flooded with orders for airships worldwide
More than eighty orders for airships to be built in the United States are pouring in for the Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur. Wealthy applicants seek instruction in flying while requests from abroad reach Iceland Persia and a Chinese Mandarin as the factory plans to expand to meet demand.
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Persia
Alee
America
United States
Wright Brothers
Orville
Wilbur
International Aero Club
Dayton
Wrights
Iceland
Wrightspeed
Cspital
Senate Pages Tale Highlights Capitol Humor
Senator Thomas H. Carter recounts a Capitol gag about Senator Page of Vermont. Carter says he escorted a constituent to Page’s seat to meet dignitaries, then observed roaming senate pages and laughs at Page’s reputed bonds with the President.
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Montana
Congress
Senator Page
Vermont
Senate
Senator Carter
Washington
Roose
Movement to colonize Mesopotamia attracts Jewish leaders
Dispatches from London report a Europe wide push to unite Hebrew improvement groups into a Mesopotamia colony plan. Israel Zangwill and Jacob H Schiff press alliances between Jewish Colonization and related societies. A key hurdle is funding a large irrigation system as Turkish rule may offer greater toleration under the Young Turks.
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Jacob H. Schiff Srtz
Filan
New York
London
Europe
Mesopotamia
Israel Zangwill
Jewish Territorial Organization
Jewish Colonization Association
Jacob H. Schiff
Schulman
Palestine
British East Africa
Poem to Meredith by Hardy on urn of the dead
An 1909 London Times note publishes Thomas Hardy's tribute on G M Meredith 1828 1909 at his funeral. The verse recalls a former meeting and the enduring power of his words amid time and memory.
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Thomas Hardy
George Meredith
G. M
London Times
Romance of a Modern Admiral and His Wife
Lord Charles Beresford, recently retired as Britain’s top naval officer, credits his wife Mina Gardner for much of his success. The couple began with a swift courtship after a 1878 reception, and Lady Beresford, a music lover, is known for composing at the piano and guiding tunes from ballads to operas.
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Charles Beresford
Mina Gardner
Charles
Lady Beresford
Williams Returns as Ellis Island Immigration Commissioner
William Williams, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt and later urged back by Taft, resumes control of Ellis Island to complete reforms in immigration administration. A noted lawyer and mountaineer, he is known for rooting out graft and demanding strict discipline from staff.
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William Williams
Port of
New York
Roosevelt
Williams
Ellis Island
Washington
Immigration Bureau
Taft
New London
Conn
Germany
Wiesbaden
Yale
Harvard
United States
Paris
Spain
Squadron A
Porto Rico
Switzerland
Europe
New York Post
Cannon’s Critique of Rooseveltian Uplift Sparks Washington Speech
Speaker Joseph G Cannon at the national city planning conference denounces the country life commission as a flat failure and warns against relieving conditions one does not understand. He lauds Mrs Simkhovitch’s New York settlement work and urges practical planning for a growing nation.
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Joseph G. Cannon
National City Planning Conference
Washington
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
Cannon
Massa
Europe
France
Ireland
England
Scotland
V. G. Bimkhovitch
New York
New York City
Bronze Badges For Cuban Service
Officers and enlisted men of the United States Army who served in Cuba during the pacification from October 6, 1906, to April 1, 1909 will receive a bronze service badge with ribbon. Issued with the army uniform, gratuitously to enlisted men and at cost to officers, by order of President Taft. The badge mirrors the design used for Spanish War and Philippine insurrection honors.
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United States Army
Cuba
Taft
American Shoes For Dutch Princess
Queen Wilhelmina's infant daughter will wear the costliest American made soft soled shoes. A Brockton Massachusetts firm produced seventeen pairs for the Dutch royal baby. One lining uses satin from the queen's wedding gown while other pairs feature cloth of gold cloth of silver and white Parisian kid.
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Holland
Wilhelmina
United States
Brockton
Mass
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