Stor ver rejects Roosevelts charges and defends diplomats
Mellamy Storver ex ambassador at Vienna responds to a Roosevelt letter saying his private reply was meant for informed officials. He denies insulting adjectives and denies any wife letter belittling Choate and Porter. He says both diplomats deserved respect and laments their retirement from public service.
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Cincinnati
Mellamy Storver
United States
Vienna
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Choate
Porter
President Roosevelt Letter to Mrs Storer on Cabinet Prospects
The Washington letter dated October 4, 1901 discusses cabinet and diplomatic appointments. Roosevelt praises Root, weighs Storer for a cabinet post or a Pacific coast seat, notes religion as asset, and mentions Porter's France tenure. The piece presents the president’s view as untroubled by Mrs Storer’s earlier letter.
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Storer
Washington
Roosevelt
Maria
Root
Ele
Long
Navy
New England
Germany
Italy
Porter
France
ARC HOP 18 BROUGHT IN Storer Then Went On
The pread ent says that he did not authorize a statement attributed to him and that he did not give such authorization. He notes Archbishop Ireland was informed of actions and provides letters as evidence. He references a letter mailed from Meran after leaving Yong gsnough.
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Storer
Ireland
Mr. Loeb
Vatican
Meran
Yong Gsnough
Rome Letters and Resignation Dispute In 1904
In a 1908 letter from Rome the author rebuts the president’s charges of ingenuine conduct and explains the 1904 resignation offer. He argues he spoke to Roosevelt via letters and sought to avoid embarrassment, noting the Vatican episode and the nameless admission of fault in the Wurst incident. He asks for deliberate judgment on the president’s public charges.
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Rome
Vatican
Uwurst
Nome
Vattean
Roosevelt
United States
Stor er describes pope audience and Roosevelt letters on Cardinal Ireland
Stor er says in an interview that he carried a verbal note from President Roosevelt to Pope Pius X. The note advised promoting Mgr. Ireland to cardinal and stated Roosevelt’s full confidence in Ireland as both prelate and citizen. He cites Roosevelt letters praising Ireland.
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Storer
Roosevelt
Mgr
Ireland
Pius X
St. Paul
Mer
Vatican declines to state Roosevelt pressure on cardinal selection
Rome reports that since Bellamy Storer’s recall last March to Austria-Hungary, attempts were made to pressure the Vatican to appoint Archbishop Ireland a cardinal. The Vatican semi-officially says Roosevelt did not seek any such action through official channels and that the Vatican does not hold Roosevelt responsible for recommendations. Separately Chicago hosts a push for an open shop in the building trades as sixty downtown contractors leave the Masons' and Builders' association to form a new group as part of a broader national movement.
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Rome
Bellamy Storer
United States
Austria-Hungary
Vatican
Roosevelt
Ireland
Chicago
Masons’ and Builders’ Association
Mie
Oa National Movement
Oldest Missouri man Legi Boster dies at 116
Was 116 years old Legi Boster long reported as Missouri’s oldest person. He died at his home near Houston Texas County after living a long life in the region.
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Springfield
Legi Boster
Missouri
Houston
Texas County
Illinois tax laws patching will be of no use
Governor Deneen plans a revenue commission to replace a patchwork system. Auditors report state banks grew total resources from 529.0 million to 535.5 million between Sept. 5 and Nov. 18 as accountants scrutinize Illinois Central and state departments for unified accounting.
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Revenue Commission
Ilinois
McCullough
State Insurance Department
Ilinois Central
Deneen
Chicago
Springfield
Illinois
Bolivian education chief appointed from Decatur group
J OC Warrington of Decatur has been named superintendent of public instruction in Bolivia. He sails soon with a party of American teachers including Moses Merubia a Northwestern graduate and native Chilean, H B Shinn, J C Tield and wife, William W Weber and K M Roberts. Bolivia plans a public school system funded at forty thousand dollars yearly for three years amid a recent congress decision. Reverend F M Harrington influenced the appointment.
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Iowa City
K. M. Roberts
Mount Vernon, Ta
Boliviian Congress
F. M. Harrington
Bolivia
Split in Illinois Baptists Creates Competing Churches
A division within the Baptist church in Illinois emerges after sixty ministers form the Baptist General association at Pineknoeyville TL. The resulting body adopts a new creed emphasizing the divinity of Christ, close communion, and belief-only membership of baptized believers, promising two parallel organizations in the state.
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Carbondale
Baptist Church
United States
Illinois
Baptist General Association
Pineknoeyville
Race war feared as Williamson County tensions rise
In Marion Alabama on December 11 authorities report Williamson county faces a looming clash between whites and African Americans. Dozens are armed and masked conflict is anticipated with southern black workers in railroad camps seen as targets amid bitter local sentiment.
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Marion
Williamson County
Death of Mrs Hat tie Ulmer in Roseville
A coroner's jury ruled that Mrs Hat tie Ulmer, mother-in-law of John I Wallace, ex-chief engineer of the Panama Canal, died from an overdose of drugs taken as medicine at her Roseville home near Monmouth UL. She was over 50 years old.
