Taft’s First Message Urges Tariff Revision by Congress
President Taft sent an extra session message urging swift congressional action on revising the Dingley tariff act. He cites changed production conditions, revenue needs, and a pledged reformist mandate, urging focus on the new tariff bill and minimal time for other legislation. Signed William H. Taft.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Taft
Senate
House of Representatives
William H. Tapt
Tornado Answer to Prayer Shocks Cuthbert Church Folk
In Cuthbert Georgia a tornado wrecked the town destroying many buildings, killing six and injuring twenty eight while leaving three hundred destitute. church members say the storm was an answer to prayers for warning the wicked and restoring righteousness. A revival preceded the disaster and a praise service followed the next day as the community faced loss and upheaval. Property losses near half a million dollars amid mixed reactions.
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Frome
Cuthbert
SUGGESTION CAUSED DEATH IN GRANTIE CITY CASE
Granite City Ill. Following the suicide deaths of Miss Beryl Somers and the Nichols brothers, C R Smith a factory foreman and friend, also killed himself. Authorities attribute his death to mental suggestion though he was well off and in good health. He aided Robert Nichols after he drank carbolic acid and then died by taking poison himself.
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Granite City
Beryl Somers
Nichels
C. R. Smith
Robert Nichols
Smith
Protection For Central America Proposal By US and Mexico
A proposed protectorate over Central America is advanced by the United States and Mexico. The plan envisions a formal guardianship to stabilize the region and safeguard interests amid regional turmoil.
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Central America
United States
Mexico
Man Shot Self in Paterson Despondent State
William Masker, 29, staggered into his North West Street home in Paterson New Jersey and collapsed. He told his wife he was despondent and was shot below the heart. He was taken to St Joseph's Hospital in critical condition.
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Wiliam Masker
Paterson
N. J
William Masker
North West Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Masker
Noted Figures and Public Figures in Early 20th Century News
A collection of brief mentions covers Theodore Roosevelt’s day as private citizen at Oyster Bay with a trek in snow, Taft’s long travel history, Joseph Pulitzer’s return to New York amid Panama Canal case actions, and various inventors and scholars. It notes Bell’s aeroplane ambitions, James Geddes Jr being knighted by Italy, Justice Gaynor praising press progress, and Taft's tribute to Roosevelt as a historical figure alongside Washington and Lincoln.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Taft
Joseph Pulitzer
New York City
William 5. Bigelow
United States
Alexander Graham Bell
Nova Scotia
James Geddes, Jr
Boston
Italy
Justles Gaynor
Arti Ete
Washington
Lincoln
Priest Fails as Financier at Baltimore Church
Cardinal Gibbons removed Rev. Casper P Elbert from St. Katherine's rectorship in Baltimore about a week ago and named a successor. Elbert, now at Mount Hope Sanitarium, allegedly borrowed 150000 for various ventures with unknown uses. The cardinal says the priest was mentally irresponsible about money and has assumed responsibility for the debts.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Casper P Elbert
St. Katherine's Church
Father Elbert
Mount Hope Sanitarium
Cannon Reelected Speaker of the House in Extraordinary Session
In Washington Taft calls extraordinary session to address urgent revenue policy. Joseph G Cannon, longtime Speaker from Milneis, defeats insurgent attempt to reshape House rules and is reelected to a fourth term. Champ Clark and others receive lesser support as the chamber prepares to enter a decisive fiscal debate.
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Taft
Cannon
Washington
D. C
Joseph G. Cannon
Milneis
House of Representatives
United States
Champ Clark
Joe
Currier
New Hampshire
Clayton
Alabama
Messrs. Clark
Campbell
Kansas
Bartlett
Georgia
House
Congress
Republican Caucus
Senate
Milwaukee rate decision affects all rail traffic nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules against Chicago Rock Island in a Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce case. The ruling says shippers may choose markets and railways must set reasonable rates, preventing indirect schemes to force shipments to Chicago markets.
