Debut of Miss Roosevelt Set for December 28 at White House
The second daughter Miss Roosev elt will have a debut dance on December 28 in the East Room at the White House. Invitations approach 1000 as the young guests include New York friends and Harvard mates. The event follows Alice Roosevelt’s debut and signals a lively winter in Washington with family favorites and a mostly private cabinet dinner preceding.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
White House
Alice Roosevelt
Alice
New York
Theodore
Harvard
Misa Roosevelt
Capital
Nicholas Longworth
Washington Society Dues and Dances in 1908
A Washington social observer laments the shortage of reliable male escorts and the rising costs of entertaining. Women describe spending on Cotillion tickets carriage and flowers while men offer only reluctant verbal promises and perform minimal duties.
Picturesque figure Dr Beall heads Texas at tuberculosis congress
The 85 year old Dr A J Beall of San Marcos Texas drew praise at the International Tuberculosis Congress in Washington where fellow Texans praised his long career. He came by a Texas delegation special train and returned home poised to retire from active practice. Dr W T Jones of Fort Davis also traveled hard miles to attend.
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Pane
A. J. Beall
San Marcos
Tex
Beall
Texas
Lone Star State
Washington
San Marcus
Congress
W. T. Jones
Fort Davis
Rome
Antonio Stella
Bughouse Job For A Preparator At Federal Bureau
The United States Department of Agriculture entomology bureau seeks a preparator to prepare bugs for chicken feed and other uses. Exam candidates must assemble ten Lepidoptera specimens and match dissected pieces for a $50 a month position plus board. Additional exams seek a cattle and grain investigation chief and special examiners at $1,200 to $3,500 yearly.
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Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Civil Service
Sid
Insectsuseum
Cattle and Grain Investigation Laboratory
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Horrible Fate and Saloon Turn in Old Cartoon
A humorous clipping recalls a judge story of a red nosed woman turning into a saloon after glancing back. It also jokes about King Cephetua marrying a beggar maid and a sarcastic wedding notice sent to newspapers to play up the tale.
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Lot
Cephetua
Chicago Tribune
Sweetheart Comforts Judge Onlap He Talks Of Exhaustion
Dialogue reveals a judge describing fatigue from prolonged holding and then becoming numb to it. The exchange centers on affection and a sense of weariness with emotional strain rather than procedural matters.
Confession Details Tied to Rankin Murder Reach City
Union City report says Frank Ferriner confessed to leading a night raid in Rankin murder. Authorities promised commutation for full cooperation. Ferriner claimed 12 to 15 men participated, with the rest jailed in Nashville and Memphis.
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Union City
Iow
Patterson
Frank Furriner
Rankin
Ferriner
Nashville
Memphia
Corey Slighted by Mother at Sister Ada Corey's Wedding
Philadelphia report says William Ellis Corey and his wife Mabelle Gillman were not invited to Ada Corey's wedding to Charles Howard Aufhammer at the bride's mother's Downington estate. Mrs Corey planned a quiet ceremony with strict limits to avoid family tension. Corey sent his sister a $100,000 check and Mabelle Gillman gave a diamond brooch.
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Philadelphia
William Ellis Corey
Witc
Mabelle Gillman
Ada DB. Corey
Charles Howard Aufhammer
Downington
Asronlay
Mra
Corey
Mabelle Siillman
Misa Corey
Mr. Corey
Worns
Monnett Stirs Methodists with Bitter Protest
Frank S. Monnett, legal foe of Standard Oil and former Ohio attorney general, electrified a New York and Brooklyn Methodist ministers meeting by denouncing church missions and universities for sanctifying plunder and urging the ministry to abandon wealth and stained glass that he equates with aiding federal criminals.
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New York
Methalist
Church of the Holy Petroleu
Frank S. Momnett
Standard OF
Ohio
Brooklyn
Monpett
Tam
Cotton crop outlook auctions figures from farmers unions
The Progressive Farmer plans a series of telegrams on South cotton output. Texas reports show two telegraphs estimating yields near 7.3 million bales and 3 million bales from different farm leaders. Early openings across states suggest a crop near recent averages.
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Raleigh, Noo
South
Farmers’ Union
Kall Tor Pow
Texas
Fann
Raneh
Mer Neill
Increase in Public Debt as of October 1905
The monthly debt statement shows total public debt at 1 204 657 875 dollars after subtracting cash in the treasury, up 8 511 975 dollars for October. Interest bearing debt stands at 897 253 990 dollars while non interest bearing and matured debt total 396 104 - other figures include certificates and notes offset by cash on hand.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt plans Tennessee hunting trip in late November
President Roosevelt considers a hunting visit to the eastern Tennessee mountains later this month, aiming to unwind after pushing the annual message to Congress. He usually spends Thanksgiving at Mrs. Roosevelt’s Pine Knot lodge in Virginia, but bears promising big game in the Asheville area await.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tennessee
Congress
Mrs. Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Asheville
Louisana
National bank notes in circulation and security totals
The October 31 monthly statement shows national bank notes in circulation at 665,844,192 dollars, up 55,863,726 for the year and down 9,768,195 for the month. Circulation totals 626,775,8?55 dollars with 10,065,037 secured by lawful money. bonds to secure circulating notes stand at 632,624,950 and those for public deposits at 138,803,810.
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Washington
National Bank
Natives Attack Brooklyn Pitcher Nap Rucker in Georgia
In Roswell, Georgia, Nap Rucker of the Brooklyn club was attacked by locals while driving with companions. Rucker suffered injuries and his party faced intimidation as bloodhounds aided a manhunt sparked by jealousy, with the pitcher once a Georgia resident before turning pro.
