Roosevelt Panama Canal Report Details Visits and Recommendations
President Roosevelt’s canal zone report chronicles a three day November tour of Panama and Colon with Mrs Roosevelt. It defends the project against harsh critics, endorses a single commission with department heads, and urges Gorgas's full membership and use of top engineers. The note about a butcher joke closes the piece.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Congress
Canal Zone
Panama
Colon
Canal
United States
America
Gorgas
W. C. Gorgas
Canal Commission
Insure Life or Not Marry Warned by Workmen Chief
Muscatine Iowa December 22 W M Narvis supreme grand master of the Ancient Order of United Workmen urged a law compelling a man to take a life insurance policy for 1000 dollars when obtaining a marriage license He said he will introduce in Iowa legislature a bill making insurance by married men compulsory
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Muscatine
Iowa
W. M. Narvis
Ancient Order of United Workmen
One Man's Fees Net $113 265 Auditor Sets Ohio Record
Columbus remembers Auditor R. C. Wright of Cuyahoga county reported a net compensation of 113 263 dollars for the last fiscal year, the largest single year's pay ever recorded among state county or municipal officials. The fee system under which it was drawn is ending this year.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. C. Wright
Cuyahoga
Rockefeller Says He Will Answer the Summons
New York December 22 Rockefeller declares a court summons requires him to face the music and respect laws. He weighs wealth responsibilities and says great wealth is a burden or blessing, and he is a steward. He declines wealth figures and ends with a merry Christmas sentiment.
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Rockefeller
New York
John D. ‘Rockefeller
Jersey City
Standard Oil
Rogers
Wage Increase Announced by Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Salem mill Naumkeag Steam Cotton announces a five percent wage raise effective December 81 to apply to about 1500 workers. The raise aligns local pay with rates in other cities as the company updates wage scales for rail hands and general employees.
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Salem
Mass
Naumkeag Steam
Cotton Company
Naumkeag
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Manzanillo
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Blanca
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White House
Court
Europe
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Mr. Rockefeller
Mr. Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser
Mer. Montagnini
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