Washington acts and conflicts spark mixed U S reaction
Washington officials express disappointment over President Diaz's manifesto and Juarez fighting. Senate moves on tariff and trust issues while Taft faces farmer backlash. The House passes Farmers Free List. Carnegie and Taft receive fence medals. Justice probes the Shoe Machinery Trust as tariff board work is reviewed.
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Washington
Diaz
Juarez
United States
Kenyon
Taft
House
Andrew Carnegie
National Tariff Commission Association
Tariff Board
Department of Justice
Shoe Machinery Trust
Senate
Arizona
New Mexico
Notable figures mark milestones and events abroad
Margaret Anglin wed Howard Hull in New York at St Patrick’s. Alexander Graham Bell arrived back from a world tour aboard the Celtic. Rev Carroll of Washington contemplates an acting career. Empress Eugenie turned eighty five. Yale professors Parker and Hooker won a ten thousand prize for grand opera in English. Uncle Joe Cannon celebrated seventy five in Washington. George B McClellan observed the Camorra trial in Viterbo, Italy.
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Margaret Anglin
Howard Hull
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Alexander Graham Bell
Mr. Carroll
Protestant Episcopal Church of
Bryan Hooker
Joe” Cannon
Washington
George B. McClellan
Viterbo
Italy
Notable 1910s News Briefs From Across America
A wide array of incidents including a naval drowning near Norfolk, a fatal fire destroying Sanford Davis’s Free Union home, and Burns defending Gompers against alleged frameups. Also reported are thefts in New York, coal piracy near Cordova, a Creighton University fire, Methodist unification talks in Chattanooga, Mormon discipline rumors, an English actor linked to burglaries in Pittsburgh, post July 1 steamship telegraph gear rules, and New York State fire insurance results for 1910.
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C. T. Truitt
Norfolk
Maryland
General Slocum
New York
Sanford Davis
Free Union
William J. Burns
Samuel Gompers
McNamaras
Ortie McManigal
Pittsburg
Inspector Russell
American
State Insurance Department
New York State
Multiple Sales and Public Notices Span Cities
The report covers diverse items: the first section of the sale of the Robert Hoe library in New York realizing 997 863.50 dollars. mail carriers to wear light panama hats in New York this summer. thirteen alleged wire-tappers arrested in New York City through contractor Charles McDonald who says they tried to fleece him of 20000 dollars. Ex Senator Nelson Aldrich explains currency reform at Waldorf Astoria bankers dinner. Wellesley students petition for Rockefeller donation return. Mrs Alice Webb Duke linked to Brodia Duke fortune. A pauper dies in Kankakee Illinois State hospital for the insane. Baltimore Peace Congress adopts resolutions for League of Peace. Arkansas House moves to remove public officials intoxicated within term. Carrie Rutherford, school excursion train victim, dies in Easton. Massachusetts issues 24881 automobile registrations Jan 1 to Apr 20 up 21 percent. Timothy Sullivan arrested in Boston for 8000 stolen from a registered package. Taft speaks at National Peace Congress to reassure Canada and Mexico on territorial aims. Massachusetts Senate tables direct election resolution. Fire at Alpine Texas destroys 100000 in property. nine brick buildings including First National Bank burned.
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Robert Hoe
New York
New York City
Charles McDonald
Philadephia
Nelson
W. Aldrich
United States Monetary’ Commission
Waldorf Actoria
Wellesley
John D. Rockefeller
Alice Webb
Duke
Brodia G. Duke
Missy
Tress
Illinois State
Kankakee
Peace Congress
Baltimore
League of Peace
Arkansas House
Carrie Rutherford
Martin's Ferry
N. J
Easton
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Timothy F. Sullivan
Boston
Taft
Third National Peace Congress
Canada
Mexico
Massachusetts Senate
United States
Alpine
Texas
First National Bank
European and World News Digest From London to Mexico
A sweeping world news brief notes the Spanish Chamber of Deputies registering religious associations and auditing accounts, Pekin signing an Anglo-Chinese opium accord, Paris police fund raised, Nova Scotia fires, cholera in St Petersburg, Morocco tensions, German France warning, Milan discoveries, Mexican unrest near Juarez and Guadalajara, Queen Alexandra coronation plans, Strassburg student protest, and a British petition for women’s franchise with 53 000 signatures.
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Chamber of Deputies
China
Pekin
Paris Poli
Aylesford
Fruit
Nova Scotia
St. Petersburg
Germany
Morocco
House of Lords
Canada
France
Vienna
International Free Love League
Milan
Madero
Juarez
International Bridge
Taft
Diaz
el Paso
Alexandra
Sheringham
London
Strassburg University
William J
Kaiser
Lord Decies
Decies
Vivien Gould
Rene Wallon
Paris
Shari
Felectan
House of Commons
War Talk Stirs Senate Debate Over Mexico Policy
Senator Stone urged a resolution authorizing presidential use of force to protect Americans along the border. Senator Bacon challenged the move warning it could trigger war, while noting El Paso residents could relocate if danger rose. Stone proclaimed Americans must not be cowardly in defense of their lives.
