Taft echoes Japanese warmth on famed voyage
Secretary Taft and Miss Anan Roosevelt toured Japan aboard the steamer Manchuria after an outdoor fete at Opuwa Park. Taft praised the enthusiastic reception by Japanese officials and people, noting Emperor’s kindness and public demonstrations of goodwill toward the United States. He spoke of entertainments in Tokyo and a visit to Kyoto highlighting Japanese art and craftsmanship.
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Nagasaki
Manchuria
Taft
China
Anan Roosevelt
Opuwa
LC. wan
Tokyo
Kyoto
Foresters elect officers with Dr Oronhyateka chief
The Independent Order of Foresters meeting in Atlantic City elected Dr. Oronhyateka of Toronto as supreme chief ranger at a salary of $16,000 yearly. Officers named include Judge Wederburn as past supreme ranger and J D Clark as supreme vice chief ranger. The convention also plans to visit Foresters Island Park in Toronto for the dedication of a new orphans home. Nearby, Joseph Barrett faced manslaughter charges in Bridgeport for a drowning death of 14 year old Lillian Brabner at Seaside Park. An excursion boat explosion near Cassamondie endangered twenty passengers who escaped in a scene described as chaotic.
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Oronhyateka
Atlantic City
N. J
Supreme Court
Independent Order of Foresters
Toronto
Ont
supreme
Oronhya teka
Wederburn
New Brunswick
J. D. Clark
Ohio
John A. McGilliveay
Hl. Collins
Thomas Millman
Elliott G Stevenson
Michigan
Foresters Island Park
Bridgeport
Conn
Joseph Barrett
superior court
Lillian Brabner
Barrett
Seaside Park
Healthy Plants Need Careful Attention Tip
The article argues that healthy growth requires addressing root causes not surface fixes and likens plant care to hair loss treatment. It promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as a germ killer for dandruff and baldness prevention, claiming it destroys the germ at the roots and leads to healthy hair.
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Newhro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
J. A. Williamson
Fraud Charges Hit Odd Fellows Life Society Leaders
Philadelphia August report says Henry I. Walton the receiver filed in common pleas court charges against five directors of the Odd Fellows Mutual Life Insurance Society of Pennsylvania and ten others. The suit alleges fraudulent transfer of 60,000 dollars and illegal collection of 50,000 in premiums, leaving the society insolvent last March. Walton seeks 116,000 dollars restitution and a full accounting, detailing connections with the unlicensed Mutual Life Insurance Company of Pennsylvania and improper operations as a limited partnership.
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Odd Fellows
Philadelphia
common pleas court
the
Odd Fellows’ Mutual Life Insurance Society of Pennsylvania
C. F. Binkley
William Bristow
H. 8. Campbell
H. C. Megrew
G. B. Aledsock
Henry I. Walton
treasury
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Pennsylvania
E. I. Rosenfeld
Albert Morgan
John H. Allen
Abner FI. Mershon
Berton B. Babs
Daniel T. Murphy
H. E. Walrath
L. M. Martin
T. C. Rafferty
Mutual Life Insurance company
Thief Tracked After Wine Theft Ends in Capture
Dover California August 2 Levi Scott trapped Thomas Scotten in his cellar while a partner stole wines and spirits from the store. Scotten mistook the owner for his accomplice and was surprised when Scott and M. W. Cole took him to jail after the seizure. In St Paul Minnesota August 2 publisher John Hanley, leader in Farmers Alliance, arrested for mail fraud in stock scheme. In New York August 2 two young men drowned crossing Long Island Sound when a squall struck their overloaded rowboat near Rye Beach Waters.
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Dover
Cal
Levi Scott
Thomas Scotten
Scott
Scolten
Mr. Scott
Swatten
M. W. Cole
St. Paul Minn
Tohn
Hanley
the
Alliance Advocate
west
Farmers’ Alliance
United States
Marshal Grimshaw
Consolidated Farm and Ranch company
New York
Long Island Sound
Rye Teach N OY
ROA Elmendorf
Weehawken
Horace Poster
Pleasantville
Thessay
Erie Rustin
George Peane
Thomas
John Anderson
hia
William
Staten Island
Baseball Scores and Weather Update from Yesterday
American League games saw Athletics 3, Chicago 4 in 10 innings and New York 3, Cleveland 2. National League reports Philadelphia 7, Chicago 6 in 11. New York 10, Cincinnati 4. Boston 1. St Louis 4. Pittsburg-Brooklyn rained out. Tri-State results include Harrisburg 1, Lancaster 3 and Altoona 6, Coatesville 7 with rain. Gainesville widow of General Longstreet injured in horse accident near Augusta.
