Race, Reconstruction, and Southern Solidarity in Postwar Politics
A broad discussion tracing the legacy of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, arguing for equality of opportunity under law,改imination of social prejudice, and gradual Southern education reforms. It examines Northern and Southern political shifts, race relations, and the push for industrial growth with immigration as a labor solution, urging continued union.
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South
Republican Party
Africa
Europe
Panama
West Indies
Democratic Party
Taft Busy Quiet Day After Jersey City Arrival
President elect Taft spent a busy but uneventful afternoon in town with few visitors. He arrived from Hot Springs Va and, after meeting Henry W Taft at the station, headed to his brother’s West 48th street home to work on a speech. He plans appearances with the Red Cross and conservation groups and a Civic Federation talk next week.
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Taft
William Nelson Cromwell
Walter H. Page
North Carolina Society
Mr. Taft
Jersey City
Chesapake & Ohio
Hot Springs
Washington
Red Cross
Association For the Conservation of Natural Resources
Gridiron Club
New York
Civic Federation
Ohio Society
Taft's Son Debates at Yale in Postal Savings Banks Case
Robert Alphonse Taft son of William H Taft made his Yale debut as one of three speakers in the annual debate with Sheffield Scientific School on postal savings banks. Taft closed the affirmative arguments which the judges said won.
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The
Tribune
New Haven
Robert Alphonse Taft
William H. Taft
Yale
Sheffield Scientific School
United States
Taft
John A. Fox
Arkansas
John F. Wallace
New York
Mr. Fox
South
Mr. Wallace
J. F. Kane
Savannah
Charles P. Goodyear
Richmond P Hobson
Alabama
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Gifford Pinchot
Appalachians
Appalachian
House Committee On the Judiciary
Appalachia
White Mountain
Alumni win direct representation on Columbia board
After agitation begun in 1904 alumni of Columbia University gained direct representation on the board of trustees. Six alumni trustees will be elected after January 1 1908, with eligibility limited to graduates ten years or more. The resignation of long-time member F Augustus Schermerhorn enables an alumni appointment. Also noted: retirements of J C Curtis and T Mitchell Prudden with Carnegie Foundation allowances, and Maclaurin leaving to head MIT. Gifts totaling 12500 include 2 50 from several named donors.
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Columbia University
Board of Trustees
Columbia Board of Trustees
Alumni Association
University
Columbia
F. Augustus Schermerhorn
John C. Curtis
Medical
T. Mitchell Prudden
Carnegie Foundation
Richard C. Maclaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F. Augustus Schemerhorn
M. Hartley Dodge
William K. Vanderbilt
Alexander Smith Cochran
Clarence H. Mackay
South's Great Future Prophesied at Southern Congress
Washington dispatch reports the first meeting of the Southern Commercial Congress launching a push for rapid Southern development. Cabinet members Wright and Straus attend along with Georgia Governor Hoke Smith. Speakers tout vast natural resources, improved transport, and a new competitive era dissolving sectionalism as canal and harbor enhancements promise broader Pacific and global markets.
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Ww. W. Finley
The
Southern Railway Company
South
Toastmaster
Old North
Washington
Southern Commercial Congress
Luke E. Wright
Oscar 8. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Congress
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Straus
Mr. Straus
Wright
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Panama Canal
Europe
Mr. Wright
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf States
Gulf Ports
North Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
United States
Brooklyn Man on Bail Ends His Life After Extortion Charge
George Sulker a 49 year old Brooklyn resident released on bail pending trial for extorting 1500 dollars from Mary Sample shot himself last night. He had made three earlier suicide attempts since his release after allegedly entering Sample’s apartment in September with two women and dousing her with carbolic acid.
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George Sulker
Glad
Lth Street
Brooklyn
Mary Sample
Franklin Avenue
Sulker
Black Opal Scarf Pins For Men in a Vivid Range
Black opal scarff pins highlight a rare beauty not truly black but a dark opal with shifting iridescent greens blues crimsons and yellows. The gem suits men's wear. prices range from extraordinary pieces to ten or eight dollars for smaller samples. Marews Co. bought last year's Lighting Ridge Mine output and invites public viewing of its exhibit of inset and elaborate jewelry pieces.
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Marews Co
Lighting Ridge
New Southee
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North
W. Finley
Mr. Finley
Railway
Finley
J. ¥. Joyner
Joyner
North Carolina
Hugh MacRae
Movement For
Immigrant Labor
MacRae
James H. Dillard
Jeanes Board
Webster
Haynes
Mr. Page
Mr. Primrose
Lyman Abbott
the Outlook
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
John M. Glenn
Robert C. Ogden
J. H. Kirkland
Benjamin Duke
Philadelphia
Via
New Jersey Central
Reading
West 23d Street
Liberty Street
Steinway
Steinway & Sons
Steinway Hall
East 14Th Street
Alumni For
Columbia Board
Souths
Straus and
Commercial Congress
W. Grovesture
E. M. Gattle & CO
Goldsmiths and Jewelers
Fifth Avenue
38Th Street
F. Chauvenet’s
Burgundy
France
John T. Huner
Evergreen, L. I
Moffat, Yard & CO
York
Lewis &Onger
West
Marcus & Co., Jewelers
5Th Avenue
45Th Street
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