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Rock Island
Washington, D. C
Milwaukee
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
United States
Court's Rule for Autos Requires Exit to Inspect Tracks
In Philadelphia the Third Circuit held that a driver approaching a railroad crossing must not only stop and listen but may be required to exit the automobile and walk to the track if necessary. The Maidment case, arising from an accident at Fort Lee in August 1906, found contributory negligence barred recovery.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court of Appeals For
Third Circuit
New York Central and Hudsoniver Railroad Company
West Shore Railroad Company
Alexander H. G. Maidment
Maidment
Fort Lee
N.v
Roosevelt hints at 1st term bid at Oyster Bay gathering
Former President Roosevelt suggests he may seek a third term if his party nominates him. At a Town Hall reception in Oyster Bay he answered a question from a young man who carried his banner in two campaigns. He smiled at a Teddy bear pinned to a girl’s coat and quipped about the bears.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Pye
Hutchinson Cone Named Rear Admiral Head of Navy Enginee
Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson J. Cone has been appointed head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering with the rank and pay of Rear Admiral. He led the torpedo boat flotilla from Newport News to San Francisco with the Atlantic fleet and served as fleet engineer during the around the world cruise under Admiral Sperry in San Francisco.
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Washington, D. C
Hutchinson J. Cone
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy
Newport News
San Francisco
Wwiti
Sperry
Bryan Defeats Carnegie Pension Bill In Nebraska House
In Lincoln Nebraska the state university pension bill faced defeat 61 to 47 amid opposition from W J Bryan who testified before the House committee several weeks ago opposing the Carnegie fund for professors.
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Bryan
Carnegie Fund
Lincoln
Neb
State University
Carnegie Pension Fund
W. J. Bryan
House
Names Left by Murderers in NYC Hotel Slaying
Police found two names on a blood stained hotel register opposite the Battery in Whitehall Street as clues to the murder of Isedora De Valante a girl clerk. The victim was struck with an iron pipe stabbed multiple times and throat cut then robbed of $78 from the till and $3000 in the safe. A revolver was also taken and the suspects fled.
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New York City
Whitehall Street
Isedora de Valante
de Vailante
Nencuran Kills Wife and Child in Cheyenne Restaurant
Posey Ryan, a ranchman, shot his wife and daughter during dinner at a Cheyenne Wyoming restaurant. He later told police he expected to be hanged after the killings and mentioned an intent related to divorce proceedings from Ryan.
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Nencuran
Posey Ryan
Cheyenne
Wyo Mia
Ryan
Federal Judge Dallas Resigns in Philadelphia Circuit
Judge George M. Dallas of the Federal Court for the Third Judicial Circuit submits resignation to President Taft. The move leaves a vacancy in the Philadelphia based court as the judiciary realigns. The resignation follows a tenure in the federal bench.
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Dallas
George M. Dallas
Federal Court For the
Third Judicial Circuit
Philadelphia
Taft
Death of Hugh Oakrey Arnold-Forster Former War Secretary
London announces the death of Hugh Oakrey Arnold-Forster born 1855 and who served as Secretary of State for War from 1903 to 1906.
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Arnold-orster
London
Hugh Oakrey Arnold-Forster
Women Vote in Copenhagen Municipal Elections
Copenhagen Denmark voters including married women over twenty five gained voting rights under proportional representation. The holiday filled streets as women organized strongly and cast a heavy ballot. The contest pitted socialism against conservatism in the first such vote.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Wage Increase Approved for Pittsburgh Steel Workers
Iron and Steel Workers in Pittsburgh see an average wage rise of about two percent for more than 6000 workers. The raise, announced by the wage committee of mill owners and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, will hold for the next sixty days.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Oil Firm Fined in Degating Case Verdict
In Buffalo New York Judge Mazel denied Standard Oil Company motion for a new trial and fined 20600 dollars. The case involved oil shipments from Olean New York to Rutland Vermont with railroad concessions. A total of 346 counts were found, but only forty were considered.
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Warel
Buffalo
N. Y
Mazel
Standard OI
Olean
W. Y
Rutland
Vermont
Prize Bull Attacks in Ithaca Hospital Wounding Youth
Warren Wilson, eighteen, is in City Hospital after a bulldog owned by William Barr savagely attacked him during a playful scuffle. The dog rushed in to defend its master and severely mauled Wilson’s face and shoulders.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Warren Wilson
Fospital
William Barr
Wilson
le Barr
Woman Dies Chastising Son in Hampton Poolroom
Agnes Franklin of Hampton Virginia found her twelve year old Chauncey in a poolroom she had forbidden him to visit. When he refused to return home she tried to discipline him and collapsed dead from the exertion.
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Chauncey
Agnes Franklin
Hampton
Weston's Walking Trip on Seventy-First Birthday
Edward Paynon Weston begins from the Post Office in New York City on his seventy first birthday to walk to San Francisco, a journey planned to take 1006 days.
