Amusing miscellany from the Marshall Republican era
A collage of brief items touches on editors and reform, Kaiser wisdom, Amherst Nova Scotia grit, tobacco bans, government fish classification, peanuts spending, Oregon fashion rules, educational humor courses, New Jersey oddity, a wifes pocket theft, misused history, a George Washington monument burglary, theater fires, piano history with bagpipes, English drama, Napoleon's centuries, Mary Anderson life view, rock salt purification, a New York criminal trial juror, and wireless operator Binns.
President Watt's Inaugural Address Sets Policy Agenda
President Watt outlines plans for strong reforms in antitrust, tariff revision, and federal enforcement. He urges new legislation to curb railroad abuses, secure monetary reform, expand Panama Canal financing, and strengthen army and navy while addressing immigration and labor injury protections.
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Congress
Panama Canal
Cabot
Washington
Mar
Watt
Hase
Stier Band
Honda
Department of Justice
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Mississippi
United States
Monroe
Monetary Commission
Commission
Panama
South America
Consulting Board
War Department
Executive
Gatun
Col. Goethals
South
Chicago broker retires after two million profit
A Chicago broker in his forties who has earned two million dollars and married a wife plans to quit business to enjoy life. The move prompts questions about a possible shift away from the feverish American pursuit of wealth and constant work.
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Western University
Binns
Toro
Chicago
Taft Cabinet Picks and Early Appointments Highlighted
The article outlines Taft's early cabinet selections including Philander Knox as secretary of state, Franklin MacVaugh as treasury, Jacob Dickinson as war secretary, James Wilson continuing as agriculture head, Charles Nagel as commerce and labor secretary, George Von L. Meyer as navy secretary, Ballinger as interior secretary, and Wickersham as attorney general. It notes Knox's Pennsylvania birth and career, Wilson's Iowa roots, and Meyer’s prior posts, with brief bios of each appointee.
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Franklin MacVaugh
Chicago
Treasury
Jacob M. Dickinson
Agricultural Departones
Ed Wilson
Ment
Il Mapas
Philander Chase Knox
Pennsylvania
Taft
Brownsville
Mount Union College
Ohio
United States
Pennsyvania
James H. Reed
Carnegie Company
Knox
McKinley
Pensylvania
President Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
James Wilson
Iowa
Agriculture
Scotland
Tama County
Iowa Assembly
Iowa State Railway Commission
Congress
State University of Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames Ia
MacVeagh
The
Franklin MacVeagh
the Treasury
Chester County
Yale
Columbia Law School
New York City
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Dickinson
Tennessee
Columbus
Miss
University of Nashalle
Columbie College
University of Leipsiz
Paris
Supreme Bench of
Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetta
Mr. Hitchcock
Amherst, O
Harvard
Nagel
Missouri
Charles Nagel
Commerce
Labor
St Louis
Yeays
St. Louis
Nagel & Kirby
St. Louis Law School
Washington University
Missouri House of Representatives
Republican National Committee
Indian Territory
Navy
Meyer
George von L. Meyer
Massachusetts
Boston
Hamilton
Mass
Ballinger
General Land Office
Richard A Ballinger
Seattle
Wash
Interior
Boonesboro
University of
Kansa
Washburn College
Topeka
Williams College
Washington
United States Court
Supreme Court
Jeferson County
Wickersham
George W. Wickersham
Pittsburg
Lehigh University
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Strong & Cadwalladare
Henry W. Taft
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Marshall Republican
T. W. Clark
Marshall
Illinois
Wiley
Germany
Kaiser
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Wes
Oregon
Mars
Kingdom of Heaven
New Jersey
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
New York
Yesterany
Asia Minor
Napoleon
England
Japan
Mary Anderson
Lfe
Youtt
President Tarts Strong
District of Columbia
Arizen
Borge
Hans Wit
Richard A. Ballinea
Charles Wagle
Eficee Raay
Taftd
P. C. Knox
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