Poet's Statue Unveiled in Washington by Taft and Notables
A statue to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled in Washington with President Taft present. The white Persian marble monument shows the poet with a book, set at Connecticut Avenue and T Street. Sculptor William Cooper of New York created the heroic work, funded by the Longfellow Memorial association and public subscriptions.
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Washington
Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow National Memorial Association
National Capital
United States
Connecticut Avenue
T Street
William Cooper
New York
Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Wood
Church of the Covenant
Alexander Hackay-Smith
Pennsylvania
A. W. Greeley
Longfellow
Bliss Perry
Harvard ‘University
Hamilton W. Mabie
Brainard H. Warner
Taft
Kansas Home Mutual Life Insurance Organized in Kansas
A new Kansas Life Company based in Topeka received a charter from the Kansas charter board on Tuesday. The Kansas Home Mutual Life Insurance company will have headquarters in TeleHeka and will operate as a general life insurer with state official leaders steering the project.
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Kansas Life Company
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Home Mutual Life Insurance Company
Kansas State
Kansas Charter Board
Teléheka
Ante-Nuptial Contracts Void Doctrines Rejected by Missouri Judge
Judge Mathew G. Reynolds ruled that stipulations made before marriage to control the education and religious training of future children cannot be enforced by law. The decision was issued in St. Louis Missouri.
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St. Louis
Mathew G. Reynolds
Adventists Gather for World Quadriennial Conference in DC
Delegates arrive in Washington for the Seventh Day Adventists world conference opening May 13 at Takoma and running to June 6. About 800 delegates and visitors are expected, with 160 from foreign countries.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Takoma
Tariff Bill Action Clouded as Special Session Prospects Fade
Washington D C was left unsure about the fate of the tariff bill and the adjournment of the special session before midyear. The president reached this conclusion after talks with senators and representatives, signaling stalled progress on adjournment and tariff passage.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Borah lauds Roosevelt shaping Republican destiny in Senate
In a Monday Senate speech on the income tax, Mr. Borah credited former President Roosevelt with guiding the Republican party and warned that without his leadership the party might have gone out of business. He asserted that abandoning those principles could leave the party out of power. He linked Roosevelt to support for a graduated inheritance and income tax.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Borah
Roosevelt
Hamburg
Missouri Senate Approves Statewide Prohibition Amendment
The Missouri Senate passed a resolution submitting a statewide prohibition constitutional amendment to voters. The measure, amended with a tax rider doubling taxation, cleared 23 to 8 with two abstentions. If the House concurs, it could take effect immediately after the next general election, despite debate between wet and dry factions. Women’s Christian Temperance Union members presented white carnations to senators before the vote.
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Jefferson City
Missou
Senate
House
Womans Christian Temperance Union
Kansas City Judge Extends 3 Cent Passenger Rate Injunction
In federal court Judge Smith McPherson continued the temporary injunction granted by Judge Philips preventing Bert Jones from prosecuting a St. Louis circuit court suit to restrain Missouri railroads from a three cent passenger rate. The order limits injunctive protection to Jones with potential future actions against others if needed.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
J. F. Philips
Siebert Jones
Circuit
St. Louis
Missouri
Memorial site chosen for Kansas memorial hall
The memorial building committee selects nine Jackson and Tenth street lots southeast of the statehouse as the site. The Topeka Commercial Club contributes 4 000 dollars, joining 15 000 dollars from the legislature to purchase ground owned by the city and the street railway company.
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Topeka
Kansas
Memorial Building Committee
One Senator Was Not Wealthy
The will of former United States Senator William M. Stewart of Nevada, who died in Washington, D. C., was filed for probate. It shows he owned no real estate and his personal property valued under $1,500, with debts totaling about $25,000. the estate leaves everything to his widow May Agnes Stewart.
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Washington, D. C
United States
William M. Stewart
Nevada
May Agnes Stewart
Stewart
Spokane Adopts Recall Charter Amendment
Spokane Washington voters approve a charter amendment for recall of elective city officials on petition of 25 percent. They also back the direct nonpartisan primary initiative and referendum on petition of ten percent and election of all councilmen at large.
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Spokane Q
Spokane
Washington
Plague and Yellow Fever Hit Guayaquil in April
In Guayaquil Ecuador April reports show 77 new bubonic plague cases with 23 deaths and 75 new yellow fever cases with 42 fatalities. The data underline a severe health crisis in the port city during the month.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Arbitration Hearings Arranged in The Hague for 1909
The Hague hosts arrangements for the arbitration hearing on Anglo American fisheries questions by year end 1909. The court proceeds with preparatory steps toward final adjudication and inquiry.
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Hague
Court of Arbitration
Dollar Wheat Comes to Stay Across Canadian Prairies
The piece argues that dollar wheat has proven its staying power and that Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta will feed increasing U S demand within five years. It cites James J Hill on prices, notes rising living costs, and predicts Canada will become the bread basket while U S farmers profit from emigrating to the prairies.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Central
James J. Hill
Hill
John Bull
Winnipeg
Prairies
Paw
Mean Question. The Lover and The Cynic
A brief exchange references love and aesthetic ideals with a humorous note about three girls cited in Harper's Bazaar. The line contrasts idealism with cynicism and hints at a cultural critique within a magazine context.
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Harper'’s Bazar
Kill the Flies Now and Domestic Remedies Ad Card
An advertisement page fragment promotes Daisy Fly Killer claiming it kills thousands and lasts the season. It also lists Canfield Tea herbal remedy against constipation and liver kidney issues with distribution in drug stores. Other lines praise a dairy maid and society queen fashion, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a proverb about a married man reducing sins.
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