Williams Key Figure in U S China Policy Career Highlighted
The article profiles Edward Thomas Williams secretary of the American legation at Peking and charge d affaires, praising his China expertise and influence on open door policy. It notes his missionary background, language mastery, and roles from 1901 to 1908 shaping Manchuria diplomacy.
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America
China
Edward Thomas Williams
Pekin
Calhoun
State Department
Williams
Dietary
Lang
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
John Hay
Willams
Far East
Osio
Shanghai
Peking
Loeb May Be Chairman of Republican National Committee
The article notes a belief that if President Taft is renominated, Leeb of York would chair the Republican National Committee. It chronicles Willibn Loeb Jr.'s rise from modest means to political influence, highlighting his German heritage, early schooling limits, and progression from stenography to political aide under Roosevelt’s governorship.
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Taft Ix
Hean
Leeb
York
Willimn Loeb Jr
Loeb
Tie
Foel
Albany
Assembly
Mr. Loeb
Col. Roosevelt
Yorkshire Lily Elsie Marries Scotch Landowner in Society Tie
Empress gown bride Lily Elsie born In Elate Cotton, a famed Yorkshire girl turned London star, marries Ian Bullough a Scots estate owner. The ceremony cements her ascent in Britain’s social circles as she is pictured in a Josephine inspired wedding dress.
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London
Ian Bullough
Great Britain
Lily Elsie
Elate Cotton
Dily
Lily Kisie
Serrite
Lily Elle
Josephine
Candlesticks From 1829 Indianapolis on Display
Mrs. George Bolin of 639 South Delaware street possesses a pair of parlor candlesticks from 1829. They are twelve inches high, cup shaped for candle receptacles, and weigh about three pounds. The heirloom, handed down from Mrs. John B. Crawford Sr of New Albany, was valued in its era for its craftsmanship and admired by visitors to the Crawford home.
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Indianapolis
George Bolin
Delaware Street
Rolin
John B. Crawford
New Albany
Crawford
Governor Hooper Shows Prison Reform Intent After Night Long Visit
Governor B. W. Hooper spent a night in Tennessee State Prison to study convict conditions. He announced that stripes would be removed for all but the worst prisoners in spring and that punishment should be weeded down to 48 hours max. A new chaplain will start, and he praised a Christmas pardon of 26 inmates. Hooper, born in Newport, grew up as an orphan in Knoxville and later took the name given by Dr. L. W. Howper who housed him.
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B W. Hooper
Tennessee
Hooper
Newport
Knoxville
Ben
L. W. Howper
Smoot to Lead Wool Tariff Fight in Senate
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah will direct the administration tariff floor battle over wool schedules in the Senate. As finance committee member and former Aldrich protégé, Smoot faces a contentious showdown backed by woolen manufacturers and the so called woolen trust. The Mormon apostle’s role follows Washington’s view of the wool tariff as a needed cut justified by a tariff board report.
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Reed Smoot
Utah
Ufe
United States Senate
Smoot
Woolen Trust
Senate Finance Committee
Clothes for Chickens Becomes Local Quirk in Colorado
In Colorado Springs Mrs. Stocker outfits hens with neatly fitting coats that button under the wings and soft flannel caps tied under the beaks. The well-dressed birds strut about, and Mrs. Stocker reports the hens are laying at full capacity daily as a gesture of gratitude.
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Colorado Springs
Cole
Stocker
Colorado City
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