Taft Cabinet members urged to take responsibility in departments
The article notes President Taft stressing Cabinet accountability to their departments and methods. It mentions shifts and assignments in military and ordnance posts, resignations and new duties for officers, with regard to the Payne bill and various Senate discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hington
Jorittara
Senate
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Charles W. Eliot
Britain
Taft
Payne
Philadelphia
C. E. E Boome
Philippine Scouts
J. Strauss
Bureau of Ordnance
R. Stone
E. Carleton
Fort Ashtation
N. H
Manchester
Iam
Balkans tensions and royal succession news in brief
Relieved Maj. T L Rhoades heads to San Wanessco while Prince George of Servia renounces his throne claim. Reports note Paris views on Balkan tensions and Bosnia annexation. Russia withdraws from Servia. Other items include a Paris dinner for Archbishop Ireland, a Spanish duel in Lishkon, and a fatal wrestling incident in Reval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Rhoades
Philippines
Thas
San Wanessco
Prince George of
Servia
William Ramsey
Chenical Society
London
Madame Steinrheil
Paris
George of
Golden Foreign Office
Balkan
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
Shackleton
Christ Church
New Fenland
Amt
David
Magnetic Pole
Yon Buelow
Samara
White
Ireland
St.Paul
Minn
Ciprigne Castro
Venezuela
Bordeaux
Guadeloupe
Trinidad
Edward
Earl of Granard
Order of St. Patrick
Manuel D’espreguerira
Depot
Cachro Matta
Ihe Cortes
Thike
Abruezi
Marseilles
Bombay
Himalayas
Supreme Military Court
Hamilton
Bermuda
United States
Reval Prussia
Leisner
Kraus
Notable appointments and incidents amid national news
George L. Cortelyou, ex Treasury Secretary, elected president of the Consolidated Gas Company in New York. Miss Helen Emery, daughter of California Episcopal archdeacon, elopes to marry Gunziro Aoki. A $500,000 gift to Chappaqua Mountain Sanitarium from Mrs. Willabeth Milbank Andersen. H. Worfe and wife extradition case from Cleveland to Mercer County. Schwab advocates further steel wage cuts ahead of October 1. George L. Bell, ex Georgia legislator, commits suicide on Macau–Savannah passenger staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 8. Cortelyou
Treasury
Washington, D
Consoidated Gas Company
New York City
Helen Gladys Emery
California
Gunziro Aoki
Viscount Aoki
Chappaqua Mountain
H. Worfe
Wille Whith
Ron Cleveland
Mercer County
Tell
Charles
Schwab
Weather Lifts Trade Amid Steel Mood Slump
R G Dun weekly review notes favorable weather supports commerce despite depression in iron and steel. Northwest reports cheer, but prices fall in structural steel while demand shows modest gains. Congress debates weigh on several trades with unclear end date. Dry goods show “hand to mouth” demand and large hides sales with price advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
R. G. Dun &Co
Review of Trade
Croy
Northwest
Markets Update: New York Wholesale Prices Report
Live stock prices rise for beef calves hogs and lambs with grain, produce and dairy items listed. Vegetables fruits and poultry show varied wholesale ranges including potatoes apples cranberries butter eggs and flocked poultry values across wholesale markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maine
Jersey
Fair
Culbertson Widow Ends Own Life After Bitter Scheme
Vincennes Indiana Mrs Jessie Lee Overton Culbertson wife of three months died by suicide after staging a dramatic murder plot to frame another woman with acid. Police found a letter indicating she authored threatening notes believed left at her home. The writing and paper watermarks tied the letters to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Jessie Lee Overton Culbertson
Heyond
Mystery of Death of Society Woman in Washington
Mrs Pierre Lorillard Jr a leading society figure in New York London and Paris killed herself in her Washington home by inhaling gas after a dinner with Mrs Richard Townsend The body lay on the floor with diamonds in the chair a brief note explained her act but its contents were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Pierre ‘Derillard, Jr
New York
London
Paris
Richard Townsend
Young Tinian Veteran Aquilia Chase Dies by Suicide
In New York City Aquilia Chase described as the youngest Tinian soldier of the Civil War killed himself with a gun in World Werald Square after being unemployed and fearing gondness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Aquilia Chase
Gondness
Werald Square
President Reverses Roosevelt Duties on Granines
Washington D C January 17 President Tat revoked an order issued by President Roosevelt that changed the duties on granines. The revocation returns the duties to their prior level and reshapes import policy for the commodity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
Roosevelt
Tat
Soulmate Seeks Annulment Over Troubled Union
