Roosevelt Praises Navy on Louisiana Voyage
President Roosevelt mingled with officers and sailors aboard the battleship Louisiana during a Panama trip. He praised engineers for exceeding contract speed and commended the crew's discipline and teamwork, urging long peace-time preparation to sustain national strength and honor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama
Louisiana
Army and Navy Union
Wikat
Hatteras
Engineer Department
Army
United States
Keith's Theatre Holiday Vaudeville and Shaw Playlet Bill
Keith's Theatre presents a holiday vaudeville program with "A Jay Circus" by Sherman De Forrest and company, "Flinders' Furnished Flat" by Willard Simms and company, and the Royal Musical Five plus many acts. Bernard Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband" will be staged by Arnold Daly's troupe the week of Dec 3 with the Mrs. engagement Dec 10 and 17.
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Lovera
Keith
Gayety
Jay
Sherman, de Forrest and Company
Willard Simms
Flinders
Lew John
Louis Boller
Burke and Dempsey
Royal Musical Five
Hamilton Hill
Fitzgerald Trainor
Cute Little Pony
Don
Claude Frederick
Will la Belle
Walter Daniels
Kitty Stevens
Bernard Shaw
Arnold Daly
Globe offers 2500 prize for history picture solutions
The Boston Globe invites children to submit solutions to historical problem pictures with a 2500 prize for up to 500 bright boys and girls. Open to parental or teacher help, entries start by requesting back issues, with conditions published in the Globe.
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Boston Globe
Globe
Saved by a Cipher in Colchester Castle Escape
A prisoner Sir John Trevanion faced execution in Colchester Castle. A condolence letter conceals a cipher: every third letter after punctuation reveals a panel at the chapel end. The prisoner prays, the panel opens, and he escapes before dusk, aided by the ciphered note.
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Sir John ‘Trevanion
Colchester
Sir John
Chinese Children Carrying Water Across Towns
Descriptive note on young Chinese children who haul water in a pall on a bamboo pole. If one child is stronger, the heavier end is slung over his shoulder, illustrating early practicality and usefulness learned in street life.
Hope for Niagara Falls Preservation Push Urges Taft to Limit Water Diversion
Philadelphia readers discuss imminent danger to Niagara Falls from Canadian and domestic power interests. The American Civic Association urges Secretary Taft to restrict Niagara water diversions, warning that inland hydro projects could ruin the Falls. Citizens advised to write to Taft urging preservation of the Falls.
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Philadelphia
Niagara
Roosevelt
Nils
State of New York
Friends i the Falls
Burton Bilconta Ag
Civic Association
Taft
Association
McFarland
American Civic Associaton Today
New York State Park
Canada
Susquehanna
Potomac
Hudson
Delaware
James Rivers
Niagara Falls
Deu Ee
William H
Io Department
Washington, D
Secretary War hears Niagara Falls plea in Congress
Washington reports a flood of letters and telegrams to Secretary Taft from the American Civic Association and supporters of the Burton Bill. The volume of correspondence has surged as the Niagara Falls issue faces a hearing, shaping Congress debate.
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Washington, D. C
Niagara Falls
American Civic Association
Taft
Burton
Congress
Niagara
Inveh Weher
Ene Congress
Ees Witare
War
Annual Meeting Notes and Exhibits at Local Society
The society reports 197 members with $1400 income and $1200 expenditures for the year. A $3000 investment earns usual interest. A mineral and zoological collection plus Indian relics is on public exhibition. William Watson works as fireman for the Boston and Maine railroad and resides in Lawrence.
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William Watson
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lawrence
Treasury Seizes Elephant Herd From Thompson
Washington reports treasury agents confiscated an elephant herd after a private owner tried to sell them for ten thousand dollars. Officials cited low valuations and doubts about ownership while noting the animals were imported at six thousand dollars and duties paid. The piece questions public adoption of the herd as house pets and mentions counterfeit indicators in the described stock.
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Washington
Wang
Conanne
Treasury
Thompson
Nation Faces 1904-05 Engineering Needs and Rivers Plan
General Alexander MacKenzie reports to the Secretary of War that 16 052 481 dollars are needed to complete engineering work on the proposed improvements. The National Rivers and Harbors meeting will hear December 6 and 7 in the assembly room. The article notes record wealth totals and rising imports with breadstuffs and cotton showing gains. It also mentions Congress coming sessions and a marble building cleaning by city firemen.
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Alexander MacKenzie
Secretary of War
Fications
Caere
Congress
Portias
Avenee
Czar of the House Signals Move to Boost Stand-pattism
Report notes that after work concludes Congress appears set to reinforce stand-pattism, with indications that the leader dubbed the Czar of the House is preparing stronger restraint or blocking measures.
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Congress
House
Marlboro Leader Patrick H. Hurley Dies in Worcester
Patrick H. Hurley, longtime manager of the Worcester Eastern League team, died Saturday in Worcester. He was known across baseball circles and well known among Marlboro residents familiar with the game.
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Patrick H. Hurley
Worcester
Hurley
Boston and Maine Railway Schedule Digest 1906
Trains depart Boston for South Acton and surrounding towns with listed times from Nov 1 1906. Includes Hudson Fitchburg line, Marlboro Central Mass, Concord and South Acton connections with Sunday and weekday departures and multiple intervals.
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Boston
South Acton
Samean Cae
Weat Acton
Peale Marlbor
Marlboro Central Mass
Suns
Hudson
Fitchburg
Marlboro
Concord
N Y N H M M RAILROAD Timetable Fragments
Fragmented schedule shows Marlboro and Boston trains with irregular times and several station names including Concord South Sudbury Lowell and Adams Maynard. Notes indicate connections and Sunday times, plus odd digits and garbled text.
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Keith's Theatre
HOPE
Ings
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Uncle Sam
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Lote
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Concord Tion
the Peoples National Bank
Marlborough
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Honra' Oto
William D. Burdett
Charles F. Holyoke
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