Taft Reports Army Strength and Reforms
Secretary Taft presents the regular army strength as 3750 officers and 56,064 enlisted, with distribution across United States and territories. He notes 25.3 percent of line officers and 11.2 percent of staff officers are absent sick or on leave and urges increased officer numbers and capacity reforms. He calls for more coast artillery, a gymnasium at each post, and a Panama cable, praising canal zone progress and militia strength at 121,908 with 54 percent fully armed and ready.
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Washington
Taft
United States
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Coast Artillery
Panama
Canal Zone
Dennison Takes Office in Boston Amid Cheers and Floral Tributes
Joseph A. Dennison was sworn in as district attorney in Boston with a warm reception from Suffolk bar members. He spent hours in conference with District Attorney Moran and faced a busy day of official duties amid photographers and reporters.
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Joseph A. Dennison
John B. Moran
Martin M. Lomasney
Ward 8
Suffolk
Sughrue
Oliver Stevens
Dennison
Promi
James J. Phelan
State Street
Roland H. Sherman
Boston
John F. Fitzgerald
Moran
Boston Sees No Reciprocity With Canada
Ottawa reports H H Emerson minister of railways says Boston lacks hope for reciprocity with Canada. He notes Canadian progress and belief Canada can protect its interests without trade favors. New England leaders favor a treaty but doubt its realization amid Washington inertia and opposition from certain interests.
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Ottawa
Ont
Boston
Canada
H. H. Emerson
Boston Canadian Club
Emerson
New England
Washington
Western Golden Wedding of New England Couple
Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Carter celebrated their golden wedding at their St. Louis home. Carter, born in New Hampton New Hampshire on May 29 1826, is a descendant of Thomas Carter who settled Salisbury Massachusetts in 1639.
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ST. Louis
M. W. Carter
Dr. Carter
New Hampton
N. H
Thomas Carter
Salisbury
Mass
The Gentle Sex Teases Etiquette And A Tea Time Knife Fight
An anecdote from a Hill matron recalls a socialite who bursts into laughter at gossip and a witty tale about a woman who learned to serve herself at meal times. The narrator notes the lively, catty banter and compares family duties to a torchlit procession in a domestic scene.
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Stuart
Providence Journal
Reverend Testimony for Dr Agnew Catarrhal Powder
Rev W H Main of Emmanuel Church Buffalo reports rapid relief from cold headache and catarrh after using Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. He says he tried many remedies with no success and that one application provides relief. The notice extols the remedy as wonderful and effective.
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W. H. Main
Baptist Emmanuel Church
Buffalo
Agnew
Roxbury Woman Killed by Outbound Car on Washington Street
Mrs. Elizabeth Crawford, 56, of 2777 Washington Street, was struck and dragged by an inbound car near Valen tine streets while crossing with her husband. The motorman stopped after reversing. Dr. McCormack pronounced death from a fractured skull. No blame assigned to the motor man.
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Forest Hills
Washington
Valentine
Roxbury
Elizabeth Crawford
Washington Street
Mrs. Crawford
High Treason Talk in Paris
In a tumultuous session at the Chamber of Deputies, Firmin Faure accused a private dispatch from Paul Cambon, the French ambassador in London, of reaching Germany after its receipt in Paris. The premier dismissed it as gossip while Faure called the claim high treason. The debate paused as the foreign budget discussion proceeded.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Firmin Faure
Paul Cambon
London
Great Britain
France
Germany
Loubet
M. Delcasse
Rouvier
Father in law held to keep the peace in love dispute
In Municipal Court Giovanni Ibbi charged his father in law Augustino Lobilato with threatening to kill over an elopement with Ibbi’s daughter Margaret. Lobilato, who patrolled with a pistol, was remanded on $2000 bonds for two weeks.
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Giovanni Ibbi
Augustino Lobilato
Giovanni
Lobilato
Bartlett Place
Margaret
Washington Court
Wenworth
Sick Sailor Wrongfully Labeled Deserter in Springfield
George Roberts, son of Moses Roberts of 80 Broad Street, enlisted in the U S Navy, fell ill last month, visited home, and was later dropped from service as a deserter per a recent letter to his father.
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Springfield
George
Roberts
Moses Roberts
Broadstreet
United States Navy
Brookline Secret Marriage of Mrs Louise Blake to Carl Stowe
Mrs Louise Chandler Blake widow of composer C D Blake secretly married humorist Carl Francis Stowe on December 6 in Cambridge. The couple kept their engagement hidden, revealed yesterday as they plan to reside at 42 Manchester Road with Mrs Blake's mother Abbie P Chandler noting the intimate Boston area union.
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Brookline
Louise Chandler Blake
C. D. Blake
Carl Francis Stowe
Louise Blake Stowe
Cambridge
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Augustus H. Barnard
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Ston
Wea
Full Moon
Parker
EVY & CO
French Perfumers
Kingston St
Thomas J. Ciblin
Co-Operative Store
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Femoy
Francis Stowe
Beecham
Beecham’s
Ate
Cornhill
John A. Sullivan
James H. Doyle
Arthur W. Dolan
Charles H. Slattery
Frank K. Foster
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