Foreign affairs and politics sweep the week in review
Washington looms large as a center of interest with Taft visiting Baltimore and back while legislators in multiple states debate taxes and wool tariffs. The bill for a four dollar weekly pension for elderly workers is advancing. Wisconsin Socialist Victor Berger pushes aid, as Alaska and Illinois corruption cases surface in congressional hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. Jusserand
East Central States
Wickersham
Alaska
Congress
Taft
Baltimore
Victor Berger
Wisconsin
House
Senate
Kershell Holstlaw
Holtslaw
Illinois
Lorimer
United States Senate
Pioneering flyer Blanche Scott dazzles Mineola in biplane display
Miss Blanche Scott, the first American woman to fly, performs a daring exhibition in a biplane at Mineola Long Island. Mayor Gaynor visits Great Barrington to check a Bible gift to the public library from 1907. William P Clyde Jr marries Miss Dora J E Taylor in London after courting during theatre work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Scott
Mineola
Long Island
Guy E. Shipler
Marguerite Strong
Chicago
Gaynor
New York
Great Barrington
William P. Clyde, Jr
London
Dora J. E. Taylor
New Theatre Company
Detroit team greets President at White House in triumph
The entire Detroit baseball squad shook hands with the President in the White House. War Secretary H. L. Stimson was entertained at San Juan by the Governor of Puerto Rico. Lt Croix Johnstone set a new American endurance record by staying aloft four hours and one minute.
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Detroit
White House
H. L.stimson
San Juan
Porto Rico
Croix Johnstone
Multiple 1912 News Items Mix of Relief, Disasters and Politics
The U S Red Cross sent 1000 to Montenegro for Albanian refugees. Manuel R Martinez died in New York after a life of roaming seeking a religion free country. I W W plans a universal eight hour day starting May 1 1912. Pyne barn in Bernardsville burned loss 50000. Baylor University to receive 200000 from John D Rockefeller with 400000 to be raised elsewhere. Dynamite damage to Indianapolis block worth 2000 blamed on labor sympathizers. Bank inquiry in Brooklyn cites perjury by Edward Morout. Surrogate Fowler finds George Shults loses 10000 legacy for life saving Lake Otsego. Fred E Stewart drowned boating. Gov Dix vetoes items in the supply bill totaling 721177 plus 25760 and 4772158 27.
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American Red Cross
Montenegro
Manuel R. Martinez
Broadway Central
New York City
Industrial Workers of the World
Cheney
Union Bank
Brooklyn
Edward Morout
Banking Department
Fowler
George Shults
Cooperstown
N. Y
Lake Otsego
Fred E. Stewart
Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Co
Porcupine
Ohio
Dix
Congress panel probes Steel Trust in New York
The Stanley Congressional committee met in New York to continue its Steel Trust investigation. Other items note Brockton fire losses near 200000, Georgia in dry dock quelling a shipboard fire, Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign activity, and assorted crimes and public notices from across the region.
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Stanley Congressional
New York
Steel Trust
Brockton
Mass
Rivers-and-Harbors Committee of Congress
Tell City
Ohio River
Georgia
Navy Yard
Boston
Massachusetts
Foss
Frothingham
Walker
White
Steel “Trust
J.P. Morgan
The
Trust
Tennessee ‘ ‘Coal and Iron:company
Howard Levan
Pittsburg
Caldwell
N. J
Grover Cleveland
David Mitchell
Jacob Weinberg
Bloomfield
Salvatore Amantello
Pittston
Lederle
Consin
Paul Geidel
William J. Jackson
W. H. Jackson
West Fortyfourth Street
New York City
Charles Garetsky
Monticello
N. Y
Sarah Grabner
American Museum of Natural History
Gulf of California
United States
Foreign War Secretary Leaves for Caribbean Assignments
H L Stimson Secretary of War departed Porto Rico for Santo Domingo and Cuba. Reports note turmoil in New Hebrides and concerns over Morocco. The Empress of China liner wreck near Tokyo with all passengers and mails saved.
