Roosevelt History to Be Published Soon
Washington officials plan a detailed volume on Roosevelt’s four years in office. James Rudolph Garfield and Gifford Pinchot lead writing on White House acts, inner talks, and key policy battles like forest reserves, railroad rates, and trust probes. The work promises insights from those who shaped early Roosevelt administration policy.
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Roosevelt
White House
James Rudolph Gar
Interior
Lord Pinchot
Agriculture
Velt
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Tvo
Garfield
Mr. Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
McKinley
Henry Cabot Lodge
Congress
TTRA-SMART Women in Congress Withdraw Support
Washington social circle frictions rise as smart women in the congressional set threaten to pull backing from the Congressional club over dues and social standing. The club, housed on K Street, risks decline as newer arrivals discover rooms barred to many rural members. Only rare visits occur for special affairs like events honoring President Taft.
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TTRA
Congressional
Washington
Congressional Club
K Street
Amart
Congressional Set
Taft
Mr. Taft
Sartoris Resigns as Guatemala Secretary amid Grant Family Feud
ILGERNON SARTORIS resigns as secretary of the United legation at Guatemala under disputed grounds amid a rumored long running feud within the Grant family. The split reportedly pits Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris against Gen F D Grant with roots in his wartime ties and a 1904 marriage to Germaine Noufflard.
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Ilgernon Sartoris
United # legation
Guatemala
Earth
C ‘Icere
Root
Grant
Diplocorps
Roose
Sartoris
A. 8. Grant
Fitzhugh Lee
Third
United States Volunteer Infantry
Mlle
Germaine Cecile Noufflard
Charles Halle
Cartoris
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Sartoria
White House
F. D. Grant
Glaring Senate Clash Aldrich and La Follette Debated
The piece contrasts Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island and Senator La Follette of Wisconsin as polar opposites on tariffs and policy. It portrays Aldrich as moneyed and principle driven, defending the wealthy and asserting nationwide prosperity, while La Follette champions the poor and individual workers, challenging the moneyed influence in government. They glare at each other from six feet apart as they spar in the senate.
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Mators Aldrich
la Follette
Senate
Rhode
Geta Aldrich
Wisconsin
Aldrich
Senator Aldrich
United States
Senator la Follette
Speculs Insurance Mania in 18th Century England
A brief note on a mania for speculative life insurance in England during the eighteenth century. Public figures such as Warren Hastings and Admiral Byng are referenced in fragmentary terms, signaling widespread interest and controversy in insuring prominent lives and the political stakes involved.
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England
Warren Hastings
Cer
Admiral Byng
Insurances and the Gambling Act Shape 1774 Policy Rules
The text notes George II fought at Dettingen and a 25 percent rate before payment on return. It explains speculative insurances were curbed by the gambling act of 1774, which required insurable interest as a condition for a valid policy.
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George II
Dettingen
Young Wife Expresses Relief Over Simple Joys
A fragmented quotation shows a young wife thanking heaven as a beggar eats a biscuit, implying relief and a sense of revived hope. The oddly archaic wording hints at a literary or satirical source reflecting social contrasts and humor.
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Hendorter Binetter
Cotton Crop Flooded Across States With Mixed Outlook
The week ending saw worsening cotton conditions in Mississippi, Alabama, and two thirds of Georgia due to persistent rainfall and grass infestation, with much acreage abandoned and little cultivation possible. In North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas rain slowed work but improvement remained possible. Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana reported better progress, while boll weevils spread in several areas and temperatures rose, helping growth in places.
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Memphis
Town
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
California girl perfect says Oakland child amid new claims
San Francisco reports Miss Margaret Edwards of Oakland claimed as the most perfectly developed girl under 12. The girl, aged 11 years 9 months, is listed at 5 feet 1½ inches tall and 100 pounds with detailed measurements for neck arm forearm wrist chest bust waist hips and limbs.
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San Francisco
Cal
Margaret Edwards
Oakland
Margaret
Olebow
Senate Passes Census Bill in 1909 Session
Washington report notes the Senate quickly approved the census appropriation bill, totaling 10 million dollars for the thirteenth census. The measure also authorizes three U S commissioners to join the International Commission for disease classification, meeting in Paris in July 1909.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
International Commission For
France
Paria
Harriman Undergoing Various Cures in Austria
In Semmering Austria doctors prescribe cold water treatment, electrical massage, and a carbonic acid bath for Mr. Harriman. He spends much time walking and driving. Physicians expect significant improvement though full restoration is not anticipated.
