White House private secretary role seen as high influence
Washington June 6 Charles D. snton, Taft's new private secretary, assumed duties Monday and faces a demanding position. The job, vital to shaping policy, benefits from political tact, public relations skill, and willingness to absorb blame. past secretaries rose to top offices, while critics often target the secretary rather than the president.
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Charles D. Snton
Taft
White House
Daniel 8. Lamont
Grover Cleveland
War Department
George B. Cortelyou
McKinley
Roosevelt
Department of Commerce and Labor
Post Office Department
the Treasury
Consolidated Gas Company
New York
Cortelyou
William Lee Jr
New York City
Capitol
Loeb
American women triumph in Paris hotel wing opening
Paris proves the Able American women succeed with the Hotel Cecilia wing near Etoile. The project marks a final triumph born of talent and resolve. Fourteen years earlier the pair faced doubt as the American line a bold, determined venture.
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Paris
Cecilia
Champs Elysees
Blann Athe
Heike Claims Trust Knew of Fraud in Weights Case
In New York on June 6 Charles R. Heike secretary of the sugar trust testified in federal court defending a conspiracy charge. Defense counsel read financials showing Williamsburg refinery profits lagged behind others. Heike denied dock familiarity and said Havemeyer letter was misleading about lower weights.
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New York
Harles R. Heike
Sugar Trust
United States District Court
Williamsburg
Georges. Graham
Mde
Heike
Henry L. Stimson
Helke
Gerbracht
Havemayer
Stimson
Trust
One Time Capitol Site to Be Marked
WASHINGTON June 6 a building that served as the capitol from 1815 to 1819 will be marked with a bronze tablet It later housed three residences and federal courts It hosted Madison Monroe inaugural ceremonies and housed a prison during the Civil War Converted in 1866 by Senate sergeant at arms George T Brown into three dwellings the site holds notable historical associations
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Citizes
Senate
House of Representatives
Federal Courts
George T. Brown
The
Young Oklahoman Leaps Into Wealth
Washington reports German named Von Spies of Bartlesville Oklahoma has inherited a fortune from an aunt and will soon travel to Germany to manage the estate. He has received 100000 in drafts from Munich lawyers and is tied to a sister in a 50 million plus inheritance. He arrived in America ten years ago with no English, later built a band and worked in a Bartlesville restaurant while learning the language.
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Washington
Oklahoma
von Spies
Tiartlesville
Okla
G. H. Mercer
Visa
Munich
Germany
America
Bartilesville
Bartlesville
Hin
Verdict in swap suit ends in stalemate for both parties
In Bowling Green Kentucky on June 6 the jury delivered a verdict in a swap dispute between A F Richards and L M Butler. The jurors found the case a wash with neither party entitled to damages and each to bear own costs. Richards claimed breach of warranty over a horse said to be unsound while Butler countered that the horse had fits.
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Bowling Green
Hoss
A. F. Richards
L. M. Butler
Woman to risk life in hunt for mine
June 6 Victorville resident Mrs. R. S. Dillman says she has data to locate the legendary Peg Leg Smith mine in the desert. She will be joined by J. Rockefeller and Mat Thompson as they search a hotspot said to yield fabulously rich gold. The mine has long haunted the Southwest, with early nuggets found in 1830 and many expeditions ending in failure or death.
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R. S.S. Dillman
Victorville
Peg Leg” Smith
Eral
Mrs. Dillman
J. Rockefeller
Mat
Great Southwest
Smith
Yuma
Frog Born in Human Stomach on Exhibit
In Toledo on June 6 Mrs. Guy Weaver recovered after doctors removed a two inch brownish yellow frog from her stomach. The intruder, believed to have hatched from a swallowed egg near her parents farm in Freedom, was lively and showcased local curiosity as it was exhibited in the Weaver home.
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Toledo
Guy Weaver
Gum Shoe Bill Furnishes Fun in Word Photo
Senate humor falls to Missouri’s Stone nicknamed Gum Shoe Bill as he presents a satirical word picture in the Congressional Record. The mock scene envisions a future shift among regulars and insurgents with figures like La Follette, Aldrich, Hale, Lodge, Gallinger, Elkins, Beveridge, Dolliver, and Carter in a concerted camp meeting.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Stone
Missouri
Congressional Record
da Follette
Aldrich
Cummins
Hale
Bristow
Lodge
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Gallinger
Clipp
Bald Black Eagle
Committee On Interstate Commerce
West Virginia
Elkins
Indiana
Beveridge
Dolliver
Phave
Carter
Seattle girl wins fine homestead
Miss Rosa Thiel of Seattle has been granted a commuter homestead by Uncle Sam at Ephrata Grant county Washington and visits her parents after fourteen months on her property. The convent educated Portland native built a shack in the sagebrush amid two miles from her neighbor, raised garden produce and watermelons, and survived coyotes and wolves while proving up at age 21.
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Seattle
Rosa Thiel
Sam
Ephrata
Grant County
Washington
Thiel
Portland
Ore
Neal Institutes Are Real Homes
A State Senator from Atlantic Iowa endorses the Neal Institute Three-Day Drink Habit Cure. The internal treatment uses 30 drop doses without hypodermic injections and claims a three day cure at the institute or home. The notice invites calls or letters for free copies of bond contracts, references, and company details.
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Neal
Bruce
Atlantic
Iowa
Neal Institute
Frances Finds New Hope in Caring for Two Children
Mary Williams helps Frances Brown pursue a job as a live in nanny for a well to do family in the Grameres area. Frances, educated at Vassar, impresses the mother with kindness and earns 60 dollars a month. The women imagine a modest future, saving for a small studio, and Frances plans to learn cooking while caring for the two children.
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Mary Williams
Annie Brown
Frances
Grameres
Vassar
Madame
Third Avenue
Arims
Mary
Mrs Brown and Mary Williams Find a Simple Life in New York
A story follows Frances Ward known as Mrs Brown caring for children in a small New York flat. She praises the home crafted with Mary Williams, detailing domestic duties, laundry care, and the warm daily routine. Mary’s health improves in the studio apartment with a fine bathroom and a gas range providing wholesome meals.
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New York
Mary Williams
Mary
Taylor
Mrs. Brown
Lia
Women to Break Molders Strike in Racine Factories
Racine, Wisconsin on June 6 reports manufacturers plan to hire women as strike-breakers to fill molders' disrupted foundries. Women will be paid the same as men and have begun taking over tasks such as washing and dressing rooms as factories modify layouts to accommodate female workers.
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Racine
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Show Me
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Racine, Wis
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