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Parades in Washington in support of suffrage accompany tableaux on the treasury steps. Reports question whether the Standard Oil trust dissolved. Wilson aide Tumulty to earn 7500 a year. Webb liquor bill passes over veto. Bills on currency reform and mail pay readjustment move forward. Railroads seek higher mail handling pay. Budget surplus vs deficit noted. Money trust reports differ. Parcel post adds collect on delivery. Naval appropriations pass with battleship option. Various trials indictments and strikes shape national scene.
Foreign Death on the Guillotine Sentences Bandits
Four automobile bandits were condemned to death by guillotine for months of terror in Paris and its suburbs. Thirteen others face long prison terms. One prisoner killed himself in his cell after a life sentence. In other news, the Mexican war minister asks Gen Porfirio Diaz to return to active service in Cairo. A German aviator died and a fellow officer was injured at Muelhausen. Irwin B Laughlin confirmed as first US secretary to the London embassy. The Women’s Industrial Exposition opened in New York by Mrs J B Harriman.
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Paris
France
Cairo
Egypt
Porfirio Diaz
The
Republic
Irwin B. Laughlin
United States Senate
United States
London
New York
Wilson Inducted as President in Simple Capitol Ceremony
Woodrow Wilson took the oath of office on the east portico of the Capitol with Chief Justice Edward Douglass White administering. Thomas R. Marshall was sworn in as vice president as a large crowd witnessed a formal but understated inauguration with Taft and other dignitaries present.
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Senate Chamber
Capitol
George Clinton
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Thomas R. Marshall
Democratic Party
Edward Douglass White
Supreme Court
Mr. Wilson
Thomas Riley Marshall
Senate
Congress
America
Joint Committee On
Taft
Wilson
White House
Congressional Committee of Arrangements
Bacon
Georgia
Congressional Committee of
Marshall
William H. Taft
Winds
Ulysses G. B. Pierce
Tor
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Senate of the
Executive Departments
Dewey
Navy
Sea Service
Army
West Point
Annapolis
William Howard Taft
William H Taft
Indiana Happenings Across Towns Report Multiple Deaths
Washington coroner says treasurer Theodore T. Jones killed himself while insane from alcohol. John L. Clark named treasurer-elect to serve remaining term. In Madison a railroad fireman Ly man Boggs buried after Noblesville death. Shelburn locals seek congressional mining investigation. Fort Wayne conductor Dean killed in yard accident. Richmond fined for cruel treatment to children. Noblesville wreck injures two, one possibly fatally. Shelbyville physician Dr James Lamb dies of locomotive ataxia. bar officers elected. Rev Jacob Hendershot dies at infirmary. other local notices include rattlesnake venom epilepsy treatment and a gate of varied incidents.
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Washington
Holder
Theodore T. Jones
O. C. Herdrich
State Board of Accounts
Jones
John L Clark
Steele Township
U. 9
John L. Clark
Richmond Art Association closes season with Adama paintings
The Richmond Art Association wrapped its season with the final display by J. Otis Adama of Indianapolis. Earlier shows featured American artists last fall and the Philadelphia Water Color Club collection in December. The association again offered free admission, drawing thousands who valued the educational impact of the exhibitions.
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Richmond
Richmond Art Association
J. Otis Adama
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Photographer recalls silent sitter who avoided camera jinx
A photographer recalls a rare client who never joked about breaking the camera after hundreds of thousands of subjects posed for him. The man stood quietly as the shutter clicked, prompting amused talk among staff and a departing customer to wonder if the camera survived.
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Sadio
The Count at Home in Paris Barbershop Reunion
A returning tourist recalls meeting old friends abroad. In Paris Rue de Saint Gerard he encounters the Count de Pompadour, famed for a swell at Atlantic City last year. The Count bows and signals that the next customer is the speaker.
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Rue de Saint Gerard
Paris
Count de Pompadour
Atlantic City
Monsieur
Vendor sale sparks clash on street exchange
A buyer and a seller argue over a cheap article as a passerby woman claims her husband earns more than the seller and insists on buying five items. The exchange ends with sharp retorts about money and ownership.
Romance and Alimony Revealed in Private Conversation
A dialogue reveals a former affair with a tall blue-eyed man. The partner confirms the romance and notes it ended with the man providing alimony for a year.
Menu Revision Roast Hare On Menu Again
A witty kitchen quip contrasts a dish reappearing on the menu with the prior day’s misstep. The line hints at a humorous exchange about changing offerings and a playful nod to a canary tale.
Widow’s baby talk faces a bachelor’s surrender
A playful line notes how a pretty widow’s soft baby talk can charm a bachelor into surrendering his defenses. The quip hints at romantic risk and social expectations in courtship.
Postum Helps Bookkeeper End Coffee Stomach Trouble
A Western city chief bookkeeper credits Postum with banishing stomach pain after years of coffee and tea. He says switching to Postum eliminated nervousness and the blues from long hours of mental work and praises the beverage as a drug-free food drink. The ad notes the letter is from the Postum Co. and references The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Adv
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Treasury Building
Standard Oil Trust
Wickersham
Charles B. Morrison
Oliver E. Pagan
Joseph E. Tumulty
House
Carter Grags
House Banking and Currency Committee
J. J. Fitzgerald
House Committee On Appropriations
Internal Revenue Department
House of Representatives
Pujo
House Money Trust Committee
J. P. Morgan & Co
Hitchcock
Arizona
Missouri Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Henry C. Timmonds
William R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Charles C. Crew
St. Joseph
Rock Island
C. L. Burner
New York City
Cambria Steel Company
Jamestown
Luther Conant, Jr
International Harvester Company
Corn Products Refining Company
Frieda Trost
Trost
Garment Workers
Borough
George McAneny
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Homer Riggle
Kansas City
Boston
Allis- Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
James W. Wallace
Johnn H. McClementy
Francis S. Bangs
Sulzer
Whitman
John W. Russell
Matteawan
John Nicholson Anhut
Harry K. Thaw
Doctor Russell
Hyde
Peterfield
Frank P. Walsh
John Hi. Lucas
Missouri
Helfersnider
Linke
Muelhausen
Germany
Indiana
Madison
Lyman Boggs
Noblesville
North Madison
Shelburn
District No. 11
William Cullop
West Virginia
C. T. Akins
Bedwell
Fort Wayne
Hl PD
Dean
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Zimmerman
William R. Felty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alexander Druley
Columbus
E. G. Regennas
Hope
Irene Cook
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Culp
Shelbyville
James T. Lamb
West Taylor Street
Ben
Shelby County
Doctor Lamb
Delaware
Shelby County Bar Association
David Smith
Thomas H. Campbell
A. E. Tindall
Smith
Charles A. Hack
Elmer Bassett
Ed K. Adams
Isaac Carter
George H. Merks
Jacob Hendershot
Bartholomew County Infirmary
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