President Orders Cut Canal Zone Expenses
The president directs a new Isthmian canal commission reorganization with economy as the priority. Auditing moves to the war department. purchasing to an army officer. Bishop may go to the isthmus as secretary. officers Ross and Benson resign. Hodges expected to succeed Ross with raise. Taft to cut expenses to the bone while keeping essential operations.
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War Department
Joseph Bucklin
New York
Bishop
David’ R._Ross
Ernest 8. Benson
Ma. Hodges
Engineering Corps
Army
Taft
Congress
Tragic Fate Blights Life of German Ambassador
The German ambassador Baron Speck von Sternburg faces a disfiguring cancerous facial growth that imperils his career and social prospects for his American wife. Doctors have yet to fully explain the infection, which began during Kaiser period service in India, and Germany plans a replacement within months.
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Baron Speck von Sternburg
Germany
India
Europe
Washington
Congress
Beck von Sternburg
Sternburg
Foreign Office
White House renovation underway with workers and paint
Twenty painters labor on the White House as Virginia sandstone walls face porosity. The cold dampness of early residence prompted white lead coatings to seal walls. Annual repainting leaves layers over six quarters thick, while the presidential family plans to return from Oyster Bay.
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White House
Oyster Bay
Virginia
Adams
Norte
Controversy Over Fairbanks Birthplace Sparks Debate
A disputed tale ties worm-eaten memory to Fairbanks birth cabin. Critics note the sketch was memory-based after the cabin burned when he was four. The piece questions memory accuracy amid broader controversy surrounding the Fairbanks birthplace claim.
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Mr. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Sisters of a New York family child replies to aunts
One married sister recalls the tiny girl overpetted by aunts who urged advice. Each aunt offers the expected command and the young lady, weary, finally replies that she remains grateful that her father married the mother.
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America
Joston
ST. Louis
Greater Boston
New England
Sosson
Wome
Chicago
NEW York Central Lines
Warren. Lynch
York
Lydia
BR. Pinkham
Lyon
Armani
Lydia E. Pinkham
East Parl
Pintenam
Lydia B. Pinkhans
Cure of birth skin disease with Cuticura remedies cited
A Rockingham County cousin recalls a child with a lifelong skin disease cured by Cuticura after two months. The letter claims the skin became as soft as a baby’s and free of scars. The writer notes a seventeen year gap since contact and mentions variations of medical testimonials and unrelated ad copy fragments.
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Rockingham Co
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