The Iron Pot Still a Mystery Revealed by a Secret Service Man
Captain Dickson recalls the case of The Iron Pot where a hidden counterfeit operation was tracked from a cave in a St. Louis area to a secluded river camp. A mysterious bulldog jaw man led to arrests years later, after an iron pot containing dies and coins was raised from the river bottom.
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Dickson
St. Louis
Washington
Sunkland
Arkansas
St. Francis River
Little Rock
W. G. Chapman
Great Britain
Section on Taft and Southern Solidarity in 1908
St. Louis Republic notes that the South defends its suffrage qualifications to safeguard states and cities from corrupt electorates and warns against abandoning solidarity to appeal to Republicans. It argues Taft must gain broad wisdom and patriotism while southern Democrats will support beneficial measures aligned with Democratic principles.
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Mr. Taft
Congress
McKinley
South
Taft
North Carolina Society of New York
Republican Party
New Jersey
Ohio River
St. Louis Republic
Right to Know on Panama Canal Financing Controversy
Indianapolis News questions public accountability as Cromwell and the president deny specific knowledge of canal securities profits. It argues Americans deserve clarity on who profited from canal deals and whether the government paid inflated prices, urging disclosure of distribution and ownership details.
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Indianapolis
Cromwell
America
Congress
Panama Canal Company
Senate
United States
Blush Should Become Historic in Tariff Row
Chairman Payne and Hon. John Dalzell reportedly reddened when it surfaced that the ways and means committee used towels made in Great Britain and chairs from Vienna. The piece argues for higher rates on foreign towels and chairs to protect American production and mocks the blush as a patriotic prompt.
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Payne
John Dalzell
Ways and Means Committee
Great Britain
Vienna
Mr. Payne
Mr. Dalzell
Very silent partners New York American says Carnegie quote
The New York American highlights a quote from Andrew Carnegie stating that people are partners in all great fortunes. It frames collaboration as essential to wealth and notes the idea as a takeaway attributed to Carnegie.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York American
Congress Faces Roosevelt Over Secret Service Law
The New York Evening Post notes congressional resentment at a passage in the president message about a law governing secret service use. It says the act limited executive spending and deterring public employes, signed by Roosevelt with no protest, now mocked as a hedge on benevolent deeds. The paper forecasts a Wall Street attack reply to deflect criticism.
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Congress
Legislative Branch
Roosevelt
Wall Street
New York Evening Post
Penetrating Questions on Canal Financing and Purchases
The New Haven Union asks who bought the old obligations and how the $25,000,000 was distributed among the new Panama Canal Company and the $5,000,000 syndicate. It questions who participated, furnished the cash, and financed the manufactured Panama revolution leading to the canal project.
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Panama Canal Company
New Haven Union
Treasury actions in crises harmed business, Roosevelts warning
Roosevelt criticized treasury department interventions during money market panics, saying aside from the 1907 panic such actions worsened the economy by fueling stock gambling rather than aiding business.
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Treasury Department
Roosevelt
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