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Semmering
Austria
Woman hurt after rope accident during escape in Atlanta
In Atlanta, Nellie Jobson, 22, married six years, was lowered from a window by a rope of sheets to escape her husband discovering her with another man. The rope broke midway, sending her two stories to a fall that fractured her back. Harry Wolford testified to the incident.
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Atlanta
Nellie Jobson
Harry Wolford
Lynching in Wilburton After Deputy Shot
A mob of about fifty masked men abducted Sylvester Stennien from the jail in Wilburton Oklahoma and lynched him after he fatally shot Deputy Constable Albert Turner who had tried to arrest him.
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Wilburton
Okla
Sylvester Stennien
Albert Turner
Man Shot in Church Killing Near Cixo Ten
J. E. Moser, 47, was killed while kneeling in prayer in a church near Cixo Tennessee. Roy Burnham, 19, is accused of the shooting, carried out at the hands of his son in law, while Burnham's wife, who had recently separated from him, sat beside her father.
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Cixo
J. E. Moser
Here
Roy Burnham
Burnham
Lenox Newman
A. M. Newman
Meadville
Natchez
Chamberlain's Sanitarium
Silas Reynolds
Milk sour complaint sparks farmer lash back
In a period-voice exchange, a young house keeper claims sour milk while a milk man blames farmers for oversleeping and failing to milk cows promptly, calling out lazy farming as the cause of spoiled dairy.
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Catholia Standard and Times
Keep Your Health Promoted Amid Hazards and Worry
A brief exhortation urges readers to prioritize health and well being at all costs. It emphasizes the value of staying healthy as essential to enduring difficult times and maintaining steadiness. The message reflects a public health minded tone from a cautious era.
Mrs Gould Wins Suit in Separation Case
New York reports Katherine Clemons Gould won a legal separation from Howard Gould after nearly three weeks of trial. Justice Dowling awarded alimony at 36000 a year, far below her request of 250000, and found her alleged intoxication and relation to Dustin Farnum not proven as grounds for fault. The decision noted Farnum involvement occurred after separation and that Howard Gould offered little objection to the association.
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New York
Katherine Clemmons Goull
Howard Goull
Jay Gould
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Gould
Murderer Slays Himself in Dawn Calamity at Creek
In St Michaels Maryland the accused killer of May Edith Thompson Woodill ends his life at daybreak. The man known as Emmett E Roberts real name Robert Emmett Eastman a failed New York stock broker shoots himself after being cornered on a narrow creek. His death ends the case and leaving motive and details unresolved.
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St. Michaels
Pretty Little
Edith Thompson Woodill
Baltimore
Washington
Los Angeles
L. J. Gage
Emmett E. Roberts
Robert Emmett Eastman
Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York
Eastern heat wave peaks across U S with high 102 in DC
A fierce heat wave captivates the eastern United States reaching its yearly high as rains are forecast to ease the heat in a few days. The Pennsyvania Avenue weather kiosk logged 102 degrees at 2 pm with three prostration cases reported. In Montgomery Alabama fireman Will O Connell suffered heat prostration likely to cause death.
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United States
Washington
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Pennsyvania Avenue
Montgomery
Ala
Will O'Connell
Mobile and Ohio Railway
Penn law against 2 cent fare struck down by judge
Judge Wilson of Philadelphia common pleas court ruled the 2 cent fare law unconstitutional. In the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company case, the county of Philadelphia is permanently enjoined from enforcing the act against the Reading company, upholding a U.S. constitutional challenge.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Common Pleas
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
United States
Reading Company
Standard Oil cuts oil prices nationwide announcement
New York The Standard Oil Company today announced a price reduction of 19 cents per 100 gallons across refines. The refined in cases drops to 10.903 dollars per case, while tank prices fall to 4.90 dollars. Standard price drops to 4.40 and refined at Philadelphia to 3 dollars.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Philadelphia
Margaret Howell and Jefferson Davis figure in Colorado Springs story
Colorado Springs, Colo. The date of Jefferson Davis and the only surviving member of the famous Southern Die, Mite. Margaret Howell.
