Taft Speech in Boston Signals Strong Campaign Tone
Taft spoke as a presidential candidate in Boston last night, pleasing allies with his frank, defiant stance against big business and railroading financial and industrial giants. Critics say he dwelled too much on Roosevelt policies, but supporters view the address as a clear statement of reform and governance aims.
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Roosevelt
Purely Personal Notices From Ottawa Republic
De Grace Light visited Noria today. Warren Henley went to Kansas City. Bernice French traveled to Kansas City. Helen Alder departed for Winona Minnesota. Elizabeth Wagstaff returned from Arkansas City. Mrs. Jay Patmore of Pittsburg visits her mother. Nellie Martindale went to Emporia to visit grandparents. Hedwig Berger left Kansas City for home after Bingler Fry wedding. Georgia Lola and Emphemia Swart invite guests to a card party at their Ottawa home Friday.
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Grace Light
Noria
Warren Henley
Kansas City
Bernice French
Helen Alder
Winona
Minnesota
Elizabeth Wagstaff
Arkansas City
Jay Patmore
Pittsburg
Kauff
Nellie Martindale
Emporia
Hedwig Berger
Bingler-Fry
Georgia
Lola
Emphemia Swart
Ottawa Republic
Society Watch Parties and Teas Across Town
A flurry of social events fills the evening as Miss Gerlinde Phackmar and Miss Mu Murtaugh host tea and a one o clock luncheon, Debs host a dancing party in Everett hall, and twenty five guests attend a la terberk tea. Vero girls enjoy chocolate luncheons while a Leap Year subscription dance for boy friends is planned at OL hall.
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Gerlinde Phackmar
Mu Murtaugh
Frances Dinsmoor
Pws
Frederick Flike
Kansas City
Everett Hall
Cita
Farewell to the state's passes at Topeka exhibit
The Kansas executive council ended its meeting with tears and farewell moods as officials agree to collect all state passes from clerks and janitors. A motion to frame the passes and present them to the historical society for exhibition was approved before the anti pass law takes effect at midnight.
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Historical Society
Newmark Holds Forty Third Inventory at Lawrence Store
M. Newmark conducts his forty third inventory in his Lawrence store. He has operated at the same stand since arriving in Lawrence early in his career, making him a pioneer merchant and one of the oldest in Kansas.
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Mr. Newmark
Lawrence
Kansas
Japan Says Memorandum Replies To Emigration Plan
Tokio reports the Japanese government handed Ambassador OBrien a memorandum replying to U S suggestions for future emigration restrictions. The memo reportedly remains friendly yet rejects some American actions as incompatible with Japans dignity while outlining further limits on emigration to America. A high official says Japan must correct past mistakes and asks U S to permit Japan to implement its own measures.
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Tokio
O’brien
United States
Japan
Associated Press
America
Feted Dogs Are Granted Care At New York Hotels
New York January 1 official recognition is given to dogs at major hotels and restaurants amid social teas and luncheons. Dogs may be checked with coats and umbrellas, wait at stands, and receive care from trained professionals while owners dine. Kennels below stairs ensure safety and comfort at Sherry’s Cafe Martin Waldorf Astoria St Regis Plaza and the Hotel Astor.
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New York
Sherry’s Cafe Martin
Waldorf-Astoria
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Hotel Astor
The New Year in Review and Hope for 9?
The writer reflects on the past year with joy and sorrow, noting many were happy and others unhappy. It predicts a better year in business as the panic ends and conditions improve, suggesting hard times cannot last and normalcy is returning.
Boer general visits America to promote abolition in Africa
General J Pienaar, famed Boer War figure, arrives in New York aboard the Ameri can liner from Southampton and Cherbourg. He plans lectures and philanthropic meetings to push abolition of the slave trade in Africa, starting with Portuguesa and then the Congo region, stressing harsh conditions and crimes to the world.
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Southampton
Cherbourg
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Pienaar
Portuguesa
Congo
Voices Canned in Paris New Year Broadcast
Paris on January 1 reports a unique event as voices are captured in a canned format during an inaugural New Year broadcast. Details remain sparse as the brief note notes the unusual recording method and its novelty.
Remarkable actress Katharyne Evans marks fifty years stage work
Mis Katharyne M. Evans celebrated her fiftieth year on the American stage, recalling her Sharpe role in Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre Washington during Lincoln’s assassination night on April 14 1865, over four decades ago.
