Beautiful new home for Bureau of American Republics dedicated today
Washington April 26 The beautiful new home of the International Bureau of the American Republics was formally dedicated in a ceremony attended by President Taft Secretary Knox Cardinal Gibbons Andrew Carnegie and many dignitaries. The building cost about one million dollars with Carnegie contributing 750000 and the republics the rest. The structure blends classical and Spanish styles of white marble and features a central patio a fountain by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and a large hall for international conferences.
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Washington
International Bureau of the American Republica
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Root
United States
Waican
Cardinal Golbbons
Bishy Root
Meadop Harding
John Harrett
Supreme Court
National Congress
Cardinal Gibbons
Knox
John Barrett
Bureau
Albert Kelsey
Philadelphia
Kelsey
Ad Cret
Senator Root
Carnegie
Don Francisco Leon de la Barra
Bureau of American Republica
Taft
Wrt
Bishop Harding
Hich
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Marine
Bureau Represerta Ab
Aum
Potomac Park
White House
Washington Monument
American Republica
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Columbus Memorial Library
Walla
Spanish America
Rio Grande
Cape Horn
Congress
Mexico
Old Sore Healing Remedy Claims Blood Purifier Power
An advertisement from The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta Georgia extols a tonic named Old Sore and Alcen claiming to heal chronic ulcers by purifying the blood. It asserts impurities in blood prevent healing and promises a lasting cure through systemic cleansing rather than external applications.
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Swift Epecitio CO
Atlanta, GA
Wood becomes chief of staff in U S Army
Washington April 22 Maj Gen Leonard Wood the famed Army doctor and former colonel of Roosevelt's Rough Riders today assumed duties as chief of staff succeeding Maj Gen J Franklin Bell Wood has led the Department of the East from New York and though from the Medical Corps he joins the West Point line running into reform debates about trusts taxes and civic duties raising questions about church as business and public life across society
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Roosevelt
J. Franklin Bell
Wood
Department of the East
New York
F. C. Almeworth
Army
Washington praise for Wood as top officer choice
General Murray and others commend General Wood for a high command posting. Murray notes Wood is among the best military men and expresses satisfaction, while stating his own Coast Artillery duties and aim to advance coastal fortification problems.
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Washington
West Point
Arthur Murray
Murray
War Department
Wood
General Murray
Baits and Rebates and the Moral Use of Profit
Arthur Hayes-Sargent argues that stories used for moral instruction lose impact unless tied to real life choices. He condemns selective generosity and rebates that burden those who pay, noting corporations and churches alike must treat all customers equally. He warns that tax exemptions for church property and subsidies to railroads distort fairness and few escape responsibility for such schemes.
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Arthur Hayes-Sargent
Recalled ideals of humanity in a civic building dedication
A speech extols living as if in an ideal humanity, praising the Latin republic and the American people's fraternal spirit. It lauds vigorous material life alongside lofty moral standards and the pledge to uphold high ideals during the dedication event.
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Latin Republica
Mng
Local Notes From Lower Siuslaw Country
Emma Haroun departs Heceta for Eugene. J Johnson visits from Eugene to promote the Eugene Florence and Coos Hay railroad. J W Carman and partner buy a McCoy store and take possession. A cloths shop to open in Cox Brand room with new stock. Steamer Roscoe returns from Coos Bay carrying a mill engine and machinery. A government buoy aids river navigation at Siuslaw entrance. Pile driving for jetty receiving wharf begins amid loaded rock scows and rail equipment. Florence West reports.
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Emma Haroun
Heceta
Eugene
J. Johnson
Eugene-Florence and Coos Hay
Siuslaw
J. W. Carman
McCoy
Oregon
Salem
J. A. Smith
Cox & Brand
Armerila
Gregory
Coquille
Florence West
Hills Missing In Valley Affect Hop Yards Reports
Local hop men report the hills in the valley yards are not as good as hoped with many missing hills maring the growers serenity. A leading hop grower estimated missing hills average 15 percent across yards, some areas as high as 25 percent per the Salem Statesman.