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Edward Paynon+ Weston
New York City
San Francisco
Taft White House reshapes into private residence
Mrs. Taft takes lead of White House social and domestic life with no oath or ceremony, moving to separate executive offices and new staff. The Tafts modernize security and access, use two new autos, and repurpose stables for a dignified, private home atmosphere during the Taft presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Taft
White House
Washington, D. C
William Howard Taft
Taft
Congress
All Souls’ Church
Charles P. Taft
T. U
Deceit and Beauty Rules for Marital Morals in Chicago
In Chicago at the Music Hall Mme Hatton extols feminine deceit as a weapon to keep husbands. She cautions wives to stay beautiful and secretive about appearances while noting marital pitfalls from neglecting vanity to weight gain. The piece critiques modern corsetry and social tricks as moral tools.
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Chicago
Music Hall
Fine Arts Building
Mme. Hatton
Windy City
Harvard Athletics Show Record Surplus for 1907 08
Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard athletics report for 1907 08 shows total receipts 127 318 44 total expenditures 101 227 34 leaving a net surplus of 26 091 10 The surplus exceeds the previous year by 44 450 with gains from football and baseball and savings on coaching and the training table.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Yale Beats Princeton In Dual Meet 35 to 18
Yale defeated Princeton 35 to 18 in the annual dual swimming meet. Tommy Ryan expressed interest in training Jeffries for a bout with Jack Johnson. An exhibition court tennis match in Cambridge saw Tom Pettit and Alfred White defeating Jay Gould and Joshua Criffie.
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Yale
Princeton
Tommy Ryan
Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Jay Gould
Joshua Criffie
Cambridge
Tom Pettit
Alfred White
Hutchins
University of Wisconsin
Michigan
Seeks Gold Fifty Years Finally Wins Fortune
Desert miner Karry Parsons, a seventy five year old San Bernardino resident, travels from San Bernardino to Philadelphia to visit relatives unseen for fifty years. He returns with an estimated fortune of one million dollars to share with kin, including a sister who supported him in 1849 with just over five hundred dollars. The wealth was amassed in the last four years.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Karry Parsons
Jeff San Bernardino
Philadelphia
Yoresign News Notes and Global Briefs
President Gomez of Cuba signed a general amnesty bill. Rumors in St. Petersburg spoke of a Russo Chinese clash near Harbin. Australia’s 1908 imports totaled 240.415 million dollars, down 10.17 million. Canada Railway stock rose from 160 to 200 million. New Zealand export loss 1903 18.75 million, total trade 80 million. Havana merchant Jose Claneros fired twice at General Nunez. no injuries. A Berlin book critiques Chancellor von Buelow and Emperor William.
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Gomez
Cuba
Budapest News
St. Petersburg
Russlia
Harbin
Commonwealth of Australia
Pacife
New Zealand
Jose Claneros
Havana
General Nunez
Travan
von Buelow
William
Rudolf
Berlin
Detective Petrosino Murdered in Palermo at Marina Square
Lieutenant Jos eph Petrosino head of the New York Police Department Tallon squad was shot to death at 9 p m in Marina Square Palermo Sicily. He fought to live firing a final shot before collapsing, as his killers escaped in the darkness. The murder ends a relentless effort to document Sicilian criminal networks tied to Italian émigrés.
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Palermo
Sicily
Joseph Petrosino
Tallon
New York
Polke Department
Marina Square
Petrosino
Italy
America
United States
Calabria
Petrosino a Prominent NY Detective Murdered in Palermo
Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, a New York City lawman famed for combatting Italian crime, was assassinated in Palermo. He would have turned 49 in October, married Adelina Saulina and a daughter born recently. Petrosino's career focused on exposing criminal networks linked to Little Italys and international crime outrages.
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New York City
Jozeph Petrosino
Palermo
Petrosino
Adelina Saulina
Lafayette Street
Italy
Merchant's Son Wounded in Bank Theft Attempt at Galena
Frederick Davis son of a prominent merchant and Spanish War veteran was shot while fleeing after being detected drilling the Citizens' Bank safe. He said he hoped for death and cited family and five children as his motive to obtain money for business expansion.
