Massachusetts Delegates Unpledged for Taft at 1910 Convention
Four Massachusetts delegates head to Chicago unpledged: Senators Lodge and Crane, ex-Secretary Long, and Sidney Big. The state GOP adopted a ticket endorsing Guild for VP and supporting tariff revision while acknowledging a Taft nomination majority but fearing a contest if a preference resolution passes.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Chicago
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Murray Crane
John D. Long
Sidney
Big
Curtis Guild, Jr
William H. Taft
Flour in Bond Resolution Adopted by Millers Federation
At the Millers National federation convention on Friday a resolution allows wheat flour to be deposited in bond in place of duties on imported wheat. The flour may be removed only for export without duty or for domestic use with duties equal to those on the wheat.
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Bond
Chicago
Convention of the Millers’ National Federation
United States
Railroad Men Protest Rates Reduction at Missouri Valley
Five hundred railroad men from all branches met in Missouri Valley Iowa on Friday and adopted resolutions protesting further railroad rate cuts. They argue employers bear the burden in the end and sent a committee to present copies to the Nebraska railway commission.
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Missouri Valley
Iowa
Nebraska Railway Commission
Carr's Preliminary Hearing Opens in Express Robbery Case
Marion witness J G Nehomey testifies at Carr preliminary hearing Wednesday about a proposed February robbery of a Santa Fe express train involving William T Carr. Nehomey says he refused the proposition while Carr faces charges of express car robbery on a train and the murder of express messenger Oscar A Bailey.
Postoffice Robbers Captured in Fort Smith
Federal inspectors arrest Tom Vance and Jim Mark two ex convicts suspected of multiple postoffice and bank robberies across Oklahoma and Arkansas since January Vance previously served time in Kansas penitentiary and Mark was recently released from Wisconsin prison.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Postoffice
Russell
Tom Vance
Jim Mark
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Vance
Kansas
Mark
Wisconsin
Not Campaign Money
New York news reports Thomas F. Ryan testified in Harlem municipal court that a 500000 fund raised by the Metropolitan Street Railway was used for the company’s benefit. He said no records show its disposition and that William Whitney claimed the money was for the campaign.
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Metropolitan Street Railway
Wall and Cortland Street
Ryan
Harlem
Street Railway Company
Wm. C. Whitney
Mr. Ryan
Whitney
Two Bankers Sentenced in Guthrie and Lexington Case
In Oklahoma City Judge Pollock of the US circuit court on Friday night sentenced C. B. Billingsly former president of Capitol National Bank Guthrie to seven years and five months in Leavenworth federal penitentiary. A B Hayes former cashier First National Bank Lexington Uk was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for falsifying reports to the comptroller of the currency.
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Oklahoma City
Pollock
United States
C. B. Billingsly
Capitol National Bank
Guthrie
Leavenworth
Hayes
Little Rock
Ark
First National Bank
Lexington
Billingsly
Suspended Civil Service Employee Cited for Political Activity
Washington D C Acting Public Printer Brian suspended William A Kroll from the government printing office bindery on recommendation of the civil service commission for alleged pernicious political activity Kroll was accused by B H Warner a Republican candidate for Congress in Maryland Sixth district of chairing political meetings in opposition to Warner
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Washington, D. C
Civil Service
Brian
Civil Service Commission
William A. Kroll
Government Printing Office
B. H. Warner
Congress
Maryland
Kroll
Warner
First Brick Laid for World’s Highest Chimney in Montana
The first brick of a chimney planned to be 500 feet tall was laid on April 7 by Benjamin F. Thayer of the Amalgamated Copper Co in Great Falls Montana Indian Point site on a high bluff overlooking the Missouri River The chimney will be 64 feet across at the top and 74 feet in diameter at the base Its top will stand 742 feet above the blast furnaces.
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Great Falls
Mont
Benjamin F. Thayer
Amalgamated Copper Company
Indian Point
Missouri River
Change in Katy Directorate at Missouri Kansas Texas
At the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway annual meeting in Dallas Texas the only change in the directorate was selecting Cecil A Lyon to succeed Myron T Herrick former governor of Ohio on the board
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Katy
Dallas
Texas
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Cecil A. Lyon
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Roosevelt Eyes Authority to Treat with Castro in Venezuela
Washington reports that the senate foreign relations committee delayed action on the Venezuelan situation as Root and Solicitor Scott attended. The plan calls for a joint military naval show of force soon after Roosevelt gains congressional sanction.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Root
Scott
State Department
Hague
Castro
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Yellow Pine Is Doomed in South Forests
Washington officials met with the Yellowpine Manufacturers association led by Harry Foster of Little Rock and Gifford Pinchot to urge forest preservation. The group covers the South from Virginia to Texas and uses 13 billion feet of yellow pine yearly, risking exhaustion in about fifteen years.
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Washington, D. C
Yellowpine Manufacturers’ Association
Harry Foster
Little Rock
Gifford Pinchot
Virginia
Texas
Will Go to Kansas Penitentiary
Leavenworth Kansas inmates transfer agreed after justice department request. Twenty federal female prisoners will be housed at the Kansas penitentiary with Ohio prisoners moved here. Government pays 50 cents per day per inmate for maintenance matching Oklahoma prisoner rates.
