Knox Wise Head Taft's Cabinet
Washington dispatch notes Republicans applaud Senator Philander Chase Knox agreeing to head Taft's Cabinet as Secretary of State. Knox, born 1853 in Brownsville, rose from modest means to Mount Union College and a long career as lawyer and U S Attorney General. His tenure in the Senate and ties to Carnegie Steel frame his anticipated influence in the new administration.
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Washington, D
Philander Chase Knox
Taft
Knoox
Tait
Knox
Senate
Pennsylvania
Billander Chase Knox
Pittsburg
United States
McKinley
Woman Starves Yet Charms Charity In Mass.. Cryan Widow
In Taunton Massachusetts Mary Cryan, aged 38, starved herself in her attic, denying food heat and light. Her will leaves 3500 dollars to church and charity while conservatively valued savings and coins remain. She formerly attended night classes and was known for a once bright social image now replaced by frugal fixation.
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Wiss Cryan
Tauntoo
Mass
Mary Cryan
Misa Cryan
Savinza
Cassidy
Court Affirms Conviction of Slayer of Sechler and Sellick
Albany, N Y—Salvatore Governale convicted of first degree murder for fatally shooting two New York City policemen, George Sechler and Alfred A Sellick, during an attempted arrest on Thompson Street near Washington Square in 1907. Court of Appeals upholds the sentence of death in the electric chair, Governale claiming self defense.
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Albany
N. Y
Salvatore Governors
New York City
Court of Appeals
George Sechler
Alfred A. Selfick
Governale
Thompggn Street
Washington Squere
Woman Dies After Auto Crash in Rang s City
A woman injured in an auto collision on November 19 succumbed to her injuries. She was struck by a 45 horsepower car owned by A. Ridgels, formerly Comptroller of the Currency, Washington DC, as reported by FL C. Dale.
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S City
Bud Green
A. Ridzgels
the Currency
Washington, DC
FL C. Dale
Ghauff
Navy Rear Admiral W W Kimball and Other Apps
The article notes W W Kimball's promotion to rear admiral and remarks on retired officers W H Em ory and Senator Lodge proposing a 400000 embassy building bill in Paris. It also mentions Post Office limits on Germany parcels, Danish American Society appeal to Roosevelt, and various budget and diplomatic items.
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W. W. Kimball
Yhe W. H. Emory
Lodge
Paris
Post Office Department
Germany
Roosevelt
Aarhuus
Denmark
Bourne
Gifford Pinchot
House Committee On Agriculture
House
Secret Service
William H. Taft
Panama
District of Columbia
Unanimous Haiti President Elected General Antoine Simon
Reports state General Antoine Simon won a unanimous election to serve as Haiti’s president. Other world notes include Turkey’s return to constitutional government after 32 years and a British reform plan for India’s administration.
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Antoine Simon
Haiti
Turkey
Lord Morley
India
House of Lords
Rostov-on-de-Bon
Russia
Multiple shallow items from a crowded docket
Reading includes a fatal accident to a hunter near Springfield Missouri a church pastor resignation over church support and a criminal libel case involving John D Rockefeller S S Carvalho and the Star Company It also notes a horticultural award in Council Bluffs a Hoboken city clerk rescue and a Flushing trial detailing a confrontation over identifying a target and threats with a pistol
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South Park Avenue Methodist Church
Chicago
W. B. Quine
Dibel
John D. Rockefeller
S. S. Carvalho
The
Star Company
W. HF. Fiearst
New York American
Bridge Fall Kills Three on Williamsport Pier Collapse
At Williamsport on the Potomac River a concrete pier collapse during bridge construction killed three workers and seriously injured five others. The deceased were Ralph H. Bickel and James G. Meyera of Pennsylvania and George Stilt of Virginia. injured include Charles Moore, Jerome Hollenbach, John L. Nace, Frank Gl. Benning, Charles Gussler, with Alonzo Zimmermann and Ross Bickel among witnesses. All were Pennsylvania Steel Company employees. a heavy girder and iron traveler fell sixty feet into the river.
