Roosevelt Speech in Provincetown Urges National Control and Fairer Law
President Roosevelt spoke at Provincetown Massachusetts delivering the corner stone address for a Cape God monument. He called for stronger federal oversight of interstate corporations and stricter punishment for offenders, backing a national incorporation law and enhanced workers protections. He urged robust government action against trusts and railroads and defended property rights while warning against unrestrained individualism and socialist extremes.
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Taft Addresses Buckeye Club in Columbus Speech
Secretary of War William Howard Taft spoke before the Buckeye Republican Club in Columbus outlining his views on rail rate legislation antitrust policy and trusts He argued for state action to curb wealth concentration favored a graduated income tax and opposed government ownership of railroads He dismissed Roosevelt’s policies as socialist and predicted a Bryan opposition in the coming campaign.
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Moors Slain in Major Sultanist Victory in Morocco
Reports from Paris and Oran describe a fierce clash where Sultan’s troops crushed a large Moroccon force of Janasa tribesmen. Six hundred Moors killed, villages burned, and a tense Moroccan crisis with calls for wider military action.
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Moroccia
Harry MacLean
Paris
Morocco
Musai Hafiz
T'aris
France
Fez
Gnvernment
Algeciras
Eddy Case Is Dropped in Historic Glover Suit
The equity suit filed March 1 by George W. Glover and others as next friends against Calvin Irse and others over the property of Mrs. Exilda Eddy ends after court opens in Concord X.H. Judge Aldrich presiding. William E. Chandler for the plaintiffs moves to dismiss, citing burdens and lack of immediate beneficial results from any ruling.
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Uncle Sam Gets FISCAL Year Revenue Surge
Internal revenue receipts for the year ended June 30 1907 show a sharp rise from 1906. Total receipts from all sources reached 200,064,022 an increase of 20,502,282 with notable gains in spirits tobacco and fermented liquors while minor miscellaneous products declined.
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Immigra tion expert on Northwest tour with Canada
Prof Jeremiah W Jenks of Cornell and a U S Immiration Commission member tours the Canadian Northwest examining American immigration into Canada and movement of Asiatics to British Columbia. He aims to devise a plan to redirect the American flow back to the United States and will report confidentially to the President.
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Cornell
United States Immigration Commission
Canadian Northwest
Canada
British Columbia
Record Year for Immigration Figures in 1907
Immigration officials report the year ending June 30 1907 as the largest in U S history with 1 285 349 arrivals. Over 1 000 000 landed at New York port, marking a record year for visitors and settlement.
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Census reveals prison rate drop since 1890
Televant celebrates its horse book and other publications reaching over a million copies in print. The 1904 census shows 1,000 prisoners per million Americans, down from 1,200 in 1880, with rising parity in gender and race among inmates, attributed to extended probation and parole systems.
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Fires Ravage Massachusetts Forests Across Cape Cod and Douglas
Unusually dry weather across Massachusetts fuels widespread forest fires. About 7 500 acres burned in southeastern Worcester County and Cape Cod districts with 2 500 firefighters battling the blazes. The Douglas woods blaze, spreading into Connecticut, is among the most extensive, threatening timberlands and underbrush in several towns including Sutton East Douglas Webster and Oxford as flames advance.
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Amberland
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Odds and Ends Beat: a 19th century collage of facts
A compiled miscellany notes a beer tablet method, Great Lakes shipbuilding, Sweden leading telephone use, Spain's literacy rate, a German steamer threatening mail, Elks parade, sunstroke toll, William Abrams Martin's anniversary, India rubber value, Brazil as rubber source, a Pekin murder death by sleep deprivation, Greece's wealth, a Japanese porter, Mrs. Addy’s wealth and income, and a Rock Island engineer’s train incident.
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Philadelphia
Wiliam Abrams Martin
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Virginia
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Enron
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Atlantic coast defenses vow to shield great cities
The Atlantic fleet readiness and coast fortifications are discussed as essential to protect Boston New York Philadelphia Washington and Charleston from bombardment. A vulnerable Chesapeake Bay entrance near Fortress Monroe motivates plans for an artificial island and disappearing gun batteries aided by mines lights and control stations. Berlin police target moving picture shows over child safety concerns.
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Connecticut Battleship Shines in Maine Coast Trials
The Connecticut, first government built battleship in its class, proves superior to sister Louisianan in trials along the Maine coast. It records 5 best runs averaging 18.7 knots with a top mile at 19.01 knots before tidal corrections, while Louisianan averages 18.58 knots in five runs.
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Twelve men plead guilty in Oregon furniture trust case
Twelve members of a furniture trust pleaded guilty in Oregon and were fined by Judge Wolverton a total of 2550 dollars. The two concerns most active in the scheme each paid 500 dollars. It marks the first prosecution against trusts in the state.
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Hatters Strike Averted by Compromise Rules Pact
A general strike by around 30 000 workers in several cities was averted by a compromise settlement and a new set of rules signed by the leaders.
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Waele Sam's Crusade Draws International Attention
Dr. Wiley of the Department of Agriculture travels through Europe to foster a global effort for uniform food and drug standards. The United States now strengthens its hand after the pure food act, as European officials show practical interest in examining wheat and liquor imports and adulteration practices.
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Fragmented Odds And Ends From A Bygone Gazette
A collage of quips and brief items references divorce delays in Wisconsin, a New York butler with 100000 dollars, Nebraska judge jokes, a California professor on peanuts, a Ohio boy’s Fourth of July fund, a Middletown insane asylum postcard note, a Washington girl on a wrecked boat, Mormon converts in Europe, and odd street sights including a bee sting and a senator’s remark.
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Crown Prince Yi Syek and Japanese throne plans
The article sketches Yi Syek, crown prince of Korea, born March 2, 1774, with limited military training and a noted lack of strong opinions, amid reports of Japanese willingness to place him on the throne after his father’s forcible abdication. It also recounts brutal details of his mother Empress Min’s murder in 1695 and mentions Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim’s inventions and honors. It notes Dr. Gellatian’s drive to investigate the American Bible Society and a Jersey City project to create a vast public playground with facilities along the Hackensack river for sports, recreation, and winter skating.
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Land offers in Manning Iowa with heavy grass growth
D. L. Swaney & Co announces cheap acreage in Manning Iowa. The land description highlights heavy long grass and favorable conditions for growth, noting strong suitability for property with ample space.
Land Like Iowa Land at Dakota Prices
Promotes Dakota land for homesteads with good buildings and water, noting soil depth and productive crops. Compares Dakota 160 acres to Town land quarter sections, hints at lenders cautious about loans, and urges buyers to act for affordable, well-watered farms near towns and schools.
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Higher Education fur Gueers at West Point
A board at the Military Academy West Point urges a general revision of cadet education to emphasize broad general culture from top American colleges. The report notes hazing is a thing of the past and reports no cadet deaths from disease for over twelve years.
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Erie Canal arches fail on Onondaga Creek causing mill destruction
The masonry arches supporting the Erie canal over Onondaga creek at Syracuse gave way, wrecking a large flouring mill and destroying several canal boats. Water drained from the five mile level and disrupted trade. repair will take several days.
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