Automobiles Rise as a National Force in Industry and Society
The 1907 auto orders total 43000, up 10000 from last year as factories strain to meet demand. New York exhibition displays 204 models worth about 1 million dollars underscore cars expanding into industry, leisure, and urban growth. The auto’s influence extends housing patterns, education in mechanism, and social evolution, while dangers like foolish drivers prompt caution.
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Ford
New York
Portland
Washington
Mechanica
Lves
Underground Wires Urged After Downtown Indianapolis Fire
Saturday night fire in downtown Indianapolis underscored the need to bury electric wires. Overhead lines hindered firefighting on Pearl Street, but rapid draw of ladders would have helped. Chief Coots and the Board of Works push undergrounding. city to act swiftly to improve safety and reduce street hazards.
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Indianapolis
Pearl-st
Cours
Coots
Board of Works
Clly
Wise appointment of Mary Stubbs to Texas statistics bureau
The Texas governor names Miss Mary Stubbs as head of the bureau of statistics to fill the term vacated by her late father. She has served as one of his deputies since he entered office, earning praise for efficiency, familiarity with the office, and a broad minded policy favoring merit over politics. The piece notes Texas can influence the rice market and hints at tariff support from Bailey, suggesting a flourishing state trust.
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Mary Stubbs
Bureau of Statistics
Indy
Stubbs
Statistician
Texas
Bailey
Thif
Muskogee
Demo Oerat
Bill Nyro
Mark Twale
Chauncey Depew
Department For
Gratter
Yale
Oll
Controversy Over Storer Attacks On Roosevelt
The piece defends President Roosevelt against former Ambassador Bellamy Storer. It denounces charges of church influence as novel and untrue, praising the president’s open and fearless conduct and confidence from the people, while noting the senate inquiry aims to investigate the president’s actions.
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Bellamy Storer
Storer
Roosevelt
United States
Ikike
Senate
Weeking
Helping Grafters in Chicago Seek Truth on Asphalt Quality
Citizens in Chicago probe public paving contracts alleging graft and substandard asphalt. Investigations question whether materials met city specifications and quality guarantees, mirroring broader concerns about higher public prices and enforcement failures in municipal procurement. The piece ties to public administration debates and cites the Kansas battleship incident as a pointed analogy.
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Chicago
Dusiness
Pittsburg Dangles Word of Royal Marriage Prospect
Pittsburg boasts of a pending alliance involving one of its daughters, claiming a foreign title and a fortune worth millions. The report hints at an international marriage as a high profile social intrigue, with emphasis on wealth and prestige attached to the match.
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Count Bou
Pittsburg
Gomestic i
Rmiay
Willy Pittsburg
Sud
Tin Cans and Diplomacy Stir Global Tensions
A fragmented column links the tin can myth to international friction and a scandal that affected nations, then shifts to Charles F. Daly’s rise to vice president of New York Central Railway. The piece also ponders journalism's spelling slang, Indiana milk and beef trusts, Cortelyou's salary push, and federal officeholders.
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Charles F. Daly
New York Central Railway
Indianapela
Indiana
Daly
Indianapolis
City Hotels List Guests From Many Towns
Registers of leading city hotels show guests from Logansport Lafayette Montecuma Bloomington Burlington Knightstown Bruxelles Belgium Anderson Gosport Muncie Wabash Crawfordsville Danville Waterloo and other towns. A Grand hotel instruction notes clerks must greet guests cheerfully, know preferences, manage crowded desks, and provide courteous, discreet service.
