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Taken by Post Staff Photographer T Allen Luke with credit for the image.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
7
Taken by Post Staff Photographer T Allen Luke with credit for the image.
Ex President elect William Howard Taft arrives in Augusta greeted by about a thousand school children 160 Richmond Academy cadets and civic leaders. Taft acknowledges the reception with his characteristic smile and tours the city including a round at the Country Club reporting feeling splendid despite the heat.
Ursuline Sisters of the Ursuline Convent in Waterville Maine endorse Father John's Medicine as a safe non opioid remedy for colds throat and bronchial trouble. They report a three bottle course restored a voice impaired for nearly two years and caution against patent medicines with dangerous drugs.
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan told assistant secretaries and bureau heads he is not prepared to discuss tenure. He said his own tenure is brief and not yet begun, and he expects to meet his successor with pleasant memories of the retiring secretary. He offered no further explanation.
General Olliver, Napoleon's prime minister, offers next Sunday's Post an inside history explaining how Germany forced war on France in 1870.
President Wilson begins his term handling routine with Tumulty as secretary. He meets New Jersey visitors, shakes hands with 1140 people in the East Room, and tours Washington by automobile with two motorcycle guards. Officers discuss open door policies and departmental questions.
President Wilson forms a new cabinet with William B. Wilson named Secretary of Labor and other picks like Josephus Daniels as Navy and William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State. Cabinet confirmations were sent to the Senate and the President limits interviews to departmental heads.
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as instantly opening nostrils and curing catarrh, colds, and sore throats by morning. It urges purchase at drug stores and claims quick relief from nasal congestion, headaches, and mucous issues with a fragrant, heat-dissolving balm.
Mr. Bryan left the cabinet and joined the State Department where Mr. Knox welcomed him. Mr. Daniels was escorted to the Navy Department by Mr. Meyer. A similar reception occurred in the War Department for Mr. Stimpson and Mr. Garrison. James McReynolds, newly appointed attorney general, held talks with Mr. Wickersham at the Department of Justice on major anti trust cases and ongoing investigations including the Standard Oil decree compliance.
Officials of the Taft administration, after resignations accepted by President Wilson, will pursue other careers. Postmaster General Hitchcock plans a six month rest and a Panama visit. Attorney General Wickersham will begin a around the world trip, then return to private practice.
The World notes that Robert J. Tracewell and Carmi Thompson plan to return to Indiana and Ohio respectively. Secretary Knox declines a Hague commission, Huntington Wilson tours abroad, and other Treasury aides resume prior jobs or pursue new offers.
Washington March 5 In contrast with yesterday’s pomp six members of President Wilsons official family were sworn in today to begin their official duties. The ceremony marked a quieter start to their service.
Secretaries Bryan Garri son Daniels Lane Burleson and Wil son along with Treasury McAdoo Agriculture Houston Attorney General McReynolds and Commerce Redfield will take their oaths tomorrow.
Mrs Maria Denis 75 of 12 Ives Street died when her clothing ignited from a lamp accident after six women tipped the lamp. She was alone in the house and attempted to reach water as flames spread. Neighbor William H. McCue raised the alarm but found her dead in the kitchen.
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