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Washington
Stone
Missouri
Senate
Mexico
United States
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Bacon
Georgia
Committee On Foreign Relations
el Paso
All Day Battle Seizes Tijuana as Mexican revolt expands
Rebels under Gen. Madero engage insurrectionists in an all day battle that continued after nightfall. They capture Tijuana in Lower California and gain additional successes. Yaqui forces siege Hermosillo, while peace talks in Mexico City collapse as Diaz refuses Gen Figueroa's demand to resign.
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Insurrectos
Tia Juana
California
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Vera Cruz
Zacatecas
Puebla
el Paso
Madero
Indian Siege Near Hermosillo Seizes Arms
In Douglas Arizona the Yaqui Indians halted a Southern Pacific train and seized 50 rifles and 20 000 rounds of ammunition. They surround Hermosillo the Sonoran capital while facing fewer than 800 federal troops and have cut telegraph wires.
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Douglas, Ariz
Hermosillo
Sonora
Federa
Theatre Burned in Edinburgh Fire Claims Seven Lives
The Empire Music Hall in Edinburgh burned after King George ordered an entertainment following the coronation. Seven perished as fire started behind the scene while the audience escaped with little trouble. performers and stagehands barely escaped. The asbestos curtain protected the audience.
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Edinburgh
Empire Music Hall
George
Lafayette
Vote Sellers Sentenced in Ohio Case
Cincinnati Judge A. Z. Blair at Portsmouth sentenced fourteen voters to disfranchisement for five years and six months in a workhouse, with a $25 fine and costs each for selling votes. Imprisonment and fines suspended, likely due to the men's poverty. Evidence showed votes sold for $1 to $3 each.
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Cincinnati
A. Z. Blair
Portsmouth
Pension bill for widows of presidents introduced in Senate
Senator Root introduced in the Senate a bill granting pensions of 6000 dollars to Frances Folsom Cleveland widow of President Cleveland and Mary Scott Lord Harrison widow of President Harrison. Expected passage without opposition though no action was taken at the last session.
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Washington
Root
Senate
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Cleveland
Mary Scott Lord Harrison
Harrison
White Leghorns Are Popular Among Fowl Breeds
The White Leghorn is the most popular breed, especially where white eggs are required. Leghorns excel in warmth and feeding. they lay well in winter when properly housed, though they are highly sensitive to unfavorable conditions. Minorcas resemble Leghorns but lack any superiority.
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Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Poultry Notes for Better Incubation and Breeding
Practical tips on incubator care trap-nesting breeding pens proper heat under hover and heat management, choosing pure bred poultry for better prices, timing marketing, and selecting breeding quality over color trends. Emphasizes thoroughbred utility strains, drainage for new coops, and exercised chicks strengthening before hatching.
Strawberry Bombe Craft And Dessert Ideas From A Household Guide
A historical excerpt describes strawberry based desserts and bombe preparation. It details mold shapes like melon form, lining with charlotte russe and strawberry ice, and chilling methods. Variations include strawberry ice for vanilla ice cream, strawberry hearts with sponge cake, strawberry tarts, and a strawberry sponge dessert with gelatine and whipped cream.
Commonplace life inspires quiet reflections on faith
A verse by Susan Coolidge muses on everyday scenes the sun, sky, moon, stars, flowers, and birds. It suggests sorrow would loom if beauty vanished, yet God sees each ordinary life and creates a beautiful whole from them.
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God
Susan Coolidge
Lincoln on talent and common people
The saying notes Lincoln praising common people as many and the Lord's favor. It contrasts the rarity of the ten talented with those who excel in a single skill. It warns against over specialization and cautions that spreading effort across many tasks wastes energy and hinders achievement.
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Abraham Lincoln
Household hints and recipes from a 19th century column
Practical kitchen tips include cocoa with corn starch and cold milk, pastry scraps for tarts, careful coffee use, veal with cream and a crust baked dish, grape tapioca dish with lemon juice and sherbet glasses, plus a note on a club for exchanging ideas. The tone mimics a domestic column with multiple recipe fragments and social chatter.
How Ridiculous Dinner Invite Sparks Tense Exchange
In a sharp exchange a husband explains his wife is not in good humor, insisting he invited a guest to dinner. The brief quarrel centers on perceived insult and dinner plans.
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Huakind
Isatah's Call to Service Home Mission Lesson
A 1914 Sunday School lesson on Isaiah 6 8 urges readers to answer God's call for home missions. It links Isaiah's vision and purification to modern American needs including immigration, wealth, social issues, and the growth of churches through American Bible Society and Sunday School efforts.
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Isaiah
Jerusalem
Syria
Palestine
Judah
Samaria
Ahaz
Assyria
Sulvarix
Israel
God
United States
Hillis Island
American Bible Society
American Sunday School Union
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Yaquis
King
Empire
Senator Root
Ore
Browning
Greening
Isatah
Isabeh
Uzziah
Beecher
Hastings
Menahem
Asshur-daan III
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