Japan Reaches for New Pacific Pact With United States
A historical notice outlines Japan seeking revisions to the 1911 treaty with the United States amid rising global power, noting Tokyo’s aim to end labor immigration restrictions and begin new negotiations next year, with Britain potentially shaping terms.
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Flood Devastation Hits Colorado Rivers and Towns
Severe rains and melting snow flood Colorado causing four deaths and widespread property damage. Train routes halted as Grand Junction water system faces flood threats and Englewood affected after a southeast dam breaks. Cache la Poudre rises near Greeley and Big Sandy roars near Limon, flooding farms and rails.
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Gunnison
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Denver
Life of Murderer Spared by Mercy Plea
Perovich, a Russian convicted of murder in Fairbanks Alaska, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment after his wife pleaded for mercy. He was tried before Judge Wickersham, now a congressional delegate, with the judge and Attorney General urging clemency. The incident highlights Mrs Taft's influence in executive decisions.
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Tha Tasion
Life of Dr Edward Everett Hale Ends
Obituary notes the death of Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale born 1822 from Revolutionary stock. Boston editor and pastor of the old South Church Boston 1856 to 1900s, famed for moral writing and peace work, early Harvard graduate, minister at the Senate chaplaincy after William Siliiman.
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Harvard University
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Hague Tribunal
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Hate
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Willian
Siliirn
Senate
Hakie
Steel Industry Expands as Wages Rise Across Plants
Thousands see wage boosts as Pennsylvania Steel at Steelton restores 10 percent reductions on July 1 for 7 000 workers and 2 000 Maryland Steel employees gain from improved trade. Ground broken at Sparrows Point for a 1 000 000 open hearth department. Riverside works of National Tube resumes steel plate and tube output employing 6 000. U S Steel runs blast furnaces at 80 percent capacity the strongest since 1907 panic with daily orders 30 000 to 46 000 tons.
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Nation honors Wright brothers with gold medals at White House
Thousands attend a national ceremony as President Taft awards gold medals to Orville and Wilbur Wright. The Aero Club of America and scientific groups publish letters and resolutions honoring the inventors of the first successful flying machine. The Wrights meet at luncheon with the Aero Club of Washington before the White House presentation.
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Canal 8 wreck floods Saint Marys locks in Michigan
A massive flood from Lake Superior wrecks canal gates at Saint Marys River in Saint Ste Marie Michigan. The steamers Walker and Crescent City suffer damage while the Assiniboia and Crescent City are swept downstream. Authorities peg losses at about 346,090 with light damage to Walker and Assiniboia. Captain Mee sher blames a misread lever for the incident.
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Moon map shows 126 parts with most visible from Earth
The article notes dividing the moon into 126 parts with seventy two visible from Earth. It mentions Chinese admitted into the Transvaal and other varied items including a $10,000 donation for a drinking fountain project in New York and a bronze James J Hull statue planned for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition.
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Mansfield
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New York
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San Francisco
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State University
Fing Haakon Frolich
Northwest
Zenms
Mr. Hil
Great Northern Railroad
Taft Orders Major Army Budget Cut for 1911
President Taft directs a substantial reduction in War Department appropriations for the 1911 fiscal year, aiming to cut about 22 million dollars below 1910 levels. Secretary Dickinson will review the revised figures, with possible slight increases, while most new construction work for 1911 will be eliminated unless already under contract.
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Attempted Kidnapping of Turkish Sultan Reported
A London agency cites a dispatch from Constantinople describing an unsuccessful bid by reactionaries to abduct Atul Hamid the deposed Sultan of Turkey from Saloniki where he resides in Tang Tipusa. Several officers are said to have been wounded in the clash.
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Saloniki
Bank Embezzlement Warrants Issued Against Ex-Bookkeeper
Warrants issued charging Marence Rebnett and TT. &heapman as officers of Lewiston National Bank in Lawiston with embezzlement. Rebnett allegedly stole 37475 from the tank and hanman is charged with another amberz crime.
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Wool schedule debates in Congress and tariff fights
The Senate debated the woollen schedule with amendments on duties for wool and woolen goods. Dolliver led an ad valorem proposal using cloth shrinkage as basis. Warren and La Follette argued over duty levels while votes upheld higher rates for top waste and stoddy cloth. The House did not meet.
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Unclear OCR fragment on location and travel
The readable text is fragmented and contains misspellings and disjointed phrases about a constrictor and travel in a Mexican jungle, with scattered references to Santa Rita and ground by achieving and Wis. stax 1 bY 2.
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Notre Dame eyes Corby statue on Gettysburg battlefield
Brief items note Notre Dame University plans a statue of Rev. William Corby in Gettysburg as he offered absolution to a regiment in battle. Also, Texas competition harms Bermuda onion industry per New York dispatches. A Norwegian hospital doctor performed a shipment of mutated cattle with a death certificate. The coronet orders an inquest.
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Getttysboro Tatllefield
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