Roosevelt Asked Taft to Appoint Him to Cavalry Command
The New York Herald reports a circulated claim that Colonel Roosevelt asked President Taft to appoint him to lead a cavalry regiment in case of a Mexican invasion. The request allegedly dates to when Taft mobilized troops on the frontier, behind semi official denials. A Herald correspondent now presents the full story blamed for Roosevelt’s resentment toward Taft.
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New York Herald Today
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Mexico
United States
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Herald
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Colonel Plans Cavalry to Meet Japan in Mexico
The colonel pressed President Taft to make him a major general of cavalry and form a Rough Riders style troop with Jim Sloan Cecil Lyon and others. He said the unit would march into Mexico if invasion by Japan became necessary. Taft reportedly dismissed the danger with Japan and said he could not promote him to major general.
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Mexico
Roosevelt
Taft
Rough Riders
Jim Sloan
Secret Service
Cecil Lyon
Texas
Diabetes cures and a shipwreck chase in heroic tales
A letter-writer recounts belief in Fulton’s Diabetes Compound and a Sacramento yardmaster’s recovery. The Ned P. Walker schooner faces Cuban customs fines for dynamite, with Captain Smith said to have found a sunken Maria Herrera wreck and potential salvage amid Havana intrigue and U.S. consular involvement.
Cuba Holds Boston Ship of Mystery
Captain R J Smith owner of the Boston schooner Ned P Walker under charter to the Boston Wrecking Company faces a $100 Cuban fine and seizure of 80 cases of dynamite plus diving gear and other items in Havana. He has appealed to the US consul general and warns of an international incident if not resolved.
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Santiago
Guantanamo
Cuba
Antonio Masferrer
Santiago de Cuba
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Captain Smith
Santiago Harbor
Maria Herrera
Porto Rico
Smith
Senor
Don Cosmo Herrera
Herrera Steamship Company
Masferrer
Ross E. Holladay
Joseph Linn Rodgers
Havana
Holladay
Boston Wrecking Company
R. J. Smith
Boston
United States
Aroostook Potato Crop Sells For 1 650 000
Fort Fairfield Maine May 19 Best estimates place the 1911 Aroostook potato crop sale between 14 000 000 and 15 000 000 bushels with two to three million bushels left for starch seed and food uses in the county and lost The crop valued at 1 650 000 dollars reflects the year's yield and handling in local markets.
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Fort Fairfield
Aroostook
Aroostook Potato Harvest Promises Record Year
Figures show 1911 crop sold at over 2 dollars per barrel leaving an estimated county return between 1.65 and 1.89 million dollars. The crop rose from 4 million bushels in 1899 to 17 million in 1911, with yields up from 65 to about 100 bushels per acre, and farmers predict 40 to 50 million bushels yearly with scientific farming over the next decade.
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Aroostook
Sisters Save Girl at Local Fire in Quincy
A blaze in the William Weslyan block at 1897 Hancock Street Quincy yesterday afternoon caused 150 dollars in damage. The fire driven by flames from Mr Weslyan's basement hardware store forced Edward Drysdale’s family from 1593 Hancock Street. Miss Florence Drysdale was carried out in hysterics by sisters Bessie and Ida and later treated by a physician. The fire reached the roof burning stock and household furnishings and spread to the Berman Furniture Company store.
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William Weslyan
Hancock Street
Quincy
Edward Drysdale
Florence Drysdale
Bessie
Ida
Mr. Drysdale
Berman Furniture Company
Titanic survivors from Tripoli tell Boston tale of sinking
Jamilla Nichola a 13 year old Syrian girl and her 9 year old brother Elias arrived in Boston recounting the Titanic disaster. They described lifeboat exits in night clothes, gunfire on deck, a Chinaman saving a baby then being shot, and their escape as the ship sank. They travel with Isaac Garat to Jacksonville to join their mother.
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Jamilla Nichola
Elias
Boston
Miss Nichola
Rman
Nichola
Mr. Garat
Jacksonville
France
Tripoli
New York
Papa
Alleged Thief Nabs After Atlantic Avenue Chase
Patrolman Duncan G. Chisholm pursued and captured Thomas Howard 23, of Beacon Street Somerville, after he allegedly snatched an open-faced gold watch worth 75 dollars from George Miller at the B R B L depot. Howard was caught near City Hall station with the stolen item in his pocket. his photo was recovered.
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Duncan G. Chisholm
Atlantic Avenue
Thomas
Howard
Beacon Street
Somer
Papes Diapepsin Quick Relief For Stomach Distress
An old advertise style touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast gentle remedy for indigestion sour stomach and gas. It claims rapid relief within minutes and promotes a fifty cent bottle as a home stomach doctor trusted worldwide for harmless effective action.
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