Taft calls special session on reciprocity with Canada
Washington reports Taft orders a special session of Congress in April to act on the Canadian reciprocity agreement. The outgoing Sixty-first Congress closed with focus on tariffs and appropriations while investigations covered the postal rate, Friar lands, and trusts. Charles D. Hilles named secretary to the President, succeeding Norton.
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Taft
Sixty-second Congress
Canada
Congress
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Senate
Colquitt
Texas
Washington
Charles D. Hilles
the Treasury
Charles D. Norton
Tariff Commission
Department of Justice
Electrical Trust
King George to host 100000 children at Crystal Palace
The King announces plans to entertain 100000 children at London's Crystal Palace on June 30 to mark his coronation. The note mentions other royal and political items including an Elkins heir’s large annual allowance and Taft White House dinner.
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King George
Crystal Palace
London
William IL. Elkins
McClellan
Princeton
Eee
Taft
White House
Yale
Canada
Victoria
Knox
Palm Beach
George B. Colton
Colton
Porto Rico
Los Angeles
David Graham Phillips
Julia W. M. Curtis
New York
George A. Lawrence
Express service transfer to railroad takes effect April first
The 22 year old package express line operated by United States Express on the Reading subdivisions will shift to railroad control on April 1. The move affects suburban routes and logistics across the system.
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United States Express
Alexandria
Ind
Reno
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Nevada
Arthur J. Matthews
Mare Island Marine Corps
Lorimer
Chicago
World Conference of Christian Churches
Army
West Point
Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
San Francisco
Benjamin D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
John R. Carrere
Presbyterian Hospital
Government sues GE Westinghouse others for monopoly restraint
The Government files suit in Cleveland against General Electric Company of New York Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company of Pennsylvania National Electric Lamp Company of New Jersey and 32 other firms alleging monopoly restraint of trade.
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Cleveland
General Electric Company of
New York
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania
National Electric Lamp Company of
New Jersey
Dix
Sheehan
Rockport
Milford
N. H
East Chicago
John FE. Murtaugh
Elmira
New York Senate
Broughton Brandenburg
Sing Sing
Fred K. Maus
Scully Steel and Iron Company
Chicago
Maus
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Frank M. Forman
International tensions and notable global incidents recorded
Reports cite Chinese fears of overdrawn plague narratives to seize territory in Asia while Spain informs the Vatican on a church dispute. Other items note Bogota street railway success, Lord Swaythling's will, Infante Don Jaime's deafness, Canada Liberal hopes on reciprocity, and various crimes and political moves across Europe, Mexico, and New Zealand.
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China
Russia
Vatican
Bogota
Colombia
Lord Swaythling
Paris
Spain
Infante
Don Jaime
M. Pichon
Canada
United States
Ballinger Out Fisher In Cabinet Taft Confirms Move
President Taft accepts the resignation of Richard A. Ballinger as Secretary of the Interior and appoints Walter L. Fisher of Chicago as his successor. Ballinger cites ill health and opposition attacks, while Taft asserts enduring faith in Ballinger’s integrity amid the resignation correspondence.
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Taft
Secretary of Interior
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Walter L.fisher
Chicago
M Ballinger
Ballinger
Army Moves to Mexican Border in Large Peace-Time War Drill
Washington announces a massive test of the mobile army with 20 000 troops staged in Texas and coast artillery units converted to infantry. A Naval task force names armored cruisers led by Rear Admiral Staunton sails from New York as a show of readiness amid growing tensions in Mexico.
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Washington
United States
Department of Texas
Philippines
Insular
Texas
New York
Tennessee
Montana
North Carolina
Sydney A. Staunton
San Antonio
William J. Carter
Galveston
Serporvs
Carter
Spain
Mexico
Senor Enrique C. Creel
England
New Jersey Editors Debate Law On Legal Advertising Rates
Horace S. Nixon explains why repeal of the three year old act setting legal advertising rates is being considered by state lawmakers. Governors Wilson and Seitz attend a dinner where Wilson outlines four major nonpartisan measures on utilities, corruption, employers liability, and election reform. The meeting also covers teachers retirement payroll and a Newark bank stock assessment ruling on market value minus deductions.