Middletown New York news reports Mrs Julia Kuttner Harte suing for annulment from Barle Earle claiming he was a lunatic at marriage and alleging prior marriage, with custody of their son Edmund Erwin Earle and restoration of her maiden name Jata Kuttner. Earle had returned from the West after admitting affinity with the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. Y
Perdinand Pinney Earle
New York
Monroe
O & County
A. L. Decher
Julia Kuttner Harte
Barla
West
Ferle
Yattle
France
Earle
Miss Kuttner
Europe
Yenica
Barle
Barlé
Edmund Erwin Earle
Jata Kuttner
Edmund Erwin Kuttner
Wages Cut for 12000 Ohio Workers Announced
Notices posted at Republic Iron and Steel Co plants in Youngstown detail a April 1 wage reduction affecting about 12 000 workers across nine rolling mills nine blast furnaces and one steel plant in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Winnie and Alabama the roughly ten percent cut excludes Amalgamated Association members and salaried staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Winnie
Alabama
O'Brien to quit All For Ireland movement in Ireland
A Cork letter from William O'Brien announces his resignation as Nationalist MP for Cork and retirement from politics. He cites recent defections of five Cork members and says it is impossible to press his views on a country unable or unwilling to hear him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Ireland
William O’brien
Roy
Anne
Swindler Revealed in New York City Case
A man passing as Prince de Guelph and son of King Id wari was arrested in New York City after failing to pay a $100 bill at the St. Regis. He was identified as Dr. Norman, an impostor who previously exploited New York years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Prince de
Immigrants Arrive As Port of New York Sees Large Influx
More than 10 000 immigrants entered the port of New York as a steady stream of arrivals overwhelmed harbor facilities. Officials reported crowded conditions and ongoing processing of newcomers seeking entry and employment in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Port
New York
Six hundred Chicago grocers strike inbound April first
Six hundred employees of wholesale grocers in Chicago vote to strike on April 1 with possible sympathy walkouts by railroad freight handlers. Other items note Maryland Geological Survey bids for stone roads, a New York mystery death, a car injury suit verdict, and a Virginian Railway opening date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Geological Survey of Maryland
Stone Road
Rising Sun
Principio
Karner Ketch
Fairy tales and pennies in a child’s garden tale
A mixed feature card combines a child’s moonlit fairy dreams with a moral about planting pennies. Jean drops three coins for Sunday school, then repents when Grandpa explains the tale of the talents. Grandma and Grandpa respond with gentle lessons and new pennies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sranamay
Jean
Grandi
Robert
Grandpa
Grandma
Little Jean
Matilda
Mooney
Eva Mille Anderson
Mother's Doll Story From a Pleasant Childhood
Lite Babsie laments costly modern toys while Mother recalls a cherished wax doll and two Hindling wood figures used as dolls. She recalls playing with Jenny opposite their house and dressing the makeshift toys with wrapping paper and hive for best. The tale contrasts old simple playthings with expensive modern dolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babsie
Rui
Mary
Margaret Erskine
Lok
John
Babsle
Jenny
Piper
Waterproofing Fabrics Techniques Across Various Materials
The article describes multiple waterproofing methods for fabrics. Methods include impregnation with metallic salts for sailcloth, alum and acetate baths for canvas, wax coating via hot rollers for ponchos and leather, India rubber in solvents for mackintoshes, and ammonia oxide treatment to create a uniform cellulose coating on cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
First wheeled carriages used in France in 1550
The fragment notes that the first wheeled carriages were used in France in 1550. It mentions a historic beginning of wheeled transport and situates it in France during the mid-16th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Diagnostic radiology notes and misdiagnosed injuries
A fragmented discussion on radiologists and X rays showing how delayed or incorrect imaging can miss dislocations or injuries mistaken for fractures. It stresses timely radiographic evaluation, proper immobilization, and legal duty of care to avoid permanent harm. Names and specifics are largely obscured in the readable text.
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ID Cable
George L. Bell
Georgia
Weekly Review OF Trade
Jessie L. Culbertson
Bride
O'Brien
All For Ireland” ‘Movement
Swindier
Lillian Blake
Julian P. Chamas
Fulton Meeting House
Bight
Cacil County
Th. Rogers
Virginian Railway
Amy Mamma
Pairyland
Laura Simmons
Linpincott’s
Great Dane
U .V
Somarero
San Francisco
Admiral Dewey
Home Herald
New Press
Ivarys
Hissional
Gieans
London Globe
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