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D. P. Baldwin
Logansport
O. L. Bush
Lafayette
C. G. Powell
Montecuma
H. A. Axtel
Bloomington
W. T. Hicks
J. P. Ham
Burlington
C. B. Willians
Knightstown
M. de Jong
A. de Jong
Bruxelles
Belgium
Deniaon
L. A. Newsome
Anderson
H. D. Hallery
J. W. Ferguson
Richmond
James Henry
Gosport
E. E. Brock
Anérson
D. Waddery
Muncie
Grand
George N. Freeman
Lafayetta
Laura A. Sinclair
Waterloo
Dna Heck
Claypool
William Bell
Marlon
Edward V. Fitzpatrick
Portland
George ML. Wright
Danville
Cleris
Jack
Stories That Leak Out of Washington
Vice-President Fairbanks impressed with Florida reception and Tampa crowd. Indian affairs head Leupp fills Washington office with Native made furniture. Champ Clark's son recalls a church text mix up about Revelations and a live colt. A clerical rebuke prompts a safer misquotation from a preacher.
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Fairbanks
Washington
Florida
Tampa
Francis E. Leupp
Indian Affairs
Leupp
Champ Clark
Ran P Younger
New Haven
Enat Hood
Smoot case, Roosevelts letters, and city politics mix
The piece notes the Smoot case will stay busy, Roosevelt being a ready letter-writer, and Philadelphia seeking an honest mayor. It satirically references Moody’s push against a watch trust, the people’s lobby, and upcoming election chatter.
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Moody
Watch Trust
Itaelf
Nature's Realm Across the Washington Storm and Trees
A summer Washington DC storm injured about 10 trees with silver maple hardest hit while cottonwood and several maples show damage. Articles discuss tree species, growth, and urban planting choices, noting rapid growing maples and cottonwoods’ drawbacks. Also mentions turkey fattening in warm vs cold weather and insect damage on an orchard pear. Citations touch on canary disease from mosquitoes and a starfish oyster predation note.
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Washington, D. C
Amerta
Norma
Indian senators eyed as Oklahoma grows power in US
Muskogee Times-Democrat notes possible future Oklahoma senators of Indian blood. Mentions Curtin family, Charles Carter, Chief McCurtain, Pleasant Porter, Robert L. Owen, Gen. Porter, and Charles Eastman. Details population figures for tribes in Indian Territory and Oklahoma, with note of Apache held at Fort Sill.
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Curtin
Kansas
Appsars
Oklahoma
Charles
Owen
Virginia
Axe
Oklahoma Territories
Indian Territory
Indiana
Fort Sill
O. T
Geronimo
Pittsburg council bribery case involves seven thousand
A Philadelphia Inquirer report notes the alleged bribery attempt in Pittsburg centered on seven thousand dollars. The piece questions the extent of the payments and the conduct of involved council members.
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Patty Pikers
Tt Zeeme
Pittsburg Council
Philadelphia Inquirer
Roosevelt Stays Put Amid Presidential Absence
The New York Sun reflects on why presidents, including Roosevelt, avoided leaving the country. It suggests departures invite unpredictable events and risks to national leadership, implying leaders preferred to stay to manage looming issues at home.
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Roosevelt
New York Sun
Touching Regard and Press Reactions
The New York Sun rebukes reform spelling in the president’s message and predicts Roosevelt will thank critics for suppressing superficial features. Chicago Post notes the message reaches about 50 million readers, diminishing last year’s. Kansas City Journal reports a Rough Rider is named to the Civil Service Board.
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Roosevelt
Chicago Post
Last Caine
Minneapolis Journal
Board of
Civil Service Commissioners
Arent Dent
coMca
Kansas City Journal
Fragmentary 1900s Newspaper Snippet Cites Roosevelts and London Opinion
A garbled passage references Mary Mia and Eddy with stray phrases about growth and aging. It quotes various papers including Kansas City Journal Minneapolis Journal Philadelphia Ledger and mentions Roosevelt and a weekly dive names discussion from London. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear news action.
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Mr. Roosevelt
London
Philadelphia Ledger
Stormy Weather and Presidential Nominations
Stormy weather ahead as the president opens congress with a list of nominations rather than a message. Senators meet the president halfway, beginning inquiries into executive action while the house extends condolences. References to Roosevalt, the Panama Canal, Richard Croker, and Maxim Gorky appear in a mix of satirical commentary from Detroit Free Press and Washington Blarr.
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House
St. Pan
Dispatch
Roosevalt
Panama Canal
Detroit
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