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Nixon
Hotel Windsor
Woodrow Wilson
John C. Seitz
New York World
Wilson
New Jersey
State House
Newark
Fisher named Secretary of the Interior in Cabinet reshuffle
Walter L. Fisher, a Chicago lawyer and conservation advocate born July 4 1862 in Wheeling West Virginia, becomes Secretary of the Interior. He succeeds Ballinger, amid reports of consultation with Senator Cullom and ties to Gifford Pinchot through the National Conservation Association. Fisher’s background includes law practice since 1888, roles in municipal affairs, and leadership in conservation and public policy groups.
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Interior
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Walter L. Fisher
Sallinger
Cullom
Mlinois
Chicago
MacVeach
Treasury Department
Fisher
National Conservation Association
Gifford Pinchot
Washington
Mer. Fisher
Wheeling
West Virginia
Daniel Webster Fisher
Hanover College
Walter Fisher
Marietta
Hanover Colleges
Matz, Fisher & Boyden
Municipal Voters’ League
Lewayea Ch America
National Municipal League
Admiral J. C. Fremont Dies Suddenly in Boston Home
Rear Admiral John Charles Fremont longtime Charlestown Navy Yard commandant and expert on deep sea soundings coast surveys and searchlights died of heart disease at his home in the navy yards He was with his wife and two daughters when death occurred in Boston.
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Boston
John Charles Fremont
the Pathfinder
Charlestown Navy Yard
United States Navy
Navy Yards
Milk Pricing War by Dairymen’s League Grows
The Dairymen's League announces control of 80,000 cows and plans to dictate milk prices to the New York milk exchange and dealers. Ninety-three hundred cows signed the league agreement and the group aims to reach 350,000 for full price control. The league formed in October 1907 with 9,000 cows and now expands its claims as it tightens its grip.
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Middletown
Dairymen’s League
New York
Dairymen's League
League
Consolidation talk for Wildwood island resorts and boroughs
In Holly Beach borough hall a meeting of major island property holders discussed merging Wildwood Wildwood Crest North Wildwood and Holly Beach into a single city. Voters in Wildwood Holly Beach and Wildwood Crest are believed favorable and North Wildwood may follow at election time.
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Wildwood
Holly Beach
Wildwood Crest
North Wildwood
Yolly Beach
DYNAMITE MAN ARRESTED IN ALCazar. SUICIDE IN CUSTODY
In Alcazar San Juan Ventura Begaria posed as a dynamite salesman and was arrested on suspicion of anarchist designs as King Alfonso’s royal train passed toward Seville. After questioning he hanged himself in a cell.
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Alcazar
Alfonso
Madrid
King Alfonso
Alcazar San Juan
Seville
Ventura Begaria
Remedial Loan Association to Aid Borrowers in Trenton
The Inter-Church Federation in Trenton announced at its quarterly meeting plans to form a remedial loan association. The aim is to help the needy obtain funds without falling prey to sharks, offering fair terms to those who want to borrow.
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Trenton
Inter-Church Federation
Rev Whitaker Resigns After Eleven Years at First Presbyterian
Bordentown reports Rev. Charles H. Whitaker resigns after serving as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church for eleven years. No successor named.
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Whitaker
Bordentown
Charles Hi. Whitaker
First Presbyterian Church
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
In Creston Iowa a woman reports long inflammation pain headaches and nervousness ending after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites many testimonials and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice.
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Creston
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Wu. Seals
W. Howard St
Give Woman a Chance: culinary conscription as equality
A German women's rights advocate urges compulsory domestic service for women to offset male military conscription. She argues drill and kitchen training could raise womanhood as German men gain from drill, predicting other nations would copy if Germany builds a standing army of cooks.
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Germany
Europe
A Belle at Chopin Recital Comments on Dress
A tale from The Point of View recalls a belle at a Chopin recital her eyes glistening as she watches Marcii Funebre her escort asking how beautiful and how much it cost in Paris prompting the remark about the dress fitting perfectly in the back.
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Belle
Paris
Work and Marriage in New York Courts
A New York girl aged 11 percent of a year resisted work after her mother said she was old enough. She chose marriage and was wed that night to a young man earning eight dollars weekly. The Boston Herald notes this echoes another girl who said when asked where she worked, I am not working I am married.
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New York
Mamie
Boston Herald
The True Education Objective: Enjoy the Right Thing
The quote asserts that true education aims to cultivate desire for virtuous action, not merely compliance. It emphasizes forming intrinsic motivation to choose what is right and to take pleasure in righteous conduct.
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