Taft warns against intervention in Mexican issue
Former President Taft spoke to the National Geographic Society in Washington warning the administration against intervention in Mexico. He cited enormous costs and doubtful benefits as risks. Separately, Wright faced sensational charges brought to President Wilson by Wade H. Cooper. Also, Burleson’s parcel post changes faced Senate opposition from Bryan and Bristow blocking the post office funding.
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Daniel Thew Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Wilson
Wade H. Cooper
Union Savings Bank
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Post Office
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Flood warnings amid heavy Pennsylvania snow and ice
The state flood warning service reports Pennsylvania snow from two to forty eight inches and streams with ice jams, while New York considers church pension fund incorporation. Other items note a late Wardling steamer Esperanza, a 90 mph Atlantic gale, a grand prize car race, five New York storm deaths, and legislative moves in several states.
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Notable Deaths and Disasters Reported in Brief
Foreign four thousand men were killed in two battles in China. Sir John Tenniel, longtime British cartoonist, died at ninety four in London. Lincoln Beachey, the aviator, survived a 1600 foot fall after nearly crashing at Santa Barbara. Ex convict and counterfeiter Mennerich killed by an infernal machine mailed from Decatur. George Vanderbilt ill in Washington, physicians say serious but improving. General George Barnett takes command of the US Marine Corps. W S West of Valdosta named US senator from Georgia. Mawson returns to Adelaide from the Antarctic aboard the Aurora and calls the expedition eminently successful.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Tenniel
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Decatur
Revolt blocks Benton commission in Chihuahua body inquiry
The Benton investigating commission could not travel to Chihuahua to examine the slain Beiton’s body after rebel orders. Juarez commander Col. Avila refused clearance to board a train. Secretary Bryan said the US demanded punishment for Clemente Vergara’s killing and Huerta promised action. President Wilson warned that US armed action without Mexican consent would be war and kept policy unchanged.
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Washington
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Wilson
Mexico
Blizzard paralyzes Atlantic seaboard with heavy losses
A historic blizzard sweeps the East, killing scores and injuring many as trains halt and telegraph lines fail. New York, Philadelphia, and Cleveland report severe disruption. ships stuck at sea and a potential milk famine looms. Rail and street traffic collapse, and coastal vessels face wrecks.
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Reading
New Brunswick
N. J
Marshall
Cleveland
U. S. Express Firm Rumored to Quit or Merge
Rumors spread in New York financial circles that United States Express may liquidate due to parcel post competition. Speculation says the firm is considering merging with another company.
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Stone Takes Bacon's Post on Foreign Relations
Senator William J. Stone of Missouri was made chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations by unanimous passage of a resolution offered by Senator Kern of Indiana on Monday.
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William J. Stone
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How to Cook Ox Tongue for Tasty Dishes
Thoroughly wash and soak fresh tongue overnight then boil briefly to remove impurities. Simmer per pound, add lemon juice onion spices bay leaf raisins celery parsley and seasonings. Serve hot with garnish or use leftovers in soups salads sandwiches hash and more. The cooking liquid suits cabbage greens and other sides.
Vegetables At Their Best Cooked Carrots Peas Cauliflower Parsnips
Instructions describe washing peeling and dicing carrots and cooking until soft then mixing with peas and butter. Cauliflower is served with browned breadcrumbs and white sauce. Parsnips are cut and boiled then served with drawn butter sauce. Glazed onions are baked in brown stock with sugar and buttered dish.
Veal and Mushrooms on Toast with Cream Sauce
Melt butter in a pan then whisk in cornstarch and milk until smooth. Season. Add cubed veal and quartered mushrooms and heat over hot water for five minutes. Remove from heat, stir in beaten egg and lemon juice. Serve on toast with garnish of toast points.
Lamb Kidneys with Bacon Dish Card
Split six kidneys and trim skin. Fry six bacon slices until crisp and keep hot. Dust kidneys with flour and brown quickly in bacon fat. Add hot water and table sauce, cook five minutes just below boiling. Plate hot and garnish with bacon.
Waffles from a Classic Batter Guide
A historic kitchen note provides a waffle recipe with two cups flour two teaspoons baking powder half teaspoon salt two tablespoons butter three eggs and one and a half cups milk. It instructs to sift dry ingredients then cut in butter, beat yolks with milk, fold in stiff egg whites and cook in hot buttered waffle irons.
Noted Critic Attacks Views On Women And Puppies
A Louisville Courier-Journal column references a critic who says raising a puppy is as hard as raising a boy. It contrasts with a boy who gambles money away at college, then seeks an annulment after marrying a chorus girl older than him.
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Daily Thought on Gratitude and Cultivation
A citation notes gratitude as a fruit of cultivated character, contrasting it with grosa people and attributing the idea to Samuel Johnazn. The line presents a reflective aphorism rather than a news item or event.
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Samuel Johnazn
Ohioan W E Lewis’s Prairie Prosperity Letter
An Ohio immigrant from near Dayton recounts seven years in Saskatchewan starting with 1500 dollars and farm equipment. He now tends 1120 acres with 22 horses 15 cattle 35 hogs and crops including 400 acres of wheat 125 oats and 90 flax. He notes high yields 50 bushels per acre in a past year and plans harvest by the 12th, praising crops winters and prospects with profits enough to cover debts and leave money in hand.
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Saskatchewan
Immigration Department
Reginald Vanderbilt Notes Eager Bride Gossip In New York
In a pre Easter New York wedding scene Reginald Vanderbilt muses on how marriages begin. He recalls Travers who met a pretty Bermuda girl but did not propose, a palm reader joking that happiness lies ahead yet warns he will never overtake it due to being too slow.
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Reginald Vanderbilt
New York
Travers
Bermuda
Dry Atmosphere Quip Sparks Patient-Doctor Banter
A witty exchange surfaces as a patient asks why the person associates with professors and the reply cites a doctor’s advice to live in a dry atmosphere. The dialogue captures light humor in a medical setting.
Postum claims ease from coffee ailments in Wisconsin tale
A Wisconsin woman recounts quitting coffee and drinking Postum for eight years with family members sharing relief from indigestion headaches and improved appetite. She endorses Regular and Instant Postum, noting similar costs and urging readers to try the beverage sold by grocers.
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