Panamanian policy and tariff debates dominate U.S. scene
A sweep of 1914 era items shows Roosevelt seeking a senate hearing on the Columbian treaty, McDermott resigning amid lobby probe charges, Haiti’s new minister presenting credentials to Wilson, and a vigorous antitrust revision advancing in the Senate. Exports hit a record cotton value of 610 million, while railway and oil cases bill through Congress and police investigate a Kansas City shooting spree.
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James T. McDermott
Iinois
House
McDermott
Illinois
Chicago
Huerta Sails From Vera Cruz as Peace Efforts Begin
The Dresden carried former President Huerta and family toward Jamaica with Blanquet and others aboard, while troops and a Bristol guard watched in darkness. In Washington, Carranza urged a halt to hostilities and pursued negotiations for a constitutionalist transfer of power in Mexico City.
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Puerto
Mexico
Dresden
Huerta
Blanquet
Senora Blanquet
Jamaica
Bristol
Twenty-ninth
Zaragoza
Senora Huérta
Carranza
Washington,d,c
United States
Carbajal
Mexico City
John R. Silliman
Wilson
Hanna
Consil Robertson
Vera Cruz
Capea Kohler
Dresten
Washington
Washington,d. C
Washington Administration
Monterey
Consu
President Withdraws Jones Nomination to Federal Reserve Board
President Wilson withdrew Thomas D. Jones of Chicago from consideration for the Federal Reserve Board ending a heated Senate fight. The move followed concerns over antitrust policy and Jones’s relations with the International Harvester Company. Senator Reed and others argued against confirmation, while Paul M. Warburg’s nomination was noted as proceeding.
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Chicago
Reserve Board
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Thomas
D. Jones
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Anna Denes
Weeny the Ang
Jones
Lewis
Hlinvis
Paul M. Warburg
Reed
Missouri
International Harvester Company
Hitchcock
Yonex
Meat imports surge after Underwood tariff in 1914
Washington reports large increases in fresh beef, canned and cured meats, and other meat products imported after the Underwood tariff took effect. The fiscal year 1914 shows substantial import volumes, with tens of millions of pounds entering the United States, reflecting strong activity in meat trade and related sectors.
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Washington, DC
Department of Agriculture
United States
Canal opening date rumor stirs Washington response
In Washington officials debate an August 15 opening of a canal as rumors spread about a Cristgpal Ward steamer signaling passage to a great waterway. The report mentions figures tied to the Supreme Court and the Attorney General, with names unclear due to OCR errors.
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Washington
Great Waterway
Ward
McReynohde
Washington, D. C
Mo Pepe Je
Mise Lacy Burlewis
Tango as cause of Brooklyn youths to be jailed
Judge Fawcett suspends a two youth sentence after pleas on attempted grand larceny. John Colver, 20, of 487 Hancock Street, and Tom Chapman, 16, of 362 Jeffe Avenue, admitted money and jewelry theft from Adelaide Ton, keeper of a furnished rooming house. Both belong to moderate means. judge orders them to go home and Chapman to return to service while Colver works.
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Fawcett Brooklyn
John Colver
Hancock Street
Ton Chapman
Jeffe Avenue
Adelaide
Ton
Chapman
Colver
New York Sun
Rash Outbreak Reported in Granton Wisconsin
Fragmentary OCR describes a rash outbreak in Granton Wisconsin with a sister suffering a deep wet sore on the face that spread to the ear and caused dripping fluid. The text mentions Cuticura Soap in the treatment and a reference to 46 years old.
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Granton, Wis
Fragmentary London note on dressmaker and skirt design
A garbled London fragment mentions a dressmaker and a skirt design with a note about slashed front styling. The legibility is limited, offering few concrete names, places, or dates beyond the aesthetic reference.
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London
Dreesmaker—iIt
St Maut
Fragmentary OCR Note Seeks Attendance
A partial line indicates an invitation to attend an event with unclear details. The readable fragment mentions a person or group and a request to be present, but lacks dates, places, or names to specify the outcome or context.
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Cape Haitien
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Congress
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Kan
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Wilkesbarre
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Saloons
Independence, Mo
Scarritt
Chelsea Avenues
Cliff Drive
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Oklo
New Orleans
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James Sieroter Wain
Fort Smith
Ark
Thomas ‘Tolbert, McCurtain
Foreign Affairs
Joseph. Caillaux
Pariat Court
Gaston
Figaro
M. Caillaux
Mme. Caillaux
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Joseph
Caillaux
France
Palace of Justice
Paris
Gaston Calmette
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