White House Pets and Farm Pony Tale Across Washington
A sprawling piece traces Roosevelt era pets at the White House including cats parrot and squirrels. It also recounts Major the pony gifted to Henry and Walter Metz detailing gate antics and family life with animals. The pigeon messenger anecdote adds a rural flavor to early 20th century domestic animal lore.
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White House
Nat
Zoom Park
Forssuntries
Menelik
Abusan
Illogical Park
Parrat
Fam
Longworth
G Street
Ima
Antis
Irger
Oery
Roosevelts
Curtis
State
War
Navy
Roosevelt
New York
Skip
Archibald
Lear
Dakotas
Rolla
Sailor Boy
Washington Post
Taft to Convene Extra Session March Fifteenth
President elect Taft authorizes the announcement that Congress will convene an extra session on March fifteenth. The senate revises the naval bill to include two 26,000 ton battleships and approves a $136,000,000 total. The District of Columbia and Hawaii plans are noted amid various international and domestic political items.
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Taft Hag
Congress
H. W. Topakyan
New York
White House
Senate
District of Columbia
Taft
Knox
War Department
Hawaii
Department of the Philippines
House
Four miners trapped by blast in Benton coal mine
Reports say four miners are imprisoned with little hope of escape after a coal mine explosion near Benton Iowa. Other brief items note cement producers meeting in Chicago, a severe Sandusky storm, and political changes in Chicago and New Jersey.
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Benton
Chicago
Sandusky
Ohio
Edwin G.cooley
Board of Education
Nathan Wallace
Xenia
Albert Sturgeon
Nancy Harris
Great Northern
Grand Forks
N. C
M. W. Coffey
San Francisco
Fort
Charles &. Brown
Trenton
Soldiers
Vineland
Chonel
EH. J. Stuil
Trust Cuts Steel Prices Open Market Sparks Change
New York City reports Carnegie Steel and the Steel Trust lowering prices amid a broader market opening. The move aims to revive construction and freight activity, while risking the fate of small, independent mills and laid-off workers in dependent communities.
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New York City
Elbert H.gary
Street Trust
Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburg
Steel Trust
Taylor Youth Shot During Brother’s Quarrel
Memphis Tennessee James H Taylor sixteen son of deputy sheriff W H Taylor and nephew of Police Chief Davis was shot and killed by Eddy Prode a sixteen year old negro. A quarrel between Taylor’s younger brother and Prode sparked the incident with Taylor going to aid the boy. Prode fled the scene.
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Memphis
Tenn
James H. Taylor
W. H. Taylor
Davis
Eddy Prode
Taylor
Prode
Congo Rebels Kill Three French Officials in Leopoldville Patch
A Congo Independent State mission station reports three French officials killed by rebels near Leopoldville. The incident highlights unrest in the area as authorities investigate the attack and casualties rise.
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Brussels
Belgium
Teopoldville
Congo Independent State
Tragic Schoolyard Fatality in Watertown Fight
In front of Marshall Spring Public School Watertown fifteen year old Frank Crossland was killed by a punch from schoolmate John Seamon. Authorities described the incident as a fatal assault and investigated the circumstances surrounding the fight.
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Boston
Fass
Frank Crossland
John Seamon
Marshall Spring
Watertown
Senate kills Dean bill on Rose County options
Columbus Ohio The Senate by a 18 to 16 vote defeated the Dean bill intended to amend the Rose County options measure so that cities voting wet would stay wet if their county voted dry.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Dean
New York City Police Clash Ends in Fatal Shooting
In New York City President Roose John 8. Goldhammer was shot and killed while attempting to arrest Tadward Burns, a policy rambier, in a tense law enforcement confrontation.
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New York City
Roose John 8. Goldhammer
Tadward Burns
President Roosevelt Calls World Conservation Congress
President Roosevelt issues a call for a world conservation congress to be held in The Hague next September, gathering leaders and experts to discuss global conservation efforts.
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New York City
Roosevelt
The
Hague
Dead Man Identified in Englewood Homicide
Englewood New Jersey police identified the deceased as Frank Manny after a shooting death. John Terminini was arrested on horse stealing charges tied to a series of thefts from Dr. J. Kane of Norristown Pennsylvania and reported horse theft rings in Montgomery County and South Jersey. Al Rees, once an assistant at the America Company, died after an apparent accident at Guy's Hotel.
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Valhalla
North White Plains
New York Tribune
Hilmi Pasha
Chamber of Deputies
House of Commons
Women's Freedom League
London
Heriin
Senor Guinau
the Hague
France
Holland
Englewood, N. J
Theody
Frank Manny
John Terminini
J. 3. Kane
Norristown
Montgomery County
South
Jersey
al Rees
Esnte Ideae
Améca Company
Guy's Hotel
The Cob: Practical Draft Horse of Small Stature
A discussion on horse work capacity compares urban and rural load limits, noting humans and ponies achieve remarkable mileage under varied conditions. It highlights the cob as a versatile, sturdy breed suited for heavy tasks in compact bodies, with key traits and regional roles.
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London Bus
A. MM
America
William Day
London
Exeter
Times
England
Fashion reveals bonnets with strings for next season
A fashion note outlines the upcoming bonnet trend featuring strings for the next generation. It highlights quirky terms like oversheds and swinbritt lag as part of the evolving style discussion, noting selective interest from readers.
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Dianapolis
Joneer
Fragmented OCR Reads Offer Little Coherence
A garbled OCR excerpt shows scattered phrases and nonstandard text pieces with no clear event, names, or places. The fragment lacks identifiable entities or a coherent narrative to summarize.
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Sofa Hill
Was Indians
Wasy
Teddy
Ike
Wille
Major
Henry
Walter Metz
Mr. Metz
Ipony
John Dwon
Papa
Walter
Washington
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
Helena
Messing
Italy
Regina Elene
Vladimir Alexandrovitch
Czar
Russia
St. Petersburg
Alfonso
Walfisch Bay
Servia
Constantinople
Austria
Balkan
Deag
Acapulco
Mexico
Argentina
Lonndon
Fisana House of Representatives
Faines Bu
Gary
Pibo
Harrison Avenue
Montclair
Averit. Nutley, M
Congo Nebels
Conservation Congress Called
Atore
Atores
Passate
Bhdubanceh
Ian
Giacel Pion
Eac Ee
Aimerikatt
Bo Aalers
Loai Association
Ab Park
Flall
Ari Eproneeiy
Thas Toroees Ly
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