Week's Foreign Affairs Glimpse and Domestic Debates
Washington asserts none of Germany or England asked U S intervention in Mexico while Congress debates pensions growth and anti loan shark measures. Henry N Hall testifies on Cromwell Panama route choice as Taft letters surface affecting a mayor.
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Panama Canal
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Notable Appointments and Deaths From Panama and Britain
Personal Sir Edward Grey receives the Knight of the Garter. Dr Belisario Porras, ex Panamanian minister in Washington, is Liberal Party nominee for Panama’s presidency. Walter A Post, Newport News Shipbuilding president, dies in Newport News Virginia. Dr G Armeauer Hansen, leprosy researcher and head of Bergen leper hospital, dies.
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Bergen
Norway
Morris Defeats Stewart In Brooklyn ten round battle
Carl Morris the Oklahoma giant outpoints Jim Stewart over ten rounds in a fast Brooklyn bout. George Schiel ex Giants catcher is released to Louisville by Chicago Nationals. W E Hasha of Dallas defeats Jake Rosier in Los Angeles third mile saucer track opener. Zbyszko defeats Rakcevich in Madison Square Garden bout.
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Oklahoma
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Brooklyn
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New York Giants
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Dallas
Texas
Jake Rosier
Indianapolis
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Zbyszko
Poland
Giovanni Rakcevich
Italy
Madison Square Garden
New York
New York Assembly Urges Federal Pay Bill for National Guard
Across various domestic and international items, reports note the New York assembly urging Congress to pass the Federal Pay Bill for the National Guard, while Jersey City acts to block water troughs due to glanders. Other items cover fashion, finance, accidents, and political tensions.
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Congress
National Guard
Haymarket
New York
Jersey City Board of Health
National Association of Retail Milliners
Chicago
Massachusetts Legislature drives end to Lawrence strike
The joint committee in Massachusetts mounted a systematic bid to end the Lawrence strike. Supporters of Taft plan to open headquarters in Washington with Rep. William B. McKinley in charge. Automobiles and chauffeurs paid 373290 for licenses for the new fiscal year, per Secretary of State Edward Lazinsky.
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Mexico
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New Brunswick
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Dix
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International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
David Graham Phillips
Kansas City
Joss
Wilbur Scrudders
Johnstown
McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Florida Everglades
Francis
L. Friedman
Brooklyn
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Barrens Island
Taft
Washington
William B. McKinley
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Charles W. Morse
New York
Edward Lazinsky
Albany
United States Military Academy
West Point
Regular Army
Taft Defies Extremists At Lincoln Dinner Speech
President Taft outlined his re nomination platform at the twenty sixth Lincoln dinner of the Republican Club in the Waldorf Astoria. Chauncey Depew lauded the speech as the campaign text and club members vowed support. He warned extremists would endanger the Constitution and warned against recall of judges.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Panama Canal
Chinese Empire Falls Abdicates After Three Centuries
Peking reports the Manchu dynasty ends with Pu Yi stepping down as child emperor. Three edicts set abdication, republic establishment, and peace terms with Yuan Shih Kai and republicans. Pu Yi to keep title, receive a four million dollar Mexican grant annually, and stay near Peking.
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China
Pu-Yi
Yuan Shih-kai
Lord Joseph Lister Dead at 85 in London
Lord Joseph Lister renowned as the antiseptic pioneer in surgery died in London near age 85. The surgeon, famed as the Grand Old Man of Surgery, received knighthood and was later elevated to the peerage in 1897.
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Lord Lister
Sir Joseph
Chesapeake Bay Ice Closes Rivers and Oysters Trade Losses
Ice in tributaries of Chesapeake Bay and linked rivers is blocking navigation as thick as in three decades. Iceboats fail to keep channels open and the oyster trade faces losses estimated above 500 thousand dollars.
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Chesapeake Bay
Potomac
Susquehanna
Chester
Tangier Sound
Old and New World Briefs for the Busy
Summary of 1930s era items includes U S Army costs over thirteen years and a secretary of war protest. James J Hill testified about buying ore lands and railroads, later turning them to Great Northern valued at hundreds of millions. A central division officer died on a train near Chicago. Florida Everglades land promotions attract inquiry figures Fletcher and Bryan. Relics from the wrecked Maine to be distributed to societies and survivors families. Linda Hazzard sentenced in Seattle to 20 years for fasting death of Claire Williamson.
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Central” Division
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Leonidas
Annapolis
Maine
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Claire Williamson
Seattle
Wash
Markets Report Wholesale Milk and Tobacco Prices
New York wholesale market notes milk at 4 1/2 cents per quart in the 26e zone or 2.01 dollars per 40 quart can delivered in New York. Havana tobacco prices show R. D. at .60 and Conn. wrapper at .60.
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News from New Jersey and Nearby Towns
Reports from across New Jersey include a big store planned in Woodbury a building boom at Oakford Lake contracts in Collingswood and a heating plant added to the Collingswood M E Church. Police and court actions surface in Lambertville Millville Trenton and Atlantic City with liquor licenses proposed and a public utility hearing adjourned.
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John the Baptist’s Call to Repentance and Jesus’ Fulfillment
The lesson treats John the Baptist as a fiery forerunner whose wild dress and message prepare the way for the Messiah. Repentance is defined in three elements: mind, emotions, and will, leading to a life of righteousness. Jesus transforms John’s baptism through the Holy Ghost, and future retribution is affirmed as part of biblical teaching.
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