Stimson Named War Secretary In Roosevelt Era
Henry L. Stimson, a progressive Republican aligned with Roosevelt, becomes secretary of war at age 43. Born September 21, 1867 in New York, he rose from Yale and Harvard to U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York, famed for actions against the sugar trust and Morse. He later joined the cabinet after a notable 1906-1909 career and a failed gubernatorial bid in a Democratic landslide.
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Henry Lewis Stimson
Roosevelt
Stimson
Knickerbocker
New York
Yale
Psi Upsilon
Skull of Bones
Harvard
Elihu Root
United States
Sugar Trust
Charles W. Morse
Ater
Dickinson
Illinois Central Railway System
Columbus
Miss
University of Nashville
Columbia College
Leipzig University
Paris
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Chicago
First Wisconsin insurgent Henry Cooper in Congress
Henry A. Cooper of Racine Wisconsin, long an insurgent, is noted as the first insurgent in Congress. Elected to the fifty third Congress, he repeatedly faced attempts to defeat him yet secured reelection. He clashed with Pacific railroad funding and was briefly removed from his committee for defiance. In 1907 he joined Democrats to challenge Speaker rule power.
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Henry Allen Cooper
Racine
Wis
Congress
Cooper
Wisconsin
Robert Marion la Follette
Henry A. Cooper
Committee On Pacific Railroads
Pacific Railroad
DeArmond
Missouri
Lincoln resigns Pullman presidency as Runnells named successor
Robert Todd Lincoln resigns as president of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company due to ill health. John Sumner Runnells is elected president. Lincoln has led since 1897 after George Pullman’s death. Runnells, born 1844 in Effingham New Hampshire, has long served as general counsel and now heads the firm.
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Robert Todd Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
John Sumner Runnells
Mr. Lincoln
George M. Pullman
Runnells
Pullman Company
Effingham
N. H
Amherst College
Dover
Iowa
United States
Carnegie Gets Gold Medal From 21 Nations
Andrew Carnegie received a gold medal labeled Benefactor of Humanity in Washington from 21 American republics. Senor de Zamacona presented it as Secretary Knox presided and President Taft praised his peace efforts. Carnegie recounted the Buenos Aires Pan American honor and the 160 million people across 21 nations who supported him.
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Andrew Carnegie
Washington
Senor de Zamacona
Knox
Taft
Mr. Carnegie
Diplomatic Corps
Pan-American Union
Carnegie
Buenos Ayres
Spirits of Turpentine and Unsavory Incidents Across Counties
A compilation from Raleigh to Charlotte notes convictions for blockading and retailing, a $500 tax on oriental goods dealers, a severe scalding of a two year old, a fatal knife attack at a dance hall, hospital plans, accidental shooting during pistol testing, beekeeping literature distributed by a congressman, drought effects on Linville River fishing, Rutherfordton rail union station hearing delays, Winston-Salem bond proposal for municipal improvements, and rain prayers in Mecklenburg. Also coverage of weddings, timber deals, a UNC scholarship awarded, Fourth of July plans in Shelby, a steel bridge project, a long-serving fire chief resignation, a postal savings bank in High Point, a large fire in Balsam, road bond votes in New Hanover, a drowning in Valley River, and Senator Johnson's North Carolina origins and ox-cart departure memory.
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Raleigh
H. T. Allen
Johnston
James Doster
Harnett
Hendersonville
Charlotte
Harry Lee Wilkinson
Salisbury
Emma Sloan
Winston-Salem
Forsyth Medical Society
Lenoir
E. C. Leonard
Grover Brindle
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Webb
Linville
Corporation Commission
Rutherfordton
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Winston
Board of Aldermen
Mecklenburg County
Boston
Ralph M. Harper
Kinston
Winchester
Mass
Harper
St. Paul’s Church
Elizabeth City
Gretna Green
Virginia
Asheville
Carolina Industries Company
Scottish Timber Lands
Aptagrove Brothers
Northern Associates
J. A. Porter
Biltmore
John H. Small
North Carolina
American Peace and Arbitration
Shelby
Cleveland Commercial Club
Charlotte—Mecklenburg
Gaston
Sloan’s Ferry
Orr
High Point
Postal Savings Bank
Balsam
North State
Alabama
Senator Johnson
Birmingham
Freight Rates Cut June 16 By Interstate Action
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a request to pause its order cutting Norfolk and Western Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway rates from Cincinnati and other Western points and Virginia cities to Winston Salem and Durham. Effective June 15, rates will be 10 to 15 percent lower, a victory for the North Carolina Corporation Commission. The ruling may pressure long haul rates from Western points to Carolina and Virginia cities already under pressure in state rate fights.
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Raleigh
Corporation Commission
Washington
New Commerce Court
Norfolk & Western
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati
Western
Virginia
Winston-Salem
Durham
Seaboard
Southern
Carolina
North Carolina Supreme Court Ends Term with Eleven Opinions
The high court adjourned sine die delivering eleven opinions on cases from New Hanover to Buncombe. Key items include a new trial in State v Holly for poisoning evidence, and Atlantic Coast Line v Goldsboro upholding town power to demand grade conforming tracks. Youngsville township v Webb grants road bond issuance without a popular vote. Also reporting a child’s death from kerosene poisoning and a federal case punishing a blind tiger operator. Construction news notes upcoming A M College projects totaling 70 000 and a new 40 000 Y M C A building plus an animal industry building funded by the state.
