Susan B Anthony Celebrates Eighty-Sixth Birthday
A February Washington gathering honors Susan B Anthony, with leaders and legal figures praising her work for women’s suffrage. President Roosevelt sends congratulations as Anthony urges Congress to push a constitutional amendment. Mary Thomas of Baltimore argues for voting rights to protect children and curb perceived social ills.
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Susan B. Anthony
Washington, D. C
Anthony
Baltimore
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Anna Howara Shaw
Miss Anthony
Capitol
Mary Thomas
Army
Navy
Maryland
Susanse
Miss Anthony Life Story Stressed in Historic Tribute
Susan Brownell Anthony born in Massachusetts Quaker settlement, began as a gentle girl who taught and then joined the suffrage fight at 26. Her bold act at a temperance convention in Albany, leading a walkout, sparked a lifelong struggle for equal rights, facing ridicule and hostility but never wavering.
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South Adams
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Sons of Temperance
Albany
N. Y
Daughters of Temperance
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Susan B Anthony
New York State Temperance Society
Mrs. Stanton
Miss Anthony
New York
Anthony
United States
Mary
Rochester N. Y
Rochester
Triumph for Root Diplomatic Victory Over German Tariffs
The United States and Germany avoided a commercial war as the Reichstag defers maximum tariff enforcement to June 1907. Secretary Root, aided by Ambassador Sternberg, secured equal German trade consideration for sixteen more months, preserving U S plans and boosting roots as a premier diplomat. The root approach calmed German tariff pressures and prevented coercive measures, with praise for calm statecraft.
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Germany
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Sternberg
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von Buelow
Department
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Washington
Velvet Market Ties In Middle West Produce Interests
In the Middle West producers and business interests view the German market as a favorable channel. They describe its potential as a velvet option, signaling cautious optimism about trade and earnings amid evolving postwar demand.
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Middle West
Record Prices Boost New York Stock Exchange Seats
The New York Stock Exchange seat market shows rapid price rises with 100000 plus bids. Seats, limited to 1100, traded at 85000 then 90000 and 95000 recently, with expectations to reach 100000. Buyers seek floor access to capitalize on high daily volumes and potential commissions. Executors also sell seized seats at top bids when a member dies.
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New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
New York
Millionaire waiters feed caddies at Wissahickon Heights banquet
Billionaires and social leaders from the city served as waiters at a Wissahickon Heights golf club banquet for 86 caddies aged eight to sixteen. Executives and officers from the Germantown Cricket Club oversaw the feast, with each boy receiving candy and prizes from $1 to $2.50 in gold.
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Germantown
Samuel T. Heebner
Millonaire
Italy
Willam Potter
Sheriff Brown
Public Safety
Potter
Edward S. Buckley, Jr
H. H. Kingston
Harlan S. Page
Howard Perrin
Joseph S. Clark
Charles T. Cowperwaite
Henry A. Lewis
Robert C. Cooke
William R. Buckley
C. H. Potter
William Disston
W. Findley Brown
William C. Houston
Propellor In the Aft
An English device for an aft motor boat overcomes shallow water and vegetation limits. A flat shallow draft launch uses a fan propeller operating in the air, driven by a motor, to push the craft forward at a good speed while navigating waters too shallow for traditional propellers.
Poison cure for hydrophobia found in arrowhead oil
Curara, a deadly poison, and the South American arrowhead poison have been found helpful in treating hydrophobia. The finding suggests a potential medical application of these toxic substances in controlled therapy.
A Breezy Midwinter Journey to Charleston and Beyond
A warm breezy travelogue from Washington to New York to Jacksonville on the Seminole, then Charleston. The narrator endures a fierce Atlantic crossing, recalls her sick son, and describes Charleston’s Battery, the Ashley and Cooper rivers, St. Michael's Church, old mansions, gardens in bloom, Calhoun Monument, and bustling market life with fragrant camellias and vibrant vegetation along the sea breeze.
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New York
Jacksonville
Charleston
Isthmus
Hatteras
Battery
Charleston Darbor
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