Taft Addresses Congress On Panama Canal And Reforms
President Taft's message to Congress covers Panama Canal fortifications and finance, postal reforms, parcels post, and naval needs. He urges a stronger merchant marine, tariff board expansion, army officer increases, judicial salary raises, and improvements to justice, with a call to fortify the canal and curb interstate shipping control.
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Panama Canal
Postal Savings Bank
Parcels Post
Peary
Department of Stat
Department of State
United States
Congress
Mall Sulsidy
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Missouri Congressman Harry M. Courey retires to head insurance firm
Missouri Congressman Harry M. Courey announces retirement from Congress to take the top executive post at an insurance company. He will step down at the end of the current term, joining the board and leading strategies for the firm headquartered in Missouri.
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Penry
Annapolis
John de
Peaty
North Pole
Europe
America
Congress
Robert Edwin Peary
Missouri
Knottsville Lodge to Confer First and Second Degrees
A large class will receive the first and second degrees at a special Knottsville meeting next Saturday night. Epworth League in the local chapter closed last Sunday and will not meet again until about April 1 due to bad roads. Several residents and visitors are noted, with movements between Beechwood Farm, Morgantown, and Grafton.
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Congress
The
Treasury
Panamia Canal
Panama
Sofsmu
Revenue Cutter Service
Wessbury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Sprinting
Epworth League
Epworth Longe
Wickwire Box Supper Sends Funds for School Library
A box supper and social at Brown school house on Saturday night December 3 drew attendees from far and near. Contributions totaled thirteen dollars and forty eight cents for the school library fund as young women served supper in boxes and men bid high for the grub.
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Brown School
Center Hill Winter Times Report in Local Notice
Center Hill notes winter sports in full swing including rabbit hunting. Health is fair, except for cold and lagrippe. Miss Leota Pord teaches at Center Hill School with Mr W A Hartean. Mr Ora Leach and sister Cora shopped at Grattoy. Jacob Hovatter had a serious wagon accident causing injuries. he was taken to Grafton hospital. Maud Anvil underwent transfer to Elkins for a dangerous operation. A quip on two kinds of men appears from Atchison Globe.
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Colda
Lagrippe
Center Hill
Leota Pord
W. A. Hartean
Ora Leach
Cora
Grattoy
Jacob Hovatter
Mr. Hovatter
Grafton
Maud Anvil
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Far East
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Fred Swisher
Morgantown
Beechwood Farm
Hugh McDaniel
Ration
Itachel Batobridge
James Lindsey
Andings
BF. Jenkins
Andrew McDaniel
Atreet
Custer
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J A. T. Harbert
Wickwire
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