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H. L. Stimson
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Republic
St. Lawrence
Vancouver
Prince of Wales
Portsmouth
New Hebrides
Victoria
B. C
Haiti
United States
Morocco
England
Atlantic
Norway
France
Germany
Asquith
Balfour
Paris
Tokio
Drought closes 152 mills in Carolinas causing job losses
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Killed on a Troop Train Near Atlanta
Three troop trains carrying soldiers from Fort Sam Houston to Fort Myer passed through Atlanta without incident. A porter was dead and a cook wounded in a shooting blamed on H L Robretson a Pullman conductor from San Antonio Texas. Police detain Robretson who says he acted in self defense after being attacked for reprimanding the workers.
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Atlanta
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Fort Myer
H. L. Robretson
Robertson
San Antonio
Chicago Tests Commission Government During Mayor Harrison’s Vacation
Four heads of departments govern Chicago in the mayor’s absence on vacation. Controller Treager, Public Works Commissioner McCann, Corporation Counsel Sexton, and Health Commissioner Young act in emergencies while Mayor Harrison spends time at Huron Mountain, Michigan.
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Chicago
Commission
Harrison
Huron Mountain
Mich
Treager
Public Works
McCann
Sexton
Health
Young
Oil Trust Dissolving Shares Split Among Stockholders
In compliance with the Supreme Court decree the Standard Oil of New Jersey informs its 6000 stockholders they will receive pro rata shares of stocks in the 33 subsidiaries named in the Attorney General suit to dissolve the trust. The notice gives distribution dates but lacks value, earnings power, or comparisons of properties.
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New York
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey & Combination
Oil Trust
New Jersey Company
Rockefeller Gives Baylor Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
John D. Rockefeller has donated 200000 dollars to Baylor University in Lampasas Texas in a formal announcement.
Rhode Island Mills Opened as Gorham Factory Reopens
Industrial prosperity rises in Rhode Island as mills restart operations. The Gorham Manufacturing Company silverware plant leads the revival with 2,000 workers returning to duty.
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Rhode Island
Providence_R
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Gorman Announces Candidacy for Maryland Governor
Arthur Pue Gorman son of the late Senator Gorman formally announces his bid for the Maryland gubernatorial nomination. He enters the race amid political interest in Baltimore and state parties watching the march toward the primary.
Farm Advice From a Practical Poultry and Livestock Guide
The article offers broad farming guidance including poultry care, milking hygiene, and feed management. It emphasizes clean conditions, disease prevention, proper brooder management, and the value of silage, vermin control, and careful animal selection for profitability and health. It notes ronad practices for cattle, hogs, horses, chickens, and sows, with emphasis on origin and quality of feed and humane handling.
Jeremiah Tried and Acquitted Sunday School Lesson 1911
A Sunday School lesson outlines Jeremiah's prophesying from 626 B C to 586 B C, Josiah’s reforms, and Jehoiakim’s reign. It contrasts Jeremiah’s faith with Uriah’s fate and stresses choosing right over winded pressure, urging decisive faith and revival work for children.
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Jeremiah
Josiah
B. C
Jehoiakim
B.C
Jerusalem
Judah
Necho
Egypt
Palestine
Assyria
Megiddo
Esdraelon
Professor Kent
Reform Party
Jehoahaz
Euphrates
Uriah
Anathoth
Aiittle
Hilkiah
Boston
Temple
God
Hezekiah
Micah
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Cable
Percy R. Pyne
Bernardsville
N.J
Baylor University
Waco
Tex
John D. Rockefeller
Indianapolis
Yokohama
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Carolina
Catawba River
Southern’ Power ’ Company
Weather Bureau
Greensboro
Salisbury
Concord
Spencer
Monroe
Wadesboro
Mount Holly
Gastonia
Shelby
Lincolnton
Conductor
Porter
Cook
Mange
New Zealand
Island
Bhiam
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