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Hagerstown
Potomac River
Williamsport
Ralph H. Bickel
Dauphin
James G. Meyera
Bendersille
George Stilt
Roanoke
Charles Moore Steelton
Jerome
Alonzo Zimmerman
Big Post
Pire
Ross Bickel
W. H. Bickel
Steelton
White girl enrolled in Avery College sparks inquiry in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg, Allegheny County Juvenile Court found one white girl among about 400 Avery College students. Authorities kept her name confidential and sent her home. Board members scheduled a special meeting to address the matter amid claims by a colored staffer that nine white girls previously attended the training school.
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Pittsburg
Juvenile Court of
Allegheny County
Avery College
Coleted
Bandit Shootout Wounds Marshal in Greenwich Ohio Raid
A bandit was killed and Marshal F C Woods of Greenwich was seriously wounded in an armed ambush at Greenwich railroad yards. Five men confronted Woods after a stranger claim to be new in town. The robbers fled. Woods was beaten and left for dead. Authorities warn robberies may surge to a projected 590000 in value by April.
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Toledo
Ohio
F. C. Woods
Greenwich
Huron County
Woods
American mother assaults co respondent in London divorce case
Mrs. Taylor an American living in London attacked Mrs. Atherton in a fashionable London home amid ongoing divorce proceedings against Mrs. Stirling. Taylor seized Atherton by the throat and attempted to throttle her before police intervened. Both women were ordered to keep the peace. Also noted, General Avery D. Andrews of Philadelphia predicted restoration of Bermudez Lake to the New York and Bermudez Company if Venezuela forms a new government.
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London
England
Taylor
Stirling
Atherton
Avery D. Andrews
Philadelphia
General Asphalt Company
Venezuela
Bermudez Lake
New York and Bermudez Company
Noeth Acquitted of Murder of Philip Sullivan
In Monticello New York the jury in the second trial of Michael Noeth found him not guilty of shooting Philip Sullivan in Liberty Sullivan County last May. The first trial ended with a hung jury and Noeth was released. Health issues from jail confinement were noted as a concern.
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Monticello
Noeth
Michael Noeth
Philip Sullivan
Liberty
Sullivan County
Chesterton and Anglophone Christianity in Aked Sermon
The Rev. C F Aked of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York preaches on Chesterton’s Orthodoxy linking it to Christian rest. He praises Chesterton’s paradoxical style while cautioning against new gospel fads and affirming the enduring truth of Christianity.
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New York City
C. F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist
Chirch
Mr. Chesterton
England
Chesterton
Wis
Special Express
Chesterton Henge
Pacific
Dover
Brighton
Jesus
Tee
Tory
Joan
Sacredness of Small Things and Religious Privileges
A reflection on valuing small virtuous acts and the quiet deeds that lift others. It extols equal religious rights under the Stars and Stripes and emphasizes no state church or coercive laws, asserting responsibility to God and the merit of the best church.
Jesus messages to the churches begin with I know
The Pacific Baptist notes that Christ addresses Asia’s churches with phrases like I know thy tribulation and I know where thou dwellest. He offers assurance of sympathy to his people before urging encouragement or warning, stressing that understanding enables judgment and help.
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Jesus
Christ
Churches of
Asia
Pacific Baptist
Rendering Tribute to God in Mind Heart and Will
A preacher urges threefold tribute to Christ by mind heart and will. He rejects appeals to intellect or emotion alone and stresses the will as the decisive response. He defines the purpose of God through revelation and the need to overcome sin with eternal life through accepting divine power.
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Tittan
Abby
Tsat
John Godfrey
Christ
God
The Reward and Consolation of Pain
The fragment discusses perception of reality and suggests consolation from God comes after one endures pain. It frames suffering as a path to divine consolation and critiques the notion of universal control by human will.
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China
Significance of Whistling in Social Etiquette
A Pall Mall Gazette writer analyzes whistling as a social cue and its association with coolness and confidence. The piece notes its impact on manners among youths and the need to balance expression with propriety in public spaces.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Mpapers
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