Vast Mail for the White House in Roosevelt Era
Washington correspondence details the enormous daily flow of letters to President Roosevelt. Thousands of items daily reach the White House, with most opened by clerks and sorted to departments or family members. The piece notes the impracticality of personal reading and highlights curiosity about mail handling and public intrigue.
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Washington
White House
Sint
Roosevel
United States
Chee White
Wiote
Mhring
Phace
Segapor Hadge
Hertie
Oraz
Auodvineis
Securitous
Orp
Sek
Cap
Dt Appit
Mrs. Roosevelt
What Attorney General Knox Recommends
Attorney General Knox urges that all discriminatory practices in interstate trade be offenses to be enjoined and punished. He calls for penalties on interstate transport of goods from producers beyond national control and for a new Commerce Department commission to investigate and report on interstate and foreign commerce.
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Department of Commerce
America Among the Nations Exalts U S Pacific Trade Lead
The piece argues the United States holds an unparalleled commercial position due to Pacific access. It claims the isthmian canal will shift advantage to America, making New York closer to many ports and the Pacific a British ocean unless canal routes change. It notes savings from not maintaining a large standing army and cites the Times Literary Supplement praise.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Pacific Ocean
Mediterranean
England
Pacific
Liverpool
Cape Keth
New York
Capes
South America
Mexico
North America
San Francisco
Suez Canal
Laiverpool
Isthmian Canal
North China
Sad
Cental
Aestern Preifie
Eastern Pacific
Oour
Europe
Short News Notes From Early 20th Century Dispatches
Germany's population set at 56 345 014 as a cold wave spares Florida crops. A Mine explosion near Fayette City Pennsylvania kills four. Mary Giuliano aged 15 and Ange Cafferata drown while coasting in St Louis. Reedy Miarris shoots wife near Rosser Texas after she refuses to live with him. Maxwell-Raiford Jewelry in Tuscaloosa robbed of 1200. Two men killed and one wounded on a railroad grade near Sapulpa Oklahoma by a dynamite blast. Wm Cory of Nemaha Nebraska and John Flynn of South McAlester among the dead.
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Germany
Florida
Dow Academy
Franconia
N. HH
Fayette City
Mary Giuliano
Ange Cafferata
St. Louis
Reedy Miarris
Rosser
Texas
United States Supreme Court
Horace Gray
Maxwell-Raiford Jewelry Company
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sapulpa
Wm. Cory
Nemaha
Neb
John Flynn
South McAlester
Multiple Government and Political Shifts Highlight Patchwork News
Reports show Adjutant General disbanding Louisiana’s First regiment over strike duties. Georgia passes a summer legislative session bill despite veto. New Hampshire constitutional convention backs woman suffrage by 145 to 92 with re consideration. Cornell’s president cites land purchase in the Philippines and self government parity with Cuba. Secretary of War Root plans to resign in April after reforms. Thomas Fortune advocates negro labor importation to address tropical colony absorption. Washington hosts a district of Columbia statehood mass meeting. population and intellect cited as arguments, with race and jurisdiction cited as hurdles. Charles Francis Adams argues Civil War was a necessity, noting mental reservations in states joining the Union.
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Adjt
James
Louisiana
Georgia
Schiurman
Cornell
Cooper Union
New York
Root
Thomas Fortune
Philippine
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
United States
Gallinger
District of Columbia
Washington
New England Society of
Charleston
D. C
Charles Francis Adams
Mayor Egnazeuve Faces Charges In Puerto Rico
San Juan mayor Egnazeuve is under arrest charged with destroying records to conceal crookedness. The case centers on official documents and alleged improper actions tied to governance in the capital.
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Egnazeuve
San Juan
P.rb
Mitchell Receives Two Ovations at UMWA Convention
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America is publicly honored in Indianapolis with two demonstrations. A 3,009 member labor march to Tomlinson Hall followed by a formal reception precedes Mitchell’s address advocating wage gains and trust in a strike commission.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Organized Labor
Washington Street
Tomlinson Hall
Fuel shortage disrupts industry and fuels winter outlook
The Weekly Trade Review reports ongoing fuel shortages hurting iron furnaces and mills while mines run at higher levels. Demand rises for heavy clothing and dry goods as traders signal cautious optimism for spring, with plans for large office holdings and strong structural steel activity.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Bradstreet
Fatal Fieldville youth dies in horse accident
Slarry Remtaff, about 19, was killed at Fleldenville, I T, when four boys rode and their horses tangled a wire fence. Remtaff was dragged a distance and died within an hour. Charles Kolb was seriously injured. John McGann of Bangor, Maine claims cure for rheumatism by sleeping under an American Hag and dreaming of a flag remedy.
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Slarry Remtaff
Fleldenville
I. T
Stemtaff
Charles Kolb
John McGann
Bangor
Midwest and East Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Regional quotes show Chicago and Milwaukee levels for cattle hogs and grains, with prices for wheat corn oats rye butter and eggs. Steelcity markets in Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo and New York list bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and lambs plus grain grades and byproducts.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste. Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Struggle for Lifer in Eagle River Mo
Muaggia KB Decker, 48, of Eagle River, endured twelve years of kidney trouble rheumatism and stomach ailments. After spending over a hundred dollars on medicines with no relief she credited Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving her life and restoring her health.
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Eagle River
Muaggia KB. Decker
Dodd
Monkey talk remark sparks cautious doubt in Washington Star
Willie Washington dismisses investigations into monkey talk as unnecessary while Miss Cayenne counters the idea, saying a monkey could not reveal more than one could imagine. The exchange highlights skepticism about the merit of such inquiries.
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Willie Washington
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Peruna Almanac Astrology Articles Attract Drugists
The Peruna Almanac offers astrology articles supplied by a competent astrologist. It includes a near complete horoscope with mental characteristics of each zodiac sign. A list of astrology questions and answers is sent free on request. druggists report high demand and urge early purchase.
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Pertuna
Mrs Austin Pancake Flour In Town Fresh And Delicious
The notice mentions Mrs Austin's famous Pancake flour as in town fresh and delicious. It references a historical wage strike by 300 shoemakers in Philadelphia in 1784, noted as the first instance of such tactics in the country, and mentions the first road strike occurring in 1877.
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Philadelphia
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