Roosevelt defends message wording on secret service issue
President Roosevelt denies alleging Congress as a whole fears secret service scrutiny. He argues Congress did not intend to condemn all members and urges focus on criminal detection and crime prevention. Letters to Speaker Cannon and Cortelyou accompany his reply.
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Congress
Washington
Gohan
Representativen
Hsh
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Congressional Record
Wilkie
Cannon
Cortelyou
Labor Will Protest Lincoln Birthday Rallies Nationwide
Mass meetings will be held in cities across the country on Lincoln's birthday to protest what unions call the invasion of workers rights by the courts. The Federation of Labor started the drive with hot resolutions about sentences on Gompers Mitchell and Morrison.
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Chicago
Lincoln
Federation of Labor
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Wright
Pontius Pilate
Cannery Interest From Eastern Capital Stir City
A Statesman report notes interest from Eastern capital in a local cannery project. The city council weighs whether to approve one cannery or seek multiple options to satisfy growth and employment goals.
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Salem le Pot
Millions Fight Tuberculosis Crusade Across United States
The National Association for the Prevention and Study of Tuberculosis reports a million dollars spent last year in the anti tuberculosis campaign. Labor women churches and laymen join the effort with the Red Cross highlighted as a key ally. More institutions and organizations for curing tuberculous patients were established in the year than existed prior to 1908 start. In Copenhagen an earthquake damaged Franca Leon and Caltagirone with a cathedral section collapsing and a watchman killed.
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New York
United States
Williams Bros Buy Dove Drugstore in Independence
Clyde and Floyd Williams acquire the D. G. Dove drugstore in Independence and take immediate possession. Dove, long known in local drug trade, steps away. Clyde Williams, formerly Dove’s partner, demonstrates town loyalty by joining the Independence Commercial Club.
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D. G. Dove
Independence
Clyde
Floyd Wiliams
Alrite
Mr. Dove
Williams Brothers
Clyde Williams
Independence Commercial Club
Butler Family Annual Reunion At J V Butler Home
Butler relatives held their annual reunion on Christmas eve at J V Butler's home with about seventy five guests. N B Buller of Portland performed on a violin once owned by his grandfather, a heirloom over a century old. The Buller family has kept this reunion tradition for more than twenty years.
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Butler
J. V. Butler
Daling Observer
N. 8. Buller
Portland
Buller
Market Report of Local Prices for Produce and Meat
Retail quotations list potatoes at 0 cents per 100, onions and carrots at 1.50 per 100, cabbage 2 cents per pound, butter 2 shillings per pound, eggs dozen, apples 50 cents to 1.00, wheat 8 cents per bushel, oats 40 cents, flour and millstuffs with various prices, hay 10 to 15 dollars per ton, live poultry and game with roosters, hens, ducks, hogs 7 cents per pound, veal, mutton, lamb prices, hams and bacon at 18 cents.
Portland markets report grain and farm product prices
Wheat prices list Club 90c red Russian 88c bluestem 96c Valley 92c Barley feed 26 50 rolled 28 to 29 Oats No 1 white 31 gray 30 Hay Timothy Willamette Valley fancy 15 do ordinary 12 Eastern Oregon mixed 16 do fancy 17 50 alfalfa 12 clover 12 Butter extra 36 to 37c fancy 23 to 34c choice 30c store 18c Eggs extra 40 to 43c Hops 1908 choice 6 to 7c prime 6 5 4c medium 4 to 5c 1907 2 to 4c Wool Valley 14 to 14 1 4 c Eastern Oregon 8 to 16c mohair choice 18 to 19c
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Johnsons Good Roads Bill To Be Reintroduced For Passage
The legislature will again consider Johnson of Benton county's Good Roads bill after a 1907 veto. A uniform law commission has drafted a revised bill, setting state road engineer salary at 2400 dollars and three highway commissioners. Property owners pay one fourth of improvements, with state and county shares defined, and counties may absorb owner costs.
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Johnson
Benton County
Good Roads Conference
Portland
Good Roads Legislatio
Benator Johnson
Good Roads
Good Roads Committee
State Board
State Highway Commission
Inerrelini
Sajem
Real Eata'n
Roseburg
Abraham
Portland Judge Seeks Six-Man Jury Amendment
Circuit Judge Cleland of Multnomah drafts a state constitutional amendment to reduce juries to six in most criminal cases and to eight for civil verdicts, urging quicker trials and fewer hung juries. twelve-member juries would remain only in treason murder arson and robbery cases with related civil limits.
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Portland
Salem Statesman
Cleland
Multnomah
Count Lands in Jail After Wandering San Francisco
Count W von Gassendorff, claiming noble German lineage with $2,000,000 estates, was jailed in San Francisco after 48 hours on the streets with no money. He awaits Portland advices on a charge of obtaining money under false pretense.
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San Francisco
San Franciseeco
W. von Gassendorff
Portland
Heney for Attorney General in Taft Cabinet
The Portland Evening Telegram cites an interview by John F. Logan with William J. Burns stating Francis J. Heney is slated for attorney general in Taft's cabinet. Logan discusses graft prosecutions in San Francisco and notes business concerns tied to Ruef’s case.
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Ruef
Logan
San Francisco
Lincoln Birthday Banquet Planned by Salem Club at Willamette
The Salem Young Men's Republican Club votes to host a Lincoln's Birthday banquet at the Willamette hotel on February 12. A committee led by F. KR Waters and Frank West plans details, with officers elected and speeches pledging active club work.
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Lincoln
Republican Club
That City
Willamette Hotel
Statesman
Balem
F. KR
Waters
Frank West
Ira Hamilton
Carle Abrams
L. W. Acheson
J. G. Hesteel
Culver
H. D. Patton
P. H. D'Arcy
Salem
Oregon
Chas. E. Hicks
Taft and Sherman Club
Independence
Abraham Lincoln
Salem Young Men's Republican Club
Hall's Catarrh Cure offered with reward and testimonials
One hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Cure taken internally. price 75 cents. Also note: Agnes Grant Denman, a former Polk county school teacher, died in Salem and was interred at Corvallis after funeral by Rev. J R N Bell.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
D. We
FP. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Salem
Agnes Grant Denman
Corvallis
J. R. N. Bell
Polk County
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Eastern Capital
C. J. Kurtz
Andrew Varder
William Zosel Mesers
Gilbert and
Armstrong
Salem Board of Trade
Copenhagen
Franca Leon
Caltagirone
Williams Bros. Buy
Market Report
Portland Markets
Chang
Whan Chang
Corean
Durham White Stevens
San Quentin
Kennedy
Independence Republicans
McDonald
Multnomah County
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