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Galena
Kan
Frederick Davis
Citizens’ Bank
Woman Dies Of Heart Attack At Bryan Lecture
During William Jennings Bryan lecture on The Prince of Peace in University Hall Ann Arbor Michigan Mrs C L Grimes aged 65 in the balcony suffers sudden heart failure and dies.
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Woon
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
University Hall
Ann Arbor
Mich
C. L. Grimes
Destruction in Java Rocks Mount Kentjaua Fatalities Reported
News from Vancouver B C reports Mount Kentjaua eruption causing a thousand deaths as Empress of China arrives with word of three villages destroyed in Java. The top of the mountain collapsed sending deadly fallout across the area.
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Vancouver
Java
Kentjaua
Record Snow Palis In West Heaviest Snowfall In Years
Snow blankets Southern Arizona and parts of Iowa with unusual severity. Des Moines reports ongoing snowfall for twelve hours while Bisbee and Tombstone see over eight inches, marking historic winter conditions for the region and delaying travel on New Mexico roads.
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Towa
Mistory
Arizona
Des Moines
Iowa
el Paso
Texas
Bisbee
Tombstone
New Mexico
General William J. Palmer Dies in Colorado Springs
General William J. Palmer founder of Colorado Springs died from injuries after a fall from a horse in October 1900. He was widely known in the East and long called Colorado’s foremost citizen. He leaves an estate valued at $6,000,000 to his three daughters.
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Colorado Springs
William J. Palmer
Colornado Springs
Glen Byrle
General Palmer
Colorado
Multiple National News Briefs Span Trials to Legislation
Newark man and daughter win 2600 in a case against James Higgins over a $7000 dispute. Taft urged to keep liquor from the White House while Porto Rico governor talks surface. A private electric chair mandate passes in Raleigh. California adopts a direct primary with advisory votes for senators. Disbarment follows bribery cases in New York. Texas violence leaves several injured or dead in the Tenderloin. A Chicago mother kills her son then herself over a brother's death. Toledo sees a regional theatrical chain form. Delaware defeats high license in New Castle County.
Widow Kills Austrian Mayor in Retributive Act
In Vienna a widow killed Schade Mayor Sheila with an axe after a loan dispute, then burned her house, killed the mayor's wife, and took her own life. The grim incident follows a heated demand for loan repayment and cloaks the event in tragic retribution.
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Vienna
Austria
Schade
Sheila
Brooklyn man convicted of abusing girl and given 21 years
Joseph M. Janer of Brooklyn was found guilty of assaulting twelve year old Katherine Loerch in Baltimore. He received a 21 year sentence at the Maryland Penitentiary and began serving immediately.
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Joseph M. Inner
Brooklyn
Katherine Loerch
Baltimore
Burke and Duncan
Townson
Joseph
Janer
Iittie
Katherine Leerch
Maryland
Katherine
Classon
Clark
Taner
New York
Janet
Standard Oil Must Leave Missouri After Court Ruling
Missouri Supreme Court overruled motions for rehearing and modification in an ouster suit. It upheld Waters-Pierce Oil Company petition and denied abatement of the Missouri company. The decision frees Missouri of Indiana and Ohio firms and restores Waters-Pierce right to do business, with Standard Oil holding a major stake.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Standard Ol Company
Indiana
Republic Oil Company of
Ohio
Missouri Supreme Court
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri Company
Waters-Pierce Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
No Trust Prosecution Then and Now
Washington reports the Department of Justice plans to clear the docket by abandoning at least sixty five percent of cases. The Standard Oil case ended with a not guilty verdict by Judge Anderson and is regarded as settled. Wickersham awaits records before deciding on new criminal prosecutions, with White House opinion favoring only new cases if pursued.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Taft
Standard Oil
Anderson
Wickershaw
Department
White House
Keeran Indicted for Embezzlement at Fidelity Funding
P J Kieran former president of Fidelity Funding Co New York was indicted in Pittsburgh Pa charged with embezzlement and larceny by bailee over a note he allegedly made to Mother M Vincent of the Sisters of the Goat Shepherd.
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Fidelity Funding Co
Pittsburg
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Funding Company
New York
M. Vincent
Sisters of the Goat Shepherd
Notable U Sndents and Public Figures Involving Court and Press
Fragmented OCR item mentions Albert T. Patrick weeping in Supreme Court Brooklyn and Theodore Roosevelt's first Outlook article attacking journalism. References to New York Press Club Building cornerstone by Masons New York City. Spanish dancer claiming title in Madrid and war veterans protesting a War Department ruling. Frank Oz Trollins a banking head committing aideilde in New York City. Philip Gladstone testifying in Children's Court NYC about false testimony leading to another boy's imprisonment.
