Nine Big Problems for Taft to Solve
Ashington November 12 President Taft faces several major issues on his return to work. Key items include settling the Ballinger Pinchot dispute selecting a minister to China choosing a successor to Supreme Court Justice Peon am appointing a secretary of labor and commerce appointing a new postmaster general naming a Washington postmaster investigating New York customs fraud reorganizing the navy bureau system and deciding on the whisky question.
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Shaving Fairbanks Cartoon Reimagines Warren’s Look
A humorous 19th century cartoon shows Charles Warren Fairbanks with facial hair shaved by a Pekin barber. The caption teases a playful discovery about the famed Indiana statesman, once rumored to hide something, now revealed as a shaved chin. The piece promotes a holiday game titled Shaving Fair Banks.
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Japanese official travels aboard Aki Maru to Seattle
The Aki Maru of Nippon Yusen Kaisha arrived from the Orient with 81 passengers. Among them is Baron Iwakura, brother to Dake Iwakura, minister of the Japanese imperial household, who is to travel onward to Seattle.
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Dake Iwakura
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