Taft Cabinet Selection and Inauguration Notes
Washington notes summarize Taft's cabinet geographic diversity and a Senate gift to Vice President Fairbanks. Other items include a secret service authority debate, Wright brothers honored, a Missouri initiative proposal, and inauguration plans with wives riding in the parade.
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Washington
Taft
House
Secret Service Department
Senate
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Ohio House of Representatives
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Nelson
Minnesota
Stephenson
Wisconsin
House Committee
Roosevelt
Representative Cook
Colorado
Supreme Court
Chicago
William B. Allison
Nestor
United States Senate
Legislature
Congress
Taft Golfing at Chevy Chase and Swaps in Navy
President Taft will play golf when possible at Chevy Chase Club. Rear Admiral Sperry seeks relief from duty. Admiral Schroveder to succeed him March 8 as commander of the Atlantic fleet. Belle Magner, long Mrs Roosevelt's social secretary, moves to the state department bureau of trade relations. Joseph Lester to sell Zeigler coal mine. Roosevelt hosts luncheon for his tennis cabinet and lauds loyalty. W Vernon Smooth of the fish trust faces indictment for conspiring to defraud a bank. Lady Cook arrives in New York asserting victory in the suffrage fight.
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Taft
Chevy Chase Club
Washington
Sperry
Atlantic Fleet
Admiral Schroveder
Belle Magner
Roosevelt
Bureau of Trade Relations
State Department
Joseph Lester
Zeigler
W. Vernon Smooth
Fish Trust
Frederick R. Robbins
Lady Cook
England
New York
Tennessee Claffin
Earthquake toll, Turkey damage sparks fears in Jerusalem
Reports say 200 killed as a massive earthquake destroys Masran in Turkey and shakes Jerusalem. Meanwhile Servia withdraws territorial claims from Austria Hungary, signaling potential war avert. Additional items note receivers named in Pittsburg for the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, retrial jury in Chicago, and rumors of a coal mine strike tied to President Roosevelt era.
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Masran
Turkey
Jerusalem
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Pittsburg
Wabash-Pittsburg
Gould Road
United States District Court
Chicago
New York
Roosevelt
Jean Mattie
Fallieres
Multiple world events and trials sweep across 1908 headlines
Four men killed in a Butte Diamond mine explosion prompt $10,000 cemetery donation withdrawal over a dog burial dispute. California halts a bill targeting Japanese schoolchildren while Gov Patterson is not called as a witness in the Cooper Carmack case. Prison fires, naval visits to Constantinople, White House staff changes, and Pacific Fleet maneuvers feature among broad national developments.
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Butte
Mont
William D. Corbin
Sharon
California
Gov. Patterson
Tennessee
Cooper-Carmack
Constantinople
Washington
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Thomas &. Stone
White House
Charles D. A. Loeffler
Mr. Stone
Camp Columbia
Barry
Havana
Nashville
Tenn
Ohio Senate
A. D. Cassidy
Cincinnati
Ilinois
C. M. Johnson
Ottumwa
Indiana
Commissioners Courts
Des Moines
Clara Rogen
la Follette
Stephenson
Senate
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Blanche Walsh
Kansas City
New York
Cooper-Sharp
Carmack
Griffin
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Iowa
Davenport
Iowa News Roundup of Bets, Burns, and Buildings Across Counties
Newton to build a new courthouse with a bid of 150850 dollars awarded and start within twenty days. Colfax studies plans for a city hall fire house and opera house with tax funding eyed. Des Moines reports Dexter man A Applegate charged with swindle. Mason City stock theft and drugstore injunctions tied to liquor. Biographical notices include Mr. and Mrs. Heilman of McGregor. Several small items cover baptisms at Sidney, Leases of Palisades resort, and local court actions.
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Carroll
George L. Goodale
Lenox
Goodale
Corning
Court House
Newton
Baptist Church
Sidney
Palisades
Cedar
Iowa
Messrs
Rhea
Merle West
Mount Vernon
Colfax
Des Moines
Dexter
A. Applegate
Appelgate
Towa Iron and Metal Co
Judge Baille
Jacob Heilman
McGregor
Bozeman
Mant
W. W. Nobbfs
Charles City
St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church
Waterloo
Mason City
Merrill
Elbert JL. Tooker
Coralville
Mike Maloney
Town City
Wireless communication crippled by worst storm in years
A March blizzard knocked out telegraph and telephone wires along the middle Atlantic coast. Washington suffered eight hours of isolation as three crippled lines linked the capital to New York Atlantic and Charlottesville. New York endured severe gales. three Baltimore coal barges sank at St George.
