MacVeagh Urges Retrenchment for 1911 Budget
Secretary Franklin MacVeagh outlines a tighter fiscal plan for 1911 with total estimates of 671 million dollars, a reduction of 55.7 million from 1910, and a projected 1911 surplus of about 48.8 million. He warns that deficits must be funded by bonds if revenue does not improve and calls for fundamental banking and currency reforms to stabilize the nation’s finances.
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Washington
Franklin MacVeagh
Taft
Panama Canal
MacVeagh
MacVeigh
United States
Comptroller of the Currency
Dr Loren D Doxey and wife held on poisoning charge
A coroner's jury in St Louis District held Dr Loren D Doxey and his wife Dora for the alleged poisoning of Wmdi Erder who died last July. The jury found Doxey had guilty knowledge of the poisoning.
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St. Louis Des
Loren D. Doxey
Dora
Conor R
Wmdi Erder
Doxey
Taft Re-elected Red Cross President Seeks $5 Million Endowment
President Taft is re-elected head of the American Red Cross Society and in a Washington address urges future donors to endow the organization with five million dollars to support its relief and health mission.
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Taft
Washington
American Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Pierce Not Guilty Oil Magnate Acquitted on False Swearing
Austin Texas December 7 The jury found oil magnate H Clay Pierce not guilty on a false swearing charge.
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Pierce
Austin, Tex
H. Clay Piercee
Million and a Half Waters Pierce on Company Soia
Austin Texas December 7 public auction brings to light a one and a half million dollar dispute over a company asset. The proceedings highlight significant financial stakes and involved parties in a high profile sale.
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Waters Pierce
Company
Soia
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Swedish Gunmaker Unveils Recoil Free High Rate Rifle
Swedish inventor Sjogren presents a smokeless, kickless rifle capable of 1125 shots per hour. The device, designed for easier handling, aims to place the weapon among modern armies and marks a leap in lethal efficiency since the Maxim era. The article frames this as the latest in a long line of weapons driven by competitive human ingenuity.
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Mr. Maxim
Sweden
Sjogren
Money In Rats Value Across Markets And Uses
The Indianapolis News notes that dead rats fetch value for leather book covers purses frames and gloves. Scandinavian and Norwegian rats are emphasized as especially useful for industry overseas already killing thousands for profit. The piece cautions the U S may someday hunt rats for money and as an enemy to public safety.
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Scandinavia
Indianapolis News
A Real Old Timer Chief Spencer Dies at 110
Chief Spencer a Klickitat died on the Fort Simcoe reservation aged 110. He recalled witnessing white settlement in 1843 and later guided for Colonel Wright and Major Raines in 1856. His family suffered in 1850 when volunteers killed his kin while traveling the Columbia River to the Cascades. His sons Wilber and Lancaster Spencer and Toppeaish were noted as prominent local businessmen.
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Fort Simcoe
Colonel Wright
Major Raines
Columbia River
Cascades
Wilber
Lancaster Spencer
Toppeaish
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Longest Pipe Still Mere Promise of Emergency Use
Scientific American notes the planned oil line from Oklahoma to New York harbor as the world’s longest pipe. The Oklahoma field is the nation’s most active now, but the project is not for immediate full operation. It serves as future insurance as Pennsylvania and West Virginia fields decline.
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Oklahoma
New York Harbor
United States
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Scientific American
Kidney Remedy Praise From Claremont Patient
Mrs S Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire says Foley's Kidney Remedy cured a severe chronic kidney condition after a year of use. She endorses the medicine and urges others to buy it from all druggists.
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