Tafts Tribute to Major Archibald Butt Hero of Titanic
President Taft honors Major Archibald W. Butt, Titanic hero and his loyal military aide. He praises Butt’s simple character, humor, and selfless service, noting the void his loss creates and Butt’s steady courage in the face of disaster. The column also reflects on Butt’s literary talent and a few anecdotes from his life.
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President Taft
Major Archibald’ W. Butt
Archibald W. Butt
Taft
Butt
Archie
Archie Butt
Ike
Archle
Bute
Our Soldier at Chickamauga and the Pines
A wounded soldier recalls fever at a camp near Chickamauga. Miss Ellen, Bud, and the Kentucky regiment scene frame his decline into delirium and recovery. Messages from the president and Ellen rescue him, guiding his eventual return to health and his resolve to write again.
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War Department
Fredest
Kentucky
Sel
Bud
Bert
Palmer
Amy
Nevers
Allie
Cuba
Miss Elfen
Chi
Sera
Trong
Vary
Howard
Miss Eilen
Bereef
Miss Ellen
the Pines
Blien
To Know Later On. A playful exchange on marriage and writing
A fragment from a New York Herald cartoon caption references a flirtatious back and forth about marriage and writing. The dialogue hints at timing and misunderstandings, with other periodicals like Ladies' Home Journal cited in a lighthearted quip.
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Deen
New York Herald
Farmer's Wife Almost a Wreck
Mrs John F Rich of Westwood Maryland explains she suffered nervous spells female weakness and pelvic pain due to organic inflammation. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered significantly and urges others to consider the product to restore health.
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John F. Rich Westwood
Maryland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mellen to Take Stand in Boston Hearing
President Mellen of the New Haven road will testify in his own defense at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing before Commissioner Prouty in Boston. He defied counsel Edward D. Robbins, saying he will provide exact facts about the New York New Haven Hartford system and its subsidiaries. The Journal-Courier reported the decision after confirming Mellen’s plan to appear despite an indictment over the Westport wreck.
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New Haven
Mellen
New Haven Road
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Boston
Journal-Courier
Four Winds
Westport
Edward D. Robbins
Mr. Mellen
Bridgeport
Robbins
Edward G. Riggs
Meilén
Mass
iNew Haven, Conn
E. D. Robbins
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rillroad
Brandeis
Rhodes Island Trolley Company
Fairfield County News Skeleton Found
A man’s skeleton, likely ten years buried, was unearthed under two feet of soil on George Warneke’s Cannon property. Authorities suspect foul play due to lack of burial signs and no clothing remains. Local briefs report fires at Danbury and Norwalk. losses include a breeder house with about 200 young chickens, and a five room Norwalk home. Also covered are Sami Saadi’s bound over for trial on attempted blackmail, three Springwood children nearly dying after ingesting poisonous weeds, and Clyde Sinclair’s May Day arrest for a street robbery in Hartford.
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George Warneke
Cannon
Danbury
Howard H. Wood
Rhode Island
Wood
Jacob ‘Thommen
East Rocks Road
Norwalk
Thommen
Sami Saadi
Alice Wise
Superior Court
Saadi
Robert E. Perdue
Joseph Chandos
Perdue
Hartford
Clyde Sinclair
Do Not Neglect the Hall In Your Home
The passage urges care for the entrance hall to create a warm welcome. It notes that halls deserve attention and that new stock offers pleasing furniture options to impart hospitality, suggesting a brief period of consideration to choose appropriate furnishings.
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Holy Majors
J. B. Lippincott Company
Oxford
Baltimore American
Clara
Confucius
New Orleans Times-Democrat
God
Publius Syrus
Chickamauga
Farades
Executive Mansion
Washington
Camp Thomas
Chickmauga Park
William M'Kinley
Pines
Fairfield County News
Werba
Luescher
Rose
Iver Johnson
O’neill
Bicycle and Rubber Store
Main Street
Boston Opera
New England
Faust
Martha
Gos
Opernam
Hosaint
FOX
Thureday
Eleanor Cleveland
Geo. B. Clark & Co
Broad. ST
Frisbie’s
W. D. Cook & Son
Water Street
POLIK
Bert Felrose
Fred V. Bowers & CO
Helen Chas
Ada Latham
Chick Sales Flanagan
Edwards Borani
Nevareo
Marteles
Poli
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pacific Coast
W. Pringle
Conn
Chichester
Plaza
the Clipper
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Poli Stock CO
Wallingford
City of
City Hall
B. F. Cooney
Stearn
JADE
Stearns Chemical Co
Tranistan Avenue
Newfield Park
Holyoke
State OF Connecticut
District OF Bridgeport
Karolina (Cartie) Bichinger
Court of Probate
Anna Eichinger
Eixecutrix
North Window
South Window
W. K. Mollan
Main ST
Gandana
Burns Co
Pairfield Avenue
Bmolfiur Typewriter Exchange Cor
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Tak
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Woooster
Paceet Oitien
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B.A. Horwitz
East
Washington Ave
Kelley’s Cigar Store
Fairfield Ave
Sfamokers’ Supplies
James H Kelly
Bachman
Emmenagogt Ater
Masco
Hawiey, Wilmot & Reynolds
Wm., Lisberum & Son Embalmers and Undertakers
Malin sTuxi
John F. Gallagher
Fairfield
Rourke & Rourke
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