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New York
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Norfolk
Washington
America
Atlantic
Charlottesville
Baltimore
New York City
Weather Bureau
Metropolis
Hves
Baltimore & Ohio
St. George
Staten Island
New York Harbor
Baltimore Storm Knocks Out Wires and Rails
Baltimore faced a severe blizzard with ten inches of snow, leaving the city cut off as streetcar lines failed, telegraph wires down, and no service from two telegraph companies. All rail lines to Washington were halted by noon while the storm ended at noon and skies cleared.
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Baltimore
Washington
Taft to Draw 75000 a Year Salary Agreement
Washington reports the final deal on the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill sets President Taft’s yearly pay at 75000 with an added 25000 traveling allowance potentially raising total to 100000. Senate conferees on bonuses for the vice president speaker and federal judges backed off from those increases.
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Taft
Washington
Senate
House
Bryan Mule Vote Claimed By Montgomery County
Congressman James M. Cox reports receipt of William J. Bryan’s request for Montgomery county’s certified presidential vote to prove its lead in the largest Democratic gain. Bryan states the figures seem to show Montgomery county has won the distinction.
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Ohio
Dayton
James M. Cox
William J. Bryan
Montgomery County
Bryan
Grain Dealers Elect Officers at Decatur Meeting
The Winds Farmers' Grain Dealers' Association convened with about 1000 delegates and farmers. Elected officers include President Thomas B. Lamb of Bement, Secretary J. H. McCreery of Mason City, Vice Presidents John Church of Galesville and W. T. Wallaker of Monica, and Treasurer J. B. Abbott of Mason City.
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Decatur
the Winds Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Thomas B. Lamb
Bement
J. H. McCreery
Mason City
John Church
Galesville
W. T. Wallaker
Monica
J. B. Abbott
Former Officials Sued Over Alleged Fees in Lima
In Lima Ohio actions have begun to collect alleged illegal fees totaling $9000 traced to former county officials. The suit targets recovery of funds and accountability for past county expenditures.
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Lima
Ohio
Burns Claim Life Of Mrs Thomas Bryant In Missouri Home
Mrs Thomas Bryant aged 82 of Quincy Illinois died after being fatally burned while using an oil stove at her Palmyra Missouri home. The incident occurred in January at the residence near Palmyra. Authorities reported the blaze started in the stove area and Mrs Bryant did not survive.
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Quincy
Ill
Thomas Bryant
Palmyra
Baby girl dies in Hastings house fire
Hastings Minnesota. The home of L P Hastig burned to the ground and his daughter Hva aged 2 12 years perished in the flames.
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Hastings
Minn
L. P
Hastig
Hva
Negro Homes Dynamited Sparks Exodus in De Queen
Reported dynamiting of two African American homes in De Queen Arkansas injures a girl and prompts many Black residents to flee the town. Warnings reportedly circulated in Black neighborhoods, allegedly from white men, urging departures amid tensions.
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Queen
Ark
Oldest Man in America Praises Peruna Remedy
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas extols Dr Hartman’s Peruna as the best remedy for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhea. He credits long life and good health to the tonic and says he relies on it for many minor ailments, noting its value for old people.
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Tyrell
Desmond
Beaumont
Texas
Morgan Everts
Clarion
Sioux City
Anti-Saloon League
Rippey
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Weemaha
R. M. Bailey
Arnold Baumgartner
Dubuque
Oklahoma
Baumgartner
Thrift
C. M. Boggcess
Oskaloosa
Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Tex
Perunna
Hartman
Live and Learn Farmer Meddergrass-Waal
A fragmentary line shows a farmer speaker noting a surprising route and referencing Chinese living beyond a northern edge. The text hints at a through route and local colloquial language without clear context or events.
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Meddergrass
Waal
Meant the Other Way by Sperry Anecdote
Rear Admiral Sperry, commander-in-chief of the fleet, humorously recalls a memory from the Naval War College at Newport. He recounts a wartime duty remark about taking a wife, and a joke about a cholera epidemic he witnessed in 1876, illustrating his absent mindedness.
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Sperry
Naval War College
Newport
Admiral Sperry
Sunday Magazine
Argument That Won Susie Receives Slippers
A girl named Susie had been promised a new pair of slippers for Sunday. She pressed her mother to buy them for a children's party on Wednesday. After mounting insistence, she warned her mother that if she died before Sunday, she would be sorry for the disappointment. Susie wore the slippers on Wednesday.
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Susie
Moth
Sung
Deacon’s Pious Clam Bake Prayer in Connecticut
A Connecticut deacon known for piety overindulges at a Rhode Island clam bake. He prays for forgiveness and health after the feast, promising to abstain from clams, then adds that very few, if any, will be spared from his appetite.
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Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Idea Helps Wisconsin Couple Find Health Path
A Wisconsin couple credits a shift from coffee to Postum with improved sleep nerves and mood. They report clearer skin steadier temper and reduced coffee cravings after learning to prepare Postum properly. They note friends’ initial reluctance but eventual adoption after following directions.
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Postum
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