The Struggle for American Independence by Fisher
A critical review of Fisher’s two volume history The Struggle for American Independence. The author argues Fisher challenges Whig triumphalism in Fiske and Trevelyan, emphasizes Loyalists and the colonial policy shift after 1763, and praises his exhaustive citations and readable prose.
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George
Svo
Meustra Philadelphis
J. B. Lippincott Company
Benjamin Franklin
William Penn
Fisher
Fiske
Trevelian
Empire
Washington
Great Britain
England
Field
Mr. Fisher
Seeping Coal Under Water and Army Navy News
Washington reports Navy tests at Guantanamo to submerge coal for preservation and battle readiness. Trials aim to measure quality improvements and safety from fire while isolating stock from enemy actions. General Funston objects to harbor water-transport control shifting to depot quartermaster. Esperanto not favored by military authorities, with limited consideration by French Red Cross and U.S. Navy and Army schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Naval Station At
Guantanamo
Frederick Funston
San Francisco
Department of California
War Department
Washington
Hunston
Paul F. Straub
Army Medical Corps
Dresden
Red Cross Society
Naval Academy
Military Orders and Warship Movements Report
Orders issued authorize education for militia and navy personnel aboard stations from Cuba to Manila. Promotions and detachments include Lieutenants Perry Hanson Front and Whitted Todd, and midshipmen Allen Jaeger Barnett Stewart Munroe. Warship movements list arrivals at Boston Charles ton Annapolis Newport and sailings from Mare Island Yokohama Bremerton. The Maine named flagship of the third squadron Atlantic fleet.
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Frederick B. Downing
Corps of Engineers
Cuba
Washington Barracks
Joseph L. Knowlton
Quartermaster's Department
Fort du Pont
Philippines
Alexander F. Williams
San Francisco
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Arthur J. Perry
West Virginia National Guard
Fort Banks
Charles G. Front
George FE. Hanson
Th Infantry
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
NAVY
W. S. Whitted
D. W Todd
F. R. M'Craay
Maine
A. M. R. Allen
R. M. Jaeger
Montana
J. W. Barnett, Jr
L. S. Stewart
North Carolina
W. R. Munroe
Idaho
Taft Elected President At Barnard College Victory Hint
Taft won the presidency in a Barnard College vote with 161 ballots to 49 for Debs and 48 for Bryan. The lively Brinckerhoff Theatre meeting featured candidates, secretaries, rooters, and colorful attire as Taft and Bryan drew cheers and jeers. Debs received support despite a noisy crowd, and a young girl presented him a red carnation before ballots were counted. Taft was notified of the victory by telegraph.
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William Howard Taft
Barnard College
United States
Debs
Bryan
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Julia Goldburg
Henry Watterson
Paurke Cochran
Benjamin Tillman
Joe” Cannon
Timothy Woodruff
Morris Hilquitt
Deos
Louise Allen
Olga Ihlseng
Bryan Rooter
Fudge Trust
Taft
Lucy Thompson
Mr. Taft
CATS AND THEIR CARE
A cat doctor extols the Maine cat as beautiful, intelligent, and faithful. Advice covers raising kittens, selecting healthy litters, avoiding tramp cats, avoiding tar soap and insect powders, and when to seek a veterinarian.
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Maine
Variety in Dinners and the Modern Home
A discussion on keeping dinners varied through the year, noting dietary monotony and ways wives can spark creativity at the table. It cites entertaining ideas from guests and warns against overdoing it, urging thoughtful surprise dishes to please the husband and children while keeping home inviting.
Campaign Issues Highlight Woman's Republican Club Meeting
Judge Charles S Whitman and Congressman William S Bennet spoke at the Waldorf Astoria meeting, discussing campaign issues. Bennet joked about his appearance, urged wives to write, and promised good shave and collar for the event. Music, a Taft raft song, and the Star Spangled Banner followed before dinner plans and mass meeting notes.
