Emperors Visit May for Victoria Memorial Unveiling
The German emperor will visit London in May for the unveiling of the Victoria memorial. Taft aide Knox states that annexing Canada is far from the mind of the president in a Chicago banquet address. Daisy Oden, longtime Davenport clerk, becomes division passenger agent, first woman in U S. to hold such post. Harold B Sampson resigns after failing Annapolis exams. Riley and Butler elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Germany
London
Taft
Philander Chase Knox
Chicago Association of Commerce
Canada
United States
Daisy Oden
Davenport
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Annapolis
Harold B. Sampson
Sampson
Navy Department
James Whitcomb Riley
Indiana
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Noted Discoveries and Society Bright Spots From The Era
Doctor Oswald of Glasgow Insane asylum announces a promising cure for mental disease through aGermany and Glasgow perfected injectable substance that renders insanity immune to further attack. The Gould household hosts a boxing match between Anthony Drexel Jr and Hon Robert Beresford in Lakewood New Jersey. Beresford wins by knockout. The late Archbishop Patrick John Ryan is entombed in Philadelphia after funeral services attended by nearly all major American Roman Catholic figures. Russia warns of a military demonstration on the Russo Chinese frontier over China's breach of the 1881 treaty, straining relations with Britain France and Germany. Fire at Cleveland’s Hotel Euclid drives 150 guests to safety. five women injured, loss $50 000. A high profile trial in St Petersburg ends with guilty verdicts for De Lassy and Pantchenko and acquittal for Mme Muravieff. Boston sea captain Andrew Englund dies after a hatpin injury in a streetcar. Frederick Dennehey Vanderbilt convicted in London of swindling and sentenced to three years. A Los Angeles fire threat destroys the Byrne building and nearby shops, losses around $450 000. Gould to resign Missouri Pacific presidency but stay as chairman. Kansas Senate questioned over a Wichita article alleging legislative crookedness by David Leahy.
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Glasgow Insane Asylum
Germany
Glasgow
George J. Gould
New York
London
Anthony Drexel, Jr
Robert Beresford
Gould
Lakewood
N. J
China
St. Petersburg
Euclid
Cleveland
Patrick O’brien de Lassy
Pantchenko
Mme. Muravieff
Vaassilli Bouturlin
de Lassy
Andrew Englund
New England
Boston
Tealgze
Missouri Pacife
David Leahy
Stubbs
Kansas Senate
Wichita
Taft faces extra session over Canadian reciprocity pact
Senate failure to pass the Canadian reciprocity agreement prompts President Taft to consider an extra congressional session. Senators Smoot Lodge and Root met with Taft at the White House to press pending legislation. The report notes additional items including shipwrecks robberies bomb incidents and political actions across the country.
Indiana Democrats Move to Create New State Constitution
Indiana Democrats push a plan to draft a new state constitution granting the assembly power to enact referendum initiative and recall laws. The proposal would raise house members from 100 to 130 with county representation and reassign Senate districts, while a constitutional convention is slated to begin in October 1911.
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General Assembly
Indianapolis
Indiana
Marshall
House
Senate
Democrats
House of Representatives
Wood
United States
Regulation of State Board Elections Bill Advances
The Smith bill to regulate electing members of the state board of agriculture and to authorize audits by the state board of accounts was reported for passage with amendments. Amendments require itemized reports to the legislature and auditor. the proposed delegate election by counties was removed to avoid politicizing the board. The bill also prevents perpetual self elections and a divided report on the Roggen bill for commission form government.
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Senate
House
Fleming Senate
Allen
Vigo
Marion
Lake
St. Joseph
Merriman
Strickland
Wasmvth
Breining
Leib
Branaman
Wagner
Wise
Roggen
Duncan
Cook
Grieger
Faris
Smith
State Board of Agriculture
State Board of Accounts
Agriculture Board
Judiciary Committee
Auditor of State
Committee On
Ways and Means Committee
Craven
Marshall
W. Long Hospital of
Indianaiversity
Millwary Park
Cluttered Legislature Buries Bills In House and Senate
Both chambers face hundreds of minor bills clogging 648 in the house and 395 in the senate. Leaders plan to push important matters forward. The session totals 943 bills, 174 more than the same point in the prior session.
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House
Senate
New Employers Liability Bill Passes Senate
The Beal Shively measure, consolidating Shively and Beal proposals, advances providing damages to workers or their survivors for injuries or death. It bars assumption of risk and places burden on defendants. The bill expands protections for five or more employees and marks a major reform in Indiana labor law amid legislative reshuffling.
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Senate
Shively
Marion
Beal
Terre Haute
Clark
Indianapolis
Canada Wins 1500 Dollar Trophy At Expo
Canada dominates the National Corn Exposition at Columbus Ohio securing the 1500 dollar silver turf for best peck of oats grown by Hill and Son Lloydminster Saskatchewan. Alberta and Saskatchewan exhibits gain multiple prizes with wheat oats barley vegetables and diplomas awarded.
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Columbus
Ohio
Saskatchewan
Canada
Colorado
Messrs. Hill & Son
Lloydminster
Spokane
Alberta
Hay
Department of the Interior
Tri-State Board of Examiners
Cincinnati
Surveyor-General of Canada
Dominion Lands Branch
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Washington
Michigan
Iowa
Delaware
District of Columbia
Indian Territory
United States
Norman Cherry
Davis
G. H. Hutton
Lacombe
J. C. Hill & Sons
The Chief Need at Cleveland Leader
A pale intellectual visitor asked Tom Volk, the athletic instructor, about boxing and wrestling lessons. Volk replied that no special application is required, but a little arnica will come in handy.
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Tom Volk
Volk
Haandy
Cleveland
And In the Meanwhile Lady Cant You Find Work
A brief humorous exchange where a tramp explains no reference can be given since his former employer has been dead for twenty eight years. The vignette captures London Punch magazine style banter about employment and social standings.
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Yessum
London Punch
Gas as drastic reply in romance exchange
A brief dialogue notes a woman urging separation and a man’s drastic reaction by turning on the gas. The text also plugs Gamfield tea as a health aid and mentions a policy line about life insurance. The items appear as a quirky mix of social exchange, health product promotion, and an insurance quip.
Piles Cured in Six Days by Distant Drugstore Claim
A druggist promises to rerun a mover if PALL ONT MEN T fails to cure any case of bleeding or protruding piles in six days, urging readers to try the remedy despite the unclear historical wording.
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Root
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Asquith
House of Commons
Ireland
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Haiti
Juana Mendez
Mary Louise Snyder
Charles P. Snyder
Masillon
Los Angeles
Cal
Mthalmia
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Brooklyn
F. Bischoff Cocoa and Chocolate Company
Ashland Place
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Tuscaranas
B. F. Carroll
House of Representaives
National House
McCall
Orrell
Vienna University
Galveston
Tex
Kittelas
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Supreme Court of Kansas
William H. Murray
Spring River
Carthage
Sherri Weaver
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Patrick Keeley
Wayman
Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Freschi
New York City
William Vernon Cole
Cole
John M. Carrere
Wes
Presbyterian Hospital
House Committee On Trust Funds
John A. Lapp
Congressional School Fund
George Pence
T. W. Thornton
Board of Accounts
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
Curtis
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Proctor
Hedrick
Dugner
Sullivan County
Senate Committee of Revision of
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Durbin
Keegan
Darling
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