A Day With President Taft in the White House
Washington February 17 President Taft maintains daily office hours from 10 to 2 in the White House, greeting a steady stream of lawmakers officials and sightseers. Among visitors are Representative Gardner Beveridge Postmaster General Hitchcock Senator Davis Gordon and others as they discuss statehood bills cabinet plans and political maneuvering.
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Jonathon Wenfield
Washington
William Ward Taft
Taft
White House
Gardner
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
New
Senate
Beveridge
Indiana Force
Hitchcock
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Secret Service
Jimmy Sloan
Fred Wheeler
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Gordon
Mississippi
Cannon Organization
Morehead
North Carolina
Representative Madden
Chicago
Langley
Kentucky
Bradley
Leslie Coombs
Peru
Lorimer
Fellowship Club
Windy City
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Americans Club of
Pittsburg
Grant
Babinger
Wickerswam
Uae
Tragic Self-Inflicted Death Near Stuart
A man named Dickerson, living about a mile west of town, killed himself with a double barreled shotgun used via a forked stick. He told his wife he would not return, then shot himself while his family was away. The inquest found death by suicide. he left a wife and three children.
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Stuart Enterprise
Pete Dickerson
Dickerson
Yucatan Sinks After Striking Iceberg Off Alaska
The steamer Yucatan of the Alaska Steamship Company bound from Valdez to Seattle struck an iceberg in Icy Strait and sank within eight minutes with 65 passengers aboard. All aboard were saved, camped on Chichagof Island, and will be brought to Juneau by the Georgia. No lives were lost, though many lost personal effects. First Mate Gustafson and Capt. Jaeger reported the wreck and rescue details.
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Juneau
Alaska
Yucatan
Alaska Steamship Company
George W. Perkins
New York
Valdez
Seattle
Icy Strait
Chichagof Island
Georgia
Gustafson
Raymond Jaeger
Alexandria
Chichagoi Island
W. P. Porter
John Johnson
Ohio
Chicagot Islands
United States Mail
Fragmentary report on an attack case and court proceedings
The fragment notes an attack case with reference to parson and chamber motions. It mentions several failed attempts and mentions Geyn as a source or speaker. Details are sparse and unclear due to the damaged OCR text.
Tragic Fresh-Found Baby Near Holtsburg Rail Line
Coroner reports a newly born white male infant found dead between tracks south of Holtseburg toward Yadkin river. Inquest finds death caused by being dropped or thrown from an northbound train. unknown person on early northbound trains. Authorities seek guilty party as fresh blood marks the site and buzzards feed nearby.
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Thomasville
Peacock
Linwood
Holtseburg
Yadkin River
Fragmentary note on lungs and fees in Rostie area
Garbled text references lungs and fees in Rostie with unclear terms and names. No coherent event or person data discernible from the fragment.
Rodgers Aims to Raise $100,000 for Methodist Children Home
Rodgers has gathered $32,081.28 for the Methodist Children's Home at Winston-Salem with $25,000 raised by conference and $7,081.28 since. He worked three weeks in Greensboro and raised $1,000 at Centenary church and $500 at Spring Garden church and hopes for $5,000 from West Market street church. He has visited Greens boro, Cooleemee, North Wilkes boro, Hickory, Lenoir, Henrietta and Caroleen and will return to Greensboro after illness. He intends to raise $100,000 and has a large unworked territory.
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Rodgers
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Centenary Church
Spring Garden
West Market Street
Cooleemee
North Wilkesboro
Hickory
Lenoir
Henrietta
Caroleen
Rogers
Evangelist Torrey to Visit Wilmington March Meetings
Evangelist Torrey scheduled to begin a series of meetings at the Champion cotton compress in Wilmington on March 6 under a joint denominational auspices. Reports from Erie indicate he stirs crowds deeply and organizers expect a great outpouring of the spirit.
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Evangelist Torrey
Wilmington
Torrey
Erie
Senator Elkins Niece Dies by Selfinflicted Bullet Wound
Miss Agnes Leslie Elkins aged 26, niece of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, died in Kansas City from a self-inflicted bullet wound after a farewell party. Despondency over being denied acting roles and family decisions were cited by friends as causes. Elkins had influenced her to abandon acting plans and left a note to newspapers before her death.
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Kansas City
Agnes Leslie Elkins
United States
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Elkins
Senator Elkins
South Carolina Senator Tillman Gravely Ill in Capitol
Senator Tillman of South Carolina is seriously ill with slight progressive paralysis from brain hemorrhage due to arterial calcification. After a collapse on the Capitol steps he was taken home and is unable to participate in any Senate deliberations this session. Dr Pickford says rest is essential and prognosis is cautious but favorable given the illness.
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Tuati
South Carolina
Senate
Capitol
E. F. Pickford
Tillman
Congress
Pickford
Notice of tax sale in Mt Airy town Surry County
Notice states that K Patterson attended a tax sale by J J Connell for Mt Airy on a date in 1908 at the courthouse door. The purchaser claimed a lot on the east side of Church Street in Mt Airy. Tax assessor's costs and sale expiration terms are mentioned but unclear in text.
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Carolina
Surry County
K. Patterson
J. J .Connell
Mt. Airy
Court House
Soa
Church Street
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President Taft
Mir
Hagerstown
Dispatch
John G. Neibert
Neibert
Geyn
Gabe
Rostie
Cates
Elkhin
Guernsey
Anne
John A. Young
Greensboro Nurseries
Greensboro,sn. C
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