Condensed News of the Week From Home and Abroad
Proceedings recount a broad sweep of events with many named figures. Virginia senator John W. Daniel dies at 67 from a cerebral hemorrhage after multiple paralytic strokes. Pennsylvania Governor race hints surface with Gifford Pinchot as an independent. Other items note deaths, legal actions, trials, and accidents across the United States and abroad.
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John W. Daniel
Virginia
Lynchburg
Daniel
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
John B. Stanchfield
A. Heinze
New York
Copher
William Nielson McVickar
Rhode Island
Beverley Cove
Mass
Joseph Thomas
Hoboken
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Sherman
Johna Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Theodora Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Butler Alexander
The King's Salary Compared With The President's Pay
A historical note compares royal finances to the U S salary. It traces royal civil lists from George III reforms, Victoria era grants, and Edward VII adjustments, detailing privy purses, household salaries, royal bounties, and pensions. It concludes that Britain's civil list totals far surpass the president's 75,000 dollar salary plus travel allowance.
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George III
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
Royal Household
Prince of Wales
Edward
Alexandra
George V
Escaped Indian Massacre Report From Osage Country
Montgomery City attorney Col Warner Lewis recounts surviving the 1863 Osage massacre of Confederate soldiers in the Osage country. He describes joining John Lafferty as the sole survivors, with Lafferty later killed in the war. magazine accounts and Osage burial rites are noted.
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Montgomery City
Warner Lewis
Robert Lewis
Lewis
John Lafferty
Oklahoma
Lafferty
Barnes Chicago Capitalist
Chifford W. Barnes president of the Illinois Voters' League filed bribery charges in the Lorimer election before the U S senate. A Chicago capitalist with Lake Forest home he has long been active in legislative and social issues. Born 1884 in Corry Pa he attended Yale and the University of Chicago earning a master of arts. He has been a pastor settlement worker and secretary of the Religious Association of America. From 1900 to 1905 he taught sociology at Illinois College.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
The
Religious Association of America
Illinois College
Why Should Indians Swear Hurled At By Writer
A Houston Post column questions why Indians swear, arguing they need not endure subpar telephones, strained marriages, rough commutes, or long military displays at theaters, and notes that many work under challenging conditions. The piece challenges stereotypes while airing frustrations some Indians feel.
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Houston Post
Taft and Roosevelt Secret Private Meeting in Beverly
The former and sitting presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft met privately at Taft's cottage in Beverly. Witnesses described cordial, old White House style as they chatted two and a half hours with Lodge and Norton present. Details of their разговор remain undisclosed.
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Beverly
Taft
Burgess Point
Imousine
Roosevelt
Theodore
George
Fing
Senator Lodge
Norton
White House
Clean Sweep for Harvard at Thames Regatta
Harvard swept the Thames regatta with a varsity eight victory over Yale by four lengths as Harvard freshman eight and varsity four also led late in their races. The Cambridge crew edged ahead late, delivering decisive wins to open the annual Harvard Yale rowing meet on the river.
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New London
Harvard
Thames
Varalty
Yale
New London Bridge
Cambridge
New Haven
Boate
Crimson
Railroads Gain A Victory In Interstate Classification Change
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will not suspend official classification 36 affecting over 6000 items to take effect July 1. The decision is hailed as a railroad victory as carriers out of Buffalo gain a one cent per hundred weight increase on flour and wheat products to eastern destinations. The commission conducted a thorough review amid widespread protests from shippers fearing higher rates. Only 58 changes appear, with 28 reductions and 30 advances, including 12 car weight increases.
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B. G. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Kansas City
Ralph S. Latshow
Baron de Hirsch
New York City
American Library Association
Mackinac Island
Mich
Les O'Neil Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Chicago
EB. H. Terrell
Belgium
San Antonio
Tex
House of Commons
Harry B Hutchins
University of Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic
Pacific
Magoffin
Floyd
Knott
Kentucky
Porter Chariton
F. Goldthrite
Ottawa
Ont
Detroit River
Buffalo
Weasel
Detroit
Washington
Yellroads
Population Surge Seen in Dixie States in 1910 Census
Washington reports the Southern Commercial congress estimates the 1910 census will show a 21 percent population increase in the southern states, including Missouri and Oklahoma, since 1909.
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Dixie
Washington
Missouri
Oklahoma
Southern Commercial Congress
No Increase on Burlington Road Denied by President
Burlington road officials denied reports that they planned higher pay for unorganized employees. President Miller stated on Thursday there would be no raise or plan to increase wages for these workers.
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Burlington
Chicago
Miller
Casey at the Bat in Coca Cola Baseball Record Book
The item notes Casey at the Bat appears in the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 with baseball records and information. It mentions the Coca-Cola Co sending the book on receipt of a 2 cent stamp and includes a copy of The Truth About Coca-Cola. The advertisement touts Coca-Cola as cooling and refreshing at soda fountains and in bottles for 5 cents.
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Casey
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Reeves
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