Taft Delivers Foreign Affairs Message on U S Diplomacy
Taft asks Congress to back a modern, nonpartisan foreign service and stronger State Department. He cites merit-based promotions, expanded regional bureaus, and missions abroad as keys to boosting trade, peace efforts, and Central American debt aid. He highlights open trade, arbitration hopes, and the Panama canal as turning points.
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Balance of Trade from a Bakers Shop Tale
A chimney sweep's boy enters a baker's shop for a twopenny loaf and questions its weight. The baker misreads the exchange as a loss to be borne. The boy leaves three half pence, saying the baker will have the loss to count.
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Not Inconvenienced by Corporate Dissolution
Mr Dustin Stax replies that dissolving the gigantic corporation did not inconvenience him. He states he needed an enlarged and improved system of branch offices anyway.
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Mr. Dustin Stax
Greek Fire to Be Used Again At Sea
A German naval officer has developed a Greek fire that can burn on water and be deployed against hostile vessels or used for attack when conditions allow, signaling a potential revival of ancient incendiary methods in modern naval warfare.
Duke of Wellington and the Waterloo tale
A contemporary recalls the duke insisting the true Waterloo story was unwritten. In a carriage he watched the duke read a long quarrel about the battle and mark lines with initials L and D L meaning Lie and Damned lie, in a blunt pencil.
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Hindu Charm Prayer Affirmation Excerpt Read
A brief reading offers a prayer asserting divine power to bring health success and happiness. It speaks of guidance and the promises of love light and kindness guiding the seeker.
Woman Seeks Wrinkle Reduction Massage Over Experience Claim
A lighthearted note on aging jokes about wrinkles being earned through experience and the wish of some women to have wrinkles massaged away.
Moving picture houses stage circus performances
Residents discuss the shift from live spectacles to moving pictures in theaters. One predicts the end of seeing real events, while another notes that some experiences, like getting a tooth filled, will still require reality.
Not All Owing to Wife Says Rival’s Father-in-Law
A heated claim dispute unfolds as Riggins praises his wife while Biggins’ father-in-law counters that debt arose long before. The exchange, reported by the Washington Star, centers on loans and personal finances within a strained family dynamic.
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Empty Feast Dialogue Sparks Boarding House Mystery
In a clipped vintage exchange, a boarding house resident explains departure due to “swellness” harming food supply. The witty remark mentions four kinds of forks and two kinds of vegetables as the unexpected clue to the shortage.
Tragic derailment near Glenloch injures many
The Cincinnati Express derailed on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Glenloch twenty five miles from Philadelphia. Four people were killed and fifty injured as a broken rail on a bridge caused the double header to plunge down an embankment striking coal cars and causing carriages to pile up. Passengers from Buffalo New York and Pittsburgh were named among the victims and responders.
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Patrick Leaves Sing Sing After Pardon By Dix
Albert T. Patrick leaves Sing Sing at 4 26 pm after nearly eleven years in prison for the murder of his client William Marsh Rice. Governor Dix grants a full pardon saying an atmosphere of mystery surrounded the case and expressing belief in Patrick’s innocence and vindication.
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Harvester Trial Resumes With International Harvester Witness
In Chicago on November 26, I N Wood secretary of the International Harvester Company testified as the first witness in the government's case against the so called harvester trust. He was asked to provide plant counts product lines and annual sales figures for the company and its subsidiaries. The session adjourned to allow production of the requested statistics.
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Harvester Trust
I. N. Wood
International Harvester Company of America
Edwin A. Grosvenor
Wood
International Harvester Company
Colonel Ransdell Dies After Operation
Col Daniel M Ransdell sergeant at arms of the United States Senate and former U S marshal for the District of Columbia died Thursday following an operation performed on November 7 He was a well known figure in public life and an intimate friend of President Harrison
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Daniel M. Ransdell
United States Senate
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District of Columbia
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Ransdell
Former Senator Gordon Dies in Okolona at 79
James Gordon former United States senator and notable southern figure died at his Okolona home after several weeks illness. He was seventy nine.
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Turkeys From Rockefellers Distributed to Employees
Tarrytown New York November 30 Following their custom of giving Thanksgiving turkeys to their employer Miss Helen M Gould and John D and William Rockefeller distributed over 125 Thanksgiving turkeys Thursday to their workers.
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Mine Cave-In Traps Fifty at Pittston No. 2 Mine
A cave-in at the Barnum Coal company No. 2 mine in Pittston trapped fifty miners on November 27. Thirty men were rescued, with several seriously injured, as rescue crews worked to reach the trapped workers.
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Barnum Coal Company
Pittston
Carnegie Celebrates 77th Birthday in New York
Andrew Carnegie marked his seventy seventh birthday in New York on Monday while deeply engaged in work for the Carnegie Corporation, choosing not to take a holiday.
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New York
Carnegie Corporation
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