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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
2
Washington Pension Bill Passes House For 75 Million Increase
The House approved a pension bill raising expenditures by 75 million dollars annually per the pensions commissioner. Taft revised orders on medical practice in the Panama Canal Zone to allow Christian scientists. La Follette campaign managers accuse Roosevelt of delaying withdrawal of his Nebraska primary endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Commissioner of Pensions
Taft
Panama Canal Zone
la Follette
Washington
Roosevelt
Nebraska
Taft Heads Guest List at Dewey Birthday Celebration
Personal President Taft led callers at Admiral Dewey's home for his 74th birthday. The Vatican rejected Count Boni de Castellane's bid to annul his marriage to Anna. Mrs. Isabelle Naudain, 94, died in Charlestown Massachusetts and had danced with the new president at Martin Van Buren's 1837 inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Admiral Dewey
Vatican
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna
Isabelle Naudain
Charlestown
Mass
Martin van Buren
Johnson to Fight McVey for Thirty Thousand Dollars
Sporting Jack Johnson agreed with promoter Mc Intosh's agent to face Sam McVey for a $30,000 guarantee. The Philadelphia National League club has released Tom Downey from Cincinnati. Michigan will meet Cornell and Pennsylvania in football next fall per Athletics Director Bartolme. The NCAA launches a campaign against college students who play professional baseball in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Johnson
McIntosh
Sam McVey
Society of Directors of Physical Education
Philadelphia
Tom Downey
Cincinnati
Michigan
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Fahs
Bartolme
National Collegate Athletic Association
Multiple early 20th century incidents and corporate actions summarized
Reports include health board banning kissing and handshakes to curb diphtheria in Lenoxdale, a Hoboken hold up murder by Charles Hoffmann Jr, and Chicago packers alleged 1902 cartel. Also notes an electric wiring death in New York, International Shoe Company charter filing in St. Louis, Triangle shirtwaist factory manslaughter acquittal, New York vaccination push, Berg & Co theft, former mayor White pardoned, steel demand rise, Brown's Creek flood in Tennessee, Eckhoff dynamite disclosures denied, and Allis-Chalmers bond options with possible receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts State Board of Health
Lenoxdale
Charles Hoffmann & Son
Hoboken
Charles Hoffmann, Jr
Chicago Packers
Frank Rogers
New York City
International Shoe Company
St. Louis
Triangle
Asch
New York
Lederle
Berg & Co
South
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
William P. White
Lawrence
Mass
Foss
Steel Corporation
Nashville
Tenn
Lebanon
Global Peace Talks and Revolt Roil Early 20th Century News
Reported events include Russians taking Tabriz after heavy losses, Sun Yat Sen becoming Chinese President, and a Shanghai conference urging a national convention for China. Tensions rise as Yuan Shih kai wavers on China’s republic while European strikes and a berlin theater fire leave casualties. A Servian grave raid and Ecuador’s Proclaimed president trigger violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabriz
Sun Yat Sen
Duma
St. Petersburg
Manchester
England
Cheshire
Yuan Shih-kai
China
Yuan
Berlin
Alexander Karageorevich
Peter of Servia
Vienna
Shanghai
Lethbridge
Alberta
1975 Panama fair to cover 180 acres in San Francisco
The article notes a 1975 Panama fair planned for San Francisco spanning 180 acres. It also references various political and social topics of the era including district attorney cases, party primaries, and public health measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pelletier
Beston
Charles V. Phelps
Ossining
Ohio
la Follette
Samuel ‘Untermyer
New York City
National ‘Employment Exchange
Seattle
J. B. McNamara
Federal Grand Jury
Los Angeles
Nagel Urges Federal Oversight for Trust Control
Secretary Nagel in his annual report to the President argues for a permanent federal office to supervise and regulate large corporations under the Sherman Act. He notes the need for administrative publicity and inspectors at Ellis Island, and favors free Panama Canal tolls for American ships. He also highlights immigration and labor investigations, including cost of living, women workers, and industrial diseases, with 1910Aliens entering and rejections tallied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nagel
Department of Commerce
Laber
Ellis Island
Panama Canal
Bureau of Corporations
Taft
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard On
American Tobacco Co
Bureau of Labor
Bureau of Manufacturers
Commerce
Immigration Service
Son of Dickens Alfred Dickens Dies in New York Hotel
Alfred Tennyson Dickens eldest surviving son of Charles Dickens died suddenly in his Hotel Astor apartment New York City heart disease worsened by indigestion He had just finished a New Year greeting while dictating a letter His secretary A Siemerling was present Dickens born October 28 1845 in London England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Tennyson
New York
Alfred Tennyson Dickens
Charles Dickens
Tennyson
Hotel Astor
Dickens
Australia
England
A. Siemerling
Devonshire House
London
A Strange Way Out and The Staff Officers Ball
A compilation listing items such as A Strange Way Out and The Staff Officers Ball. The list includes titles like The Woman I Loved and Through the Amp of the Enemy. It references Sheridan and a wartime setting with cavalry, scouts, and field hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Sixth Corps
Beelzebub
Yank
Red
Sheridan
Toledo Faces Three Cent Fare Crisis for Trolley System
Toledo settles on a three cent fare and universal transfers or halt all street cars after city council passes a three cent fare ordinance. The move accompanies rental dues owed to the city for street use as fourteen company franchises expire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Toledo Railways and Light Company
Fights Postage Increase and Impracticable Tax Plan
A Washington fight erupts over Hitchcock’s plan to double second class postage. The American Newspaper Publishers Association bulletin cites publisher output and tonnage data showing the burden on newspapers. The piece argues the post office is mismanaged and should not dictate business, urging publishers to resist the proposal. It also recounts Robert Henri speaking at Sherry’s about Latin Quarter dining and a joke about a coat needing three sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitchcock
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Don C. Seitz
The
New York World
Bulletin
Post Office Department
House Committee
the Post
William A. Ashbrook
Express
Ahinmante
Congress
Robert Henri
Sherry's
New York
Latin Quarter
Uttle
Boule Midi
Luxembourg Gardens
A New York Millionaire and the Sargent Gallery
The Connoisseur Joseph E. Widener at the Ritz-Carlton in New York praises his father’s discreet art collection. Sargent remarks that the millionaire plans to donate his gallery to a public institution and suggests “an institution for the blind.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Widener
Ritz-Carlton
New York
Sargent
Mr. Sargent
Wooden Flooring Gains in Italy Replacing Marble Tiling
The use of wooden flooring is rising in Italy, supplanting marble tiling and cement. Oak, larch, and pitch pine are most common, with maple, birch, and beech scarcely appearing in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Blood as the Maiden Answers with a Single Word
A dramatic exchange ends with the woman answering a lover’s query about her heart by uttering a single, stark word. The moment frames themes of fear and danger in a vintage literary tone.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Eckhoff
W. J. Burns
Eckhoff
Chichi
Allis-Chalmers Company
W. Morgan Shuster
Pedro Montero
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Mexico
Cucurpe
Sonora
Jesus 3Uelna
Cleveland
Aldrich
Republican National Committee
Navy Department
Packers
Jacob H. Schiff
James Stillman
E. H. Harriman
Chester County
Zach” Walker
Coatesville
Philadelphia Bureau of Health
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Warrington
Hampton Roads
Onondaga
Gel
Parrish
By Randall Parrish
Ghapt
Longstreet
Sir Walter
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association Committee
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