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Albert T. Patrick
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York Press Club
Grand Lodge of Masons of
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
Outlook
Yelow
Journalian
Justice Guy
New York Supreme Court
Lord Sackville-West
Madrid
Spain
War Department
Frank ‘Oz Trollins
Ailelde
Philip Gladstone
Children’s Court
Jareeny
Blaze and Rescue Mark Burlington Blaze After Twins Born
Fire gutted the home of Will iam Gorwood a Burlington insurance agent on Camden road outside city limits. The mother and twins were rescued hours after birth aided by Dr J M Davis and a swift police rescue of Mrs Sara Moore who was half suffocated. Sparks from a bonfire started the flames and firefighters arrived by telephone.
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William Gorwood
Burlington
Stork
Gorwood
Camden Road
J. M. Davis
Sell
Sara Moore
Mrs. Moore
Sues Church For Property Transfer Dispute
Charlotte Lipnincott sues Trinity P E Church in Vineland to recover about 2000 dollars in real estate. The suit hinges on a will of Mary Anne Crane Kent, who left everything to Lipnincott before dying. Kent had asked for the church property’s return and Bishop Scarborough ordered it, but death intervened.
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Sues Church
Bfira
Charlotte Quatrell Lipnincott
Trinity P. E. Church
Vineland
Mary Anne Crane Kent
Opposition Builds to Ackerman Civil Service Amendment
Strong opposition forms in Trenton against the Ackerman amendment to New Jersey Civil Service law. It would let New York residents take the test for public service jobs in New Jersey. Physicians warn the move would allow nonresidents and New York doctors to enter state hospitals and compete for licenses despite New Jersey licensing rules.
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Trenton
Ackerman
New York
New Jersey
State Medical Board
Murder charge after wife found with skull crushed in Hoboken home
Henry Whejen a driver was arrested at his West Hoboken residence charged with murdering his young wife whose body lay on a bed with a crushed skull. A note claimed by Whejen read I killed her at 2 o'clock this morning. Their two children slept in an adjoining room as jealousy was cited by police.
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Henry Whejen
West Hoboken
Whejen
Groundhog Hunt Leads Statewide Report and Local News
A fourteen pound groundhog shot near Beaver Dam by Amply Hyson is noted as among the largest found in the area. The West Millville child’s death from tuberculosis marks a third family loss in twelve months. Camden County records show twenty five prisoners opting for Judge Joine at a special Criminal Court session. Paulsboro faces tramps and residents push back, while Prof Rt J Whitback resigns to join the University of Wisconsin. Baysonne reports a Texas Oil Company plant at First Street will house the largest oil tank in the region, 114.5 feet diameter and 306 feet high with capacity of 55 000 barrels.
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Beaver Dam
Hyson
Thomas Matticks
West Millville
Camden County
Jo Ine
Paulsboro
Adamson
Rt. J. Whitback
Model School
Trenton
University of Wisconsin At
Madison
Texas Oil Company
First Street
Baysonne
Aice
Patent treaty with Germany signed in Washington DC
Secretary Bacon and Count von Bernstorff signed a patent agreement after long talks. It will be sent to the Senate for ratification. Negotiations reportedly included a provision that would prevent inventors from erecting factories to manufacture their inventions in the other country to protect patent rights, as required by the English law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bacon
von Bernstorff
Washington, D. C
Senate
Dmcrals
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Sixty-First Congress
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New York World
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Fourteenth Street
President Roosevelt
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President Taft
Virginia
DARK
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Rcthief
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Josephine
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Bloomfield
James Ell Watson
Porto Rico
St. Louis
William H. Pope, Jr
Fifty Eighth
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Raleigh
N. C
Sacramento
Assembly
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Carl Fischer-Hansen
Michaelson
Fischer-Hansen
Tenderloin
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Avery Bernstein
Robbina
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Mack
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Killa
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Ind
Lew Crist
R W. Riley
Lig Theatrical Combine
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Stirling
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Strait of Magellan
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Oregon
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Keeran
Blaze
Sheri
Sheria Albert B. Batten
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Board of Freeholders
William S. Daglish
Fox
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Comstock
Summit
Anthony Comstock
James Perry
Perry
Algger
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