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Kansas
Leavenworth
Kan
Department of Justice
Kansa’s
Ohio State Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Cassidy Causes Tie to Defeat Gambling Bills in Albany
Senator Owen Cassidy of Schuyler cast a tie vote 25 to 25, defeating for now the Agnew Hart bills backed by Gov Hughes to end the legal protection that has allowed gambling at race tracks since 1895, while gambling remains a felony elsewhere in New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Owen Cassidy
Schuyler
Agnew Hart
Hughes
Minnesota Dedicates Monument at Shiloh Battlefield
Minnesota dedicated a monument in the Shiloh National Battlefield commemorating Minnesota soldiers who fell there. Gov. Johnson and a 50-member Minnesota delegation attended the dedicatory exercises along with state staff.
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Minnesota
Shiloh Battlefield
Tenn
Santa Fe refunds to Associated Oil admitted in hearing
In Los Angeles the Santa Fe Railroad acknowledged to the state railroad commission that it refunded nearly 38 000 dollars to Associated Oil for freight paid on 1906 oil shipments. Edward Chambers, assistant freight traffic manager, testified at the hearing on Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Associated Oil Company
Edward Chambers
State Railroad Commission
Amicable resolution reached in Chicago Great Western dispute
The Chicago Great Western receivers announced Friday that the wage and work dispute with trainmen has been amicably settled. No involvement by the Interstate Commerce Commission or the Federal Labor Commissioner will be needed.
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St. Paul, Minn
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal
Isenberger Matriarch Dies at 87 in Burlington Home
Mrs. Rachael Isenberger of Niota DL died Thursday at age 87 at her daughter Mrs. Rachael McCaskill’s Burlington home. She leaves 14 children and 201 descendants over five generations.
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St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
Burlington
Iowa
Rachael Isenberger
Niota, DL
Rachael McCaskill
Isenberger
Magoon proposes unified Cuban provincial governors
Gov Magoon offers to replace recently appointed army officers in provincial posts if the three Cuban political parties unite to select suitable men for the positions.
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Havana
Cuba
Magoon
Chicago Receives 863349 Franchised Traction Earnings
Chicago collects 863349 dollars as 55 percent of last year’s net earnings from the Chicago City Railway Company under its franchise. The city expects funds from the traction firm as stipulated by franchise terms.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
Springtime street car cold risk and Peruna remedy
The piece warns riders to wear wraps on spring street car rides to avoid catching colds and rheumatic or catarrhal illnesses. It advises taking Peruna at the first symptom and continuing until the cold fully disappears to prevent longer illness.
Peruna Featured For Cold Relief In Letters From Users
A series of reader letters praise Peruna for relieving cold symptoms and catarrh. M J Deutsch of Chicago notes its efficacy, while Mrs C E Long of Atwood Colorado reports dramatic improvement in her three year old after coughing fits. James Morrison of Paterson New Jersey endorses two bottles as best medicine he has used.
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M. J. Deutsch
Building Material Trades Council
Washington St
Chicago
Ill
C. E. Long
Atwood, Coloado
James Morrison
East 16Th St
Paterson, N. J
Too Free Speech Sparks Debate on Courtesy in Public Discourse
The note argues that while ridicule and sarcasm can aid debate, vulgarity and abuse toward sacred subjects are not free speech and must be rejected. It questions how blasphemy allegations in trials highlight the limits of civility in public discussion.
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Lloyd’s
Eng
In a Pinch Use Allen's Foot-Ease Powder
Cures painful smarting nervous feet and growing nails. Great comfort discovery of the age makes new shoes easy. Trials offered free. Sold by all Druggists for 25 cents with no substitutes. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Lest He Forget Cartoon Exchange
In The Congregationalist a joke sketches Gotham’s wife tying a cord on his finger to remind him to mail a letter. He admits she forgot to hand it to him, prompting a gag about memory and prompting mail duties.
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Gotham
Defiance Starch Offers More Value in Sale
The article notes Defiance Starch provides one third more starch per package for the same price, claiming the sale proves the product is both good and inexpensive and will fully satisfy customers.
The Power of Love as Moral Elevation
Quote by Blackie stating love for many people and creatures as the sole force to raise oneself morally in the world.
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Blackie
Local grocers offer "OUR PIE" pie mix in three varieties
In Rochester New York D Zerta Co promotes OUR PIE pie mixture. The 10 cent packages cover two pies and are available in Lemon Chocolate and Custard flavors. Local shoppers are urged to order soon.
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D-Zerta Co
Rochester
N.Y
Duty's Direction Guides Worthy Interest, Grimshaw Quotation
A short quotation from Grimshaw states that no interest deserves consideration unless it aligns with the direction of duty. The line emphasizes duty as the guiding standard for actions and decisions.
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Grimshaw
Smokers Praise Lewis Fram Cigars From Peoria Factory
A local note from Peoria praises the quality value of the Lewis brand cigar. The dealer highlights the factory in Peoria Illinois and its production lineage under the Lewis name formerly Binder.
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Lewis’ Nee Binder
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
No honestly exerted force can be utterly lost
Quote attributed to Froude stating that sincere effort never disappears as energy or impact persists beyond effort, implying lasting influence of honest action.
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Froude
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