Washington figures in early 1900s US policy talk and trials
In Washington Andrew Carnegie testified on steel industry beginnings and the Hea Kenner process, praised Charles M. Schwab and Stimson, and noted naval tests in zero weather. Taft planned paper import rulings, while Democratic and Republican conventions dated for Chicago and Baltimore. Senate hearings featured Lorimer denying corruption charges as Jackson Day events and court cases unfolded. A broad sweep covered statehood for New Mexico, currency reform studies, federal land policy, court decisions, a fire at Equitable Building, and other national affairs.
Indian Relics Two Young Women Adopted by Chippewas
Washington dispatches report two Washington women, Minnie Mahler and Kath ering Green, adopted into the Chippewa tribe as Wabun and Wabunanung. The piece also notes plans for a $500,000 American Indian Memorial in Washington and profiles Parliamentarian Charles Crisp and other Capitol figures.
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George Clinton
Washington
Curtin
Senate
New York Harbor
Curtis
Representative Carter
Oklahoma
Order of
Red Men
United States
Carter
A. O. Stanley
Steel Investigating Committee
Leonidas Merritt
Stanley
Messabba Iran
Merrit
Merritt
Minnie Mahler
Misa Kathering Green
Henderson, Ky
Congressional Committee
Morning Star
New House
Asher Hinds
Cannon War
Portland
Clark
Hinds
Charles Crisp
Georgia
Charles Frederick Crisp
Tilman
Benjamin R. Tillman
South Carolina
Old State
Edmund Heller
Roosevelt
Africa
Paul J. Rainey
New York
Mr. Rainey Ia
Smithsonian Institution
Mr. Heller
Samuel P. Langley
Champ Clark
Capitol
House
Congress
Reclamation progress and convict labor plans across states
The U S reclamation service reports 39 percent completion on the Laguna dam siphon project to water 66 000 acres in the Yuma valley. Texas to phase in 2000 convicts under Governor Colquitt s honor plan with 60 cents daily pay and no guards. An Ohio court upholds criminal penalties for employers who fire workers who refuse to resign from unions.
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United States Reclamation Service
Colorado River
Laguna Dam
Arizona-California
Yuma Valley
Texas
Colquitt
Ohio
Frank Gorman
Common Pleas Court
Cincinnati
The Dear Girl and Ferdy Fudge Plan
The exchange centers on Mabel cooking fudge for Ferdy as she quips that manipulation through food can win a man's heart. The playful line about hearts and stomachs anchors a domestic moment in a fragmentary diary-like item.
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Mabel
Ferdy
Ironmaster Knox tariff change urged by Carnegie testimony
Andrew Carnegie testified before the Stanley committee that he urged President McKinley to appoint Knox to his cabinet in 1910. He said price fixing and corporate dominance, including the United States Steel Corporation, show competition had ended and government regulation was now necessary to govern trusts and rail pricing. Carnegie defended tariffs on steel products except needles and praised the ICC for bringing order to railroads.
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Speaker Clark
Langley
Clark
Panama Canal Zone
da Lesseps
Fethmus
Washington
Felong
William W. Price
Washington Star
White House
Price
United States
Canada
Gulf
Thomas R. Shipp
Star
Indianapolis News
Albert J. Beveridge
Beveridge
Gifford Pinchot
Forest Service
Mr. Shipp
Indianapolis
National Conservation Congress
John M. Carson
Carson
McKinley
Knox
Tate
Andrew Carnegie
Stanley
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie
McGillicuddy
Maine
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Princeton Elects Hibben President at Winter Meeting
Princeton trustees chose Prof. John Grier Hibben to lead the university as president, filling the post left vacant after Gov. Wilson resigned in October 1910. Hibben, born 1881 in Illinois, has long been a popular lecturer and friend to students. He earned A B 1882 and masters in 1885 at Princeton, Ph D 1893, and L D from La Fayette College in 1907.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
John Grier Hibben
Wilson
New Jersey
Doctor Hibben
iPaoria
Ill
Fire ruins yield millions in cash and securities
New York reports nearly 400 million dollars in cash and securities removed from the vaults of the destroyed Equitable Life building and 160 million more in the vaults of August Belmont and Co. as safe. Other vaults at Equitable Harriman Macs and Mercantile Safe Deposit also escaped serious injury, reducing feared losses from over a billion to the destruction of the building and its furnishings and records for 825 tenants.
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New York
Equitable Life
Belmont & Co
Equitable
Harriman Macs
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Ite
Forty Poisoned at a Supper in North Dakota
Forty people in Maxhase Valley City area suffer prompt poisoning after consuming pie at a church chicken pie supper. The pie sat in a tin pan all day before being warmed for serving, raising questions about food safety and preparation practices.
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Valley City
N. D
Maxhase
W. O. T. U. Beats Ad Ads on Streetcar Transfers
Hartford, Conn. The W. O. T. U. has won its fight against advertisements for New England breweries on street car transfer tickets in Hartford New Haven and Meriden.
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Ada
Hartford
Conn
New England Breweries
Hartsford
New Haven
Meriden
Resinol Ointment and Soap Said to Cure Eczema
A Philadelphia reader endorses Resinol Ointment and Soap as quickly curing eczema on the head and other skin irritations. The letter praises the products for relief, easy application, and lack of toxicity, inviting others to try and request a free sample from Resinol Chemical Co.
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Ida B. Lesher
West Philadelphia
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Dentist Refused Over Pain Claim in Family Visit
A humorous exchange reveals Mr Henpeck asking a dentist to pull teeth without pain. The dentist says yes, then Mr Henpeck notes his mother in law needs seven extractions, so they must go elsewhere.
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Corate
Anne
Deathbed Wish for Village Band Echoes Across Room
Pat O'Shaunessy, told by a doctor he had hours to live, asked for a final concert by the village band. The band played Say Au Revoir But Not Good-bye, then departed. Mrs. O'Shaunessy asked if he could die easily, and he replied that hell had nothing worse than that.
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Pat O'Shaunessy
Pat
Mrs
Misleading Sneezes in a Language Study Tale
A humorous note describes a student studying Russian who struggles to pronounce words. While attempting a few phrases, a family physician unexpectedly arrives and prescribes medicines to break up a cold, complicating the study moment.
Grape-Nuts Promotes Health in Ohio Woman's Testimony
An Ohio businesswoman, age 40, credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health after years of stomach distress and morphine use. She says two years of daily Grape-Nuts and no medicines renewed her well being, allowing normal digestion, energy for work, and daily walks. The ad cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and urges readers to read the booklet Road to Wellness.
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Ohio
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Weaver
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Harmony
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James M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
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National Monetary Commission
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Secretary of the Interior
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Hammondaport
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J. Ogden Armour
Wan
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Equitable Assurance Society
Lower Broadway
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Boston
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Sanderson
Natonal League of Commission
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Andrew Jackson
Jackson Square
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Knights of Labor
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Tientsin
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Jim Mlyan
Hiniah
Windward
Salt Lake City
Johnson
Jack Curley
Flynn
Federation of Women's Clubs
St. Louis
San Francisco
R. C. Watts
Chesterfield County
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Supreme Court of
Robert Bacon
Harvard
Harvard Corporation
Francis Cabot Lowell
Bacon
Curtis and Carter
Leonard Wood
Army
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House Committee On
Lkely
Frederick GC. Aineworth
Wood
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General Wood
Medical Department
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Sheppard
Canles
American Historical Association
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Prince
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