Roosevelts Homecoming Sparks Political Tension In New York
Roosevelt returns to America aboard the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria after a year abroad. Odell declines the Republican reception committee stirring debate over loyalties and leadership. A vast parade line, police mobilization, and a public welcome are planned with Booker T. Washington invited to participate.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Republican Committee
Whch
Odell
White House
Roosevelt
Edward H. Harriman
New York State
Ambrose Channel
Manhattan
Androscoggin
Battery
H. A. Alexander
Roosevelts
Oyster Bay
Alexander
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Han
Pier A
Central Park
Hughes
Verbeck
National Guard
Collector Loeb
Booker T. Washington
Mich
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamilton
Colonel Roosevelt
New York Harbor
United States batteries set world mark on Corregidor
Manila June 17. Army officers report new batteries on Corregidor island achieved a world record in practice. Of twelve shots from six inch guns seven landed in the bullseye.
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Manila
United States Army
Corregi-dor Island
Champions Enter Hackett and Alexander to Play in Metropolitan Tennis
Harold H. Hackett and F. B. Alexander, national doubles champions for three straight years, have entered and will play in the metropolitan championships in New York. Joined by strong pairs like Behr and Little, Pell and Grant, Touchard and Gardner, the event promises high quality lawn tennis with several top teams.
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Hackett
Alexander
New York
Harold H. Hackett
F. B. Alexander
H Ad
Karl Behr
Ray Little
T. R. Pell
Wylie Grant
White aids inspectors in United Wireless probe
Abraham White a noted bond bidder and De Forest Wireless organizer is linked to the government campaign against United Wireless. He admits four months of collaboration with post office inspectors to build a case against wire telegraph men, while White declines to explain his aim amid internal United Wireless tensions.
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New York
Abraham White
de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
United States
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Mayer
Post Office
White
United Wireless Company
After Hitchcock's Scalp Faces Political Move to Force Retirement
Washington reports that Postmaster General Frank H Hitchcock faces strong opposition aimed at forcing him from Tafts cabinet and from the Republican national committee chairmanship. Opponents accuse him of using his cabinet role to advance personal political power and patronage.
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Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Hitchcock
Repubean Party
Tim
Girl Hero of Valley Forge Spy Mission
A young country girl carried secretly valuable news to General Washington near Germantown during 1778. Major Talmadge and a small American detachment fled British pursuit as the girl rode with him to Germantown, delivering critical intelligence that aided the patriot cause. Washington thus secured the intelligence despite perilous pursuit.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Forge
Talmadge
Germantown
Secret Service
General Washington
Major Talmadge
Corse
Girl
George Washington
Far Valley Porge
Concert of Fun and Hunt the Squirrel Game
Children imagine themselves musicians with banjo cornet violin harp or piano playing together while singing a familiar air. A leader imitates a chosen instrument and may swap with others who then continue the game. Hunt the Squirrel has one runner tagging others around a circle who switch directions and bow three times before racing to the start.
Boutell in hard fight for Illinois Ninth seat
Veteran Republican congressman Henry Sherman Boutell faces a hard primary race in Illinois Ninth District Chicago as insurgent Republicans unite against him. Potential Democratic challenger Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, famed Washington ex-congressman and Chicago corporation counsel, is anticipated to oppose Boutell.
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Congress
Illnois
Chicago
Henry Sherman Boutell
Tower House
Cannon
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Washington
Seattle
Corporation Counsel
Adlai E. Stevenson
Jim Ham
Kinois Press Association
Lewin
Roosevelt
Bryan
Outlook
Daredevil Race in Niagara Rapids Seeks $1500 Prize
Joshua Hudson of Haverhill Massachusetts enters a perilous motorboat contest on Niagara Falls lower rapids from Maid of the Mist to Lewiston and back. The event offers a $1000 prize a $500 gold cup and honor for navigating a route few have dared. Also noted are memorial exercises at Newman where five year old Orator Chester Rummins spoke on The Duty of the Children Toward Their Country for about fifteen minutes.
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Joshua Hudson
Haverhill
Mass
All America
Niagara Falls
Maid of the Mist
Lewiston
Ann
Newman
Chester Rummins
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Boutell
J. Hamilton Lewis
American Press Association
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Scheuer
Messina
Clover Hill Creamery
Ars
Hams
Lembeck & Betz
Germany
Schlitz Milwaukee E
Budweiser and Ruppert
Zn Z
Scheuer & Bro
Broadway
Niagara Rapids
Hahnes Newark's
Pnewarics
DAD
Newarv Halsey
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