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Charles S. Whitman
William S. Bennet
Woman's Republican Club
Waldert Asteria
Bennet
Washington
Judge Whitman
Whitney
Taft
William Cumming Story
Waldorf-Astoria
Harry Nula
Those Helpless Youths and Useless Men In Newsweek Style
Dr William Lee Howard argues in a November Ameri can piece that a female teacher and mixed schools harm boys. He calls for removing boys from female influence by age fourteen and urges boys be taught by coarse male instructors. He also blames schools for lacking industrial training.
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Ameri
Howard
William Lee
Iim
Demure Maiden Reveals Engagement and Poker Windfall
A demure stenographer shares church devotion and plans to marry, then bursts into a tale of playing poker Sunday night to win a bracelet. The luncheon room, filled with young women, reacts with mixed amusement as she recounts the contrast between faith and risk.
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Trousseaus
White Plains
India
Missionary reception for India and Arabia sails
The Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America hosts an informal reception for missionaries bound for India and Arabia on Monday November 2 from 3 to 5 pm in Marbie Collegiate Church parlors at Fifth avenue and 29th street. A short farewell service is planned at 3 30 pm.
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Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church In America
India
Arabia
Marbie Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
29Th Street
Pillsbury Receivership: English Debenture Holders Meet
London agents for Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills report English debenture holders formed a committee to safeguard interests and probe affairs. They note negotiations with American firm reps, call for tracing and removing the element behind the receivership. Assets fell from over $6,000,000 to $2,258,000 while liabilities total $5,230,000. Some claims may be challenged and assets possibly recoverable.
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London
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company
Minneapolis
Westinghouse Plan Discussion by Readjustment Committee
The readjustment committee of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing met to review final committee reports on the merchandise creditors' reorganization plan. They adjourned at six without a decision but plan to reconvene today. It is said requests have been met and the plan will be adopted.
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France
Great Britain
England
East India Company
Boards of Commissioners
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Car Shortage on Gould Lines Between Pittsburg and Toledo
Dispatches from Pittsburg report a freight car and locomotive shortage on Gould lines to Toledo for the first time in over a year. All equipment in the territory has been in use for two months, with insufficient capacity to handle Pittsburg district tonnage. The shortage is blamed on no new purchases by Wabash Pittsburg Terminal, Wheeling Lake Erie and West Side Belt Line in more than a year, with an estimated $9,000,000 needed to acquire rolling stock for normal conditions.
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Bancroft
Hildreth
Charles II
England
America
Fisher
Grotius
Locke
Montesquieu
Beccaria
Parlamaqui
Pittsburg
Gould
Toledo
Wabash- Pittsburg
Wheeling
Lake Erie
West Side
Copper purchases signal rising market in copper trade
Several large copper purchases in the local market indicate demand from foreign and domestic buyers. Purchases include 1,850,000 pounds of electrolytic copper for Cologne at 13.5 cents for December, 7 pounds sold to a Pittsburg consumer at 13 cents, and 675,000 pounds to a Connect cut factory at 13.5 cents net cash for November. Electric power apparatus makers anticipate electrification projects in Chicago and New York, with about 12,4 pounds needed. The Great Falls Mont power transmission project and New England hydro plants planned for 18% will require about 12,500,000 pounds. Inquiries rise and traders expect copper prices to move up in coming months.
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Cologne
Pittsburg
Chicago
New York
Mont
New England
New Magnesia Company of New York Formed with $2 Million Capital
The Magnesia Company of New York filed a certificate of incorporation in Albany today. Principal offices are in New York with a capital of $2,000,000. Directors listed are Gustave B. Jansen, Stanton Kohler, H. W. Corbdett, C. F. Fen hagen, and John Cleary, all based in New York.
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Albany
Magnesia Company of
New York
Secretary of State
Gustave B. Jansen
Stanton Kohler
H. W. Corbdett
C. F. Fenhagen
John Cleary
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Macmillan
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E. P. Dutton & Co
Woman’s Club
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Pillsbury
Committee of Investigation
Gould Lines
Magnesia Company Incorporated
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Tribune
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