Washington social season opens with Roosevelt return
Round the Capital reports the Washington social season stirring as President and Mrs Roosevelt arrive and embassies prepare to resume, with tuberculosis congress events sparking receptions and dinners. Miss Ethel Roosevelt to enter society as the White House opens to congress and young guests, chaperoned by Mrs Longworth and Admiral Cowles.
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Tragic Coincidence in Deaths of Envoys in Washington
Dual deaths of Minister Hauge of Norway and Ambassador Speck von Sternberg of Germany echo a shared Louisville upbringing. Baroness Speck von Sternberg returns to pack belongings at the German embassy as the widow of a diplomat who died in service. The late diplomat, famed for his wealth and style, rarely appeared in society last winter due to illness, while his wife was celebrated at White House functions.
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White House
No Hunters to Accompany the President on Africa Trip
President Roosevelt plans a African safari with Myron Roosevelt and Kermit, a taxidermist, and a National Museum naturalist. No definite itinerary or guides from the United States are chosen yet. He will determine the caravan after arriving on the coast and will not accept invitations until plans firm up.
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Insane Hospital Opens Male Nurses Home at Government Hospital
The Insane Hospital has opened a male nurses home to house attendants separately from patients. The east lodge, remodeled for 68 men in 83 apartments, offers electricity lighting Vermont marble baths and a large first floor club room. Staff assignment is underway and they praise the new comfortable quarters after work.
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Conference plans sought to ease Balkan crisis spread
London reports Great Britain, Russia and France agreed on an eight point program for a European conference to settle the Balkan situation. Proposals include Bulgarian independence, Crete with Greece, compensation to Serbia and Montenegro, and Danube traffic revisions. Austria threatens Montenegro and Turkish officials warn of responsibility if Bulgaria escalates hostilities.
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Hindus to Honduras to be moved from British Columbia
J B Harkin of the Dominion interior department says the Hindu colony of over 2000 people in British Columbia will be relocated to British Honduras with imperial government aid for transport costs. The move follows widespread unemployment and starvation among the community.
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Carriers Head a Thief Arrested in Joliet Case
Chicago letter carrier Robert F. Palmer, president of the City Letter Carriers Association of Disners, was arrested Thursday for robbing mail. He confessed to Postmaster Inspectors Histon and Llewellyn that he had pilfered letters for 18 years with a large but unaccounted total.
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J. O. Curwood Alive and Well
Rumor claims James Oliver Curwood was murdered by Indians in Hudson Bay country. dispatches confirm the writer, famed Detroit magazine author, is alive and well.
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Murderer Kills Self In Jail At County Jail
In Champaign, John Cook, 78, hanged himself in the county jail on Thursday. One month earlier he killed Mrs Ednie McLenoun.
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Chicago Champions Again Retain World Series Title
Chicago defeats Detroit 2 to 0 in five games to retain the world baseball championship. Detroit won one game. Chicago demonstrated superior hitting and defense, with Schmidts throwing arm recovering and Mullins limited by Chicago bats. Attendance totaled 62,232 with receipts near $95,000.
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Explorer Heads for Pole as Dr Cook Sends Word
Dr Frederick B Crook reports from polar sea north of Cape Hubbard that progress toward the pole is steady despite extreme cold. He plans a late May return to base and asks for readiness to sail to Acponie by June 5 if delayed, while noting ample dogs and a desperate but hopeful effort.
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Dr. Mann Declines Washington Bishopric After Boston Work
Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston, declines the vacant bishopric of Washington to succeed Bishop Satterlee, citing unfinished work in Boston as the reason for his decision.
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American girl elopes in Europe to Paris-Mies Forence Morgan
Florence resident G. L. Morgan reports his daughter, an American, eloped with another American named Craig in Europe. The couple arrived in the city Friday after leaving Florence.
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Iowa Girl Dies by Own Action At New Sharon
Clara Watland aged 15 of Oskaloosa Iowa committed death by own action at New Sharon on Friday responding to a scolding from her mother about tardiness in returning home from school. She drank arsenic.
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Topsy Passes Away in Cambridge Home
Mrs. George C. Howard, once famed as an actress in the dramatized Aunt Tom’s Cabin and known locally as the original Topsy, died Thursday night at her Cambridge residence.
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Cambridge
State Capital Gossip Highlights School Pay Rise
Des Moines reports state superintendent John F. Riggs cites a new certificate law boosting Iowa teachers' pay by 398,291 dollars for the year ending July 1 1907 and 780,317 dollars for the two years ending last July. He notes exams conducted by county superintendents and state board certifying staff, and cites penny savings for 3,880 Des Moines pupils as the Penny Providence program expands across schools. Reports also cover courthouse tours to Toronto and Detroit for grandstand ideas, voting machine training in Polk County, and Ames college building requests funded by tax measures. The piece also notes remarks by Dr. Edward C. Elliott praising Iowa's proposed educational reforms and a push for stronger teacher certification and county district reorganization to raise standards.
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United States
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Washington
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