Gist of the Week's News From Cranbury Press
Victor L. Berger the only socialist elected to Congress will be classed as a Republican. The GOP caucus nominated Mannford for Speaker. W B Francis of Ohio resigns committee seats and criticises economy. insurgents to have one fourth representation in all Republican committees in the Senate. Taft provides data on the Mexican situation to Sulger and the two Democratic leaders. Senator Curtis plans a cloture amendment to Senate rules. Madero Jr provisional President assures foreign interests in Mexico will be protected. Supreme Court rules railroad independence from coal interests and that states must regulate intrastate traffic.
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Victor L. Berger
Congress
House
Mann Ford
W. B. Francis
Ohio
Republican
Senate
Taft
Sulger
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Curtis
Kansas
Washington
Mexico
Francesco J. Madero, Jr
Fire disasters, arrests, and political shakeups sweep state and world
Survivors of the Washington place fire in New York were examined by the district attorney and fire marshal as investigators scrutinize responsibility. The czar’s government is tightening control in Russia. Albany faces a major fire at the State Capitol likely caused by a cigarette or insulation defect, with losses estimated at 5 to 8 million dollars and extensive damage to the library and state departments. Other items note railroad rate decisions, a $20,000 award to Mrs. Peters against the New York Central for a foot injury, Canadian wheat planting draining gold from New York sub-treasury, a torpedo boat destroyer fatality off California, a railway robbery in Indiana, a jail escape in New Hampshire, New Jersey adopting the federal income tax, the Harper Library tower collapse at the University of Chicago, a water bill ruling against the American Sugar Refining Co., the arrival of a French cruiser squadron in New York, and a Yale law student arrested for grand larceny in Meriden.
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Washington Place
New York
Duma
Russia
State Capitol
Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court
Mary Peters
Hagaman
Montgomery County
New York Central
Canada
Northwest
New York Sub-Treasury
E. W. Hile
Stewart
California
Lake Shore
Auburn Junction
Ind
Portsmouth
N. H
New Jersey
M Harper Memorial Ibrary
University of Chicago
American Sugar Refining Company
North River
Sidney “Aldman
Yale Law
Meriden
Conn
Roosevelt Speech in Reno Yields Warm Reception
Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech in Reno Nevada and received a hearty reception. The article notes Taft addressing the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Conference in Washington and promising to act as ministers do in pulpits by offering recommendations and prayer. Sir Oliver Lodge raises questions he believes cannot be settled by arbitration.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Reno, Ney
Taft
Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Conference
Washington
Oliver Lodge
Widow of General Eckert Claims Fortune in New York
A woman claiming to be the General Thomas T. Eckert widow appeared before Surrogate Cahalan in New York to press a fortune now tied up in litigation. The report lists other distant items from weather to crime and politics, including a quarantine death at sea and a series of court and public notices.
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Thomas T. Eckert
Cahalan
New York
Naples
Swinburne Island
Big Moose
Adirondacks
Tupper Lake
New Orleans
Rosie Hoffman
Brooklyn
Dike
Auburn State Prison
Spain's Canalejas forms cabinet with De Luque war minister
Across world briefings report Canalejas forming a new Spanish cabinet with himself as premier and General De Luque as Minister of War. Other items note a Peking edict urging unity for defence and a Brazilian bond issue in London.
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Senor Canalejas
General de Luque
Peking
Empire
Corporation
London
Bar of Commons
London Mail
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Speyer Bros
Suffolk
England
Corporation of Dublin
George
Murcia
Spain
The Man That Was Snubbed and the Puritan Aunt
Captain Turner, on leave, becomes involved with Edith Eldridge and her aunt Susan. Edith uses calculated indifference to snub him while Aunt Susan enforces strict Puritan rules. A roadside accident, a staged rescue, and a later break in at the Eldridge home lead to a dramatic confrontation revealing Edith’s flirtatious intent and Aunt Susan’s surrender.
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Captain Turner
Long Island
New York
Judge Eldridge
Edith
Europe
Susan
Pennsylvania
Ger
Miss Edith
Hdith Eldridge
Brooklyn
Eldridge
Jayville
Eeith
Birthplace of Osteopathy Kirksville Story
In Kirksville Missouri Dr. A T Still founder of osteopathy is described as an 83 year old reformer who carries a long pole and greets visitors from his porch. The piece recounts his oddities meals and a childhood accident that inspired his theory of the body as a perfect mechanism.
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Dr. Still
Kirksville, Mo
Kirksville
A. T. ‘Still
American School of Osteopathy
Doctor Still
Fjold
George Bsughlin
Kansas
A Sure Winner for Thrills in Swiss Alpine Flight
Lucerne and Interlaken boast daring aerial ride over the Grindelwald glacier. A 20 passenger basket hangs on a wire from the Wetterhorn, promising stunning views and a new form of aeronautic thrill in Switzerland.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Alps
Grindelwald
Japan
Hongkong
Cairo
Jerusalem
Venice
Europe
Interlaken
Elisha’s Heavenly Defenders Lesson for April 9 1912
A Sunday School lesson on 2 Kings 6 8 2 and Psalm 91 1 the story of Elisha exposing Syrian plans from Dothan to Samaria and using prayer to blind the attackers. It emphasizes belief in the invisible world and angelic help for bravery and protection.
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Jehoram
Beecher
Hastings
Israel
Jehu
Dothan
Samaria
Bameria
Elisha
Assyria
Syria
Benhadad II
Jordan
Esdraelon
Benhadad
Dotham
Christiana
Justice
Devonshire
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