President hit3 in Indiana paper exams Roosevelt response
The Hot Springs dispatch summarizes a published 1908 exchange between President Roosevelt and William Dudley Foulke over Panama Canal purchase charges. It includes Roosevelt’s denials, claim of accessible documents, and rebuttals about a supposed syndicate, plus a caustic New York Sun reply and Laffan’s commentary.
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Roosevelt
Canal Purchase
Hot Springs
Willam Dudley Foulke
The
Indianapolis News
Fig Close
Mr. Taft
Panama
United States
Taft
Mac
Il Law
Washington
Tatt
Delavan Smith
Smith
Robinson
Mr. Smith
Charles Taft
Tarag
Latfan
Mr Foulke
Satan
New York Sun
Fe Sud
Prairie Ol Company
Laffan
New York
the Sun
Wiliam Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Bia
Steamer Clemson Lost In Lake Superior
A. B. Wolgin of Duluth owner of the steamer N. M. Clemson says the ship is probably at the bottom with 22 crew members after a week overdue. S. R. Chamberlain of this city is captain. The vessel was caught in last week’s gale on lower Lake Superior and is 6,000 tons burden and coal laden.
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Duluth, Minn
A. B. Wolgin
Duluth
N. M. Clemson
Lake Superior
S. R. Chamberlain
Clemson
Two Killed In Collision Near Amarillo Sunday
Two people died and two were seriously injured when a northbound and a southbound Santa Fe passenger train collided near Amarillo Texas on Sunday. The engineer Ed Maxon of Rawell New Mexico and mail clerk J E Smith aboard the southbound train were killed.
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Amarillo
Tex
Santa Fe Railroad
Ed Maxon
Roawell
N. M
J. E. Smith
Congress 15 in Session Again With Little Done
Washington dispatch reports the second session of the Sixtieth Congress opens with Vice President Fairbanks presiding in the Senate and Speaker Cannon in the House. Seven new representatives are sworn in, committees named, and Memorial resolutions offered as the two houses prepare to hear the president’s last annual message. The census bill and appropriation measures are expected to dominate the week while the Senate plans brief sessions and commemorations for late members.
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Washington
Congress
Fairbanka
Senate
Cannon
x-Gov
Cummins
Iowa
Ofice
Allison
Carrol
Page
Vermont
Stewart
Henry A. Harbart
Mr. Brick
Indiana
Albert Estoplnal
Mr. Meyer
Louisiana
Otto G Foelker
Dunwell
New York
Littlefield
Maine
House
Meas
Parker
South Dakota
Wiley
Alabama
Powera
Roosevelt
Northrop to retire after 25 years as Minnesota president
Dr. Cyrus Northrop will resign as University of Minnesota president at the close of the current college year. He will have completed a quarter century at the helm, and his decision is final and unalterable. He is 74 years old and plans to rest. The formal resignation will be presented to the regents next Tuesday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
Regents
Northrop
Chicago Newspaper Man Dead
Chicago reporter Charles M. Van Patten, prominent in Chicago newspaper circles, died Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from tuberculosis.
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Chicago
Charles M. van Patten
Ufwae
Colorado Springs
Col
Busy Man's Corner and Multiple Historical Items
An unknown Chicago sender delivered 12 31 000 bills to a government con selence fund. Rolly McIntosh, 75, ex-chief of the Creek Indians, dies at his home in Stidham Okla. Rear Admiral Joseph B Coghlan, who commanded the Raleigh at Manila Bay, dies in New Rochelle N Y. London suffragists stage a demonstration against David Lloyd George at Albert Hall. The US cruiser Yankee, freed from Buzzards Bay, sank near Penkeree Island. 150 crew were saved. Receivers of Weazinghouse Electric & Manufacturing and Securities Investment Company discharged in Pillsburg Pa federal court. Commissioner Mark Foote rules Christian Rudovitz must return to Russia to stand trial for murder. case referred to Secretary Root.
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Chicago
Rolly McIntosh
Stidham
Okla
Joseph B. Coghlan
Manila Bay
New Rochelle
London
David Lloyd-George
Albert Hall
United States
Yankee
Buzzards Bay
Penkeree Island
Weazinghouse Eiectrie & Manufacturing Company
Securities Investment Company
Pillsburg
Mark Foote
Christian Rudovitz
Frussia
Root
Couple Found Dead Together in Bellwood Jo n Resort
In Columbus Ohio on December 1 Victor W Wentz 33 cashier First National Bank of Canal Dover and Miss Alice Holliger stenographer 835 Marshall Ave Columbus formerly Amble sville were found dead at Bellwood Jon rural resort east of the city. Coroner says death due to asphyxiation from an open gas stove. Wentz a Canal Dover native and thirty second degree Scottish Rite Mason. Holliger’s mother an invalid shaken by the tragedy.
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Columbus
Victor W. Wentz
First National Bank of
Canal Dover
Alice Holliger
Marshall Avenue
Amlebsville
Bellwood Jon
Murphy
Wentz
Holliger
National Corn Exposition Opens in Omaha with 6000 Exhibits
The National Corn Exposition will open at the Auditorium in Omaha on Wednesday, featuring over 6,000 individual and hundreds of collective exhibits from 28 states. Floor space reaches about 250,000 square feet, surpassing initial estimates by 50,000 square feet, as Omaha aims to host the event for several years and possibly become its permanent home, though some states favor relocation.