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Roswell
Rucker
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Man Chase
Georgia
Value drop in Thoroughbred stallion Cesarion at sale
At a Kentucky sale the famed Cesarion, thirty six time winner with earnings of 23 917, failed to fetch more than 3 000, a sign that horse values have fallen. The horse stands at St James stables in Victoria British Columbia and is 16 years old. Cesarion’s lineage includes Faustus and Mannie Kay, tracing to the Domino line and notable turf performers.
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Lexington
Cesarion
St. James Stables
Victotria
B.C
Milton Young
Faustus
Mannie Kay
Domino
Commando
Celt
Peter Quince
Morse Trial Reveals $16 Million Loan Scheme
The United States charges Charles W. Morse with violating banking laws after detailing a $16,002,253 loan flow from the National Bank of North America in eight months. The day features stenographer Miss Wilson and testimony from Mrs. Alfred Curtis, wife of the bank's former president and Morse co defendant.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Weisel
United States Criminal Court
Miss Wilson
Moraes
Alfred Curtis
The
Morse
Martyr to Wifely Duty in Leprosy Struggle
Washington woman Mrs. John E K Early, wife of a leper, writes of her suffering and vow to stay beside him. She declares she will follow John to the ends of the world, and if he is sent to Molokai, she will seek entry with him and their children. She fears no infection.
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Washington
John EK
Early
John
Molokai
Tomb Consecrated for Gen Moorman in Metairie Cemetery
Several thousand Confederate representatives participated in ceremonies at Metairie cemetery to consecrate the tomb of General George Moorman founder of the United Confederate Veterans. Moorman, a Kentucky native, lived in New Orleans for years before his death in 1902.
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New Orleans
Metarkc Cemetery
George Moorman
United Confederate Veterans
Moorman
Counting Gold and Cash as New Treasurer Takes Charge
Hamilton Fish resigns as assistant treasurer here and United States Treasurer Treat orders a book audit. A vault holds about $175,000,000 in gold coin, $17,000,000 in currency, and $40,000,000 in silver coins. The counting and verification will take at least a month.
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New York
Hamilton Fish
United States
Treat
Farm commission on tour to study agriculture policy
President Roosevelt's farm commission begins its national tour November 6 with a hearing at the Agricultural College of Maryland College Park. The group then travels through southern and western states, with stops in Philadelphia and Washington before final hearings December 15.
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Roosevelt
Farm Commission
Agricultural College of Maryland
College Park
Mississippi River
Maryland
Liberty Hyde Dailey
American Academy of Political Science
Philadelphia
Farmers’ Institute
Association of College and Experiment Stations
Tennessee
Texas
Arizona
California
Wml
Middle West
Three suits filed against Hearst over editorials cartoons
In Chicago Jacob J. Kern, a Cook County State attorney candidate, files three suits for 100000 each against William Randolph Hearst and others. He claims editorials and cartoons in Hearst papers attacked his character. Separate federal case in Pawnee sees Laura Henshie fined 100 for threatening letters to the local pastor and church board. confession followed.
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Chicago
William Randolph Hearst
Jacob J. Kern
Cook County
Hearst
Kern
Springfield
Laura Henshie
Pawnee
W. W. Henry
Night rider clashes split Calloway churches in Kentucky
In Paducah Kentucky two east Calloway County Baptist churches split over night rider sentiment. A third church formed by seceding members. Chestnut Pike Church was used as an arsenal by the night riders. A pastor denounced night riding provoking condemnation and a deacon from the other church was indicted for helping to whip a neighbor.
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Paducah
Calloway County
Chestnut Pike
Mississippi Mews and Agricultural Notes of Mississippi
Readable items report on black farmers uniting in Mississippi with aims similar to the Farmers Union, corn and cotton premium awards at the state fair, and a USDA effort to fight the boll weevil. Also noted are drought caused fires in Jackson, a naval recruiting bureau reopens, and plans to dismantle part of the Vicksburg memorial. Economic upswing hoped for in Lumberton, railroad extension hints, legal cases, cotton grower meetings, and telecom company results.
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Jackson County
Alee
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant
Corps of Feld
Mississippi
Mississppi
Department
Washington
Corps of
Black Man's Land and the Rise of African Power in South Africa
A provocative piece argues that educated Africans and rising native populations threaten white supremacy in South Africa. It discusses interethnic tensions, colonial history, and fears over giving natives parliamentary rights in Cape Colony, citing sources like the London National Review and Natal legislators.
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Bwath Africa
Oath Africa
Ban
London National
Rome as Hostess Absolute Cure for the Dread Disease
Dr Stella predicts Rome to host the 1911 tuberculosis congress with aims to combat the white plague and discuss immigrant social issues. He cites Italy’s anniversary celebrations and Rome’s cultural magnetism as backdrop to the gathering and reforms.
History of Papua and its early colonial status
The article traces Papua New Guinea naming by Malay speakers meaning frizzled hair of inhabitants. It notes the island’s link to Australia mainland, Portuguese discovery in 1526, possible sighting by A Dabreu earlier, and Britain establishing a protectorate in 1884 after Australia urged annexation to guard against near-coastal threats from enemies.
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Papua
Sland
New Guinea
Australia
A. Dabreu
England
Jade And Jadeite Extractions In Burma 1906 1908
In Myitkyina district mines Burma 1908 yields 2.21444 hundred weight of jade and jadeite valued at 39309 dollars. In 1906 2.685 hundred weight valued at 90342 dollars. Indicates a decrease from 1906 to 1908 with no figures for 1907.
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Myitkyina
Burma
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