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Colorado Springs, Colo
Jefferson Davis
Margaret Howell
Cotton crop is short and market ideas debated by farmers
Atlanta leaders of the Farmers' National Union gathered over fifty state representatives for a week long session. Speakers warned this year’s Georgia cotton crop is the smallest ever known while Alabama and Arkansas face heavy rain damage and rising diversification of crops. Discussions covered warehouses, grading schools, exchanges, and necessary legislation, plus packing houses and fertilizing.
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Atlanta
Gia
Farmers’ National Union
Harnett
Union
D. J. Nevil
Texas
The
I. BL Lee
Gworgia
Georgia
M. Casson
Birmingham
Alabama
Jr. S. Mobley
Arkansas
Sigel Girl Letters Read Reveal Triangular Romance
New York police disclose letters from Elsie Sigel granddaughter of Gen Franz Sigel confessing love for two Chinamen. One letter to Cha Gain signed Kieve and another to Leon Ling details rival affections and a fatal June 6 trunk murder. The revelations expose coercion and social attitudes shaping the case and a bizarre household dynamic.
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New York
Elsie Sigel
Cha Gain
Kieve
Franz Sigel
Leon Ling
Chris
Wells
Watters
Moon Captured as Earth Created Moon Theory Declared
Prof T J J Lee head of Mare Island Naval Observatory reports to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific that the moon is a planet captured by Earth from space not part of Earth. He rejects Laplace and Darwin, says proof rests on Hill Poincare and Darwin methods.
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Berkeley
Cal
T. J. J. Lee
Naval Observatory
Mare Island
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Laplace
George Darwin
Hill
Poincare
Darwin
Kennedy Bill Seeks Life Imprisonment for Black Hand Agents
Washington report states Representative Kennedy of Ohio introduces a bill to impose life imprisonment on Black Hand and kidnaping agents who use the mails for nefarious purposes. Recipients who do not return such mail to post office officials face a $100 fine.
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Washington
Kennedy
Ohio
Hoe
Post Office
Georgia Governor Suspends Railroad Commissioner McLendon
Gov Hoke Smith of Atlanta suspends S R R Commissioner E S McLendon for refusing to order state railroads to cut Savannah to Atlanta port rates. Smith says the suspension targets opposition to his elected platform and a course detrimental to state interests.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
G. Mc ‘Lendon
State Railroad Commission
McLendon
Savannah
Real Demand: Duties on Necessities Must Be Lowered
An editorial from the Kansas City Star argues that tariff policy under the Tingley law has raised living costs about 40 percent while wages lag, urging lower duties on necessities to curb inflation, expand foreign competition, and curb monopolies across iron, oil, sugar, meat, wool, cotton, and other essential industries, warning of political upheaval if reforms do not occur.
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United States
Congress
Kansas City Star
West Demands Square Deal In Tariff Clash
Western voters and states faced with tariff pressure want a square deal from President Taft. They blame the Aldrich wool schedule and GOP platform for past defeats, arguing the West supported reform and oppose continued domination by money power interests. Taft is urged to deliver genuine tariff revision to sustain national unity and western support.
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Republican Party
West
Middle West
Taft
Dryan
Ite
Taft Himesell
Nic
New England
Money Power
Aldrich
Blindness and ridicule mark Senate debate on Aldrich leadership
In a sharp exchange Cummins and Aldrich clash over party unity while La Follette criticizes Rhode Island senator, and Clapp counters Rhode Island taunts. The Congressional Record notes the heated remarks as next year’s elections loom and party leaders navigate a restless Republican rank.
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Cummins
Iowa
Aldrich
Rhode Island
la Follette
Senate
Clapp
Minnesota
Rhode Isander
Congressional Record
Republican Party
Downward tariff revision eyed to ease consumer burden
A proposed downward tariff revision would broaden import access and lift duties on many goods, easing costs for American consumers while not necessarily harming treasury revenues. Advocates claim a scientific adjustment can spare the treasury, even as revenue fluctuates with policy shifts.
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Treasury
Aldrich
National Treasury
Sugar and the sugar schedule in trust politics
The text argues protectionists defend sugar forgovernment revenue while opposing reform. It suggests a scientific readjustment could aid consumers and mildly lower the trust's profits, but Aldrich resists by warning farmers of the west and south about tampering with the schedule. The critique frames it as a clash of selfish interests, with the trust portrayed positively.