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Athletics
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Boston
St. Louis
Philadehia
Ciarinati
st. Lomnia
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Johnstown
Wilmington
Williamsport
York
Coatesville
Altoona
Longstreet
Gainesville
Ida Longstreet
Yellow Fever Rises With 42 New Cases and 6 Deaths
New Orleans reports 42 new yellow fever cases and 6 deaths, total cases 346 and total deaths 68. The outbreak extends to three more parishes while overall progress shows fewer secondary infections and cautious optimism. Mississippi and Louisiana patrols tense as armed boats guard borders and Coast Guard assets support quarantine efforts.
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New Orleans
Jackson avenue
Louisiana
Mississippi
Blanchard
naval brigade
United States revenue
Winona
Mississippi Sound
St. Joe light
Lake Boigne
Grave
Gulfport
Rigolets
lake Pontchartrain
Lake Borgne
Ship Island
Washington
state board of heatth
Colonel Edwards Plans 1000 Mile Philippine Railway Project
Colonel Clarence R Edwards chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs travels with the Taft party to the Philippines. He aims to plan a railway system nearing 1000 miles with aid from W T Darling, recommended by John B Stevens. Lawton had urged three brevets for Edwards during the Philippine insurrection.
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CLARENCE R. EDWARDS
BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS
Edwards
Philippines
Taft party
Philppines
W.T. Darling
John B. Stevens
Panama canal commission
Lawton
Ziegler Will Case Settled In New York Court
The will contest over William Ziegler is settled with the widow receiving 2.5 million dollars. Justice Gieglich ordered executor Justice Gaynor to pay 1.2 million in cash and 5,000 shares of Royal Baking Powder stock valued at 1.3 million to S Matilda Ziegler. The 14 year old adopted son receives the remainder. The estate includes real estate around 4 million and personal property about 14 million in New York plus about 900 thousand in New Jersey and Connecticut.
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New York
William Ziegler
Ziegler
Giegrich
supreme court
Gaynor
S. Matilda Ziegler
Royal Baking Powder company
New York state
New Jersey
Connecticut
Public Printer Palmer May Face Removal Over Lanston Scandal
Washington reports Public Printer Palmer likely to retire or be removed after the Lanston typesetting machine scandal. The Keep Investigation commission recommends his removal to Roosevelt, citing acceptance of hospitality from Lanston officials, tolerance of office demands, and urging excessive government spending. Only 12 machines will be bought. contracts for 72 are canceled due to waste and lack of need.
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Commission
Palmer
Washington
Lanston
Keep Investigation commission
Roosevelt
mae
Lansten company
General Miller to Wed Mrs Hulen in Paris
Major General Charles Miller of Franklin Pa will wed Mrs. A B D Hulen of New York in Paris this week. Reverend Charles Wagner, a friend, will perform the ceremony. Miller sails with his son French and daughter Metta. Hulen sails separately. Mrs Hulen, 40, previously lived in Franklin and New York, where she sings in a major church.
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A. BD. Hulen
New York
Paris
Franklin
Charles Miller
P. Hulen
New York city
Miller
fTlev
Charles Wagner
French
Yale
Metta
General Miller
Bulen
New Yorkity
Record of George Handforth’s Living Year After Neck Injury
George Handforth, shown pale and frail after a long illness, has lived a year with a broken neck from a fall at the Atlantic Refining plant in Potat Breeze. Paralysis from the neck down leaves him unable to move, with doctors saying only sheer will kept him alive and that any jar could be fatal. A special pneumatic mattress and braces support him as he tells doctors he is ready to die, though he remains stoic and uncomplaining about his condition.
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George Handforth
Philadelphia
Methodist hospital
Atlantic Refining company
Potat Breeze
Handforth
MITCHELL AT NANTICOKE Miners' President greeted By Thousands
Wilkesbarre Pa Aug 2 John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers and district officers visited Nanticoke where thousands of miners and others greeted them. Work and fines places were closed the day a general holiday and a monster parade followed speeches by District President Nichols and others. Efforts are underway to broaden membership and prepare for possible strikes in the anthracite coal regions. One dynamite explosion killed Richard Censure 31 and injured Charles Duffy and Charles Sturges on the Niagara River near Tonawanda. Telegraphers across the Northern Pacific face possible layoffs as wage settlement terms are offered or rejected.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Nanticoke
eholl
Nicholbers
Mitchell Rad perty
Crootiona
Prism NY
Richard CTnsean
Johnson
Duffy
Viera
Northern Pacific railways
sento
St. Paul
Parse coast
Peace prospects and war talk amid Russian peace conference
In St Petersburg the emperor's message to the church and the press fuels both peace and war sentiment as reform plans and a national assembly project move forward. Witte's mission underpins hopes for a peace basis, while imperial counselors seek a liberal rework before August 12.
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Petersburg
Nicholas
Orenboutr clevey
Russa
athess
eve amos
friends of peace
ines
Portsmouth
Japan
Moscow
Linovitch
Russia
M. Witte
cbhosen
national assembly
Alexis Nikolaievitch
council
imperial chancellerie
committee of ministers
Bouligia
Czar
London
the
Times
St. Petersburg
Orenburg
Khabarovsk
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