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North Carolina Supreme Court
State
Holly
New Hanover
Herring
Warwick
Sampson
Smith
Ellington
Guy Timber Company
Duplin
Taylor
Wayne
Stacey Cheese Company
Pipkin
Atlantic Coast Line
Goldsboro
Mayhew
Union
Cabe
Southern Railway
Buncombe
Trustees of
Youngsville Twanship
Webb
Henry
Hilliard
Haywood
Ford
Pigeon River Lumber Company
J. C. Holly
Youngsville Township
Webb & Company
College
A. & M. College
State Board of Agriculture
Forty six A M graduates at Raleigh ceremony
Raleighs A and M college awarded diplomas and degrees at the 1911 commencement. Graduates included Bachelors of Engineering and Science from Raleigh and other North Carolina towns. Meredith College awarded seventeen A B degrees with diplomas in piano voice and art.
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North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College
Raleigh
A. & M. College
William Bailey
Tollie C. Barber
Pinnicle
William R. Brown
Glass
Guy K. Bryan
Florida
Kit Bryan
Kathrine Lake
von Porter Byrum
Charlotte
William H. Davis
Marshville
George W. Gillette
Marines
Thomas D. Harris
Oxford
David R. Hinkle
Lexington
Eugene P. McCrackin
Graham
Jacob L. Martin
Robert L. Morrison
Concord
Henry C. Clary
Hickory
John B. Gray
Currituck County
John P. Pender
Wilkesboro
Paul N. Pittinger
John W. Rollinson
Elizabeth City
Graeme W. Ross
Ira Short
Broadman
Orin M. Sigman
Charles A. Speas
Cuba
Lucius E. Steere, Jr
Thomas W. Thorne
Littleton
Goode Tucker
Henderson
Edwin T. Wadsworth
Marion F. Wyatt
Lloyd H. Swindell
John M. Beal
Rocky Mount
Charles E. Bell
Kinston
Joel F. Brown
Pendleton
S. C
James H. Brown
Henry Cates
Swepsonville
Edwin S. Dewar
John I. Eason
Stauntonsburg
Robert S. Fairley
Laurinburg
Robert W. Greather
Charles McKimmon
Jed T. Peden
Joseph P. Quinerly
Griffton
George R. Ross
Asheboro
James M. Sherman
Ashe Grove
James H. Watson
Meredith
Lillian May Allen
Waynesville
Loucile Ellington Arthur
Morehead City
Harriet
Bonnie Bennett
Clinton
Emily Cornelia Boyd
Beulah Elaine Copple
Monroe
Viola Pearl Howard
Roseboro
Essie Dale Hunter
Holly Springs
Emily Toy Hunter
Wadesboro
Bessie Evans Lane
Clio
Rachael Fay Memory
Whiteville
Lila Mary Keith
Wilmington
Ada Mare Middleton
Warsaw
Lila May Stone
Apex
Willa Louise Weathers
Lillian Daniel Williams
Franklin
Sarah Lambert Blalock
South Hill
Juliet Loving
Fayetteville
Mary Loucile Magette
Wilson
Alice Bayard Newcombe
Margaret Augusta Fawcette
Rosa Evans Goodwin
Leonita Denmark
Ruth Clair Ivey
Nashville
Tenn
Annie Judson Thompson
Kapp’s Hill
Nellie May Lincoln
Greensboro
Christians as Shin ing Lights
Sermon-like reflection on Christians as lights in the world. It argues that Christ is the light, believers reflect him, and emphasizes character, selfless living, consistency, and humility to let the Christ life shine without self-display. It cites Matthew 5 and calls for practical holiness, service, and restraint from show.
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Christ
God
Spirit of Meekness and Daily Prayer
Francis de Sales urges Morning prayer for meekness and daily practice to conquer self. Focus on inter personal conduct with those you owe it to. Seek God’s help, recall effort often, and trust in God’s goodness for peace in the heart. If faults occur, rise again and continue effort toward gentleness.
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Francis de Sales
Love Your Enemies Sayings by Rev A G Singsen
The Reverend A G Singsen of the Congregationalist church in Providence frames the call to love enemies as a request to understand people as they truly are. He emphasizes empathy and personal acquaintance as paths to reconciliation and harmony.
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A. G. Singsen
Providence
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Pullman President
OF Railroads
Commerce Court
Corporation Commissin
Julia Lewis
D. C. Lewis
W. C. Poland
Academy of Music
Connor
Poland
Gilbert Pearson
State Audubon Society
National Audubon Society
Aycock
P. D. Gold, Jr
R. H. Lewis
Pearson
E. T. Atkinson
Fuquay Springs
J. Davis Bryant
Nash County
Atlanta
Solomon Cherry
Halifax County
Jim Jones
Chatham County
Wake County
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Wster
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