President Accompanies Aunt Delia to Worcester on Western Trip
President Tait travels from Beverly to South Station Worcester and Indianapolis with Aunt Delia Torrey. Secret Service detail includes Major Archibald Butt and Detective James Sloane. Fifty patrolmen line the shed as the President’s private car attaches to the train.
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Tait
South Station
Beverly
Ideal
Indianapolis
Delia Torrey
Worcester
Archibald W. H. C. Butt
James Sloane
Secret Service Bureau
King and Flynn
Larange Street
Taft Parting Smile At Worcester Station Farewell Wave
The President and Miss Torrey depart from Worcester amid light crowd as Taft, in a Panama hat and gray outing suit, waves farewell. Aunt Delia is humorously referenced as he boards the train and shakes hands with a friend before resuming travel.
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Taft
Delia
Worcester
Davis
Deliisa
Aunt Delia
Miss Torrey
Secret Service
Murphy
Mr. Taft
Detective Sloane
Aunt Delia’s Day With Frank Davis At Station
The President’s relative Aunt Delia, appearing weary from heat, walked with Station Master Frank Davis and posed for photos in front of the station. She denied baking pies for Will, saying she had a lovely vacation and enjoyed it greatly before riding a street car with Mrs. Phillips to Millbury.
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Frank Davis
Delia
Post
Taft Visits Beverly and Attends Unitarian Service
President Taft and family spend a day in Beverly with Mrs Taft and Miss Helen attending a morning service at the Unitarian Church. The party toured Parramatta and enjoyed a quiet Beverly day, before traveling to Boston.
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Beverly
Boston
Marion
Ind
Hoosier State
Charles W. Fairbanks
Delia Torrey
Millbury
Washington
Worcester
Will
Taft
Helen Taft
Major Butt
Unitarian Church
B. R. Bulkeley
Mrs. Taft
Parramatta
Miss Helen
Charlie
Evans Cottage
Tafts
Taft's Visit Stirs Mutual Welcome as Sylph Arrives
Taft's entourage welcomes Beverly greetings as the presidential yacht Sylph is due this week. The Mayflower is slated to follow after Taft's arrival and extended sojourn in August.
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Beverly
Taft Prefers Quiet Rides Over Speeches on Hot Day
President Taft rode through Albany on the rear platform while avoiding speeches on Sunday. He studied remarks for Indiana appearances to be delivered tomorrow and Tuesday, covering peace arbitration in Marion and the Aldrich currency plan for bankers and editors. Senator Crane joined the train at Hinsdale for a stretch of travel.
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Albany
N. Y
Taft
Marion
Indianapolis
Ind
Worcester
Pittsfield
Springfield
Mass
Boston
Indiana
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Hinsdale
Taft Stops in Pittsfield For 150th Anniversary
Through Senator W Murray Crane Taft made a five minute stop at Pittsfield Union Station on the way to Indianapolis. He addressed the crowd and congratulated Pittsfield on its 150th anniversary and its citizens on the successful celebration.
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Pittsfield
W. Murray Crane
Taft
Crane
Indianapolis
Union Station
Vedrines First To Cross Channel In European Race
Vedrines led the European aviation circuit by crossing from Calais to Dover in this morning's stage. He was sighted at 4:35 and landed at 4:39. Seven contestants reached Calais on Thursday, with the Calais to Dover stage postponed due to the Gordon Bennett trophy race. Others still at Calais include Beaumont Garros Vidart Gibert Kimmerling and Renaux.
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Dover
Eng
Vedrines
Channel
Calais
East Church
Beaumont
Garros
Vidart
Gibert
Kimmerling
Renaux
Ironquill dies at 70 in Colorado Springs
Captain Eugene F. Ware known as the Iron quill dies at 70 in Cascade mountain retreat of heart disease. Ware was a Kansas poet and lawyer and served as federal pension commissioner under President Roosevelt after fighting with Iowa cavalry in the Civil War.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Eugene F. Ware
Kansas
Ironquill
Cascade
Roosevelt
Iowa Cavalry
Vocations for Woman Graduates Open New Career Paths
The girl graduate may now choose such widely different vocations as visiting dietitian probation officer and welfare worker in store or factory according to Vocations for the Trained Woman lately published by the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union. The possibilities include banking real estate and insurance buying and advertising and teaching salesmanship in department stores rent collecting and agricultural specialties such as beekeeping floriculture and landscape gardening dairy and poultry farming. Nor is $5000 beyond the efficient woman's reach.
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Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Women Early 20th Century Career Paths Highlighted
The piece surveys women entering diverse fields from social work and department store buying to advertising and banking. It notes pay ranges, required traits like persistence, and the emergence of training schools in salesmanship. It also mentions uniformed police matrons, probation officers, rent collection, and women advancing in farming and exotic produce ventures.
Eclipse Sinking Off Iceland With 56 Lost
A cutter from Hammerfest reports the Norwegian steamer Eclipse foundered off Iceland. The vessel carried 56 aboard and it is believed all are lost.
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Christiania
Rolfsoehavn
Hammerfest
Norway
Iceland
Water Shortage Draws Thousands to Marine Park
Thousands crowded Marine Park South Boston as water taps failed at the Head House and only a bubbling fountain at East Fifth street offered relief. Fire hydrants were opened to supply water, while officials noted faucets had been disabled to prevent misuse. hundreds queued at fountains, and volunteers treated minor injuries from the daylong crowd. The new gasoline launch Madeline began plying between City Point and Castle Island to move the crowds.
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Marine Park
Boston
Castle Island
East Fifth Street
McNary Park
Old Harbor Street
Farragut Road
Park Department
City Point Beach
Corps of
Volunteer Life Savers
Madeline
City Point
Naval cadets arrive at Kiel with Iowa Indiana and Massachusetts
The American practice Squadron aboard battleships Iowa Indiana and Massachusetts arrived at Kiel. After dipping flags to the German fleet crowds cheered. The Emperor on Hohenzollern is to meet Commander Coontz tomorrow and midshipmen will be taken to Berlin after July 4.
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Kiel
Iowa
Indiana
Massachusetts
Badger
Hohenzollern
Travemunde
Coontz
Berlin
Atwood Plans Transcontinental Flight for Hearst Prize
Aviator Harry N. Atwood will soon attempt a transcontinental flight for the $50,000 Hearst prize in New York. He seeks to surpass his prior feats with a daring endurance challenge across the continent.
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Harry N. Atwood
William R. Hearst
New York
Atwood Plans Transcontinental Flight From New York
Aviation figure Atwood left for New York to finalize cross country plans. He expects to fly coast to coast in about three weeks using a southern route if conditions permit. He denies seeking aid from Charles K. Hamilton and insists he can fly solo. He may also fly to Washington around July 6 with his mother as passenger deemed unsafe. Atwood brought pupil Clifford L. Webster to Governor's Island for instruction and practiced at Harvard aviation grounds with Bernard Levey aboard on a short trip.
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Atwood
New York
Touraine
Charles K. Hamilton
San Francisco
Rockies
Washington
Clifford L. Webster
Governor's Island
New Hampshire
Harvard Aviation Grounds
Bernard Levey
The Evolution of a Temperance Drink
A historical note on Hires Rootbeer, tracing its origins from chemists experiments with flavors to a healthful beverage claimed to be pleasing and beneficial. It highlights ingredients like salsaparilla juniper hops spikenard teaberry ginger and sassafras and notes widespread physician endorsement and long-standing popularity as a national drink.
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Hires Rootbeer
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