Congress Fights Taft Over Pork Barrel Rivers Bill
Washington plans to curb pork barrel funds face opposition as House drafts a rivers and harbors bill around 30 million dollars. Taft warns against piece meal approvals, urging project completion and board-approved spending amid a looming December clash. Senator Burton leads the defense for the president’s approach.
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Taft
Congress
House Committee
Senate
Board of Engineers
Burton
Ohio
Taft plans conciliatory moves toward insurgents
Washington, Nov 25. President Taft seeks harmony with progressive senators and representatives to gain patronage support for his legislative program. He aims to reorganize the Republican party for the 1912 campaign, excluding La Follette, Cummings, and Bristow, while courting near insurgents for renomination and reelection. Light bulbs for the new city hall were contracted to Merchants' Beat and Light Co. for $1,456, 74g percent cheaper than the next bid.
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Taft
la Follette
Cummings
Bristow
Board of Works
City Hall
Merchants’ Beat and Light Company
Six Fast Eastern Trains From City to New York Start Sunday
Beginning Saturday LIS can reach the heart of New York in eighteen hours due to the completion of the new Pennsylvania station. The train schedule effective Sunday lists six fast eastern trains from this city at 8 10 a m 1 20 3 7 10 and 20 p m.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Station
Seventh Ave
Second St
Broadway
Indianapolis
Carnegie 73rd Birthday Quietly Observed at Skibo
Andrew Carnegie turned 73 on Friday and celebrated at his Fifth Avenue mansion with wife and daughter. He received numerous presents, telegrams, and flowers, including a silver tray from Tech students in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh learned he had increased his earlier gift to expand the technical school system there, now totaling 3.8 million dollars credited as his birthday gift to Pittsburgh.
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New York
Andrew Carnegies
Laird of
Skibo
Fifth Avenue
Carnegie
Tech
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
City Hall Holds Up City Coal Contract
The city hall coal contract awarded verbally Wednesday is delayed by the board of works over fuel type. Indiana nut and slack were designed for the furnaces, while advertised coal was Indiana Pocahontas mine run. If lump and mine run coal can be used, the contract will be signed. otherwise it will be refused and readvertised.
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Board of Works
Indiana Nut
Shriners Plan Concert At Murat Theater Sunday
Indianapolis military band presents a Sunday 3 PM concert at Murat theater. One of the citys largest local bands performs with soloists Mrs. Philip Goetz soprano and Olive Kiler violinist. Proceeds go to the Christmas charity fund of the Shriners. No seat reservations.
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Indianapolis
Murat Theater
Philip Goetz
Olive Kiler
The
Shriners
Seata
Every Man Read This The Mental Nerve Fortifier Ad
An East endorsed home treatment promises to fortify nerve strength and health, aiding the anxious and debilitated. It claims benefits for writers, professionals, and those harmed by late hours and alcohol. The recipe uses syrups and tonics to be prepared at home, with no opiates.
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East
Fragmentary Civil War Memoir Fragment
A garbled reminiscence recalls fear, mischief, and cowardice among Tories and Regulators. The speaker notes repeated attempts to frighten them, promises vigilance, and a night disrupted by conflicts as troops moved nearby.
Appropriation Seen as Cure for Bonds on Fair Grounds
Governor Thomas R. B. Marshall and the state board of agriculture contend that a legislative appropriation of 100,000 dollars is the sole solution to redeem bonds for the fair grounds coliseum. They warn the next legislature to craft careful appropriations to avoid further contingencies.
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Fair Grounds Coliseum
State Board of Agriculture
Thomas RB
Marshall
General Assembly of the
State of
Indiana Bond Proposal for 1907 Livestock Pavilion
The Indiana General Assembly authorized bonds of 100000 dollars maturing November 1, 1910 for a livestock pavilion, to be paid from unappropriated treasury funds. Financing failed due to exhausted funds. the governor urges a 1911 appropriation to allow bond payments by February 1911, noting past assemblies ignored revenue limits and hoping the next will listen.
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Indiana
State Board of Agriculture
State of
General Assembly
College Man Lectured In Police Court In New Haven
Campbell identified as the man who met the student in a saloon and gave him checks. Gilleran, Yale graduate from New Haven, worked for Westinghouse and then General Electric. Judge Collins noted restitution by relatives, changed charge to petit larceny, fined $10 and costs, 30 days jail suspended. corn thieves received eleven days in jail. Joseph McGowan attended the trial.
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New Haven
Yale University
Dass
Graduatioun
Weatinghouse Company
General Electric Company
Collins
Joseph McGowan
Hugh McGowan
Gilleran
Transfers Denied Five Gibson Family Walk Home
Five members of the Gibson family says a street car conductor refused transfers to reach Twenty eighth street and Riverside, prompting them to sue for 500 dollars. The incident occurred October 28, 1910, when they boarded downtown.
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Gibson
Charles
Elsie
Anna
Bernice
Leona Gibson
Twenty Eighth Street
Riverside
Cholera Fear Follows Immigrant Ship to Chicago
Federal health authorities and Chicago police monitor trains from Canada for cholera after the steamer Royal George from Quebec brings infected steerage passengers. Upon arrival, all will be quarantined and examined before release, amid reports thirty six Chicago-bound immigrants received full screening. Special sale promotes all wool suits and overcoats at 11.75 by SINGER & SONS at 43 West Washington Street.
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Chicago
Canada
Royal George
Quebec
Singer & Sons
West Washington Street
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