Inaugural Parade and Fireworks At Washington
The inaugural procession from the Capitol to the White House featured a grand parade with veterans from Civil War and Spanish American War, blue and khaki units, and 35 000 stands spectators. Major General J Franklin Bell led the march, Cuban army units, West Point cadets, and civic clubs followed. Fireworks display capped the event with 1000 rocket bombs and 600 colored lights.
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Tad
Taft
Alice
J. Franklin Bell
Staf
Regular Army
National Guard of
States
West Point
Midshipmen
Annapolis
United States
Inaugural Night Brims With Fireworks and Ball
The inaugural events featured a naval parade of about 3 000 sailors and 10 000 infantry in Washington, with novelties like rocket bombs and a 100 foot light pillar. President Taft and Vice President Sherman hosted a grand Pension Building ball, aiming to connect all forty six states with the capital. The Paris Radium Institute reported sixty four surface cancer cures from sixty eight cases, with wide uses from skin tumors to chronic ailments and radium valued at $85,000.
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White House
Washington
Capitol
Washington Monument
Republican Flambeau Club
Minneapolis
Pension Building
Roosevelt
Senate
Cabinet
Army
Navy
House of Representatives
Senate Chamber
Tutt
Sherman
Offica
Frye
Comee
Pension Tuilding
National Capital
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas Jefferson
Taft
Paris
Work of Congress in Sixtieth Session
The Sixtieth Congress winds down with major Senate action on land maritime and public buildings appropriations, a ship subsidy defeat, and a broad defense budget. conference reports advance agricultural rivers and harbors, public buildings, and the sundry civil bill. The House completes sundry business and passes private bills while adjourning.
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White Mountain
Ilia
Aft
View Presttont
Sparker
Senate
Batley
Secretary of the Treasury, Commerce and Labor and War and Navy
Congress
Tiley
Aldrich
Greuad Iet
Weyburn
House of Representatives
Galdifoule
New York
Ahospital
Committee On the Judiciary
Dolliver
Beveridge
Military Academy
United States
House
Fire destroys Gast Thread Company's Seneca Walls plant
A fire swept the Gast Thread Company's Seneca Walls plant causing an estimated loss of $90,000. The blaze disrupted operations and prompted investigations into the cause. No injuries were reported.
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Seneca Walls
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William T. Taft
James S$. Sherman
Court of Honor
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Roobevelt
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Custon
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PRES
Jack Tars
Marcchen
Uncle Sam
Toshaguy
Tlulam
Work of Congress
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