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Omaha
Net
Taft Leaves Hot Springs for New York Visit
President elect Taft and Mrs. Taft with Secretary Carpenter and staff departed Hot Springs. Taft heads to New York for a dinner honoring at Hotel Astor, then to Washington, then back to New York before traveling to Augusta, Ga for an extended stay.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Carpenter
New York
Oretor
North Coroding Sociery
Hotel Astor
Mabel Boardman
Washington
Augusta
Electricity death test aims to prove electrocution fatal
Trenton reports County Physician Frank G. Scammell will seek to resuscitate the next man electrocuted at the New Jersey state prison to counter a New York physician’s claim that electricity kills criminals and not surgeons’ hands. The condemned man is to be executed by Join Mantaszana during December 21 week.
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Trenton
N. J
Frank G. Scammell
New Jersey
New York
Join Mantaszana
Alleged Diamond Robbers Taken in Winnipeg
Four men and one woman from Chicago are under arrest in Winnipeg after a suspected diamond theft attempt at Porto Markle jewelers. Police report the group was captured while attempting the robbery.
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Winnipeg
Man
Chicago
Porto & Markle
Jewelera
Proclamations Call for Shah's Death in Tahberan
Secret revolutionary group posts proclamations denouncing the shah for constitutional violations and calling for his death in Tahberan on December 7.
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Bay
Shah
Tahberan
Secret Revolutionary Organization
Wisconsin Deer Slaughter Falls Short of Average
Wisconsin hunters face unseasonably warm and wet weather. At least 5000 deer have been slaughtered this season, far below the usual. Dry woods delayed hunting early, while snowfall later increased kills but many hunters left with one deer to avoid spoilage.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Appleton
A. T. Silverman
Stizabeth Hospital
Hom
Silverman
la Crosse
la Crosse Grocer's' Association
Wisconsin Grocers’ Association
Nighelse Birnbaum
Mary
John Thiem
Janesville
James Dugan
West la Crosse
JanearNe
Chicago
Mclay Brothers
Racine
Paul Bahn
Tesident of
Old Western Union Railroad
Board of Education
State Rate Commission
Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Company
Ripov
R. C. Hughes
Rizon College
C. R van Hise
University of Wisconsin Association of College Presidents and Weans
Beloit
Milton Junction
Texan
Parker Townsend
Chippewa Falls
Marathon City
Y. G. Lang
Herman Vetter
Oconomaroc
Oconomowoc Poultry and Pat Stock Association
Kevosha
Fred Ingley
St. Mary's Church
Braddock
St. Matthews’ Episcopal
Regan
Waupaca
John Morey
Wisconsin Central
Matinelle
N. Ludington
Sewlog
Bok
Horney
Hersey
Peter Weuterdahl
Kenosha
Frank Bridges
Frank A. Cooper
Mina Marian Cooper
Aywan
Frank Ostberg
Ivan Nelson
Carl Sunde
Dean's Kidney Pills Restore Coburn's Strength After Kidney Trouble
Corydon resident Ja says he suffered kidney troubles and weakness for a long time. After a week on Dean's Kidney Pills he walked without a cane and gradually regained health, later stating he remains well seven years later. Sold by all dealers 60c a box Bowker Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dewid Price
Corydon
Skaleton
Dean
Bowter Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Lame back prescription stirs medical talk in period piece
A contemporaneous ad notes Torls compound as a back pain remedy mixed with whiskey and syrups. It cites Globe Pharmaceutical Co. of Chicago as the producer and claims a tablespoon dose before meals and at night. The item reflects early patent medicine language and reliance on herbal syrups.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Optimist and Pesalmist in a Comedic Tale
Sydney Rosenfeld wrote The Optimist a comedy praised after debut yet overcame years of rejection. He quarreled with a theater impresario over the play’s name, while a manager argued an optimist is a doctor and a pessimist a foot doctor in a Sunday Magazine anecdote.
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Sydney Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld
Aole
Remembered Names in a Foggy Conversation
A clergyman and a dog lover discuss biblical genealogies on a hazy afternoon. A foggy man recites the list of Jacob’s twelve sons from Reuben to Benjamin, while the cleric feigns modesty. The fox-terrier owner, eager to profit, offers to sell these names.
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Jacob
Reuben
Benjamin
Expert Pocket-Picking On London Street
An old lady is approached by a refined stranger who professes friendship and feigns memory of the woman. After engaging in charm, the man claims a changed name and cleverly distracts her to steal the purse, then departs with the looted property.
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London
Ahe
Guyly
Grape-Nuts Benefit Attributed to Right Diet
A New York woman writes of indigestion from rich foods and how Grape-Nuts restored her digestion and strength. She credits the cereal with letting her eat normally again and urges others to consider dietary causes and effects, mentioning Postum Coffee Co claims and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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N. Y
Postum Ca
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Foulke Calla
Indlana
Willian Dudley Foulke
White House
Mr. Foulke
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Newa
Contimer
Fairbanks
Minnesota University
Ohio Bank
Benjamin Turner
Hemlock
Shawnee
Wen
James Cochran
Turner
Jonathan H. Randolph
Plainfield
Floyd Cooper
Wentfield
State News
Tims
Chipa
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