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Salem Statesman
Bank Examiner Resigns. Will Wright Chosen as Successor
Salem April 25 State Bank Examiner James Steele resigned from Portland. The state board elected Will Wright of Union to succeed him. Wright, a former First National Bank of Union official, will take charge May 15. The post pays 3000 dollars annually.
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Salem
James Steel
Portland
Will Wright
Union
Steele
Wright
First National Bank of Union
Oregon
W. T. Wright
Roseburg Man Named for West Point by Hawley
Washington April 25 Representative Hawley recommended Bayard A. Buchanan of Roseburg as cadet at West Point Military Academy with James F. Hollister of Dallas as alternate.
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Roseburg
West Point
Hawley
Washington
Bayard A. Buchanan
West Point Military Academy
James F. Hollister
Dallas
Loretta Lavert Dies At 66 At Springfield Home
Mrs Loretta Rachel Lavert aged 66 dies at her home at 6th and G streets Springfield after a stomach cancer. Funeral held Thursday at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev Harbit of the M B church of which she was a member. Interment in Laurel Grove cemetery. News
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6Th and
G Street
Springfield
Loretta Rachel Lavert
Harbit
M. B. Church
Laurel Grove
Drain to receive ice plant and meat market front
Mansfield & Davie have contracted for the ice plant installation at the drainage site. The heavy brick building will house a three ton daily capacity plant with the front used as a meat market. Thomas A. Fisher and family recently arrived from Minneapolis, intending to locate here.
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Mansfield & Davie
Ita
Thos. A. Fisher
Minneapolis Minn
Franklin Bell Retires as Chief of Staff of U S Army
Washington April 22 General Franklin Bell retires as Chief of Staff, with General Leonard Wood succeeding him amid Roosevelt era tensions. Bell, 53, earned honors in the Philippines, survived an automobile accident, and is remembered for his hard fighting spirit and service record.
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Bell
Army
Roosevelt
Ben. Bell
Lexington
Secret Service Department of the Philippines
Leavenworth
Idaho Land Board Mixed In Scandal
Boise dispatch reports a Idaho state scandal after the resignation of M. I. Church register of the state land board. Church quit to forestall removal amid a $2500 contract tied to a Carey act project and implicates other officials. He names A. A. Shaw and W. L. David as key figures in the scheme linked to Eastern financiers.
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Boise
Idaho
M. I. Church
Register of the
State Land Board
James H. Brady
Church
Land Board
Brady
Register
W. L. David
Bxte
McBride
Shaw
David
Foanciers
Court Holds Prosecutor Responsible for Loss of Papers
Kansas City dispatch reports Judge Ralph Ladshaw criticized Prosecutor Conklin over missing grand jury notes in Hyde case. He questioned late notification and said three people might have been arrested earlier. Conklin continues investigation with bar association help. he offered to resign if blamed. Witnesses Mrs Rose Churchill and Miss Elizabeth Gordon testified about December 4 typhoid case at Swope house.
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Hyde
Kansas City
Ralph Ladshaw
Conklin
Bar Association
Roosevelt Lectures on Citizenship in a Republic
Paris April 23 Col Theodore Roosevelt former US president delivered his lecture Citizenship in a Republic at the Sorbonne before the French cabinet and students. He urged high standards for leaders and citizens stressing human and property rights, individual duty, and liberty with responsibility, urging courage and public spirit.
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Paris
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Republic
Sorbonne
University of Paris
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Critle
Forest reserves restored to public domain
Washington April 2 President Taft issued his first proclamation reclassifying national forest lands four million acres will be opened to homestead entry while some unarable lands are added to the forests the move was among the last acts of Pinches before his deposition an investigation urged into the $100000 donated for a Lincoln monument by early subscribers with gifts ranging from 1 to 14 dollars
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Washington
Taft
Pinches
Abraham Lincoln
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International Bureau of American Republica
Senor
Francisco L. de la Barra
America
International Bureau of American Republics
General Wood
Rough Rider
United States Army
Leonard Wooo
Lower Siuslaw
Franklin Bell
Washington, D. C
Bella
J. Franklin Sell
Idaho Land Board
Col Roosevelt
France
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