Washington AnnalY board disposes Maine relics in progress
The Washington annals board begins distributing the mass of Maine relics recently brought from Savannah. The State Department issues a circular denying sensational press reports of U.S. intervention in Mexico to protect Americans there. House Ways and Means releases the Democratic tariff bill aiming to cut ad valorem duties by about 81 percent while projected revenue rises by 8.53 million dollars. Senate pensions committee rejects the Sherwood bill and adopts Smoot’s substitute for a 24 million dollar pension budget.
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Yale allies with geog society for Crockerland polar quest
Domestic Yale university will join the American Geographical Society and the American Museum of Natural History on a polar expedition to Crockerland. Rear Admiral Peary observed Grantland in 1906. The team departs Sydney about July 20 and plans a New York return in autumn 1914.
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American Geographical Society
American Museum of Natural History
Crockerland
Peary
Grantland
Sydney
N. Y
New York
Congress Fights to Preserve Biological Survey Funding
George Clinton writes from Washington on the fight to maintain and even increase the Biological Survey budget amid a fiscally cautious Congress. He cites public support from farmers, stock raisers, and hunters, the survey’s work on wolves, ground squirrels, and game protection, and the positive impact on state economies such as Illinois and Missouri. He also notes honors for Senator Kern and recollections of Washington’s birthday celebrations, alongside anecdotes about Fort Myer drills and political history.
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Agricultural Committee
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Fiftyninth Congress
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The
Biological Survey
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Missouri
Kern
Sherman
Indiana
Senate
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Virginia
Potomac River
Five Chicago murderers hanged in Cook County Jail
Five Chicago killers were executed at Cook County Jail in a historic simultaneous firing of sentences. Thomas Jennings, a Black man, became the first to be convicted and hanged on fingerprint evidence. The others—Frank and Howard Shiblawski, Philip Sommerling, and Thomas Schultz—slain truck farmer Fred W. Guelzow Jr. showed bravado to visitors, while clergy stayed with them to the end. Executions occurred one by one within an hour. Governor Deneen rejected commutations despite appeals from West Side reformers.
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Cook County
Thomas Jennings
Frank
Hward Shiblawski
Philip Sommerling
Thomas Schultz
Fred W. Guelzow, Jr
Deneen
Board of Pardons
West Side
Frank Shiblawski
Ife
Army Officer Removed Under Cloud of Court Martial
Washington Adjutant General Fred Ainsworth has been removed from duty and will face a court martial. Charges are expected to allege conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline and possible insubordination. Tension existed between the Adjutant General’s office and the General Staff, intensified after Secretary Stimson sided with the issue over a recent muster and pay rolls report.
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Adjt
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Ainsworth
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War Department
Adjutant General's Office
General Staff
Stimson
Wern
Bold Robbery in New York
Three highwaymen robbed a taxicab in Manhattan’s financial district, injuring messengers W. F. Smith and Frank Wardell from East River National Bank. They escaped with 15,000 dollars in five dollar bills and 20,000 dollars in hundred dollar bills from the Produce Exchange bank convoy, then vanished into heavy traffic using a large black car.
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W. F. Smith
Frank Wardell
East River National Bank
Broadway
Produce Exchange Bank
Three Die As Pennsylvania Limited Plunges Off Embankment
At Warrior's Ridge four miles west of Huntington Pennsylvania a east bound limited train ran off a thirty foot embankment at terrific speed. Two passengers and a Negro matron were killed and fifty three injured as a broken flange on a driving wheel failed on the second locomotive. The wrecked cars were steel framed and trapped occupants inside.
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Enlistment Extended to Five Years in Army Bill
Washington reports that the Hay military bill amendments extend U S Army enlistment from three to five years. The measure passed the House by a vote of 110 to 73, moving toward altered wartime manpower.
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Hay
United States Army
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Mrs Pryor Dead In New York City
Mrs Sara A Pryor wife of ex Justice Roger A Pryor died at the Pryor home in New York formerly of Virginia Her maid was Sara A Rice.
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Sara A. Rice
Testimony of Women Endorsing Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
A collection of endorsements from women across Reedville New Orleans Mishawaka and Dakota praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the Change of Life. Notes include claims of hot flashes dizziness sleeplessness and restored health with several named respondents.
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Ore
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Pinkham
Mary Bogart
Oregon
New Orléans
Aera
Gag“Ton Blondeau
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Alton Station
Emma Battey
Alton
Station
Deisem
Dak
Samuel’s bold pledge clouds early election bid
In a London Telegraph report, Herbert Samuel faces an uphill parliamentary run as his election agent warns his chances are slim. To sway voters, posters claimed Samuel would move to the division if elected, though the claim sparked humor and doubt among supporters.
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Herbert Samuel
Samuel
London Telegraph
Coffee Poison Breeda Variety of Ihe
A California woman 54 credits health gains to quitting coffee and using Postum. After two decades of indigestion and insomnia she reports weight gain, restored sleep, and renewed vitality from nine months on Postum, then relapse when reintroducing coffee. She advocates exclusive Postum use.
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