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Aldrich
Taft's Economy Plan Faces GOP Resistance in Congress
In Washington the revival of the obsolete word economy in Taft's government expenditure scheme is unpopular among logrollers in Congress and likely to be shortlived. With Republicans in control, federal taxation will not be limited to needs of the government.
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Taft
Washington
Congress
Sugar Trust Profits Criticized by Washington Post
The Washington Post argues against the Sugar Trust’s large profits and special privileges in the pending bill. Even if philanthropic, the trust should not extract huge profits from consumers and the treasury as high duties and privileges remain indefensible.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Treasury
Washington Post
German Guns Superior in New Battleships Claim
The article claims 11 inch main guns on new German battleships match or surpass 12 inch guns used by other nations. It asserts the 16 eleven inch guns will outgun Britain's ten 12 inch guns on the Dreadnought.
Lacks the Essential Shakespeare Patience Quote
A brief note cites a Shakespearean line warning that those without patience endure greater poverty. The aphorism emphasizes virtue in restraint and enduring hardship through steadiness.
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Shakespeare
The Price of it and Wise Debate Advice
In a brief exchange between Borem and Wise, he offers practical counsel rather than legal expertise. Wise agrees the suggestion is worthwhile, reflecting a pragmatic, nonprofessional approach to the matter.
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Borem
Wise
Catholc Standard and Times
Style In Atchison Authorities Comment On Waist Fashion
In Atchison readers note fashion talk about Mrs Lysander J Appleton wearing a low waistline as comments swirl about her attire and posture. The item reflects local gossip tied to social standards and personal presentation in public.
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Atchison
Lysander J Appleton
Aldrich and the Sugar Trust Protests Robbery Allegations
The document accuses United States officials of colluding with sugar trust leaders to steal from the national treasury by short-weighting imports. It predicts the trust will receive protection from Aldrich rather than indictments and prison terms, praising Rhode Island senator’s stance.
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Aldrich
Sugar Trust
United States
National Treasury
Rhode Island
Senate Debate Over German Wages Provokes Rebuttal
The discussion centers on claims that German workers earn starvation wages and the response questions Germany’s duty to submit counter evidence. The scene highlights heated rhetoric as senators confront the issue, while noting etymological nuance and the strain on composure amid argument.
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Germany
Decoy garden feeds summer boarders, says Farmer Corn
In a Washington Star quip, Farmer Corn jokes that his tomato and bean garden is a decoy to cover his real plan. He notes he has ordered canned goods as usual to feed summer boarders, implying the garden is not the main food source.
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Corn Tessel
Washington Star
Vastness of Russian Empire Trains Reach Far East Route
Trains from Moscow travel 4,326 miles before entering Chinese territory, highlighting the vast expanse of the Russian Empire's rail network and geographic reach into Asia.
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Moscow
Normandy Apple Country Beverage Trade Note
The Apple Country of Europe in Normandy is described as the apple country with Germany as its best customer. Unsold apples were processed into 73,000,000 gallons of cider, a favorite beverage of northern France inhabitants.
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Europe
Normandy
Germany
France
Not as Lucky as He Might Be
A man who neglects his wife by staying out late without excuses earns pity rather than envy, reflecting on domestic distrust and remorse in a cautionary note about marital neglect.
Mississippi News Briefs On Rail Rates And Local Crimes
The Gulf & Ship Island Railroad posts Sunday only excursion fares to Gulfport, with multiple routes and small intercity prices. A jail delivery in Jones county features piano tuner BE Neeson who escaped after a guard confrontation. A fatal shooting near Sumrall follows a custody transfer, with officials noting the weapon taken from a deputy and used. Additional notes cover Shrine postponement, crop misery in Brookeville, Vicksburg saloon closures, a gravely ill engineer in Ellaville, jail transfers, railroad talks Meridian to Natchez, University of Mississippi summer term lectures, and other local updates from Mississippi towns.
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Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company
Gulfport
Jackson
Star
Saueier
Mies
Lyman
Mims
Ate
Columba
Pinghe
Goss
Columbia
Hub
Lumberton
Jones County
BE. J. Neeson
Reeson
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Sumrall
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Mississippi River Western Railran
University of Mississippi
T. S. Bailey
F. J. Riley
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United States Commissioner of Education
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Industrial Institute and College
Mulford Parker
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