White House cuts tables and hires under Taft
Washington corresp describes White House economizing under President Taft since March 4. House staff reduced from three dining tables for African American servants to one mixed table, with Miss Jefferson managing purchases. Other reforms include shrinking laundress numbers and consolidating engineering and plumbing work.
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Taft
White House
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt
Pinkney
Stewart
Miss Jefferson
Jefferson
Washington Cor
New York Globe
Diplomacy of Oscar Straus Aided U S in Philippines
Oscar S Straus then ambassador to Turkey acted to keep Mohammedan groups in the Philippines from joining the insurgents. While in Constantinople he appealed to Sultan Abdul Hamid II to use Turkish influence to restrain Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago communities from taking sides.
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Turkey
Philippines
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce and Labor
United States
Constantinople
Aguinaldo
Mr. Straus
Plan to Start Day Earlier in Summer Time Shift
Cincinnati leaders including Julius Fleischmann ex mayor C H M Atkins and Charles J Christie push a national move to advance U S standard time by two hours each May 1 to Oct 1. The plan would shift summer work starts from seven to five in the morning and end two hours earlier.
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United States
Rockefeller Rainbow Lake in New Rockefeller Mansion
John D. Rockefeller builds a stone castle on the Pocantico hills near Tarrytown New York featuring a rainbow colored lake. The lake on the west side of the castle is paved with colored stones and a central fountain creates rainbow mist visible from all angles.
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New Castle
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
N. Y
Rockefeller
Kentucky mountain furniture gains vogue as art
Kentucky homes showcase off fashioned splint style furniture. Mountaineers craft chairs and tables largely from native materials. Seats and backs are woven from bark to create strong, yielding comfort.
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Kentucky
Telegraphic picture system unveiled in Paris
A new teleautocopy set for telegraphic transmission of pictures was shown at the Academy of Sciences in Paris. It is purely mechanical, does not use photography, operates rapidly, and requires no skilled manipulation.
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Academy of Sciences
Paris
Roosevelt speaks on equality at cornerstone ceremony
President Roosevelt preached the gospel of equality of opportunity for the Negro race at Washington during the laying of the cornerstone of the colored Y M C A building. He clarified that this did not imply social relations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Colored Y. M. C. A
Monument for Sioux band of 11 to honor brave rescue
A granite shaft will be erected June 27 near Mobridge South Dakota to memorialize the 11 young Sioux braves of the fool soldier band who rescued two white women and four children abducted near Lake Chetak Minnesota. Doane Robinson will deliver the dedication address. The tale sits alongside a 1772 New York Gazette account of a drunken man dying after a brutal emetic and purge treatment.
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Missouri River
Walworth County
Lake Chetak
Minn
South Dakota Historical Society
South Dakota Pioneer Association
Mobridge
Old Settlers’ Association
Doane Robinson
Pierre
New York Gazette
New England
Dobbs
Sunday School Tour Heads for Britain to Rally Workers
Four prominent Sunday school workers led by William N. Hartshorn depart Boston May 18 aboard the Saxonia for England Scotland and Wales. They aim to spark interest in the 1910 Washington convention drawing 250 British workers and will be hosted by the British Sunday School union with a June 16 welcome at Crystal Palace in London and 5 000 children singing.
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England
Scotland
Wales
William N. Hartshorn
Boston
International Sunday School Association
Marion Lawrence
Toledo
Philip E. Howard
The
Sunday School Times
F. N. Peloubet
Peloubet
Cunard
Liverpool
Washington
Great Britain
British Sunday School Union
Crystal Palace
London
George W. Batley
Philadelphia
World’s Association
Rome
Jerusalem
Rogues gallery on liners to warn ship passengers
Captain Clippers of the Kaiser Wilhelm II and North German Lloyd officers plan to post framed photographs of known gamblers in first class smoking rooms. The portraits will carry aliases and be displayed to deter trespass by men with notorious methods. If successful, other liners will adopt the system and create a bureau of faces for travelers.
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Clippers
Lloyd
BO Gambler
Fiest
Won His Promotion
The Duke of Clarence later William IV. visited Portsmouth to inspect ships when a battered lieutenant, passed over for promotion, joked that many young fellows had stepped over his head. The humor pleased the duke and days later the guide was appointed captain.
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Duke of Clarence
William IV
Portsmouth
Leutenant
Mentone Man Skeleton Found in French Cave
An almost perfect Mentone man skeleton was found in a Mentone France cave in March 1872. It shows a tall well formed skull with a facial angle of eighty five degrees and is linked with cave lion and cave bear remains. The bones lie with flint tools and animal remains, including twenty two perforated teeth that may have formed a chaplet, among Europe's oldest human remains alongside Engis Dutchman skull.
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Mentone
France
Engis
Poultry and eggs surpass wheat in 1907 value
The poultry and egg industry in 1907 exceeded the value of all wheat produced and neared the cotton crop in total value. The author notes the sector receives little attention compared with horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs and suggests combined effort could push returns toward a billion dollars.
Robins Disappear Then Return in Autumn
Bird watchers report robins scarce from July 15 to September 1 in the area of winter roosts. Observers note they may have moved seeking rainier or more abundant food, then return in large numbers by September 1, as welcome as in April.
Secretary YVil cites yields despite soil depletion at state fair
In a department of agriculture address at the Jones state fair Secretary YVil reported that average crop yields over the past ten years exceeded those of 1860 to 1870. He argued that scientific methods and crop rotation offset ongoing soil fertility declines across many regions.
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Yvilwon
Department of Agriculture
Jone
Oregon Tea Grown Successfully in Hubbard and Oregon
Peter Leer of Hubbard Oregon proves Japan tea can be grown locally with a thriving patch and a productive year. He sold a small batch to Portland merchants at four dollars per pound and the trade shows willingness to pay that price for Oregon tea.
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Oregon
Hubbard, Ore
Peter Leer
Hubbard
Portland
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