Taft Tours Southeastern Pennsylvania in Fast Travel Day
President Taft held four speeches during a rapid 15 hour swing through Philadelphia Villanova West Chester Lincoln University and Oxford. He received a Doctor of Jurisprudence at Villanova praised the Augustinian Fathers and Booker T. Washington and indicated Knox would stay in the Cabinet.
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Taft
Pennsylvania
White House
Villanova
Penn
St. Thomas's College
Philippine Islands
West Chester
Lincoln University
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State Department
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Commerce and Labor
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Philadelphia
Catholic Church
Silva
Lisbon
Portugal
Ryan
Gov
Stuart
Congress
Decreceay Nagel
Westchester
State Constabulary
J.B. Kendall
Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes
South
Booker T. Washington
Hampden
Representative Butler
Washingston
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Gaynor
Spain
Cuba
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Mivant
Islands
Apparel Sale Emphasizes Value Over Fictitious Prices
A woman and misses shop advertises apparel with original price tags and a 50 discount at purchase. The retailer cites reputation for value and forgoes comparing values in this sale, noting waists neckwear and petticoats are excluded.
Direct Mission to Rome Promotes Christian Tolerance
The speaker recounts sending a delegate to Rome to negotiate a settlement with Pope Leo XIII. He notes the visit fostered goodwill and emphasized religious liberty, tolerance among denominations, and greater unity within Christian faiths.
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Lase
Rome
Gome
Leo XIII
Peseanss
Giant Rugers to Drive Ship Halley's Comet
Seattle ship builder Francis X. Gautier announces launching of Halley's Comet at his yard. The 25 foot craft uses two giant steel auger like rods as props powered by a 25 hp engine. Gautier claims reduced vibration and higher speed with a flexible chain drive eliminating back thrust.
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Francis X. Gautier
Seattle
Washington
Maritime Exchange
Mr. Gautier
Jersey City teachers offered country holiday by pupils plan
In New Jersey a Jersey City teacher and her class may vacation in the country after William Jeffrey and Bolton Hall of Plainfield offered to supply a house and land at Berkeley Hills if the city provides food and transport. Mayor Wittpenn sent the proposal to School Superintendent Snyder for funding efforts.
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Jersey City
Bessie Clements
William Jeffrey
Bolton Hall
Plainfield
Wittpenn
Berkeley Hills
N. J
Snyder
Avill
Kearnyaman
Lackawanna
Harrison
Newark
Margaret Hohwelle
Bloomfield
Elizabethport
Daniel P. Haggerty
Jersey Central
East Orange
Theodore Crippen
John Hermann
Orange Mountains
Fraud in Bond Sale Involving Slater Trust and Randolph-Macon Coal
Judge Hand heard final hearing in the Slater Trust Company suit alleging fraud by Randolph-Macon Coal Company over bonds totaling 1.8 million dollars. The claim states the company misrepresented ownership of 47 000 acres of Missouri lands, while the title was only the right to mine. Default followed after initial interest payment. company assets later bought by William A Read & Co. Decision reserved.
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Hand
United States Circuit Court
Chambers
Slater Trust Company
Providence
R. I
Randolph-Macon Coal Company
Missouri
Macon
Randolph
William A. Read
William A. Read & Co
Nassau Street
Martin
$300,000 Dancing College Planned in New York
Duryea's Dancing Academy hosts the American National Association of Dancing Masters closing session. About 203 academy heads pledge one entertainment each year to raise 300000 for a proposed New York college with future branches nationwide. Oscar Duryea named College Committee chairman.
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New York
American National Association of Dancing Masters
Duryea
West
New York College
Oscar Duryea
Weather Forecast For Cotton And Grain States
Forecast for Sunday and Monday covers the cotton and grain states with variable skies. North and South Carolina expect partly cloudy conditions, while Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Eastern Texas see generally fair weather. Western Texas Oklahoma Missouri North and South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas face partly cloudy skies with local thunder showers and south to southwest winds. Michigan Wisconsin include local showers with moderate winds, Minnesota mostly fair, and Iowa partly cloudy.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Man Jumps to Death From Ten-Story Newark Building
An unidentified 65 year old man leaped from the Scheuer Building at Broad and Commerce Streets in Newark yesterday, dying instantly. He asked about elevators, lingered on the parapet, and after saying he was “getting some fresh air” he jumped as officers approached. Found on him were 27 in cash and initials G W R with Masonic buttons.
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Lueddeke
Baumann
Frank Beer
Beers
Supreme Court Orders Jury Trial in Rothschild Sanity Case
Justice Erlanger ordered a jury to decide the sanity of Betty Rothschild as her children seek a committee to manage her person and property. She has 3978 dollars in cash and a 2000 annual income. The petition cites alleged letters from Maier Rothschild mentioning suicide and financial pressure.
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Supreme Court
Erlanger
Betty Rothschild
Rothschild
Maier Rothschild
Ghosts blamed for night mischief at Browers Point
Browers Point residents claim supernatural activity after a print grocer Frederick Hilderbrandt warned to leave. Nightly bricks eggs and fruit tosses target his shop and pinochle group, prompting guards and relocation while locals fear escalating threats and unknown culprits.
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Browers Point
L. I
The
Point
Frederick Hilderbrandt
Hilderbrandt
Hildebrandt
Nordica Speaks For Women’s Vote In Tarrytown Meeting
Mme Lillian Nordica urged equal rights at a Hudson River gathering in McKeel Avenue hosted by Mrs Charles J Gould. Stormy weather moved the outdoor event indoors to a filled drawing room with society leaders present. Ida Husted Harper spoke as Nordica sang at a nearby musicale and a June 25 meeting at Mrs Roswell Skeel’s residence was announced.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Charles J. Gould
McKeel Avenue
Hudson River
Gould
Mme. Nordica
Ida Husted Harper
Hudson River Equal Rights Association
Roswell Skeel
South Broadway
Nordica
Irvington
Hamersley Estate Suit Centers on Inheritance Claim
Fifty lawyers faced Justice Blackmar in Queens County Supreme Court as initial steps began in the Hamersley fortune dispute. The case seeks appointment of a referee to account for Louis C Hamersley s estate and decide whether Louis Gordon Hamersley inherits or the Mason heirs share the estate.
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Justice Blackmar
Queens County Supreme Court
Long Island City
Hamersley
Rolland Reed Rasquin
William Rasquin, Jr
Alfred H. Renshaw
Lily Warren Beresford
Louis C. Hamersley
Louis Gordon Hamersley
J. Hooker Hamersley
Brooklyn
Queens
Duchess of Marlborough
J. Hooker Hammersley
Margaret Chisholm
Henry H. Man
Mason
George G. Williams
Jacob K. Lockman
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
Aspiring Statesman Faces Pressure On Campaign Choice
Quote captures a debate on campaign strategy as an aspiring politician weighs office ambitions against being the people's chosen candidate. A campaign manager counters with a pragmatic view on costs and voter alignment.
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Chicargo Tribune
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