Happenings This Week From Across The Globe
Secretary MacVeagh urges popular subscriptions to a 50 million government bond issue to reimburse treasury funds for Panama Canal costs with preference to small bidders. Postmaster General Hitchcock adds 47 savings depositories to total 176, ready June 12. Taft to lay corner stone of a Washington temple in October. International arbitration moves gain momentum as Knox proposes a draft convention.
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MacVeagh
Treasury General Fund
Panama Canal
Hitchcock
Washington
Taft
Knox
France
Great Britain
Notable births and society notes from early 20th century notices
Personal Stuyvesant Fish III born to Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Jr in New York. Engagement of aviator Claude Grahame-White and actress Pauline Chase reportedly broken. Laura Benedict returns from the Bagobo study with 2 100 specimens. Carnegie scholarship of 500 awarded to R M Keeney. Emilie B Grigsby fails to take London residence. Dowager Lady Decies recovering from appendicitis. Anna Besant announces pending reincarnation of Christ. 6 000 starving Labrador cast mariners denied by Captain Kean of Home steamer.
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Emilie B. Grigsby
Charles T. Yerkes
London
New York
State Board adopts new geography and history texts statewide
The Indiana State Board of Education approved Frye's geography and Gordy's History for five years, replacing earlier works. Committee members will correct typos and adjust illustrations, with concerns raised over maps and campus imagery. Licenses and commissions for teachers and officials were renewed as the session adjourned.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Education
State Board of School Book Commissioners
State House
Frye
Gordy
United States
Ginn & Co
Charles Scribner's Sons
Montgomery
Kendall
Ft. Wayne
Tomlin
Terre Haute
J. N
Masonic
Shriners
Parsons
Indiana State Normal School
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Ferre Haute
Wabash College
Life
Kate Andrews
E. Cassady
la Crosse
J. B. Evans
Purvis W. Wearly
Bloomington
Charles E. McClure
Newport
Carl McGannon
Thorntown
J. W. Shern
North Manchester
Harriett A. Thompson
Richmond
Ernest Wilmore
Arcadia
Albert Lee Frantz
Royal Center
Life State
Comedian Dixey Remarks on Money in Marriage
Henry B. Dixey at a New York dinner reflects on marrying for money. He notes a rich wife could tire of a husband or cap his allowance, recalling a joke about a man who married money and its heavy attachment.
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Rom Sing Sing
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
United States
Henry BH. Dixzey
Fine Scheme
A wife tries to choose a piece of silk before her husband returns home. The husband jokes about a counter clerk with soulful eyes. She deflects the idea, noting many a girl would marry a man who avoids pressuring her to keep promises.
His Wurst and Warst Puns Highlight New York Delicatessen Ad
A Brooklynn delicatessen proprietor displays a pun filled sign reading The Best You Can Do Is Buy Our Warst in window. A New York Sun writer notes the playful boast while a humor caption in Youth's Companion and a Doctor Puck cartoon exchange echo the gag about weight and retirement.
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Brooklyn
New York Sun
Feed Young Girls Right Foods For Healthy Growth
A health note urges proper nutrition during adolescence to form a strong body and lasting health. A young woman shares her experience with Postum easing coffee and tea effects, reporting reduced headaches, nerves, and stomach discomfort, and improved alertness and health.
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Firat
Postum
Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
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General Assemblies
The
Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
Atlantic City
Louisville
Chicago
Carpenter
Dstrict
Lynch
Typographical Union
John Kirby
Manufacturers’ Association
Los Angeles Times
Helm Committee
Illinois State Senate
lLorimer
United States Senate
St. Peter's
Erie
Diomede Falconio
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Lemuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Bucks Doycott
Lawrence
Massachusetts
St. Paul
Detroit
Rio Grande River
el Paso
International Commis Sion
Texsss
Congress
D. C. Worcester
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Jewel Court
Elgin
Ill
Indianapolis City Hospital
East Tenth Street
Andrew G. Cooper
Gladys Freeland
Department of Agriculture
Wewoka
Oklo
James A. Patten
Thomas Beverdge Patten
George Patten
United Confederate Veterans and Allied Organizations
Little Rock
Ark
Stuyvesant Fish, III
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
Illinois Central Railroad
Claude Grahame-White
Pauline Chase
Laura Benedict
American Museum of Natural History
British Iron and Steel Institute
Carnegie
R. M. Keeney
Colorado
Lady Decies
Anna Besant
India
Christ
Labrador
Kean
Home
Curling
Battle Harbor
Labsador
Geograph
Indiana ‘Christian Missionary Association
Columbus
Brotherhood
Tabernacle Christian Church
G. L. Reeves
H. L. Sweeney
E. L. Powell
Louieville
J. K. Shellenberger
L. E. Murray
Brotherhood and Missions
Fred Kline
Indiana Christian Woman's Board of Missions
Central Christian Church
Frank Wells
Charles Paul
Mission Training School
Anna R. Atwater
National Board
Indiana State
Denison Hotel
J. M. Bard
Noblesville
Bard
Board of Gensors
Associated Billposters
National Organization
Asbury Park
N. J
C. G. Murray
EB. M. Watson
Lafayette
J. W. Miller
Martinaville
State Association
Marvin 8. Hufford
Frankfort
E. L. Kinneman
Marion
Edwin Harter
Huntington
Charles E. Schleiger
Logansport
Food and Drug Laboratory
State Board of Health
J. P. Simonds
Simonds
United States Army
United States ‘Army
Simonde
White
St. Joseph
Delaware
Dearborn
Vigo
Orange
Hood
J. A. Scott
Puck
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