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Katharyne M. Evans
Sharpe
Ford Theater
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
Salina Delegation Eyes Stubbs Governor Bid in Topeka
In Topeka Salina figures Senator Fred Quincy Representative C B Kirtland and John Bishop gather to gauge if Stubbs will enter the Kansas governor race Bishop says final decision may come by week’s end and Salina group demands a clear statement from Stubbs while stressing potential 25 000 vote support and independence from Bailey actions.
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Topeka
Fred Quincy
C. B. Kirtland
John Bishop
Salina
Kans
Stubbs
Chapelle
Bailey
Health reports urged for accuracy by state official
Secretary Crumbine of the Kansas State Board of Health warns county health officers to submit correct annual reports. He stresses careful death reports, urges cross checks between physician and undertaker returns, and says improperly filled blanks will be returned for correction to ensure authentic, valuable records.
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State Board of Health
Kansas
Orient Loss Forces Bond Outcome in Kansas Rail Question
Wichita, June 1 The Kansas City Mexico & Orient Railway failed to secure 120 000 in bonds offered by Sedgwick county and Wichita as a condition to completing its track to the Red River by January. County commissioners ordered the route between Dill City and the Red River finished by midnight, which proved impossible. Edward Dickinson, manager of the road, halted work with only six miles remaining unfinished.
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Kan
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Company
Sedgwick County
Red River
Dill City
Edward Dickinson
Pleasing Discoveries in Butter Bacteria Warnings
Kansas City Jan 1 A health column warns food faddists may leave us with nothing to eat as bacteriologists report ordinary butter is teeming with germs A teaspoon of milk holds 2 to 10 million germs and cream removal concentrates bacteria in butter A pound of butter could contain up to 5 to 10 billion germs.
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Kansas City
New Cult Launch in Chicago Named Christian Psychology
Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Reformed Episcopal church announced the formation of two new cults to be termed Christian Psychology. The movement promises faith based care for diseases akin to Christian Science, with weekly meetings for those afflicted in mind or body led by preachers and physicians in a joint healing effort. Treatments target sleeplessness nervous disorders drug habits lack of confidence and weakness of will.
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Chicago
Samuel Fallows
Reformed Episcopal Church
Fallows
Kansas City Stock Yards Market Report December 31
Kansas City stockyards show mixed cattle gains with 7 500 head received versus 9 000 estimated. Cattle prices rise with steers 4 35 to 5 25, top 5 40. cows 2 75 to 4 25, heifers 3 25 to 4 75. Calves 4 00 to 6 73. Hog prices ease 15 to 20 cents. 20 000 hogs arrive, top 275 000. December cattle receipts fall 35 000 from last year, yet 1907 shows a 90 000 gain with 2 384 000 head, record calf receipts up 26 000.
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Kansas City
Bible's Pages Unearthed in Freer Vault Discovery
Detroit January 1 Charles L Freer of Detroit ad collector traveler holds unopened vellum pages to enhance biblical lore The fragile manuscripts date centuries earlier than current texts and are being translated by Professor Sanders They are not in book form and will be published when research ends The discovery details remain largely unknown to the world and could years hence alter Christian religion The pages are photographed between glass sheets and bear apostles portraits The vault contains hundreds of pages of enigmatic Greek writing on velum with vast significance for Christian history Still only a small part has been made public by the archaeological institute in Chicago The investigation has just begun and results are uncertain
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Detroit
Mich
Charles L. Freer
Sanders
Sands
Mr. Freer
Apostles
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Freer
Christ
Newark theatre posters banned over morals concerns
The Newark common council committee on bill posting told the theater manager not to display in store windows posters advertising the play Sapho. They cited a scene featuring Olga Nethersole and the so called Nethersole kiss, saying it would have a bad moral effect on youths.
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Dan
Common Council
Pension Ex Presidents
Grover Cleveland argues in the Youths Companion that former presidents deserve definite and generous provisions after leaving office. He cites Jefferson’s poverty as a national pride blow and says he can advocate aid without personal need, asserting he is beyond public funds.
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New York
Jefferson
Grover Cleveland
Doctors clash over peek a boo waist advice
Chicago readers report a debate sparked by county physician Dr Arthur H. Reading who urged that if women wear peek a boo waists they should wear flannel underwear. Several women physicians countered insisting undergarments vary with attire and that men in evening dress are also vulnerable to drafts.
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Arthur H. Reading
Reading
Effie Loddell
Rachelle S. Yarro
Aman
Boston Expedition to Explore Amazon's Southern Waters
Boston plans an annual five year expedition beginning next July from Pernambuco to map vast unknown regions of the Amazon basin. Two Gloucester fishing vessels will carry the party with support from the Brazilian government and the Royal Geographical Society. Donations are being secured to fund the venture.
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Pernambuco
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