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Monmouth
Hattie A. Ulmer
John I. Wallace
Roseville
Here
Palmer, Bloomington citizen, vanishes after funeral
Bloomington resident William Palmer, active in secret society circles and a noted local figure, attended R. S. McIntyre's funeral last Friday and has since disappeared. Police and family seek leads as searches continue.
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Bloomington
William Palmer
Secret Society
R. S. McIntyre
Kennedy Luxative Cough Syrup Ad
An old advertisement proclaims Kennedy’s Luxative Cough Syrup tastes pleasant and is free from impurities. It promotes con sums honey and tar, claims compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug law, and notes availability at all druggists.
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Kennedy
Violinist Wanted to Lead Wisconsin Orchestra
A steady capable violinist is sought to head an orchestra in a mining town of 1,500 in Wisconsin. Apply to Leader Orchestra care Prefect Journal in Portage.
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Wisconsin
Liver Trouble Cure Promoted by Golden Medical Discovery
An advertisement urges treating a torpid liver by first restoring digestion and nutrition. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non secret glyceric extract of native medicinal roots that restores stomach activity, cleanses the system, and improves liver function. It warns against substitutes and hot breads while promoting regular use for vigor.
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Pierce
Growth of Trout Defies Easy Explanations Across Waters
The article discusses Salvelinus fontinalis known as brook trout and notes anglers can catch six to seven pound specimens, with some reaching eleven or twelve pounds. It cites diverse Canadian waters where large trout thrive despite similar conditions, describing unpredictable growth patterns and the ongoing mystery of trout size variation.
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Agassiz
Canada
St. Paul
Rural libraries could aid country life as urban ones do
The Bristol Press argues country districts need library services as much as cities. It notes dull country life and the desire of rural youths and women to access the wide book selections found in towns, urging increased rural library provision.
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Bristol Press
Customer pardon over bill mix up at Fifth Avenue jeweler
A New York Jeweler faced a billing dispute when a customer won a difference of opinion over payment. The jeweler apologized noting the vast number of accounts on their books, claiming around 00,000 to manage and occasional mistakes.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
Office Visitor Probes Unpronounceable Name
A foreign visitor asks for the name of the master of the office. The office boy cautions that the office closes in five minutes and he cannot pronounce the name before the boss leaves, leaving the visitor to call again.
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Herr
Ignorance Guard Keeps Turkish Heir Withheld From World
A ruler’s heir of Turkey is kept in ignorance, with physicians searched like pickpockets to prevent secretly carrying information to the prisoner.
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Turkey
Patent medicine ad touts cures for numerous ailments
An old fashioned newspaper advertisement promotes a patent medicine with claims to cure rheumatism throat infections quinsy distemper stomach ailments and many other conditions. It lists a price of 60 cents and directs readers to buy from Humphrey Medleine at Willan and Jubb Streets New York.
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Lane
Humphrey9
Medleine
Willan
Jubb Screets
Nuw
York
They Call on Roosevelt in Shea Case Defense
President Roosevelt is asked to aid the defense in Cornelius Shea and associates conspiracy charges tied to last year’s teamsters strike. Mayor Edward F. Dunne is to be subpoenaed as a witness after the state completes its evidence. Shea cites a Chicago May 1905 interview transcript.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Shea
Edward F. Dunee
Cornelius Shea
Ite
Teamsters
Fraternity Fire Yields Charred Remains at Cornell
In Ithaca two charred bones were found among ruins of the Chi Psi house after a fire at Cornell. The bones under the southwest tower were identified as Fr. W. Grelle of South Orange New Zealand and those about twenty feet away as W. H. Nichols of Chicago.
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Ithaca
No Y
Chi Psi
Cornell University
Fr. W. Grelle
South Orange
N. Z
W. H. Nichols
Chicago
Reading Strike Threat Looms Over Railway System
Reading Pa December 11 The Reading railway system faces a serious stalemate as engineers firemen conductors and trainmen threaten a strike if an agreement is not soon reached.
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Reading
Carnegie Gives 342000 For St Winteum College Fire Rebuild
Andrew Carnegie sent a 342000 check to the board of trustees at St Winteum college in Kankakee HK for rebuilding the college building recently destroyed by fire.
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Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
St. Winteum College
Kankakee
New Year's Wage Increase For Thousands At Navy Yard
Nearly 5 000 Washington navy yard workers will gain an average 10 percent raise on January 1 as a New Year gift from management.
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Navy Yard
Washington
Washington Navy Yard
Sub in Teheran Dying, Telegrams Report
Telegrams from Teheran indicate the sub is in a dying condition, signaling critical status in official channels as December 11 reports. The dispatches stress severe deterioration and urgent concern from Tehran.
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London
Dev
Teheran
Chicago Board of Trade Quotations Report
Chicago market prices for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard and live stock across Dec May Jul figures. Includes cash sales by sample for winter and spring wheat, cattle hogs sheep and poultry with receipts and bid ranges from East Buffalo Dunning Stevens and other names.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Cholcve Prak Rhe
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Valvea
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