Roosevelt defends Brownsville action on colored troops
President Roosevelt transcripts a special message to Congress defending the discharge of three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry for the Brownsville riots. He cites investigation reports and Secretary Taft's legal opinion, arguing the action was within his authority and that officers and enlisted men alike must be held to the same standard.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Twenty-fifth United States Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Taft
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Secretary of War
Nettleton
United States Army
United States
Augustus P. Blocksom
Leonard A. Lovering
Ernest A. Garlington
Garlington
South Carolina
Lovering
New Hampshire
Blacksom
Ohio
Illinois
the Treasury
Harrison
Fort Brown
Blocksom
Army
Military Secretary’s Office
War Department
Military Secretary
Hesse
James Wilkinson
New Orleans
Sixtieth Ohio
Eleventh New York
Fifth Missouri Cavalry
Fourth Missouri Cavalry
Toason
New Jersey
Maryland
U. S. Grant
Grant
Twiggs
Robert E. Lee
Department of Texas
Charlotte Observer
Regular Army
Army Regulations
Judge Advocate General
25Th Infantry
Fourth Cavalry
Tat
Roosevelt letter praises Carroll County sheriff for defending jail guard
Washington reports a White House letter dated December 17 1906 from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte recounts Sheriff J L Merrill of Carroll County Georgia firing on a mob to save a black prisoner and being rewarded with a custodian post at Atlanta federal prison. The letter wonders about promoting Merrill for his actions.
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Washington
White House
Washington, D. C
Bonaparte
J. L. Merrill
Carroll County
Georgia
Merrill
Adamson
Terrell
Federal
Atlanta
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles J. Bonaparte
Swindle In Converse Promises Cure With Medicated Pillow
H O White Jacob Maple Minor Wintrow and several Converse residents were swindled by a stranger who sold a "medicated pillow" with instructions to bite it four times daily. One victim bitten ten times found the pillow filled with ordinary excelsior. The swindler fled and friends now view the victims with suspicion.
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H. O. White
Jacob Maple
Minor Wintrow
Cure a Cold in One Day Bromine Quinine Tablets
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise a one day cure for colds. Druggists refund money if it fails. E. W. Grove signature appears on every box. Price listed at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad Annual Meeting Notice
The Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad Company calls a stockholders meeting for January 25, 1907 at 10 a.m. in Jackson, Michigan to elect directors and discuss business. Transfer books close January 12 and reopen January 28, 1907. Samuel Sloan Jr., Secretary.
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Fort Wayne & Jackson Railroad Company
Jackson
Michigan
Samuel Sloan, Jr
Money to Loan On Real Estate or Personal Security
Advertisement offering loans on real estate or personal security by Ge. E. Pfeiffer in rooms 6-7 Bass Block.
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Ge. E. Pfeiffer
Notice to Defendants in Indiana Quiet Title Suit
Indiana Allen County notice in the Superior Court November term 1906. John L Behrie sues John Newhouse and others nonresidents for quiet title. Defendants must appear by February 11 1907 or risk a hearing in their absence. Attorneys W A Toe and L Kuhne represent the plaintiff.
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State of Indiana
Allen County
John L. Behie
John Newhouse
State of
Indiana
Sarah D. Hough
Jessie W. Wickersham
Harold Wickersham
David Levitt Hough
Lydia M. Hough
John Hough
Samuel L. Hough
W. A. Toe
W. Kuhne
Notice to non-residents in Mannock divorce case
In Allen County Indiana Anna Mannock sues William E Mannock for divorce. The Allen Circuit Court February Term 1907 notes defendant William E Mawhodk is a non resident of Indiana and a complaint has been filed requiring an answer or demurrer by a specified date.
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State of Indiana
Allen County
Anna Mannock
William E. Mannock
Allen Circuit Court
William E. Mawhodk
Indiana
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Blockson
Session
Penrose
United States Springfield Rifles
North
South
Judge Jones
Judge Speer
Lynders’ Mob
Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad Company
Rey Et Seee
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